The Place That Is No More

(The Emperor and Golbez are busily drinking, with the Man Called True nowhere in sight. The Emperor looks over his glass.)

Emperor: Ah… Our “friend” is currently out of commission, so until he gets back we’ll have to handle this. I’m not sure why, but he locked the doors and took the keys with him, so we don’t have much in the way of choice…

Golbez: This cannot be as bad as the last one.

Emperor: Mr. Harvey, I hasten to remind you he didn’t bring us back for two chapters. This can only end in tears. The longer we wait, the more it will hurt… Conjuring the story.

(The scene: Three people are playing cribbage. One of them is in a leather jacket, with a cowboy hat pulled low over his eyes. One looks like David Bowie in golden armor, and the third wears black metal armor over his whole body, with a wide, flowing cape. The cowboy-hat man waves.)

MCT: Good day, everyone! Man Called True here with the latest chapter of Operation: P.O.W.E.R.P.U.F.F. We’re doing things a little differently this time around, however… This story just gets more boring by the day, so I’ve brought some guests along to help out. To my left, from Dissidia Final Fantasy by way of Final Fantasy II, Emperor Mateus Palmecia… or as he prefers to be called, “the Emperor”.

Emperor: Vermin like you do not deserve to call me by my full name.

MCT: To my right, also from Dissidia by way of Final Fantasy IV, Theodore Harvey… but as he’s usually called, Golbez.

Golbez: It is an honor to be here.

Emperor: You will not think that shortly.

MCT: But enough of that… let us begin Chapter 15, “Friend and Foe”.

Emperor: Very well… Conjuring the story.