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Chapter 3 - Chapter Three

Tobias listened closely, hearing the faint whispers of those inside the tent.

"Oh, calm down, Betty. Just because someone bumped into you doesn't mean we can kick them out," a man said, with the sound of that ginger, Betty, scoffing.

"I know that Kenneth, But… oh his dumb face pisses me off!" Betty yelled, gaining a few snickers.

"Maybe you're in love, Betty" a girl said, which led to incoherent yelling from Betty. 

"Now, have the visitors all left?" The man, apparently named Kenneth, asked. A familiar voice spoke.

"Seems so, and so sad this is our last night here, I do love the Twenties…" Margaret said, and gained a few cheers, and a few boos.

"I'm sure we'll travel back to this time period soon, Margaret." Some said. That made Tobias raise an eyebrow. Travel back? To this time period? Now that was silly. 

"Well, we better get going, now, where should we go next?" Kenneth asked, and a few yells rang out.

"Early 2000s!"

"1960!"

"1987!" That one gained a few groans, with a small "What?" escaping someone's mouth. Tobias was now more confused than ever. These people were talking about… going to different eras? What were they on?! He'd better get out of here. Tobias started to turn away when he heard Margert again.

"You know, I met a nice young man today, though I did catch him smoking…" Tobias leaned in to listen again, hearing a few people laugh at her story.

"I do hope he saw my show, he was such a nice young boy." Margaret said.

"Marge, you are a saint among us. A smoker? In a suit? Must be mafia," someone said, while a few people laughed and cheered to that. It sounded like Margaret was going to speak more, but as Tobias tried to get closer to hear more, the curtain hiding the Circus crew got caught around his ankle, so he got caught up in it. Soon it came crashing down, with Tobias bundled up in the fabric, staring at the whole circus crew with a blank look on his face. Everyone froze, unsure of what to do, until Betty's face turned redder than her hair and she yelled.

"What in the world are you doing here, You.. you. You Würstchen im Schlafrock!!" She screamed at him in a language he didn't understand. Someone snickered, and Tobias looked to see a male version of Betty. Tobias found him to be a very handsome man, almost too handsome. The man put a hand on Betty's shoulder.

"Okay, Little sister, let's not call our new friend a pig?"

He said, and by his voice, it seems this man was Kenneth. 

"Friend!? This asshole just found us out as-!" Her mouth was quickly covered by her brother.

"Yes, yes… how long were you there for, old sport?" Kenneth asked Tobias, in which Tobias was still a bit dazed.

"All of it…" He said, then mentally slapped himself. Why in the world would he tell them that?! For all he knew, they were another Mafia gang and he was about to die! Kenneth's face harderened, and looked at the others. 

"Take our new friend to my office, We need to talk." And without a word, Tobias was dragged off.

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