A proper CYOA is supposed to start at the beginning...

The fox, Alex, says he has something urgent to do; he begins to dash off, but not before warning you not to trust anyone whos eyes shine with a red-orange tint...and like that, he vanishes.
Praile the red chicken, and Leif the green canine, both decide to follow the Kid for now.


The kid crafts some armor with the pillows and rope, and walks deeper into the forest.
Kid hears singing, must becoming from a woodsman judging from the words.
The kid suddenly stops, another kid by the name of Bazooka Ash runs to met him.
Bazooka Ash noticed the Kid had the monster capsules, and challenges him to a battle.


Kid sends out Trubbish, while Ash sends out a Sandshrew.
Trubbish uses Pound, the Sandshrew however uses dig, dealing a super effective blow when it hits; knocking Trubbish out.
Unfortunately for the Kid, he hadn't quite figured out types and weakens just yet.
Before the kid admit defeat, Leif steps in;
Sandshrew goes to use Fury Cutter, Leif beat him to it and uses Leaf Blade; Knocking the Sandshrew out.
Bazooka Ash sends out a blaze lizard he calls Charmander next, Leif worry strikes Leif's face.
Leif uses Aura Sphere, nearly fainting it; Charmander gets up and uses Flamethrower; Knocking Leif out.
Ash seemed surprised at how effective it was, even for what he assumed to be a grass type.
Praile decides to finish this match; lets Charmander try to do his worse, then Praile knocks him out with Brave Bird.
Bazooka Ash smiles and sends out a mouse he calls Pikachu.
Pikachu uses thunderbolt, but doesn't do near as much as Ash expected;
It was Praile's turn to smile, as he finishes the battle with a Blaze Kick.
The Kid wins the battle.


Bazooka Ash congratulates the Kid and heals his allies.
Ash says he is preparing for the contest the monster capsule merchant is planning on doing, to see who is the best trainer. (as well as to boost sales.)
Ash then says he hopes to challenge you again, and runs off.


The group continues their journey; they eventually find an abandoned old mill.
They go ahead and set up camp inside; they should be able to reach the Far off Kingdom within a day or two.


Kid looks around a little before getting some rest, sees a fire place as well as two different kinds of wood...
The Kid wonders what he should do.

The kid places the normal colored logs in the fire place; he's right not to tamper with anything usual items in a home.
Kid asks Pralie if he can ignite the logs; Pralie gladly does so after complimenting himself hearty.
The logs light ablaze, the Kid can now see that the cabin wasn't as abandoned as he thought, it also looks like the mill is currently being re-purposed.
Looks like the fire sparked something in Pralie, he realized out loud that a good fire place begs for good story telling;
Leif closes his eyes and puts his paw to his forehead, the Kid realizes where this is going.
After a good thirty minutes, Pralie unfazed, the kid realizes he and his lifelong friend look far to similar.
The kid pulls some feathers out of his pillow armor and places them on his friend's head; Leif looks over the kid's shoulder slightly confused.
A good hour goes by and Pralie continues on his story, Leif already drifted off to sleep, the Kid does the same.



The Kid wakes up to see the specter as well as the lobster Clammy who still holds the talking pie; Kid ain't sure who haunts his dreams more.
Kid looks out the cabin window to see a snow blizzard and a shadowy figure walking about.
The Kid goes to ask Clammy what is going on with his dreams, but before the talking pie could answer...



"What are you doing here?"
The Kid wakes up to see a man in a black coat and tophat, as well as an axe and a bunch of wood, looks like Pralie has been just been interrupted in his story telling.
Kid explains everything that has happened up till he saw the three in prison, Pralie cuts in and takes over from there.
The Woodsman decides to let them stay the rest of the night. A little restless, The Kid goes ahead cleans out Trubbish and the extra pillows it ate before having it ingest them again. (Trubbish is no longer a poison type.)


Kid wakes up to the morning sunlight, Trubbish apparently moved itself under the kids head in order to take on the role of a pillow.
The Woodsman greets the group, says he'll show them the path to the Far off Kingdom, but before doing so, he couldn't help but ask about the feathers on the kid's lifelong friend.
Kid says he put them as an identifying feature so no one will confuse himself with his friend; Leif, Perlie, and the Woodsman gave a blank stare.
The woods man decides to hand the kid a mini tophat for his friend; fits on well.
The group leaves the cabin, and shortly find the path to the kingdom.
The Woodsman says his farewells, tells the kid to give Trubbish a proper name, (as he no longer carries trash or rubbish.)
and to beware of the Beast that lurks within the woods. After several hours, the three find the end of the forest, and see a great field with the Far off Kingdom just beyond it.


They enter the kingdom's gates, find a few points of interest;
sounds of pots breaking can be hear from nearby, there appears to be a back alleyway, a mask shop, and a pathway to the castle. Perhaps even another place.
The Kid now wonders where to go.

The group first goes to the door where he heard all the sounds of smashing.
The door opens before the kid could lift his hand, a boy in green opened it from the other side and walks away.


