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 Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:44 pm
Oh my ghoul, ohmy ghoul.. he knows my name! Jewels blushed and shifted awkwardly. Don't roll out the puns, come on ghoul, you can do this.
She tried to speak and just giggled, took a deep breath and managed. "Y.. yes. Hello Nero" She extended a hand robotically. "t.. the circus? Oh... caverns above.. " she was obviously flustered. "those bright lights, all those people watching.. no no no, I just.. " She managed a smile. "It's gneiss to see you... the new ghoul shedoesn'tlikeme.. I can tell." She was running her words together, making it difficult to follow what she was saying. "d.. do you have a big project?" She indicated all the paint.
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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:54 pm
"You...don't want to join the circus?" Kai's eyebrows raised the roof. How could that even be POSSIBLE?! "Inconceivable! It's the very best thing EVER. Tell her, Nero!"
"Yo, dawg, you gotta drop me a beat to do that." Nero gave Kai a knowing look, and Kai nodded. He put his claws to his mouth and started beat-boxing.
"Phoom. Chk. Phoom-phoom-phoom-chk!"
"Yo. Circus, greasepaint and highwires
Diving down low and the cannonball fliers
Animals all around and sawdust in the air
Ain't no place like the Cirque Sinistaire!"
"Wigga-wigga-wigga-wigga!"
"This is Nero D, resident strongmanster
Liftin' things up high, ain't no disaster
Kickin' it with Kai M, Freak show extrordinaire
Ain't no place like the Cirque Sinistaire!"
"Yea-yea-yea!"
"Three rings, all go, ain't no way to stop it
You can't even fight, so just gotta big-top it
Puttin' on a show, a life with no more care
You can't stop the Cirque Sinistaire!"
"Word."
Kai and Nero stopped, posing on top of the gallons of paint now loaded onto the truck, arms crossed defiantly. Kai gave Jewels a grin.
"See? Nothing could be better. Seriously. Here." Kai reached into the pocket of his pants and pulled out a couple of tickets. "My friend Meme gave these to me. I was going to give them to my cousin, but I don't know when I'll run into her next. Bring someone to the Cirque on opening night. Trust me, you will NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN."
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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:04 pm
Jewels stared open mouthed as the boys began to rap, she had to admit, it was pretty catchy. She applauded.
"Th.. thank you so much." She accepted the tickets and tucked them away in her fabulously bedazzled satchel. "I wouldn't miss it" She grinned stupidly, then seemed to realise something.
"W.. wait! Layla! Y.. you should drop in to see her. " She frowned a little. "She misses you both terribly. She would love to know you're both doing so... great." Again she smiled, they did seem very content. Perhaps everyone had it wrong about this circus thing.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:04 am
"Yeah....we're not going to do that." Kai replied honestly. "The circus is just way too clawesome to go around looking up old friends or whatever. But if you want to tell HER to come to the circus, that'd be great!"
Nero nodded in agreement.
"Everyone should join the circus. It's the beast."
"The beast ever." Kai replied.
"Join us."
"Join us!" The two bros gave a methodical fistbump, and Jewels could swear that she heard circus music in the background. After a couple creepy seconds of complete stillness, Kai and Nero got into the truck and drove off.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:59 am
Jewels wanted to say more, but in all honesty she was somewhat shocked by Nero and Kai's dismissal of their friend. Poor ghoul missed them terribly and all they could say was the circus was too cool to go see her? She frowned, feeling a pang of sadness for the Lamia.
She backed away slowly, eyes wide at their chanting, breathing a sigh of relief when they drove away. Now she understood, something really wasn't right at all.
Glitter run forgotten, she turned on her heel and rushed back the way she'd come. People needed to know about this, something was majorly wrong at this circus and they had to get to the bottom of it.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:02 am
"Can I get you something?"
The skeleton boo that stood behind the snack counter in the Movie Theater asked Glen as the diminutive witch boo looked over the selection of goodies on the menu above the counter. When one dined during a boovie, one had to make certain to not only enjoy yourself, but also not to overdo it.
"Yeahhhh." Glen said wistfully. "I'll have a large popscorn with extra booter, a rot dog with everything, a large nachos with extra extra cheese, extra large Scerry Peps-ee!, a jumboo pretzel, a bag of Eee!ses Pieces annnnnd I guess a slice of cheese pizza.
