----------It was now the middle of the afternoon, and the excitement of the festival had yet to fade. People were cheering for the parading knights an... celebrating everything good in their lives. All the noise made for the perfect cover. Over in the slums, empty of people, Noah sat on the edge of a destroyed fountain with his sword beside him, watching the shadows move.“I was beginning to think you weren’t going to show,” he said. He was addressing Seraph, finally arriving.“I wouldn’t miss this. I would often have cars pull up to me and the driver (and sometimes another passenger) asking if I needed a ride. I always got such a rush walking and swishing along!Many times I would drive into the city at night, sometimes go to a gay dance club, but mostly go to an adult store in another part of town. I would always have had a few drinks and smoke some weed to get in the mood. You could drive around the area where the adult store was and see many on the prowl looking for some action. I would. Over." Derrick's voice called over the radio.Liv snickered as Finn stared at the little piece of plastic in his hand. "You told him about my tattoo?" We got to talking and one thing led to another-." Liv couldn't stop laughing.Finn pressed down on the walkie talkie. "You better hope we don't survive this, cause if we do, I'm gonna kick your ass. How come we can't be Bowser or Luigi?" he demanded."I'm sorry, I do not recognize. Please keep this channel secure. This is Mario calling for The. No silly idea, how would I go about finding acircus and anyway they would send me back and put me in a home.I could smuggle myself on a ship and then when they found me I could bea ships boy. Nope, I would get seasick and guess what, they would sendme back and put me in a home.It was no good, if I ran away, someone would put me in the hands of theauthorities.I stood up and went over to the window. I looked down at the lovelygarden and in the distance, the sparking water of the little stream.