((;c I don't always. Nice post. c: ))

Honk Honk Honk. A car horn blared in the distance. Noel's eyes shot open, bloodshot and watery. He sighed quietly to himself, removing the thin, raggedy blanket from his shoulders, foldign it carefully and storing it in a box, underneath the archway he had slept under. He stood, stretching. He carefully surveyed the early morning traffic, and turned to head down an alleyway. He stopped where a store had long-been abandoned, broken gl*censored* lay everywhere. Noel picked up a shard, looking at his reflection. His face was clean, not so much for the rest of him. His threadbare pants, and a too-tight, short button up, once white now a dingy yellow. His eyes were still swollen, the ocean blue, now a depressing, red-gray from the infection, his mouth still numb. Still, he put on a smile, telling himself today would be the day that he would get off the streets for good. His stomach growled loudly, reminding him that he had not eaten in days. He shoved his hands in his pockets, only for his fingers to poke through the thin cloth. Still, he smiled. He said good morning to people he pas.sed on the streets as he headed for where the stores would be opening. He headed directly to the place he knew would have the most food, a dumpster behind the McDonald's. He sifted through the trash, carefully deciding was was edible. Success! He thought happily, as he lifted a half-eaten cheeseburger and a pouch of fries. The back door opened, a young guy with a oily, pimply face stepped out, dragging a bag of trash. His eyes narrowed when he spotted Noel, and said coldly, "Don't you have somewhere to beg, hobo?" He studied Noel's appearance and chuckled cruelly. "A man of your age should work for a living, not go through the dumpster. Scram." Noel obeyed, taking his food and walking away quickly. He headed straight for a guy he'd met almost four years ago, someone he had taken under his wing and showed him the way of the streets.

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Zagel was fixing up his "home", a long, packing crate he had strung up with heavy rope through the side slates for a "roof", flattened cardboard boxes underneath for a floor. Beside this "house", he had three of his best crates filled with paperback books. torn, dirty, wet, it didn't matter, they were his most precious possession. He stood back and studied his work, satisfied with it. He gave up hope of living like a human being a long time ago, and spent a lot of his time making himself a more-permanant home. He new other teenagers in his condition were not nearly as well off as he was, so the money he begged from people going by, he usually split with his most trusted friend, Noel, and gave a quarter to some random person's hat, can or whatever they put change in. It was heartbreaking, seeing more people like him, roaming the streets, begging for the least little bit. He heard his "doorbell" sound, shattered pieces of bottles and windows on dirty string, hanging on the side of his roof. He turned to see Noel, holding a precious thing: food. He hurried over, not greeting Noel. Out of the two of them, Noel was the kinder, open, loquacious one, whereas he was quiet, shy and out of the way. Noel simply said. "Dig in, friend." And so they did.

((Thanks. 8D I was just kidding, there. your epic. 8D))

After about Ten minutes of offering people to work, still no one accepted her offer. With a sigh, she decided food would have to wait. She had fallen asleep trying to build herself a home that woudl stay up for more then 2 days. She slunk back down the alleyway, her eyes red and puffy. She continued pulling out boards with her hands, using large boxes and combining them to make a small shelter. They were cardboard, first it in rained they would completely fall apart. She wasn't sure why she even did this when The delicious scent of Burgers and fries wafted into her nose. He wiped her nose on her sleeve and started walking towards it, only to peek into an alley and see someone else was already eating it. Two people, actually. Since when did hobos share their food? She sighed and continued down the street, hands in her pockets.

(( ;c My heart broke for your hobo, when she saw the fries were taken. After my post -this one-, then another one of your posts, stop so the others may catch up, ok? c:))

Noel looked up for a moment, to see a girl peer around the corner, then sigh and walk away. He felt so sad for her. Taking a handful of fries a bit of his part of the burger, he ran after the girl. He turned the corner to see her back a small place, made of cardboard. He walked up to the girl, and grabbed one of her hands. Wordlessly, he placed the meager ration of food in her palm, then turned on his heel and walked back to join Zagel. Noel felt happy that he had shared what little he had, it hurt him to see others with so little, even though he himself barely had anything.

Zagel had witnessed Noel hand the girl the food and leave, and he was in awe. Noel still had a big heart, even though he knew how badly Noel had wanted that food. Zagel himself would never do that, and he chided himself for not giving the girl food. But then he cheered a bit, remembering the bit of change he always gave someone. They finished their small meal quickly, and then Zagel walked to his crate of books, selecting one he hadn't read, only because the pages were wet, he had found it in a puddle. He tucked the tiny book in his pocket. Noel looked at him, and said, "To the main streets?" Zagel nodded, and they headed to their usual spot.

((Daww, Noel made her so happy. XD Alright.))

