For the Love of Money Paradise Cafe

I'm part of the gang, they trust me.

But can I trust you, Chloe?

With his magic, he will discover who is the sea born.

Y-er-ar!

Ah! Ah! Argh!

You're back in charge of the mission, Chloe.

I trust you'll be more successful than Herzog.

RADIO: WHITE NOISE

RADIO: PLAYS MUSIC

This looks like it's been dead longer than I have.

Hey, mate.

Hey there.

Looking good.

Hey.

You again.

Film stars. Loads of money, lovely.

Those bikes look good, nice and light, fast.

This thing? It's obvious what you need.

New bike.

You need money. More money, more fun.

And when you're ready, my boy, I'm just the man to help you.

Whoops.

Sorry.

Don't come near or I'll smudge.

What's that? Scrap yard chic?

Just cos I don't have a rich mum and loads of expensive stuff...

All right, all right. What's eating you, Tai, I was only joking.

Who's that?

I'm not sure.

Let's just say he's dead rich.

Cheers.

What's up, buddy?

-Do you know what I'm sick of?

-Megan?

Being broke.

Being permanently, constantly, completely broke.

Living my life in the broke lane.

What do you suddenly need money for?

Stuff. A new bike.

Man, if I had a new bike, my life would be transformed.

From drop-out to the man.

-You think a new bike's gonna do that?

-Yeah.

I'd get here fast as for my shifts. And I'd look cool.

People, girls mainly, they'll be like "who's that cool looking dude?"

So do some more shifts.

Bet you guys are making tons of money.

Well, when we first opened, we were pretty busy

but with the stinky coral and the sea ghosts,

everyone's leaving the island.

Do some more shifts and you could have a new bike in...

142 years!

What! I'll be too old to be the man by then.

Hey! I couldn't help over-hearing you back there.

Sounds like you're a young man on a mission.

-Money's on your horizon.

-Does it?

-Am I? Does it?

-How about you and I turn this cafe into a money spinner?

I'd have to ask Robbo and Megan, it's their cafe.

But they're your friends. You could convince them.

What's in it for you?

You're already rich.

You know how they say you can't take it with you? They're right!

When I was alive, I really lived it up.

Champagne, flash food, the full luxury experience.

-That sounds cool.

-It was cool.

And it's all there for the taking.

You could have that new bike.

Your friends could have the most successful cafe on the island.

What do you say?

Ragnar?

Chloe. Listen and listen carefully.

Yes?

In the forest by the ruins stands the devil fruit tree.

Yesterday, the fruit was too young.

Tomorrow, it will be too ripe.

But today, the fruit is ready.

A normal person can eat the devil fruit safely.

The sea born, however, will turn violently sick at the first bite.

Will they die?

Why should you care?

A devil fruit won't kill them.

But we'll find out for certain which of the children has the power

to free me from the stinking, rotten, coral prison, forever!

What are you waiting for!

School Reunion Three!

Yes, and all the stars are coming,

Candy Hoffmore, Stella Wright and Matt Rain.

Matt Rain!

Now do you understand how important it is

that both I and the hotel are looking our best?

Not that there's much chance of that,

with our resident expert failing to fix the foul stench

coming off the coral,

and his children running their shack on the beach.

What will I wear?

-What do you mean?

-What will I wear to the party?

The future of this hotel depends on the success of this event.

There will be photographs in all the papers.

I will not have time to supervise children.

No. I suppose you won't... which will be risky.

What did you say?

Well, with you at the party, and the hotel staff hard at work,

no-one will have time to supervise me.

All right. If you can find somebody responsible

to keep you out of trouble, then you can come,

but you must not speak to anybody.

Thanks, Mum!

Is that it?

One...

..two...three chances to find the sea born.

Anything else?

Do you want the good news or the bad news?

The good news is the same as the bad news.

-We almost have enough money for the fruit.

-How much more do we need?

Not much. One more busy day should do it.

Put the jukebox on!

I don't think that's gonna solve our problems.

But I think I know what will.

The name's Marcus, and let me introduce you to my boy, Tai!

-Wow!

-Exactly! Wow! Come on, Tai.

I've some ideas which I think will make the cafe more successful.

-What kind of ideas?

-Leverage our expertise!

HE MOUTHS

Make a few small changes to the way the place looks.

Bring in a few extra smoothies. Appeal to a smarter set.

Bad idea, mate.

-What have you got to lose?

-Tai, in our experience,

help from the Sea Ghost hasn't always been that...

..helpful.

But, you trust me,

-don't ya?!

-Now's a very difficult time.

Which is exactly why you need our help! What's the other option?!

Carry on like this?

Give us a chance to make you some money. For a day or two.

You know I won't let you down.

Well, I guess you could start by taking a shift.

Just one. We need somebody to look after the place.

-We've got to see Dad about the fruit money.

-That's true.

Wish us luck.

Just no big changes without checking with us first.

