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Conceal, Don't Feel [EVENT] Oct 17, 2019 3:35:30 GMT eddiesand likes this

Post by Vivienne on Oct 17, 2019 3:35:30 GMT

(February 3rd, open to all. Festival Thread!)

Her smile hid a sense of absolute disgust and fury. But you'd never know unless you could read her mind. Her pig could sense it of course, just knowing her. So Taurtiere kept his steps close to her as he bounced around her feet. She was playing entertainment and ticket taker for the sideshow, a tiny little thing the festival workers had set up with all sorts of fun little trinkets and attractions. She guessed it wouldn't be so interesting now that the world was so open. They had things like dragons and talking lions, a fiji mermaid wasn't going to turn a single head.

She felt terribly ill standing among the Thorns on a podium, watching her pig dance around the ticket box. She knew why she was there of course. She knew Paris like the back of her hand. She could watch the scum as they wandered through the streets, celebrating their victory and celebrating the festival.

That didn't mean she had to like it.

"Step right up, step right up!" She whistled, "See the amaaaazing wonders we have inside this tent! See the fiji mermaid, half fish half...thing! A car by a murderer you totally know about! Notthatitmattersbecauseyoureallabunchofmurderersanyway. Tanks of piranhas! And all sorts of creepy crawly things that go bump in the night!"

She hooked her legs over the side of the booth, sitting on the edge. "Step right up!"

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Conceal, Don't Feel [EVENT] Oct 19, 2019 4:34:35 GMT

Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 4:34:35 GMT

"How much are tickets?" a playful voice called from below the podium. Melody looked up at Vivian, a cheeky grin plastered across her face. She knew the girl a little bit, but hadn't interacted with her much outside of the Snuggly Duckling. Still, she was a Wing and Melody knew she could be trusted.

The dark-haired girl climbed up on the podium and rested her arms against it, standing next to Vivian and staring out among the crowd. "You looked like you could use some company," Melody offered, watching Tautiere dance among the festival goers. She knew vaguely that the other girl was from Paris and the princess could only imagine how hard it must be to see her home degraded and filled with villains.

Blue eyes glanced over the list of trinkets and attractions in the tent behind them. Her eyes narrowed at the mention of a Fiji Mermaid. Melody had never hear of such a thing and besides, if they had really wanted a mermaid, she would've been more than happy to play dress up.

"Where do they find these things?" she asked, a small half-smile playing on her lips. "All of these things look ridiculous and somewhat insulting. No way anyone would fall for this stuff, right?" She glanced over at Vivienne once more, stifling a small laugh.

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Conceal, Don't Feel [EVENT] Oct 19, 2019 14:14:53 GMT

Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 14:14:53 GMT

"Oh wow! What's this all about?"

The deceptively-innocent child's voice came from somewhere down around the girls' feet; and if either of them were to look down, they'd find its owner was a most harmless-looking little thing. With wide blue eyes watched them both eagerly, large ears pricked up with anticipation of a cool answer, and a tail wagging optimistically behind him, there was no way at all he could possibly be a little thief and potential troublemaker.

At least, that was very much what Dogo hoped they'd believe.

In actual truth, it was proving a test of will for the jackal pup to keep his eyes off the tasty-looking pig as it pranced about; it was practically screaming to be made into a meal, and Dogo would have been only too happy to oblige... if he didn't think that would get him kicked out of the festival faster than he could blink. Besides, he remembered what Mom had taught him; being sweet, speaking with a smile? That would get you further, by far, than charging in at every animal you wanted to eat.

Speaking of Mom... he knew, of course, that ReiRei wanted her children to keep their noses out of the ongoing war, at least for the moment. But Dogo quite honestly doubted that this festival counted. Exploring a little beyond the Outlands, he'd heard a couple of passing traders talking about what was going on. And, well, what jackal could resist the meal potential that such a gathering would offer? Dogo hadn't asked Mom's permission, he'd just ventured after the traders on his own.

The little pup had never seen such a busy place before, at least not if you didn't count anyplace where all his siblings were at once; but Dogo wasn't one to lose his head. He'd kept his head high, an innocent confidence in his stride, and begun looking for animals he could take advantage of.

