Why the (beep) did they revive Malak?

"...we need Malak alive so we can make fun of his stupid antics!" Valerie exclaims.

Crap, May and Lavian are on another sugar rush...

"Wheee! What happens when you cast Protect on a box!?" Lavian asks excitedly.

Rad, (Ninja), enters, angry that his propisition didn't go to well. He attacks the box Lavian has just finished casting Protect on.

"(Beep) that hurt! What's it made of!? Adamantite!?" Rad yells.

"Hey Rad, go..." Lavian says.

"BEEP." Worker 8 beeps.

"...yourself." Lavian finishes.

Worker 8 suddenly spews gil.

"Hey, the mechano-man's payin' off!" someone exclaims.

Random people start collecting gil.

"I had Besrodio help me program Worker 8 to beep like that!" Lavian says.

Orlandu enters with a box of Chantages.

"This is what we poached." he says.

"That's a lotta Chantages!" May exclaims.

Eva looks up Chantage in a Battle Dictionary.

"Chantage, a perfume worn by women who wish to have eternal life.. but in reality, Chantage only awakens one from unconciousness, not death." she reads.

"You can't shut her up!" Malak shouts, then promptly gets an Ivory Rod in the groin.

"I gotta thank Striker for poaching all those Sacreds for this Ivory Rod!" Eva exclaims.

Flashback: Striker is seen surrounded by Holy Lances...

Mustadio has finished the menu, and has posted it.

MENU: Fried Chocobo - 10 gil, Deep-Fried Cuar - 12 gil, MindFlayer Stew - 50 gil, Bull Demon Steak - 5 gil, Minitaurus Steak and Morbol Salad - 13 gil, Behemoth Steak - 100 gil.

"Morbol Salad tastes gross!" May complains.

"May! It's very good for you! It's better than those Woodman chips you've been eating!" Valerie scolds.

Alicia (Samurai) runs in.

"..help! ...B..Bariaus Valley. weird clown man..." Alicia gasps.

"A weird clown man at the Valley?" Agrias asks.

Agrias, Valerie, and Meliadoul hurry to Bariaus Valley. Just as Alicia said, there is a clown-like man by the water.

"Filthy blood of revenge, inject!! Poison!!" the man chants.

The water turns greenish-purple.

"No! He's poisoned the water!" Meliadoul exclaims.

"I'll handle this!!" Valerie says. "Heavenly wind, carry us to fountain of power! Esuna!"

The water is still poisoned...

Another white mage appears.

"Let's both cast Esuna..." she says.

"Heavenly wind, carry us to fountain of power! Esuna!" they both chant.

No good...

Agrias readies her spell...

"Heavenly wind, carry us to fountain of power! Esuna!" they all chant.

The river begins to clear up.

"We did it! The river's saved!" Valerie exclaims.

The other white mage introduces herself.

"I am Amanda. I would like to join you guys. It sounds like fun." she says.

"Sure! It will be fun! You can help keep May, my sister, calm when she goes on her sugar-rushes!" Valerie exclaims.

So they saved the river and met new friend. And that clown man? He was caught and sent through the teleporting machine at Mustadio's place. Where he ended up, no one knows...

Oh, and Orlandu needs help breaking that Protected box.

"Bright light... shine down... on bloody impurity!! Holy!!" Amanda and Valerie chant together.

The box smashes open, revealing 10000 gil.

Continued... !

"Rad, go..."

"BEEP."

"...yourself."