run from the dark

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@freakxevergreen

Paige shook her head no, “Not really, I just ran into Somi a few steps back in one of the tents. After meeting her I started to wander around some more and I saw your show with the children. You are the second person I’ve met so far.” She was about to ask him a question about Somi but decided against it. Maybe Somi was having a bad night, that’s possible. Maybe she didn’t always drink alone. “Yeah, just Somi so far.”

“I honestly not sure who’s a performer or an audience member. Everyone here seems so eccentric and cool. I kind of like it. I hope I’m not being too rude but why was it hard for you to go back to the real world? You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. I’m not always great with social conversation. I tend to keep to my self. “

He smiled softly at Somi’s name. “I hope she wasn’t too much of a problem. She is one of my oldest friends but she gets anxious around people. And if you caught her drinking..” He shook his head with a sigh. “She’s a good person once you can get past everything else,” he said with a nod and smiled at her nervously again.

“Ah, yes. A lot of us do try to blend in to make sure that there is no trouble,” He said with a laugh. His smile fell a bit when she asked and he looked down. “Ah.. well, I can travel through shadows too.. Like walking in a different shadow type world to move places quicker..?” He rubbed at his arm. “I went to far as a kid and got stuck a few years. I haven’t been so good in the normal world since. This place has been my home. And it isn’t rude, it is normal to be curious about new people..”

shadow world →

[partner :: open ]

While his ability allowed him to travel easily, it was something that he wasn’t incredibly fond of doing. Because of his past experiences and being stuck for as long as he had been, he only did it in times of great need. One thing people didn’t realise happened was when he got nervous, he could actually get stuck half in and half out of a shadow.

As he was at that moment. He frowned, looking around and trying to yank his arm back out of the shadow. He had been trying to get away from some guests, female ones at that, and he had managed to get himself completely stuck between the normal world and his shadow world. “Ahh, I wish Dahye were here…” He muttered, flushing at the thought of his new girlfriend. “She’d be able to help pull me out…”

He looked around, hoping for someone, anyone, to save him at that point. “Is anyone around? Help?” He called out, tugging again to no avail.

cirque-daily

Weirdly Specific Yet Tame Asks

What’s your favorite wild canine? (Like wolves, foxes, etc)

What’s your favorite big cat?

What’s your favorite herbivorous animal?

What’s your favorite aquatic animal?

If you had a “Patronus”, what do you think it would be? Try to avoid taking any personality tests that would determine it for you.

What was the closest you have ever been to a wild animal?

If someone gave you a pencil and paper and told you to draw the perfect animal, what would you draw?

Have you ever tamed anything wild?

Do you collect anything of your favorite animal? What do you have so far?

What’s the color scheme like in your room? Do the walls, curtains, bedsheets, and carpet match?

Currently, how many stuffed animals are in your room? Do you still sleep with a stuffed toy?

Is there a mess in your room at the moment? Any trash on the floor that should probably be taken out?

Look in your closet and report on the colors of your clothes. Do you need more of anything? If you have one, check your jewelry box and see what colors you have more of what what you have less of.

What is the most fragile thing you currently own?

What jewelry or accessories are you currently wearing?

Give us a status report on something you did today.

Have you noticed any habits of yours?

Would you help out a perfect stranger in need?

Can you sing? Even if you don’t think you can, sing the first song that comes to your mind.

Do you try to take care of yourself when you’re sick or do you rely on others?

How do you wear a scarf?

Who is the cutest person you know?

Are you forgetting about or slacking off on something you should be doing right now?

What was the last kind of candy or sweet you consumed?

What is the most expensive thing you have eaten?

What was the last thing you snacked on?

What is the weirdest thing you have eaten before?

What was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you? What was the nicest thing you have done for someone?

Take your favorite purse/backpack/bag and dump out its contents. What’s inside?

Have you read the newspaper lately? What were you reading about?

What is something that you think is unfair?

What would you consider your most defining feature (physically and personality-wise)?

What was the high of your day today? What was the low?

#!meme

shadow world →

[partner :: open ]

While his ability allowed him to travel easily, it was something that he wasn’t incredibly fond of doing. Because of his past experiences and being stuck for as long as he had been, he only did it in times of great need. One thing people didn’t realise happened was when he got nervous, he could actually get stuck half in and half out of a shadow.

As he was at that moment. He frowned, looking around and trying to yank his arm back out of the shadow. He had been trying to get away from some guests, female ones at that, and he had managed to get himself completely stuck between the normal world and his shadow world. “Ahh, I wish Dahye were here...” He muttered, flushing at the thought of his new girlfriend. “She’d be able to help pull me out...”

He looked around, hoping for someone, anyone, to save him at that point. “Is anyone around? Help?” He called out, tugging again to no avail.

#para!sw #cdf!open

storyteller →

[partner :: @freakxevergreen]

“I hope it’s nice to meet me,” she laughed a little as she watched him eat the strawberries and hope that would make him more comfortable with her. “Thanks! I’m glad you liked them. I’m still working out the kinks but I can do certain fruits and vegetables. I’m working watermelons at the moment but they don’t come out right. I’m close those.” She nodded at his suggestion with working with Zelos. “I’m willing to help. I don’t know, why, but I feel like I’m going to really like it here. Do you like it here? Are the people nice? I hope they’re nice.”

