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[highest_trump]

[ when the sound comes on, joker seems to be in the middle of a conversation, tense and clearly uncomfortable, and both voices are a little muffled. one of them is quickly rising, though, frustrated, wheedling. ]

"--Joker, don't--"

--yer 'ands offa' me!

[ rustling, the sounds of a brief scuffle, and a startled hiss. ]

"--orry, I don't-- I'm

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[highest_trump]

I dunno' what yer talkin' 'bout, Mate, but me, I'm from London. Eas' End.

[highest_trump]

'S where all th' frowaways are dumped. [ he pokes a pin at the nv, brows arching. ] .. What, you fink I need ovver English aroun' ter make meself at 'ome?

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[narcotizes]

[ did someone say carnival ]

Ain't nothin' I know that can be juggling enough harshable j-clubs in my direction to push my fuckin' switch down, man.

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[highest_trump]

[ he only has a vague idea of what the horned guy just said, but whatevs, he gets the gist. ]

So I can 'ope ter see y' there once we open back up, roight?

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[narcotizes]

Absa-motherfuckin'-lutely. Magic's alls in the tents.

[ it's heaven for a clown. honk! ]

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[highest_trump]

Good! [ a pause, then he lifts a hand to gesture to the top of his head. ] Can I ask about yer 'orns?

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[quadrifoliate]

Oh yeah? What kinda acts d'you do? [ She may be nearly nineteen, but you're never too old for a good carnival, or a good performance. ]

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[highest_trump]

Might be better ter ask what I don' do! [ he laughs, rocking back slightly on his stool. ] I'm startin' out as an acrobat, though. Prob'ly on th' silks.

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[quadrifoliate]

How about a demonstration? [ She grins, leaning in. ] Or is that supposed to be top-secret until the show?

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[itsatrep]

I don't know about watching. I like being in the middle of the action.

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[highest_trump]

[ he flutters his lashes playfully, good-humoured and brightly amused. ]

Yer might prefer lessons, then, ey? One-on-one wiv an instructor.

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[itsatrep]

[He reciprocates, batting his own eyelashes, although he's doing it with an edge of mocking.]

What kinds of things can you teach me?

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[highest_trump]

[ he laughs, rocking back on his stool. ]

Who says I'm an instructor?

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[cursestained]

...Eastender. [Oh god, the memories.]

Quite a production, that.

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[highest_trump]

.. Y' know, I used ter take for granted that me accent was tellin', but now I'm surprised when someone knows it.

[ a small shrug, grinning unapologetically. ] Best ter cover m'self, roight? A bloke's got a roight ter d'fend 'imself, an' better people know it weren' outright murder.

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[cursestained]

[Naoya switches the feed to video in his response--thus, Joker can now see him, pale as a sheet with those brilliant red eyes and a somewhat unsettling smirk.]

I don't think there are enough here actually familiar with London. Or Europe at all. Such is the nature of pulling people from different realities.

[He chuckles faintly.] One would hope it wouldn't go so far you'd need to prove that.

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[highest_trump]

[ he blinks, then the smile returns just as brightly. being from the circus, and before that the street, it takes more than unusual colouring to give him pause. ]

One'd 'ope, sure, but 'ope don' get you far where I'm from. Not wivout some solid common sense, any'ow.