Roll Up, Roll Up! It's The Wildest Show In Town!

[Wolf Heart]

"Well, look who it is. Elias Carnegie. So, what brings you to the park then, eh?" Correlli asked, popping a piece of chewing gum into his mouth.
Carnegie growled. "Just because you and I have worked together in the past, doesn't make us friends. anyway. You've tried to kill me, I've tried to kill you, right now you're infront of me, within arms reach. I could just reach out, twist your neck. No one would know who did it."
Correlli rolled his eyes. "We're surrounded by people, Carnegie. Look around you. Kill me, everyone would notice. Besides, I'm preforming soon." He shrugged and threw his hands into the air. "So, if you don't mind...?" He stood up, shooing the PI back. "I need room for my act!" Spitting out his gum, Correlli pulled his flaming brand out of his pocket. "Roll Up, Roll Up! Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls! Prepare to be amazed! It's the wildest show in town!" He tipped some sort of liquid into his mouth and picked up five cast iron torches from the ground. Glancing around the ground, he kicked a lighter up into the air and caught it. He light one of the torches and then threw the lighter back on the ground. Looking around to make sure he had enough eyes, he tipped his head back, held the flaming torch over his mouth and then spat the liquid out, causing a large jet of flame to spew from his mouth. He quickly held up the other four torches to the flame and they, too, lit. Extinguishing the jet of fire, he turned back to the crowd. He twirled two torches around and the other end of them lit up too. "Don't try this at home!" He took the three torches that weren't lit on both ends and held them up, the flame facing downwards. "I am a trained professional. If you try this at home you may get seriously injured, or in some cases, you can, and probably will, die."
Carnegie snorted.
Correlli glared at his and chucked the torches that were lit at two ends over to him. "Hold those will ya?"
Automatic rexlexes, Carnegie's hands shot up and caught the two poles dead center. "Warn me before you throw them!" He growled.
Choosing to ignore him, Correlli held the three torches together and then slowly lowered them into his mouth.
Carnegie yawned and began twirling the two torches around, ignoring Correlli's look of protest.

[Axel]

Walking through Twilight Park, Mountebank caught sight of a jet of fire shot stright up into the air. "It couldn't be..." He muttered more to himself than to anyone else. Walking towards the direction of the flame, a crowd of people came into view. They were surrounding two people. A fire-eater and a large man. Moubtebank frowned and walked closer. Making his way into the crowd, he pushed his way forward until he caught sight of the two in the middle. "Lokkit that. The two men I really don't want to meet. Elias Carnegie and Antonio Correlli."
"You part of this act too, sir?" A voice asked.
"Hrm?" Mountebank looked down to see a small street urchin looking up at him. "Me? part of this act? Oh no, my lad. Not with those two." He shook his head.
"Why? what's wrong with those two fullas?" The boy asked.
"I don't get along well with those two. We've had a bit of a falling out." He sniffed.
"I've seen you before. You're that magicain, aren't you? the one that's preforming in Miami?"
"Yeah. Mountebank the Magnificent, the one who's outwitted the devil himself!"
"I bet your act's great!" The kid beamed. "Please, will you do just a little of it? I ain't got any money to go see it myself. I've always wanted to be a magician and to see a real live one."
He frowned. "I'm sorry kid, but if those two spot me, I'm dead meat." Mountebank slid a finger across his throat to emphasise the point. "Infact.. I should probably get going before they see me..." He turned around and made to head out of the park. He paused and then turned around. "But, I can give you this.."
The boy blinked and a ticket appeared in Mountebank's hand. He handed it to the boy. "Core, thank-you sir!"
"No problem, kid. The show's on tonight, in the Twon Square." He winked and then turned around again, heading towards the exit.