Kid is amazed to see all the pots stored in the room, yet no broken fragments despite the sounds.
The kid suddenly lost his grip on his Lifelong Friend, the plank fell hard; smashed a pot well.
Kid then got an unearthly urge; he grabs his friend and start smashing the pots left and right,
Leif and Praile watched, but couldn't escape the kid's fate; they joined in.
They break down every pot like there's gonna be a prize for it, and so there was; Rupee's had filled the room.
The guard in the room didn't seem to mind, so the kid collected them all and stuffed them in his backpack.
Kid leaves, just as he closes the door, the boy in green comes by and enters again.
The kid starts making his way to the mask shop; the sounds of pots break start becoming faint.


Kid accidentally wanders in an alleyway.
The alley is mostly empty, it's as if nothing dire could happen there.
Kid sees ink on the walls, it appears to be a picture referencing a squid character with a big nose.
The Kid looks closely at the ground, finds a note and a letter. The note was left by a knight of the Far off Kingdom,
the knight wasn't able to make it to the castle to deliver the letter addressed to the Prime Minister; begs the finder to finish his job.
Praile loudly declares he shall get the letter to it's destination.


The kid first enters the Happy Mask shop,
He walks in, sees the boy in green talking to the shop keeper.
sounds like the boy just finished a delivering every mask the shopkeeper tasked him with,
the boy goes to leave, as he does, the salesman says that they'll meet again, soon.
The salesman turns to the Kid; says that he has been waiting for him, and that the kid had gotten the note, the one the kid woke up with back in Banen suo Long.
The Kid steps back a little; The Happy Mask Salesman perplexed him, and his eerie smile and movements left the whole group uneasy.
Kid then moves forward, asks the salesman what he knows, how he got the note into his pocket, and how to stop the Calamity.
The salesman simply just tells him that there isn't much time left; that the kid must head to the kingdom's castle, and talk to the princess.
The kid turns around to head out, only to see the Happy Mask Salesman before him. The salesman says he will need something; a mask.
He hands the kid the all-day-mask, a mask that can send the wearer into a deep sleep regardless of the time or situation.
he handed the kid's wooden friend the Jumpman mask, also known as the bro. mask; I am not sure what this one does.
The salesman again urges them to hurry to the castle; they go.


The group find themselves in front of the castle, the kid tried to go in, guards blocked their way.
The Kid holds up the letter, says it's for the Prime Minister, the guards don't take much notice;
It seems having a letter for the Prime Minister is a common ploy used in attempts to get in.
Praile steps in, says that the letter has been through many great perils and hardships in order to fulfill it's destiny, it needth only to make it to the Prime Minister's hands to find rest at last.
Unsure how to respond the guards take the letter, but refuse to let the group in.


The Kid needs to find a way in, but how? (An open question, with several possible answers.)
(Also the Kingdom needs a proper name, the title "Far off Kingdom" is only really used by those in Banen suo Long.)

Before I continue, I should clearify that the Far off Kingdom is what the folks of Banen suo Long would call it,
but the Kid knows it's proper name by now, The CrumbleBeanz Kingdom.


The Kid tries thinking of a way in the castle, but can't see a good option.
A green robotic like being pops out of the bushes nearby, she is known as Peridot, she says she needs to get in as well for... reasons she wouldn't say;
offered let the others tag along; she needed scapegoats to cover her infiltration of the castle.
The group didn't like the idea of going along with this stranger, but they didn't have much of an option.
She turned her fingers into propellers, started to float up, everyone else to grabbed onto her feet as she took off.
Peridot didn't expect all three to be so heavy; made the flight up very slow.
The two guards noticed and watched for a bit, then sent word to another guard on the castle's guard tower.
The guard got the message, saw the group nearly high enough to past over the wall.
He grab his weapon, fired so fast you couldn't tell if he aimed, oh but he did; hit Peridot's hand good, caused them all to fall in a pile, right in front of the castle guards.
Kid knew the sound of a scrap musket well, wondered how this kingdom got a hold of a weapon used only by the marshals of Banen suo Long, and more so who could use it so well.
Peridot had gotten upset, says she'll get in alone; leaves the group and returns to the bushes to wait for an opening.


The guards by the gate had long laugh at the group's attempt.
Though to the group's surprise, the guards said they liked their dedication; they'll show them a passage way that's used all the time.
The group follows the two guards to the right of the castle wall a ways, they stop at a section of the wall which had a ledge about half ways down.
On that ledge was a barred off water way that allowed water to flow out from the castle, down the ledge into a river that leads all the way to the CrumbleBeanz Seaz.
The guards said the water uses this path all the time, says the group could try to mimic the water next an squeeze through the bars.
The guards laughed their way back to their post, the Kid's group only amused at the fact this was just what they needed to see.
The three decided to make a ladder to get up the wall, right where a little green icon was. Praile stood on the mark first, Leif then jumped on his shoulders and the Kid did the same to Leif.
The kid was able to get onto the ledge, ties a rope to one of the bars, the others use it to climb up.


