[Cue the SD FFVIII fic characters dancing across the screen!]

All: ^-^ "omake Omake OMAKE! WAAAIIIIII!!"

	[Suddenly an oversized Chocobo shows up and sits on everyone as if they're 
eggs. All we see are numerous pairs of tiny legs thrashing around from 
beneath the Chocobo.]


	OMAKE THEATRE


	[Chibi versions of Xu, Quistis, Sean, and Sean's father are standing behind a workbench. Xu & Sean are wearing their usual SeeD cadet uniforms. 
Quistis is looking kawaii in her uniform. Sean's father has a strange Choco 
Choco apron on, and the appropriate safety goggles for working with weapons.]

Chibi-Xu: "Welcome to Omake Theatre, where our task is to plant the SeeDs of 
knowledge in the minds of our readers!"

Chibi-Sean: "That has to be one of the most atrocious plant puns I have ever 
heard."

Chibi-Xu: --;; "You think you can come up with something better, be my 
guest!"

Chibi-Quistis: [sigh!] "It's shameless the way you two flirt."

	[Chibi-Xu blushes while Chibi-Sean takes a sudden interest in something on 
the ceiling.]

Chibi-Xu: "Today we're going to discuss how junk shops work and how items 
modify weapons. Sean's father, who is Weapons Smith and junk shop owner, 
will be assisting us."

Chibi-Quistis: [to Sean's father] "Have I ever met you?"

Sean's father: "Not in the regular story. This is a guest segment, the rules 
can be bent here."

Chibi-Quistis: "Ahhhhh..."

Chibi-Sean: ^^ "I love Omakes! I'm don't have to be dead all the time with 
these babies around."

Chibi-Xu: "Anyhow, we're going to need some items to work with!"

	[She looks around her, suddenly noticing that there is nothing on the 
workbench for them to fiddle with. Inspiration strikes and she reaches out 
through the monitor to snag several items off of the reader's desk.]

Chibi-Xu: "Thanks, these will work. Let's see...stapler, tape, post it 
notes, tacky stuff, child proof sciss--"

Chibi-Quistis: --; [looking out at the reader] "They don't trust you, do 
they?"

Chibi-Sean: [peering out at the reader's desk] "Hey, there's a FFVIII 
fanart book they've got there too! I wonder of they've got any fanservice 
pics in it."

Chibi-Quistis: [???] "Fanservice? What's that?"

Chibi-Sean: o.O;

	[A nervous Chibi-Sean glances over his shoulder to a thoroughly 
unimpressed Chibi-Xu.]

Chibi-Sean: "Um...we'll talk about it when you're older, Quistis."

Chibi-Xu: [glare!] "Especially if you value your chibified life here in the 
Omakes, buddy."

	[Chibi-Xu turns to Sean's father.]

Chibi-Xu: "Can you do anything with this stuff?"

Sean's father: "Well, I'll try upgrading the scissors."

	[He takes the scissors and the tacky stuff and turns his back to the 
monitor. While we wait for the results, Chibi-Xu continues her explanation.]

Chibi-Xu: "In the world of Final Fantasy VIII, every person has a weapon. When 
they decide to upgrade that weapon, they physically do it instead of going 
to a shop and buying a completely new one like in previous games."

Chibi-Quistis: "The catch is: you have to first know what you want. To get 
ideas, you can flip through weapons magazines such as this one!"

	[She holds up a copy of 'GQ: Gunblade Quarterly'.]

Chibi-Xu:  --; "Where did you get that?"

Chibi-Quistis:  ^^v "Kei gave it to me."

Chibi-Sean: [sorting through more magazines] "Alright! SeeDs Illustrated 
swimsuit edition! Hey, Xu, aren't you wearing a two-piece in this one...?"

Chibi-Xu: [grabbing the magazine] "Give me thaaaaat!"

Sean's father: "Done! How's this?"

	[He places a pair of grade school quality scissors on the desk. Chibi-Xu 
sweatdrops.]

