Rexcalibur

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Phillis Circus: Outskirts

"Pl, please don't kill me - I don't want to die," Stevie called out from his vulnerable position. His visor began to fog from his outburst of tears. Weakly his hands pulled and pushed at his levers, but nothing was moving his busted stilt leg. Its knee sparked with electrical bits with each touch of its lever. The opposite leg bent and slid along the ground upon command, but Stevie was both too scared and too disoriented to try moving it further. "I'm, I'm just doing my job, please don't kill me..."

Lily let out a cry - "Raaaaghh!" - as she suddenly began stomping along the hazy grounds with her own metal stilts. Being a good enough distance away from Stevie, it didn't affect him so much bar a couple of short slides to and fro from the rumbling ground. She was certain one of the two girls were somewhere nearby her person, and she couldn't let what happened to her dumb brother happen to herself. She knew not of Poppy's position, but having seen Poppy in action on stage an uncountable number of times, she was well aware the acrobat could handle herself.

And then... aha! The rumble had caught Xandra unaware. Her stagger had bought Lily's laser time to recharge enough for a short beam. With Xandra was still in sight during the rumble, Lily stopped her stomping and shot out another thin laser at the metallurgist.

Though Stevie was incapacitated, his own laser continued to recharge. And the longer their lasers charged, the longer and thicker the hot red rays shot out.

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Phillis Circus: Big Top - Pit

"...this mess! Up! Now!"

After Estelle's shaking, Crispin's head lolled to the side on its own, his eyes peering open to meet with Estelle's. He moaned. But at least the pain in his face began to numb, even if it was going to be concave for the next however many weeks. "Am I... dead yet? Is this... heaven?" The blurred images before him connected into one as Estelle's yelling became clearer by the second. "Oh sweet gods, yes," he muttered to himself upon noticing just who was grabbing onto and slapping him. That fiery red hair, those vibrant heart-breaking eyes, her lively voice.

Then his eyes widened. "Oh sweet gods, no! Behind you!"

Just as Estelle managed to look over her shoulder at the beast of a man, Crispin (still slightly dazed) mustered as much strength as he could to push her aside with one hand. It wasn't enough to knock her down, but it did get her out of the way. He inhaled deeply. With his other hand, he quickly reeled back his sizzling fist and thrust it forward. He was much too far to hit Abram - but the elongated fireball that shot from his knuckles did the trick. It slammed right into Abram before dissipating into thin smoke. The force of the fiery punch was enough to send Crispin's entire body recoiling back some, effectively pushing him further away from the tamer.

The brawler's red-hot distraction provided him enough time to get back onto his feet. Thanks to the supporting pole he had hit from sliding back, Crispin was able to balance himself quick enough to stand up before Abram could follow up while he was down. And the hot chick was safe too. Good, good, everything was going according to--

"Hey guys, what's that one show called again? With all the animals and the fighty fighty elemental stuff and the... uh... this thing?"

A roar boomed from Crispin's side. Eyes widened, he glanced to his side to see a furry black-and-white beast leaping at him with paws outstretched. Tammie wasted no time resummoning the beast she had just pocketed away.




"Whoa whoa WHOA!" Crispin cried out. He ducked under the panda and to its side, following up with a double jab to his side. The instinctual punches were without fire this time and were much weaker than he would've done to any of the performers. Still, the panda cried out in pain as it flew away from him at an angle - crashing into one of the tightrope's supporting poles. While it wasn't enough to knock it down completely, it did shake up the rope's tautness quite a bit. The panda's sudden intrusion onstage startled Elena the elephant enough to have her cry and whip her trunk.

"Animal abuse! Animal abuse!" Tammie called out, jumping as she pointed at Crispin, her hat in her other hand still. Her accusations were cut off from Elena's trunk nearly smacking into her. She had jumped back in time, but she still tutted at the beast. "Miss Elena G. Yeltsin! I expected better of you!" And just as she had done to the panda moments ago, she swept up the elephant with her cape. Which was obviously not big enough to touch more than her foreleg, but... to anyone who was looking, it seemed like the elephant kinda just... vanished. But no one was looking anyway.

Crispin faced Abram's direction, his arms still poised to counter and dodge any moves the big guy might try to throw. Like a hyped martial artist, he had a slight bounce to his stance. So long as he wasn't ganged up on or distracted, his speed would always buffer Abram's stronger moves. And with the (hopefully strong) hot chick on his side, his confidence went through the roof. Despite his purpled face and missing tooth.

