forum The Circus (sort of reboot) [Closed]

Started April 16, 2019 by @amber_is_in_a_loop

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"They're gone." Her hands shook. "Harrow took them." She clenched her fingers, hands balling into fists.

"Who? Who did he take from you?" Finn asked as politely as he could before shaking his head. "Wait, don't answer that. It's not important. I'll help you get them back."

"My gloves. I could get us out of here." She looked up at Finn, then to the ragged boy behind him. "Is that-Is that Westan?" she said in shock.

Finn turned around to glance at the other boy before turning back to the new girl. "It is. Do you two know each other?" He decided to move on from the glove conversation. After all, how could gloves help them escape?

Westan stirred in his fitful sleep, hearing a familiar voice call his name. "Westan?" she called. The voice echoed, like it was traveling down a mountain.

"Yes. He's my-He's my cousin."

"Your…cousin?" He didn't know how to react. Finn had always assumed that Westan was like him; he didn't have any family left. He shook the thought out of his head, then turned back to Westan and smiled warmly at him. "I'm sure he'd be happy to know you're here. Family is valuable in places like this." He said this, but didn't go to wake Westan up. The boy needed sleep.

"I know he'd like to know I'm here. I'm not going to wake him though." She listened to Westan's quiet snores.

Finn nodded in agreement. "So you know both of our names, but I don't know yours." He stated, facing the girl once again. "Would you mind telling it to me?"

"Azalane."

He smiled warmly at her. "Well it's nice to meet you, Azalane." A singular question kept trying to make it's way out of his mouth, but Finn refused to ask it. If she wanted to tell him, she would.

"You look confused. You okay?" Aza cocked her head, dark hair falling to one side.

"Always." Finn responded casually, his leg twitching slightly. "I'm just contemplating a few things. Nothing you should worry about."

"Hm… no reason." Beaux turned to Tam and gave him a smile. "I'm just curious." She did a back bend, but made sure to keep her eyes on Naomi.

Naomi hadn't moved for a while, sitting still on the floor.
Carefully, quietly, Tam walked over to Wila. He'd made up his mind, now full of worry for Aza. He couldn't let it be too late for her. "We have to leave this place," he whispered to Wila.

Wila hung upside down from her hoop. She flipped a few times, keeping an eye on Naomi. she glanced down at Tam and nodded "What about Naomi? and Beaux, She'll get worried if we leave. And we can't leave her here alone. We'll have to take her along and fill her in as we go."

Aza snorted. "I have nothing else to do but worry." She raked a clawed hand through her hand. "What is it? Does it involve Westan? Please tell me."

"I was just wondering if…he's done anything to you. Harrow, I mean." Finn made sure he was as vague as possible. If Harrow hadn't experimented on Azalane, he didn't want her to worry about it.

"All I know is he injected me with this clear serum stuff," she said and shrugged.

Finn nodded, releasing a breath he hadn't realized that he'd been holding. "Good. Let's hope that's all he ever does to you."

Tam gave Wila a sidelong glance. "You didn't tell Beaux about Aza."
He didn't pose it as a question, but knew Wila would understand.

She shook her head "I didn't want to worry her until we had a plan to get aza out." She said not looking him in the eyes "But if we're going to get Aza, we have to tell Beaux now."

"Understood. Should we go talk to her together?" he asked, looking over at Beaux. His heart tightened– she was the youngest of the group, and yet didn't seem any weaker than the rest of them. He'd never really known what to think of her, but now they had no choice. They needed to band together if they were to manage and escape.

Wila nodded "it'll be easier that way."

Tam took Wila by the arm and walked over to Beaux. "Hi," he started. But couldn't go on– his throat constricted and he couldn't find the words, the words he'd said so many times before.

She picked up where tam left off "Beau, we need to talk..about the others." she glanced over at naomi, making sure she couldn't hear "not here."