Episode 1: Part 2

(8:00 Plane Landing)

<Auron & Jecht: Grizzled Old Guys, Currently in 1st>
     Auron and Jecht ran to a clue box not far from the exit. Jecht opened the box, ripped open the clue and read aloud. "Detour. Clock or Watch."

<Announcer Gippal>
     "A detour is a choice between two tasks. In Clock, teams must travel to the city of Zozo and tell a man by a clock the correct time. The trick is, nobody in the town tells the truth, and teams must speak to several people to determine the correct time by their lies. The city is mildly hard to find, and keeping track of incorrect information can be difficult, but if done correctly, this task could be finished quickly. In Watch, teams must travel south and find the Opera House. Once there, teams must sit through the play "Locke's Improv Show." The show is long and extremely stupid, but teams will not have to struggle with the liars of Zozo."

<Auron & Jecht: Grizzled Old Guys, Currently in 1st>
     "Let's do Clock," Auron said.

<Raijin & Fujin: Friends, Currently in 2nd>
     "WATCH!" Fujin said.
     "Hey, that's fine ya know," Raijin said. "I was thinking the same thing. I don't think we're smart enough to keep track of all those bastards ya know."

<Tifa & ???: Just met, Currently in 3rd>
     Tifa ripped open the clue. "Let's do Cl- wait. Are you the right person?" Tifa looked at the lumberjack lesbian next to her that had been rubbing up to her the whole flight. "Wait a minute, do I have the right partner?"
     Paine walked off the plane in a giant crowd of people. "Tifa? Or Tiffany? Or Tia? Where are you at?" Paine ran through the crowd and grabbed Tifa's shoulder. "There you are. What's that?"
     "A clue," Tifa said. "Come on, we're doing Clock."

<Amarant & Lani: Coworkers, Currently in 4th>
     Lani opened the clue while Amarant continued to walk. "I think we should do Clock- Hey! Where're you going?"
     "I heard those other guys describing the detours," Amarant said. "I'm doing Watch because I don't feel like dealing with those lying guys."
     "Well, well, FINE!" Lani yelled at Amarant as he continued to walk to the exit. "Well I'm doing Clock! I don't need YOU! Bitch!" she paused and watched Amarant continue to walk. "Wait up! We have to stick together. Let's go watch the damn play."

<Auron & Jecht: Grizzled Old Guys, Currently in 1st>
     Auron and Jecht entered the eternally rainy city of Zozo.
     "Heh, hard to find my ass," Jecht said, stretching out his neck. "How do you miss a city with a dark cloud floating above it? Only someone as dumb as Braska would miss this place."
     "Come on Jecht," Auron said. "Let's get this thing done."
     A scruffy man dressed in rags walked by Auron and Jecht. Auron grabbed him by the back of the neck and held him still. Jecht faced the man.
     "Hey you, what time is it?" Jecht asked.
     "The seconds hand is :20," he responded.
     Jecht solidly punched the man in the gut. "I said the TIME! Tell me it!"
     "I-i-it's 7:30:40," he said out of fear.
     "Liar!" Jecht yelled at him, backhanding him across the face.
     "Ahh! I mean, it's 7:40:40! I-i-it's the truth!"
     "We'll take him with us," Auron said. "If he's wrong, let him have it." Auron dragged the man to the clock room while Jecht held the door open.
     Jecht approached the man by the clock. "The time is sev-"
     "Wait!" Auron's prisoner yelled. "It's 9:30:40. Seriously."
     "Yeah, what he said," Jecht said to the man. The man pulled a clue out of his shirt and handed it to Jecht. Auron released the prisoner and gave him a solid kick to the ass to get him moving. Jecht opened the clue and read it out loud. "Travel to the city of Jidoor. In the weapon shop will be your next clue. All right, let's go, Bitch."
     "Fine, Jecht," Auron said. "Lead the way."
     "You're certainly good at taking my insults now Auron. I remember you being a whiny little bitch back in the day."
     "Well I've changed," Auron said as Jecht started to leave. "And I did your wife."

<Amarant & Lani: Coworkers, Currently in 2nd>
     Lani approached the Impresario at the main entrance to the Opera House. Amarant came walking in sometime afterwards.
     "We're here for the play," Lani said. "Let us in, okay?"
     "You're in luck," the Impresario said. "There's a play starting in just a couple of minutes, and there's plenty of seats available."
     "MORE!" a voice behind Amarant yelled.
     "Yeah, like she said ya know?" Raijin said. "We're right behind you guys. Grab us a couple of tickets ya know."
     "Four tickets then," Lani said, then she turned to Fujin and Raijin. "But we're not in an alliance with you guys for this. Leave us alone. And don't sit near us."
     Lani, Amarant, Raijin, and Fujin took their tickets and found their seats in the theatre. Lani and Amarant got balcony seats and Raijin and Fujin had floor seats, very close to the orchestra pit. The lights dimmed and lights shone on the stage, illuminating a few people on the stage. They ran around the stange aimlessly, pretending to act while the orchestra tried to add music relating to what was happening. It was a mess.