[Wolf Heart]

Extinguishing the three fires in his mouth, Correlli then pulled the iron torches out and dropped them on the ground. "Chuck us those two torches there, will ya wolfy?" He called over to Carnegie.
Carnegie snorted and chucked the iron torches to the fire-eater. Catching sight of something white in the corner of his vision, Carnegie twirled around. He spotted the magician easily. His white suit stood out from the crowd. Growling, Carnegie walked towards Mountebank. "Well well well. Look at what we have here. Mountebank the Magnificent. I was wondering when you'd show your face 'round Miami." He snatched the magician by the collar of his shirt. "I'm sure the crowd would love to see some of your tricks. Come on now, don't be shy!" He dragged Mountebank through the crowd and soved him into the center. Correlli was facing the other way, doing some fancy twirling with his torches.
"Why me have to come to park? Me wanna be on the road. Yeah, quickety-quick, yeah. But no. Me in a park. Me on my feet. Me nowhere near car." Verv muttered darkly to himself. "Me no idea why me in park." He growled and kicked a stone. "Stupid policemen! Put out stupid spikes on road and flattened Verv's tyres, that's what they did. Why? why they do that? 'cause they stupid, that's why!" While cursing the police, Verv wandered absentmindedly though the park. Only when he heared cheers did he look up. He was at the back of a arge crowd. "What is going on here, hrm?" Seeing fire twirling around, Verv gasped. "They stole Bossman's act! that, or it is Bossman!" Grinning from ear to ear, Verv pushed his way through the crowd and stopped when he saw Correlli. "Bossman! Yeah, yeah! And wolfman. Who Wolfy got?" Peering closer, he spat on the ground. "Montebank!" He started to walk forwards when he spotted a police bike parked nearby, the policeman a few good meters from the bike. Verv laughed maniacly. "You steal my car! I steal your bike." Dashing back out of the crowd, Verv made a beeline towards the bike. thankfully, the policeman was looking the otherway, watching Correlli. He jumped on the bike and looked around. "Stupid policeman! Left his keys in the bike." He grinned, he turned the key, he looked over his shoulder and then he skidded off. "Woohoo!" He yelled and whooped, headbanging and drumming on the bike's handles to some un heared heavy metal music.

[Axel]

"OI! Let me go you presumptuous imbecile!" Mountebank squirmed about, trying to get out of Carnegie's firm grip. "I swear, when I get out of here, I am going to kill you. Correlli too." Mountebank hissed angrily. "There'll be no escaping. After you two've been dealt with, I might as well go for the boy, then his little girl friend. Lets see.. After them, I'll go for the twins and then.. Verv." Pricking his ears up, he sneered. "Better yet. I'll kill you then Correlli and then Verv. Look. Here he comes on his little bike."

[Wolf Heart]

"I'll let you go when I've finished tearing your head off!" Carnegie snapped and then threw Mountebank on the ground. He looked over his shoulder and saw Verv. "Great. Here comes the maniac escaped from the mental ward."
Verv sped towards the crowd. "Beep beep! Coming through!" He yelled, making fake horn sounds while flicking on the motorbike's sirens.
Correlli spun around. First thing he saw was Verv. He grinned, but the smile dropped from his face as son as his eyes fell on Mountebank. "What are you doing here?" He growled, pouring some liquid into his mouth.
"Better tell us now before Correlli burns you to a crisp." Carnegie snorted.
Everyone was too interested in the guy speeding towards them on a motor bike to notice what was going on with Correlli, Carnegie and Mountebank. Verv grinned and came to a stop, just before he hit a member of the crowd. He was inches from the man's knee caps. "Me usually cut it closer, but me didn't want your ticker to go ka-boom!" Verv nodded and then clutched at his chest. He fell to the ground in a fake heart attack. He lay there kicking for a while and then got up. "Anyone want a lift?" He giggled.
Correlli held the flaming brand close to his lips. There was a look on his face that said, "Tell us now, or you're roasted to a cinder." Resisting the urge to fry the creep right then and there, Correlli managed to wave cheerfully at Verv.
"Hey Bossman! Watcha been up to?" Verv made the bike go forward ever so slowly. It killed him to go slow, but everyone was gettign out of the way ever so slowly. The crowd made a path for him, let him go through. Glancing over his shoudler, Verv found that the policeman was nowhere to be seen. He shrugged, happy that the man was gone.

