Fantasy Cirque de Monstres (1941) second edition

[jole875]

Jorah slipped the last bit of his out fit on then looked over at his blades, the main bit of his consisted of a flan bade staff, two swords, and knives. Seeing them he was always somewhat reluctant to touch them, though the knives were forged some what recently the swords and staff were ancient, forged when he became king of his clan. Slipping his hand around he gripped the handle of the staff, but at that moment a huge flash ran through his mind. Jorah was kneeling, it was hot, dry, and the burden of his large scars and pains were gone. Jorah's face was much different, much smoother not as rigid as his future self. A blade slowly came down and pressed it's tip against his forehead, a small blip of blood formed on his forehead at the touch of sharp blade. Two swords laid to his left and right then his large staff lain infront of him sideways, another flash ran through him as he gripped his staff. Now standing sword in hand he let out a beastly war cry as he sprinted forward, his enemies awaiting his arrival by the blinks of eyes. Flash, he stood staff in hand, ripping it from a body, looking up it was easily seen that blood covered Jorah's body, worse his face was covered in blood. Instead of the beautiful bright green his skin was now dark as a moonless night. Looking up toward the sky Jorah let out a ferocious rawr out into the air, showing that he declared himself victor.


(Flashback)

 

[Sungwonc01]

Lucas cocked his head off to the side and gave a sarcastic smile. and pulled out one of his swords. "Well I sure hope I can, I am a sword dancer after all."


Lucas then lowered his voice just enough for only Emmaline to hear. "Now I know these are your friends, but we probably shouldn't share every word we say should we? Its not them, its me. I just get a little freaked out when deerheaded people start shipping me aggressively and furiously with a passion. Its just a strange little quirk I have."


@The Velveteen Rabbit

 

[The Velveteen Rabbit]

"Shipping?" Emmaline whispered back, arching an eyebrow. She took a moment to think, and immediately her face turned a bright red. She began stuttering furiously, glancing down at the ground.


"Y-you m-mean us?" The doll stopped her stuttering and took in a deep breath. She glanced over at the two skeletons to see if they were paying attention. But they weren't. Cenzio and Palomar were now busily chatting amongst each other, talking about some woman out in the crowd that they fancied. Emmaline turned her light blue eyes back to Lucas, almost looking a little sad.


"Is that what they put you up to?" She asked softly. Her eyes glanced down in thought for a moment.


Was that why he was talking to me? Because he was forced to?





@Sungwonc01

 

[Sungwonc01]

Lucas looked at Emmaline a little quizzically. Her sad blue eyes put the wind out of Lucas' sails. He decided to be truthful. "Yes, they did ask if I was taken. Although in truth I've had my eye on you for longer than that. You're the only person who doesn't seem to completely lose their shit over my body and to be perfectly honest? Your act is pretty damn badass." Lucas smiled at this last break of decorum and nudged her in the shoulder.


@The Velveteen Rabbit

 

[The Velveteen Rabbit]

Emmaline blinked rapidly, trying to take in his words one at a time. Her eyes lost their sadness, and were replaced with a gentle kindness.


"Well, thank you... I'm sorry about them..." She murmured in response, glancing over to the two skeletons who were now laughing obnoxiously as if they were a pair of drunken men.


"I wish they hadn't forced you into this. Especially since you're a little freaked out by it." She let out a soft sigh and turned her gaze back to his.


"If it's any help, I can try to speak to them about it. I'm sure they'll understand sooner or later."


@Sungwonc01

 

[Sungwonc01]

Lucas shook his head, smiling reassuringly throughout. The meanness long gone from eyes. "Nah, I can take it. I'm a strong independent demonic prince who don't need no sass. Besides I really wouldn't say it was forced, more like a little bit of a gentle nudge..." at the last word Lucas playfully nudged Emmaline in the leg. He then glanced over to the two skeletons who could laugh rather well despite having no lungs. "So uh, how did someone like you meet such interesting pieces of work like them?"