The girl calling out about 'amazing wonders', at least some of which sounded pretty edible, was the first to catch Dogo's attention. Making sure his cute and sweet act was firmly in place, he had ventured over just behind the second girl.

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Conceal, Don't Feel [EVENT] Oct 25, 2019 19:16:12 GMT

Post by Varian on Oct 25, 2019 19:16:12 GMT

Well, Varian would admit one thing to himself. Blending in did seem to be infinitely easier with his hood covering his head. It hadn't even been his intention to hide in plain sight when he'd first ventured out to peruse the festival. Over time during the exploration, he'd just wound up pulling it up. Partly it had to do with the chill of the February air, and partly it just felt kind of right. The non Thorns wouldn't have known he was one at first glance regardless, but hiding his face did make him feel like he was doing a better job at keeping up that whole 'secret' thing. Just for a bit longer, at least. Varian knew sooner or later the truth would come out to anyone he'd told about how he totally wasn't a bad guy. For the moment, though? He didn't have to worry so much.

He ventured further around the festivities until a familiar voice calling out to the crowd drew his attention. His blood ran a bit colder. Vivienne was there? Well... of course she would be. She lived there, he remembered. Varian looked her way and saw her standing at a podium. What she was talking about did intrigue him a bit. Mermaids could exist in theory. Varian had seen a lot of strange things since he'd joined the Cursed Thorns, after all. What really intrigued him was the idea of this 'car' thing. He'd never heard of such a thing before.

Funny, that. The boy had recreated automatons just based off of seeing one in the Coronan tunnels, but he'd never heard of a car. Oh well. He'd potentially learn that day.

After making sure his hood still was up a reasonable amount, just to delay the inevitable a bit longer, he approached. On doing so, he was able to pick a few other faces out. One was Melody. He didn't know who she was supposed to be, but she seemed to know Vivienne. Good enough for him, honestly. The... wolf? Jackal? Jackal sounded more accurate in his mind when he looked Dogo over. Whoever he was, he definitely didn't belong to the Thorns. He sounded just as interested by what the girls were talking about.

Varian took a breath, then hesitated. His voice might give him away. So, Varian cleared his throat.

"I'd like to know about these 'amazing wonders' too, ladies," Varian said. He was doing his best to make his voice sound a bit deeper than it actually was. In the back of his mind, though, he was cringing. Vivienne wasn't an idiot. There'd be some tipoff he was missing. Some telltale sign to blow Varian's cover, and then? Everything he'd built with her would fall down. Why was he trying so hard to keep up this ridiculous facade for the day?

...Because he cared enough to try and hold on to the one person who didn't know he was as bad as everyone else, he guessed.

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Conceal, Don't Feel [EVENT] Oct 27, 2019 20:29:29 GMT

Post by Vivienne on Oct 27, 2019 20:29:29 GMT

Vivienne's eyes widened slightly in reaction to the voice as she turned to the side to face the origin. Melody was one of the Gilded Wings and Vivienne kinda liked her. She was nice but a little too wide eyed and full of wonder for her. She was a princess so she heard so that probably was why. She hadn't seen her parents killed by a royal guard...or whatever Frollo's guard was called. She thought Melody was nice though. Maybe they could be friends, if Vivienne remembered what it was like to have those and how she was supposed to do that thing where you actually made them and didn't chase them away.

"Tickets are 3 francs! But on the house for you," she smirked and walked up next to Melody who was examining the oddities up close. She shrugged, picking up the base of the fiji mermaid; an ugly monstrosity of a creation that had been put together ages ago by some Gypsy who wanted to make a quick buck off of dumb tourists to Paris. It had worked too until it got him locked in Frollo's jail and beheaded.

"They're mostly just tricks, honestly," she said, "See here, the Fiji mermaid? It isn't a real mermaid it's just a monkey front half sewn onto some kind of fish bottom half. See how it kinda looks like what a real mermaid would look like? Not with the slim, slick back fishy parts and gorgeous hair and clamshell bras you see in storybooks."

Her ears perked up again and she lay eyes on the most adorable thing she though she'd ever seen. Taurtiere glared at the small thing as Vivienne approached it and crouched down to as low as she could without sitting on the ground. It looked kind of like a dog but different somehow. "You are literally the cutest thing I've ever seen," she beamed, ignoring her pig who was stamping the ground in jealous anger, "Can I pick you up? You get into the exhibit for free, No charge for cute things."

