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Sending kids to the chopping block had never been his intention, and yet, without fail, he continued to do so, may it be what it was - not once did he stop to consider that his actions set more than just him up for failure, that it hurt others, that it terrorized those who couldn't do anything but watch in horror as he attempted his very best to fit in or make those who couldn't fit in seek out a place like this one. In a circus, not a single soul needed to be part of a grander scheme, they just…

To this day, gauging all of this was more of a hassle to him than an annoyance. His best friend was lost in the fire that day, not having made it out alive, he was plenty sure of it, but then again, if that were the truth, he'd be staring at a clone of the man that had pulled him out of there; something that he couldn't believe to be real, or something that a simple trick of the light would pull off. His eyelids were heavy, surely, but that didn't mean that Louis had become some sort of light be…

"Maybe. Or maybe they couldn't keep us. You never know.", Josiah replied, seeing the whole bit in a slightly more optimistic light. Surely, there was an answer for everything that the two of them were asking one another, but surely, there was no telling what actually went down. As much as either of them deserved to be happy, and as dire as their situation sometimes seemed, as plausible was it to understand that, no matter what, any kind of interest they harbored in their past would change too mu…

"See? Me neither. And the curious thing about that is, well, uhm, where are our parents, if we even had any to begin with?", he questioned with a sigh, although he already knew the answer, which had been burief deep within his chest. Josiah doubted he'd ever had any, but at the same time, someone like him just didn't hatch from an egg at the side of the road, or perhaps fell from the sky, right into their bosses arms - in the end, it mattered little, because the circus was all their life had for…

"Because we were sort of adopted by him, no? I mean, he raised us, and besides that, who wouldn't want to make their parent proud?", Josiah threw in. There was no harm done in impressing a strange person one viewed as their parental figure, and yet, neither of them had ever stopped to consider just how much had changed between them and the world around them. Neither of them could make sense of what was happening to those kids that didn't stay, could they now? It all fell apart in the same corpse…

"They're just kids. Remember when we spent hour after hour talking to each other at night? I say we let them have some fun - not every single day, but at the very least every once in a while.", he chuckled, knowing well enough that he wasn't going to suddenly and indefinitely change how some people thought. Louis was more practical, he figured, and Josiah understood why he wanted something done, right then and there. Was there any use arguing? He figured not, lest they'd break out in one of thei…

The tides of times would change nevermore and they'd have to realize that everything was out to get them out there, but as long as they stayed with the ringmaster, there was nothing they needed to fear. Whether or not they condoned it, Josiah wasn't sure, but he knew that - even if he left tomorrow - no harm would befall the rest of the crew, given that Louis stayed with them and possibly even filled his shoes. "What if she gets to the kids? That wouldn't work, and besides, I'd want a good night…

"Soo, we have to catch more mice for her. How about it? You, me and a broom.", he suggested. They had enough traps laid out, and even when they caught one, it always did depend on if it was a simple trap or if it had eaten some sort of chemicals that were tossed around on purpose - feeding an expensive snake a poisoned carcass was besides the point anyway, and worse yet, they couldn't really afford to lose her, could they now? Even still, Josiah relaxed his entire stance as he sat back on the ta…

"More about the mice, then? I mean, I'm pretty sure Constance eats them all anyway, but then again, she is one lazy snake sometimes.", Josiah admitted. Constance was one of their snakes, kept in a cage, maybe not fitting for her size, but she rarely complained, except maybe when somebody tried to manhandle her, shortly after she had her own fill of food. To him, these things weren't expensive status symbols or something like that, they were colleagues that just kept to themselves and were rather…

The two of them had gotten along splendidly all their life, but now that they were all grown, maybe there were more disagreements than there should have been, especially after what had happened. Josiah was the one that blamed himself in every way, and he had to admit that he could have simply ran, or shoved Louis out of there, and maybe … no, that train had left the station years ago and any kind of regret was misplaced, especially here and now, when nothing that the two of them did would make a…

