Schala awoke to the sunlight shining on her face from the window. She blinked a few times, then surveyed her surroundings. There were empty grape juice bottles scattered here and there. Lucca was curled up in the fetal position in one corner of the room sucking her thumb, and everyone else was pretty much just laying on the floor like her. What had happened last night? Schala tried to remember what happened, but couldn't recall any more than a few fuzzy images thanks to Frog's grape juice.

Everyone else got up shortly after, dazed and also wondering what was going on and what exactly they did last night. After a few minutes of trying to recall very fuzzy images, Lucca got the idea to ask Robo, but his visual and auditory sensors were disrupted by the strobes lights and techno music, so he was no help. Nu was also inquired as to what went on, but every time they questioned him, he was compelled to say "..." by the voices in his head that he was powerless to ignore.

"Okay..." said Lucca, scratching her head. "Let's all just pretend last night never happened."

"I do believe that may be for the best," agreed Frog.

Schala left the scene of the party and went to get a load of cactus from the refrigerator. When she opened the refrigerator door, the whole inside of the fridge was stocked with Power Stew and Refresh Bread. Schala clasped her hands in sheer joy, then read a small note taped to the inside of the door.

"Eat this. It's good. Trust me."

Schala was immediately suspicious of the food. Was this one of the Entity's evil tricks? Was this food laced with poison? Even if it was poisoned, Schala reasoned, they would die happy and well-fed. Schala began preparing the grand breakfast.

Half an hour later, Schala walked into the living room and announced breakfast was served. Everyone moped in the kitchen, but when they saw the steam rising off the Power Stew and smelt the delicious Refresh Bread, they sat down at the table and went into a feeding frenzy, not caring at the moment where all the food came from. Five minutes later, the table was free of a single crumb of bread or drop of soup.

After everyone was stuffed, Lucca crept back up to her room to check out the Entity's website. Now that Ozzie was gone, their was no conflict in the house. The Entity must have another evil plan up his sleeve to cause chaos, thought the scientist as she opened the door to her room.

Jimmy, glancing at one of the computer monitors, saw Lucca in her room, walking toward her computer. "Aagh! If she sees all the plans I have on the website, she'll spoil everything!" Working quickly, Jimmy hit a few shortcut keys on the keyboard to pull his webpage offline.

Lucca entered the domain name for the Entity's Homepage, but all that came up was a blank white page, displaying nothing except the number 404.

"What the...?! 404?"

Lucca signed off. What could 404 mean? She considered the many possibilities. It could be the Entity's favorite number. Maybe it was a teaser for the next challenge the Entity would present. Quite possibly, the number had some mystical significance mere mortals were never meant to understand. There were countless possibilities, but Lucca had no way of knowing if any of them were correct. Sighing, she walked back downstairs.

Jimmy watched the non-stop, heart-pounding action unfolding in the living room. Crono, Frog, Schala, and Marle began an exciting game of blackjack with no stakes. At the same time, Robo's bishop captured Lucca's pawn in the most chaotic chess match the house had yet to see. Magus observed Alfador's valiant battle with a ball of yarn. As much as Jimmy hated to break up this thrilling course of events, he decided it was time for his next step to begin.

"Poyozo!" he called. The cute little creatures assembled in front of him. "I want you to fetch a woman in 1000 A.D. known as Crono's Mom. She is to be a guest star on our show. Now, go!"

Crono suddenly heard a knock on the door. He stood up, walked over to the door, and opened it. To his amazement, his mother stood outside.

"Well, hello Crono. It's good to see you again."

Crono stepped aside and let his mother in.

"It's certainly a nice place that Entity let you stay in. Oh, you all must be Crono's friends."

Everyone nodded, still almost in as much shock as Crono. There were some introduction made between Crono's mom and the two she didn't know, Schala and Nu. She gave them her blessing, and was now at least sure her son wasn't hanging out with the wrong crowd.

"Would you like a tour?" offered Robo.

"Why, thank you. I'll be happy to look around. Lead on."

