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Chapter 153: The Parade Floats
To the surprise of the crowd, a door to the ship’s cabin burst open and three actors dressed like crewmen came running out. They went to the ship’s railing and with hands cupped around their mouths, shouted for help. The rolling drums announced the arrival of something sinister and smoke came out of the door from which the crewmen came out. Then, a dark figure walked out slowly. The crowd gasped upon seeing the figure’s eyes which glowed red like embers. He was wearing a mask meant to represent the Ember Ghost and on the mask’s eyes were affixed two light bulbs that glowed eerily red.
“That’s the Ember Ghost,” Lisa whispered to Nestie who nodded at her.
“I saw him earlier fetching Celie from her float,” replied Nestie without taking his eyes off the scene he was watching.
“You mean the actor?” asked Lisa, wondering what Nestie meant.
Nestie slowly turned to Lisa and grinned. “Of cours
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