<span style="color: #FF0000">Fernando looked around at the motley crowd with a bored expression, flipping a gold coin up and down between his fingers. He had pilfered it some time back from a wealthy stranger who had been trying to impress one of his crewmen's sister with it. Apparently, the man had an entire safe full of ancient gold coins recovered from one of his many expeditions into the Caribbean, or so he had claimed. Either way, Fernando was sure it was either a lie, or he was only using it to get his way with the girl and turn her into a sexual slave. He had been taken care of. <br/><br/>Many said that Fernando jumped to conclusions too quickly, but Fernando preferred to think that he was only vehement in protecting his people. As he continued to look around the crowd of racers, he couldn't help but feel a bit tired. Excitement is what awoke his senses, and being that his turn to race was still so far away and this particular event didn't seem to have any new people he hadn't seen, he couldn't help but feel a little detached from everyone. At times, he just wanted to leave and explore the world, but he had responsibilities here, people to look after. <br/><br/>As his measured steps took him farther away from his own crew, his lip curled slightly at the sight of a couple of members from his rival gang. They, in turn, gave him nasty looks, but most had the sense to not mess with him in such a large crowd of people. In particular, they likely knew the repercussions for doing harm to the leader of a gang with so many members was probably a bad idea; his crew would be on them in an instant, and with so many people around, a bloodbath would be sure to happen.<br/><br/>Looking closer into a group of men and women that seemed slightly unfamiliar, he raised a brow in slight surprise. Most of the girls, of which there weren't too many, generally looked the same: trashy and with faces that looked like they were completely lost in drugs. There was a girl here, however, that looked different. She was dressed seductively, sure, but less so than the other girls, and she looked healthy and... almost innocent. It caught his attention, though he wasn't sure exactly why, other than her noticeable difference from the other girls. He also spotted her talking to one of the men he most detested, which made him think twice about approaching. In the end, he decided that this was probably as close as today would get to excitement, so he strode forward into the group, ignoring the dirty looks he received from most of the people around him. Still flipping the coin in his hand, he walked right up to his rival and said,<br/><br/>"So, are you going to be racing today? Or are you a little... indisposed?" he asked, looking around at the other girls who were giving him reproachful looks.</span>