Now they need to get past the bars; The kid tells Parile of a move the Plumber Bros showed him, called Fire Bros.
Praile threw some fire balls at the kid, and the kid directed them to the bars by using his Lifelong friend, created a fine opening.
They went in, once crossed they found themselves in the royal garden. After avoiding a few guards they saw Zia, the princess of CrumbleBeanz Kingdom.
Beside her was prime minister Zuff. Both are from the Ura clan, not many of them left now. Zia is the last of the royal family, left to rule the kingdom herself.
Zuff stepped in as prime minister to handle the kingdom's political matters, and to teach Zia how to handle them herself.


The kid approaches them; an Ura suddenly appears with weapon drawn; it's the princess's caretaker, Impa.
Zia tells her to let the kid and his friends past; said the kid is the one she saw in her dream.
Impa quickly withdraws, Zuff introduces himself as well as the princess and her caretaker.
Kid was surprised to hear about himself being in a dream,
Princess Zia tells the kid of her dream, explaining that she had seen him come from Banen suo Long and break through a veil of darkness, accompanied by a wooden plank, as well as a few others.
Zuff asks the Kid how he got here from Banen suo Long; The kid tells them of his story, starting with his dream, of the Calamity, of Lavos; then everything that foll
They were a taken aback, but knew what the Kid must do in order to stop the Calamity.


The kid must collect the three crystals of light; Treasures of the Ura clan.
First the Radiant Green Crystal of Courage, which rests in the heart of the Unknown; The only ones who dared to go there, are ones who know nothing of it.
Second the Pure Blue Crystal of Wisdom, which rests beyond the sea on top of an topical island and it's snowy peaks; Many have looked, none could find it.
Third, the Blazing Red Crystal of Power, which rests within a volcano beyond the iron sands; Many have tried to reach it, none could break the barrier to it.
With these three, Zuff says they could awaken a weapon or something powerful enough to stop Lavos.


A guard came in with the note to the prime minister, he notices the kid, goes to kick him out; Zuff assures the guard that the kid is an honored guest.
Embarrassed, the guard hands Zuff the note. Zuff reads the first lines; he looks troubled; he apologies and says he must go to his office to address some matters.


Zia feels bad asking so much of the kid, but says he is the world's only hope.
Before the Kid goes to leave for one of the crystals, Zia asks Impa to bring over a wooden box;
The box contained instruments of the Ura clan, said to be magical if the right tune was played.
The Kid was handed the most treasured of them all the one instrument used only by the royal family.
Leif and Praile were also each given an instrument. The box containing the rest was left in the Kid's care, in case more were to join the Kid in his quest.


The kid is ready to leave and find the crystals, but which one to go for first?
(Also what instrument did the kid receive? (Sable will decide Praile's instrument, and I'll decide Leif's instrument by next update,))

(Whoa Koop, I think I'll have to copy and paste that, it's beautiful,

I am not sure if I'll be able to find any ost videos that'll do it justice though. XD)
(Also, this is the first I have heard of an Otamatone, wow, simply amazing. XD)



The instrument Leif received was the Ura Grass Whistle, it also doubles as a bow for a small violin that comes with it.
Praile received the Auspicious Ura Otamatone, soon all will know of it's existence.
The kid received an attachment for his lifelong friend that allows him to be played like a guitar--two souls, working in perfect harmony to create tunes only they can make.
The box of instruments was handed down to Quilton to hold onto; Quilton being the scumbag formally known as Trubbish, he was renamed due to containing fabrics and no longer any trash or rubbish.


Kid decides to get the Crystal of Courage first; the Princess gives the kid a train ticket.
The train known as the Molentery Excess Express, rides right through the Unknown, Kid could jump off the train close when it's as close to the Unknown's heart as it will get.
Train will be boarding at the Dark Lantern tavern, Kid best make his way there.


The group makes their way back into the edge of the Unknown, find the tavern; no train yet, best wait inside.
Kid opens the door, at least tries to; the tavern's dog is blocking the way. The whole group gives a push.
Inside the group decides to eat a meal, Kid looks around, sees a stage with folks making music, sees a toy maker, a baker, a butcher, a shady man in red, and what he thinks might be a master and apprentice;
They all seem to be here for the tavern alone. Kid sees some other folks likely here for the train, a gentleman and boy who both are having tea, Kid sees yet another odd one in red, but also with a scarf.
Lastly the kid sees what he assumes is a bunny in a green suit, though is unsure due to that it has tiny wings and a red ball above it's head. There are a few others in the tavern, but the Kid doesn't have a good view.
The group still has a good deal of time left before the train, what should they do?

The group gets their meal long at last, a well stuffed turkey with a fine side of mash potatoes; would those who just ate hungry.
After they finish their meal, the group decides to talk to the gentleman having tea.
The gentleman introduces himself as Hershel Layton; the boy with him quickly introduces himself as well, says he is Luke, the Professor's apprentice.
Kid takes a quick glance at the other apprentice inside the tavern, sees quite the contrast.
Layton invites the three to have tea, he recently bought two brands of tea he never seen before; One being Quincy Endicott’s Health Tea the other Margueritte Grey Tea.
Kid tries the health tea, asks the professor what he is doing here, turns out Layton and the boy are not sure what the their final destination will be,
all they have for a clue is a ticket the professor got from his late mentor.
Unfortunately the train has come to a stop a few yards back for repairs, which is why they and most of a passengers headed over to the tavern.
Layton now asks the three what they are doing, the Kid doesn't go into much detail, but does tell him that they will be jumping off the train down when it's close to the Unknown's heart.
The professor was curious, but didn't press; he hands the kid a special coin and wishes the group success in reaching their goal.


