They scoured the area for hours trying to find clues. Finally Popka beckoned Klonoa.
"Over here! I found something"
Klonoa ran to the bushes where Popka was signaling with his nose.
"It is even darker in that direction" said Klonoa.
"Don't' be a scaredy cat!, Come on!" said Popka hopping across the bushes.
Klonoa leapt through and then he found himself falling down a precipice. He yelled hopelessly thinking he would hit bottom then everything was silent.
As he opened his eyes he felt he was lying flat on a very wet and hard ground. A crackling noise could be heard over his head.
He got up and looked around.
"What is this place?" he said out loud.
A sign with glowing letters could be seen in a language he could not comprehend.
"C A F E" He tried to read the unusual glowing characters. He turned around and saw Popka walking around a curved metal vent. He was aching in pain.
"Ouch!" complained Popka. "What is this place?" He said looking around in shock. "My goddess! Look at all the glass temples here!" said Popka looking around.
"Come on. We need to get down from here and keep looking" invited Klonoa as he went to the edge and looked down.
"Wow!" continued Popka amazed by the sights. "I wonder what type of goddess they worship in this world?"
"Quiet" said Klonoa as he approached the edge and saw a stairwell. "There. We can climb down"
"Look. There is an elder next to a sacred fire on the far wall" said Popka. "Let's ask him for directions"
"Good idea" said Klonoa climbing down the fire scape to the narrow street below.
"Elder one!" called Popka. "Can you help us in this realm?"
The old man in ragged clothes could hear a squeaky growling voice and turned around. His cataracts prevented him to make out what was in front of him. A 4 ft tall young man perhaps? And his dog?
"Bawau, wau, bah wau, wau, wau?" was all the man could understand coming from the dog.
"Wahoo, wadidu, ire ni miu wadamiu?" was all he could understand from the boy.
"I don't understand what you are saying." said the oldman. "Leave me alone!"
At that moment Klonoa's wind ring gem glowed faintly.
"Please, we need your help" said Klonoa but this time the old man could understand the voice of a young man.
"Oh…. I thought you were one of those adolescents that come out at night to harass people like me" said the man with a sigh of relief.
Klonoa looked at Popka and shrugged his shoulders. He didn't understand what the old man meant.
"Who are you and what are you looking for?"
"We are from Lunatea and we lost a Red gem. Have you seen it?" –asked Klonoa.
"Hmmmm, Lunatea….Is that in New Jersey?" asked the man getting a blank stare back from Klonoa and his companion. "And this gem….Is it valuable?"
"Yes old man!" said Popka impatiently.
"Sorry, I haven't seen it. But, if you really need to find something valuable maybe you can go to the police station and ask. It's just two blocks down"
"Police?" asked Klonoa.
"Thanks for your help old man" said Popka pulling Klonoa away. "He cannot help us. We better try to find this Police people"
"Ok. Let's go that way then"
As they stepped out Klonoa could see that there was giant road with lines painted on it. A sign on the corner could read. E. Very tall creatures populated the area walking around.
"Let's go right" said Klonoa with Popka trailing behind.
As they approached the corner they heard high pitched yelling. Women started screaming and running away. Klonoa was puzzled.
"Was it something we did?"
Then police came out from the station charging forward.
Klonoa was panicked as he saw the men running toward them and pointed the wind ring at the patrol car and suddenly a loud sonic boom was heard. The shockwave sent the patrol car and the police officers flying back several feet back.
"Let's get out of here!" cried Popka. "Run!" As more officers poured in in pursuit.
Klonoa ran down the street looking around.
"There are no moos in this world!" yelled Klonoa running away down the street crashing into people.
"There!" said Popka climbing on Klonoa's shoulder pointing at some balloons at the corner next to a weird looking stage structure"
"Ok. here it goes"
Klonoa pointed the wind ring to the balloons that were tied to a pole. The suction from the ring was powerful and the strings were ripped. The largest balloon drifted quickly toward Klonoa's ring.
"Wahoo!" yelled Klonoa as a large red balloon attached to the ring and it inflated rapidly taking Klonoa and Popka upward into the sky.
"We made it!" said Klonoa as they drifted upward above the metal stage and disappearing from view. Unfortunately, the balloon bursted in midair and then they fell on the roof of the stage.
"Are you ok?" asked Klonoa to the aching Popka.
"I've had enough for one day" protested Popka.
"Me too Popka, me too" said Klonoa as he felt a patrol car passing by abandoning the scene. The door had a clear inscription.
"CHICAGO POLICE"