"Hey, have you seen a big green emerald anywhere?" Knuckles asked Dry Bowser, with the echidna spotting the skeletal reptile relaxing at the edge of the sandy shore of the Angel Island Zone.
"Not that I can recall..." Dry Bowser mumbled as he had his bony arms wrapped around the back of his skull.
Knuckles shook his head as he moved his clenched fists about. "Well I could use someone to go and find it. I'm tired of trekking all over the world, and my shard sensing skills aren't what they used to be..."
Dry Bowser turned his skull to Knuckles. "Well if you're that exhausted, then why don't you just give me a clue on how I can potentially find this emerald of yours."
"Oh but of course!" Knuckles exclaimed as he pulled a gray device with a blinking green button on it out of his dreadlocks, handing it to Dry Bowser. "This will help you out quite good! I sometimes use it to get by!"
Holding onto the device, Dry Bowser got off the sand as he shook his sandy bones, placing the device into his red hair.
"All right, Knuckles, I'll go out and search this Master Emerald of yours for you." Dry Bowser pointed out as he cracked his bony fists. "But I hope you'll do something for me in return."