They gathered on a cliff overlooking the pit containing the lord of loogies, King Slime. Jeuneau proceeded in a feeble attempt at forming a strategy while Porkchop picked his nose and Sukigame payed close attention and took notes… in green crayon… on his armor. Annie grabbed Jeuneau’s crossbow away when he tried to load it behind his back while talking so he could finish what he started on Porkchop. When Jeuneau was thouroughly convinced he had wasted enough breath. He gave up on a “plan” and punted Porks into the pit. …Jeuneau would never be the same.

Porks fell straight on top of King Slime, exactly as Jeuneau had hoped he would, but he happened to land right on King’s face. The crossbow bolt protruding from Pork’s forehead had been driven through King Slime’s eye, dealing a nifty 4680 damage. Shaking off his amazement, Jeuneau grabbed his crossbow from Annie and tried to take aim at Porks, shaking with rage. Annie moved to the tip of the bolt, looked into Jeuneau’s eyes and slowly shook her head. Placing a hand on the crossbow, she slowly lowered it. Jeuneau looked away dejectedly, sighed and began to climb up to the exit.

[Readers, at this point Jeuneau became mentally unstable… well… more so than usual. So I, James Earl Jones will take up narration from now on.]

Jeuneau managed to climb up only one ladder before losing it completely collapsing into the fetal position, forcing Anchiku (Yes, Jeuneau never was good with names.) to carry him on her back. They approached the exit and An spoke over her shoulder to Jeuneau, “Look on the bright side, hon. Now we receive our meager restitution.” “…Loot for Jun?” She nodded and replied, “Yes, loot for Jun…”

‘You have received 1 silver ore.’

“I’m sorry, better luck next time, Jun” said Anchiku as she tried on her new Red Cross earrings. Sukigame was trying to figure out how to open one of his 45 Pure Waters and Jeuneau weeping and clawing at his lump of shiny, silver ‘Screw You’ when he was approached by Porkchop, waving around another pair of Red Cross earrings. Jeuneau recognized the object of his rage and wound back his arm to hurl the silver ore at Porks’ head when Porkchop said, “OOH, yours is shinier!! Wanna trade?” Jeuneau’s jaw dropped harder than did King Slime. He slowly handed the silver ore to Porks and took, in its place, the pair of bitchin’ Red Cross earrings he had always wanted. Jeuneau quickly put them on… and noticed he hadn’t had his ears pierced before, BUT HE DIDNT CARE! He was ecstatic! He gazed gleefully into his reflection in the flat of the blade of his beginner’s sword he carried around as a security blanket.

“Lookin’ good, Jun.” He turned around to see Anchiku smiling at him and he blushed. He never was one to talk to girls, his homicidal demeanor tended to be quite the putoff, dontcha know? He swiftly turned away in embarassment, “Uhh, umm… Thanks, Annie.” “It’s Anchiku, little boy… and are you blushing?” She approached him and tried to get a look at his face, but he only turned away again and said, “No…” “Yes, you are, how cuuuute!” He turned to look straight at her, his face now red from frustration as well, -but still mostly embarassment- and insisted, “I am NOT CUTE!! I shot my own teammate three times!! Without reason! That’s not cute! That’s cruel! And, last time I checked, grounds for being commited!” Anchiku only smiled wider and said, “Awweee, someone’s cranky!” Jeuneau fumed and turned to Porkchop. “Hey Porkchop, gimme those crossbow bolts back!” “Aye aye, sarge!” Porkchop plucked the bolts out and handed them to Jeuneau. Jeuneau snatched them up and jammed them in the pouch at his hip, frowning at Anchiku as he did so. They exited the bonus stage, all but Jeuneau considering this a succesful party quest. Jeuneau just never wanted to see those asstards ever again… except for Anchiku, he could do to see her on a regular basis, he thought to himself.