Last-minute ocean liner tickets from Boston to Italy set you back a fair bit of dough, but after a tense journey, you arrive in Venice. The Carnevale has already begun, and the city is in celebration. Colorful confetti rains from above, covering the streets. Many revelers throng in Piazza San Marco, the square outside of Basilica. The parade is to begin shortly. You find the nearest uniformed Carabinieri and show him a copy of the symbol you'd transcribed from "Zanni's" mask. He pauses to decide your trustworthiness, nods, and escorts you into the basilica to see the Abbess Allegria Di Biase.
Mark Molnar
Carnevale of Horrors #2. Carnevale of Horrors #2.