[<Fallen>:.]

A girl dressed in black, skin pale white, stood at the edges of the crowd. Her expression showed mild concern; she was holding the hand of a younger boy who bore a marked resemblance to her, in feature if not in colour. The boy was more sun-kissed, his hair more brown and curly, whereas the girl's hung in thick waves of black... Unnatural black, probably dyed.

Laura had gone for a slightly more feminine look today, to make her feel a little better. It gave her a boost of confidence to know that she was looking her best. She'd worn her ankle-length black dress, with its blood-red arm length sleeves and high collar. Topped off with her black hair tied in a bun with a silver clasp, and her favourite silver ring, she looked as Gothic as any young woman of the period, and felt it. A small smile coursed across her features as she felt the familiar joy of becoming someone else, someone without her particular responsibilities. Especially since she didn't have to go to university this year.

Glancing down at her little brother Liam, Laura felt a wave of love splash over her, sweet and fresh as ever. He was so... Just so wonderful. His mother's face, his father's eyes, and a little bit of his sister's personality too. How could she not adore him?
Laura had promised to take him to the fair today; it would probably be the last time she'd get to do something fun like this alone with him, before school began again.
They'd already had a look at the side-shows, and Liam was already carrying a soft-toy dragon he'd won popping balloons. Suddenly, she noticed him look sharply to his left, as if he'd seen something, and followed his gaze. There seemed to be some trouble over by the main stage that had been set up for the live entertainment.
"What's going on, Lyrica?" he asked, his brow furrowed in confusion. Laura was equally confused.
"I'm not sure... I thought there was supposed to be some kind of magician act going on. D'you want to get up, so you can see better?" she asked. Her brother nodded, still craning his head in the direction of the noise as Laura lifted him, with a little difficulty, onto her shoulders, and began to move her way through the crowd.

[Wolf Heart]

Coming to a stop just infront of a girl with a boy on her shoulders, Gemma got of the skateboard and placed it back in her pack. "Sorry 'bout that!" She grinned sheepishly, scratching at the back of her head. She then ran off towards the stage. "Wait... Wasn't that Laura.." She shook her head and butted her way through the crowd of people. "Move it or loose your head!" She roared. "Oh boy..." she sucked in air and then blew out her cheeks. "This isn't that good.." She jumped up and jogged towards the guy on the motorbike. "Hey, Verv."
Verv turned around and saw Gemma. "Hey! It's Fire!"
Gemma shrugged. "Yeah. I'll go with that."
Carnegie peered over his shoulder. "Ah, Gemma! You're good at distractions and what not, aren't you?"
She shrugged and looked down at Mountebank. "I wonder sometimes, just how the hell I know you guys." She chewed at the bottom of her lip thoughtfully. Rolling her eyes at Correlli, she said "You know, a gun would be better?"
Correlli glared at her, unable to snap a smart remark back at her.
She shrugged. "Hey, just saying. Verv, wanna go distract all those people that are looking at us?"
"Uh.. How me do that?" Verv asked.
"I don't know... Ask them to turn around?"
Carnegie let out a low laugh. "Tell him to do that, he will. Verv'll turn around and yell 'Can everyone turn around please?'"
Verv kicked the PI in the shin. "Will not!" He pouted. "Why no you just say this part of the act?" He snorted and then turned around, thinking of how to distract the crowd.
"You know what, Verv?" Gemma grinned. "That might actually be a good idea! Make this part of the act while you two sort Mountebank out! Verv, you can still do those stunts like you did in the circus, right?"
Rolling his eyes, Verv nodded. "Yeah, it not been that long."
Leon gaped. "Woah!"
"What are they doing?" Xabier asked. "Sure as hell don't look like part of the show."
"Yeah, I'll say! This is better tough, you have to agree."
"Hrm.. Yeah." Xabier nodded in agreement.
Leon turned to his twin. "Let's get a closer look!"
The two boys ran through the crowd, shoving anyone who tried to hold them back.
"Verv.." Gemma turned to the maniac on a motorbike.
Verv looked up expectantly. "Quickety-quick, yeah?"

