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"Oh, I don't think he pushed you, or tried to enfeeble you, you misunderstand. I have a hunch he ... told some people what happened to you, is what I mean.", Blair explained himself. Therefore, this caused quite the commotion early in the morning and dragged everyone to Louis' trailer, aside from a handful that seemed to be preoccupied with himself. "I'll try to figure out if he did anything while everyone was distracted." It seemed unlikely, and he wasn't going to damage any of the equipment in…

Their looks were stony, but the silence itself seemed uncanny enough. No matter how he put it, Blair felt at fault for something that he didn't even do - someone had told everyone, that was his best guess, but that would mean that somebody had figured out something had happened to Louis in the first place and that, in turn, raised even more questions. Now his own head hurt, for no reason at all, and Louis looked worse for wear at the commotion in front of his trailer, this early. Soon after he s…

All of it spiraled out of control, somehow. Blair hadn’t said a peep to anyone, not even Roy, and somehow yet, someone had likely found the rust-colored blood in the supply trailer at some point between yesterday night and today - there were plenty of people who could’ve been it, and yet, there were less of them than Blair could think of, but one thing was for sure: They all eyed each other with suspicion for a moment and then acted like Louis’ injury was a widely known malady that they all, sim…

"I know.", Blair told him with a pained smile, one that was genuine enough - he felt bad for Louis, for this man that only wanted to do the right thing and as thanks was hurt by the world itself, it seemed. "You should start caring about yourself, too. It seems harsh, and I don't mean for you to prioritize yourself if you don't want to, but there's no need to hurt yourself. I know that ... that's a problem, overall, the children I mean, but don't give up yet. I'm aware that things happened the p…

"No need to be like that.", he snorted, knowing that Lucy meant it in earnest. This was, well, something was it not? There were very many things they could argue about in that regard, but Josiah knew that he would always be the one that pulled the short end of the stick in things that required him to use his brain, at least at times. "That ... should count for something, if not for anything out there, at least to you, and me.", Josiah admitted eventually, relenting that he was not worthy of all …

"Those are all things I'm naturally good at, though!" No hard effort required, especially not on the height. Lucy wasn't just cute or beautiful, she was somewhat weird tonight, something that he kept to himself, as it would undoubtedly sour the mood between them right now, unsure what it was in the first place. What were they? Jo didn't know, he really couldn't figure it out. "They did, but I guess they likely used some dried color pigments, which would take forever to get my hands on if I don't…

"Never. If I get compliments, I want to earn them, not hope to get them thrown at me randomly." Lucy was too nice to him - if Louis praised him, he'd have to do something for that first and to Jo, that was how it was supposed to be, but maybe opinions differed ever so slightly from person to person on what was acceptable or not. "I'll think about it", he chuckled. "But it'd probably taste disgusting, tho, spinach and corn are both vegetables." Salted spinach just sounded less exciting, as a flav…

“Am I now? I just think you flatter me a little too much, that’s all.” Josiah knew he wasn’t the greatest, the tallest, the strongest or the most talented out of the bunch of them, but he could take compliments, at least at times. “Just because of that? That’s unfair.” Which would mean Louis was naturally short, then? Thinking about it made Jo’s head spin. Soon enough, he discarded the thought altogether and put a pin in it, vowing to return to it at a later date when he had actually given it a …

"Now you're just flattering me, but I'm glad you like my height, at the very least.", Josiah responded in earnest, still smiling all the same. Truly, he wanted nothing more than to be liked for what he was and also be liked by himself for what he could do, which in his opinion, often was very little, even if that wasn't right to begin with. "I missed out on a bunch, so of course I have to reclaim what's mine eventually. Well, I did, I'm agreeably sized, I'd argue." Not small or tall, just around…

"And careful planning, which a ten year old isn't exactly capable of.", Josiah reminded her - he was right. "True that, but I'm not even that tall to begin with." There were other people that were taller than him, both part of their so-called family and in their audience and Josiah, as he was, was average at best. Not like Louis was much different, which was a sigh of relief to him and his childish mind. "It was a whole chicken? Was I starved or something?", he asked with a giggle, knowing that,…