# I wake up, brother

# The lights are out to sea

# We sleep too much

# And all around is green and yellow

# Oooh, it's far from here

# So far from here... #

This is a nice surprise!

-Something's wrong, isn't it?

-Nothing's wrong.

-Who's looking after the cafe?

-Tai. It's all under control.

At first, I was sure you guys had messed it all up

-and were coming to me to pay the bills.

-Ha! Really?!

-You hear that, Megan?

-Thank goodness I was wrong.

This coral nightmare is more complicated than I thought.

It's gonna cost a lot more to fix than Victoria's paying.

Any more bills and...

Any more bills and...what?

Any more bills, we'll have to leave the island and go home!

-So, what was it you wanted?

-Erm...nothing.

Just saying hello.

MUSIC AND CHATTER

Got to say, Marcus, you obviously haven't lost your touch.

-Kind of you, Harvey.

-Ev and I always said,

when it comes to business, there's not much you can teach Marcus.

-HE LAUGHS

-Hey, Tai!

It's a mini-Marcus!

Tai, I want you to meet some of my friends. Harvey, who's simply

-the Boss, as he was known in the city.

-The Boss! I like it!

-Looks like you've got a delivery.

-Oh, great.

Serve the real customers first. Don't worry about the Sea Ghosts.

-Erm...these are for you.

-That's OK. I'll get those!

-Thank you!

Woah, woah! There must be some mistake. I didn't order that!

-That's your signature.

-I didn't sign that!

I signed it for you! Don't sweat the detail!

This is gonna add some real class to this place. Chill!

Hey! You get it? Chill!

-Where's the money coming from?

-Your friends Robbo and Megan were

-sitting on quite a tidy pile of cash.

-That was for the fruit bill.

Big winners take risks. So what are you? A man or a mouse?

This isn't about men or mice, this is about my friends.

-It's all the money they had!

-Aren't I your friend now?

Who's gonna earn you that shiny new bike.

Them?! Or me?

Erm...over there.

We should have asked him right away. Before he got going.

-Can we borrow some money?

-You're kidding!

He would have blown a hole in his wet suit.

-Well, we're in trouble now.

-Hi!

Why do you look so cheerful?

Because I just found the most delicious fruit!

-That must be some fruit!

-We've gotta get back to work!

-We need the busiest day ever or it's...

-Goodbye Paradise Island.

Hey! What'll it be? We've got some new recipes.

What's that?!

Oh! That...

Ice machine.

MACHINE BEEPS

HE GROANS

LAUGHTER

Teething problems!

-But it's great.

-Whose is it?

It's ours.

By ours, I mean yours. Marcus sorted it out.

Don't sweat the detail.

What have you done to the place? Are you sure it's cool

-having so many Sea Ghosts in here?

-Money is money!

I'm not sure this is the time to be making big changes.

Dad said if we can't pay our bills, we might have to leave the island.

This is exactly the time to make changes!

You said you needed a busier day.

You gotta admit, the place has never been busier.

And not just with Sea Ghosts.

Look around! The place is buzzing!

Just so long as you know, if this all goes wrong, we're finished.

It won't. Let's make lots of money!

There you go, mate.

There's not enough money in here. Not nearly enough.

Oh, what?

Here's the thing.

I put the cash in the till, I open the till, and the cash has vanished.

I told you not to serve Sea Ghosts!

I haven't been. But the Sea Ghosts have been paying.

Why would they wanna do that?

-Hey, Robbo!

-There's a problem with the ice maker.

Forget about the ice maker. How about this?

How about you accompanying me to the most glamorous

and exciting party, like, ever!

Don't tell me - we'll fly to Hollywood

and hang out with the biggest stars.

Actually, there will be film stars there.

I think I've found the problem.

It'll be totally like... Aargh!

Huh, so you were saying something about a totally

WAAAHH party!

-Forget it, Robbo, you've blown it!

-SHE SIGHS

Tai, you seem like a young man who'd appreciate an invitation to...

Can this wait?!

Erm...Tai? A party. Like...tonight.

-Abi, not now, money's at stake.

-Urgh!

What has gotten into everyone?!

So, what's wrong with Sea Ghost's money?

Erm...it tends to vanish when you're not looking at it.

CHEERING DROWNS OUT THE LIQUIDISER

-Erm...look, I know you're friends of Marcus and everything, but...

-HE SNIGGERS

Marcus doesn't have friends. And if you'd had to listen to him

bragging for the last 20 years,

at how rich he was, what a big shot he was, you'd know why!

And now, it's all, "Ooh, you should see my brilliant new smoothie bar!"

Blah, blah!

-He's an idiot.

-Excuse me! But I live here!

Now he's getting what he deserves.

My delicious new fruit makes the best smoothie ever.

-And you're just going to love it.

-Excuse me, but...

-Get him out of here.

-Let me in.

-Now!

-What's going on?

-Some bloke. They wouldn't let him in because

he was too scruffy. He's a trier. I'll give him that!

Even said he was your dad.

Oh! Cheers, Chloe!

