⚠️VANILLA/NON-KINK BLOGS DNI!!⚠️
[Backstage at the circus, in the dusty air and dim light, as an expectant audience files in beyond the curtain, talking, laughing, and probably spilling their popcorn.]
“Hm? What’re you…? Oh! Squeak, darlin’, c-careful with that! You’re gonna make meEHhH-! hAahH! aAH-! AAhH-HeECHhmf!”
“Hun, I’m sorry but *snf* you can’t be doin’ that right now, we got a show to be puttin’ on. Besides, m’ already rea-ehHh-lly itchy, and I gaHh…gh-gotta save the tricks for them, yeah?”
“You’ll see it change colors plenty in the ring. Right now I’m trying to…g-get it back to red before we sta-AhHH-hrt, and you’reEHh-! eEHH! hEHhchff! -not helping!”
*snf*...*squish*... “It’s not going back…ugh…” *sigh* “I can’t…hardly…hmm…Squeak,c’mere a moment.”
“Hup! There we are. Look, I’m sorry. I guess I-I-IiihhHeEHh-! Hhh!…it just itches so much…an-aAHHh-nd…ghh...my allergies…d-do you still have that bit o’ hay?”
“Grand. I think I just need to just sneeze out that itch a bit and I’ll be okeEHhh-! HEeAHh-! oh..ThaAHhht’s aH-all dusty…aAHHh! M-my no-heEHh! EehHH! HehHHCHhff! HeAhhcHh!
H-h-hAhH-ng on.. I-I-EhHh! HaHh! so sensi-HhiiH-AhHh! HahH! HehHCHFF! AHHchFF!...hheh…hHEhHECHmf! hHah!…aAhh!…HaAhh!…Ah!...HaACHFF! HeaHEChff!
“Yes, that was very good. I think I’ll be alright until the show.”
“But I think I might step outside for a min’, Squeak. Just to make sure that all the dust in here don’t set me off before I’m ready…again. We’ve still got some time.”
The *beeps* are Squeak’s voice, and I’m not sure if I put that into its info blurb. It speaks like a dog toy, and who knows if it understands human speech, or if Pip understands it, but most of their communication is done through gestures and body language regardless. They just kind of…talk at each other and figure it out eventually.