A re-do of my rolplay 'CIRCUS FREAK SHOW' based on the song 'Dark Woods Circus' from Vocaloids.

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"Some of us were born this way."

"Some of us were made this way by mortal hands..."

"Some of us joined by will."

"By now we are here because we don't have a choice..."

"ESCAPE. That is our dream."

"FREEDOM. That is our goal."

"But against the Ringmaster and doctors-"

"-police,scientists,HUMANITY..."

"Will we ever truly be free?"

 

...

 

Welcome to the Freak Show Circus,the famous traveling circus that offers you the best of the best,our speciality being the hosting of Freak Shows. The world is a cruel yet beautiful place,where many unhuman creatures like us excist,but human refuse to accept. That's right,all of the legends and myths you've heard of the Slenderman,the Mothman and even Goblins,they're all REAL. Our circus was created to explore the sins and let the deepest sets of insanity flurish. Many people,creatures,join us willingly as they have no other place in the world to go. Others are taken in well...not so willingly.

If you are a lucky memeber of the audience,you will be chosen by our ringmaster to be kidnapped and taken with us for the rest of your life...don't worry about not having talents...we will make all the arrangements for you...our doctors will make you into the perfect freak in one quick operation...

Escape is futile in this circus...our ringmaster is all powerful and punishes anyone who tries...his favorite method would be acid,having it melt your skin alive...

...but I'm not saying you aren't allowed to try. I mean,you could,and maybe succeed one day! But...where would you go? Humanity won't ever accept freaks like us...you'd just be rejected and forced to hide within the shadows of this world...but its alright...if you ever feel lonely,you can always come back here,to HOME,to Freak Show Circus.

 

Resume:

As the world of myths,legends,creatures and so on is actually connected with the world of humanity,the Freak Show Circus was created to bring humanity and the creatures together...willingly or not. Their popularity due to their freak preformers is second to none. They keep their show active and with fresh preformers by,well,kidnnapping children from the town they preform in. The ringmaster chooses from the audience,and later on they are kidnnapped and brought into the circus,to become part of it,forever. Willingly or not,those children will be deformed and turned into freaks to join the circus. The one in control would be the allmighty ringmaster,with powers and a personality beyond understanding. The circus would be this children's home now,and is the home to many others who have joined willingly or not,being deformed from birth,in a freak accident or by the doctors within the circus.

Make friends. Make your preformances count. SURVIVE. 

Escape is futile alone,but numbers can be power...welcome to the Freak Show Circus.

 

Circus rules:

-Once you join,you're part of the Freak Show Circus family membership for life. You aren't allowed to retire or leave. You can try to escape,but those who aren't killed in the attempt and are caught will be punished with acid.

-No killing our human staff. They're hard to come by ya know.

-If you're gonna fight...fight it in the middle of the circus,that way we can all see.

-Humans hate us by nature. Don't befriend any human outside the circus...unless you wish them to share your fate.

-NEVER VENTURE OUT OF THE CAMP GROUNDS. ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. Remember how I said that all of those creatures exist? Yeah,Slendermand and the Rake are out there and after all of our @$$es,and they're not nice neighboors either.

 

Roleplay rules:

-All posts must be 5 sentences minimum,which creates a nice little paragraph.

-No killing/controlling other people's characters unless you have full permission.

-If you think your character has to go or if you want to leave the roleplay,you can,but I ask that if you could,maybe make an epic death scene for your character(s)?~ That would be splended.

-You can have as many characters as you think you can handle.

-No Godmodding. I myself will do my best to follow this rule even as the ringmaster.

-Be as twisted as you want to be. If you're gonna have gore in a post please put it in a spoiler with a warning.

-PG-14 romance wise. Kissing is the limit.

-Follow the rest of the standard KH13 roleplay rules...

-Have fun. If you want to even have music in the posts for some inspiration go ahead.

-Don't be afraid to messege me any questions or whatever. Seriously. I don't bite...much.