The boo wouldd have blinked if he had actual eyeballs, then he regained his composure.
".....Do you want an eye scream to go with that?"
"Nah!" Glen shook his head. "I don't want to look like a glutton."
Glen then turned around and smiled at Chase, Manny and Draconia, all who were staring at him.
"Do you want anything? My treat!"
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:58 am
"Yeah, I'll have a-" Manny started, as Draconia gave a squeal.
"It's starting! Come on, we don't want to miss the groaning attractions! There's going to be a preview for Deadvengers: The Musical!" Draconia grabbed Manny by his meaty arm and dragged him over to the theatre. A skeleton boy with a mop held open the door for them.
"Please remember to turn off your iCoffin before the movie starts." He droned as Draconia pulled Manny to four open seats near the aisle. "Don't be That Guy."
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:21 pm
Glen scurried after Draconia and Manny with an armload of snacks and goodies, and what he couldn't carry, Chase was only to happy to carry the rest. They hurried up the steps and joined Draconia and Manny in the prime seats -- Manny was the beast at finding good seats in a bovie theater -- and just in time too! The lights were dimming just as the four kids got comfortable, and the fiirst of the groaning attractions started...
"Seriously? They're making Gnomeo and Ghouliet into a boovie!?"
"Shh!"
"Could be worse! Could be showing the previews for that Justin Biter concert boovie."
"Shhh!"
The previews continued and the one Draconia had been hyped to see, Deadvengers: The Musical, was about to start when Manny grumped.
"Wish I had grabbed that popscorn when Glen offered."
"Oh I'll go get you some." Chase got up from his seat. "Otherwise he'll try stealing from Glen's and get another bite mark like last time."
Glen wrapped his arms around the tub of bootered popscorn protectively while Manny subconsciously looked at his fingertip.
Chase headed up the aisle to go fetch the treat, and Glen whispered hurriedly after him,
"Hurry or you'll miss the start!"
"I will!"
"SHHHH!"
"OH 'SHHH!' YOURSELF!"
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:32 pm
"There he is!" Farnum, stationed in front of a large tarp-covered...something in the parking lot of the Maul lowered his binoculars and gave Hagetha Mistie a wave. "Our prospective Scaredevil is finally all by himself!"
"About TIME." Hagetha huffed and fanned herself. "Doesn't he know we have a schedule to keep today? Plenty of other nasty little monsterkin to snatch."
"Patience, Madame. A watched pot never boils." Farnum wagged a finger at his accomplice.
"Lies. If it's not boiling fast enough, hex it with lightning strikes until it does." Hagetha cracked her knuckles and it sounded just like popcorn popping.
"All right, he's...buying some more confections..." Bartleby reported, binoculars back to his eyes. "These children seem to be bottomless pits. Even the stale turnips are starting to run out."
"This trap had better work." Hagetha changed the subject. "That gremlin seemed pretty sure that this contraption would attract the centaur. It looks more like a death trap to me!"
"Yes, I believe that's why he said-wait! He's looking this way! Now! The tarp!"
Hagetha spun around so fast she nearly bent double and whipped the tarp off just as Chase just happened to peer out the window of the movie theater into the parking lot.....
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:55 pm
Chase looked outside of the picturesque windows in the theater lobby and was about to head straight back for the boovie when he did a double take. His brght, blue eyes widened and seemed to sparkle with excitement and wonder as he trotted closer to the window and plastered his face up against the glass, looking out at..."No way!"Way! The bright, neon sign flashed "Or Die Tryng" live tryouts, rght in front of something that seemed to be an odd combination of 'bear trap, iron maiden and steel cage."Whooooa!"Chase looked back at the theater, then at the tryouts. the theater, then the tryouts again. It wouldn't take too long to give it a whirl and the gang would be happy for him!
Right?
He opened the lobby door and headed outside and toward the tryouts...
Inside of the boovie theater...
Glen frowned and looked around impatiently as the movie had already started. The credits had even finished, for crying out loud! Manny leaned over."Chase back yet?" He whispered."No. Maybe he's getting extra booter for you?"The two boos sat back to watch the boovie, Glen constantly turning around to watch for Chase's return.
...
"Where is he?" Glen wondered silently. The movie was a good thirty minutes in! He couldn't possibly think Manny wanted quite that much booter on his popscorn!