Hmmm! Nice one!

Oh, sure, sure!

Who's this out to?

He is like, so, totally gorgeous!

Hi.

Hi. You're late.

Tai, where's all the money?

What? Can't hear you.

What's going on, Tai?

OK...things aren't quite as great as they seem.

On the smoothie front, brilliant, couldn't be better.

On the money front, not so brilliant.

Why not?

Tai's been taking ghost money.

-What's ghost money?

-You put it in the till, next minute it's gone.

So you've been giving out free drinks all day?

That's why we've been so busy.

You should have told us. We're meant to be best friends, we trusted you.

-We've got some real money.

-How much?

-A little.

It might be enough with what we already have.

-Er...

-What do you mean, "er"?

Er...

The fridge.

Oh, Tai! That money was all that stood between us and ruin.

Look, I can still fix this.

When Dad finds out, we'll lose the cafe and have to leave the island.

I'm sorry. Honest, I can still fix this.

The only way you can fix this is by going.

Just go.

Show me your invitation or I'll call security.

-Very funny. You said...

-I said you could come if you found someone

who was responsible and would keep you out of my hair.

-Yeah, but...

-So who, exactly, did you bring?

-Me!

-You?!

-SHE LAUGHS

-Responsible?

Last time I looked, this man wasn't even on the 'barely competent' list.

-Oh, smile.

-Thanks.

You could throw us out, but that wouldn't look uber-cool in a photo.

Smile!

All right, you can stay, but keep out of trouble, or you're toast.

My mum's so sweet(!)

Why are you here? I thought you were busy making your fortune.

That didn't go so well, which is kinda why I'm here.

-I wondering if you could help me with the cafe.

-You're kidding!

-After the way you spoke to me earlier?

-You're right.

-I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't so...

-Look, over there.

The perfect-looking one - that is Matt Raine.

-Why don't we go talk to him?

-You're joking!

Hey, I'm Tai.

Matt.

-SHE LAUGHS

-We knew that!

-She's Abi.

So, how are you enjoying the party?

Honestly? Not a great deal.

-It's a little snotty, isn't it?

-So snotty. Wasn't I just saying?

-Why don't we cruise?

-That's the idea, but we don't know the island.

-Is there somewhere a little bit more relaxed?

-I know just the place.

Pinch me!

Don't tempt me!

Come on, guys, we're going with...

Abi.

Can't you do something? Every time I kick them out, they reappear.

They won't listen to me!

Sometimes, in business, you have to take the rough with the smoothie.

You get it? With the smoothie!

One down,

two to go.

I'm back, and I've got customers coming.

-Real customers with real money!

-Great(!)

See. I said I'd fix this.

And I will.

Who in their right mind is going to want to come here?

-What are you doing now?

-Attention, everyone! Hello!

What, mini Marcus has lost it?

I was just wondering why you're all drinking here anyway.

I mean, this place is a dump.

Perfect end to a perfect day(!)

I know where there's a fancy party - champagne, flash food -

the full luxury experience.

-And it's all for free.

-I'll drink to that!

-Follow me!

-Follow me!

Uh-oh.

I don't think they'll recognise you.

Why? where have they been for the last 12 months?

Hey, guys, what'll it be?

I'll get the Paradise Cafe special. Make yourselves at home,

-Isn't that...?

-I think it is.

H-How did Tai...?

So, what cool clubs do you usually hang out at?

Thanks.

I don't really do that stuff.

I did at first but it gets a bit boring after a while,

everyone trying to impress everyone else.

These days, I stick with my proper friends, people I can trust.

Yeah, but...the cool clubs?

Roll your sleeves up, Tai, we've got work to do.

Last chance.

-I've got your money for your shift.

-Really?

Nah, it's OK.

What are you on about? You earned it.

It's only money. Use it for the bills.

You've still got your tie on.

I don't know what I'd have done if you'd lost the cafe cos of me.

Are you going to deal with Mr Megabucks, or shall I?

Fancy a drink? On the house.

-After all, your money's a bit...

-Thanks, I should be leaving though.

-You don't have to.

-I know I don't have to, mate,

-but this place, it's a bit...

-Yeah?

It's a bit rubbish, really.

I'm going to go to the other party, at the hotel.

I understand. On to bigger and better things.

-Tai!

-I'll drink to that.

Here's to the Paradise Cafe. Mm!

See go see.

At last!

ABI!

-ECHO:

-ABI! ABI...!

-What's going on?

-We're famous! Look at this.

We're famous and in profit.

Look - "Paradise Cafe, island's hottest hot spot".

Victoria was counting on a big splash for the hotel.

It gets a mention.

"Chaos at hotel. Party ends in unexplained devastation."

-Isn't that your friend?

-Marcus!

I-It's your hat, is it?

See that guy over there? Right there's your thief.

Aren't we in danger?

-What's he gonna do to me? I'm a ghost.

-I'm not.

We've been rumbled, boys.

Grab your guns.

Kick him out, boys.

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