A Carnival in Darkness: Part 78

Thanks to Axl, Hamtaro was able to breathe properly again. Because he was choking he missed Raven's concert but it didn't bother him. Hamtaro knew that the true superstar was Axl, the friend of the hamsters. Oxnard watches Raven be humilated by singing in the dress he would never let such a thing happen to their Axl. Suddenly something familar was being heard as the crowd wanted Raven to dance.

Vega yodels loudly to the singing of Raven. He was glad that Raven gave a great entertaining performance in front of That Man. Vega jumps on stage and yodels next to Raven. "You heard everyone. Time for you to dance and I'll sing a duet with you, you can play the female role since you are dressed for the part."

Charlie claps his hand, he could see that That Man seems to be enjoying the show if so then the music and entertainment from Raven must go on. James brings out the refreshments. He puts on the table a huge bowl of tomatoe soup and since he spend a lot of time making the soup he hopes no one gets any ideas and throws the soup at Raven because of his attraction with tomatoes. "Raven, nice dress

Genesis bows many times at That Man's feet as he was so overjoyed with hearing how That Man will be making an appearance at his village. He will become a hero for bringing That Man over and all his people will be happy despite their poverty situation. He couldn't wait until the big day when That Man can make the visit but Genesis believes this won't be for quite some time as Raven's concert does not seem to be ending any time soon. "That dude in the dress is actually pretty good."

"Since Raven is singing so good, we won't need tomatoes!" Sakura smiles hoping that Raven heard what she said so that Raven will dance and sing his best for That Man and the audience.

I-No's band and Ken was not going to be playing appropiate music for Vega and Raven's ballet duet. So Sailor Aluminum Siren pushes them off stage and forms her own band with the senshi where they start playing a soft classical music for the song to begin.

Sailor Pluto kept silent because she knew that there will be something less pleasant happening in Genesis' village that That Man will have to face. For now she let everyone enjoy the concert that Raven was forced to give. "Keep very alert when we visit Genesis' village."

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Axl could only give a sigh of relief when he saw that Hamtaro was breathing properly again. Petting the little guy on the head a few times as he'd simply look to the stage as the sound of chanting began as the crowd wanted Raven to dance.

Wanting to see this for himself as it'd be amusing to see his 'Other Half' try and dance for the crowd and make them all happy.

At the entrance to the area, a blonde man with a long white uniform would make his way in, his long white, blue-bordered uniform with varying symbols of crosses embroidered into the fabric blowing in the wind. In his right hand, a sword was clasped which was sparking with electricity, the blade and hilt modeled after a French rapier.

"Sacre bleu...That Man has truly made a name for himself in the past and is attracting quite a great deal of attention..." The man would say, as the International Police Force captain would watch from the entrance-way at this party.

"A dual performance...With me playing the role of a woman?! Are you people mad?!" Raven would yell as he was shocked and appalled by being told to do something like that. But with this crowds aggressive behavior and those dreaded tomatoes, Raven would sadly have to comply with Vega.

That Man was going to smile as he saw that Raven was atleast doing what he could to make sure that crowd didn't get too out of hand as he turns his attention slowly to Genesis. "Please, young man, tell me about your village. It would interest me to know about the plight of your people and for what I may be able to do to be of assistance." That Man wouls say with a slight nod of the head as he remained hooded and shrouded as usual.

When Sailor Aluminum came up with the rest of the senshi and they'd begin to play, Raven would cry a little inside as he knew there was truly no escape now.

About half a mile away, Sol Badguy would be walking down a dirt path, smoking a cigarette like usual with his head hung low. Sword held to his side as he took a deep drag of the cigarette before tapping it and knocking off the ash. Something ringing through his mind as it was annoying to him now...Something felt wrong in this place...

Someone annoying...Someone blonde...Someone with a deep French accent and a strong desire for justice and order...

"Oh f*ck...Kiske's somewhere in this time...Damn it, I thought he was too busy with Sin to come after me." Sol said with a lot of disdain in his voice.