Speaking of...Vivienne turned over her shoulder as she heard the voice coming from the cloaked man standing by them. She raised an eyebrow at the clear attempt at a disguise of a voice. Did she recognize the voice? Was someone just trying to be edgy? She approached the figure and looked him over before smirking slightly. She had a hunch but the giveaway was Taurtiere tugging on the man's pant leg and flipping over on his back next to his feet.

"Oh, can't you just conjure up some of those 'amaaazing wonders' yourself with your science, oh mysterious stranger?" She giggled leaned against the beam of the tent. "You wanna remove the hood or should I...Varian?"

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Conceal, Don't Feel [EVENT] Nov 20, 2019 1:20:47 GMT

Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 1:20:47 GMT

Melody cringed at the site of the shriveled up...thing. It was creepy looking and unnatural and every instinct inside her was screaming to get away. "But that's not what a real mermaid looks like," Melody countered. She had seen real mermaids, she WAS a real mermaid, and she would hate to think that anyone would believe they looked like that. "It's exactly how it is in the books," she continued. "I should know!"

It wasn't a secret exactly that her mom was a mermaid and now that the barrier had been brought down, there was more contact than every. Melody didn't mind divulging into her parentage a bit - she was quite proud of it in fact. The conversation was stopped short by the arrival of some new faces on the scene. The dog-jackal thing that showed up was actually pretty cute. It made the mermaid miss her own dog back home. Vivienne was pretty enamored with it, too.

The boy on the other hand, that was different. He was around their age and it was pretty obvious Vivenne knew him. He was kind of cute, but a bit too broody and moody for Melody's liking. But if Vivenne liked him, than good for her. Melody's mom was always trying to get her to find a boyfriend.

"Is he a friend of yours?" Melody asked, glancing from Varian to Vivienne. A slight smirk played on her lips and the princess's tone let the other girl know that it was all in good fun. "I'm Melody," she said, turning to Varian. "I'm Vivienne's friend. Is there something going on that I should know about?" She stifled a giggle as she turned to the other girl. The afternoon just got a lot more interesting.

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Conceal, Don't Feel [EVENT] Jan 24, 2020 21:46:59 GMT

Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2020 21:46:59 GMT

"Oh wow, really? Thanks, miss!"

His tail wagged frantically, and little yips of happiness were given, to all appearances a reaction to the prospect of getting a free look inside the tent. Only to another jackal would it be obvious that his glee had rather more to do with the fact that the girl had so thoroughly fallen for his act. Mom was right - not that he'd ever have doubted her - that playing the cute card would get you practically anywhere; and humans, it seemed, were even more vulnerable to that than other animals.

That was something he'd have to remember.

If her question had given him pause for a moment, Dogo was quick to mentally shrug it off. It seemed that the girl had no idea at all what jackals were really like, if she wanted to bring him even closer to her... it made Dogo want to shake his head at her naivete. But of course, he was too much of a professional to do so.

"Well, gee... I guess you can pick me up!"

If his tone didn't sound quite as convincing, there, as it had a moment ago, it was only because Dogo couldn't quite cover every single trace of his incredulity. But he doubted either girl would catch that much, least of all the one who seemed so enamoured by him; and besides, he was still giving all the right body-language cues of innocent eagerness. The wide eyes, the wagging tail, the wide smile...

That... 'mermaid' he'd seen the girl pick up, admittedly, didn't look like a good start; so wrinkly and shrivelled and unappetising, as though it had been dead for ages. Still, Dogo carefully kept up his mask of eager innocence - knowing he could always take the pig, still, if the rest of this proved to be in vain - as the rest of the conversation progressed.

The two girls had been joined by a guy in a hood, who they seemed to be good-naturedly teasing... it was none of his business, so Dogo simply kept quiet, his tail continuing to wag as he let them talk. Sometimes, of course, the best way to be unassuming was to just let people grow so used to you being there that they no longer even registered your presence... and then, you could get away with almost anything.

That was an approach he was somewhat less skilled at... but the pup was a fast learner.