 

 

Character sheets:

-Freak to be: (Human in the beginning,then transformed into a freak by the doctors or accident)

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Appearence:

Appearence after deformation: (Be as creative as you want. The one thing that is not allowed is a human centepede)

Personality: (optional)

Bio: (optional)

Special talent?: (Optional. Example of this: Stand up commedy)

 

-Freak:(Already deformed and already in the circus)

Name:

Age:

Gender:
Appearance if you were human before:

Current appearance:

Personality: (Optional)

Bio: (Optional)

Special talent?: (Optional. Example of this: break dancing)

 

-Special Preformers: (People with special powers. Their apparences can vary from human to unhuman)

-Name:

-Age:

-Gender:

-Appearance:

-Power(s): (Limited to around 3. You can base your powers of an element or whatever you want. Be creative!)

-Personality: (optional)

-Bio: (optional)

-Special talent?: (Optional. Example of this: Being good poker)

 

-Doctor: (Demented,but also they're there for the preformer's well being,and at times,for emotional support.)

-Name:

-Age:

-Gender:

-Appearance:

-Personality: (Optional)

-Bio: (Optional)

-Special talent?: (Optional. Example of this: Immitating anima sounds)

 

-Staff: (Mostly humans who are dragged into the situation by complete accident. They are incharge to clean,cook,set up stage,etc.)

-Name:

-Age:

-Gender:

-Appearance:

-Spot: (Can choose more than one: Clown,cook,clean up,make up,grooming,laundry,emotional support,trapist.)

-Personality: (Optional)

-Bio: (optional)

-Special talent?: (Optional. Example of this: drawing)

 

 

 

My character sheets:

 

-Ringmaster:

Name: Vashle Pheles

Age: 28

Gender: Male

-Appearance:

Personality: Randomly bi-polar. He will offer you tea and cookies seconds after burning your face off.

Bio: Little is known of this man besides of his twisted mind and his sucess in building a messed up circus...

-Special talent?: He can play the flute

 

 

-Freak to be: (Reason I'm having two in one character sheet is because they're identical in every way and they're gonna become one...litterly)

Name: Len & Rin

Age: Both 16

Gender: Len is male. Rin is female.

Appearence: Len is the boy. Rin is the girl.

Appearence after deformation:

Personality:

Bio: Twins that have always been together at birth. They tend to think that they couldn't be closer as it wasn't possible. Boy are they wrong...

Special talent?: The duo can sing.

 

Having a list cause it helped me keep track of people last time

 

Circus Staff

~*Ringmaster*~

-Vashle Pheles (Me)

 

~*Doctor(s)*~

-Yuki Matsuto (ItNeverGetsBetterThanThis)

-Frederick Williams (VIIIth Angel)

-Isaac Ghiral (CloakedSchemerX)

 

~*Special Preformer(s)*~

-Felicia McKomrik (VIIIth Angel)

-Edna Everdawn (Sammy Kim)

-Jazz Belzz (ItNeverGetsBetterThanThis)

-Coulro (CloakedSchemerX)

-Patric Heit (ItNeverGetsBetterThanThis)

 

~*Freaks to be*~

-Rin & Len (Me)

-Anya Kriscoff (rikunobodyxiii)

-'Haru'ka Ione (Neko-chan)

-Joshua Akira (CloakedSchemerX)

 

 

~*Freaks*~

-Alicia Margatroid (Gumi)

-Sylvia Alane (Neko-Chan)

-Katherine the Giantess (me)

-Twitch (rikunobodyxiii)

 

~*Human Staff*~

-Ian Zander (Sammy Kim)

-Katie (twilight_toxas)

Edited August 3, 201312 yr by Stardustblade358

        Flame frowned at the name Vashle gave her to the audience. 'Fire Witch?' She thought. Putting the name aside, Flame approached the center stage as she waited for the audience's cheers to die down. "From what you heard, the Ringmaster said everything here is 100% real," She smirked. "So I ensure you, the fire you will be seeing is real, so don't touch unless told so." Just as Flame finished her sentence, fire appeared along the edges of the stage in a circle. If people looked closely, they can see an image in the flames of a brother and sister playing tag. Spreading her wings for people to see, Flame willed the fire to dance around the audience forming into various kind of shapes. One fire shaped itself into a beautiful horse and trotted near where Rin and Len was, another transformed into a butterfly fluttering over to Anya, and the last one was a dragon breathing friendly fire near Haruka. Flame smiled as children squealed in delight at the images. Finally the fires vanished. 

