"Fish and chips! Again?

(Parmar the chef carefully trims the cod on the meat slicer.)

Steve you can be quite the picky eater for someone who has been given a second chance at life! HA nice try making me feel bad about living old man. (The two laugh) You ready for this years big love? Nah man, how about you? Well the General Manager seems to think its going to be the biggest Valentines event ever, so we've hired me some help in the catering department. That's good Parmar, the more the merrier.

Is Amy coming down for this? You bet she is flying in from Kinney Cove and staying here with me during the event. ( Sergio & Alvin enter the kitchen ) Guys!! What up fella's ( Steve says ) Who's got the weed? Lets blaze one before tonight's weekend guests check in! You three are going to get fired if she finds out you know. Damn Par, you gotta be so damn by the rules hey. What's next, we gotta stop what were doing and salute her as she walks by? Actually June, would like that. Fuck that Serge and I aint playin with that bitch. She can pay us more! Yeah man!!"

(They High five each other)

Steve became close friends with Sergio and Alvin. The three of them were inseparable. All three worked the guest services evening arena together for about a year now, and so they have this whole weekend thing figured out. Having homes off the hotel property, but staying on site during large tourist events much like the upcoming

'Big Love Bloody Valentines Ball' The friends rent out their usual multi level suite on the executive side of the hotel. The second level and side towers of the hotel consisted of themed excursions. More on that later......

Joining their guest service team for this weekend's event would be; Count Casper Alex Fields Cuckoo Lass Chelsea Marks, Disco Cloud Jeremy Marks, Camp Ranger's Shari, James & Shane. Queen of Hearts- Brandy Sheen and of course Sergio Estevez, the Changeling Rogue Dungeon Character with the Jester Alvin Clarke.

As the trio goes off to blaze before start of shift, June Hartman personally welcomes the Mayor and his wife to the property.

"Welcome to Casper Cove's Cloud Cuckoo Land Mayor Murphy, and Mrs. Murphy! Thank you June, please call me Ian and this is my wife Karen. I am so pleased you both are joining us for this years Valentine event, it'll be one for the books I am sure. We are pleased to be here Ms. Hartman. Thank you Karen. Let me show you around and then take you to Casper's Royalty Reality experience you'll be enjoying while here."

This years Big Love Valentines Ball will donate all its proceeds to the re-opening of the Casper Cove Rehabilitation Centre. A large carboard décor sign reads at the entrance to the Theme Elevator entrances. Next to that stands two other post signs directing the guests to the weekends events. One acknowledging that Eva Franks Musical Legend will be performing at the Ball, and the other Cloud King and Queen of the Ball contest! Derek places his blood stained hand on the Contest board and then slips away amongst all the arriving guests, leaving his bloody hand print on the sign!

Casper Coves Cloud Cuckoo Land Hotel (4C) covers and has fifteen floors, with eighteen suites and different themed experiences. Twenty Seven Meeting rooms on property with an active moat surrounding the island bar on main level running up and through the second floor Cuckoo Camp Experience. This Moat is connected to the Atlantic/Mediterainen on the third island. The Fantasy Cloud Ballroom is approximately three thousand square feet complete with exhibition stage DJ Booth and dance arena which levels up to the Disco Themed excursion on the fourth floor!

Wine and Cheese area which will host the welcoming event is a raised area over looking the main street of Casper Cove. To far up to be down in the action on the main drag of the town, but high enough where people are envious of the high society parties always occurring at the 4C.                            This prestigious event is hosted by the General Managers favorite employee Chelsea Marks. She is the Cuckoo Lass ( Event Hostess ) The Marks Family own the land and have some implanted employee's basically putting on a front that they need a job and watching over things at the hotel.

With this being an old water station on the island, the two water towers have been converted into specialty themed event stays much like their ground themed event of Camp Casper located on the second floor. One tower has the Dungeon & Dragons theme of a old century experience stay. The second tower consists of falling down the proverbial rabbit hole. This tower lets guests experience all there is to wonder and dreaming with characters resembling ones from the Alice experience. There are even live rabbits running wild- clocks everywhere. One could say it is also a nightmare! The third live theme is the Casper Camp experience. This is where guests check into an indoor out door camping experience. Real trees surround the massive second level of the property. This level has very little outer walls as it is an open concept to adapt to the real air of the outside. This includes the sky at night, rain and real nature all around. Of course, if the weather gets bad there are corridor expansions which can go up and around securing the camp. Lodges with bath lodges, mess hall and campfires exist in this themed stay!

Shari welcomes some of the weekend guests as they arrive. These guests seem picked out of a classic noir tragedy it seems.

Reporter Joel Nowell and his partner Peter Higgins.

