After Dark (Open-ish)

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((OOC: We have room for a few performers if you can supply something original. We also welcome audience members, fans and groupies. Simply apply in the OOC Thread if you'd like to join in the fun. Enjoy the show!))

Tears worked their way slowly down Pierrette’s face, drawing lines in the white clown paint and blush that adorned her cheeks as she sat upon the roof of the “Dark Desires” tour bus. Seeing Pierrette cry, or even seeing her without a smile was something extremely rare, which is why she chose to be alone in this moment. The sky was brightening from blue to purple as the sun neared the horizon.

Sunrises always made Pierrette sad, the colors, the light, the beauty all of these things that signaled the approach of daybreak, yet another day she would not witness. Pierrette often wondered how that golden sunlight that seemed to wink at her from the horizon would feel upon her skin, or how bright it would shine at its zenith. These were all things she would never truly know.

As the sky continued its color shift into a brilliant red, Pierrette’s own brilliant red hair began to go gray at the roots. The long flowing pigtails began their slow ascent up her back. Teardrops fell onto the roof of the bus between her crossed legs when she bowed her head.

It was happening again, her transformation into this stranger she would never meet. She knew some things of him through the books that he kept for the circus; she also knew just how he wanted to wake up. Pierrette scanned her slight body which was swimming in the large vinyl outfit he wore, she hated having to dress him but knew that if she didn’t allow him to wake up fully dressed and ready to perform she would likely wake up alone in some dark place, or plummeting from a cliff into an icy lake.

Pierrette’s glittering blue eyes scanned the tent and animal trailer which had been readied by Alex and Brandon. The “Dark Desires Carnivale” was ready for its next Daylight Showcase.

A slight sniffle escaped Pierrette as her eyes narrowed and the sunlight hit her face, allowing her to feel its warmth for just a moment before the transformation was complete.

The cute and delightful face of Pierrette was replaced by Pierrot’s cocky scheming smirk. He yawned slightly and stretched the well defined landscape of muscles on his back. The wetness on his cheek startled him slightly as a light breeze fell across his face. Lifting a slender finger he lifted one of Pierrette’s dainty teardrops from his face to inspect.

“Moody bitch.” He sneered as he took his feet and skillfully back-flipped from the bus onto the loose red dirt of this carnival ground.

Where were they now?

Pierrot processed their schedule quickly through his silver head.

Yesterday was San Antonio… Last night must have been Austin… Dallas! They were in Dallas; it was going to be a big gate today. The show needed to be razor sharp, no surprises. Everyone knew their routines, he only had to worry about David adding his own “flair” to the bits they had rehearsed.

Pierrot rapped his fist on each window loudly as he made his way down the side of the bus.

“Wake up, wake up! Morning Dress Rehearsal in five! Rehearsal in five!” Pierrot’s French accent was almost completely gone by now, though he’d sometimes play it up just to score tail or milk the audience. “Get your asses out here! Let’s see what kind of show we got!”

Pierrot stepped through the door of the long black bus, walking against the flow of groggy performers who were on their way out to begin practice. Pierrot grabbed his trusty log book where he kept track of all the business matters regarding their little “dog-and-pony” show. He also stole a few moments to paint over his face again with his own design rather than Pierrette’s boring “blush” design.

246 pre-sold tickets!

It was definitely going to be a huge gate today.

Pierrot’s red and silver boots created small clouds as he hopped down into the loose red dirt. He flipped through his book to the page where he kept track of performance order.

“Alright, let’s get this over and done with so we can have some time to unwind before this afternoon.” Pierrot was very much the field general as he joined the crowd of artists headed for the large black and red tent. “As always we start with the brief… and I do mean BRIEF individual introduction segments followed by the “Wildlife Parade”. Alexandra, Emily, what have you got for me?”
 
Andrew/Andrea

Andrea sighed as the sun started to flicker through her window.The one thing she hated about her 'condition' was that she never got to see the sun for more than a brief moment.She closed her eyes and thought of Pirrete and hoped to have a litle time with her that evening and moved her hand between her legs to dream.


