Voice/Video

[circus_bones]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! BOYS AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES!

[A new voice booms from the Forge.]

Now that I have yer attention--

[It switches to video now. The man on the screen looks cheerful, colorful. His bright red hair is swept back, framing his head with little spikes. A dark tear drop is painted right under his left eye, an odd match to the bright

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[ voice ]

[lonestray]

[Just stares at the feed for a bit. And if the man's overly-enthused reaction to being suddenly ripped out of his world and stuck in this one wasn't enough to be unsettling, that skeletal hand definitely does the trick.]

You're taking this awfully well.

[ voice ]

[circus_bones]

Ah...yeah, I guess I am.

But if I'm not smilin', I can't expect anyone else to.

[ voice ]

[lonestray]

...What?

[ voice ]

[circus_bones]

Smile! That's what I like to see people do. So I try to show them how, no matter what.

[voice]

[firebornfidelis]

[If this were video, she'd be blinking at you.]

Curtain?

[voice]

[circus_bones]

Haha! Well, I guess ya got me there. Can't have a curtain when I don't even have a tent yet.

[voice]

[firebornfidelis]

...

Oh.

[Pardon her, she's never seen a circus to know what you are talking about.]

Did you really just arrive? You seem rather cheerful for someone who's just been yanked to a different world.

[voice]

[circus_bones]

Ah...yeah. Other than my friends not being here, it's not much different. I'm used to wakin' up in different places.

[Voice]

[princely_calyx]

Welcome, nice to see see someone happy about being here.

Um, dunno if anyone sent you this yet.

Have a text link.]

My name's Utena Tenjo, it's nice to meet you, Joker!

...how'd do that thing with your hand? [She's skirting around the issue of his hand.]

[Voice]

[circus_bones]

It's nicer than some of the places I've been. Besides, rollin' into a new town always makes me smile!

The pleasure's all mine, Miss Tenjo.

What thing?

[The video turns back on, Joker's smiling face just within the frame. The main focus is on his hand.]

This thing?

[A snap of those bony fingers...and voila! Flowers!]

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[princely_calyx]

That's great! Are you a magician or do you do more?

[She isn't specific with the "more". She could mean the normal circus fare or perhaps real magic. She's not sure either, to be truthful.]

[Voice]

[circus_bones]

I guess you'll have to wait for the show to find out. [There's some teasing in his voice though.] But I promise your flowers wont' wilt!

[cop_for_one_day]

Shit.

Your hand.

[Yep, this guy is freaking him out a little. He's not sure why, but he gets the same feeling he did from Chief Irons.]

Where'd you come from, a circus?

[circus_bones]

Did it shock you? Sorry about that.

Exactly! A traveling circus.

[cop_for_one_day]

Only 'cause it still moves. Without tendons.

[circus_bones]

It's a prosthetic. I'll hafta be careful with it though. I used to go through 'em pretty quick and now I just have the one.

(video)

[sandrocker]

What else can you do?

[Quatre is weirdly fond of this dude already. He isn't at all like Trowa, but hey, a circus traveler is close enough to bring back memories.]

(video)

[circus_bones]

Askin' for a sneak preview, are ya?

(video)

[sandrocker]

[Small laugh.]

Well, your tricks are rather impressive.

(video)

[circus_bones]

They have to be for the show of the century! Might need a volunteer or two from the audience though.