Mark played on his PlayStation 5 for a couple of hours. After that, he went outside to look for Hamil. He found the caravan leader on his caravan doing nothing, obviously finished assigning tasks so far. He told the caravan leader that he brought the device that he wanted to borrow.

Before showing the brick game console to Hamil, Mark asked the caravan leader if he had any suggestions on what he could do in the caravan. Hamil only told him to move around and see what the others were doing and once he received inspiration, he could do whatever he wanted. Mark thought for a bit, then mentioned to the caravan leader that he would follow his suggestion.

Mark showed the brick game console with the Tetris game to Hamil and taught him the mechanics of the game. Since it was a simple game, Hamil was able to get the hang of playing the game fast. The caravan leader was so focused on the game that Mark worried that the caravan leader would become addicted and not do his job. Hamil’s two boys arrived and watched their father play the console game. After a while, they pestered their father to let them try the game.

When Mark saw the kids non-stop cajoling, his worries that Hamil would get addicted to the game and forget his job was laid to rest, especially when Halinda, Hamil’s wife joined in on the fun.

Mark left the caravan leader and his family to their own devices and went to the newly constructed mini theater to watch the actors’ preparation. When Linuel, the actor’s leader saw Mark, the actor went to speak with him.

“Mark, thank you again for showing us that wonderful show. Once we settle down on our winter stop in the city, we will produce new plays and I will guarantee that they will be full of inspiration.”

“I’m looking forward to your new plays.”

“Uumm, Hamil mentioned that there was another play that you’ve shown to the elven sisters. I would very much like to see that as well.”

“Sure. Once we’re on the road, I will let you watch it.” Mark promised Linuel.

Mark then said his goodbyes to the leader of the actors so Linuel could concentrate on their upcoming play.

As suggested by Hamil, Mark roamed around to check what everyone was doing. He arrived at the acrobat’s caravan. The three brothers name were Dozon, Rozon, and Kozon, respectively. They did admit that the names were just aliases and that they were not really brothers but best friends who had been together since they were young. Their wives were busy doing chores and when Mark asked where their children were, Dozon mentioned that they were somewhere around.

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Mark saw the acrobat brothers preparing a tall thick pole where one could attach a rope to walk. They’ve said that it would be set up near the theater for their show. They would be doing acrobatics like walking and doing cartwheels on a rope attached to the tall pole and doing different stunts. It got Mark thinking that maybe he could do something like walking on the tall pole vault and it wouldn’t be dangerous since he could fly. He could do a lot of tricks that maybe nobody else could do because of his Fly skill.

Mark asked the brothers if he could help and possibly give their act a try to see if he could do it. He mentioned to the acrobats that he could do a lot of acrobatics on a pole or even a rope without any fear. The acrobat brothers looked at each other for a few seconds then welcomed him as a guest performer. Of course, they would need to check his skills first. Mark thought he may have bitten off more than he could chew since he didn’t even know how to do the simple act of tumbling since he had always been a fatty before.

“What do I need to do?” Mark asked.

The three brothers invited Mark to join them in a nearby forest since they didn’t want anybody to see their act prematurely. When they were in the forest, Dozon did a simple cartwheel and asked Mark to do the same thing. Mark discreetly cast the Fly skill and did the move. He was so surprised that he made the move easily. The skill Fly brought finesse to the move that even though it was a simple move, the brothers were impressed. Rozon then climbed a tree and did some acrobatic move of moving from branch to branch.

Mark pretended to climb the tree but what he was doing was flying but making it look like climbing. Since he was actually flying, the move was elegant to look at and he copied what Rozon did. Everyone could see that there was no fear when Mark was making the move. It’s as if Mark never thought that there was a possibility that he would stumble and fall. After he was done with the move, the brothers clapped again.

“You could do the move. It’s as if you’re a flying creature pretending to need the branches to move.” Dozon said. Mark awkwardly laughed and told Dozon that he didn’t know what to so they would need to show him first.

The three brothers talked to each other and after a few minutes told Mark that they would need to set up the pole in the forest so they could teach him what he needed to do for their act. Mark asked if they were tight on time, but the brothers said that they wouldn’t do the show today and would practice instead. Once Mark learned all the moves, they would start their show with him being a guest performer, the next day. Dozon then said that regarding the pay that they would receive from the audience, the brothers would give him ten percent of the earnings. Mark declined and said to the brothers that since this was his first time, and he was just a guest performer, they need not pay him. The brothers grinned when they heard this and welcomed Mark to their act.