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Phillis Circus: Outside the Big Top

Just when she thought she had him, that damned runt practically destroyed her eardrums and rolled away! He said something too, probably a taunt, but the prolonged ringing rendered her deaf for the time being. Once it died down, Sammie released her hands from her ears and staggered onto her feet. Her glare was as ferocious as ever - but her confident wry smug had returned. "So you guys have your own little magic tricks too, huh?? Well, this is interesting! Wouldn't you say so, Cammie?"

"Eh... interesting," he replied back, still as monotone as ever. He merely looked to Lute's position from where he stood, this time neither hat nor cape in hand. He and that redhead were helping him escort citizens just a few moments ago. Could they really be so bad? ...aside from the fact that they were aligned with that arsonist? Or did they just hold some strange vendetta against the circus? Either way, Cammie pondered these things as he watched the virtuoso. Guilders were unpredictable.

Sammie called out again, ripping her hat right off her head. She dipped her hand right inside it. "Time for act two of Sammie's very own super special awesome show! Can ya guess what's coming next, punk?" Her smug widened, along with her eyes. What on earth was this fuzzy thing inside of her hat? Well, it wouldn't hurt to pull it out--

COULD YOU GUESS? COULD YOU?

An elephant was summoned with a loud stomp.

Any citizens crazy enough to stand by and watch the show had finally gotten enough sense to run away even further - though a few still ran a short enough distance to still see Lute and the beast in plain view. Others dared to hide behind some tents (those that weren't wrecked by Max) and poked their heads out to the side to see what was going on. Dumb teens didn't really know any better than "oh wow COOL I paid to see this is this part of the SHOW OMG," so yes they stood around in harm's way without anyone to physically escort them to the exit. They stood around to far for Lute, Sammie, and Cammie to hurt them, at least - but that meant they were closer to Max's crew.

During Lute (and Cammie)'s awestricken reaction, Sammie hopped onto Elena's bent knee, then jumped higher to grab onto the elephant's back. "Yeehaw!" she called out from above. "Elena baby I have no idea how you got in there, but it's a good thing we gotcha back out! Do me a favor and wreck his shit for me, will ya? Atta'girl! You were always my favorite!"

Cammie shook the shock out of him before running after Lute. He had to keep him from fleeing inside; he wasn't entirely sure he could trust Sammie not to force Elena to destroy the tent by running side it, not when there were still people in there!

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It's cool Buns, everyone needs a break sometimes. :)

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Oy oy oy stop it with the Pokemon trash talking

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Phillis Circus: Big Top - Onstage

It... it worked. He didn't quite understand how, but it worked. That guilder chick didn't physically follow up as he had anticipated - but somehow Isabella's retaliation had completely missed, while Crispin landed his blow. Before he could even look to Aria for a brief thumbs-up, however, he himself flew off to the side as well. A blow to the stomach for a blow to the face - the tradeoff was not worth it.



Tammie yelped in response as Crispin came crashing by her. She hopped out of the way in time to watch him skid right by herself and Estelle along the ground. The magician leaned back to get a closer look at the brawler as he slid out of sight and eventually came to a stop. Judging from his battered face and gross moans... "Ouch. Abram's such a meanie when he wants to be, you know."

Ooh! She couldn't forget the task at hand! "By the way! I'm gonna do that! To you! In like four seconds if you don't surrender!" She brandished her katana, stepping towards Estelle. As soon as Tammie's blade was too close for comfort to Estelle's nose, she began to shake the blade. Wildly. She coughed to the side between sentences - there was still ample smoke along the ceiling. "I'm not scared to swing this at you! Don't move or else I'll--HEY YOU MOVED! I JUST TOLD YOU NOT TO!"

After all her blade-trembling, she held her weapon back then swung it like a baseball bat, hoping to cleave it right into Estelle's face.

As if a trigger-finger witch wasn't bad enough, a certain panda was charging down the aisle straight after Estelle.

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Phillis Circus: Outskirts

"EEEEEEK!" A shrill from within the smog gave away its owner's position in a flash. "Get it off, get it off, get it offfffff!" Just when Trixie thought she managed to scare off both spidey-hands with her guns, one of them still managed to latch onto her and creep its way up her leg. She started to dance, shooting off her guns and shaking her limbs as the screams continued much to Xandra's dismay. Wherever she was within the smog.

Though it wasn't necessary, it did help out the patrolmen locate her faster. Lily shot off her laser again without hesitation - though Trixie, in all her anxiety, managed to dance out of the way in time. Lily cursed under her breath as she waited for it to recharge, and Stevie followed up with his own laser after his sister's failed shot.

Once again, Trixie dodged it in time. The moment she felt some itchy tingly icky feeling squirming over her belly, she flopped right onto her stomach in hopes of squishing it.