“I think they are amazing. Fresh produce is way better than store bought stuff,” He grinned at her and nodded, feeling a bit more at ease with food in the mix. He popped another berry into his mouth and hummed softly at the sweet taste. “I think you will do great. All it takes is practice, right?” He asked with a bright smile. “Ahh, well I grew up here. The last four years were kind of hard for me to get back into the real world. I’m happy to be back! Everyone I know from before is great and everyone new so far seems great too!” He nodded at her. He looked around, trying to find someone to point out but failed a bit. “I don’t really know anyone that isn’t nice. At least everyone has been nice to me. Have you gotten to meet a lot of people yet?”

Arrival

freakxemrys:

“Its not that you don’t… I just… I don’t know why I expected you could be anything else…? Ahhh, I’m not good with women.” He laughed and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. Even though they had spent the morning together, now that he could see what exactly she looked like it was hard for him to converse. “Dahye? That’s.. That’s a pretty name.” He steeled himself, looking up at her with a bit of a shy smile. “Stop putting yourself down. I’m just blind as hell…” He tapped his glasses, trying anything to make his brain stop overthinking everything.

“Hey, you helped me find my glasses. What kind of man would I be if I didn’t hold up my end of the bargain?” He gave a small frown, despite the blush on his cheeks. He didn’t want her to think that he would just run out without holding up his end of things. “Besides, I’m really hungry.”

Dahye felt her cheeks heat up at his words and reactions. She smiled kindly and looked away with slight awkwardness. “Thank you. That’s sweet,” she replied. Her attention turned back to his glasses with a shy gaze as he tapped them. Then they curiously wandered down to his neck, peering at the tattoos with interest. She couldn’t stop herself from thinking of how pretty the art was.

“But really! I am used to it, I promise,” she protested at his command to stop putting herself down. Her own stomach threatened to growl at the confirmed offer of food. “You don’t mind then?” Her smile returned, and she straightened up her baggy shirt. Her first attempt at friendship at the circus seemed to be a success. Not bad for a socially inexperienced person like her, she thought. With that, she turned confidently to begin the walk towards town. “I’ll follow you~” But even with that confidence, the blush remained upon her cheeks.

#para!arrival #freakxcrunch #!end

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Arrival

#para!arrival #freakxcrunch

[partner :: @freakxcrunch]

Dahye watched as the other put his glasses on, smiling because she was not only happy to help, but also happy with herself to be getting off on such a great foot. It faltered a little when she heard the gasp, though. Her eyes widened, looking around for the cause of shock, until she heard him speak. “I’m? Oh!” she giggled, nodding as her cheeks blushed. “Yes! My… My stage name is Crunch, but my real name is Dahye, I’m sorry, it’s a common mistake, people think I’m a boy all the time–” she rambled in embarrassment. “It’s really okay. I know my voice is a little deeper than most girls’, and I’m not curvy, I’m always in baggy clothes.” She wasn’t lying. It was common for people to mistake her for a boy in public. Her parents used to get on her for it all the time. “It’s alright! I’m cool with being one of the bros, you know?” She tried to help him laugh it off a bit. “Just think of me as another pal! Uh… Do you still want lunch..? I understand if not! I don’t want to burden you.”

“Its not that you don’t... I just... I don’t know why I expected you could be anything else...? Ahhh, I’m not good with women.” He laughed and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. Even though they had spent the morning together, now that he could see what exactly she looked like it was hard for him to converse. “Dahye? That’s.. That’s a pretty name.” He steeled himself, looking up at her with a bit of a shy smile. “Stop putting yourself down. I’m just blind as hell...” He tapped his glasses, trying anything to make his brain stop overthinking everything.

“Hey, you helped me find my glasses. What kind of man would I be if I didn’t hold up my end of the bargain?” He gave a small frown, despite the blush on his cheeks. He didn’t want her to think that he would just run out without holding up his end of things. “Besides, I’m really hungry.”

storyteller →

[partner :: @freakxevergreen]

“Hyunwoo…that’s a cool name. Oh on stage I go by Evergreen, but yes I have a thing.” She gave out a nervous laugh and thought that she could show him. “So, you have to excuse me because I’m still developing my skills, but I got something,” she said pointing at him to give her a moment. Slipping the tote off her shoulder, and she started digging through it. “I’m sorry, I’m more organized but you know how it goes when you travel.”

After digging through her bag, she found a plastic bag with a few strawberries in them. She takes out a single berry and show it to him. “Now if this works, we should have just strawberries, if it doesn’t we’re going to have a bush with strawberries. You get the idea though.” With a nervous laugh she put the strawberry between in her hands and focused her energy to just creating strawberries. Soon her hands were full of bright, red berries. “Yes! Try one…please. Free from GMOs and pesticides but here you go. Do they test good?”