Andrew opened his eyes and yawned,Andrea was now in the shadows as the noise of someone banging the door."Yeah i'm getting up Pierroit sheesh can't I get some sleep" the trapazee artidst grumbled,he changed into some clothes and exiting his trailer breathed in the morning air as the circus pulled into a new city or town. He grabbed a cup of tea before listening to Pierrot bellow put instuctions,"let me wake up first" he grumbled as he listend to the ring master give instructions.Finshing his tea Andrew went to prepare,1st he would do some streaches to make sure he was ready before working out his rotuine for the show.

ooc Hows that for my 1st post for this ?
 
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Emily lie nude in her bunk her blankets pulled to her chin it was the same thing each morning. she had just opened her eyes when she heard the load banging on the side of the bus. she knew instantly who it was. grumbling she rolled from her bed and pulled on her clothes. leaving the last three buttons on her shirt undone.

she had just steped off the bus when Pierrot began barking orders. glaring at him she flung her hair that still fell in waves and curls around her slim shoulders. rolling her eyes she poured a cup of coffee. it was always unclear who had made it but there it was each morning waiting for them when they awoke. lifting the steaming cup to her lips she blew on it gently before taking a sip. just then Pierrot came walking by with his book saying something about tickets.

jumping at the sound of his voice near to her she looked over her shoulder as she sat her cup down. " you know that my baby's are always ready to put on a show. have they ever let you down? NO! they haven't and would you stop your bellowing.... it is enough to make me want to feed my baby's a little french cuisine." she smiled impishly at him and winked before moving off to see to her lions.

as she walked away she pulled her hair into a braid that she tied off with the hair tie that she left in her shorts pocket each evening.
 
Micheal sighed softly as he set the timer on the coffeemaker. He knew Micheala liked coffee and so he tried to always make sure she'd have that morning cup her journal claimed she needed. It had been a beautiful night and he'd taken at least two dozen polaroids for her once he'd been done taking tickets for the evening. Just as she would for him between shows that day.

They had developed an interesting relationship and seeing, an obviously upset, Pierette climbing up on top of the bus only made him grateful for it. For years they'd fought against each other, each hating the curse that changed them at sunset and sunrise, but eventually they'd come to a grudging acceptance. It simply wasn't going to change...and then the first letter had appeared. Micheala had written first, in a fit of melancholy, wanting to know who this person was that she shared a body with. From there it had progressed slowly to journal where they left each other notes and requests and Micheala had been thrilled when Micheal thought to buy the first camera they shared. She said it wasn't quite the same as being there at night but at least she could see how the others changed and how the circus worked at night.

Flipping open the journal he looked out the window of their trailor and realized it was nearly sunrise so he wrote quickly and short:

No time for a real entry tonight. Made it to the store as you asked and picked up the film and 'personal' items you asked for. You really need to find time to get that shit during the day girl!

He didn't bother to sign it. There was no need since this was their journal and no one else ever wrote in it. Stripping he climbed into the bed they shared and closed his eyes just managing to drift off to sleep as the change started.

* * *

Waking the first thing she smelled was coffee and a smile burst across her face. God but she loved Micheal! He was so damned thoughtful. She'd groused once that she'd had to go through a day with no coffee and after that he'd always made sure the pot was ready for when she'd wake up.

Slipping out of their bed she chuckled as she heard Pierrot banging on the side of the bus yelling at them all to wake up.

"I'll be right there you pain in the ass!" she hollered though she laughed as she said it.

Pulling on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, and nothing else, she made her way to the front of the bus where she poured herself a cup of coffee before making her way out into the early morning light where Pierrot was already barking orders.

“Alright, let’s get this over and done with so we can have some time to unwind before this afternoon.” Pierrot was very much the field general as he joined the crowd of artists headed for the large black and red tent. “As always we start with the brief… and I do mean BRIEF individual introduction segments followed by the “Wildlife Parade”. Alexandra, Emily, what have you got for me?”