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Phillis Circus: Big Top - Guinevere's Room

"Gwee, what are you doing!?"

"Brother, please - please allow me a moment. Just a minute more."

Vance turned away from the curtain on the spot, glaring the backside of his sister. Rage boiled under his skin. He spoke slowly to her, each syllable pronounced with harshness. "Gwee, both you and I will incinerate alive if we do not make haste now."

Smoke continued seeping into the room. Though the majority of flames from the performance stage had been put out by now, no thanks to Crispin's fiery reflex, its produced smog roamed free within the large tent as there was no wind nor breeze to push it all out. Guinevere, however, flitted to and fro from the shelves along her room, wiping its shelves clean of its contents and into her arms.

"If you could, Vance, please." Before Vance could respond beyond a gasp full of air, Guinevere lodged something over her shoulder at the man. He snatched it out the air with a single hand, bringing it to his face... and frowned. He looked up to be met with his sister's backside again, as she continued roaming through her shelves. "Sir Theodore is not fond of large groups... he is rather claustrophobic. But his dear lady Phoebe O'Cutie"--she tossed another item his way, this time a mouse plushie in a polkadot dress--"must know where he is at all times, elsewise she has tantrums worse than Madam Tuttleneck's child and--"

"Don't be ridiculous, Gwee! What in the name of the gods do you think you're doing!?" The mouse within one hand and the rabbit in the other squeezed under Vance's fingers. "Our tent, our beloved home is lit aflame. You say you need to retrieve some items of importance - but your 'companions'? Those are of more significance than catching our perpetrator!?"

During his rant, the man made his way towards Guinevere's mahogany desk, adorned with equally cutesy decor. Picture frames, a circus wheel statuette moving on its own, miniature glass animal figures, a mug full of glittery princess pink writing utensils. Porcelain dolls of replicated expressions. A flowery placemat with nothing atop it. Ignoring all else, Vance herded both animal plushes into a folded arm while his free hand roamed over the placemat. Towards the corner, his fingers curled along something before bringing it to his back and tucking it onto the back of his coat.

Only, there was nothing in his hand nor anything behind his back either.

Guinevere finally turned around to see him, her arms full of the most colorful assortment of stuffed animals ever to be seen with a woman aged over 40. Her Victorian dress and room's pink walls only added to the vibrancy. If her soft frown had only been a smile, she would easily be mistaken for a little girl. "Vance... dear brother." She held her chin up, taking a much more stern expression now as she strode to him. "Please do not fret. We will catch them."

The sister ringmaster made her way out of the curtain, as Vance held it open for her, but did not look back to her brother as she continued forward. Her brother followed after her. They backtracked towards the stage as initially planned, and were soon met with the very same wall from earlier.

Vance placed his palm onto the invisible wall before them, feeling around it. Grinning, he pulled his hand back and reached for the back of his coat - or rather, the small space above it. He curled his fingers around the empty space and held his hand out to the side. "Our Precious little Baltimore. What a star you've proven to be."

With that, he swung his half-fist forward and-- a loud shatter sounded off, but there was no glass within sight. As Vance stepped forward, chinks crinkled and crushed beneath his feet. His sister followed along without a cue. "Seems she has forgotten the importance of rehearsals. Tsk."

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:D I'm so happy you're having fun hahahaha!

EDIT: All scenes posted :)

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Phillis Circus: Big Top - Seats

Even with Abram's back turned to him, Lucien was far more outnumbered than he knew he could handle. With Lidya now occupying the nearest exit, Lucien had to change routes. He immediately scrambled to the row of seats nearest him. Another exit lied in his direction. If he was quick enough, maybe he could outrun the tamers' animals. Or, or maybe, they were all occupied with the mess going on onstage...!



Yet Olga the gorilla was already on her feet, now charging to the end of the exit nearest the summoner. She took off with a posture less than graceful in comparison to Lidya, but she made it to the exit before Lucien could even dream to. There, she plopped down with a grunt - blocking off the doorway completely.



Meanwhile Lidya the lioness charged back down where she had leapt from. It wasn't long before she reached the row where Lucien had ducked into. She snarled loudly as she skid by, turning to the row of seats.

But his prey was not there. Lidya growled and set paw into the row. The man may have been quick to act, but there was no way he could outhide a cat's senses.

Unless, of course, her focus was disrupted.

Suddenly Lidya felt a sharp pain dig into her back as she fell to the floor on her front. A large brown bear had pounced atop her and began clawing away hastily; they were not fatal swipes, as the bears' claws avoided Lidya's heart. If he could just render her too weak to move before Abram's other pets could follow up...