“Ah.. Evergreen. N-nice to meet you?” It came out more of a question than a statement, despite other plans. He was so nervous around women that he couldn’t form a coherent sentence. She wasn’t as much his type as others there, but that didn’t stop him from appreciating a nice form. He sighed and rubbed his face as she fumbled in her bag, trying to force his awkwardness (and the blush) down.

His eyes widened, however, as she spawned more berries. He nodded, reaching out and gently taking a berry from his hand and popping it into his mouth. His face flushed slightly in delight at the taste. “They taste better than the ones you guy at a store,” He commented, giving an approving nod. “You should help Zelos out in the kitchens, this could be super helpful in feeding everyone?”

Arrival

#para!arrival #freakxcrunch

[partner :: @freakxcrunch]

“Fridges? Really? Who would want to chill your glasses that way?” Dahye hurried to the cold containers, starting to open fridge doors and glancing through them, reaching back where she couldn’t see. “Don’t hurt yourself, be careful feeling around and all that!” she warned. She would freak out if the first person she met started bleeding or something on her watch. “Wait… I feel something that feels like…” She pulled them from the back of the fridge, watching how they fogged up once outside. “Glasses! Hey! I think I found them!” She ran to his side, holding them out to him.

A wave of relief washed over Emrys as he heard his newfound friend say that they had found his glasses. “Thank you! This taking my glasses thing is getting kind of old!” He laughed, fumbling to grab his glasses before hastily shoving them on his face. They were still fogged up so he blinked a few times, trying to focus while it slowly receded. And then, he let out a rather loud, audible gasp, his cheeks turning bright red.

“You’re... you’re a girl!” His voice rose a pitch and he couldn’t fight the blush as it rose to his ears. She was, indeed, a woman. She was also a woman that Emrys could in no way deny was incredibly attractive to him. She wasn’t like he was used to seeing -- too much makeup, dressed in clothes too tight or too short. She was different in a way that could only mean she was herself. That and she had an incredibly attractive face and had been super helpful to him already. “I.. Uh... wow. Um..” He looked down at his feet and laughed. “I shouldn’t be so awkward after I’ve already spent half the morning with you!” He stated in embarrassment, half scolding himself.

storyteller →

[partner :: @freakxevergreen]

Paige finished dropping off her things in the blue tent and realized that the show was already starting. She figured it was her first night here and probably the only night she would have off. As she was walking around she saw a group of kids enjoying the show that she decided to say. He finally finished his act and escaped into on of the snack booths, so she quickly followed inside.

“Uh, hi,” she said waved. “I didn’t mean to bother you but I saw you with the kids telling the stories. It was good. I could tell it was Red Riding Hood and the Three bears. I mean not together…they were separate,” she stammered. “I’m Paige Shim, I just got here. I’m going to be joining the circus. I thought I would introduce myself. I’m going to being uh some aerial work.”

Emrys heard the voice before he saw the woman and he started to choke on his water. He was not good with women. He had been better before he had gone home for those long four years, but the world with normal people hand changed him a bit. “Oh! Uh...” He responded, blushing softly and looking down at his feet, suddenly super unsure of himself. He reached up and rubbed the back of his head, unsure what he wanted to say.

Wait, what had she said again? It dawned on him that she gave him a compliment. “Thank you, I try to make sure the kids are happy when I walk around..” He muttered, laughing softly before looking up at her. “Paige? It is nice to meet you... I am known by Emrys here, but my actual name is Hyunwoo..” He blushed and looked down again, not able to hold eye contact. Boy was she pretty. That made this even more awkward! “Do you... are you.. You know... do you have a thing.. ability? like us?”

Arrival

#para!arrival #freakxcrunch

@freakxcrunch

“I almost wish I had known about this place as a kid… My childhood was really good for the most part, though! I just started having issues in those awkward pre-teen years. My parents thought it must be some weird genetic thing, since I’m adopted.” Crunch continued to assist the man towards the tent, smiling at their conversation. “Maybe you’d be better as someone reading off the directions for a recipe instead of trying to execute the actions~” she chuckled. It was comforting, hearing that she would be welcomed at the medical tent. It gave her hope that she would finally be able to push herself to figure out her abilities. She was pulled out of her thoughts by their slowing movements, and sight of her shadow seeming to move of its own accord. Her eyes widened in shock. “Holy shi– That’s impressive! And…slightly terrifying. And cool, really cool.” She laughed a little shyly and then pressed on to finish their journey to the kitchen tent. “Alright, here we are! Where should I look first?”

As Crunch said that his ability was terrifying but impressive, he was torn. Emrys didn’t want to scare the other, but he did like that they were impressed. It was nice to be making a new friend even if he couldn’t see their face. He couldn’t wait to be able to put a face to the name and the voice. It was really frustrating floundering around blindly.

He blinked as Crunch said they were in the kitchen tent. He had hardly noticed the lighting change. That made him frown slightly. Was his vision getting worse or had he just been super distracted? “Well... They would probably put them somewhere hard to find. So maybe in bins. Or even the fridges... They will be really thick round glasses..” He said, letting go of her arm and moving to where he could start feeling around himself. He closed his eyes and went about things, glad somi had set up things as they had been before. Muscle memory worked wonders. “Dang, I only feel utensils. Anything?”