         "Oh don't worry, I have something prepared for the adults too!" She giggled as her eyes scanned the crowd. "I need an adult volunteer who trust me very much!" Several nervous hands went up and Flame picked a man around his 30's to come up. Everyone watched in amazement as the fires around the stage parted away so the man could get through unharmed. "So what's your name sir? Just your first name." Flame asked, giving the man a mircophone. "Richard." The man answered. "So you trust me Richard?" Flame smiled. Richard nodded, "I...trust you." 

          "Ok, then don't scream, don't move," Flame closed her eyes as she concentrated. Suddenly flames appeared on Richard as he screamed trying to squat the fire away but it continued to spread. Flame with her eyes closed, put her hand on Richard's shoulder as a sign to relax. It wasn't long until Richard was completely covered in flames. To everyone's shock, Richard stopped screaming. Worried whispers echoed from the audience to call the hospital, however the fire disappeared to reveal Richard all safe and sound except smoke was coming from his body. "That was...so weird. I felt so much temperature but it dropped and it felt like I was sitting by a nice fireplace." Richard exclaimed. Flame laughed. "Thanks for trusting me Richard, give it up for Richard!" The audience cheered as Richard returned to his seat with his family laughing and hugging him. "Now it's time for me to go, but don't be sad, there are a lot of great performers and they might need volunteers too! So for now, bye bye!" Flame yelled as she disappared in a heat of flames, ending her performance.

 

(Flame's outfit, ignore the katana: http://wallpaperscraft.com/image/19351/1600x1200.jpg)

Edited August 4, 201312 yr by Sammy Kim

Oooh Freak Show Circus. I guess I'll start here then~

 

 

-Freak to be: (Human in the beginning,then transformed into a freak by the doctors or accident)

Name: Kuro Miroshagi

Age: 14

Gender: male

Appearence: a tan colored boy with normal black hair covering one of his eyes, the visible eye is blue with a red pupil, usually wears a grey hoodie with black jeens, white and black sneakers, carries around a brown and tan voodoo like teddy bear

Appearence after deformation: (Be as creative as you want. The one thing that is not allowed is a human centepede) the guy in my profile picture

Personality: (optional) very calm, scared easily, afraid of creatures like Slenderman, has an insane side

Bio: (optional) unknown

Special talent?: (Optional. Example of this: Stand up commedy) his insanity~

@Locky: accepted.

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Vashle smiled at Dr.Delaro before looking back up at Flame as she finished her performance. "We're doing great so far. I already spy a few within the auidence that I would like to have as part of our little family."Vashle said as his covered eye throbbed in a sudden pain. He ignored it and looked around,pointing slightly at the twins,at Anya,and Haruka. "I'm thinking those four will be a divine addition. He said with a smirk,notecing also Kuro in a corner of the audience. "Him too. Doctor,which would you like to deform?"Vashle asked in a casual matter as he clapped at Flame's performance. As cheerful as ever,but then he looked around. It was Sylvia's turn. "Sylvia,come up,its your turn!"Vashle called in no particular direction as he looked back up at the audience. Katherine smiled as she watched her little girl sleep in her hand. Vashle looked up at Katherine. "Hey,Katherine,how ya holding up?"He asked,only to have Katherine do the 'shh' sign over her lips. He anime sweatdropped and stepped back a step. "Right,sorry."He said in a funny whisper.

