Fortunately, it didn't take too long for the group to find Priff and Vinny. In fact, it seemed like the two had already found each other by the time they got there. They were sitting outside some sort of cave, both looking very calm despite having lost their faces. As soon as Vinny noticed Susumu approaching, he looked up and waved at her.

"Priff! Vinny!" Susumu called out. "You're... Okay! And... Oddly calm about this whole thing."

"You knew Susumu would be coming for you, didn't you?" Martcha asked.

Priff and Vinny nodded, then Vinny stood up and walked over to Raya, giving his head a slight tilt. Raya seemed confused by this. "Um, hi! My name's Raya. Are... You Vinny?"

Martcha took Vinny's hand, before going over and taking Priff's. "We can save the introductions for later," she said. "Right now, we need to go find your faces."

"Oh, right!" Susumu exclaimed. "Do you two know where your faces are?"

Priff and Vinny nodded again, and led the group off to where their faces had been taken. Vinny's face had been stuck to a golem similar to the ones they fought in the pyramid, but... Susumu hung back slightly when she saw that Priff's face had been stuck to a storm cloud.

Priff noticed how Susumu was acting, and held out her fork to the girl. Susumu just stared at it for a few seconds. "Uhh, thanks, Priff," she declined politely. "but you might need that soon, so just hold onto it, okay?"

Priff nodded, and the group got into battle positions. Susumu, however, still hung back. She really didn't want to fight that cloud... She really didn't want anyone to get zapped or...

"Susumu!" Raya called out. "I'll take the cloud! You and Martcha just get Vinny's face!"

Martcha fired a green beam at the golem, but Susumu still hung back. Raya wasn't doing so well against the cloud himself, and even Martcha seemed to be having trouble with the golem.

But that was when Susumu got an idea. She had done this before, back in the Realm Of The Fey... but would it work a second time? "Uh... Guys?" Susumu spoke up. "You... Might wanna cover your ears for a second."

"Cover our-" Martcha seemed confused by this, but Raya quickly curled up inside his armor. He knew EXACTLY what Susumu was about to do. Susumu took her microphone with both hands and screamed into it as loudly as she could.

Ouch. Now Martcha knew what Susumu was talking about. From the looks of things, however, it wasn't just painful for Susumu and her friends, but also for the enemies as well! Martcha took this as an opportunity to deliver a finishing strike to the golem, freeing Vinny's face, and leaving the cloud to Susumu and Raya.

At least, the two COULD have handled the cloud together. That is, however, until Vinny stepped in. "...Hey. Hey, um..." he began. "...Thanks for getting me my face back."

Susumu gave him a gentle smile. "It's really no problem, Vinny," she said. "But... Right now we have to get Priff's face back, and..."

Vinny had already started doing something with his frying pan as she spoke. "All taken care of," he responded, holding the pan out to her. "Here. Eat this."

Susumu gave him an odd stare, but decided to eat what she was offered anyway. It took a few seconds for her to realize what had happened, but once she did... "EEEK!" Fire started spewing from Susumu's mouth and into the cloud.

Raya glared at Vinny. "What'd you make her do that for?!" he demanded.

Vinny shrugged off the scolding. "Hey. She likes spicy food, doesn't she? And look. That got Priff her face back."

Sure enough, Priff was staring at her reflection in her fork. "Kukuku... I'm back, everyone~"

Martcha hovered over the group nervously. "Are you all okay?" she squeaked.

Priff was "kukuku"ing to herself, and Raya was glaring at Vinny, who was standing there with his eyes closed. Susumu, however, was on the ground gasping for air. "Need... Water..." she gasped.

Priff looked up from her fork, making her way over to Susumu. "Don't worry about it~" she tried to assure her. "There's an inn inside that cave. We can all rest in there."

"An inn... In a cave?" Raya's eyebrows shot up at the sound of that.

"You'd be surprised at some of the places I've slept~" Priff responded.

"Well, we can't rest for too long," Susumu mumbled. "We've still got six more people left to find." She looked up at the cave. "There's... Someone I'm worried about. Go on then, Priff. Take us to that inn."

And so Priff led the group onward, into the depths of the volcanic cave. Susumu knew things were only going to get hotter from here on out.

"Yardi... What did Azamir do to you?"