Oralcean Oddessy (CYOA)

You dream up extra cat paws and an electric bass, and attempt to play it. What results is all the strings breaking due to cat claws you don't know how to get rid of. You de-summon the extra paws and drag Ruby by the tail over to the shop she mentioned as she laughs hysterically. Out of the corner of your eye you see that bard from earlier taking the thing for himself. Better him than you, you think. You do better singing or with a piano.

You arrive at the shop and the owner, a small parakeet, greets you wholeheartedly. The shop is...empty, but you suppose this is the Dreamrealms. Surely this guy can just dream up some hyperspace storage. Ruby takes the lead and asks "Do you have any weapons?"
"Oh, ma'am, I have quite a few of those...usually."
"Usually?"
"Yes, you see, this brightly-colored bard-looking person came in today and stole all of my stock! I was asleep at the time--"
You mew at the cage directly next to him.
"Okay, they put a sheet over me. But I eventually overcame that. Either way, I got some new stock, but I haven't gotten any weapons yet. You'll need to either wait or chase that thief down yourselves."
The door opens behind you. It's that croc from earlier! You put on a fierce face and glare at him.
"Hey, do you have any tail blades? I left mine at home."
Ruby fills him in on what happened.
"What? Well, I can't have that. Nor can I wait. I'll be going now."
The croc leaves, leaving you and Ruby with the shopkeet.
"What do you think he meant by that?" the owner asks you two.
"I think he might actually be trying to get your stock back on his own." Ruby says.
"What?! But they have so many weapons! Who does he think he is?!"
"Well, either way, thanks but no thanks, para-shop-keet-er."
"That's not my name."
"What is it then?"
"It's Alchi."
"Alchi. Anyway, thanks anyway!"

You leave the shop, saddened that you couldn't get a weapon.
"Hm...as much as it pains me to say this..." Ruby says to you, "we may have to follow that croc."
You ask why if he'll be taking the enemy by storm.
"For one, this thief may have the Starlight Fantasy. For another, we're too far away from another town to look for another weapons shop. Lastly, every party's a crowd with three members!"
Well, I'm not going to say the plot demands it. You can just as easily get to another town as quick as possible. You could ask for directions. Remember, I'm gonna try my best not to railroad things until we get to the later stages. And I REALLY shouldn't try to railroad this world, where your silly commands kinda just make it up. So command away! We'll see what happens.

Tell the bard from earlier that bards were outlawed in 1835, and he needs to go get into jail now.

Let the police handle the rest.

With this pumping into your ears by sheer dreaminess (with personally no complaints), you dreamsummon Alvis from Xenoblade Chro--

Alvis:
 Before you ask, I am here of my own accord. I saw this future coming and knew you would summon me, and figured, since you know who I am, I can allow you this knowledge:
First, I am afraid a Monado--or at least something like one--already exists in your set of eight worlds. To bring another one into existence would possibly upset the balance of these worlds even more than the absence of your Starlights already has. However, that cannot stop you from perhaps enlisting the aid of the wielder of said Monado-like, as you might call it.
Second, the thief went that way, towards the Altar of Starlight Fantasy.
Ruby: ...why would he/she go there?
Alvis: Did you think to, maybe, check for the Starlight near the place it was stolen?
Ruby: Don't tell me...
Alvis: That is something you must figure out yourself, Rubilia.
Ruby: Ruby. It's Ruby.
Alvis: Third, you will require the assistance of that crocodile if you are to pursue that thief--
Ruby: Actually, they can't be a thief, if they're a bard. Classstuffs!
Alvis: Going by that logic, they would either be a Mage or a Blader, then, no?
Ruby: ...fair point.
Alvis: If I may continue, you will require the crocodile's assistance. If you choose not to follow him and relay this information, then I foresee a dark future...not just for you, but...
Ruby: We're the protagonists, aren't we.
Alvis: I am afraid so. The rest, Rubilia, Sapphire, is up to you.

With that, Alvis vanishes, and you are unable to summon him again.
"That bard is totally Gamzee though," Ruby says to you. You nod your head in agreement with great fervor.

(Asphoxia command complete!)

You come up with a sudden realization that bards were outlawed in 1835 in Elek-Tek Geer, and figured that perhaps that law might apply to the Dreamrealms as well. However, there's a catch with your plan to tell the police--they're all busy trying to find the Starlight Fantasy and anyone who's patrolled the Altar hasn't come back alive. You wouldn't push it. Also, in the Dreamrealms, it's 17-something. Ruby reassures you it was a good idea, but sadly you're the protagonists, and you'd probably have better luck anyway.

(Planetbox command complete!)