Anne with daughter Ann Chambers single for life spinsters according to Casper Cove.

Marketing executive and Male Model Daniel Hobbs.

Influencer Megan Gotell.

Amy Thomlinson arrives with some paparazzi on her tail. Alvin quickly goes to her side and escorts her inside!

Joel turns Peter and exclaims this weekend we will get the personal interview that will make my career. Peter adjusts Joel's tie and whispers that he is going to kill it! Eva Franks comes in with Jenaya on her arm. Sonny follows with Andrew trying to tip James for carrying his bags. Andrew falls over some of the luggage embarrassing his famous wife and amusing his new team mates in Steve and Sergio! June comes over and helps Andrew up and personally welcomes him to the 4C family. Joel notices the embrace to be a little to personal and writes it down.

Ann asks her mother Anne if this could be the weekend they finally get married! Mother says patience as she has a plan to snag one of the Islands most eligible bachelors in Daniel Hobbs. Roughly a three hundred pound of woman beast describes mother Anne. Grey hair and a limp defines her overall look. Unkempt clothes and less than desirable looks conflict her sole daughter in Ann Chambers the second. The never been kissed just dodgy fucked by a stranger in the elder.

Megan Gotell social media superstar walks into Ann and asks her to apologize for even touching her! Ann scrapes her knee on the hardwood floor on the main lobby. Megan clearly disgusted struts away and asks someone why the classless have been invited to the event! Shane attempts to explain to Ms. Gotell that the Chamber women had every right to be there, but they also won a draw to get invited!

'Creepy Clown Symphony' begins to play as the valentine balloons rise around the lobby. Hearts float in the air as the Queen herself appears to welcome everyone to the 4C.

Amy stops dead in her tracks and asks Alvin if this is some sort of joke? Alvin does not understand her anxiety around the balloons. She flashes back to the Ferris Wheel and the fair music! Steve comes to her side:

" Its ok Amy, its just a coincidence! Steve I don't know about this! Its ok my love, nothing is going to happen here! I don't get it guys, what's wrong? This music played during an event that shaped our lives a few years back man. Oh you mean the...? Yeah dude. Hey Amy Im sorry girl I didn't know. Its ok Alvin, a coincidence right? That's all it is. Ill be ok." Steve embraces his love real tight and follows it with a kiss reassuring her nothing bad will happen!

"Welcome one and all to Casper Coves Cloud Cuckoo Land!! ( Applause from the guests in attendance ) My name is Brandy Sheen and I am the Queen of your hearts! I will be taking some of you on a love journey through out the Ball as well as those who will be staying in wonder and dream experience this weekend! What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here! Some of you might say; however you do because you were chosen for this special fundraising event in support of the new rehabilitation centre.

Please take a moment and welcome our General Manager or Captain of this weekends event June Hartman! ( Applause from everyone except Mrs. Barley in the room ) I am beyond honored to host this event this year and even more thrilled that we have Steve Maxwell on our team and joining him this Valentines weekend his girl friend Amy Thomlinson! Yes, please give them an applause!! We all know what happened at the Savage Keys America Mall and at the rehabilitation centre and the sheer amazement of these two exceptional people have lifted our hearts for the last couple years!

We welcome them and you all to this years Big Love Bloody Valentines Ball. Have fun, mingle and enjoy your magically themed stay this weekend!"

Everyone begins to move towards their selected excursions. 'And So It Begins' by Klergy plays for you the reader to envision the characters as they check in.

Derek finds himself in the cast changing room, where he slips into character layers for his stay. He pulls out his old roster and stars Amy & Steve's names while adding new ones to the roster!

Alex Fields makes his way to the employee entrance. He unlocks the back door and helps someone up from the loading dock.

"Thanks Man, it had to be this way. Yeah dude its all good. Are you sure no one knows that you're helping me? I've only told my two friends Alvin and Jeremy that you'd be coming as protection for the event. Thank you, well considering that Jeremy is a Marks family member I think we are in good shape. Don't worry no one will know you came to be sure nothing crazy happens. With the information I got from a very reliable source, I am sure that if that son of a bitch did survive im going to catch him here!"

Alex walks the man out of the loading dock, as Derek watches from the locker room. Derek knows that officer Snyder has been following the story ever since his suspected demise three years ago. He looks around the locker room and finds the emergency trauma medical responding kit "Staff Only" he takes all the sufficient supplies as well as the buildings supply of an array of life saving drugs. He re-packs the kits with non emergency items and leaves them for their retrieval. Derek makes his way out into the crowd in full staff costume.

"You knew this day would come.... You aren't the only one!

And so it begins

And so it begins"                      ( Music Lyrics) Play as Derek spies Amy still in Steve's embrace!