Kid thanks Layton, the three get up, decides to see why the shady characters are so shady.
The scarfed man in red suddenly walks up to the group, gives out a low chuckle; the group steps back a little due to his sudden appearance.
The man says he is Stachenscarfen, giving out another chuckle. He hands the Kid a tea kit, says it may come in handy.


After Stachenscarfen left them, they move on to the next shady character.
The group approaches the other man in red, ask him who he is.
He says he is the Highwayman, goes as far as to take it to the stage.
The group was unsure of what to think. They notice the Toy maker behind them eyeing at their instruments, he asks them if they could play a tune.
The Butcher rallies most everyone to request that the group plays. The group was thrown on the stage, Praile recalls a tune, hands the Kid and Leif notes showing how to play it.
Leif readies his grass flute and violin, Praile tunes his otamatone low enough to mimic the sound of a cello, Kid sends out Quilton the scumbag; tells him to handle the drums, synth and tambourine. The Kid attaches the Ura strings to his Lifelong friend; all of them begin to play.


The Kid started first, Quilton chimed in with the tambourine, Leif then came with his whistle and soon switched over to his violin;
When he went back to the whistle Praile came in with the otamatone playing those fine low notes.
After a short bit things slowed down, only the guitar and drums could be heard. Leif and Praile joined back in, they all started to build the tune up till it couldn't hold back anymore,
the sound of music flooded the tavern like a rapid current. Drawing near to the end, Leif, Praile and Quilton then faded their inclusion out,
Only the Kid and his Lifelong friend were left playing. The folks were in awe in how the Kid could do a such a harmony alone; not that he was. The tune ended.


The folks applauded; a little masked fellow in red even came out to get their autographs, he seemed like a shy guy.
The one the kid assumed was a rabbit, came up to them and introduced himself; His name is Montblanc, and he ain't a rabbit, but a moogle with long ears.
Montblanc says he has been going tavern to tavern to find people to join his newly made clan, says that they are in need of some musicians, and that they are the best he has heard.
The Kid and the others decline; the Moogle was disappointed but realizes they must have something they must do.
Before he leaves them, he asks if they could think of a name for his clan; he assured them not to hold back, as he will probably rename it down the line regardless.


After the clan naming the three remained waiting for the train. Kid notices a strong looking man with dark hair and yet also in red sitting in a big chair by the fire place,
(the tailor is also taking note of the colors' popularity.) The man in red seemed to be sulking, a short friend of his is attempting to cheer him up.
The sound of the train's horn interrupts everything, the conductor burst into the tavern to inform everyone that the Molentary Excess Express is now boarding,
Less than half in the tavern get up and head to the door, Luke says goodbye to a horse by the tavern's window and hurries to the professor.
Kid goes out last, hears the short fellow start to sing to the man sulking; hears the name Gaston as the door closes.


It has gotten dark out.
The three get on the train, it'll take a half day before they need to jump off, may as well look around the train.
There's a little shop as well as a dinning area in the middle of the train; any food comes with the ticket, they could stock up.
There are also various passenger rooms, including their own they could check. (Also there is that clan name.)


(On a side note, I completely forgot that Montblanc has a yellow pom pom in the last post, not a red one. XD)

Kid figures they should stock up on food, as food on the Molentary Excess Express is free.
The group head down the train's hallways. They notice recruitment posters for Montblanc's clan, that the kid named Boston Helix Sandwiches.
Kid asks Leif if he had any comments on it, Leif mentions how all the talk of clans has reminded him of a rescue team that he was a part of; feels like going back there after they stop the Calamity.


They head over to the dinning hall, Parile asks the purple haired waitress where they can find the chef.
The waitress leads them over to the open kitchen; Kid's surprised to see a fish cooking the food. The fish says he's Chef Shimi; asks the kid what he needs.
Kid asks if there is food they can take. Due to a recent passenger who had yet to leave the train, the fish was always prepared to have extra servings ready.
Chef Shimi also says that they recently have been payed to make a promotional meal for tomorrow's lunch, Helix shaped Boston Baloney Sandwiches.
Chef had been practicing on perfecting the design, though the ones he made today cannot be used tomorrow, so he handed those to the kid. Kid in turn packed them in Knapsack. (Formally called Quilton.)


Kid started heading to his room, but realised that they needed Montblanc to join them, the group make way to his cabin,
The moogle welcomes them in, Kid gets right to the point, throws gil at him, says that he needed him to join their group.
Montblac was confused, after all wasn't he the one looking for members?
Kid tells him about the Calamity, and everything else leading up to this point.
Montblac understands, sees that making a clan at this time would be pointless if the Calamity happens. He joins the group.
The moogle goes to hand back the gil, Kid turns it down, says that it would be better if they "hired" the Clan's services; it would get it's name out there if they stop Lavos.