Just as he was about to get up and go looking for his boofriend, his iCoffin went off... on vibrate people! They are in a theater of course!
Glen reached carefully into his pocket so as not to spill any of his goodies and pulled his iCoffin out to check and see what was up."Glen!" Draconia whispered harshly. "Put that away! That's very rude, you know!""I know!" Glen defended his action. "It's from Chase. I'll be just a sec.""Ask him where my popscorn is!"Glen smiled at Manny and then looked at the hext message.
Manny frowned as he thought he heard a squeeky whimper to his left and cast a look to find Glen staring at the screen on his iCoffin. His face was twitching, and his bottom lip seemed to be jetted outward and trembling."What's wrong? Were they out of booter?"Glen didn't answer Manny. He started to breathe heavily, his eyes never leaving the screen of his iCoffin. Manny frowned and without asking, grabbed the iCoffin from Glen and looked at it.
..."Uh, Drake? You should see this.""Not now! Put that away!""No Drake. You really need to see this!""What is it?" Draconia frowned at the boovie intrusion as Manny passed Glen's iCoffin to her and she looked at the hext and read...Quote: "Yo, Glen! Sorry but Manny's gonna have to get his own popscorn. Won't be coming back. Chase it joining the Circus! Hey, it was fun while it lasted, amIright?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:49 pm
"WHAT?!" Draconia shouted while looking at the phone. Immediately, a symphony of 'SHHHHHHHs' rang out across the theatre. Draconia gritted her teeth."Manny...wait here and watch the rest of the movie in case Chase comes back, okay?""Yeah, sure." Manny replied, clearly engrossed in the movie. Draconia ducked around him and dragged Glen out of the theatre before he could dissolve into a truly humiliating scene. Once the two of them pushed through the door, Draconia started shaking Glen."Come on, Glen! Don't lose it now! I need you to be strong, and not a puddle! A literal puddle!" Draconia shook Glen a few more times for good measure and let go. It was no good. Glen's normally healthy green hue had faded into something more resembling pea soup. "Ooh! You have to keep it together!"Hellene! Draconia pulled out her iCoffin and texted her other BFF. This was no longer just a curious mystery. It was a full-blown emergency."Come on, Glen, shake it off! We'll go back to the Looking Glass and we'll have a nice cup of tea and some scones and once we're all relaxed we'll figure out how to fix this thing!"
To: Hellene
Catastrophe! Chase has gone circus in the head and Glen is nearly exploding. Meet us at Looking Glass ASAP!!!!!
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Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:01 pm
With the afternoon off, Jewels decided this was the ideal time to hit the maul and browse. She had a dance outfit to put together and while she had an idea of the dress she was going to wear; a beautiful vintage number that once belonged to her mother; she still needed accessories. And new shoes!
What ghoul could pass up the opportunity to buy some utterly impractical glitzy shoes she'd only ever wear once?
"Do you have anything.. sparklier?" She asked the frazzled chop assistant, smiling broadly in what she hoped was a charismatic and winning manner.
"I'm sorry miss, I think you've now tried on every pair on the store."
Jewels deflated a little, how could that be? She still hadn't found the perfect pair!
"Oh goodness... " She brightened. "Well, I guess I keep looking!"
She stood and grinned to the poor hexhausted staff member trying to organise the teetering pile of rejected footwear.
"Thank you!" Jewels sang, as she skipped toward the next shoe store, leaving chaos and shoe boxes strewn behind her.
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Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:27 pm
"Wow Jewels, you sure like sparkles... As for me I'm at at total loss as what to wear!" Tori said slightly depressed."But I'm really happy you're idea won the for Tombcomming theme! All we need to do is find outfits!" She clasped her hands together as they entered another store."I'm so glad you're with me, I'll need all the help I get get. It would be nice to go to a dance with out rips in my clothes." She picked out a pair of wedges for herself. They were earth-y toned and every tori, but had little to no sparkle."These?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:33 pm
Jewels studied the shoes critically, wrinkling her nose a little.
"Well they're very.. YOU.. but they need a bit of glam... hmm"
She pondered the problem.
"Ahh! I could bedazzle them for you!"
Which it looked like she'd have to do with her own shoes, as she searched in vain for a pair sparkly enough to blind her sensitive mole-ghoul eyes.
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