Elessandra Spun around when she heard footsteps behind her, preparing to attack if needed, but it was that boy that had the fries and burger. She looked shocked when he placed the food in her hand and ran away. She looked at her palm. This, for her, Was a big meal. "T-Thank you!" She cried after him, but decided not to chase him. She then looked in awe at the food in her hand, and slowly began to eat it. "Maybe atfer i'm done i should look for him...?" She murmured to herself as she reutnred to her out home and ate what she had of the fries, then tossing the Burger piece on the ground. She looked expectant, then a Large Gray great dane came out from the shadows. It licked elessandra's hand and ate the burger piece, looking satisfied as she sat down and rested her head on Elli's Lap. "Good dog..." She said softly, then contemplated looking for the boy, eventually deciding to and bringing her dog with. She walked down screct alleyways and retraced to where she had seen him last. He wasn't there. She then continued onward, hoping to find him and thank him properly.

Masa sighed and walked on the streets. She saw some of the people. She saw saw a girl(Elessandra). she smiled and gave the girl her sandwich. "Here."She smiled.

(I suck at intros.)

   Isis's eyes fluttered open as she heard a the loud noise of a busy city. She stood up and looked around the alley she had slept in over the night. She looked around as people walked p*censored*t her paying no attention at all. She walked over to one of the garbage cans in the alley and poked through it finding an half eaten piece of pizza. She picked it out and nearly swallowed it whole. She was hungry...Well more like starving. She hadn't eaten in three days and at the time anything seemed good. She poked through the trash again, but she didn't find anything that was actually eatable.

Elessandra continued briskly down the sidewalk, stomach full as she looked for them. Her Dg, or Annie, Sniffed along the ground, hungrily nudging Elessandra. "You already ate." She said softly and patted the dog. Then A sound came into her ears, a harmonious singing. She rushed over to the music and saw the boy that had given her part of his food. She smiled, and recognised the song they were playing. She softly joined in, singing as quietly as she could to not steal the spotlight from them. Her voice was a little scratchy, but still very beautiful.

((Fail, sorry. Dx))

((It's not fail. o; Homg, Elessandra should team-up with my hobos for a trio. ;D))

Noel, who had impeccable sense of hearing, heard a beautiful voice, extremely quiet, so it was heard to distinguish over the crowd. He spotted the girl he had given food, and figured out if was her singing. He raised his hand, and motioned towards her, to come over. Zagel saw this, and nodded his approval. He started in on the second to last verse, looking around the crowd. He always felt so alive when singing, and though he hated talking and socializing, he always felt easy and comfortable when singing, slipping into the words. Noel started humming the tune, and soon so did the crowd. He wondered if the girl would step forward, or run away.

((Hehe, she probably will. ))

Elessandra pointed at herself in confusion when he signalled to her, then walked over and began to sing a little louder, Trying to match Zagel only more feminine. Her dog seemed to join in with the act as she began jumped onto her hind legs and tiwrling around. Elessandra smiled, she loved to sing, and the song seemed perfect when Zagel and her sang it. She closed her eyes, feeling the crowd staring at the three hobos and the dancing dog. She looked content as the song began to draw to an end, soon stopping. Her voice softend, then died out. Annie dropped back to all fours with a goofy grin on her wide face. "I wanted to Thank you for the fries and burger eariler, you fed both me and annie." She explained as she turned to Noel, a warm smile on her face.

(( Lol, it so weird to be able to say " My hobos!" it's like..."lol...what?!"))

Zagel stared at the girl, shocked at her voice. It was amazing, a match for his own. Better than Noel's by a million. The audience clapped wildly, and money started pooring in. When they all went away, the bucket was over flowing with cash. Zagel's eyes grew big, amazed that they had gotten such a haul. He walked over to Noel and said, "We need her to join us when we sing. Look at this!" He pointed to the bucket.

Noel smiled back at Elessandra, nodding. "No problem. I'm Noel, by the way. This is my best friend, Zagel." Zagel nodded briefly, then proceeded to count the days earnings. When he was finished, he gasped, and paled. He waved the two of them over, not beliving the amount, but not believing the bill placed on the very bottom. He was shocked, he could barely speak. "$369 dollars. Total. A 100 dollar bill." That's all he said, staring at the wad of cash.

((Yay, the have some money. For now. o_o -mysterious music-))

((LOL You are so right. lD))

Elessandra watched as people looked aronud in their wallets for money. Each person gave generously, even a Little boy put in a few quarters. She smiled. "I didn't know that peopel apprecciated music that much." She said, her mouth gaping at the overflowing bucket. She then nodded. "I'd be happy to." She then turned to Noel again. She smiled warmly. "It's nice to meet you, I'm elessandra, This is Annie." She pointed to the huge dog. Annie came up and licked Noel's face happily.

Elessandra noticed Zagel paling. "What's the matter?" She questioned, a hint of worry in her eyes. Elle came over and crouched by him, then her face paled as much as his. "T-That much?!" She cried, a wide grin spreading across her face. "We... we.... We have enough money to buy food for weeks, Tents, Everything!" She Cried. She a.ssumed they would all go and buy food, Shelter and comforts to share. Maybe she should move camp to hang out with them. After all, They could have this kind of money daily if she always sang with them!

((Lololol Don't make a burglar steal too much of it. :P))