Sipping her coffee she simply leaned against the bus and listened while trying to decide if it was worth the effort to pull her thick hair back this morning. Deciding it wasn't she simply ran her fingers through it grateful that the change didn't make it come out in a mass of tangles but instead brought it out in sleek shining curls that wrapped almost adoringly around her fingers as they ran through it.

Finally though even she got tired of Pierrot barking orders at everyone, damn bastard was moody as hell in the morning!

"Pierrot!" she called out with a playful grin curving her lips. Sometimes it was fun to annoy him and see just how far she could push before he growled at her. " If you really want some down time this afternoon why don't you stop yelling at all of us and let us get on to rehearsals?"
 
Pierrot

Entertainers… all such prima donnas.

Pierrot stroked his eyes through his eyelids, the women were always the most irritable in the morning. Emily made some uppity comment about feeding him to her “Babies”. Pierrot smirked slightly as he watched her ass out of the corner of his eye.

“Your ‘babies’ damn well better be ready… I’m just going over the order for clarity.” Pierrot slyly slid his fingertips up her thigh slowly for a moment, “Don’t get your panties all in a bunch!”

As Emily turned to rail at Pierrot for touching her so intimately without being invited, she saw him holding her panties up triumphantly. The physics of that little trick of his never seemed to add up. He tossed the panties at Emily’s blushing face before going on.

“As for you Michaela, why don’t you go ahead and keep your mouth shut until it’s time for me to shove something in it?” Pierrot bit his tongue before going too far and mocking her tragic love with her night-time counterpart; some things were off limits, even for a crude little fool like Pierrot.

“Speaking of which, we have the sword-swallowing interlude to our high flying act… I still want to incorporate the fire breathing into that segment. Andrew, Michaela, tell me you two have already worked out the routine.”

Despite the cast’s staunch objections these oral run-throughs really were for their own good. The show was always changing, evolving, growing bigger and grander in scheme. It was important they knew who was responsible for what and could trust one another completely, without hesitation. Pierrot was really excited, he hoped to use the natural chemistry between Andrew and Michaela to really add a sexy new attitude to the high-flyer act.
 
Andrew looked at Pierrot,"yeah we've discussed it a bit boss just need to work out a few minor details" he said leaning against the pole and looking at Michela.He really got bugged when Pierrot did these oral run throughs but could understand why they had to do them.

"Any way I decided to add that triple sommersault we talked about" Andrew continued looking for the ring master's approval.Though personelly he and Pierrot would never see eye to eye they did respect each other for their abilites, another thing which bound them was the caring their other forms had for each other.Andrew listend as Pierrot gave his feedback and turned to Michela and whisperd something to her.
 
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“As for you Michaela, why don’t you go ahead and keep your mouth shut until it’s time for me to shove something in it?”

Micheala rolled her eyes and continued to sip at her coffee, muttering under her breath softly, "Anytime you think your man enough Bozo."

“Speaking of which, we have the sword-swallowing interlude to our high flying act… I still want to incorporate the fire breathing into that segment. Andrew, Michaela, tell me you two have already worked out the routine.”

"Yeah we've discussed it a bit boss just need to work out a few minor details"

Micheala flashed a quick smile at Andrew glad he'd drawn Pierrot's attention from her. She hated these morning run throughs and would rather just get on to rehearsals. Like everyone else she treasured what small time she could find for herself and the longer Pierrot rattled on the less of that time she had.

There had actually been some talk of the combining the fire-breathing with the acrobatic routine but the details were tricky. One wrong flame burst and Andrew would end up badly burned and while she didn't mind taking such risks herself, she was loathe to endanger someone else. They'd have to work out the routine and timing exactly before she'd be willing to do it and if Pierrot didn't like it that was just too damned bad.
 
Pierrot cocked an eyebrow at Andrew.

