The Star Room Token

Ben and Eric were waiting for the arrival book to arrive. Ben had read smudier arrival books when he was a young man. Now they were just a reminder of a future he would never see. The dull glow had almost entirely faded from the vacant hole in the ceiling. "I don't like going up there any more than you do," Eric said. But if some old man falls during a midnight stroll through the park, we're going to be up in front of Captain Sturgill before morning. He looked around again and then slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out a clenched fist. His fingers slowly unrolled and Ben felt his stomach tighten. It was a star