Robo walked over toward the stairs. "We will begin with the bedrooms." Robo kept talking as everyone, including the guest, ascended the stairs. 'These are where we go for privacy. They are also used as sleeping quarters. I believe it would be best if I let each person show you their bedroom."

Marle walked up in front of the group. "This is Crono's and my bedroom..."

"WHAT?!" Marle instantly knew she said something wrong. Crono's mother's eyes widened. Her face turned a vibrant red, her fists clinched, and she actually started to shake with anger. No one dared make eye contact with her. Everybody also stood perfectly for still, lest she call down fire from the heavens to slay them.

"What did you say?!"

Knowing she had already got herself in too deep to lie, Marle flung open the door and pointed in the room, and hoped for the best as she began talking again. "Look! We even have separate beds! I swear, we aren't doing anything!"

"And why do you expect me to believe that?!" yelled Crono's mom she got up in Marle's face. "And you, how dare your try to take advantage of my son?!"

"And just what business is it of yours even if we are sleeping together?" Marle spouted off.

The woman's whole body was now red to match her face. She was now ready to kill the evil temptress in front of her. "You..."

Lucca broke the two apart before a massive battle ensued. Hoping with everything she had her plan would work, Lucca led Crono's mom away from the group.

"What do you want more than anything else in the world?"

"I want Crono to settle down and have children..."

"For Crono to have children, what has to happen?"

Crono's mother looked at Lucca for a second like she actually was going to kill her, then sighed. "I know, but my baby? He's only seventeen!"

"Crono isn't a kid anymore. He's grown-up now." Lucca suddenly had a stroke of genius, as usual. "And what else do you want more than anything else in the world?"

"Grandkids." Crono's mom smiled. "Lucca, I think you kids may be right for once."

The rest of the day went surpassingly well. Crono's mom now seemed like her usual cheerful self. She cooked everyone a lunch of Power Stew and Refresh Bread, cleaned the entire house twice, and passed around naked baby pictures of Crono for everyone to look at.

At supper, however, Crono's mom said it was time to go. She bid everyone goodbye, then walked out the front door, straight into a Gate back to 1000 A.D. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when she did. Crono and Marle gave each other a high-five. After having to put up with that woman all day, everyone headed up to bed early for a well-deserved rest.

Crono and Marle each got into their separate beds, when Crono saw a note taped to his bed. Wondering what in the world it could be, he tore it off and read it.

"It's okay. I understand what you're going through. You two have my permission to sleep with each other whenever you like. By the way, I wish you two would hurry up. I would really like to have some grandchildren some time in the future. - Love, Mom"

Crono sincerely hoped this was a dream, closed his eyes, and drifted off to sleep.

'Hmph," Magus thought out loud as he lay in bed. "I don't see what that idiot Crono sees in Marle. She's annoying, irritable, thick-headed..."

Lucca rolled over in her bed so she could face Magus. "And what would you want in a perfect woman, o wise wizard?"

Magus thought for a second. "Since you seem to care so much...I would rather she be intelligent, even tempered, and able to hold a conversation without saying something stupid. Physically, somewhat thin, fair-skinned, purple hair..." Magus caught himself and shut up.

Neither Schala nor Frog could get to sleep for some reason. The two stayed up talking about boring things like friendship, loyalty, and the meaning of life. Finally, they fell asleep shortly after midnight, and Jimmy credited it to sheer boredom.

Nu pieced together more of his plan to conquer the world. Crono's mom passing around those naked baby pictures of Crono furthered his plan tremendously. Those photos were his key to brainwashing the rest of the people in the house to serve in his elite army, the Knights of Nu. The world was about to experience the dawn of the Kingdom of Nu.

Jimmy glanced over the monitors again. Nothing. If only Crono's mom were right, the show would have been much more interesting. Bringing in a guest star was supposed to be a sure-fire way of ensuring a good fight, but Lucca went and ruined a good catfight between Crono's mom and Marle. Jimmy cracked open a case of soda pop and began planning tomorrow's challenge.