@The Velveteen Rabbit

 

[theunderwolf]

Will elbowed Sisceal subtly but vicously. Then walked over to nora with a cheerful smile and a constantly moving pen. Sizing the woman up as he did, she was a powerful one this lady. Cutting eyes and an air of extreme confidence. He'd dealt with her kind before. "So Ms, Just some standard questions first to get all the bookkeeping out of da way. WhT is your full name and what do you do for the circus?"


@Axel1313 @Lady Luna Ravenswood

 

[The Velveteen Rabbit]

Emmaline laughed quietly as he nudged her leg. She watched him glance behind her and in the direction of the two skeletal thralls. The doll let out a sigh, slightly longing.


"Well... More like they met me." Emmaline responded, beginning to get lost in her thoughts for a moment.


"It's... kind of a long story... Do you mind?" The doll turned her attention back to Lucas, motioning towards a chair next to her. Cenzio stole a glimpse behind him to see what was going on. His bony face broke out into a huge grin, and he ended up turning back to Palomar. And for once, he didn't say a word.


@Sungwonc01

 

[Sungwonc01]

Lucas spread out his arms and smiled honestly at Emmaline. His voice rang with a hint of kindness not often spoken by his lips.


"Please Madame Emmaline, be my guest. I've talked so much about myself this evening it should be only fair that I take the time to know you."


He took the seat and looked at Emmaline expectantly.


"Go on, I don't bite usually."


@The Velveteen Rabbit

 

[Lady Luna Ravenswood]

Sammy looked at the two performers she encountered before.


"I am going to talk to your boss."


She crossed her arms.


"You cannot stop from going to talk him."


She became very confused at the way these twins talked. Finishing each others sentences, she could barely keep up with it. She waved her arms infront of her.


"Okay, please one at time."


Her attention was caught by a very young girl. Wait did she just say Paul told her there was investigators here? She shook her head as she looked at the girl, she looked very young. How was someone like her a member of the cirque.


"What else did Paul tell you?"


She flashed the woman that approached the group her badge.


"Actually I am an investigator, and if you don't mind I would like to finish talking to this young girl.


She looked back at Sayuri.


"Now, did Paul or Nora force you to join the cirque? Do your parents know you are here?"


@Gilmoregirl12 @rosamortelle @Kiyoko Tomoe


Nora looked at the two men. She raised an eyebrow as they conversed among themselves.


"Well?"


She gave a rather annoyed look to will as he approached her, they both were good looking in their own way. She wouldn't mind taking the younger one home. She snapped out of her little fantasy and looked at Will. He was rather enthusiastic about this, it brushed her wrong way.


"Nora Ravenswood and I'm the snake charmer and I also do belly dancing"


She sighed, he was hiding something, and alternate motive.


"look happy man, cut the act, either ask me what you really want to or, leave my sight."


She was being cold to Will, she didn't fancy him as much as the other one. She glared at Will while occasionally flashing an interested look at Sisceal.


@Axel1313 @theunderwolf

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Zane/Jasper and Nikita/Death


The Twins look at each other then her."To reach Paul take the East,"Zane said."No the west much shorter route."Niki said. The twins were never helpful."we are speaking."zane always stared."one at a time. Were just finishing each other's."Niki said."thoughts and sentences."Zane finished. The twins look up as two other performers come up. They give Sayuri a look that said it wouldn't end well if she said a word about anything to this woman. Zane jumped in"Of course they didn't force her to join." He said."we join of our own accord, and most of us join with no parents or come from broken homes. See she also has a keeper"Niki finished."now we do believe you have a route and choice to make." They say together."East" Zane said." West." Niki said again."Or south" they said in unison. There pattern of speech could be quite annoying and confusing to many. The twins shrugged and looked at each other and down at Sayuri. The girl new better they hoped.


@Lady Luna Ravenswood @Kiyoko Tomoe


DeathToAllBetrayers

 

[Kiyoko Tomoe]

Sayuri

"I wasn't forced to join. I joined on my own." She said with a bright smile, clearly truthful about the matter of joining on her own. "Do my parents know I'm here...? They're not here any more, so Nora takes care of me." Sayuri so far was doing quite well. You learn how to get by as a little child in situations like this after a thousand years of living, regardless of how little social interactions you've had. "Oh, oh! Let me show you my favorite place! I love the mirror maze! Nora even left me in charge of it!" Sayuri, being the energetic little "child" she was, grabbed Sammy's hand and immediately began leading the detective al lthe way to the mirror maze, not leaving a second to even decide against going.


