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Post by The Farenstien on Jul 18, 2011 4:28:20 GMT 1
Xen looked at him slowly, a little timid in doing so, but gave a small smile. "Thanks," he said, with a lot more confidence. "You are too.. and you're right, we do make a good team," he wasn't just making it up for the sake of it, he really meant it. Shyly, he poked at the cutesy bunny on his shirt. "Except you're really short."
Enfys finally took a small breath, gathering his courage, and slowly stepped into the training building curiously, but kept extremely close to the wall. He didn't need anything, really, he was just frightened to be on his own there; if he could just watch someone familiar, namely Mikhail, he knew he'd feel safe enough to not be such a coward.
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Post by Sebastian on Jul 18, 2011 4:53:48 GMT 1
Luc closed his eyes and chuckled, he couldn't be down all day, he was only rejected once, and there was still daylight. He could see what the others were doing, he looked around him, he saw Xia and Henry talking, Mun-hee leaving the kitchen trailer. He knew that Alexandra was training with her siblings, Marcus never talked. perhaps he would find out his tasks for that day. He would have to speak to the ring master for that, though Luc wasn't sure where the ring master was. The bigtop was being used for training at that moment, so he was probably not in there. It was entirely possible that he was in his trailer. Luc began to walk towards it.
Mun-hee stepped out of the Kitchen trailer soon before Luc walked off, He was going to walk down to the training tent, he would do his own independent training there.
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Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 18, 2011 5:10:49 GMT 1
Ilia and Alexandra climbed to one end of the stadium, while Mikhail climbed to the other. The girls put grips, and chalk on their hands, while Mikhail just put some chalk on. They climbed up their separate ladders, and Mikhail was the first one in the air, swinging from his bar, before flipping into a sitting position on the bar, and hanging upside down by his knees. "Don't screw up." He shouted at Ilia, the first one to fly. The Ring Master had forbidden the use of safety nets unless desperately needed, he felt it forced his performers to practice harder and be more precise. Ilia gripped the fly bar before pushing off, swinging back and forth a couple times to get used to the feeling. After her third swing launched herself high into the air, pulled off two flips before extending out and locking hands with Mikhail. Alexandra watched, taking note of each movement.
Henry grinned. "I'm travel size for the circus' convenience." He joked, as he went to lock arms with Xen. "Are you sure you aren't just really tall?"
The ring master sat in his darkly lit trailer, drinking a bottle of water, it was going to be hot by lunch time, and he didn't want to work up a sweat before the show.
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Post by The Farenstien on Jul 18, 2011 5:14:27 GMT 1
Xen blinked at the gesture, but eventually allowed it, grinning and locking his arm with him in return. "Oh, I'm sure," he said quietly, starting to really come out of his shell with Henry. "You're short to everyone else too, kid."
Enfys watched in amazement, hidden against a far wall. His fear for himself was gone, immediately being replaced with worry for the performers - namely, Mikhail, but the two women aswell. What if they fell? They would die! But he didn't say anything, or make himself known, and just watched.
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Post by Sebastian on Jul 18, 2011 5:19:59 GMT 1
Luc tapped on the ring master's door. he pressed his head to the frame. he felt like a secret agent for the mafia. Conspiring with the man everyone secretly hated. He'd been in the circus a long time, Luc remembered him when he was young. The ringmaster had been in his late teens early twenties at the time. "Monsieur." he called quietly.
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Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 18, 2011 5:34:16 GMT 1
Mikhail then lifted Ilia up in the air as he swung back towards the center where she pirouetted twice before catching the fly bar and swinging back to Alexandra. Alexandra took the bar next and locked eyes with Mikhail for a few moments before taking off, swinging four times to gain momentum and then flew through the air spinning before being caught by the ankles by Mikhail who then threw her upwards enough that was able to flip and grab his hands. "Get the double bar next." He instructed, before launching her back in the air to catch the oncoming fly bar.
"Come in Luc." The Ring Master said. He stood up, adjusting his bow tie and top hat. His purple hair trailing down his long back. He was already dressed in a white dress shirt, and black slacks. His glasses gleaming in the dim light of his trailer. "What do you have to ask me?"
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Post by Sebastian on Jul 18, 2011 5:52:29 GMT 1
"What is ze plan for today? When do we open?" he asked pulling a small crystal ball out of his pocket as he entered, he began juggling it over his hand casually. "I expect you will announce the order of acts before the show, as usual." At this Luc smiled slyly, He guessed it was best to put on a devious face for the devious ring master. -- Mun-hee stretched out his spine and moved into a backbend and then a handstand, he gently shifted his weight to the left and balanced on it. He moved his right arm out and spread his limbs out, he bent is spine forward so that he was looking ahead of himself, he was going for a mysterious act with a sense of some athleticism. Overall his performance was meant to show of his flexibility and tell a short story about a man who became king of the monkeys. He would practice all his moves for that later, these were basic endurance poses.
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Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 18, 2011 6:08:52 GMT 1
The Ring Master grabbed his journal off of a nearby table. "Today we open around 5pm, so far we have a good amount of tickets reserved, but we'll still have some of the carnies with booths set up for ticket sales." He explained. "Six is when we'll allow people in, and seven the show begins, I was going to open with the animal tamers first, then clowns, then move on to you, then the trapeze, next is acrobatics, after that hoop with aerial acrobatics, and then grand finale~" He finished with a sigh. "So busy, so so busy, and Mikhail's disappeared so we might have to cut the trapeze act tonight."
