forum The Circus (sort of reboot) [Closed]

Started April 16, 2019 by @amber_is_in_a_loop

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"Okay." Beaux moved her legs out from behind her head. "Where should we go?" Although she tried to stop it, she couldn't hide the grin that spread across her face. Anything that wasn't boring,she was willing to do.

Tam made sure Naomi was busy before pulling both girls towards a small nook between a metal closet and stacked mats. It was just out of sight from the main floor, and possible to sneak away behind the mats.
"Aza's gone," Tam blurted out once they were hidden.

"Well, that's not as interesting as I thought." She waved her hand and began to walk away. "She disappears quite often, it's nothing new." Plus Beaux barely talks to the girl, so she knows nothing about her.

Tam grabbed Beaux by the arm and dragged her back into the space. "Listen for a second please. Then make up your mind," he told her, voice edged with a harder tone. "Harrow has her. I don't know exactly what he wants to do with her but it'll destroy her, mentally and physically." He hoped she'd understand, react.

"How am I supposed to help?" Beaux didn't like the harsh tone Tam took with her. She was the youngest, she she could but up a fight and was mentally strong, but find the tight words and she'll break. "All I'm good at is being flexible, I'm no use to you."

"Beaux, listen," Tam tried again, "It's not a question of being useful. No one should be left alone in a place like this and Wila and I are leaving to help Aza. If you don't care about helping her fine, do what you need to. But under no circumstance am I leaving you here."
He stood tall, arms crossed in a protective position.

Beaux stood and looked at Tam. He was a good few feet taller, but that didn't scare her. "I didn't think you had in courage in you Tam. You always seemed like the meek type." Throwing out her hand, she grabbed Tam's "Okay I'm in." Her eyes sparkled and a huge smile was on her face.
(I made Beaux a bit younger, because I wanted her to be a bit more childish.)

The dig sparked anger in Tam's heart but he tried hard to bury it deep. "Careful what you say," he said anyway, disguised with a grin and a handshake. "So how are we going to do this?"

(I made Beaux a bit younger, because I wanted her to be a bit more childish.)

(Yeah I see that! She's a really strong character oof I'm sorry she was sort of sidelined at the start)

"Be careful or what?" Spinning around like a ballerina, when she was done she sat on a pile of mats. "Are ya gonna hit me? Because I'm used to that." Crossing her arms she looked to Willa. "I'll go along with whatever you guys want."

Tam was taken aback by her liveliness, the lightness of her demeanor. She was unbroken by this place and retained a childish sort of innocence. That was admirable, in its own way.
Tam sat next to her. "First of all, we'll have to leave this place. Naomi will be in the way of that."

"If it's Naomi, I could possibly distract her for a bit then meet you somewhere. I feel she is a little lighter on me than you guys." Turning her head around the corner, Beaux questioned why Naomi hadn't noticed they were practicing tight now.

"She'll come back. She knows this place by heart and will stop us before we can take a single step.

Back on the floor, Naomi sat alone. She knew very well that the performers had hidden in the nook Tam always used and had assumed she'd forgotten. She wasn't sure what they were talking about, but she figured it couldn't be harmful— a bunch of ragged teens couldn't do much.

"Then how are we going to get out of here?" Never taking her eyes off of Naomi, the smell of food filled the air, and it smelt magnificent. Beaux was a tad scared that Naomi would just walk over and hear what they are taking about.

Wila nodded liking the idea so far, save for the part where Beaux had to distract Naomi alone."maybe knock her out with something?" She suggested

Tam nodded. "She has a very low pain tolerance," he remembered suddenly. "We should be able to knock her out relatively easily."
He looked around the room for something he could use against her, and finally picked up a thick metal rod they had once used for parallel bars. "This should do."

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."

"I hope." She shook her head. "I'm pretty sure he'll do worse, though."

He stared at her, wondering how she could be so calm and casual about something like this. "Let's stay positive for now." Finn said, partially to himself. "He hasn't done anything drastic to you yet. Maybe he won't ever hurt you again."

"I doubt it," she said skeptically.

Finn was trying his hardest to cheer up Azalane, but she didn't seem to be sad. The girl acted so casual and had been pretty calm, except for when she screamed about her gloves. It was hard to make someone feel better without knowing if they actually needed it.
"So, what do you do in the circus?" Finn asked, hoping that he could get to know Azalane better.

"I'm-I have pyro and hydrokinesis," she replied.

"Wait…like magic?" Finn asked, the younger side of him showing. "Fire and water magic?"

Aza laughed. "No. My gloves. They had the technology to reverse magnetic poles so I can control the ions in fire and water."