@Gilmoregirl12 @rosamortelle


Kaname

"O-oh... You're blind... too...?" Kaname asked shyly. She was still quite embarrassed about all that had just happened, and it was apparent in how she was shy, distant, and well, clearly with her mind distracted. The girl was playing lightly with the blindfold where it was tied, tightening it slightly then loosening it again over and over absentmindedly. She wasn't sure what to do, so she thought that now would be a good time to just disappear. She just as soon as she thought of disappearing, realized that it wouldn't be very polite, and her mind was empty on what to do because she didn't think it was right to just disappear on him; not to mention she didn't know the layout well enough, so she might teleport somewhere she isn't supposed to be.


@Axel1313


Kiyoko

Kiyoko slowly walked over to Marius and Kaname, though stopped before getting too close as she rethought her decision to approach them. Deciding to leave those two alone, she walked out of the small tent, deciding to go back to the mirror maze once more. First though, she decided to go and take a stop to look at what kind of food they had for her to eat. A break wouldn't hurt her, neither physically, mentally, nor in her job. There wasn't much Sammy would be able to do to her, since she was a private investigator who just decided to work with them on this one. She could easily do this investigation as just a single person, since they didn't really have too much ability to stop her.

 

[The Velveteen Rabbit]

"Well... It's a bit hard to explain..." Emmaline murmured, staring off into the distance as if looking for an explanation. She smiled sadly before turning back to Lucas. The doll did not make eye contact with him.


"I wasn't alive... when Cenzio and Palomar lived in this world." She began, clasping her hands tightly together.


"I was brought to life by a woman named Eloise... who was a witch. She practiced necromancy often, which is how Palomar and Cenzio came to be." The doll turned her blue gaze towards the skeletons for a moment, before glancing back at Lucas.


"I wasn't all... human at first. I couldn't speak, eat, or do anything." She admitted uncomfortably. The doll let out a nervous laugh.


"But being a doll... I have my downfalls. My emotions are barely here anymore. And worst of all... I can't feel warmth from another person... No matter how much I try." The doll reached a hand out and brushed her finger against Lucas' cheek. It was numb, blank. The softness of his cheek was invisible like she wasn't touching a live person, but a piece of plastic. To him, her porcelain skin was cold and smooth with no warmth. Emmaline pulled her hand away from his cheek and smiled sadly.


"After Eloise died, we all had to leave. And... well, that's how we ended up here." She ended it short. Talking about her life wasn't all that easy, especially because it seemed so short. Palomar and Cenzio were now paying attention, but not saying anything.


@Sungwonc01

 

[Axeykins]

"Mmhmm! That's why I was telling you to focus on the sounds around you. I wasn't too sure if you were really blind, but knew that would help ease the panic." He chuckled brightly. "So....why don't you tell me a bit about yourself. Describe yourself as best as you can to me?"


@Kiyoko Tomoe


Sisceal was a bit put off by the look he got from Nora. He stiffened up and shifted uncomfortably. His gaze going everywhere except to Nora, mainly to hide his rosy cheeks and keep them from getting any redder. He was a professional!! He couldn't....think things like that. Not in the middle of the job!


@Lady Luna Ravenswood @theunderwolf

 

[jole875]

Jorah felt his body jolt back to reality, his flashbacks didn't come often, usually only showing themselves when something was happening. Releasing his grip on the staff, that would only make him more of a target then he already was. Stepping out of the tent he sniffed the air and used his tongue to taste it, instead of Jorah wandering in a clueless manner searching through the hormones in the air would be a more viable source of search. The smell of converging hormones of stress of the recognizable smells. Looking to his left he walked in the direction of the smell, after breaking out of the crowds he saw the investigator from before. Stopping directly behind her Jorah fixed his senses around her, popping his jaw and bones, readying them to intimidate, even kill. Tapping the investigators shoulder,"What the fuck do you think you are doing," his voice was dark and hoarse, after muttering these words he flexed his large teeth to the investigator.

