Trey: So why did you say that we needed to come here?
Josef: According to legend, "The Entity of Purity" has to be stolen from a dark knight that is inside the temple. We came here to buy supplies that let us steal. Brigand's full of thieves, so this is the place to go. In fact, we also need to come here to speak with a couple of people.

Josef leads the group down into an alleyway. There, he takes out his Rapier and sticks it through a small crack in a brick one of the buildings. They hear a "ding," and a small vent is revealed that they can crawl through. They all do, with Josef in the lead. It goes on for about 100 feet downward, until finally they come to a ladder. They climb down it to come to a large night club, filled with pool tables, a bar, and beautiful women dancing witht the ugliest guys.

Josef: Welcome to the Clube de Larceneur. This place is the perfect place for thieves of all ages above 21 to do as they please. Since you guys aren't exactly, err...like me, just try and fit in, though I doubt you can.

The party splits to do what they want. Josef goes and starts talking to some people at the bar. Mog runs over to a blackjack table and starts betting Gil. He gets two aces.

Mog: Hit me.
He gets a 2.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets an Ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets an Ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: HIT ME, KUPO!
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me...
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Dammit, hit me!
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets another ace. He has twenty! He doesn't understand why he got 18 Aces, but he bets the rest of his Gil and is ready to get twenty one.
Mog: Hit me.
He gets a 10.
Mog: Wait...this deck is rigged.
Dealer: No it ain't. You reckonin' I'va beena cheatin'?
Mog: No, kupo. But why did I get 18 Aces?
Dealer: This isn't a standard deck.
Mog: I've got more than five cards, still staying in, kupo. I win.
Dealer: You said hit me. I gave you the ten. You busted. It doesn't count. Now get on outta here!
Mog: Kupo...

Trey cracks his neck and goes and sits at the bar by a beautiful woman.

Trey: Hey...how you doin'?
Woman: Hey you...wanna get lucky?
Trey: *thinks* Sure!
Woman: Oh yeah...I'm gonna slather your body with hot chocolate then lick it...*slaps Trey* Sick little pervert!!!!

Everybody in the club is silent. They all look at Trey.

Trey: Errr...right...

Josef finds one of his old thief friends at the pool table.

Josef: So the mayor of Brigand set up a blockade to keep the lava out of the town?
Man: Yeah, but it's not working very well. Why are you going up there?
Josef: It's a long story. You know me...gotta save the world here...stop evil domination there...I've gotta a busy life. I'm kind of between things. I've just gotta get up there. Thanks.

Josef re-groups the err...group and tells them that they're going up there right now. They all go to the surface of the mountain that it's resting on. There, Dax, Erin, Barry, Trey, Josef, Cara, Brittney, Mog, Kathy, Jez, and Tyr say goodbye to Cid and Wedge. They trudge up the mountain until they finally reach the top.

???: What are you doing here?

They turn to see a man of about 30, with gray-blonde hair and a blue vest, with a blue headband. (It's pretty obvious who it is....)

Cid: Who are you?
???: 'The name's...Mr. Cole. Just keep it at that. Why are you tryin' to get into the temple?
Wedge: We're doing it for a friend.
Mr. Cole: I can't seem to get in. I'm a treasure hunter, you see, and I here that there's a great item in there.
Wedge: Yeah...that's what we're looking for.
Mr. Cole: Ah. You wanna see who can get it first?
Wedge: Okay.

Wedge and Cid simply walk through the temple door. Mr. Cole could not, since he is only good. But before the door shuts, Mr. Cole puts his foot down to keep the door open. He sneaks in.

Cid: Okay, so where do we go? AAAHHH!

Bats swoop over Cid and Wedge's head. Cid grabs one and eats it.

Wedge: That's disgusting.
Cid: Well, Josef didn't let us buy any food at the Clube de Larceneur. I was hungry.
Wedge: Right...

The group continues through the temple, until they reach a sign that sighs "Up Head is the Cloister of Trials."

Cid: What the crap's a cloister of trials?
Wedge: Let's find out.

They keep on going until they reach another sign. It says "Welcome to the Gauntlet." They look at the sign strangely until...

Cid: DUCK!

Suddenly, a blade swoops out of the wall and almost through their necks, but they ducked in time. Right after that, another blade comes out of the other wall, down by their feet, but they jump to avoid that. Then a blade comes at right about their midsection. They looks at each other before Cid ducks and Wedge jumps.

Cid: That was close. Now I know they were serious when they said "Gauntlet."

They keep on going into another room. It is fairly dim. Some monsters come out of the wall.

Enemy: Temple Warrior
Weakness: Light

Party: Cid (f), Wedge (f)