With Montblac now in the group, Kid decides that they should check in on their cabin.
They walk the trains' halls, a worker over the intercom apologies for the delay on playing the proper tune for the time.
The enter the room, unlike Montblac's room, the train's music was further muffled, light was dim, the air cold; something was off.
Kid decided to check the drawer fifty times, he paced up twice, down twice, left and then right, left and right again, he then Bit an Avocado; finally he said start.
Nothing happened, at least not in the room; out in a distant desert someone accidentally dropped their sword.


Though one would say the room is still had that weirdy feeling.
It certainly didn't have anything to do with the plaque that contained the Kid's name; though everyone took a good at it anyways.
(How will they figure out what is wrong with the room? And what instrument is Montblac going to receive?)

Kid starts slamming his head against everything in the room, but it ain't the Kid's doing.
Leif senses the aura of a ghost grabbing the Kid's head; Leif throws an aura sphere at it.
The ghost is hit; becomes visible. The ghost says he has finally been noticed, says his name is Ghost T.
The group stands back to hear what the ghost has to say.
He's trapped between worlds, unable to move on till he recovers his diary; as he worries someone will read it's pages.
The specter claims to be unable to leave the room, so he asks that they recover his diary to him, but he warns them not to read it.


The four accept Ghost T.'s request, but they have no idea where the diary rests.
The door opens suddenly, a penguin steps in;
"Rudimentary, friends" he says, he goes on to introduce himself as Pennington, also known in some circles as "The Penguin with The Improbably Large Brain."
Pennington says he would know the where abouts of the missing diary, he asks for the Kid's name, but quickly changes his mind and demands that he doesn't say it;
as he would deduce his identity. He comments on the kid's hair, boots, and lifelong friend; he laughs and says it was all to easy, surely the Kid's name is Bastion.
The folks in the room next door could hear facepalming. Montblanc shock his head; said to himself that the penguin would make the fatal mistake of calling a Bangaa a lizard.
The group doubted Pennington would able to help them, but the penguin didn't want the detective from Scotland yard to have an opening on this case. (Not that he would take it.)
Pennington assured the group that the diary must be in the train's storage. Having no other leads, the group decides to head over there.


On the way the Kid offered Montblac one of the Ura instruments. The moogle had his eye on a lute, but he also noticed a bell and didgeridoo; with those he would be able to learn a good deal of Animist skills.
He asks the Kid if he could start with the didgeridoo and then swap out with the bell and finally the Lute. (might also let him use a fiddle...)
Kid had no objections; he handed him the didgeridoo.


They get to the storage, the penguin tells the worker guarding the room about the ghost and journal, the guard surprised to hear such a thing unlocks the door; lets them in.
After little searching they found it left alone; unopened. Kid held it in his hands; could feel all the questions he had regarding the ghost swarm him.
What could have possibly happened on the day the Ghost T got on the train, how does no one know of the accident?
Kid could tell the others were pondering the same.


What should the Kid do?

(I might end up missing a few references. XD)


The Kid is unable to make up his mind, decides to hold onto it for a while;
Maybe they'll find a villain who could read it for them; they'll have till the train ride back to find someone.
The party heads out of the storage and back into the train hall, the guard by the door ask the Kid if he can do a favor.
Says he found a detective badge on the floor; asks if the Kid can find the owner. Kid agrees.
The guard also hands the Kid a Marshal badge, says it's been left on the train for years now; the Kid can keep it as a reward.
Kid used to dream of getting a Marshal’s badge, but not quite like this.


The group decides to ask Pennington if he knew what cabin the detective is in,
"Rudimentary, Bastion." says the penguin; once again getting the Kid's name wrong.
Pennington says he naturally would know where a rival detective would staying.
He leads them to the detective's cabin; they find no one inside.
Kid decides to go see Layton to see if he would know where the detective is, after all, the professor comes from the same land.
The group opens the door to Layton's cabin; no one to be seen.
The group walks past the dining room, things are silent; no one is there.
Kid finally hears a sound, opens the door to the room; sees a hand stretching out of a hole in the floor.
The hand asks for paper, Pennington grabs and holds up the diary saying that it should work; Leif snatches out of his hands, gives it back to the Kid.
Kid drops down a pillow from his pillow armor; seems to have calmed the hand down.


With no other lead, the group heads to their own cabin; perhaps Ghost T. knows something.
The ghost greets them, glances at the Marshal badge the Kid now wears.
Before anyone could say anything, the specter asks if they got his diary.
The Kid hesitated, wasn't ready to give it back just yet.
Suddenly they see a worker pressed against the window; even the ghost was startled.
The worker begs the group to help, as he gets dragged back up, and out of sight.

The group hurries on top the train, they advance several cart ahead.
"Smorg!?" shouted Pennington. No sir, said the Kid; They were a school of Squirts.





