As a vampire, Vladimir Kalkovich was not a fan of the sun. He powers would always weaken. Yet, on show days, Vladimir was always up at the crack of dawn making sure everything was set up just perfectly. The countryside of France was a beautiful area, one of Vladimir's favorite. At the moment, Vladimir's Circus was outside of Lyons. After two weeks here, the Circus would move North to Paris. Vladimir wandered the circus tent inspecting everything. He made sure the seats were clean, the side show tents were in order, and the cooks were getting ready with the sweets and treats that were needed for tonight.
Show time. Vladimir Kalkovich's favorite time. In his carriage he could hear the sounds of families, couples, and his 'children,' the creatures seeking refuge; all sounded happy. Vladimir loved the evening and even more spending it in the presence of humans. He had learned to control he predatory urges like all creatures who join his circus. Although he could control his urges, Vladimir still needed blood to function. Vladimir found an easy way around that. He would get 'donations' from human blood banks. Vladimir felt calm and sat in his carriage. He heard the shouts of joy coming from the main tent. "I'm no longer damned. I've redeemed myself." were the words Vladimir always told himself in the morning and before he went to sleep. The enjoyment he heard come from the tent just reenforced that idea. Just then Vladimir heard a knock at his carriage door. Vladimir opened the door. Two police officers were at the door.
"Nous avons besoin de vous parler." One officer said.
Switching to french Vladimir spoke, "What about officer's?" His Russian accent was thick and deep. One officer motioned for Vladimir to follow him. Worried, Vladimir followed them behind the main circus tent. His eyes being acute to the night saw and smelt immediately what they were going to. "A body…A human body." Vladimir thought. When they got closer and he was sure the officers could see the body. "Is that a body?" Vladimir asked in French.
"Oui. Do you know anything about this issue?" An officer asked.
Vladimir answered all their questions to the best of his ability. Although the police were stumped on who the culprit was, Vladimir had a good idea. He and the ringmaster were explicit with the idea of "No killing, no eating, no harm will come to humans." Vladimir needed to find out who did this. He walked back into the circus area. He walked in the back entrance to the circus ten and ended up back stage. He was greeted brightly and Vladimir teased a few of the performers. Vladimir found the ringmaster back stage. "Rosalind, full circus meeting after the performance. We have a problem…" Vladimir looked serious while speaking. He left the tent and went back to his carriage.
Jean-Jaques Brouillard, had just joined the circus a week ago. The rumors about the place had been circulating around Europe for a few years. The supernatural viewed the circus as a safe haven. Regardless if you had a talent the Manager, would give you a job and provide protection from the human world. "Ouch." Jean's head always hurt when he thought about humans for some reason. It was as if his body was trying to remember something. After the slight headaches, they would escalate into the voices in his head reappearing. He would have to cut himself with a silver knife to get the voices to stop. Silver is a major weakness Shapeshifters had. Silver burns like acid on their skin. It's a pain. Sometimes the voices wouldn't stop and Jean would black out. That particular event happened that day. He forgot everything he did on the Morning of the performance, it was only when he was in the fortune teller side show act when he came to his senses. Jean felt like telling the Manager that he was loosing his memory, but he felt embarrassed by it. Jean had this idea that his problems did not belong in the Circus. He just wanted to be safe. The Manager made it his goal to make everything better for Supernatural creatures and helping them get over memory loss was on his agenda. "I can't the Manager is always busy during the performance." Sighing, Jean went back stage to talk to the performers. He had nothing to do till after the main event. Jean heard the manager's voice from behind him. "Rosalind, full circus meeting after the performance. We have a problem…" "A problem…" Muttered Jean.
"Wonder what this is about." He returned his attention to Acrobats who were on stage.