“You’ve… DISCUSSED it?” Pierrot asked disapprovingly. “It sounds to me like an under-rehearsed accident in the making. Why don’t you show me what you’ve got so far while I finish up the order? Alexis go work with them and make sure you’re on the same page with the changes.”

Pierrot’s eyes returned to his paper. He tried to remain conscious of the duo as he continued talking.

“Next we have Alexis’ contortion show while I banter with the audience, which leads us into the big finale. David, I’m going to assume I can trust you to stick to the script this time.”

Pierrot was satisfied that everyone was clear on the performance order, now it was time to rehearse the bits and ensure that everything was razor sharp. The dangerous and fast stunts performed by the Dark Desires crew required everything to be exact, and they needed to be able to do each step 10 times out of 10.

“Ok up there! Let’s see what we’ve got so far!” Pierrot shouted up to Andrew, Michaela and Alexis who were readying themselves to practice their routine. “And don’t forget to play up the sex. Our audience expects entertainment and erotica!”
 
Andrew rolled his eyes,"we have to practice something risky and all he thinks about is giving people something to picture at night to get themselves off" he muttered to himself.He looked at Alexis and Michela,"well lets show Pierrot what we;ve got" he grinned taking hold of the trapaze.

"I'll start with a few basic swings just to warm the crowd up a bit" he explianed to both ladies,"then my first trick will be the double back flip and catch" he continued.Looking at the smiles of both ladies Andrew could tell they were liking is idea,"Michela after i've done the big finale with my triple sommersault thats when I think you should do that flame thing" he smiled at her.After disscusing things a bit more Andrew decided to start practicing,"hey Pierrot you watching" he called down grabbing the trapaze,stepping off the platform Andrew let go and did a backward flip before recatching the trapaze to the appluse from below.
 
“You’ve… DISCUSSED it?” Pierrot asked disapprovingly. “It sounds to me like an under-rehearsed accident in the making. Why don’t you show me what you’ve got so far while I finish up the order?"

Micheala rolled her eyes and had to resist the urge to throw her coffee mug at him. He could be so insufferable at times! Still he was the RingMaster and she'd agreed to follow his lead in the shows when she'd hired on so insufferable or not she listened...most of the time.

That didn't stop her from wanting to trip him now and then or hope he'd fall flat on his face in front of an audience.

Sighing she followed Andrew up to his trapeze platform with her fire baton which was unlit. She wouldn't light it just for a rehearsal. She wouldn't light it period unless she was sure she had the timing down.

“And don’t forget to play up the sex. Our audience expects entertainment and erotica!”

Looking down at Pierrot she rolled her eyes and lifted her baton as if in salute and then aimed it down at him and blew across it. It wasn't lit but the message was clear, if it had been he'd have been scorched.

Turning her attention back to Andrew she watched as he started his routine. She counted every swing and flip, noting where she could shoot fire toward him for best dramatic effect as well as without burning him. In between they could play up the sex though there wouldn't be much time. It would be an action packed display if nothing else.
 
"Who the FUCK moved my box!?!"

Dani's shouts could be heard loudly from the holding area, the bluehaired woman coming out with an infuriated look on her face. In her hands were a trio of chains and locks that jingled as she stalked across the ring. "Pierrot! I left my box perfectly set in the back right corner... and now its upside down in the left... with the hood all smashed in! Now how am I supposed to get in practice in with it all fucked up like that?!"

She kicked at the dirt, glancing up at the highwire to see the group above before giving a soft puff of frustration. "Now how much of a rise is that gonna cause with the crowd? At least I go in the box clothed and chained, come out naked and with a whip. Though that one guy was gonna mess his shirts right then and there a few nights ago when I climbed up in his lap. Ha."