<Tifa & Paine: Just met, Currently in 3rd>
     Tifa and Paine stood in front of a pirate-like man wearing an eye-patch and rags. The man was very anxious looking, while Paine was looking bored and annoyed.
     "Lemme get this straight," Tifa said. "If I make-out with her, and at some point during that she grabs my breast and nibbles on my ear, you'll tell us the exact time?"
     "Yes ma'ams," he said, looking pervertedly at them. "Trust me. It's been a really long time since attractive women have come to his town. I will not lie to you."
     Tifa and Paine sighed, but still made-out exactly as the man had specified.
     "Okay, give it up now punk," Paine ordered.
     "Yes! That was beautiful. You know, I actually had planned on lying to you to see if you'd do more for me, but well, thanks to the rain and this one's white shirt, I've got nothing to add, so I'll just tell you. The time is 9:50:10."
     Tifa and Paine went inside and told the time to the clock man. After staring at Tifa's chest for about ten seconds, he handed them the clue. After reading the clue, Tifa punched the clue man in the eye, then she and Paine headed for Jidoor.

(9:30 Plane Landing)

<Rikku & Yuna: Cousins, Currently in 5th>
     "Come on Yunie!" Rikku whined. "Let's go see the show."
     "Okay!" Yuna responded excitedly. "Watch it is!"

<Shinra & Rufus: Father/Son, Currently in 6th>
     "Son, are there going to be jujubes at the play?" Shinra asked.
     "If I say 'yes' will we get there faster?" Rufus asked. Shinra nodded. "Then yes, there will be. We'll do Watch."

<Edgar & Sabin: Brothers, Currently in 7th>
     "We've dealt with those Zozoians before," Sabin said. "We could do it again."
     "Yeah, but we've also seen plays before," Edgar added.
     "But bro! That place confuses me!"
     "Look, here's the deal. It looks like everybody on this flight is doing the play, so we should do the same, then try to beat everybody to the end. This way ensures that we won't be eliminated. Besides, there's chicks in operas. Hot chicks. That's the way plays have always been. Even back to Shakespearian plays. Those had some hot chicks in them."
     "B-bro? You sure about that? B-bro? Fine, we'll do Watch, but bro..."

<Strago & Relm: Grandpa/Granddaughter, Currently in 8th>
     "No contest," Relm said. "We'll do Watch, but if you snore too loud, I'm gonna hit you you ol' fuddy duddy."
     Strago nodded in agreement.

     All the teams from the 9:30 flight arrived at the Opera House at the same time. Edgar approached the Impresario.
     "We need tickets for the next show," Edgar said.
     "The next show is in an hour," the Impresario exlpained. "The other show still hasn't ended."
     The teams started purchasing their tickets in advance, when suddenly the doors burst open and a security guard was pulling Fujin and Raijin out by the collars.
     "DAMMIT!" Fujin yelled.
     "This is crap ya know?" Raijin said. "She wasn't being that loud ya know. Your play is boring, and she was just saying that it's boring." The security guard let go of them and headed back into the theatre, locking the doors behind him.
     "We're going to need tickets to the next show ya know," Raijin said to the Impresario.

(9:00 Plane Landing)

<Jenova & Sephiroth: Mother/Son, Currently in 9th>
     Jenova looked angrily into the clue box. Sephiroth pulled out a clue and shrugged at Jenova.
     "Would you look at that," Sephiroth said. "Now somebody took all the chocolate wafer cookies before we got here. Somebody doesn't like you. By the way Mother, we're doing Clock."

<Steiner & Beatrix: Dating, Currently in 10th>
     "Beatrix-dear, I know how you love plays, so why don't we do that one?" Steiner asked Beatrix.
     "Nice try Adelbert-honey, but it's you that likes plays," Beatrix responded. "But seeing as you love them so, we'll do Watch."

<Squall & Rinoa: Dating, Currently in Last Place>
     "What do you think Squall?" Rinoa asked Squall.
     "..."
     "Well I was thinking we should do Watch." She paused. "Okay, let's do Watch."

     "After this leg of the race, I say we come back here and bust some heads," Lani said to Amarant as they exited the theatre with a large crowd. "That was atrocious."
     The Impresario approached Amarant and handed him the next clue. Lani and Amarant hid in a corner of the Opera House and watched the other teams march into the theatre to find their seats. After the room was clear of all players, Lani read the clue out loud.
     "Travel to the city of Jidoor. In the weapon shop will be your next clue. Let's go Flamer."

Sephiroth and Jenova arrived in Zozo. Immediately Jenova ran off and started to question the locals. Sephiroth walked to the building with the clock. Jenova joined him a few minutes later.
     "I know Mother," Sephiroth said. "The hour isn't 5? All that and that's all you've gotten out of them? No, Mother. they're not hard to break. That's not the problem- look, clock guy," Sephiroth turned to face the man guarding the clock. Sephiroth looked at his watch. "I've got 10:20:50. Is that it?" The man reached in his shirt and pulled out a clue. He handed it to Sephiroth. "That was a bullshit detour sir. Come on Mother. We're going to Jidoor. I mean, Jidoor! Home of the 99 cent pancake sandwiches!"
     Jenova raced off quickly with Sephiroth chasing her.

     Steiner, Beatrix, Squall, and Rinoa ran into the Opera House, huffing and wheezing.
     "We need tickets," Steiner yelled.
     "Okay, but you'd all better run in there," the Impresario said. "The doors will be locked in two minutes."
     The Impresario handed them each their tickets and they ran into the theatre. The doors shut immediately behind Rinoa since she was the slowest runner, and therefore the last one into the theatre.