ITEMS TO GET: None

   Meanwhile, Cid attempts to spring the other characters. Go right one screen and a timer will start ticking. You have six minutes to grab the key, boost Cid up to the hourglass lock, and free the heroes. (If you run out of try, you're given the chance to simply try this segment again; it gets a little easier each time.)

Be vewwwwy quiet...

   First, Cid has to sneak across the room and grab the key without being spotted by the Hedgehog Pie in the cave. Tap the Circle button quickly to move Cid, but stop as soon as the Hedgehog Pie turns around -- if it spots you, you'll be kicked back to the beginning of the room. If you're having a hard time reacting in time, just stop after every step or so and wait for the Hedgehog Pie to look towards you and away again.

   When you reach the cage, Cid grabs the key. The timer continues to tick as Cid attempts to use the scales to lift himself up to the keyhole. Just choose the third option, then the fourth. Cid will level out the scales and bounce up to the lock. The timer stops ticking, and you switch back to the "normal" characters.

   Guide your new party into the room where Cid just was. There's a Save Moogle in here now; you can save and buy equipment here. The Moogle stocks the same powerful equipment for sale at Oeilvert, so upgrade your characters as much as you can. Then leave and go left and up the stairs. The "Desert Empress" title graphic will appear.