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Chapter 18

    Three days have finally passed after the leprechauns had cleared out, and Crystal couldn't wait.  Everything was finally set up, and tonight was the opening night to the first performance, though it would just be the leprechauns, though she didn't doubt that their knowledge that everything was actually real would ruin the affect.

    Taking up her place at the face paint booth, she waited for someone to come over, and a few of the early arrivals with kids seemed to be considering the booth as the wandered.  Letting kids and a few parents have her give them a paint job was actually very fun, though a tad bit nerve racking.

    Time passed and she was getting the hang of it, giving little cheek paintings to half and full face paints, and the little kids faces lighting up when they looked in the mirror when she finished, it was hard to believe that she didn't know that this happy little spark was so easy to find.

    Finally, after the sky had finally fully set, everyone was heading to the tent, the main show starting soon.

    Closing the stand and putting away the paints and brushes, Crystal headed to the tent, weaving through the crowd, making it into the backstage, as they called it, despite the lack of an actual stage.

   Finally making it, she was greeted by most everyone that had come, Alex and Lotus were helping with some props, since they didn't have their own acts as well.  Making her way through the room, she found Vanessa sitting on a stool, checking herself in a mirror, wearing what appeared to be the suit of a magician assistant.

    "Hey, where's Yuvraj?"

    "He's about to go on."

    "Already?"

    "Kind of, but not for his usual act, it's a little gimmick he planned with the strong man.  You should go see."

    Rushing over to the curtains, she peaked out with a few others, seeing Yuvraj, who appeared to be getting in a argument with the strong man, who appeared to have a third eye on his forehead.

    Turning to one of the others who was watching, "Hey, is the strong man a psychic?"

    "No actually, he's half cyclops, half human, or as he likes to be called, a Tri-clops."

    "I see."

    Turning back, the two agree' d to a face of of strengths, and proving he meant business, Yuvraj whipped off his magician jacket and his shirt, revealing an actually well muscled six pack on his thin figure.

    Stunned, having not expected this, Crystal's eye were watching him as he walked over to one of the fridges, and lifted it up while the strong man was doing the same.

    After seeing them lift everything available, they appeared to be of the same caliber of strength, when a stage hand ran out, "Why don't you see who can lift the most objects at once."

    They both nodded, and the turned to the pile of objects.  While the strong man started to pick up object after object, he didn't notice Yuvraj waving his hands at the cluster of heavy stuff, all of them starting to slowly lifting up into the air.

    Having noticed the fridge he was reaching for start to lift up in front of him, the strong man looked up and realized what Yuvraj was doing.

    Shooing him away, the strong man huffed at him while Yuvraj grabbed his shirts and walked through the curtains snickering.

    The show carried on, Dan doing his usual act, making someone chase him, an elephant parade, each elephant dressed like a ballerina, and other whacky things.