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Huh what I love Pokemon

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There's no need to be sorry, Ryver! That's what it's there for XD

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Phillis Circus: Big Top - Onstage

Just as Crispin got back on his feet, Isabella was already attacking again! Nuts! "Gah!" he cried out in a near panic. Two of the knives charged after the arsonist - and he punched them in retaliation, one after the other. Each small blade was set alight immediately, glowing with the same fiery life as his own fists. The knives were flung right back at the acrobat, though at an angle that left a sizable gap between them. Crispin took this opportunity to deftly charge in after Isabella, ready to strike her with a red-hot jab.

Both the brawler and acrobat were matched in speed, but Crispin was well aware that Isabella's insane agility would always top his power if she had her focus zeroed in on him. Crispin could only hope Aria would back him up as he went for the punch...!

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Phillis Circus: Big Top - Pit

Sammie grunted loudly. She had him, she almost had him! Then the coward just up and ran outside!? "Finest example of hit-and-run I've ever seen in my life!" she cried out as she chased after them. Once the duo were outside, Sammie called to her brother, who had his eyes to the skies. "Cammie!"



"Huh?" He whirled around instantly. Most citizens had cleared by this point, though some still lingered about (crying, paranoid, injured) - but there was no mistaking that moon-white hair. Wasn't he helping them earlier though?

Regardless, he was charging right in Cammie's direction, and from Sammie's call, he needed to be stopped. As he drew near enough, Cammie swung at Lute with his cape - attempting to redirect the virtuoso right back at Sammie - who was now lunging at him!

Sammie let out a cry mid-leap, her arms extended fully, though void of any weapon. Man oh man was she going to have fun yanking that pretty hair right off of his head. That'd teach him to screw with their family!

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Phillis Circus: Outskirts

"Are you with Crispin? I never thought he'd do something so mean... did you two think he would do something like that?"

Trixie cocked her head, with genuine confusion. "Huh, who?" Then it clicked. "Ohhh, the fiery guy. Listen lady, we don't know who he is! Umm, uh, because - thing is - he tried to talk some funny stuff to us! And umm... I dunno, Supersis thought he was suspicious, so we were gonna... go in and... stop... him... maybe... kind of..." She brought her two pointer fingers together.

They weren't buying it.

"I'm sorry, but this is our home."

So commenced the outdoor attack! Trixie prepared herself, both in a gunman's position and a running stance. Pfft, the acrobat lunging for her. She could guess it was to take her weapons - right? - cuz that was totally something she herself was prone to doing to ranged attackers. Except she kinda forgot for like two whole seconds that Poppy could do that weird thing with her body parts and detached them and OH OMELETS she did it just now with her hands, whooooaaa!

"Trixie!" A stern voice called from her side - and a metallic rod was thrust between herself and Poppy's thrown hands, knocking them right to the ground. Xandra stepped in at the perfect time.

Suddenly something red-hot blitzed right passed the guilders and sliced through the tree behind them. Trixie blinked rapidly, before turning behind her to see a hole in the tree trunk. She turned back to Lily - the red dot on her visor glowed brightly for a moment before softening. Thin vapor escaped into the air from it. Oh... oh... did she... use a... laser...???

"WHOA THAT'S SO COOL, CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH AFTER WE BEAT YOU?"

"Trixie! Not now!"

This time Stevie shot his short-lived laser, though Trixie snapped out of it in time to leap out the way; the metallurgist dodged opposite from her. Both stood themselves quickly, the latter quickly adapting to a battle-ready stance. Even if the stiltmen's lasers never hit them, the constant dodging would leave them open for Poppy to hone in. They couldn't allow themselves to be outmaneuvered like this, not when everyone else was counting on them!

But Trixie was already one step ahead of her. Uzi in mouth, she held a smoke bomb high in her hand. Xandra looked to the prankster with wide eyes. "Wait--!"

BLOOSH! Their field was covered in smoke. The stiltmen siblings stood steady for a moment, allowing their visors to adjust to the smoke. Lily grinned widely. "Fools... our visors are equipped with state-of-the-art heat sensors. They're digging their own grave."

Stevie looked to her. "You think we'll get a promotion for this?"

Meanwhile, within the smoke, Trixie crept low. Guns both locked and loaded, she constantly shifted her attention to each noise popping up in the distance, including the patrols' chatter. She continued moving about too. Though - "Oomph!" - she tripped over Poppy's hands and landed face first. Instantly she rolled to her back and backpaddled, guns held before her. Trigger fingers ready.

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buns marry me please