But that thought got her right back into her rant. "An act I CAN'T do with a broken goddam box! What'm I supposed to do tonight, tie myself to a chair? Oooooh, that's real impressive." She twirled her finger about in the air, rolling her eyes. She gave a sigh, running her hand against her face. Usually she was moody... but never this much. "Let me guess. Dave didn't get laid this morning, did he?"
 
leaving the others to their work emily walked across the grounds to the large cage where her lions where housed. as she arrived at the door she noticed that one of the younger volenteers was bringing over a large tub filled with the lions morning meal.

steping from the cage she peared into the tub. she hated when they did not have enough to feed the lions thankfully this was not one of those times. taking the buckett from the youth she sent him on his way and unlocked the gate door.

steping in she noticed that one of her lions barely looked at her when she approached. deciding to feed the others before looking at this one she made her rounds with the meat handing it out to the other lions and returning to her favorite and oldest.

kneeling down she sat next to the lions head. when he mearly looked at her she ran her hands over his body looking for enjury. when she found none she was puzzled. laying down next to the enormous cat she listened at his chest. she could could hear that his heart beat was abnormal. closing her eyes she knew that it would not be long. laying with her head against his large side her tears soaked his buitifull golden coat. sitting up she lifted his head into her lap and brushed her fingers through his soft hair.

as the others began to surround her and the old lion laying around and watching them as if they knew what was about to happen. she could hear the others yelling to each other as they went about their daily ruotines. she just could not bring herself to go to them and let them know what was happening. not that she thought they would much care. none of them understood her love for her animals. they constinatly complained to each other about her treating them better than she did humans. but to her the animals where more civilized.

as her favorite lion closed his eyes for the last time she lifted his head and lay it on the ground. with out telling anyone why she called to the young man that had brought her the tub of food and demanded he help her move the other lions out of the large cage into a much smaller one. his job was to open and close the gate door as she moved the 3 remaining lions from one pin to the other. when that was done she demanded he dig a hole big enough for her lion. and walked away leaving the pale faced young man behind.

with out a word she walked past Pierrot. when he turned as if he would say something she glared at him and continued on her way to the bus where she crawled into her bed and cryed. her tears falling freely as she mourned for her oldest and best friend in the world.
 
Andrew had just finished his practice rotuine when he peered down and noticed Emily walk briskly past Pierroit and head back towards the bus."Uh oh something's up" he murmed as he watched the door of the bus shut behind Emily.

Lowering himself from the board Andrew walked up to Pierroit,"I'll go see what's up with Emily if you want to chat about my act come get me" he said to the ring master before heading back towards the bus.

Stepping up to the door Andrew knocked on it,"Emily it's Andrew you okay" he said concerned for her well being.Andrew waited and listend,Emily didn't come to the door and inside there was no noise.Opening the door Andrew esased himself inside ,"Emily it's Andrew you want to talk" he said softly looking round for the young women.
 
hiding in her bunk she sniffled and called out in a horse voice. " i don't really feel like talking right now andrew.. please leave me alone." rolling onto her side she curled up into a tight ball and tryed to stop the tears from falling from her eyes but they kept on flowing. her pain at having lost her dearest pet lion george was overwhelming her. she knew it was silly to be so upset about an animal but she could not help herself.

reaching over to the far side of her bunk she grabed her stuffed lion and pulled it against her chest. she did not know how to stop the pain of loosing a friend it was never somthing she had been forced to face before. it was tearing her heart out and she could never imagine getting over it. she could hear that andrew was still standing in the door of the bus unsure of what to do. but she could not think of him now.. only her george, her beloved lion.
 
Andrew could see Emily was very upset and tried to think of what to do.He walked over to her bunk and wrapped his arm's round her tenderly."Emily please don't be sad' he whispered in her ear,he had heard one of the lion's had not been well and asumed that nature had take it's course.