Katie continue to sleep in her mother's hand for a hour, and began to open her little eyes, and smile as she sat up, and stretch. "That was a good nap." Katie said happily as she look at her mother. "When is it your turn mommy?" Katie asked her mother Katherine nicely.

(Yayz ~(-3-)~ so, uh, where is the circus, currently? I kinda wanna start close to where the circus is 030)

Sylvia dashed out of her carriage and towards the back of the tent, standing straight beside Vashle.

"I'm sorry I'm late Vashle!! Please forgive me!!" she called, bowing slightly before draining all light from the tent.

She used the darkness to make it to center stage.

"It's dark in here, isn't it?" Sylvia asked with a small grin, even though nobody could see her yet.

The lights came back on, but all were very dim.

"A bit better, no?" she asked, still hiding in the darkness.

There was absolute silence from the crowd.

"Are you going to let us see you or not?!" Haruka called from the crowd.

Sylvia stepped out of the shadows, revealing herself. She flew straight over to Haruka and grabbed him by the hand and pulled him on the stage.

"Your name...young boy?" she asked.

"My name is Haruka Ione." he said seriously.

"I am Sylvia....Sylvia Alane. Now may I ask you a question, Haruka?" Sylvia asked.

Haruka nodded.

"Are you...afraid of heights?" 

"N-No!" Haruka answered. 

What a lie that was. Sylvia giggled and grabbing Haruka's other hand, she dashed up in the air.

"Let me go!" Haruka called.

"You aren't afraid of heights. You said it yourself." Sylvia said, landing on a wire in air. The lights went out again and then torches lit with blue fire surround the stage.

"Trust me, Haruka." she said with a smile, letting go of one of his hands.

Haruka closed his eyes, afraid. Sylvia didn't let go of his other hand though.

"If you believe in yourself and believe you won't fall, anyone can walk this high on a wire with no net below." Sylvia said with a smile. 

Haruka gulped and nodded, taking a step forward, the wire wobbled a bit but Sylvia stepping back steadied him. 

"I will teach you, Haruka." she said, taking a step forward and Haruka taking a step back. 

He took another step back as she took a step forward, Sylvia let go of him and shuffled behind Haruka, with each of their soft steps, the lanterns started going out. Haruka and Sylvia were dancing. Dancing on a wire. Haruka never knew he was able to do this. Within a short while, the lanterns all went out. Sylvia flew Haruka to the ground, all the lights turning on again.

"Thank you Haruka!" she called with a smile.

The crowd cheered, Haruka was brave and was able to trust someone new.

"Now how many of you would be able to do that?! Give it up for Haruka!" Sylvia called.

The crowd cheered louder.

"Thank you~ Everyone~" she said, letting Haruka going back into the audience and Sylvia making the place go dark and returning towards the back of the tent.

"W-Was that okay...Vashle...I didn't do that good...but I tried!!" Sylvia said with the smallest bit of sadness in her voice.

 

(NEKO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO. SUUPER LONG POST.) 

Joshua's eyes were widened with much more shock. Coulro had already begun using his illusions and had weaved his self to appear as his father, but only to Joshua. Coulro sat the boy down in V.I.P seating— the front row. In Joshua's eyes, the illusions appeared for their to be no exits. His mouth felt as if it was gone, and couldn't speak. He could only hear and see what Coulro let's him to, with silent tears. The human mind is not only vulnerable, but will work against you when it's confused. Truly magnificent.

Coulro walked backstage and then upwards to the higher seatings, sitting towards the front as well, next to Isaac. "Ah, I can keep an eye on him from here. Do you think he'll make an adequate subject, Isaac?" Coulro asked calmly. Isaac smirked. "Oh, he'll be adequate, yes. He's young— and he actually has a body that is usually that of someone even younger. His blood will be rich and fresh. Speaking of blood, actually...." Isaac's smirk turned to a demented grin. "...Never mind. Everyone will see my work with him after tonight."

