The second marker was an old cactus with one arm missing and the otherpointed due south. As we all turned in that direction, south, the rocknext to t...e cactus transformed into a heavy stonelike robot whoseacccompanying drones erupted from the ground immediately afterward. TheCybercronian lunged at Botanicus and bodychecked him, sending himflyingthrough the air for about 100 meters. Oakwood and Elmsdale responded tothe atack by belching their stored water at the drones even asBotanicusgrabbed. Like Venus rising from the waves amongst the Uffizi's dry atmosphere, she clung to herself, a blaze of vibrant life amongst surrounding pale shadows.It was but a momentary reflection, fingers sliding downwards, the inconsequential inconvenience of the waist tie dissolving at her touch, fabric parting, divinity revealed hewn not from cold marble but heated, blood-infused flesh.Yet even as her fingers drifted across her V of entrancement, even as they toyed with her manicured and unnecessary. This caused Rome’s booty to jiggle as he shot his friend a sly look. “Aight bruh, any more of them this weekend and I’m charging like the strippers”. “Shit, it’s worth something”!Pete said as he slid a $10 bill under the left leg seam of Rome’s blue briefs; just under the cuff of his ass. “See first drink of the night and I ain’t even at the club yet”.Both men erupted in historical laughter as Pete sat on his bed and noticed the precum stain he left on Rome’s draws. His dick twitched a few more. What if aliens land on the South Lawn? Ask me when the aliens land.”I smiled to myself. I liked the line about the aliens. That made it to the evening news. Meanwhile I had much more important things to worry about, like debating John Kerry, and, oh yeah, running the country.The story didn’t go away, however. By the end of the week, it was being reported in both the New York Times and the New York Post that the Jeana Colosimo in Queens really was the same Jeana Colosimo I had known at Towson.