"Emily you have my sympathes I'll dedicate my act tonight to George
" he whispered soothingly as it was the least he could do for Emily.Wiping away her tear's he looked deep into her eyes and pressed his luip's to her's before moving them away."I'm sorry if that was out of line" he said softly giving her some space,he waited for her to say something which hopefully would esase her from the turmoil in heart.
 
feelingn andrew sitting on the edge of her bunk made her shiver. she did not want anyone near her now. she was slowly moving from sarrow to anger and she did not want to take it out on sweat andrew. when she felt his arms move around her to craddle her in his arms she pulled back only to have his lips pressed to hers. the words he said touched her heart but the moves he was making on her at this time was making her blood boil.

looking up at him with red swollen eyes she gritted through clenched teeth.
" thank you now go away..i need to be alone." she was sorry she had sounded so harsh with him. but new that she was in no mood to be man handled at the moment. normaly she enjoyed a good tumble but at the moment she was disgusted that he would pull something like that when she was hurting so badly. when he still sat there looking stricken at her harsh words she pushed past him and ran from the bus.

going to the only place she knew very few had the nerve to follow she entered the small cage with the other lions and sat with her back to the big cage where george was being placed in the ground. unable to witness it herself she was happy that it was being done. when a 2 year old cub named loo loo came over and lay her body over emily's legs she began runing her hand over the baby's back without thinking about it.

she also knew that Pierrot would not talerate her not practicing at least once with the lions before the big show.. but the way she seen it the main attraction of her act was now gone and she would have train one of the others to take georges place int he act. she did not see how she was going to be able to go on at all. laying her head back against the steal bars she took a deep breath.
 
Andrew watched Emily run out of the bus,he gussed that she may think that he was going to have sex with her to snap her away from her grief but that wasn't the case."Man I hope Emily is okay" he murmed standing up and leaving the buss shutting the door hard behind him to indicate his frustration..

He looked around,things were being finalized before the show,he walked over to where Pierrot was busily giving it orderd and making sure things were ready."Any thing you want to see me about boss" he asked as Pierrot noticed his presence,Andrew vowed to give a tremendous performance that afternoon to cheer Emily up as well as a tribute to Gerorge the lion.
 
A Long Day

It was going to be a long day. Pierrot felt the promise of any free time he’d hoped to have for himself slipping through his fingers. It was a great burden to deal with such massive personalities and huge egos each day. If they spent half as much time rehearsing as they did complaining about rehearsal this show would be on Broadway instead of touring the South in a shitty bus without air-conditioning.

It was still early but already the tent was heating up, Pierrot dreamed of when they might finally leave this God forsaken state of Texas. Michaela was acting like a brat, pantomiming breathing fire at Pierrot from her perch high above their safety net.

For some reason Michaela always had a way of making Pierrot’s blood boil, which wasn’t always a bad thing. The two had always seemed to have a “Love/Hate” relationship, ravaging each other backstage one week and tossing insults, flames and knives at one another the next week. Pierrot responded to her bitter pantomime by spreading two fingers before his face and doing his own pantomime of eating her pussy.

Just as he managed a wink at her, he noticed Emily moving the lions. His face became suddenly solemn, something was really wrong. Just as he was about to go see what her trouble was Dani stormed into the tent with more problems to dump into Pierrot’s lap.

“Damnit Dani, just go cool off. I’ll fix whatever’s wrong with your fucking box in plenty of time to rehearse the finale.” Pierrot snapped dismissively.

His real focus was on Emily and the lions for which Dark Desires was known. It must have been George. His health had been questionable of late and the long hot road trips must have taken their toll.

When one of the young crew began digging a lion sized hole near the edge of the tent Pierrot knew his fears were founded. Emily walked by him, her eyes glittering with tears. Pierrot wanted to say something, ask if it was George, comfort her somehow, but the look in her eyes told him that it was still too soon for him to be of any help. The wound was still too fresh.

Just then Andrew had seen that same vulnerable expression on her face and took his own leave of the rehearsal.

“No, Andrew… Hey! Fucking wait!” It was too late, Andrew had blinders on, he was either some kind of dog looking to capitalize on her vulnerability or stricken with a “Knight in Shining Armor” complex.

Regardless of which it was, neither was going to get the trapeze act ready for today’s show.

“Ok, everybody take 5. We’re going to go live when Andrew gets back. Full speed… Flame ON!” Pierrot shot a defiant, challenging glare up at Michaela as he went to go help the crew member dig George a proper grave.