The Squirts has the train worker, as well as all the other passengers.
Kid has no idea how they got so organized; that is... till he caught a glimpse of it's core.
The core's a green slime with a bowtie and top hat; it seems to be eyeing the Professor's hat.
Can't let him take that.


Squirts 100/100
Core 50/50


(Journal reading will likely have to wait, don't want the captives to accidentally read it.)

(Ooo a Cameo, sounds fun. I'll see if I can get it to work.
Big post ahoy! (Text may get confusing!)
On a side note, it appears that the name of the City that the Kid came from now has these question marks in them... I'll probably just keep them like that till I remember the letters. XD)


The battle begun, Pennington and Ghost T. took their seats, Squirts and Gasfellas filled the rest.


Group focus their attack on the core, Leif use Leaf Blade; popped enough of the squirts to reveal the core, but the squirts would just recover the green slime. Squirts 92/100
Kid realizes they will need speed, tells both Praile and Montblanc to use Fire Bros on him. (Praile conveniently filled the moogle in on how to preform it.)
They both send a flurry of fire balls at the Kid, Kid and his old friend directed every single one to the core. The squirts took every hit. Squirts 77/100
Enraged, Praile whacked the foe with the Otamaton; popped a few of them. Squirts 98/100
Pennington throws a mushroom at Montblanc, turns out it was poisonous. Ghost T. gives the penguin a cold glare as Pennington realized his mistake and scrambles for a cure item.


Kid noticed something odd with the Squirts' numbers, it's as if the ones in the audience were adding themselves to the boss, and then more Squirts filled the empty audience seats;
in this way the core's protection would be endless. Fortunately for the kid, the act of moving from the audience and into the battle was illegal here,
Kid just needs someone with authority to penalize them; Turns out Pennington wasn't official.
The Kid held up the detective badge; demands to the official detective. The green slime says that Detective Chelmey can't do a thing for as long as he is their captive.


The Gasfellas in the audience started throwing buckets and other blunt objects at the kid's party.
Kid's group is running out of options.





Kid couldn't tell if he was dreaming; he sees the baker in blue pointing at the foe, the baker's baking partner is also there too.
Kid wonders how they got on the train, he takes a look back to the end of the train... there was a smaller one tailing it.







The green core says a baker doesn't have the authority to stop his tactics.







The Baker says he brought someone that does; Detective Vesti Gates.







The Green Slime says Vesti didn't have a badge to prove it.



Kid looks at the name on the badge he held...



Kid throws the badge to Vesti.



The detective puts the badge on.



Vesti bans the Squirts altogether due to their foul scheme, says he will jail them if they try anything more. Squirts 0/100
Gates also shows the TV guide to the audience, the Gasfellas see the show titled "The Nitrogen Ninja"; Greatly interested in the show, all the Gasfellas leave the area.
Needing to return to his own adventure, Detective Gates takes his leave; he hops back down to the small train, the golden engineer blows the horn. The little train suddenly vanishes.


Just as the last few Squirts leave due to the ban, Kid notices another problem; the green slime now has all the captives in side of itself.
The green core laughs, says that they can't attack him for as long as he has the captives, and the only way to release them is to guess his' name.


Rudimentary!

Pennington says he has determined the name of the slime; says it's Smooze.
Silence chilled the air; the green slime suddenly starts shouting in panic, as the captives are being freed from Smooze's grasp. He's now left completely open.
Kid and the others had no time to be surprised that the penguin actually got the name right, they go in for a finishing blow;
Leif creates a huge Leaf Blade, Montblanc and Praile pelt it with fire to set it ablaze, Leif throws it into the sky.
The Kid with the help of his friend launch into the air, catches the blade and drives it into Smooze. Smooze 1/50


The remaining slime forms into a mini Smooze; he jumps off the train to flee.


The battle is over, things go back to a calm.
The Train workers and passengers thank the group for rescuing them, Chelmey grumbles a bit and heads down back into the train with his sidekick Barton.
After thanking the Kid, the Professor and apprentice greet the bakers. Kid asks how they know each other, turns out they had a whole adventure shortly after the Kid left.
Kid couldn't help but ask how the Bakers out out of Banen suo Long, they say a golden monster of shorts warped them out of there, they reappeared on the little train.

Pennington goes up to the group, gives them an antidote for Montblanc use.


Kid looks at the time, realizes it would be best to jump off the train when it goes alongside the lake up ahead.
The group says their goodbyes to everyone, they then jump.


Group lands in the lake as planned, by the time they surface the train is already in the distance.
The Crystal of Curage is only a little ways now, Just need to get to the Jawson Bog, then finally, the heart of the forest.
Montiblanc looks a little paler than usual, still hasn't fully recovered from that poison shroom. They best find a shelter for him to recover in before they go entering the bog.

(I am not sure how big the next post will be, so this one is going to be small.)


The group finds a cave surrounded by trees; looks like a safe place. They go in.
Inside they make a small fire by the entrance. They all decide to break out some of the Boston Sandwhichs,
they hadn't eaten since the tavern, and all that fighting on the train lead to a mighty appetite.


