The Dark Circus (O/A)

[Dameon Black]

The ring master grinned evily. "I want to continue the routine," he said. He looked at the monitor. "A minute and a half."  

[ShriekingCeltic]

Zaria looked at him then put him down "fine, just stop it" she said with a sigh "i still hate you"  

[Dameon Black]

The ring master's grin became wider. "I thought you would see it my way," he said, ignoring her comment. He walked over to the computer and hit a few buttons. The computer made a few noises and then the file changed. "It is restoring him to his normal self. Remember the deal. I'll come for you again sometime this week or twice next week." He turned and walked out of the room. Dameon woke up and looked around. He was back to normal.  

[ShriekingCeltic]

Zaria fell on her knees and teared up again "dam! hes so mean!".  

[Dameon Black]

Dameon heard Zaria crying and jumped up. "What's wrong?" he asked. Then, he had a black memory where all he heard was a conversation. "I hate him. He does that to you every week? And you were out of it, but you agreed to continue it to save me. I don't know what's worse. You having to continue that, or what I would have been like if the process had been completed. He said that I would be just like him. Would I have been doing the same thing to you?"  

[ShriekingCeltic]

Zaria sighed "ya, you whould probably do the same thing to me, witch means id be getting laid twice" she sighed "i thought it might be better if we sticked to the normal"
{bedtime! see you tomorrow}  

[Dameon Black]

Dameon sighed and was going through his memories when he realised something. Some of them were different and others were slowly changing. He felt a small amout of cruelty that was slowly becoming more powerful. He had a feeling that the file the ring master had used had something to do with it. "I don't think he told the full truth," he said. "I think the file he changed to is the same process, only slower. Some of my memories are different and I can feel others changing. And I can feel a small amount of cruelty that wasn't there before. And it's getting more powerful. He restored me to normal, but only temporarily. It will continue to change me, even if I'm not hooked up to the machine."  

[ShriekingCeltic]

Zaria sighed "dam, i knew he whould try somthing like that!" she said standing up "i wish i could figuer out how to reverse it" she said wiping away her tears.  

[Dameon Black]

Dameon walked over to the computer and hit a few buttons to bring up the file. He bit his lip when it asked for a password. "What could the password be?" he asked.  

[ShriekingCeltic]

Zaria sighed and walked over to him "i got nothin'. i cant think like that maniac. but, maybe you can figure it out. he did say youd have a mind like his because of the program" she said unhappily.  

[Dameon Black]

Dameon sighed unhappily and was overcome by the cruelty. He turned towards Zaria with dark eyes and a wicked smile. He started walking towards her and pinned her to the wall. He gasped when he realised what he was doing. "I'm sorry," he whispered, turning away from her.  

[ShriekingCeltic]

Zaria hissed at him "its fine, just try and find the password. quickly!" she snaped at him.  

[Dameon Black]

He walked over to the computer and typed something in. There were tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe what had just happened. There was a beeping noise from the computer. "I'm in." He read the file data. "Damn it. We can't undo it. He put a lot of firewalls over the file. It'll take a fingerprint scan, a retinal scan, and a voice confirmation from him. I'm stuck like this unless he suddenly decides to help us."  

[ShriekingCeltic]

Zaria sighed again, she ran out of the room and came back with one of the performers "this ones a shape-shifter. he's really good" she said as the shape-shifter turned into the ringmaster "at your service" he said, he sounded the same as the ringmaster.  

[Dameon Black]

Dameon was overcome by the cruelty again. He pushed the shapeshifter away and pinned Zaria against the wall again. He started kissing her neck. He gasped and pulled himself away again. "I hate this. Why did he do this to me?" he said. He helped the shapeshifter up and muttered an apology to both of them. "We have to do this now."