…Yes, it was going to be a very long day.
 
OOC: Sorry I wrote the last one before those last 2 posts.

“Andrew! Finally, get back up there and work your act through ALL the way! I want to see the triple work flawlessly then I want to see the whole thing, all the way through with fire and everything.” Pierrot wiped sweat from his brow as he leaned on the shovel he had been using.

A long streak of his white face paint came off on the back of his hand only to be replaced by dirt. He gave Emily a sidelong glance but knew he could say nothing that would comfort her.

“We’re pretty deep in the goddamn weeds right now Andrew, I need this act to be PERFECT. Be sure that Alexis knows what changes you and Michaela are making, she’s a part of this routine too remember.”
 
Andrew resisited the temptation to tell Pierroit where he could stick his shovel and steadily climbed back up onto the trapaze board.

Gripping the Trapaze he sprang of the board,halfway acroos Andrew let go and perfomed the triple sommersault to as close to perfection as he could muster.catching the Trapaze on the follow through Andrew landed on the board opposite to where he had started from,"hey boss that what you wanted" he called down to the sweating Pierroit who looked back at him with a mixture of admirmation and indiffernce.

Andrew smiled and swung back casually to the starting point,if Michela and Alexis were ready they could do a run through just to satisfy the bosses nerves.
 
"Yeah ok, that was good. I'd like to see that a few more times before we go live with it, but it's your ass on the line not mine. If you feel ready to add fire and the rest of the routine I'm watching." Pierrot called back.

The crew member was laying George down now. Pierrot would have time to watch before it came time to cover the lion with dirt.
 
Andrew nodded and decided that the fire part would be better to save for the performance.He practiced a few single works before parcticing with Alexis to make sure their timing was working,after 5 run through's and some work on the high wire Andrew decided to take a break so not to get rusty.

He climbed down and walked over to Pierroy,a worker handed him a glass of soda which he sipped quietly."So boss any advice for tonight" he asked leaning against a pole eyeing Pierrot intently.Andrew dispite his mixed relationship with the circus owner always out of curtisy asked for his feedback not that he took it onboard but none the less it was good to bounce idea's off someone.
 
Alexis has breakfast. . .

Alexis wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead and watched Andrew make his way to Pierrot. She in turn headed the opposite direction; her goal was a bottle of cold water and something to stop the gnawing in her stomach. She hated to wake up and rehearse before breakfast. It wasn’t fair to ask her to perform on an empty stomach. “You wouldn’t run a race without fuel,” she muttered, as she wove her way through people, animals, and various debris.

She arrived at the tent and breathed in the aromas of the morning. Grabbing a plate, she quickly filled it with various fruits and then found a place to enjoy her meal as well as take in the others. Gabe, another employee walked by with Heather and she waved to them, barely catching the conversation that focused on the death of one of the Circus Lions. She sighed and took another bite of the banana she was eating. “She’ll be mourning the loss of that stupid cat for months.”

Alexis toyed with her red curls and then finished her water, she wondered what was in store for her today. . .besides the usual. Would she have some male companionship that night when they retired for the evening, or female? She knew how Alex felt waking up with a man in his bed. He was furious. She remembered the letter he’d left her one morning threatening that if she didn’t have the “cocks” out of her bed come evening then someday he’d switch roles and let himself be tied up.

She shuttered at the thought. He knew what buttons to push. He knew she didn’t like the thought of being restrained, something he loved to do to his playthings. She recalled the morning that she had to untie several naked women, all who were in awe over the commanding presence that Alex was. She rolled her eyes. Alex was a bully, nothing more, nothing less. She finished her meal and then headed back to the main tent to see if she was needed by anyone, if not, she’d take a few more minutes to herself and write another chapter to the book she was working on. No one but Alex knew of the book, and it was the only thing he liked about her.
 
