" The tree walked up the ticket booth. A grizzled old man sat in it, looking over a porn magazine. "One, please," Veronica said. "Your going in alone,...are you?" the old man asked, staring at her through his bushy eyebrows. "I'm not afraid," Veronica said. "Where do I catch the boat?" The old man motioned her behind the ticket booth. As she went around, Diane and Jane started to follow. "No," the old man said, "You can't go any further. You didn't buy tickets." Veronica tried to sound cheerful. The trait that attracted me most was the fact that she looked just as uninterested in this party as I felt. I poured another cup and walked over to introduce myself."Hi. I'm Chris. What's your name?"She looked surprised and smiled wide "Sandy. This is my friend Angelica." I was looking for someone to be bored with and you two looked like the perfect people to do that with." Yeah this party is so blah," Sandy said making a thumbs down with her hand. "Angelica here has been looking for a hookup.. There was a keyhole in the middle of the red button.“Who’s there? Is that, you Barbara? It was the security guards voice.Max could hear the footsteps getting closer to him. Looking on the counter, Max grabbed a pen that was there, holding it like one would grasp a knife. Ready to attack anyone that approached him.The security guard removed his taser gun from its holster. Holding out his arm with the weapon pointing ahead, he pressed the fire button a couple of times to test it.Max recognised. Very different. Why has the horse led me through here, she asked herself as the atmosphere became more and more menacing and she began to be jostled by the gathering throng of citizenry who seemed to be pouring out onto the street to vent their rage against her."Go on, you can't help me. Save yourself, old boy." she muttered to the horse, which, since she was still forbidden to mount it, could be of no assistance to her as a way of escape from the people's increasing wrath. The animal did as.