A Carnival in Darkness: Part 81

"Thank you! Thank you!" Genesis was finally able to get his dream of bringing the hero of the world That Man over to his village. He only hopes that the poverty of his home town would not be too frightful for That Man to handle. His village was so poor and those used to the modern conveniences might not survive. He follows close to That Man eager to see his and his people's reaction when That Man sets foot in his village.

"Come on, everyone, That Man is leaving. I have got to follow him because I know that bad things are going to happen in Genesis' village." Sailor Pluto elbows Sephiroth and each one of That Man's guards. She waves a good bye to Raven, although she promises that they will return and hopefully she will try and find some way for Raven to have some peace from the singing. "Nothing bad will happy to Raven at all in this time. He can actually enjoy himself without any fighting if he likes singing."

Oxnard notices That Man leaving. He pulls on Axl's bandana to get his attention and wants to know if the hamsters can stay to enjoy the party or follow That Man. Whatever happens hamsters will go where Axl goes.

Ken pats Raven on the back as he listens to the fan cheer. Ken takes the microphone from Raven temporary so he can speak to the rest of the crowd. "What do you say everyone? Let's give a nickname to the Golden Palace as Raven's golden concert hall?!?! Now let the music continue!"

Hearing Ken make the suggestions for the Golden Palace in to a concert hall for Vega quickly made Karin take action. She called her super fast construction crew to immediately come over to build a statue in gold of Raven in a dress right next to a larger statue of That Man.

Hamtaro runs up on stage and dances with Raven. He does his happy hamster dance to show Raven and teach Raven some good dance moves.

Now that the senshis had their turn of having Raven sing a song for them, Espeon believes that it is now the pokemon's turn to request a song from Raven. Espeon hops up stage with a dress in his mouth along with a music book for Raven to sing.

Sephiroth gave one last look in Ky's direction wondering if Ky had been able to catch Sol by now and hopefully beat him up so badly in a fight that Sol would pose zero threat to That Man. Turning away, Sephiroth follows That Man as he opens the door portal to leave to Genesis' village. He heard what Sailor Pluto said about something bad happening in Genesis' village. "If the village is going to present any trouble to That Man, then I'll burn it down and everyone there! If Raven wants to create world peace and continue to make the world happy then he, I mean she, better keep on singing and dancing. What is it about Raven's music and feminity that has everyone hypnotized?"

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As Oxnard would gently tug on Axl's bandana, his attention would be drawn toward the leaving That Man and the many bodyguards who helped to protect him. "Hey little buddies, I think you all should stay here and enjoy the party...I think I'm gonna go and follow that motley crew for a bit and see where they're gonna be going. Might be a bit of fun too." Axl would say with a chortle.

He would make sure the hamsters would stay and keep an eye on things at the palace as well since he knew they were a strong bunch of hamsters and could protect themselves well.

Raven was still mortified at this point but he was keeping his face straight and his mind and body composed to put up with all of this as he agrees that he should learn to yodel from Vega and that the idea of him being able to atleast remain and help protect the palace of That Man sounded good in some ways.

His dress would soon enough change to one of rainbow coloring in order to keep up a decent and cheery attitude for the crowd until one voice...One simple voice rang through his ears from the front row.

"Wow! Ain't this a fancy sight!" were the very words Raven heard. A voice he knew from the people that That Man had him keep an eye on in the future, the voice belonged to a short young boy, dressed in blue and with the appearance of a young girl rather than what he really was as he hops up and down. Holding his teddy bear. "Yeah! Go Raven Go! Show the world how fun it is for a guy in a dress! Whoo!"

Raven would twitch a little from what he heard out of Bridget, feeling even worse than before as he just felt so...Wrong now having received a comment from the young boy who single-handedly had destroyed the confidence and pride of many a man in the future who thought that he was a girl but were all shocked when they found out what Bridget was and would often be disturbed and disgusted by the idea.

But now as more requests continued to pour in, Raven would do his best to keep the crowd happy and make sure no riots broke out. That surely was something he did not want to have to live through. Dancing and singing every single request that was made for him and he would just dance with the hamsters as they came on the stage. Unable to really bring himself to tell them no.

And now with further requests coming, Raven would proudly sing the song of the Pokemon and Duel Monsters as requests for so many things came pouring in like a flood. Knowing it was up to him to keep the peace with his feminine way of dressing and his singing.

Far off in the distance, Ky had managed to catch up to Sol Badguy. With his Thunderseal drawn, the police officer and proud holy knight would stare down the outlaw from the future who was definitely one of the most dangerous and powerful gears ever created.

"Tch...So...Why the hell are you here? Boyscout? Still got some problems with your son? Your Sin?" Sol would say with a chuckle as he didn't feel threatened in the least as he had the Fireseal set to his side with the flames set on off as he had no reason to light the sword aflame to fight with it just yet.

"Sephiroth, I do not think that there will be anything to worry about at Genesis' village. We must all remember that we are going to help them all out in whatever ways we can to advance their state of living for all deserve clean water, food and shelther, the basic needs of life in order to survive.

As That Man was followed by Sephiroth and Sailor Pluto, he would be saddened with the sight he was met by as they all passed through the door, followed by I-no and the Unknown Magician. To a place that was truly unfortunate for all that it suffered from.

That Man wouldn't be disgusted or desire to walk away from this poverty and struggle for survival as it was very much the same as many other places in the future just after the Crusades had finally ended.