looking over her shoulder emily seen that several men where working to lay goerge in his final resting place. jumping up she left the cage she had been hiding in. she could not let them bury goerge without saying goodbye one last time. making sure the cage was locked behind her she ran to the grave site. falling to her knee's she whispered good bye to her friend and watched as the men began to throw the dirt ontop of him. she kneeled next to the large whole in the earth until she could no longer see george down there. her tears mixed with the dark soil as they threw it in. slowly she turned away and went to the bus.

emily knew the show was about to start and she had never put off her work for anything. and george so enjoyed entertaining the people that came to see them. she would do this for him. removing her shorts and shirt she removed her bra and panty's nd pulled the red satin covered box from under her bed. it was a special outfit she had made for her performace's.

lifting the top she folded back the red tissue paper and pulled back the red leather costume. it was the most provacative thing she had ever owned and tonight would be the first time she would wear it.
pulling on the leather french cut panty's and the red strapless bra with small loops hanging from the bottom of it. pulling out several straps with pull back hooks she slowly and mathodicly hooked them onto the loops of the bra and then attached them to the panty's. reaching in the box she pulled out the red thigh high stalkings and slowly pulled them onto her long slimm legs attaching them with small garters. kneeling she pulled out another box and opening it she removed her heels. they where not as high as some but high enough for a girl that was going to be in a cage with lions.

pulling them on she stood and went to her dressing mirror where she curled her long black hair into tight ringlets that fell down her back. pulling the sides up and using pins to keep them in place. she put on her make up and grabed a red leather small whip that she would use tonight for the show.

grabing the new red leather collers with silver studds on them she left the bus. she noticed the looks she got from the other performers but ignored them all as she made her way to her lions. she figured most where shocked by her appearance since she usually dressed in her khakie's even for the show. Pierrot had seen the outfit when she first bought it and tryed to convice her to wear it more than once over the years to no avail.

steping into the cage and clsing the door she put the new collers on the lions and attaching chains to them she lead them from ther cage to the large tent where they would be putting on the show tonight. she was sad and nervouse all at the same time. steping into the tent she walked with the lions to the cage they would be performing in today and released them from their chains passing them outside the cage. the cage itself was much nicer than what they where kept in outside and they enjoyed playing in the large area provided to them. sitting on georges stool she watched as the younger lions romped adn played.
 
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Micheala could only laugh as Pierrot shot his own pantomime back at her. She saw the wink he flashed before his attention was drawn away and was still chuckling when she saw Emily storming past him. Even from her height she could see the tears on Emily's face but she knew the other woman well enough to know that she'd want to be alone and that when she wanted comfort she'd seek it out. Watching Andrew run off after her she only shook her head muttering softly about "boys wanting to rescue damsels that don't need rescuing."

Without her practice partner she simple settled cross legged on the trapeze platform and watched the drama unfolding below her. Some of the men were helping to dig out a burial pit for George and Dani was simply having fits about her box and Dave not getting laid. Most of it made her laugh softly to herself and make a mental note to write it all down for Micheal before she went to bed that night. He'd get a kick out of Dani's antics and she knew he'd do something nice for Emily.

“Andrew! Finally, get back up there and work your act through ALL the way! I want to see the triple work flawlessly then I want to see the whole thing, all the way through with fire and everything.”...“We’re pretty deep in the goddamn weeds right now Andrew, I need this act to be PERFECT. Be sure that Alexis knows what changes you and Michaela are making, she’s a part of this routine too remember.”

Hearing her name she looked down at Pierrot and Andrew and rolled her eyes. Her routines were nearly always as perfect as was possible. Dealing with knives and fire they had to be or someone would be seriously hurt...probably her.

Rising to her feet she watched Andrew closely, counting out his timing and making not of where her flame bursts would be most dramatically effective. It really would make for an exciting show! She almost itched to try it but Andrew seemed to want to wait and to have some down time and she couldn't blame him for that. She had her timing down now so she had no worries that they could pull it off without a hitch.

Wrapping a nearby rope around her wrist she used it to slide back to the ground, a soft purring filling her throat as the rough hemp dragged along her skin leaving it slightly abraided.
 
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