@Lady Luna Ravenswood

 

[Sungwonc01]

@The Velveteen Rabbit


 
Lucas looked at Emmaline and blinked slowly. Her hand against his cheek was almost icy cold and was more like porcelain than anything. He tried not to let it get to him too badly, but he had always hated the cold. He was most comfortable when he was warm, it reminded him of his home 10,000 miles under the surface of the Earth. Nevertheless he still felt his heart skip when he felt her touch on his skin.Lucas tried to put on a look of sympathy. "Thats quite the story madame Emmaline. If it means anything at all, you have my sympathies. It must have been difficult not being to express your emotions."


Lucas shifted a little nervously in his seat.


"Forgive me for asking Emmaline, but before you said your emotions weren't entirely 'there'. I was wondering if you can still feel..." Lucas was unable to push the final word "love" off of his lips.


@The Velveteen Rabbit

 

[The Velveteen Rabbit]

Emmaline glanced up curiously at his words. He began speaking, but didn't finish his sentence. The doll couldn't pinpoint it. He seemed nervous and uncomfortable. A realization dawned on her. Emmaline looked down at her lap and smiled sadly.


"Love?" She finished for him quietly. Emmaline bit the bottom of her red lip and shook her head.


"I've never been in love, so even if I could feel it, I wouldn't know." The doll responded, glancing back up to him and forcing a small smile.


Palomar and Cenzio let out sighs together, beginning to chat amongst themselves again.


@Sungwonc01

 

[Sungwonc01]

Lucas smiled toothily and happily, as if reminiscing his past flames. "Madame Emmaline, Love is universal. Even animals like Jorah feel it. Its quite simply the feeling you get when you see your food come out in a restaurant, except in preferably human form. Or something other than human. I'm not the type to be judgemental. But madame, if you ever..." Lucas paused and decided to change his wording. "When you get to feel it you must remember there are different flavors of love. You surely must have felt something toward your late Eloise? Or even simple attraction to a pretty face?"


 
@The Velveteen Rabbit

 

[Lady Luna Ravenswood]

Nora looked at the two men. She raised an eyebrow as they conversed among themselves.


"Well?"


She gave a rather annoyed look to will as he approached her, they both were good looking in their own way. She wouldn't mind taking the younger one home. She snapped out of her little fantasy and looked at Will. He was rather enthusiastic about this, it brushed her wrong way.


"Nora Ravenswood and I'm the snake charmer and I also do belly dancing"


She sighed, he was hiding something, and alternate motive.


"look happy man, cut the act, either ask me what you really want to or, leave my sight."


She was being cold to Will, she didn't fancy him as much as the other one. She glared at Will while occasionally flashing an interested look at Sisceal.


@theunderwolf

 

[The Velveteen Rabbit]

The doll looked to the carpeted floor in deep thought. She tried to recall her memories with Eloise, but they were foggy. The thought of her mother caused a spark of warmth in her glass heart, only for a moment before it had vanished. She frowned, trying to bring back the feeling. It never returned.


"I did love her. But I can never hold the feeling. It slips away so easily..." Emmaline murmured wistfully. The fragile doll glanced back to Lucas. He talked about the feeling you get when attracted to a pretty face. A feeling Emmaline was not familiar with. Her sapphire eyes darted across his face. He was... definitely attractive. She suddenly frowned.


"I feel something, but I can't tell what."


"Dear, it's called attraction. You think Lucas is handsome, sexy, hot... Or whatever you're fragile mind wishes to call it." Cenzio clarified for her loudly. Emmaline blinked and turned her gaze towards the skeleton.


"A... attraction?" She asked softly, arching an eyebrow. Cenzio and Palomar flashed Lucas expecting looks, waiting for him to do something.


@Sungwonc01

 

[Kiyoko Tomoe]

((I need Sammy to respond to Sayuri taking her to the mirror maze, @Lady Luna Ravenswood.))

 

[Sungwonc01]

(I just got an ideaaaaaaaa~)


Lucas chuckled a little bit and shook his head.


