Hesper Grey
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Hesper grinned at the small crowd that had accumulated around her. She leaped and pirouetted around them, pausing every once and awhile to make a vague gesture toward a hat on a ground, and to give a flirtatious wink to anyone she found vaguely interesting. Which was, well, everyone! With every turn of the head she found someone with a new hair style, skin tone, or posture that was entirely foreign to her. True, many had been unfriendly toward her. They kicked over her hat. Glared at her when she made eye contact. Some even shoved her! And lots of the people who stopped to see her didn't give her any money, but she was still earning a decent amount. At least, she thought so. After all, she'd never had money before, and had only just learned the concept of it.
Hesper ended yet another dance routine, and bowed to the crowd graciously. "Thank you, thank you! Thank you kindly for your appreciation of dance, and for the charity you have shown me. And remember, you can find me again performing at the G.U.N. celebration! But lucky you, I have one more routine to show you before I go!" Cheered by a small amount of applause, she continued with a hybrid of belly dancing and ballet. She couldn't wait for the party. Hesper had managed to make enough connections during her stay here that she had scored a place as a performer at the celebration. Sure, she hadn't exactly found a good place for shelter, and it seemed like the guy she had talked to was more excited by her race than her dancing skills, but she felt that shelter and pride was secondary to a career.
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