If you bring some greens along you can feed them to the small Chocobo’s running around the shops to get a free Contain Materia. Choose to scratch it behind its ears and the Materia is yours.

Try to go through the back door at the weapon shop. Then exit the shop, go across the bridge, and examine the ground near the person standing out front of the house to find a “Beat-up Useless Old Key”.

Take it back to the weapon shop and try to use it on the locked door. Tell the storeowner the truth about the key and he will reward you with a Curse Ring.

Make your way to the north end of town to get the story rolling again. When you regain control of Cid set up your new three-person team. Make sure they’re all set up for a few battles, ‘cause you’ve got quite a few things to do with this team, starting with making your way to Mount Corel.

Note: At this point in the game it is possible to revisit Midgar by obtaining the Key to Sector 5.