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"I suppose it's one of my best qualities and one of my worst flaws at the same time, isn't it? There's so little that works in my favor when I try really hard, but pieces just fall into place when I am authentic, and yet, sometimes, it only works the other way around. I'd suppose it's a bit like my profession, contorting myself and all." Not just his body, but his personality, too. Over the years, he had learned which parts of the circus could deal with him as he was and which one preferred he'd…

"Don't ... sweat it. It's fine, I'm just insecure and you just tried to point something out, it's not like you teased me on purpose. I don't take you for that kind of person.", Josiah told her, straight up, well aware that Lucy was demeaning when she needed to be, but more over had a gentle side to her that she rarely showed any of them, really. Was she, truly, just another face in the circus of all places? "I could, and I ... don't know. See, I think that if something goes wrong, in a terrible …

“I … don’t … uhhhh …” He didn’t like that question, but it was obvious what the truth was - of course Josiah did not like know that he might mess up if he used his own brain just a little bit too much, and he also knew that there were consequences. Again, he liked what he had, and he didn’t want it to change for the worse - he didn’t even think that it could get better to begin with. “I … I guess? I like things how they are, and … weeeeell, I’d prefer not to make them worse.”, he eventually conf…

"Hey now, I'm not that gullible. I'll admit, I'm gullible, but magic beans? Come on, if those were real, I think we'd have heard about some kid or another making it all the way up there.", Josiah admitted, knowing that he had a soft spot for "magic" hijinks that were nothing but a scam, sounding about as real as a pink elephant with wings, or even an unicorn. "Trying them should be better than actually buying the ingredients, because if we don't like them, I guess we wasted our money, and if we …

"Maybe I don't want to carry anything and you're getting in on my plans of pawning stuff off to someone else ... I'd never do that, just to be clear.", he joked, making his stance on the matter obvious - Josiah enjoyed many things and running errands for the circus in town was one of his favorites, but sadly, they never brought it close enough for him to actually take Louis anywhere anymore, he seemed ... tied down. Right now, he still didn't quite understand, but it ought to be the distance tha…

“See? Then we should just carry all the stuff together, or bring someone to help carry the stuff, but that defeats the purpose of going with you.”, he sighed in defeat, sounding more deflated in his own theatrical ways - Josiah had always been like this, needlessly dramatic and a bit stubborn, even if he folded like a wet napkin right now. “And I can’t even say you’re wrong. I think I’d go insane if all of the circus was just full of guys like me, more James, or Louis, or goddamn Roy. Can you im…

“It means I don’t want to burden you with carrying crates, we have plenty of capable guys around here that can pull their weight!”, Josiah explained his decision, but he laughed about it soon after, just because. “Look, I don’t want you to get hurt, either - if you can pull your weight, I’m all for it, and I won’t stop you, I just don’t want you to feel like you have to carry all that heavy stuff around.” Girls were different, even here, and Jo knew that if he forced Lucy to do something that ot…

“Together? I couldn’t in good conscience have you carry a bunch of stuff with me, but I’d be happy to have you.” That just meant he’d have to carry more on his own, or get someone that had a similar capability as Lucy - well, he would, if he wasn’t so sure that she probably meant that she wanted to go alone with him and nobody else, that was. “Something sweet? You’re right, whenever we got some of that cottoncandy as kids, I think everyone’s eyes lit up at the mere prospect of getting your finge…

“And you don’t want that, do you?”, Ruth asked, sounding almost concerned for him - but often, that was an act, not just from her, but anyone that frequented these parts of the circus. Every single one of them wanted the last laugh, nobody wanted to be the butt of the joke and so they discarded all their manners and seniority, and threw all they had in the ring. None of them, not a single one of their tainted souls, was better than the other, but Louis, he still had a chance, a ticket out of her…

Being reserved amidst a bunch of starving demons was a choice - not one that Roy welcomed, but he wasn’t someone to push others out of their comfort zone if there was no need for it. Right now, Louis was an anomaly, loathed by some of them, ignored by the others, and pitied by the remaining third for the fact that he couldn’t make it all out himself. How long would it be until he finally found his place in this world? None of them could say, but Ruth and Roy didn’t seem too opposed from giving h…