Chibi-Xu: --; "Well, it is an improvement. Materials are the other thing 
that make a difference. Why don't you try it again?"

	[Hands him the rest of the junk on the workbench and the child scissors 
and sends him away.]

Chibi-Quistis: [flipping through the weapons magazine] "Wow, some of the 
items needed for the best weapons are really rare!"

Chibi-Xu: "Exactly! Weapon modification is an art. The best items can be 
gathered from the toughest of monsters. You have to be really dedicated if 
you want the cream of the crop!"

Chibi-Sean: "Yet another bad plant pun."

Chibi-Xu: "Hush! Why don't you do something useful for once in this Omake 
and help us talk about weapons?"

Chibi-Sean: "I don't need anything other than my trusty pistol. Damn, am 
just so cool or what?"

Chibi-Xu: [sweatdrop!] "I don't believe this."

Chibi-Quistis: ^^ "When I get older, I know what weapon I want to use!"


	[We suddenly switch Omake discs, jumping over to Balamb Garden's training 
centre. As the theme music for Jurassic Park is heard in the background, a 
small SeeD land rover moves through the brush.]

Chibi-Cid: [dressed up as a tour guide] "...and to your left you can see a 
Grat. Watch out, they spit!"

Grat: *Hooooock! Ptooooie!*

	[Chibi-Xu abruptly ducks as the monster spitwad flies through the open 
window and hits Chibi-Sean on the side of the head.]

Chibi-Sean: ;_; [dripping with mucus] "Xu-chaaaaan! I thought we had 
something special together!"

Chibi-Xu: [smiles demurely at him] "Yes, and you make such a wonderful human 
shield too."

	[A vibration which resembles a large footstep causes the land rover to 
tremble.]

Chibi-Cid: "Stop the car! Did any of you feel that?"

Chibi-Xu: "Something big must be coming this way."

	[The two SeeD cadets lean forward to examine a small tray filled with 
their spell-casting beads. As another rumbling footstep is heard, a ripple runs 
through the beads like water.]

Chibi-Sean: "Are you scared?"

Chibi-Xu: "No."

Chibi-Sean: "You sure you don't want me to hold you?"

Chibi-Xu: [pulling out her sai] "Don't make me use this, buddy."

Chibi-Cid: [pointing in front of the car] "Here it comes! Look out!"

	[Suddenly a frightened T-Rexaur crashes through the trees, completely 
ignoring the stunned cadets in the land rover. It races past them, a young 
SeeD-to-be chasing after the monster!]

Chibi-Quistis: [cracking her whip as she runs by] "WOH HO HOH HO HOH!! Come 
back here! I haven't finished punishing you yet!"

Chibi T-Rexaur: o.O [terrified li'l dino-monster] "JO'O-SAMAAAAAAA!!"

Chibi-Cid: [musing to himself] "I knew there was something special about 
her, but...this?"

Chibi-Sean: [slowly turning to Chibi-Xu] "Just what the hell have you been 
tutoring her in?"

Chibi-Xu: [blushes a little] "......"


	[Chibi-Ifrit symbol change!]

Chibi-Sean: o.O "Yo."

Chibi-Quistis: ^-^ "Doesn't that look just so cool?"

Chibi-Xu: [nervous eyebrow twitch] "Er, right."

	[Sean's father pops up again!]

Sean's father: "Okay, I'm done modifying those scissors."

Chibi-Xu: "Great! Any items given to the junk shop for weapon's modification 
are used up during the process. Plus the shops charge a small fee for their 
services."

Chibi-Quistis: [sweatdrop!] "I hope it's not much for a pair of scissors."

Sean's father: "Considering what I had to work with, this was the best I 
could do."

	[He steps aside to display an enormous SeeD battle skimmer.]

Chibi-Xu: o.O;

Chibi-Quistis: "Oooh, that looks expensive."


	[End of Omake!]