Call of the Sword

Aldo, do you have a moment?

Oh, it's you, Deirdre. What's up?

Oh, you're the knight from the palace ...er, Deirdre, wasn't it? Sure, what's up?

It is Glenn. We have been unable to find him.

What? Glenn's gone missing?

Hmm... Have you investigated his usual haunts?

Yes. We have checked all the places he tends to hang out at, but there was no hide nor hair of him.

I wonder what has happened, then. Maybe he went back to his own world?

No... I can't imagine Glenn heading back home without telling any of us.

Yeah, Glenn's a bit of a square when it comes to letting people know his plans. I reckon he had the rules and regulations beaten into him pretty hard by that Acacia Dragoons mob.

The last person to see Glenn said he was talking with Starky before the two of them wandered off somewhere.

Wit' Starky?

Woooooow! Starky knoow nothiing. Starky haas not met Glenn in a loong whiile.

Then I bet ya it's that manager bloke! That ratbag must be up ta no good, again!

Well if that's the case, let's head to Starview Shore. We might be able to find some kinda clue, there.

Yeah, it's as good a place as any to start. Besides, if those aliens are up to something, we can't leave them be!

Thanks for letting us know, Deirdre. We'll take it from here. You can count on us!

Then I entrust the search into your capable hands. We were just becoming a little worried. But I hope it turns up to be nothing in the end.

C'mon everyone. Let's make our way to Starview Shore and search for Glenn and Starky's former manager.

So, Starky. What is this important matter you needed to discuss with me? And why the need to bring me here?

Becaause no oone will distuurb us heere. So we caan taalk in quieet.

Huuman. We aasked you heere becaause we need your swoord...

Aas well aas the other, different swoord, that is conneected with yours.

Another sword connected with the sacred sword, Einlanzer?

You must mean the Masamune? That evil sword is the brother blade to this here Einlanzer.

Ah, the Masamune is iit? An existeence not of this plaanet that caalls out to your swoord.

Heear our voiice, Masamune! Respoond to oour requeest and materialiize!

Ah! What be this shimmering light? Starky! What on earth is happening?

Don't let him trick you, Glenn!

...?!

Glenn! That isn't Starky!

Wait? There are two Starkys? What witchery is going on here?

Oi, boss cocky! Yer up ta no good again, ain't ya? What's with this glowin' light and all, eh?

Noot youu agaain? Youu aare a persisteent bunch of loow-leveel lifefoorms!

This liight is liife eneergy of the ones caalled the Masamune.

The ones who transfoormed themselves into a swoord. Great liife fraagments that crossed the seeas of spaace... From the cosmiic lifefoorm that devouured our hoomewoorld... Lavos!

Lavos?! No, it can't be...!

Bugger! Don't ya dare touch it, boss cocky! It'll suck ya right in!

What do you meean, huuman? It is merely eneergy from some liife fraagments...

Woow?! Woooooowzers!!!

Crikey! Things just went pear-shaped real fast! That manager bloke must've reacted to the true nature of Masa and Mune... the blood of the devourer of planets... And is bloody well gonna run riot!

Gwaaaargh! This erupting eneergy streeam... It is like the plaanet is screeaming its supeerb soong!

WOOOOOOWZEERS!!!

What the heck just happened to him?

I aam oone with the greaat beeing from the abyss of the faar-off uuniverse... My naame is Lavoger! Let mee now remiind youu who the truue loord of this plaanet is! Prepaare to diie, huumans!

We beat him!

That bloody boss cocky! Causin' us a right royal pain, once again!

Th-Thaat waas noot my d-dooing!

I, I was taaken oover by the plaanet- consuuming chaos of the greaat beeing from the abyss of the faar-off universe.

Well, good taalk... I think thaat is enouugh managemeent for todaay. Let us resuume our meeting agaain at some moore appropriaate tiime.

Why do I have the feeling we just had the wool pulled over our eyes or something...

I guess we should count our lucky stars that it didn't end up being worse than it was.

Masa and Mune! I know ya went troppo and were out of control and all, but still... Ya had some nerve to pick a fight with me!

Ah! Well...er, you see...

Um... Well, yeah...

What are you two doing here?

Hey, it's Doreen!

And at just the right moment, too!

Is Doreen their big sister or something?

Oh, and I have been wondering about it since before, but...what on earth is that ball of light?

Don't get yer knickers in a knot, Serge. It's not our enemy... At least not yet, eh?

Doreen! It seems like our tomboy princess has gotten herself into another pickle.

Yeah, so perhaps we should lend her a hand...seeing as we have come over to their world and all...

Is that so? Well in that case, then...

Hmm... It seems this Serge boy is our princess's current attendant. If we may borrow his weapon for a bit...

Huh? Attendant? You got it all wrong...

Woah! What's going on?

Phew! I seem to have got away with bloody murder from that mob... But it appears to have worked out well for you, eh, Serge?

Alors! Shall we retourne, Starky?

Affirmaative! Aare youu cooming too, Glenn?

Yes, I guess we should all head back, then.