The girls were something else to perceive. They wore what appeared
to be grass
skirts with flowers and brightly colored pieces of cloth all sewn
up to look like
what Nomi thought Hawaiian hula girls should look like.
Several of her troupe
were quite overweight. Several were very young and small bodied.
Nomi herself
had an intensely attractive figure as she led the rest of the
girls. The music was
loud and the dance was sensual, rhythmic and well balanced with
the music.
Nomi obviously had a gift that, till now, Jim barely suspected.
It's difficult to
describe the effect of Miranda's music and the dancing along with
the interrupted
plan and subsequent confusion. The Vulture appeared hypnotized by
it all, as if
everything that happened was part of the show. Theatre has a power
all its own.
People allow it to continue and produce its effects, even strange
and threatening
as the case might be. Here is what probably happened. There is no
other rational
explanation!
The girls were still dancing as the pirates were being locked up
in the brig. Nomi
still held most of Captain Wallace's attention. Their eyes met in
a moment that
must have been pure glee, like when you bet on a long shot
and it came from
behind and you and the object of your affection were jumping up
and down at the
same time, in the same rhythm, and everything else that could be
right, was.
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