The next morning, after breakfast, everyone gathered in the living room. Nothing interesting at all happened. Marle suggested everyone participate in underwater basket weaving. Ayla and Alfador fought over a ball of string. Nu plotted his conquest of two continents using the chessboard. Jimmy finally couldn't stand the boredom any more and dropped in on his guests via television to begin the reward challenge.

"Hello, everyone. It's that time again for the reward challenge! Today's challenge will be a scavenger hunt. During the night, I had my Poyozo hide three platinum coins somewhere in the house. The first person to find one wins first prize, the second person wins second prize, and the third person wins third prize."

"And just what might these prizes be?" asked Lucca sarcastically. "Dehydrated water? Defective Power Tabs? Diet caffeine-free soda?"

"No," said Jimmy with a smirk, "Monster cards."

Three cards appeared out nowhere and hovered in midair.

"Hmph," said Magus. "What idiot wants a card with a picture of a monster on it?"

Crono and Lucca, however, were practically drooling over the cards.

"Wow..." uttered Lucca in a reverent tone. "A premium super-limited edition Black Tyrano... I've never even seen one of those..."

Crono gazed in silent awe at the mint-condition promo Heckran. This work of art was simply too beautiful for words. Crono saw it an honor for a mere mortal such as himself to simply bask in the glow of the small chunk of colored cardboard.

"Ooh! Shiny!" exclaimed Ayla, looking at the last-edition Kiwala covered in reflective foil.

"The challenge begins now!"

Lucca and Crono dashed off as fast as their legs could carry them, looking frantically for some hint of a platinum coin. They rummaged through the cabinets in the kitchen, looked under the rugs, and even looked up to make sure it wasn't duct taped to the ceiling. The two were determined to find those coins at any cost.

Suddenly, in the corner of the upstairs hall, something gray caught Lucca's eye. The scientist broke into a mad dash. Lucca finally got within reach of object, then clasped her hands around the cold gray coin in victory. Yes, victory was sweet.

"Wait," thought Lucca out loud, "something isn't right here." She took another look at the coin. Now that she got to looking at it, it didn't really look like platinum. Lucca turned the coin over to see the word "loser" engraved on the other side.

Marle thought she heard Lucca scream as she looked around downstairs for the coin. She then figured it was just her imagination and went back to looking. What could possibly happen to someone on a silly little scavenger hunt like this?

Magus wasn't really too keen on participating in a hunt to win a worthless card. En route to his bedroom to lie down for a nap, Magus stumbled over something in the middle of the floor and nearly lost his balance. Checking to see what the offending object was, Magus noticed it was a small platinum coin. While he didn't really care about the card, he did like winning, so he turned in his coin to the Poyozo referee in the kitchen.

Nu decided it would be in his best interest to intentionally lose this game. If he won, it would negatively affect every aspect of his world domination plan except recruiting an army of small animals to subdue the Mystics. Nu wisely decided to take a short nap instead of hunt down coins.

Crono was getting desperate. He began looking in any place that had the slight chance of concealing a coin. The bathroom, the bedrooms, under the couch, in the refrigerator, inside the cabinets, down Marle's shirt... None of these held what he looking for (for the most part.) Then, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a round gray coin. He grabbed the platinum coin that sat halfway concealed under the toaster. After doing a little victory dance, he turned his coin in to the Poyozo judging the event.

When Crono handed in his coin, the Poyozo screeched out "The event is over! Prizes will be awarded now!"

After everyone assembled in the kitchen, the Poyozo continued with the awards. "In first place, with a time of twenty-seven seconds, we have... Alfador!"

The premium super-limited edition Black Tyrano card appeared in front of Alfador. The cat looked at the card for a second, puzzled. Then, it stretched out is claws and ripped the card into tiny pieces, enjoying every second of it. Lucca turned her head so she wouldn't have to watch the card's terrible mutilation. Crono actually shed a tear for the card.

"Second place, with a time of five minutes and thirteen seconds... Magus!"

Magus accepted the Heckran card from the Poyozo. Now what in the world would he do with it? The best use he could think of at the moment was a bookmark, or maybe a firestarter.