(Oor I could just start at the show, cause I'm to impatient to wait~ heh heh)

 

Kuro sat in one of the back row seats, crossing his arms carelessly. He stared at the stage silently. He had missed the first show. He noticed because the crowd was starting to die down quite a bit from the cheering. He could hear an adult whispering about the earlier show, but failed to understand what she was saying. He sighed. He obviously hated missing things, especially the circus. Before he had left to come, his mother had told him that the circus wasent very far from there. What a lie that was. If only they could afoird a car... He shook his head sharply and thought positive. At least he was here. That was all that mattered to him right now, that he could at least see a few before it was time to leave. Another sigh escaped his mouth and he leaned back in his seat.

Doctor Delaro adjusted his glasses again and studied each of the prospective test subjects carefully.

"That girl." He said, indicating Anya to Vashle. "She looks like a good candidate. I've been thinking of a few mutations or grafts I can try out. Of course, I'll have to make sure I'm not turning her into anything too similar to the others. Would be a poor freak show if all the freaks are alike. That's when normality sets in."

He sighed somewhat for forlornly.

"I had been hoping to actually watch the show this time, but opporations to set themselves up."

He gave the Ringmaster a respectful nod and nearly left by way of the center of the big top. He stopped himself, gave an embarrest grin and went out the back way. He considered as he walked about how to prepare the girl. Maybe with her, the thing would leave him alone.

Katherine thought for a bit. "Oh I'm the last one to go Katie."Katherine said. In the tent the twins were clapping like crazy,laughing and smiling and cheering at the top of their lungs. "This circus is better than we imagined."Len said as he looked up. "We sneaked out but when we tell mom and dad what we saw they're gonna regret not coming with us."Rin said as she smirked and ate some popcorn. Vashle looked over at Sylvia and got his hands on her shoulders. "Oh Sylvia you did wonderful! Didn't you hear the roar of the crowd? They loved it! You did your best,thus,you did amazing."Vashle said as he rubbed her head. He nodded towards Dr.Delaro and nodded,smirking slightly to himself. He looked up and whistled loud. "Felicia! You're up,come on in now!"Vashle said as he looked over at the crowd. "I'll help out the doctors out with the rest after the show,they can fight over who gets to deform who late~"

Sylvia smiled and nodded.

"Thank you Vashle!" She said with a smile.

"Umm....Haruka Ione should join us. He is worthy and would make an excellent freak. He should become my assistant....but he'd need to go through some harsh changes if he was my assistant. I wouldn't be able to perform on a wire with an ungraceful guy....if you did Devore Haruka you should make him a girl." She said to Vashle, they were literally standing beside each other.

Felicia came up to Vashle and smiled.

"Alright, do let me help you with the twins at least, I don't want to get rusty."

She looked at the crowd.

"Thanks for warming them up Sylvia. Here I go."

Walking out in front of the crowd, she approached a table with a crystal ball that was placed in the center. Of course she didn't need the crystal ball, it was all for show.

"Welcome, one and all." She bellowed. The lights dimmed as she continued. "I am Madam Felicia, and I am in need of a volunteer. Anyone?"

Many raised there hands, but she only called on one, a woman who wasn't raising her hand at all.

"Oh I didn't-" The woman began.

"I know, I want to make a believer out of you." Felicia replied. "Please sit down."

The woman reluctantly sat down, and Felicia sat across the table.

"Now let's begin."

Felicia moved her hands around the crystal ball.

"A spirit is trying to contact us." Felicia said mysteriously. "It's... Your grandmother."

"Ooh, you guessed that a middle aged woman's grandma passed away. Not impressed." The woman smirked. Chatter could be heard from the crowd.

"It's a great trick isn't it?" Felicia joined in on the woman's humor. "Just like how your grandma Mable used to make a nickel appear out of your little brother Kyle's afro."

The woman gasped. "How did you..."

"I'm getting something else..." Felicia interrupted. Felicia began to levitate from the ground, and the lights flashed on her white glossy eyes.

"It's not your fault." She said in a low tone. "It's not your fault. You have to move on from it, and maybe even marry that nice boy Richard. I love you, Annie-bear."