Ruth simply looked at Roy - she stared at him, and then gave Louis a pitiful look as they all went back to what they’d been doing before he came here: Eat, and enjoy themselves. Whatever sense of unity they had in their cursed existence, they used it to create a web that only they themselves knew how to navigate, and they were sure about not sharing it with anyone else, not at any point in time. With Louis settled among them, it felt almost as if they’d invited something that didn’t belong, but …

A snort errupted from Ruth the moment Louis started talking - she sounded neither thrilled nor happy about whatever was thrown their way, and if it were up to her, maybe she'd have to admit that she'd love to see Louis tossed away, out like a bag of trash, somewhere onto the street, or worse, flayed and skinned likewise, so his human side could atone for the misery that the other him had caused just hours earlier. However, it wasn't up to her, and worse, it was something she had no sway over, ev…

Back on his feet, Roy felt less than elated - he had bits and pieces of a plan, yet that didn’t change anything about the encounter he’d just had. In the end, he’d lost, against someone that was lesser than all of them, and the anger that seeped out of him like black tar at this moment wasn’t just because of Louis’ apprehensive nature, no. The reminder the ringmaster had given him served as less than laurels - they were a heavy, rough noose that snaked itself around his neck and the steady groun…

Louis was like a docile tiger, and the cage was pretty damn sturdy - Roy had his fun with him, and while he knew he ought to be earnest, to spill his guts in front of him would be considered a weakness and he’d earn no laurels from his friends if he simply didn’t play the game, too. Every single day at the circus was a chore, one big enough to make him seek out thrills, and yet, this one took him by surprise - it reeled him in, tore at him thereafter and then reminded him that why, he was clearl…

Spending time alone with someone during moments like these was almost like sounding a whistle that, for one reason or another, made it clear to him and all the others that they were indulging too much, enjoying too much of this life that, at times, seemed so fleeting and Jo, always the same and never truly one to get caught in the moment knew that it didn't help to brood about these things. "Are you sure? I'd feel bad." People died, they really did, and while Leila was no more, Conny was still h…

This wasn’t right - to Jo it didn’t feel right, at least. He ran away from his responsibilities like a blundering fool, because of a simple injury and his inability to take no for an answer. All that did was make the others worry for him; Louis was worried, the one that everyone already considered not worth their time, and Lucy was, too, much like the others were when he put on a brave act in front of them like he always ought to, especially when he wasn’t feeling good. “It’s alright, and that’s…

Jo wasn’t sure what it was that he wanted to do for the day - on one hand, he was hellbent on performing and couldn’t in good conscience shirk the responsibility any longer, on the other, in everyone else’s eyes, it seemed to be more than obvious that they wanted him to rest and not stress out about recovering so soon, given the nature of his incident and the fact that, if he overdid it, they’d have to fill his spot for much longer than they were anticipating. “I’m sorry for saddling you with th…

Lark was patient, with all of them, all the time - only patience bore fruit and there was really no way to make someone trust her faster, or easier, than this one. How long until she gained Logans? Frankly, that was hard to tell, given that he seemed like someone that, while easy to get along with, was a rather secretive person at times - and every single on of them had secrets, most of which they were hardly willing to share with mere strangers that they bought wares from. For her, it wasn't a …

There he was, bright and early as ever. To her people, someone like Logan was but a speck of dust in this tapestry one of them called the world beyond their own confines, and to her, he was another customer, another friend in the skin of a stranger that, if only he had enough coin and power, would turn a place like this into something unrecognizable, even to the most schooled eye. "I should have all of that, not like I get a lot of wanderers coming through here and then buying my wares anyway.",…

This time of year, not a single cold gust blew into the small town of nowhere, situated right next to nothing - Qidao came here ever so often, when her travels wouldn't lead her further and the hungry townsfolk and exasperated merchants ate from her hands whatever her bag could carry. For years now she had been the only constant between them and the world beyond the cold border, the lifeline to a different part of the world, so unlike their own; when Qidao made the trip, across a treacherous exp…