As the curtain rises on the play, the audience is left to wonder what has happened to the director. He looks asleep, and the audience wonders what he is doing on stage. The director tells the audience to keep going, but the audience wants to know what is going on behind the curtain. They wonder why the director is trying to keep the audience in the dark, and they wonder what the director's beard is doing there. The audience wonders if they can wake up the princess. The only solution, the director tells them, is to defeat the evil spirit who has placed the princess in the spell. The spirit of the sword is the only one who can wield the sword, but first, they must decide who is most suited to wield it.