Felicia slowly lowered to the ground, and she held her hand out to the woman."I also don't think it's your fault, what happened." Felicia said in a comforting way. "These people don't need to know what 'it' is, but you know, and that's all that maters."

The woman burst into tears. Grabbing Felicia's hand and standing up, they both bowed as the crowd roared into applause.

Felicia went off stage and hugged Vashle.

"How was I father? I decided to try a ghost whisperer act." She said gleefully. "Used my mind reading and used her personal information against the woman. I even levitated myself to add effect."

She looked up at Vashle while still hugging him.

"Did you like it father?"

Kuro watched the act with widened eyes, surprised at the outcome. He did a short chuckle and leaned forward in his seat. these people seem to have special talents... he thought with a smile. i wonder what mom would say when I tell her what I saw... he leaned back I. His seat again and stared at the stage, daydreaming of what he would tell his mother. She didn't ever listen to him, but he still liked to tell her them.

"What are you going to do when its your turn mommy?" Katie asked sitting on the palm of her hand smiling.

 Flame reappeared off the stage completly satisfied with her peformance. Watching Felicia and Slyvia's perform, she clapped and cheered for them. 

 

 Ian was cleaning an empty lion's cage with a wet mop and a bucket filled with water and soap. He thought about the various people currently in the circus: Felicia, Slyvia, Flame, Jazz, Coulro (who scares the living hell out of Ian), Patric, Twitch, Alice, Katherine, and...Katie. God why does Katie's soft innocent face never leave Ian's head? Was it because it was one of those rare moments when you see a good thing in this place? His thoughts were interuppted by a wet sponge hitting Ian in the back of the head. "Come on idiot, if we don't finish cleaning this cage before the lion comes back, we'll be kitty chow." A staff grunted. "S-sorry!" Ian stammered as he thrusted the mop into the bucket trying to clean the cage as fast as he could. 

"Ah, it appears that Twitch is next-in-line for the show! And so, I must head off backstage to be ready with my own act. Watch the boy for me, would you? I know you wouldn't want a subject to become self-aware again quite yet and leave." Coulro said cheerily and walked down the staircase to the back of the performance stage. "Now to wait here...I wonder what our Ringmaster Vashle is going to end up doing tonight."

Twitch ambled over to the entrance to the stage. He usually waited to be called, but he was impatient right now. He wanted to get out there and do his thing and be done. If he was lucky, the Ringmaster would be too busy to put the collar back on. Then he could inact his new plan.

"Twitch ready, Ringmaster." He yapped, a hand pulling at the collar. "Twitch give watchers good show, mark his words."

Vashle smiled down at Felicia as he chuckled. "You did amazing darling. I loved it."Vashle smiled as he rubbed her head. He then turned over to Sylvia,hearing her idea. He smirked wildly. "Changing the gender you say? That actually sounds rather delightful~"Vashle said with a slight purr. He smiled and turned over to Twitch. He nodded. "Alright Twitch. Hold still for a second."Vashle said as he let go of Felicia and walked over to Twitch. He got his hands down on the chains that surrounded Twitch's neck and he started to whisper something. "Verto."He said as the chain opened. Vashle carefully removed it from Twitch's neck,freeing him from the somewhat suffocating chain. "There we go. Have fun,Twitch."Vashle simply said,giving him a warning glance that he always gave to Twitch to remind him to not try to escape...otherwise it'd be the acid box for him. Katherine looked down at Katie and she tilted her head. "I don't know deary,I just hope I don't squish anyone by accident or anything. I don't like when the blood gets stuck on my skin."Katherine whispered with a shiver a bit. Meanwhile at the stands the twins were amazed beyond belief. By this point of cheering they were almost out of voice and breath but their adrenaline was pumping all over their body and around. Vashle smirked a bit a then bit one of his fingers slightly as he thought deeply for a few seconds. "We need to get all of these kids in their cages and we need to get up and going before the cops get suspicious on us."

