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 Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:37 pm
Nima nodded. "So, you were born like this then." She looked outside the tank. "A lot of us here were human once. We were captured by the ringmaster and turned into what we are." She shrugged. "Living in the tank isn't so bad though. Most of the meaner workers are afraid of water for some odd reason, and the ringmaster only comes by every now and then to tell me whether he wants nymph or mermaid." She smiled at him. "I'm Nima, by the way. What's your name?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:44 pm
Acheron seemed to relax as she spoke. Though he didn't leave the safety of that little corner. Not yet. He watched her and listened intently as she spoke.
"Acheron...Like the river. But just call be Ron...So...If you don't mind me asking...Were you human before the Ringmaster got to you?"
He swam a bit to he, hoping to not make himself look like a spineless weaking hiding in a shadowy little corner. After all, he seemed to be older than her.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:45 pm
[[lol.]]
Amelia opened her eyes and sat up, glaring at him. "Let's hope you're the only one." She said, looking down at her clothes and dusting them off. "I'm trying to stall this punishment bull crap as long as I can, so what do you want?" She asked, looking back at him. He seemed tired, and she absent-mindedly got a little closer to him. Or, the bars, to be precise.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:58 pm
Ethan chuckled abit still leaned up against the bars. He looked up at her and shoke his head. "I came to check up on you..." He sighed. "I guess Neru beat me too you though." He looked at the whip in his right hand and sighed again. " Im sorry for what I did earlier." he said it was better to not leave stuff like hits in the act to throw off the concentration.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:01 pm
Nima nodded. "Yes. I wandered backstage, having gotten separated from the main crowds. I woke up in here." She smiled ruefully. "Unfortunately for most of the guests that come to the cirque, we are the...tenderizers, I suppose you could say. They think we're beautiful, laugh at our antics, feel amazed at our songs, then go to the big top, where they witness Zack get torn limb from limb." She shrugged. "The ringmaster cares less for us 'sideshow freaks' than he does for most of the others, so we don't deal with him directly most of the time. And for that, we're lucky."
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:06 pm
"Ya think?" Amelia said at the mention of Neru. At his apology, she stared at him for a moment, and then remembered. Her glare deepened and she almost pouted. "Whatever. I'll just kick your a** later." She moved away from the bars and looked away from him.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:12 pm
Acheron looked slightly away with a look of remorse. He shouldn't have asked that. Well, aside from that, what she mentioned about the Ringmaster never directly deals with the 'sideshow freaks', was a good thing. Ron nodded.
"I suppose we are lucky for that...Wait...You said that there is a 'Zack' here that get's mutilated for entertainment? Does he recover?" He paused for a moment, "Do you think you can show me around the circus grounds? I'd like to properly meet everyone, even the, I am assuming, cruel workers...That is, if you can...you know, walk."
He gave her a hopeful, yet nervous smile before swimming around a bit in the tank.
[[I just thought of something! Do you think there'll be some sort of event dealing with a house/hall of mirrors? : D Those are scary/fun/symbolic. xD]]
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:16 pm
Nima nodded. "The cirque closes at 2 am. Most of the freaks are in their cages then, and sleep is a rare commodity. Tomorrow morning, though, the door to the cave is unlocked, and we can wander around and meet everyone then." She smiled a bit. "Do you want to see the show side of the tank? There might be some guests out there right now, and if I don't get out there, I'm going to get in trouble." She pointed to the crack in the wall. "If you want to come over there, just swim through here." With that, she swam back to the other side, and a minute later, she could be heard singing for the guests outside the tank.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:20 pm
[[lol i find those things to be torture devices]]
Ethan coughed into his hand and shoke his head. " You do relize we are all going to be punished dont you." He said sternly. "And some of us arent so resilient as a vampire. He said looking around. He stopped looking when his eyes caught site of some red liquid on a bar of the cage. "What is that?" he asked moving towards it.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:30 pm
[[I know! xD The first time I went through one I literally walked into like five glass panes. xDD It was fun though. @w@;;]]
"Tomorrow morning. Got it."
Acheron mentally noted the time in his mind. Before he could even answer, Nima was already on the other side of the tank. He peeked through the crack in the wall as her beautiful singing began to echo around him. A few people saw him peering through the crack and seemed to whisper to each other about who he was. Sighing, he knew that he wouldn't know what to do if he was on the show side of the tank, so instead he thought of a neat idea. He made a few circular motions with his hands and river-like currents danced gracefully in synch with Nima. Then began at the tip of her fingers and stretched to be at least 7 feet in length, giving them the appearance of underwater ribbons.
I hope this'll do...Dancing is just not my thing yet...
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:32 pm
[[lol. i like the mirror house things. xd ]]
"Yea, but not everyone did the shitload of stuff I did either." Amelia told him soberly. She turned and looked as he walked towards Scott's blood. "Oh... that. Some kid hit his head on that. I told him to get out of here, so he ran off." She moved toward the bar as well. The blood wasn't as fresh, so it was less appealing.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:17 pm
(arg i go away and theres like...a lot of messages in my story! XD aw man and i had a plan but oh well ill just adapt)
Trenton still leaned on the tank, crossing his arms. He wondered if the new guy even noticed him. "Purchased, huh?..." was all that he said. And the man looked like he was okay with it, too. "What a fool..." he thought to himself. "He doesn't know what he's gotten himself into...and....and purchased.......purchased...." He couldn't get that word out of his mind. It was too hard to grasp that this boy was caged, huled, and purchased like an animal, brought into this jail that made you dance or sing or just stand there so people could witness your deformity for entertainment....and yet he seemed.....Trenton's head throbbed and he placed his hand on it.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:00 pm
Acheron continued working his kinetic powers and eyed Trenton. The kid seemed a bit cocky, according to Acheron, who could read anyone like a book. Ron mimiced Trenton's sarcastic voice.
"Yeah, purchased. Ever since I was a little kid I've been an item up for auction or sold in black markets. On top of that, I was never human, so I should be one of the few here that were literally born different...What about you, kid?"
He didn't even look at Trenton as he continued to work with the water 'ribbons'. It was rare that he spoke so much, but he tried to, since this was going to be his permanent home. Being a demigod, he should be the most original thing here, aside from the Ringmaster himself. Ron had seen him when he was buying him. Only once, but that was enough to tell that the man was far from human.
[[What was your plan, Stella? o__O You still might be able to use it...]]
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:17 pm
((RAAAAAPE! lol sorry no just kidding...and yeah i can improvise...and srry i was doin somethin else))
'What about you kid?' Trenton thought. He squinted at Archeron. He couldn't believe he was actually going to say this. "Well is you must know...I was kidnapped and turned into a freak." he said, crossing his arms again for they were apart a moment ago. He said he was turned into a freak, yet on the outside he looked completley normal.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:27 pm
[[SUPRISEBUTTSEX. JK!! XD Ah, I see. It's alright. ^ ^]]
Acheron snickered inaudibly. Trenton's reply just sounded a bit...awkward.
"'Kidnapped'? Exactly how, if I may ask?" He thought for a moment, "Oh wait, Nima explained it to me a few moments ago. Let me guess...You wandered into the circus wanting nothing more than fun entertainment and were suddenly knocked out. Am I right? Or at least close?"
He flashed a playful grin at Trent out of habit. He couldn't resist messing with little kids. Such, Trenton was only younger than Ron by about three or four years, but he was still younger.
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