The moogle having fully recovered from the poison tests his abilities by casting fire down the cave,
the group noticed something in the shadows reflect the light of the flames.
The Kid walks to the object, finds a book with a golden colored hand on the front, on the hand was the number one.
Kid opens the book up, seems to be a Journal. The others take a look as the Kid read further.
The book's owner had been investigating the odd creatures and places found in the Unknown;
he had made a boat to cross the pond on the outskirts of the bog, but he realized something that caused him to hold off on crossing.

The boat is said to be stored in the back of the cave. The group found it, but were also found in the process.
A Fungui Crawler, Who-knows-what, and a spider monkey duo appeared.







Kid figures they shouldn't be hard to beat, but he could capture one or two if he wanted.
Once that is settled, they'll take the boat and enter the Jawson bog.

(Fairly big post, gotta fit in that dream sequence.)


The Kid picks up the who-knows-what and whacks the spider monkey duo good; all three monsters faint.
Kid throws a monster capsule at the fungui crawler, it didn't put up much of a fight.
The group picks up the boat, get out of the cave, place it on the pond's edge; they were ready to cross.


They all get on; Leif and Praile start rowing.
The Kid decides to read up more on the Jawson bog in the golden hand journal.
The writer had went all around outside of the pond that surrounds the bog;
judging by the bog's size, he wrote that it would take no more than an hour to transverse it on foot.
He also noted that the bog always had an ominous fog, tried to analyze it using some device... Kid couldn't find the written results.
Kid stopped looking for it when he heard singing in the distance.


They hit land, they are in the Jawson bog now, they get up and walk around, they decide to walk in a straight path,
even if they were to miss the center they'll just run into the other side of the pond that surrounds the bog. They keep walking.
This place is worse than anywhere they've ever seen. This place ain’t like the same as anywhere else. This place is…intoxicating.
It's been two hours by now; They hadn't run into anything, should've at least reached the other side an hour ago.
They look around; everything looked different, yet all the same. Somehow, they have became lost.
The group all agree to continue walking the same direction, before moving far the moogle collapses, and falls into a deep sleep, Praile does the same, as does Leif.
Before the Kid knew it, he hit the ground; falls asleep, maybe for the last time. Don’t know where he’s gone.
Might be gone for good for all I know. Wherever he is…It’s somewhere I’ve never been. Somewhere I never want to go.



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Might be gone for good for all I know. Wherever he is…It’s somewhere I’ve never been. Somewhere I never want to go.


Kid finds Banen suo Long in ruins, the dead welcomes him with a lobster and pie; Kid leaves them. He sees what's left of the Rippling Walls; years of work undone in moments.
The ground quakes, Kid is approached by a swarm of Greenbacks, they had survived the disaster. Kid succeeds where the Calamity failed.


Kid finds himself in a prison cell, the petty thief had the nerve to walk around with the Marshal badge and Breaker Bow he stole.
Ol' Jim the guard walks in to teach the thief a valuable life lesson; Kid rejects it, beats Ol' Jim good, escapes the cell.
Finds four others in another cell, they ain't among the living. Kid lead them to their doom.


The Kid snuck over the CrumbleBeanz Kingdom Castle's wall.
The thief sees the princess, the princess turns her head,

[Spoilerbox="Kid steps back as he sees her face."][/Spoilerbox]



The petty thief broke all the pots in the little room. Kid looks up at the door, sees a mask salesman and the Prime Minister.

What do they say to a Kid who has done to much? "You shouldn't have done that."

Kid uses a ticket to board the train, it can send him even farther. Into the Wild Unknown.


Proper story’s supposed to start at the beginning. It’s so simple with this one. Now here’s a Kid whose whole world’s all right. Just snoozing away in his home. He wakes up…I’m just fooling.
He walks out of his little home. Banen suo Long is undone, Fungui crawlers break in... all undone. Kid sees what’s left of his lifelong friend. His friend, he’s come undone too.
He sees…what’s left…undone.


Kid vainly tries to hold onto something, tries to escape reality.
There's no way out. There is No. Way. Out.


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Thought he was gone, but he finally comes to. Kid's finds himself covered in red branches; he breaks out of them.
He wasn't the only one in branches, the other three were covered too, but they still have not awoken.
Kid goes to wake them up and remove the branches, the Kid is over shadowed.
A tall dark shadowy figure approaches the Kid, says the forest has already claimed them, that they won't be waking up.
He tells the Kid it would be best to leave them, before the forest takes him too.
The Kid says he isn't going to leave his friends behind, the figure takes a step closes, says he is trying to help him.


The Kid didn't like how close the figure was getting, something tells the Kid force won't stop him.
Kid is going to need to somehow buy enough time to get the others and flee.

The Kid run out of options; That is, till Alex arrived.
Alex walked over to the tall shadowy figure, threw down a box containing the game Monopoly. Several things were different about the fox.
The dark figure looked at Alex and his challenge, he was amused; he has ran into many quirky folks, but none like this.
He makes a deal with the fox, says he will leave the others alone for the duration of the game, though if Alex loses... the figure had a task for him.
They both start the game.


