Chapter Five
Weird Hippie Voodoo
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After four hours of Rick desperately trying to calm him down and convince him that this wasn't just an Ajax-induced hallucination, Vyyan finally came to terms with situation.
"So how do you think this happened?" Vyv asked Rick.
"I don't know, but I bet that Rubber Johnny Neil had something to do with it," Rick replied, his eyes narrowing at the thought of their housemate.
"Let's smash his face in!" Vyv proposed and they both marched off in the direction of Neil's bedroom.
Neil was sitting cross-legged in the middle of his room, peacefully meditating, when all of a sudden, the door fell to the floor with a loud thump, filling the air with dust.
"Oh, heavy, I'm gonna have to get a new door now," the filthy, long-haired hippie moaned. "And I was just about to reach enlightenment."
The next second, Rick and Vyv barged into his room.
"Neil! You used some weird hippie voodoo to make us switch bodies, didn't you, you little creep?" Rick yelled, his voice coming of Vyv's body. Neil seemed to show no surprise or confusion at this supernatural phenomenon.
"Oh yeah, like everything's my fault. Whenever anything bad happens, I always get the blame," Neil scowled.
Vyv stepped forward, in Rick's body, to gently inquire, "But did you make us switch bodies?"
"Well yeah, but that's beside the point."
Vyv swiftly grabbed Neil by the collar and screamed at him, "You bastard! You better tell us how to switch back, because I can't stand being trapped in the body of an ugly git!"
"Oh, I should think you would be quite used to that, Vyvyan!" quipped Rick with a snort, before his face was met with Vyv's other fist.
Neil tried to remain calm and gently reason with Vyv. "Okay man, don't get all uncool and heavy. Like, you and Rick have been really uncool with each other lately, I've noticed. That's why I put a spell on you to make you switch bodies. I thought that maybe by being in each other's bodies and living each other's lives, you two could learn to understand each other. So to switch back, all you need to do is to create peace with one another." He added whimsically, "That way, there's more love spread throughout the world…"
Vyv hesitantly let Neil go, as his furious panting slowed to calm breathing.
Silence…
He abruptly threw an angry punch in Neil's face, knocking him unconscious.