"That was a long time ago, and a pretty bad idea in hindsight.", he admitted with a smile in both his voice and on his face. To be that staunch an opinionated at such a young age didn't help him prosper at times, not at all; he butted heads with older residents of the circus more often than not, especially when he didn't eat what was served or lamented the death of an animal that none of them knew to begin with, earning him the ire of those that either didn't understand or refused to. Louis, tho…

Today’s dinner wasn’t around for much longer after that - Josiah made quick work of his plate and Lucy, likewise, seemed to want to get it out of the way. Fine with him, too. “Sometimes it rags on, I know. I’d rather have some more fruit or vegetables at times.”, he agreed quickly. Food was good, in any form - like machines needed oil to keep running, the needed food, or else they’d keel over eventually, turning into fine dust as they withered away silently and painfully, but in the end, they al…

Lucy was smart, she was endearing and Josiah knew that she was loving, too - all in all, those had been good qualities and they were sure to make boys and men swoon about her, he figured before long, yet, instead of working her charm on them, she seemingly rather spent time with him, fooling about and being silly. To claim he didn’t need it, or want her around, would be a half-baked lie as well - he enjoyed himself like this, for the time being at the very least and he knew that in her presence,…

Eerie silence had fallen over the circus not too long after he left Louis, hammering home what he'd been told - don't talk to Roy, and that, he kept to, for the next day, when he tried to make sure he didn't really talk about anything regarding the incident. Spending his time idling wasn't fun, but he knew that if he let himself get caught up in those feelings of his, someone else would get worried and it would set of an unnecessary chain of events that he would do best to avoid; restocking day …

That was ... about it, wasn't it? Josiah was nobody anyone wanted to be around of, and Louis was no different than all of them in the long run. It hurt, but he was doing the wrong thing here, seeking him out and forcing him to spend time with him. Wasn't this always the same thing over and over again? "I do, but it's no use arguing about the same old again and again.", he lamented, aware that, if not now, they'd at least break out into a fight later, if they kept talking, and that was something …

"Promise?", Jo asked once more, wanting Louis to swear on whatever he could, no matter how little it was, or how important it was to either of them. To see him so hagard and ridden with worry - he had gotten good at reading Louis and his deadpan expressions, his general demeanor and behavior overall there was, at times, the slight realization in the back of his mind, one that told him no matter how, what, when or why, he was doing the right thing and he was only here to help, after all. "Don't b…

The weather was worse than he wanted it to be; if it was all sunshine and rainbows, Louis sitting out here would be fine, but like this, he'd only get wet and sick, and knowing him, only ever so slightly unfortunately, he was stuck all the way in his head. "Alright. But you have to eat it, not just toss it to the wind, promise?", he urged his old friend, knowing his in and outs by now. No food meant he'd be slowly starving himself to death, which was something they couldn't have - Josiah, at the…

What was that about? They’d test Louis’ limits last time, but it seemed as if this truly was the edge of his world - he couldn’t go further - if he tried, it seemed he’d be hurt for it. Did he understand? No, but Josiah made an effort regardless ass he extended his arm, with the bundle of food he’d packed up, stretching it in Louis’ direction. “You haven’t eaten in a bit, I figured you might be hungry.”, he solemnly told him, a weary smile on his face as looked at Louis and his abrasive nature -…

Something fantastical, right - he’d have to come up with a story so unbelievable that it could be one of his nightly dreams, even if he had no idea how or where to start. “Something like that.” The fireworks from yesterday’s discussion came to mind and Josiah smiled about it; maybe that was a good start for a make-believe dream, besides, it wasn’t too far fetched for it to be something that possibly was anchored in reality. “Don’t apologize, I just think we’re better off without that subject.”, …

If one thing was wrong, five-thousand others were, too. There was no denying that, just as the saying went: Went it rains, it pours. Right now, it did indeed pour, metaphorically and not actually, like it had yesterday. Josiah looked at Lucy from where he sat, just for a bit, and then closed his eyes. "Same old, then." Would anything ever change in this place? Everything was the same, as always - sometimes a face and name disappeared, but it was soon enough replaced by another, and then another,…