Deciding to act upon the words of the Seer, you summon a flute. Before you get questioned by ruby for doing this, you begin to play a jaunty flute solo and start marching. While you're not the best at the flute, especially with paws instead of hands, you begin to play the best flute solo anyone has ever heard--anyone being Ruby, yourself, and most of the kids from Peter Pan, who Ruby summoned after you started playing, getting the gist. Pan takes out a flute of his own, and, pausing in your march to look at it, you ask if he would like to play alongside you. You two make the best concert on the move of all time, even getting a summoned Captain Hook to follow because you're so dang amazing at this stuff. Or maybe it's because you're marching in the direction of that croc. Who knows?! Who cares?! You're on the greatest croc hunt of all time! It comes with music and everything!
...can someone find me a flute duet to put here though? I'm having trouble finding one myself...and it'd really bring this command to life!
You come across the croc after a long march and end your jaunty, beautiful duet there, finding...you've actually attracted a ton of mice, too. You don't know why, but you don't particularly care either. The song ended, you thank Pan for the opportunity and de-summon him. Hook, mumbling something about this croc not being the one he's looking for, thanks you for allowing him in your march as well, and gracefully bows out--and by that i mean trips on his own two feet when he leans over and gets bitten by one of the mice. What's nice about this reference is that it's a double-entendre reference--I'm referencing three things here, one being the Disney Movie. Whoever guesses one of the two others gets a cookie!
"...so I assume this is no coincidence?"
"You assume correctly, crocodile. Let me catch you up on what's going on--"
Now at this point the narrator himself didn't want to recap so early when the CYOA's only, what, 3 pages? C'mon. So yeah.
"Whoa. That's...pretty serious." says the croc. He looks really surprised.
"Definitely is. I'm Ruby, the cat in a cape is my rival and best friend Sapphire."
"You know I've heard of people having pillars as rivals?"
"Yeah, that person really had to sword a stick through this one pillar when they took a heavy crash into one." (Another reference, another cookie!)
"Anyway, I know this one place where I can probably buy you a knife or something before we go. It's actually pretty close. Sapph'll probably need one."
"Well, Sapph? You wanna hope that cat form will last or you wanna play it safe?"

(Dimitri's command complete!)

(This update is probably much longer than any update I have done at all to anything.)

Nah. Arts books are too expensive. Let's just buy Saph a couple of tomes and a Zippo lighter.

Totally seconding the cake though.

If I could I would get a much smaller picture like the actual portrait.
For now we'll both have to live with this.

You and the croc debate wether or not to make this Xenoblade or Fire Emblem or an apocalypse survival game when the both of you remember this is neither. Then again, you should probably save that for when you actually get to the nearby weapon shop. So you go there.
"Ugh, all the bards running around the streets...I know I left Elek-Tek Geer for a reason bu--wait Wait WAIT when did you get here?!
Er, I mean--*ahem*"
The shopkeeper takes out a Terry Hintz "Open" sign and drapes it over the counter. It's a humanoid robot, definitely from Elek-Tek Geer.
"What can I fix you with? We've got sets'a Dual Swords, for the monster hunters, we've got tomes to make a tactician cry and let mages loose--"
"Yeah yeah, save us the merchant talk." Ruby interrupts. "We're just here for a starter weapon. My friend over here in the blanket-cape lost hers during the opening of this thing."
"Ah. Protagonist troubles?"
"You know it," the croc says. "Got anything good in stock?"
"Well, is yer friend a Blader, a Ranger, a Mage?"
You hold up a Blader's Badge. Every Blader has one.
"Ah, gotcha. We've got these starter items in stock:"
(Maestro!)
Iron Katana: Not to be confused with the larger model often used in hunting, this single-edged blade was designed to be lightweight and finish a fight with a single blow. It has a single slot for a gem of some sort at the base of the blade.
Junk Sword: While it's not effective, it is basically the Rusty Sword of the starter weapons. However, anyone who can take advantage of their opponent's focus on other targets can make this just as powerful as later weapons. However, it's so amateurishly made that no modifiers can be added.
Regenlief: While not a second to the similarly-used Seigmund, it's still a good starter lance. However, it's unable to be forged.
Bronze Axe: A surprisingly effective axe, it's extremely durable and reliable. However, it doesn't deal as much damage as later axes.
Bouncer Knives: "Sold to me by this blonde guy with a techy-looking sword. Says they allow the user to strike twice when you can only strike once, or something."
Hammer: A black iron hammer built to hit hard. It makes a dent in armor as if it were paper mache.
Hunter's Knife: A sword and shield used by hunters. Reliable, upgradeable, and the shield functions much like a gauntlet so you can block while you swing.
First Blade: A blade model said to have been used by holy beings in a battle of light and dark. Regardless, it can fire plasma shots from a ranged distance or cut opponents to bits up close, no matter how blunt you think it is.
Familiar Cutter: Another blade modeled after a forgotten or famed hero. It doubles as a hyperspace inventory but its power is only on a 1-6 scale, and it's not reliable in the slightest, on its own.
Wolf Claws: Claws said to have been used by a goddess of another world. With these on your mitts you'll be the Roy of claw users, but don't expect much range out of its fire manipulation.
Brawler Claws: While these technically aren't claws at all, rather a pair of brawler's gloves, they're still a good weapon, increasing speed and raw hand-to-hand combat power.
Magnus Club: Whoa, nice try, catty. That giant sword you were using in the intro was enchanted to be light as a feather. There's no way you can lift something like a club.

Pick one!

Actually I think that was a Xenoblade reference. But sure, why not have Sapphire be Dunban! Wait does that mean she'll wield the Monado later?

His name is Albert William "Gator" Gates..

His name is Deathtoll, and he's going to be a major antagonist later because he's from the Next Dimension.

Ask Light Yagami if there's a Shinigami nearby causing the fog because that might be a thing they can do.

Failing that, help L find who "Kira" is