"I guess I should be more careful with my words, shouldn't I? But yes, an attraction. Don't worry, everyone has those moments and they seem to be directed at me all of the time...Except it never goes further than that."


Lucas let out a small impatient sigh.


"Of course they only want whats on the surface, a one night stand if you will. And they always leave before morning's light. Always. Doesn't matter if they're man or woman, human or non-human."


Lucas let out a small, almost bitter laugh.


"I guess you and I have that much in common. We've been on this earth for He knows how long and have nothing to show for it. By the way, my definition of true love earlier may or may not have come from a fairy tale..." Lucas smiled a little sheepishly.


@The Velveteen Rabbit


 
(Screw it, this is going to be good )


Edith walked fast toward Nora who was speaking to the two men. Edith had looked everywhere for Sayuri and couldn't find her, so she concluded that Sayuri had to hiding in Nora's clothes. Edith then started frantically "patting" down Nora.


"Madame Nora, I know this may seem quite unorthodox, but there is simply no time to explain. Just remain calm and it will be over soon."


Try as she might, Edith could not help thinking thoughts that were not quite fit for public analysis.


@Lady Luna Ravenswood


@Axel1313


@theunderwolf

 

[The Velveteen Rabbit]

"They leave in the morning? Why is that?" The doll asked curiously. Cenzio let out a shrill, high pitched laugh. He was clearly amused.


"Because they don't care, darling. They desire only pleasure. Once they've gotten their fair share of... lovemaking..." Palomar chuckled quietly and exhaled a puff of white smoke.


"They leave." Cenzio finished while leaning back into his chair. Emmaline's curious facial expression dropped, and was replaced with a frown. She looked over to Lucas.


A... fairy tale type of love?





His sheepish smile reassured her slightly.


"Like the classic love story of a princess and a prince... those kinds?" The doll smiled lightly, trying to get off the topic of a 'one night stand'. It seemed to make him upset.


@Sungwonc01

 

[Sungwonc01]

Lucas tried to muster up a weak chuckle at Cenzio and Palomar's teasing, but really it only made him feel more upset.


So when Emmaline decided to move on, Lucas was more than happy.


"Oh yes, those are quite enjoyable, but I like ones with a little bit of a twist. You see the fairy tales in Hell are quite different than on the surface..."


Lucas expression screwed up as he was lost in thought.


"For one thing they are almost completely inundated with violence. And sex. Lots of it. But you never have a doubt that the young prince and princess truly love each other. Or prince and prince. Or princess and princess. Hell is unusually liberal with these type of things."


Lucas gave off an embarrassed smile.


"They make me feel, like I'm not quite alone in this world."


@The Velveteen Rabbit

 

[The Velveteen Rabbit]

Emmaline looked a bit bewildered at the fact Hell's fairy tales had a lot of... sex and violence. Cenzio and Palomar thought it was funny, and cracked up in a fit of snickering. The beautiful doll tilted her head slightly when he began talking about the prince and the princess. It brought a warmth to her heart she was unfamiliar with. A feeling close to what she felt towards Eloise, but a little different. Like it was meant only for Lucas.


"They make me feel, like I'm not quite alone in this world."


That seemed to seal the deal, and Emmaline found herself with a soft smile on her face. Cenzio and Palomar exchanged glances at the sudden change of Emmaline's expression. Their mouths were twisted into two toothy grins.


"You're not alone, Lucas..." She whispered. Her hand slowly outstretched and was placed on top of his gently. To comfort him. The two skeletons fell silent, almost in shock. They had never seen the doll do such a thing. Not even to them. Cenzio cleared his throat and laughed somewhat nervously.


"Fairy tales only come true unless you make them, Lucas. Am I right, Palomar?" Cenzio turned his nonexistent eyes to the skeleton next to him. Palomar smiled and flashed Lucas an amused smirk.


"Well, it seems to me Lucas and Emmaline are already in one."


The doll blushed and automatically retreated her hand back.


"Sorry... I got carried away. I feel the same way you do." She whispered softly to Lucas, avoiding his gaze in embarrassment.


@Sungwonc01