Chapter 5: The Maranda Marketplace Festival: Afternoon
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       After some lunch, the Three Moogleteers explored the rides and
recreations.  Little kids fidgeted in long lines waiting for chocobo rides
around the fairgrounds or for a chance to 'rumble' in partially-restored
Magitek Armor.

       Kurune vetoed the chocobo rides as too childish; Kurago and Kulock
agreed.  But despite her objections, they did manage to pull her into a game
of Magitek Armor tag.  And they would have played all day long, but they had
to make room for the line of anxious children... oh, and look for Mog!

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       It was getting late but the sun still hung high.  They had asked
around but to no avail.  Kurune asked another vendor, "Have you seen a
Moogle anywhere?  Like us?"

       "You mean like those?"  The vendor pointed towards a Shooting
Gallery.

       "Kupo!"  Kulock ran to the Gallery, and Kurune and Kurago followed.
Sitting on the top shelves were first-prize Plush Moogle Dolls.

       "Oo-o!  I want one!"  Kulock hopped up and down.  "I want it, I want
it, I want..."

       "Kupo!  Don't be silly!"  Kurune cut in.  "What are you going to do
with a Moogle Stuffy?"

       "He-hee!"  Kulock chuckled.  "I'm gonna go to the Bakery and talk to
the Baker.  And when he gets into one of his long speeches, I'll switch the
Moogle Stuffy in my place.  Then while the baker lectures the decoy, I'll
run around back and steal all his cookies!"

       "Cool!"  said Kurago.  "But I want a split of the treats."  He
plunked down 100GP on the counter and received three shurikens.  In the back
of the room, a row of chocobo cut-outs 'walked' by.  Painted on their sides
were tiny red and white bull's-eyes.

       Kurago aimed, threw a star, and decapitated one of the cut-outs.
"Woo-hoo!  I got one!"  he yelled.

       "Simmer down, friend."  The attendant motioned to the overhead sign.
"Ya gotta hit the bull's-eye."

       "Lali..."  Kurago repositioned himself and threw.  The star sailed
wide and struck the wall.

       "Careful now!"  warned the attendant.

       Kurago threw his remaining shuriken, and it stuck.  "Bull's-eye!"
The attendant pulled a prize off the bottom shelf.  "One hit gets you a
Kefka-in-a-Can!"

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       Kurago examined the Can.  "I was sure Kefka was bigger than this,
Lali!"

       Kulock took the Can from his cousin.  "This is probably only his
nose.  Look at all those cans!"  He pointed at all the other Cans which
obviously contained the rest of Kefka.

       Kurune grabbed the Can and read its label.  "It's only Kefka's
Nefarious Laugh."  She shook the Can:  >>UWA HA HA HA!<<

       "Oo-ooo!"  Cold shivers ran down Kulock's spine.  "That was scary...
do it again!"

       Kurago snatched the Can away from Kurune and shook it:  >>UWA HA HA
HA!<<

       The attendant didn't seem to mind; everytime they shook the Can,
customers flocked and business jumped.

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       "But I still want a Plush Moogle," said Kulock.  He fished out 100GP
in exchange for his three Shurikens.

       As he was about to throw his first star, he noticed a slight jerk in
the parading Chocobos.  He halted his throw and saw a movement in the black
curtains off to the side.  Kupo!  Someone was controlling the target!  He
listened intently for the creak of a hand-crank behind the curtains.

       Kulock drew in a deep breath and exhaled.  He picked up all three
Shurikens and concentrated.  Then he threw all three!  One veered wide and
ripped through the curtains.  The other two stars held straight and both
embedded themselves into the Chocobo bull's-eyes.

       "Egads!"  The attendant rushed behind the curtains, but Kulock was
sure he'd missed the hidden accomplice.

       "What happened?"  asked Kurago.  "That one missed by a mile!"

       The attendant returned looking a bit flustered but also relieved.  He
straightened himself and smiled.  He looked at Kurago's two bull's-eyes and
said, "I believe that was two hits for a Chocobo Stuf..."

       "I want to upgrade," Kulock interrupted.  He held up the
Kefka-in-a-Can.

       "Certainly."  The attendant took the Can, reached for a Moogle
Stuffy, and dropped it into Kulock's waiting hands.