Kid wasn't sure if this was another segment of his twisted dream, regardless, the Kid wasn't going to let this chance slip by.
Just as the Kid gets to the other three, Praile wake up. The bird burns the branches off of himself, he then helps the Kid unbind the other two.
Both MontBlanc and Leif wake up as the red branches where being removed, all four of them then hurry away from Alex and his foe.


I may always wonder what took place in those dreams they had.
They never much cared to speak of them, save Montblanc;
Unlike the others, his was more a full adventure than a twisted nightmare.


The group were still unsure were to go, Kid remembers the hint coin. He uses it.
Statues start falling out of the darkened sky, they seem to be forming a trail.
The four follow the trail till they reach a large tree, a tree so huge that it would've made finding the center easy if the fog wasn't so thick.

They go inside, and there they saw it... the Crystal of Courage.
Before it was the guardian, fully covered in thick blue armor. Exdeath.





Exdeath was at a desk, stamping all sorts of objects his multi-weapon wielding minion would find and bring to him.
The four looked as the guardian picked up the old lost items, he would stamp them "Void", all while laughing mentioning the word void each time.
Exdeath notices the group before him, slowly approaches the Kid, grabs the Marshel badge, sees it's not the Kid's, stamps it. He laughs and says everything shall return to the void.
The Guardian started to make his way to the desk, but not before Praile would extravagantly state that they came for the Crystal of Courage.
Exdeath says they don't stand a chance; that he will send them all to the void.

The group heard enough of his obsession with the void, and braced themselves for battle.



-Kid 50/50
-Praile 50/50
-Leif 50/50
-Montblonc 50/50

-Exdeath 200/200

(Oooo, Praile's dream? Excellent!)
(Edit: See it here: brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/forum/showthread.php?13407-A-proper-CYOA-is-supposed-to-start-at-the-beginning-ain-t-so-simple-with-this-one/page4)


Exdeath goes to attack; the music stops.
The Kid sees the guardian's minion, Gilgamesh, removing the vynal from a gramophone nearby.
The minion says that he already claimed the theme and that fits himself much more.
Noticing the title, the guardian agrees, says that Kid and his friends will soon know a theme truly befitting a master of the void.
Exdeath walks over to the gramophone, picks up a track called "Battle on the Bridge."
Gilgamesh gave his master a deathly glare, seems Gilgamesh has claimed that theme as well.
Exdeath puts on his own theme, "Decisive Battle."
Theme wasn't a personal favorite of the Kid's, but he takes this as a good time to attack the guardian's ego, says that the theme is underwhelming for a "master of the void"
Says Exdeath is a joke, that Tabuu successfuly used the void first, had a better theme, and would K.O Exdeath one hit no contest. -Ego 25,000/50,000
Kid continues on to say that if they where in a popularity contest to decide who would join a special cross-over fighting event, Tabuu would win.
Kid snatches the stamp out of the guardian's hand and stamps him in the head, says with Tabuu around Exdeath's role is void. -Ego 0/50,000
(Bonus: Was Exdeath awesome enough to cross over worlds in order to get beaten up by a key wielding kid? I didn't think so.) (I... don't seem to be good at trolling. XD))

Though no one could see it due to his thick armor, Exdeath's ego exploded. -Exdeath 100/200
Exdeath sucked the Gramophone into the void, Kid knew he made him mad.
He then created a small void sphere, through it Kid could see Benon suo Long, the CrumbleBeanz Kingdom, the Molentry Excess Express, and some other train.
Exdeath says to the Kid that after he deals with him and his friend, he will send the whole world into the void.
Though Exdeath was too enraged to use magic, he didn't hesitate to use the void's power. He warped behind the Kid; hits him hard. -Kid 35/50
Leif charges at him, Leaf blade in hand; Exdeath blocks and counters, sends Leif flying backward. -Leif 33/50
Pralie closes in with his weapon named Zillyhoo, Exdeath again blocked, but not without his armor denting, though it didn't stop Exdeath from dealing a blow back. -Pralie 37/50
Montblanc sends a flurry of fire and lighting, Exdeath creates a void sphere to absorb it, he then creates eight smaller ones around the moogle and sends it all back. -Montblanc: 16/50
Kid gets up, lands a blow with his old friend; didn't leave a dent. The dent that Pralie left was now no where to be seen either; as if the armor is healing itself.



Exdeath laughs, says they cannot break his impenetrable defense.
Leif noted something odd when he attacked, that Exdeath aura was oddly familiar in a way, almost like a tree.
Regardless, they are going to need to find a way to break through the guardian's defense.


Meanwhile at the Monopoly game.
The dark figure bought both dark blue spaces, Board Walk and Park Place. His plan was coming along perfectly.
Alex goes around buying whatever he lands on. He hits the "Go to Jail" space; gets his piece locked up good, needs to roll a double now.
The fox shouts Bingo and then Jenga, goes on to say that he actually hasn't played the game before;
to this the tall figure must have given a refined smirk, no way of knowing for sure.


(Took me a while to decide what decisive battle theme to use with what part. XD)
(Hopefully the punctuation wasn't too dreadful, still looking for that balance of the narrator's pauses and continuous story telling.)