Coulro watched with a devilish grin as Vashle released Twitch. He was just waiting for the goblin to do something naughty. "I'll see to it that any escape attempt of Twitch's won't go unpunished, Ringmaster Vashle." Coulro told him quite calmly, still with his mask on, so unable to.see any facial expressions of his. Most people wouldn't like to, anyways. "On the more recent topic, I'd say during and after my act would be splendid times to take whom we need. Everyone will be dazed, awed, and topsy-turvy from all the delusions they'll see, after all. No one shall notice a soul being taken away...even the captives will be confused." Coulro suggested as he pulled up a chair and sat, crossing his right leg over the left. "Otherwise, it'd be but a nuisance."

When Katie heard Valshe mention cops she got a bit confuse. "What did Mr.Valshe say?" Katie asked her mother not knowing what he is talking about.

(can someone list the people that haven't been claimed by a doctor yet?)

(Sorry for the length of this one, but it had to roll.)

 

Twitch rolled his neck once or twice before heading out on stage. He stopped briefly to give Coulro another wink and unsettling grin. Back on course, the goblin ambled out on stage, not waiting for an introduction, as he sometimes did. He hummed a little didy he learned for this act, humming it just loud enough for the watchers to know he was humming.

Stopping in front of the ladder up to an acrobat's perch, Twitch looked up.

And up.

And up.

Till he fell over backwards.

This got the usual roars of laughter from the crowd. Twitch picked himself up, growled at the ladder, and walked onto center stage. As he was random on many things in his act, multiple ways up were available. A rope lowered down to him, to which he jumped when he saw it, to the further amusement of the crowd. The goblin pulled on the rope a few times, then, seeming satisfied, he spat on his hands, rubbed them together and was half way up the rope fast than any one of the audience could believe. Using only his hands, Twitch moved at dizzying speed, using strength that his scrawny form had no right to have.

He quickly arrived at the top of the rope, which ended in a near jungle gym of ropes and bars, suspended at a terminal height above the ground. Twitch began swinging from the bars and ropes by his hands, feet and one time, his mouth. He treated any applause or cries from the watchers with cackling laughter and started throwing himself through the air from hand hold to hand hold, much to the crowd's breath holding delight.

Finally, Twitch swung to a perch built on to one of the central support pillars of the big top and landed in a crouch. He quickly stood up, raising his hand slow above his head. The crowd responded to the universal command and cheered louder. Cackling again, the goblin slammed his feet and hands against his perch, then jerked a thumb up. An unseen worker got the signal and hauled on some ropes. A moment later, all of the ropes and bars Twitch had been using pulled up out of reach, leaving only a traditional trapeze bar swinging idly.

Feeling like a goblin chieftain inciting his followers, Twitch started clapping his hands together and chanting "Twitch!". The audience picked it up and it grew. When it was at its height, Twitch ran along the short plank that served for his perch and launched himself at the trapeze.

"It's too far." Anya thought, a lump in her throat.

Sound died away and time slowed as Twitch flew through the air, stretched out as far as he could to grab hold of his only life line.

And missed.

The crowd gasped and Anya turned white as the goblin began to fall. Many an audience member shivered as Twitch, instead of screaming, raised his voice in dark, insane laughter. As he did, his hand dropped into a bag on his belt. It darted out and a shiny object was thrown out, trailing a length of thin rope. It imbedded into one of the main support columns and held as Twitch's movement began to spiral around the the column. A few twists later and safely close to the ground, Twich let go of his grapple and landed in a roll, to come up before the audience to give them a deep bow. The audience went wild.

Twitch laughed again and skipped to back stage, leaving his contraband grapple coiled around the column.

