Rei weaved through the seats and finally arrived in the second row, sitting in a set off to the left and behind of Silk. He looked around the tent, Everyone seems to be here this morning, he thought. Usually, when one of them was late, they were all lit into for it.
“Ahh fantastic” Arthur says to Cryrus, he turns to Karma, and smiles, “just keep getting through the days” he turns back to everyone, “Mistress asked me to inform you to start practicing at your own leasure for today” he announces, “we have a show tomorrow, but none today, so mistress shall stay in her quarters”
She once again twirled her fire in her fingers. She'd heard this speech so many times she could recite it by memory.
He looks up and sighs. He knew he needed to train hard. If he couldn't perform… Who knows what might happen. Nothing good. He shivers and takes a deep breath, heading for the trapeze.
Arthur looks over, “Rei, how sweet of you to join us” He says with a smile, “Let us get in place then”
Silk yawned a bit. She couldn’t preform without the ringmasteress. Maybe she’d just practice her bending routine to get some looks from the guys. She smirked a bit and leaned back in her seat, glancing up at Rei.
“Hey baby. Nice to see you again.” She winked.
Cass rolled her eyes, still just playing with her fire. Come on, the lecture's coming, I can feel it. Because she'd been there for 4 years, Arthur loved to pick on her.
Rei looked at Silk and smiled, "You seem to be in a good mood," he said, standing up. The expression soon faded from his face, as he wasn't exactly looking forward to being off the ground for his practice.
(Sorry for the super short replies, they'll get bigger soon!)
As if he could hear her thoughts, Arthur walked over to her, “Cassandra, darling, dear, you know the rules, let’s put out that fire, and put on a smile”
Cyrus came to the trapeze and inspected it. He sighs softly and looks at the trapeze. He climbs to the top of the pole, stretching as he does so. He relaxes and sighs softly. He was so hungry…
Her fire flickered out. "For the last time, I don't go by that name anymore. It's Karma now." She hissed through gritted teeth.
He smiles in response to her gritted teeth, “of course, well, it’s the same regardless, Karma, no fire in the tent” he stands, “oh Cryrusss!” He chimes
She sighed, running her hands through her hair before standing and waltzing into the main circle. There was only one reason she stuck around. Her brother. Cole loved the circus and he came to almost every show. It was his 12th birthday today, no doubt he'd be there tonight. She smiled a little at the thought of her bright eyed little brother.
Cyrus looks up, forcing a smile. "Yes, Arthur?" He asks, looking at the other tiredly. He gulps. There was a sweet smell coming off Arthur. His blood. Cyrus shakes his head and focuses.
“Darling, you’re looking almost as pale as I, are you certain you are okay to preform?” He tilts his head, “shall I contact the mistress?”
(Now I'm sad cause I wanna ship Karma with someone and I can't.)
She pushed her thoughts away, no time for them now. She took the hair tie off her wrist and pulled her hair back. She sighed, time for practice.
Cyrus grimaces. He hadn't planned on being that noticeable. He takes a deep breath but stumbles, suddenly feeling very weak. He didn't know what to do.
(I was just thinking about that. I might open up the rp to one more person? Like to be the ~new kid~ at the circus?)
Arthur runs over, staying light on his toes all the way, “Cyrus?” He asks, looking up towards the top of the trapeze, “come down from there, love!”
(Yeah sounds good!)
Please don't fall, oh that would be just horrible. She scoffed. It's not that she hated Cyrus, no. She hated everyone.
Cyrus stumbles but nods. Slowly he clambers down, but about halfway there, he loses his grip. He starts to slip, his eyes going wide. Fear raced through his chest as he tried desperately to catch himself. He did manage to before he reached the ground. He cries out in surprise and pain. He makes it safely to the ground, collapsing.
What a shame. He survived. She just watched with a blank look on her face.
Arthur quickly crouches next to him, checking his pulse, “Cyrus?” He asks quietly, “are you okay?”
Cyrus groans softly, his eyes halfway between open and closed. He looks up at Arthur weakly, shaking his head. The thirst for blood was becoming stronger.
If I'm not needed then I'm just gonna go… She slipped out a back flap, summoning a circle of fire to keep her warm as she walked back to her tent. She flopped onto her cot, rubbing her eyes tiredly.
Arthur leans on his chest, listening to his breathing, not noticing that he’s exposing his neck to him, “I think I should contact the mistress”
His eyes go to Arthur's neck and he licks his lips. No! No. I am not going to act. He hisses softly, hungry and battling with himself. His body was starting to go numb. He needed blood.
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Rei looked at Silk and smiled, "You seem to be in a good mood," he said, standing up. The expression soon faded from his face, as he remembered that they were there for practice. He looked up to the center ring through yellow eyes and then back down to the blonde haired girl. Kind of wish I could be that positive. Rei thought, oblivious to Cyrus's fall and the fact that Karma had slipped away from the group.
Arthur glances back up and realizes, “ah…that’s what it is..” he acts quickly, glances around the circus and grabs something sharp off of the ground, he examines his arms and hands, cutting a large spot on his hand and quickly turning away, “here dearest” he offers his hand