"Third place, with a time of eleven minutes and four seconds... Crono!"

Crono slowly placed his hands on the last-edition Kiwala card. When he did, he felt a sudden wave of power rush through his body. He held the beloved square close to his chest, as to make sure it would stay his forever. Crono took another look at the card. It was so beautiful...

"Okay! Game over! See you again later!"

Crono walked back up to his room and opened the closet. He found his secret Marle shrine with the pictures and poseable action figure. He quickly rearranged it into a Marle/card shrine, with the Marle action figure standing next to the card to symblozie that the two would always live side-by-side in his heart. Crono backed out of the closet, narrowly avoiding knocking over Marle's secret Crono shrine with the naked baby photos.

By the time supper was over, Lucca was couldn't endure the temptation anymore. She had to have that promo Heckran card. When she saw Magus setting the card on the table in the bedroom, Lucca decided it was time to ask for the card, and if that failed, beg and plead.

"Hey, Magus, you don't seem to like that card very much. Can I have it?"

Magus looked at her suspiciously. He didn't really want the card, but he was sure he could use it as a bargaining chip to get Lucca to cooperate with him. "No."

"Come on! I collect Monster cards. I don't have a Heckran," Lucca said, keeping herself calm.

"I won this. Don't you think I have a right to keep it?" replied Magus coolly.

"Come on! You know how much I want it!"

Marle heard the last line as she walked by the room in the hallway. Intrigued, she motioned for Crono to put his ear up to the door and listen with her.

"No. I'm not just going to give it away to the first person who asks," Magus retorted.

"Please," begged Lucca. "I'll even pay you for it."

Crono and Marle looked at each other.

"I don't want money. It's a matter of principle," said Magus.

"Magus, you know, deep down inside, you want to let me have it."

"...No."

Lucca frantically looked around for something to trade Magus. The first she saw was her set of designer sunglasses that she left lying on her dresser. They would have to work.

"Magus, let me show you something," said Lucca, picked up the five pairs of sunglasses. "Isn't this a nice set I have here?"

The two eavesdroppers' mouths hung open in shock. Crono tried to look through the keyhole until Marle slapped him.

"Yes, they're very nice," countered Magus, "but I won't give it to you because of some little things like those."

"Please," begged Lucca. "I'm desperate! I want it so bad!"

Magus shook his head.

"I'll do anything. Anything you want." Lucca lowered her voice to a whisper. "Please..."

Magus decided it was time to stop playing around. "Okay. I have needs, too. Sit down and I'll explain everything."

Magus lowered his voice to where curious ears outside couldn't hear him. "You can have the card if you cooperate with my plan. Tomorrow, when we choose who to send to the Void, I want you to vote for Ayla. I believe we would all be better off without that brute here."

"So that's all I have to do? And I'll get the card tomorrow night?" inquired Lucca in the same tone Magus was using.

"So you agree to help me?" Magus stopped to think for a moment. "I trust you, Lucca. I'll let you have the card tonight."

"YES!" exclaimed Lucca at the top of her lungs.

Marle and Crono backed away from the door, and decided it was time for them to go leave Lucca and Magus alone and go to bed.

Jimmy spilled his two-liter soda all over the keyboard from laughing so hard. Clutching his side, he did one last check on the bedrooms before he called it a night.

"Marle," said Crono, looking the princess in the eyes, "I wanna apologize for what I did to you today. It was really inappropriate."

"I'll say!" snorted Marle. "Even if you don't like underwater basket weaving, you didn't have to be so rude about it."

Frog and Schala talked for a long while. Schala confided in Frog that she didn't trust Nu, that something in his aura was wrong. Frog, however, argued they had nothing to fear from a harmless creature like the Nu. The two debated on this for a few minutes until they got sleepy, then turned the lights out for the night.

The other rooms were nice and peaceful. Magus and Lucca both slept soundly in their beds, Magus alone and Lucca holding the card she bargained so hard to get. Nu drifted off to sleep as well, dreaming happy dreams of butterflies, bowling balls, plates of sashimi, and world conquest.