When the double bar came out next both Alexandra and Ilia flew on it. Alexandra was the first to launch, she pulled off a triple flip, was caught by Mikhail and immediately was thrown upward, she flew high enough to land over Mikhail with her feet between his knees. Ilia had shifted to the middle of the double bar to balance it enough, on her first swing towards Mikhail she moved her body upside down with her feet in the air, and legs apart, doing a perfect split. Her second fly towards Mikhail she flipped out of the position and swung with her back to him. Third fly towards him she let go back flipped twice and was caught by her feet. Alexandra then stepped off the bar and dropped only for her hands to be caught by the upside down Ilia. It was their move, their chain. This was one of the few times it actually worked. Alexandra was then launched by Ilia towards the fly bar that one of the circus hands pushed towards them. She spun and caught it, immediately working on positioning herself upside down like Mikhail. Ilia had been lifted up high enough for her hands to replace her feet in Mikhail's hands, and as the two bars met up in the center Ilia reached a hand out to Alexandra. They stopped in the middle of the arena. Ilia's left hand in Mikhail's and her right in Alexandra. She was then launched by both her siblings into the air where she flipped and twisted until she was barely a few feet from the ground, and then stopped in mid air by Alexandra's levitation ability. Both Alexandra and Mikhail had switched to siting upright on their bars.
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Post by Sebastian on Jul 18, 2011 6:30:17 GMT 1
"What about that fortunetelling act you obtained?" Luc asked leaning on the trailer juggling his ballbearing over his fingers. he himself had never met the 'Madame Valentina' though rumour had told him she was an actual clairvoyant. "Also what about Mun-hee's contortionist act, is it going to be after the other acrobats or before?"
Quietly, Marcus led Valentina to the showers. "Here," he handed her a pager. "Send me a message, any will do, when you're done, I'll take you in for costuming after." he smiled.
"thank you." Valentina smiled wondering what was up with all the secrecy.
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Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 18, 2011 6:38:31 GMT 1
Carlos smirked at Luc. "Very good, Yes Mun-Hee's going after the acrobats, eventually I'm going to want him to have his act off the ground, danger gets people going..." He let out a low chuckle. "The Clairvoyant...can be the first act, I don't want to wear her out waiting or overwork her." Carlos had a tiny thought for the wellbeing of his performers, but like his father had raised him, you do something like this for the traveling and the money. He closed his journal. "Let's go to the training building, I want to see how many people are actually working."
Ilia climbed back up on of the ladders, as Alexandra launched with the fly bar towards Mikhail. On her second swing towards him, she let go and pirouetted through the air, locking hands with her brother. "I'll catch after the next through practice throws." She muttered to him, as they swung. She was launched back onto the fly bar, caught it and swung back to the platform. The fly bar swung once and the Ilia caught it before taking off. Her first swing she positioned herself upside down on the bar with her knees to her shoulders, second swing she pushed off and twisted upside down toward's Mikhail. He caught her instantly.
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Post by The Farenstien on Jul 18, 2011 6:39:09 GMT 1
Enfys watched in wide-eyed amazement. He had never been to a circus before when he was young, nevermind one like this. He jumped and gasped like a member of an audience when he saw them move, in beautiful unison and organization, fearless and confident. He was enthralled in watching them, almost forgetting where he was, who he was, why he was there. He just watched; hypnotized by their talent.
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Post by Sebastian on Jul 18, 2011 6:54:24 GMT 1
"Of course, Monsieur" Luc smiled. Bowing, he opened the door for Carlos, His amber eyes glittered in the trailer light. He stepped well out of Carlos' way while holding the door open.
Mun-hee pulled his limbs together and bended slowly onto his feet, he fell into a forward bend. He had to be gentle, there were more possibilities for bending uncomfortably when bending forward. As it has been noted before, he could bend in anyway he wished, it was uncomfortable however to bend his knees out of place, it was also uncomfortable to bend hi ankles backwards. One thing was for sure, he would never be seriously injured while running his act.
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Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 18, 2011 6:57:24 GMT 1
Carlos nodded at Luc, and stepped out of his trailer, adjusting his top hat ever so slightly. He strode towards the training building, with Luc. He waited until they were both outside the doors before opening one and waiting for Luc to step inside first.
The doors opening didn't distract the siblings as Ilia was returned to the platform, and Alexandra was caught by Mikhail and thrown back to the fly bar.
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Post by Sebastian on Jul 18, 2011 7:11:33 GMT 1
Luc stepped in smoothly, He smiled and let of a soft sigh watching Alexandra fly through the air like a bird, he held open one of the doors for Carlos.
Mun-hee fell forward and bended his knees as wide as he could if he was simply hyperflexible. he turned his hands inward to face his feet and stretched his legs out into a split. He held this pose for a minute.
Valentina removed her bathrobe and pajama's cautiously, she steppe dint eh shower and washed herself off, she washed her hair for the first time in ages, it was hard to see through in the lighting. Her cataracts clouded her ordinary vision, she dint' mind it, she preferred not to see the faces of the people she would predict for.
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Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 18, 2011 7:33:25 GMT 1
Alexandra returned to the platform. Ilia took the fly bar, and took off, her first swing towards Mikhail she used to flip upside down on the bar and do a split.
Then Carlos stepped in, he spotted the Seminova siblings practicing and smirked. "Well, Well Mikhail you're back." He said, the evil smirk not leaving his face.
Mikhail turned to look down and see Carlos staring up at him just as Ilia launched herself off. Mikhail tried catching her a second too late and she slipped from his fingers plummeting towards the ground head first. She was stopped just inches before her head hit the ground by Alexandra. Mikhail swung back to his platform, and jumped on it, standing there. Alexandra shifted Ilia's positioning so she landed softly on her butt. "Y-You dropped me!" She shouted up at Mikhail, and then Carlos placed a hand on her shoulder. "You're needed at the battery charging station." He whispered in her ear, before shoving her towards Luc. "Take her to the battery." He then turned his attention to Mikhail. "Come down Mischa~" He called, an evil look on his face.
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