Today wasn’t even a particularly bad day; there were worse days than this one, there were gloomy and rainy evenings with loud, thudding thunder that made him almost quiver in fear himself as he helped the kids get over their own feelings - there were whispering winds at night that dragged words to his deaf ears that were never meant to be heard, and sometimes, like tonight, the full moon felt like it was staring down at him, directly into his form and challenging him to be someone he wasn’t, to …

"Alright, alright you roustabouts! Get into bed and I'll tell you a story!", Josiah giggled and waited for all of them to calm down and crawl into their respective beds; their equipment wasn't exactly the latest, or the best, but even the beds held up fine and the kids weren't going to sleep on the cold, hard floor - they had worked on a solution for that one. As every single one them would flock to him regardless, he waited until they had clawed their own ways into their beds, had draped their …

Some things would never change and as much as Josiah was in love with himself, as much did he care for Louis - someone that had forsaken all those things not too long ago; he'd come around, he'd figured, but by now, he figured he'd have to gently sit this guy down and actually talk to him. Then again, maybe he shouldn't push him. What was it that he supposed to do, then? Many more questions swamped his mind, some smarter than the others, and few of them actually discernable from the broken rest …

"He might stay with us, so try to be nicer. I'd not want someone to scoff at me like that if I set foot in an unfamiliar place.", Josiah sighed. What had changed here, and more importantly, why were the two of them so upset for one another and then again upset about one another? That fire had changed everything, truly, but in the end, not only had they learned what not to do, but they had also grown closer together - at least he wanted to believe that, but not a single sound had poured out of hi…

“He’s a kid.”, Josiah corrected him with a sigh and propped his hands up, almost defensively, as his proudly puffed chest deflated and he took of the silly hat atop his hair. There was no magic trick to he had with this, but it was a prop in itself and could be folded together; something that Josiah did, only to grab the piece of reinforced fabric and chastise Louis by tapping his head with it. “We were kids as well, and kids like what the most? Smiles and giggles, and toys and fun. You can’t ju…

No decorum, no admittance to defeat, no acknowledgement that Josiah was helping anyone out - Louis hadn‘t always been like that and definitely used to welcome any lost child with open arms. Why did that change? Because of some flames licking at his skin? It didn‘t seem impossible, no, and while nothing was lost in that fire, nothing was gained either. He scoffed with a smile on his lips and held the boys hand tightly - no need to intimidate someone that had less than them. “I would have done tha…

Performances were the easy part - keeping track of their customers the hard one. Josiah always had had a keen eye for strays, so to speak, and whenever he spotted one in the crowd, he almost got excited, a tad bit too much for his own good. Was it good for him to get happy about a lost soul? Probably not, but on the other hand, he'd be pleased and they had someone else to fill any gaps in their crew again, which meant less work on them, or maybe more on him so he could get the rest of the childr…

dd617c008756433c6d28da60acf0735f5c05ba25.jpg Name: Josiah Age: 22 years old Height: 175cm e6474d3dba0a8f5fef73cdbbac68ede07addcd2d.jpgBackground: Josiah used to count the days until his eventual leave on his fingers, figured that by the time he'd grown into an adult, he'd move on from working for a circus and decide where to live his life to the fullest - unfortunately for him, or maybe fortunately for his skillset, that time never came. Before he knew it, he was chaperoning those younger than h…

27262a1acbed6c1242530baced23eda84cede41d.gif haha funny cannibalism | old man x old man | NSFL pull up the ladder when the flood comes, throw enough rope until the legs have swung seven new ways that you can eat your young come and get some, skinning the children for a war drum putting food on the table selling bombs and guns, it's quicker and easier to eat your young haven't you heard? the circus is back in town, complete with all kinds of shows and entertainers! new performers line their ranks…

"So? It's not like that means you can't bond with them. Even if you hardly know each other, do you know me that much better?", Gin asked, certainly questioning this guy and his motives. Perhaps he was too harsh on Kosuke, or on that little blubber on hope inside of this man that, all things considered, didn't deserve to be squashed. And yet, what was he to do? Gin wasn't going to entertain stupidity from anyone and he couldn't, no, wouldn't accept a no for an answer in moments like these, crucia…