Scipio was standing outside Perla's supposed house and was looking upt at a rich man's house. He was about to knock on the door when it opened and there was Perla, dressed up all nice, like she always did during practice, acording to her friends, mostly Diamante's words. She was frozen solid and when he didn't say anything, she gently pushed him forward and closed the door behind her. She and him stood like that for a while and Scipio could see the sparkle in her eye proving she loved him, despite the fact that there was a slight age difference between them... or Scipio thought so, at least.

"What're you doing at my house?" she asked, after a while. She pushed passed him and started walking towards the theater.

"Can I ask you something?"

"You just did."

"How old are you?"

"I just turned sixteen, why?"

"And you live in a fancy house?"

"Yes, I live in that house..."

"Did you ever want to run away from there?" Scipio asked, looking over his shoulder at the house as a window closed.

"Yeah... that's why I perform. I get away from the house most of the day. I spend it at the theater, that's like my second home."

There was a soft whirrling and Dove came around the corner in a boat and with him was a girl who's mask had a pointed nose and silver decorations splinting off her mask in every way possible. She waved Perla down. Her eyes were the same shade as Dove's, only her hair was much longer than his and was nearly down to her hips. Her cloths consisted of the cloths of a performer. Black tights under a black pleated skirt, black Mary-Jane's, black tunic that was strung just below her chest and were also strung tight around her arm, just below the shoulder and sweapt out in thin cloth and she wore vanity gloves of black. "Perla, the Thief King thanks you for your contributions to the poor and sickly." She gave a half-bow from her sitting position behind Dove, who stared straight ahead. "My name is Raven, and it's a pleasure to make your aquaintance!"

Perla gave a kindly smile and shook Raven's hand and, much without a warning, she slipped and fell face-first into the water, making a huge splash. Dove quickly moved the boat out of her way as she popped up again, drenched. Dove and Raven offered her a hand, as did Scipio. She took Scipio's hand, since he was on dry land.

"I'm a complete and total mess!" Perla gave a scrunched face at her cloths.

Dove and Raven drove off, Raven calling "Qui viene il re del ladro! Tutti grandinano il re del ladro!"

"Eh? del ladro?" Scipio stared after them... curiousity seeming to over-come him.