Phillis Circus: Big Top - Partioned Backroom"You okay, ma'am?""Ah, yes, I'm fine. Should've watched where I was going. I apologize and uh, I really need to get going." Aria stepped back, amicable smile still on her face and nudged Estelle towards the curtains where Trixie and Lucy had disappeared behind.
"Excuse us please~""Wait a second, you!" the girl from behind Max piped up, pointing an indignant finger at the two clowned guilders. "Who are you gals, 'n what're ya doing here?" She placed both hands on her hips. "You don't look familiar at all. You new?" She gasped. "Oh, you must be new! Huh, they're new, right, Maxie-Moo?" And before Estelle and Aria could react, Tammie linked arms with Aria and pulled her close. "I'm Tammie, what's your name?"
"Ohhh Tammie - wait a sec - they're uh, they're with me."
The firebreather had suddenly spoken up, catching the quad's attention immediately. He chuckled with a tinge of nervousness as he approached them. "Yeah, they're new, they're new. Um - Sammie brought them innnn... just this morning! And right now, they're actually, uh - supposed to help me with something. To test something. You know. For tonight's show."
Tammie raised a brow at Crispin. "Like what?"
"You'll see it tonight! It'll be awesome! The sibs, they'd love it! Hah - hahaha! Haha, haaaa..." He went from a jovial expression to one of sudden remorse, now looking down to the side. "Can we please get back to our rehearsal now. They were already late with coming here."
The magician girl pouted her lips - "Hmmm..." - then gave the firebreather a double thumbs up. "Okay! Sounds good!" Her tone of voice dropped an octave, as her thumbs up turned into finger pointing again. "But you better show it to me before the show starts tonight! Anymore screwups from you and I will
not hesitate to--"
Crispin's expression lit up again, smiling wide and proud. "Thank you, thank you, and thank you!" With a dumb faux bow, he gripped onto both Estelle's and Aria's wrists (the burnt fire stick still in one hand) and dragged the duo along with him into a nearby room, blocked off with a curtain like the others. He went further down the rooms, despite whatever protests the girls may or may not have given, until he reached a dead-end private room, with its three walls decorated with various equipment and costumes. Of course, a mirror stood at the end opposite to the entry curtain as well.
Once inside, Crispin dropped the girls' wrists and turned to face them, panting heavily before straightening himself up and catching his breath. He chucked the stick behind him. "Okaaay, so you two are new, right? Did Sammie hire you, or did she
hire you?"
Tammie stood by, watching as the curtains Crispin dashed through fluttered back into place. She pouted playfully at this, crossing her arms now that they were all out of sight. "Oh, boo. That sucks. I'm never gonna get to hang out with the newbies at this rate." She then stretched as she turned around, facing Max and the rest of the practicing performers behind her. "Ah well, back to work I guess! ... ... Heeeey, everyone?
"Where's tonight's star?"
Phillis Circus: Big Top - Eastern End"Um... why aren't they coming after us?"
Trixie and Lucien both blinked at one another then shrugged. "Eeeyeah, let's go before they catch us again..." The prankster wandered over by the exit curtain they came through. She tugged it open to peer outside only to spot performers approaching the tent from outside. Immediately she closed it and turned back to Lucien. "Oh omelets, we can't go out! Um, um - Lucy, quick, this way!" Trixie was not taking no for an answer - she did
not want to get caught a second time.
The duo took off to the next room over, and into the next and next, until they were met with a long corridor. "Ooh," Trixie squeaked in a whisper, "Maybe this leads to a different way out!"
They continued running down it - only for Trixie to halt suddenly, throwing her arm out to the side to stop Lucien abruptly as well. Her nose twitched. "Someone's coming, someone's coming!" she squeaked again, looking back to Lucien with frantic eyes. There were no other rooms within reach aside from the ones on either end of the corridor. "Eee! Um, um, um! Hide, hide!"
The options for that were few. However, there were some metal shelves lined along parts of the wall behind them. While some had boxes, blankets, and the like, the spaces on the bottom of a particularly large shelf was vacant. Trixie quickly huddled Lucien inside, no matter how uncomfortable, and flopped a large blanket over them, pulled from the shelf above them. Once it covered them, she shifted it to the side to make more folds and creases.
Soon enough, footsteps passed by, and a voice murmured to himself.
When he passed out of the corridor and into the next room, Trixie remained where she was, holding onto Lucien as well. "...you think we're okay now?" she whispered.
Vance continued outside of the big top through the entrance Trixie and Lucien had come through. Immediately the performers who were making their way to the big top stopped and stepped to the side to allow the man through. He waved them away with a flick of his wrist before carrying on forwards - towards the animal cages. Without hesitation or even batting an eye towards the guilders all around him, he strode right up to the big laughing man - completely ignoring whatever flirtation was going on between Abram and Moira.
"Abram," he said, "The others are currently preparing for tonight's performance. Perhaps you could assist with setting up the center stage."
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