Money was tight every since leaving her arcane studies behind, and was all but gone after paying her way on this ship. She did still have quite a few ...ice things, a trunk of clothes, a satchel of books to stay sharp on her studies, and a small ruby necklace that helped her focus her magic.She could hear the muffled shouting of orders above deck as the ship was more and more still. She leaves her tiny bunk behind, climbing the steep stairs as the boat was finally docked. Truth be told she was. Or I can see a gorgeous girl and right away know that she won't photograph worth a damn." How?" the fourteen-year-old girl asked."I don't know," the forty-eight-year-old man replied with a chuckle. "It just becomes instinctive, I guess I can see an average looking girl and know instantly that she'll photograph like a million dollars. It's a quality. They call it photogenic. You, Kathy, will photograph like a million. You have that quality."The buzzer sounded, indicating that the developing. Mary started by just playing single swipes across her strings, Cynthia by one or two keys. Soon, however, as the crowd started to clap to the rhythm Jake was setting, they became more prolific with their playing. As they discovered the absurd ease of mixing their instruments into a predictable rhythm, they lost their hesitancy and began to truly jam in every sense of the word.Jake slowly brought the tempo up until they were moving at damn near heavy metal speed. Mary's arm pumped frantically on. "These will be innocent, don't worry. They'd be completely innocent if you guys weren't naked." We both laughed at that. Anyhow, she first got us on the couch. She had us sit next to each other, Frankie to my left. Then she had me twist slightly to my left, so that I was partially facing him. My left leg was bent, on the couch, and my right leg hanging down onto the ground. She had Frankie put his arm around my waist, and had me put both of my hands, one halfway on top of the other, on his.