Edited August 7, 201312 yr by rikunobodyxiii

The twins clapped like crazy. Rin yawned a bit and blinked a few times as she then rested her head against Len's shoulder. While Rin felt tired,spending her stamina and energy on cheering and just being excited because of the amazing circus,Len was still active and looking all around the circus tent,waiting to see what could possibly be next. "Len,I'm tired."Rin muttered. Len turned to his sister. "Come on sis! The circus is still not yet done,we need to stay till the final act ya know!"Len said as he shook his sister by the shoulders so she wouldn't fall asleep. "Well,I'm going to the bathroom then. Be right back,Len."Rin said as she yawned a bit and stood up,walking away,for the first time in years that she would be walking away from her brother,even if it would be for just a few minutes while she went to the bathroom. Len shrugged and looked back up,eating the last popcorn from his bag. Vashle watched as Twitch finished his act. "Twitch that was amazing!"Vashle said as he was indeed,very impressed. He thought a bit and decided to be nice for the heck of it,he did well after all. "Alright Twitch,you can go rest now,you did a great job. There should be some refreshments at your carriage."Vashle said as he nodded his head towards the group of carriages. "I won't wrap the chain around your neck considering you did so well."Vashle said,his expression then sharpened to a glare. "But do don't get over your head,remember that I have eyes all over this Circus."Vashle said in a somewhat serious matter. He then smiled and turned over to Coulro,giving a wicked smile. "Sounds like a plan,lets do it."Vashle said as he turned around. "Alright,those who wanna help out in kidnapping the new-comers,do it after and around Coulro's act. They'll all be topsy-turvy after he's done with them."

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Coulro smirked as well. "Indeed. Well then, now it is my time to shine, so enjoy the fun with kidnapping...! I've already had my share before the show~" Coulro said excitedly as he proceeded onto the stage. Every single light instantly shut off, leaving the crowd in a sudden slight panic over the darkness. As the lights remained off, Coulro's mildly raspy voice echoed throughout the room. "Oh, the FrEaK sHoW~, the FrEaK sHoW! How you've seen the strange, and the bizarre! Don't believe what you see, because you're CERTAINLY quite far! Be sure to come down without having lost your head! But remember, you're ALWAYS welcome to join us~" Coulro chimed excitedly, ..."alive or dead! Ahahahaha~" He gave a dramatic laugh that echoed throughout the room quite loudly. As he did, everyone suddenly felt their seat disappear, a rope tied around each of their necks as they fell into the darkness— a seemingly endless pit. Sounds of some people screaming could be heard as well. The ropes all began to tighten, until they were landed again right back up above their seats, hanged as if dead. No pain...no death. In just a few moments, they all felt back in their seat again, as if nothing had happened, and the lights were on again.

In their seats the whole time, no one moved a muscle, but all of it felt, looked and sounded completely real. Even the wind as they fell seemed to have blown as it would down such a fall. Many of the audience started gasping, whispering, and feeling their necks to make sure it was okay. A scary but relieving experience. "Quite a fallacious fright, I'd deem, but, quiet now, for you have no mouth, and yet...you must scream!!" Coulro exclaimed again, twitching his arm to the side as everyone seemed to not be able to speak anymore. Their mouths were eluded from them, and their minds were going haywire with not knowing what happened. Spiders, snakes, and rats seemed to come from the doorways, completely vanishing if anyone touched them, but still giving that creepy-crawly paranoia if they touched you. A few people were seen trying to scream, others just trying to get everything off. In another moment, they disappeared. "And to that, my friends, I must bid you all adieu. Not without a an extra little dab of fright however, mind you."

The lights turned off again. Only silence remained, and people's mouths felt normal again. To Isaac and the others who weren't of the audience, they could see through the dark illusion now, giving them an opportunity— an extra one, at least. Isaac took it— and by it, Joshua.

Coulro's cackling clown mask appeared directly in front of everyone in the audience as soon as the lights turned on again, people jumping back from the disembodied laughing mask. The lights flickered this time. Coulro left the stage, his act done. Would people even believe anything they'd see for a while, now? Minds can play tricks on you too easily. Even without Coulro conducting the illusions, he did enough so that a daze lasted among the people's minds.

Edited August 8, 201312 yr by CloakedSchemerX