[Axel]

Axel came to a halt in the park. He'd arrived a few minutes after Gemma. "Great." He muttered. Looking around, he saw Gemma and Correlli on the stage, surrounded by a crowd. Curiosity getting the better of him, Axel sprinted over to the stage. "Oi, what's going on?" He saw Correlli holding a flaming brand up to his lips, aiming at this albino guy.
Mountebank glanced down at Axel. "I'll tell you what's going on, boy. These lot are trying to kill me!" He clapped his hands and a raven appeared from no where, cawing and clawing at Correlli, then making its way to Carnegie, then to Gemma and then to Verv.

[Wolf Heart]

Claps went up from the crowd as Mountebank made the raven appear. Correlli frowned and shot a ball of fire at it. It burst into flames and fell to the ground.
"Personally, I'm not a big fan of roast raven.." Gemma coughed. "And I definantly don't like the smell of burnt feathers."
Verv shrugged and dissappeared. He came back moments later. "There's no good boxes or anything here for me to jump on!" He growled and jumped back on the bike. "Oh well. Good thing we in a skate park!" He kicked the motorbike into gear and it sped off the stage into the skate bowl. "Woohoo! Watch this people!" He flew up the concrete wall, gained alot of air and did a flip, making the bike flip with him. Landing safely, cheers went up from the crowd.
"I don't know why I'm helping you." Carnegie growled at Correlli.
The fire-eater shrugged. Mostly everyone was now watching Verv. Grinning, Correlli spat fireball after fireball at Mountebank's feet.
Gemma nodded slowly. "Gonna show us some nice dance moves?" She asked, as the first fireball hit the ground, right next to Mountebank's feet.
Xabier's eyes followed Verv. "Woah, he's awesome!"
Leon nodded. "Yeah."
the two boys stared after Verv for a while before turning their attention back to the stage. "Hey, you know what?" Xabier asked his brother.
"Uh.. what?"
"It's almost like they're trying to distract us.."
"How very true..." Leon nodded slowly in agreement. "Very strange, don't you think?"
"Yep. Very very strange."
They shoved their way towards the stage, ignoring the cries of protest from the other people around them. "Let us go see what these weird people are up to." Leon chuckled.

[Axel]

"Woah!" Mountebank jumped around, trying to dodge the fireballs. One hit him and he flapped around, trying to extinguish his shoe. "Oh, you lot are gonna pay for that!"
Axel nodded slowly. "Er.. Can I just ask what I'm missing here? Correlli's trying to kill this dude and the crazy guy's providing a distraction. What has Gemma and that guy there gotta do with any of this?" He asked, indicating Carnegie. "And I don't wanna be involved in any of this thank you!"
Suddenly, two girls flipped down from a nearby tree. "You call that a jump? you almost took me down with you, you fat cow!" One frowned. "What's going on here then?" She asked.
The other nodded. "Yes. What are you doing to poor Mountebank!"
the other girl whacked the other over the head. "What's Correlli doing to Mountebank? Mountebank tried to steal the Emerald and he killed Ariel in doing so, that's what's happening! Who wouldn't be angry at the albino?!"
"Oh, shut it Fray! Mountebank was trying to stop Ariel from taking the Emerald. You know that!" She whacked Fray back.
"No Nettle! Jeez, sometimes I wonder How I'm even related to you."
"The younger sibling often has trouble relating. I think it's because of brain damage."
"You're only three seconds older than me!"
"But I'm still older, Fray!"
"Oh, shut it Nettle!" Fray screamed and went to stand over by Correlli. "Hi Gem." She waved at Gemma.
"No, you shut it you lying snake!" Nettle ran over to Mountebank and pulled him away from Correli's fireballs. "Yeah, Hello Gemma!" She smiled and waved.
Axel groaned and covered his head. "I'm not following any of this!"

