Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

sweets.The woodwork was bold but not as garish as in themodern recreation. The frescoes on the walls weremagnificent. It was all lit by torches in sconces on the pillarsand walls, and by great braziers on the corners of the bull pen.The only thing she had ever seen like it was an animal pit inAlan’s Trastrab Basin, but even there there are video screensand amplified music today.Here the man with the horn had to make do with a loudshout. It took him a couple tries to get the crowd quiet enoughto hear him. He was presenting them to the crowd, offeringthem up for the holy sacrament of coitus. When he finishedthey had to go thru their first number, putting their armsabove their heads, and clapping in rhythm to make theirbracelets jingle. They filed around, doing a single simple twirlas they passed the front of the formation. She had learned theroutine with no trouble, but did not know it was meant to be adisplay to the audience when she did.Each girl was introduced. The man pronounced her namemore like ahVah than Ava, but it was close enough that sheknew what was going on. As they were introduced there weremore or less cheering, depending on how they were received.There were enough guys out there interested in more thanbreast size that she got enough of an ovation to make her kindof proud, by no means the most, but as much as Yellelle.Now a procession came from the far end of the court. It442