Act 2 - Who to Trust

Who to Trust is the second of seven acts in Puppeteer and takes place in the Moonwood.

Curtain 1
''After claiming the Knight's power, Kutaro vanquished Tiger and escaped the Black Castle with the Witch, Ying Yang, and Pikarina. Where would fate lead them next? Act Two starts here.''

Introduction:''At long last,Kuraro and his new friend Pikarina were free of Castle Grizzlestein,borne to safety by the Witch's magic.Our fugitives needed a safe place to hide,and so they chose Castle Wax Wane-the same flying palace from which the Moon Goddess once ruled.In those better days,the White Castle was resplendent,a sight to behold! But the tides of darkness had since dulled its sparkle,and loosened the stone of its walls and columns.''

Ezma and Ying yang decided to stay at the castle of the moon goddess and put their feet up,much to Pikarina's disrespect and suspicion.Then the moon witch noticed that Kutaro had the piece of the Moonstone and tried to weasel her way into gaining it causing Pikarina's mistrust to rise,and the witch told them that the Moonstone was shattered by the MBK,he gave the moonstone to his Twelve Generals.The Witch told Kutaro and Pikarina to search and gain the piece of moonstone from General Rat who has his duties in the Moonwood Forest,Pikarina still didn't trust the witch but went along with Kutaro anyways.They found Rat but lost him,but cleared some of his poison with the help of the Ninja Bomb.Meanwhile the Moon Bear King sent General Snake to destroy Kutaro,which General snake will enjoy the crushing of the young boy.

Curtain 2
''The Moonstone was Kutaro's only ticket home to Earth. Newly armed with the Ninja's bombacious powers, Kutaro continued to scour the Moonwood in search of the despicable Rat.''

Introduction:''Ever since the Moon Goddess had vanished from her throne,the denizens of Moonwood had hardly slept a wink.But then they received a visitor-a single,smartly dressed rat."Gather round",the rat said,and produced a purple elixir."This tincture will cure all illnesses, and stave off the tyrant's magic"! And he offered to sell it to them for a reasonable price,as a neighborly gesture.The Moonwood's inhabitants were overjoyed and relived to have such a good friend looking out for them.''

As Kutaro and Pikarina were walking through the forest,they were discussing about the moon witch and should she be trusted.Pikarina told him a secret that (to her) would hopefully trust her,that secret being that her father is the sun,and that she's the sun princess who was cursed by the Moon Bear King,which caused the inhabitants of moonwood to sing a song about her being the Princess of the Sun.Unfortunately for them,doing so only enraged her and attacked the some of the inhabitants,however doing so only frightened Kutaro (and the G|Narrator).They arrived to Lake Cedrus only to find it was corrupted by the Lowdown Rat along with some of the inhabitants,Including the Kappagaeru mother.When Kutaro and Pikarina cleansed the lake,the overly dramatic Kappagaeru warned them about Mother and Father Cedar and begged them to save them.But they were a tad late to stop them from taking his elixir.They managed to save the tree couple from the Rat's doing and stopped him.Rat begged for them to spare his life and give them what ever they wanted.After a Commercial Break,The Cowardly Rat gave the duo the Piece of the moonstone.

Curtain 3
''Rat's callous lies had brought the Moonwood to the brink of ruin. and while his defeat added another moonstone shard to Kutaro's pile, a new adversary had already slithered within striking distance.''

Introduction:General Snake's Body Coursed with venom,and the Moonstone's power had rendered a mere whiff of the deadliest substance in the solar system.But the Moon Bear King found such reckless power repugnant.The unlucky Snake was locked beneath the Black Castle and forced to produce a toxic brew.How the serpent cursed his fate,as he waited patiently for his chance to be free!Unfortunately for Kutaro,that horrible moment had arrived.

General Snake was out to destroy Kutaro and would destroy anything that got in his way.Desperate to save the Moonwood Mother and Father Cedar Sent Kutaro,Pikarina,and Rat to stop the destructive serpent ( despite rat's complaints).While Rat was eaten,Kutaro climbed his way to the head of the Snake with the help of the bomb.just as they were about to reach their goal,Snake was on to them and ate them.when inside his stomach they found Rat begging to be saved,unfortunately for the conning rodent he was used as a ride for Kutaro,while Rat was getting even more of a taste of his own medicine (literally).As Rat got Kutaro and Pikarina out of the serpents stomach and worked their way all the way up to his gullet.The Serpent tried to eat Kutaro again only this time he would chew first,but he was too quick and when Snake opened up Kutaro threw a bomb in there and striking the serpent with Calibrus,and delivered the finishing blow.Meanwhile the witch,ying yang,and the Moon Bear King were watching Kutaro's adventures through a magic mirror,with Ezma being proud of the boy,and the tyrant of a king angry that he got another piece of the Moonstone.Then MBK saw Rat and Rat saw MBK through the mirror,with the Moon Bear King seeing that he was betrayed by one of his generals,Rat tried to counter this belief by saying that he had to trick Kutaro in gaining the upper paw,but failed.The King told Rat to come closer,but when Rat did so he would pay for his lies.