Vi gave her brother a smile as she followed him out the door to talk to the ring leader.

In the other room, a portly fellow in his forties dressed in a red blazer, white undershirt, bow tie and black slacks was hunched over a desk. The desk was scattered with several papers. They were several types of legal papers that he was reading through. Another set of papers looked like something to set their budget. As he jotted a few notes down with his short pencil, he used his other hand to run his hand through his thin grey hair. Vi and Vandal approached him from behind.

"Hey there, boss!" she made her presence known. "Whatchya doooin?"

"Oh, just a bit of paperwork. You don't need to concern yourself with it" he adjusted his reading glasses. "Are you liking the theater so far?" Vi stood there for a moment, unsure how to answer.

"It's..." she started. Vi wracked her head to come up with an appropriate answer. "dusty". That wasn't quite it. She took the chance to change the topic. "So dusty, in fact, that Vandal and I were thinking of stepping out for a bit. We want to see the school we'll be attending. Can we?"

"At this hour?" the ringleader slowly swiveled in his chair to face the two. "you two will just get lost again".

"Oh come on, gramps! That was when we were little babies!" She puffed her cheeks out like some sort of pouty blow fish. "We're older. And smarter. We just want to get a good feel of where we'll be going in the mornings. Come on, Simon. Let us see the school. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease?" The ring leader began to think about it for a moment. 

"Oooooh....Oh alright. You two can go. But I expect you two to be on your best behaviors. I don't want to hear that you got taken into the police station for sleeping on some store's furniture".

"Yaaay!" Vi cheered as she grabbed Vandal's shoulder. "Come on! Lets go see our school before the sun goes down!"