by Tony Verna

Created on: December 08, 2009

When we left our story, there was inkling that Jancy could be deployed by being employed at The Blue Man’s place of business,

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The Professor and Chester hailed a horse cab and it took them up Broadway to a large, garish five-story building, P.T. Barnum's American Museum. The name was stamped over a gigantic mural that depicted the attractions inside.

Moving through the front doors, the Professor explained that he had arranged for his old friend, P.T. Barnum, to provide Jancy with a day's work at his museum so that she could keep track of the Blue Man.

 Several guides in the standard Barnum-issued maroon uniforms guided the new visitors to their first stop, The Carnival of Wonders. Upon seeing P.T. Barnum talking to a squad of gypsies by a display of oversized chicken eggs, the Professor took the opportunity to slip away.

 Chester continued on to the aquatic attraction, The Mermaids Cove, where the cutout featured the Blue Man with a half-eaten raw squid dangling from his mouth. A waterfall cascaded down into a black concrete pond onto several beautiful sea creatures swimming about, boasting the head and body of luscious women, but instead of legs, a fishtail.

 One of the lovely girls splashing about in a mermaid outfit was Jancy. When she surfaced, Chester was relieved that her long hair was covering her breasts. As Jancy splashed up onto a stone facade, Chester remarked that he hadn't known she was amphibious. Flipping her silvery tail, Jancy shushed him as she caught sight of the Professor carrying a crate with a live chicken, fresh from the poultry display.

 Walking with him was the troupe of gypsies, with a tall, portly man with a big nose leading the way. "That's P.T. Barnum, himself. Help me unfasten my tail so I can tell the Professor where the Blue Man is."

 Chester slipped his hand under Jancy's scales. "The Professor shouldn't have you here taking chances. You should be somewhere baking a mince pie."

 Jancy struggled with the cross laces in back of her tail. "I know, but Tonio is my passion. Sometimes I think my heart is my dumbest muscle. How about you?"

 Chester undid her last lace and her tail dropped to the floor. "I think mine is a bit lower."

 As Jancy grabbed a robe from behind one of the rocks, the Professor arrived with his live chicken in a crate. "I'll explain this later. Right now, my dear, you must lead me to the Blue Man."

As they started up a flight of stairs, a Ubangi maiden with

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