[Wolf Heart]

Gemma shrugged. "You really had to have been there at the start to understand any of this." She grinned and returned the twins' hello. "Would you lookit that!? The Troupe's back together! Happy days!" She bit her lip. "Wait.. Is that good.. or bad?" Twirling on Carnegie she opened her mouth and asked, "I thought you hated Correlli. You know, with the whole 'I'm trying to kill him, he's trying to kill me' Why are you helping him?!"
Carnegie shrugged. "I owed him one."
"Sooo.. You didn't really wanna kill Mountebank.. you just owed Correlli?"
Carnegie shrugged again. "Yeah. Pretty much."
Gemma slamned her head on her palm. "Oh my god!"
Correlli growled and reached for his gun, but Gemma stopped him. He raised his eye brow.
"What? you don't have a licence! And I don't think guns go down well with that many people."
Leon glanced over at Xabier. "I'm not following any of this." He whispered. "You?"
Xabier shook his head. "But I recognized that name, The Troupe. Aren't they the most famous criminals of all time?"
"Yeah, yeah. They stole that emerald, ahye?"
Xabier nodded in agreement. "Yeah."
Correlli bowed. "Hello ladies. Nice to see you again."
Fray smiled. "Nice to see you again too, Correlli." She hugged the fire-eater.
"And it's nice to see you again, Mounteback!" Nettle hugged the albino magician. "Should I apoligize for them trying to kill you?"
Gemma frowned. "Why do they always get all the hugs?!" She sniffed and folded her arms.
"Aww. Poor you." Correlli said sarcasticly.
Gemma growled. "I'll give you poor me." She reached for her gun, but Carnegie held her back.
"Now, now. Play nice." He growled.
Gemma stuck her tounge out at him. "I still don't get what was with the trying to kill Mountebank.."
Verv, twisting and turning in the air, saw that the magician and the fire-eater had finally settled their dispute. Doing one last trick, he sped back over to the stage. Everyone had taken Correlli's side from what he had told them about the emerald and Ariel. Well, almost everyone, except from Nettle. "Me do good, yeah. I was going really, really fast. You see me?" He asked, looking around hopefully. His eyes came to a stop on Leon and Xabier. "Who are youes?" He asked, generally amused.
Leon shrugged. "It's kinda rude to ask for ones name without first giving you own."
Xabier nodded. "Yuppers indeed."
Carnegie growled. "It's awfully rude to eavse drop too." He glared at them.
He gulped. The big scary guy looked... well... scary... and strong.. "But if you must know... He's Xabier" Leon pointed at his twin.
"And he's Leon." The other twin pointed at Leon.
"Another pair of twins." Gemma sniffed.

[Axel]

"No, you don't need to apologize for them, Nettle." Mounteback shook his head. Glaring at Carnegie, he turned to Correlli. "I know you won't believe me, but I hounestly was not trying to steal the emerald." He shook his head and walked over to Gemma. "Still want that hug?" He asked, grinning.
Axel turned around to face Xabier and Leon. "Erm... I'm Axel.. The fire-eater's Correlli and that there is Gemma." He pointed at each in turn. "And frankly, that's all I know. Don't know the other five.." He scratched the back of his head. He caught sight of a boy propped up on someones shoulders. Peering closer, he could see the girl.. Laura. "Oh, hey. These are for you, Correlli." Axel handed the fire-eater the mission papers, with the photo of the girl ontop.

