The Invention!

Well, despite the fun that is flat-packed furniture, I did manage to get some time to continue my quest - and it's about time I got a look at this invention that everyone at the fair has been harping on about, especially since I seem to know the girl who made it!
First things first though, I need to show off the lady who hasn't left my side since I got to the fair:

A question I keep asking myself!

With that out of the way, apparently we're just in time to witness the unveiling of the invention and see what all the fuss is about. Drumroll please....

Ahhh... the "Super Dimension Warp" (patent pending) Hmmm... That's got 'teleporter' written all over it if you ask me! Obviously, a guinea pig is needed to test out the contraption and prove it works - and once again, game me is much braver/dafter than real me and is the first volunteer.

Make it so!

After boldly stepping forth onto the teleporter 'Super Dimension Warp' pad we're treated to some sparkly lights and I am magically whisked across the screen to the other pad - phew!
Cue round of applause, and now Leona wants a go too... well I can't see this going wrong, can you?

Can you say 'jinxed'?

Oh... you had to say it didn't you? And in that moment, that single solitary moment... everything went pear-shaped. She might as well have been wearing a red Away Team shirt and been one week from retirement!

Oh the surprise...

Well. Saw that coming, didn't we? 
Whatever that pendant is (told you we'd see that again) it somehow interferes with Lucy's invention, and suddenly a mystic swirly portal appears and sucks her in! Oh no!

Didn't see this coming at all!

Right then. There's only one thing for it - I'm going to have to go and rescue her aren't I? Handily, Leona dropped the pendant when she got sucked up so I should be able to follow her. That's how these things work, right?

Wheeeeeeeee!

Yep. And with that I grab the pendant and I'm ready to go - headfirst into whatever is through the magic portal and after her. It's a good job I'm such a good guy... I suppose no one could blame me for not wanting to throw myself into a unknown void in search of a girl I'd only just met? 
But that's just crazy talk, there's no way we can leave a damsel unrescued - just ask mario! Once I get sucked into the portal there's some pretty nice Mode 7 special effects as I get whisked along to whatever dimension Leona has found herself in. Hope I didn't need to grab anything - I'm not exactly prepared! After a few seconds of space/time/magic travel we find ourselves...

Well these guys aren't exactly happy to see me!

Oh. In a forest. I have to admit, I was a bit disappointed - I was kinda expecting something more magical or futuristic, but at least it's a soft landing and I don't have to worry about breathing! No sooner have I got my bearings than I'm set upon by some Blue Imps (as I am reliably informed) who despite their location seem to have found a decent tailor, judging by their fetching purple pyjamas! Luckily I have managed to arrive with all my bits intact and I can dispense some pointy-ended justice. Still being in beginner territory, the imps only take a hit to dispatch and despite some cute flying kicks they are no match for my sword!

Not entirely sure how a NES peripheral will help, but ok!

With the immediate area clear, a bit of exploration is in order and the first things I come across are a couple of chests just left lying around - oh well, finders keepers! In the first, I get a tonic which goes straight into the inventory, but the second has a Power Glove... well, obviously my first through was one of these, so not exactly fashionable... but it bumps up my strength so it's a welcome bonus!

Without further ado, it's time to test out the power glove as I run into two more imps kicking a ball about - and as I approach, the footy stops only to reveal the ball itself was another creature! For just a moment I thought that the big green thing was in need of rescuing - after all the imps had just been kicking it about, surely? But no, no sooner had I reached them than it was already trying to bite me.. ok then - stabby stabby!

Well then, I appear to be lost in a (possibly) alien world, with no idea where I'm going, no way of getting back and I have to rescue a girl I hardly know. At least life isn't dull! There's everything to play for as I continue My Gaming Catch Up :-)