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 Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:07 pm
"Oi'm all f'giving it a try," Charlot replied- not wanting to see Wing Ting dissapointed. He shrugged a little, reaching at his belt to make sure he'd brought at least one of his whips with him. He smiled, finding that he'd remembered them after all.
"Oi got a better idea-" He stepped back, unhooking the whip and letting it uncoil with a light flick of his wrist. "We c'n practice this way- you blow th'bubbles.. and oi'll snap em." He gestured for Wing Ting to start at her leisure, taking a moment to look up at Lu to see if she was still hanging there like a bat.
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:21 pm
Wing Ting nodded enthusiastically, and took on the 'ready' position, with her hands at the three o'clock and nine o'clock hand holds. She braced herself firmly, holding the wand at arm's length. She took a deep breath to steady herself: she was strangely nervous. This was alright. It was just bubbles. Wing Ting had blown bubbles hundreds of times. Just because they were going to be popped by a whip after they were blown didn't change the concept at all. She brought the wand up to her shoulder and began to swing -- "Wait." She said as a though occurred to her. "How big?"
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:05 pm
Lucrezia looked over at Charlot and Wing Ting, who were a little uncomfortably close, and climbed back up to the grid for a safe view.
"I'm no expert," she called, "But I'd say start big and get smaller."
It seemed logical enough.
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:12 pm
Charlot took a few steps back, just to be on the safe side. He glanced at Wing Ting, offering her a smile.
"Go ahead an make th'biggest y'can- then, like Lu said.. make em smaller as we go." He gestured for her to start when she was ready, noting that Lu had moved a little higher out of thier way.
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:50 am
Wing Ting nodded, "Alright," She said, idly waving her her wand around over her head. Then she brought it down quickly and watched as three large bubbles were produced. She quickly scurried out of the way to watch: she didn't want to get hurt on accident.
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:40 pm
From her vantage point sitting on the grid, Lucrezia watched the bubbles climb into the air towards Charlot. She peered down anxiously, eager to see how well he hit them.
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:41 am
Once Wing Ting had scurried away, Charlot took a step forward toward the bubbles. His fingers slid down the whip handle, gripping it tighter as his eyes scanned the bubbles for the best way to hit them all. It was more like a desired pattern, since it would take three successive snaps.
He smiled idly as he found it. Charlot took a quick glance around, making sure no one was close enough to get clipped before his wrist snapped out. The whip snapped upwards, letting out a loud SNAP! as the first of the bubbles popped. Quickly after, Charlot brought the whip downwards, snapping the bubble beneath it. Finally, bringing the whip to the left, he snapped the final one- all in all making it look like a triangle pattern of bubble pops.
He glanced back at Wing Ting, eyebrow raised a little as he smiled. "Tiny ones'll be pretty easy f'us."
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:13 pm
Wing Ting watched, wide-eyed, as Charlot popped all three of her bubbles with that...uber cool bubble popping rope thing. "Wow..." She murmured breathlessly, her eyes shining. "OHMIGOSH THAT WAS SO COOL DO IT AGAIN RIGHT NOW." Wing Ting rapidly brought the wand over her head and waved it up and down in a quick chopping pattern, dancing on the spot. A flurry of blue-green bubbles blew out, quickly rising up into the air.
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:27 pm
Lucrezia cheered and watched the second set of bubbles rise into the air. "Oui! Another demonstration is in order!"
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:41 am
Wing Ting's enthusiasm was enough to encourage him on. Charlot laughed, stepped aside again to avoid the little girl who was waving the bubble wand madly in the air. Once the bubbles settled into the air, he worked out a pattern in his mind and began popping them with the whip. He missed a few, but it always seemed to be 'part of the plan'.
Charlot managed to get the majority, leaving the rest to float up into the air and pop on their own. He recoiled the whip, holding it out so Wing Ting could see it. She seemed a little to crazy to hold it herself, since he wasn't sure if she would want to use it- they were still dangerous.
"It's me whip. Just a'bit of leather wrapped around, some 'ave metal tips." He pointed to the end, which was just some frayed leather. "This one doesn't."
He glanced up at Lucrezia. "So, now it's your turn- show me somethin' you c'n do up there."
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:42 pm
Wing Ting blushed as Charlot showed her his whip, wondering vaguely if he would let her play with it a bit - and then he mentioned Lukie! "Yes, please, Lukie! Show me some cool tricks, please, please?" She begged eagerly, jumping up and down on the spot in some sort of bizarre dance.
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:10 pm
Lucrezia smiled and sat down on the catwalk to fashion a harness of sorts with the ribbon. After testing to see that it was secure, she dropped down off the platform and set up for a drop, gathering some fabric into a loop around her legs. Loosing her handhold, she plummeted some five feet and caught herself before spreading the silks behind her to look like some sort of odd wing.
Her muscles protested. It was a good ache.
"How's that?" she asked them.
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:40 am
Charlot smirked, turning his eyes from Wing Ting and up to Lu's performance. He stepped back a bit, hands sticking into his pockets.
Heights didn't bother him too much, but on the extreme it made him a little nervous. He'd fallen from high places before, but nothing too bad had happened. He was pretty sure Lu could take care of herself up there- not to mention the mats that were below to cushion the fall if she did manage to get loose of her safety equipment.
As she finished up her little demo, he lifted his hands to clap. It was impressive, and he was still curious about what her complete show would be like.
"Not bad, Lu- Oi can't wait t'see what you've got planned f'your performance."
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:44 am
Wing Ting giggled nervously as Lukie rigged up her ribbons - and then dropped.
Wing Ting's stomach dropped with her.
She forced herself to swallow, and then applaud. "That's so pretty, Lukie!" She exclaimed, gripping her bubble wand firmly. "What else d'you do up there? Flips?" Wing Ting didn't know if she could watch flips.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:31 am
Lucrezia dropped the rest of the way to the ground and stretched. "I'll show vous some other time," she promised. "And flips? More often that's the trapeze. Some other time. I promise."
She smiled and started to leave, but turned back to wave. "Nice meeting you, Charlot! Good luck on your acts!"
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