[Wolf Heart]

Gemma grinned and hugged Mountebank. "Yay! Someone actually cares!" She glared at Carnegie and Correlli.
Correlli took the papers and frowned at Gemma. "I care! For some things.." He glared at Mountebank and glanced down at the papers. He shrugged and stuffed them in a pocket.
Carnegie raised and eyebrow and looked after Mountebank. "You know what I'm like." He turned back towards the boys. "Elias Carnegie."
Verv grinned and jumped off his bike, landing infront of Xabier and Leon. "Me Verv Silenced!" He nodded eagerly.
"I'm Fray."
"No, you lying snake! I'm Fray! You're Nettle!"
Correlli rolled his eyes. "Have trouble telling them apart? Nettle's the prickly one." He walked over to Gemma. "I am nice. Well... when I want to be, anyway."
She nodded slowly. "Right.." Grinning, Gemma walked forwards and hugged Correlli.
Carnegie sniffed. "Soppy bloody stuff." He pulled out a magazzine from his coat pocket and started to read it.
Fray and Nettle were huddled together near the side of the stage. They were getting along just fine when one, I do not know who, shrieked, "Take that back!"

[toryb]

Looking all around him in wonder, Pierce slowly made his way towards the stage. The sight he saw confused hum utterly. "Woah.. There's like two sets of tiwns... Either that, or I'm having a mental illusion.." He clicked his tounge. "Fine. I suppose it's real. I'm Pierce." He nodded slowly. "Right.. There's about ... seven ... Yeah. There's seven people I don't know. Names are good to know. As well as that, it's good to know how to tell twins apart." He nodded again.

[Wolf Heart]

Gemma grinned. "Well I can introduce everyone! The magician's Mountebank and the fire-eater's Correlli. they've got this thing going on between them... they're trying to kill each other.." She shrugged. "The guy with his nose stuck in the mag's Carnegie, the set of girl twins are Fray and Nettle. If you have trouble telling them apart, Nettle's the prickly one. The guy with the pink mohawk, that's Verv. Those twins are Xabier and Leon, the guy that just showed up is Pierce, he's Axel and I'm Gemma." She nodded. "That's everybody right?" Gemma bounced over to Carnegie and peered over his shoulder at the magazine. "Good read?" She asked.
Carnegie snorted. "It's absolute rubbish! It beats listening to those two fight, Verv jabber on about nothing and you other lot talk about stuff I'm not interested in." He shrugged.
"Right." Gemma nodded. "Oh well. I'm just goona try to get things straight... Correlli was trying to kill Mountebank because of what happened in the past, Carnegie was supposedly helping Correlli try to kill Mountebank because he supposedly owed the fire-eater, Verv stole a policeman's bike because... Well because he wanted something fast.. I appeared and Carnegie wanted me to do a distraction.. So then Verv started to do stunts and Axel arrived kinda before that.. Axel then had no idea about what the hell was going on.. Those twins came" Here she paused and pointed at Fray and Nettle "And Fray backed Correlli up and Nettle backed Mountebank up and pulled him out of the way of Correlli's fireballs... Then those twins showed up" She paused again and pointed at Xabier and Leon "And then Verv finished the stunt/distraction when he saw the twins had come. After that he soon noticed the boy twins.. then we swapped some names.. and then Pierce appeared and I started telling everyones names.. And then I walked over to Carnegie and asked if it was a good read.. Carnegie said-"
Correlli shot a flameball at her. "Shut it! We get it, allright?! If anything, I'd say you confused everyone more."
Gemma snorted and walked over to Fray and Nettle.
Nettle turned to Gemma. "Tell her it's not nice to try and fry people to ashes!"
Gemma turned to Fray and opened her mouth, only to be cut off.
"Tell her Mountebank deserved it after what he did!"
"Yeah? Well, Tell her Mountebank was trying to stop Ariel from stealing the emerald!"
Xabier and Leon glanced at each other. "We don't argue like that!" Leon said.
"No.. So why do they?" Xabier asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Been like that for as long as I've known 'em.. Probably longer." Correlli shrugged.