03-03-2012, 06:23 AM
((If you head to Kakariko Town, you can meet up with my character. ;)))
"Come one! Come all! Come and see the strongest child in the world!" the burly man shouted outside of the small tent that had been set up for the festival. Several people answered his call and trickled in, the sound of Rupees jingling in the bowl drowned out by the pervasive hush of the people as they talked over what they were expecting to see. A few of them believed it to simply be a scam; a ploy to get money. Some of them believed whole-heartedley. But most of them were rather indifferent, and were conversing about the coming harvest, or the price of Cuckoo's, or anything really. The atmosphere was enough to make anyone nervous.
But Piper, often called Pip by the townsfolk, was fairly laidback. It would take a clever eye to see that the electricity in the air was affecting her as well. Her cheery, innocent aura typically masked her more negative emotions, and this was no exception. The yellow triangle on the back of her hand was still glowing, which was really a good sign. Sighing, she tightened the bandages again, folding them as tight as any knot before hopping off of the small barrel and stepping through the curtain.
Upon her entrance, the crowd grew silent. A multichromatic sea of eyes watched her every move, the brown, blue, green, and grey blending together from so far away. Piper took a deep breath to try and calm her nerves, which were acting fairly unusual. And then she started. "Who would like to be my first victi- err, I mean volunteer?" she called out, earning a few chuckles at the poor joke. A few people raised their hands, so she chose the smallest volunteer, just as she always did.
The woman, tall and skinny as a rail, walked up onto the small platform nervously, casting her eyes to the audience constantly. The audience, of course, was riveted. They expected something incredible to happen after all. It was what they had been promised. "Okay, miss. If you would just stand still for a moment," Pip instructed, pushing up her ragged sleeves before crouching down and grabbing the lady around the ankles. Then she stood, easily lifting her up off the ground and into the air.
Once she returned to the audience, emphatically explaining how light she felt in the small girl's arms, the crowd applauded politely. It was the same every time. They felt that that didn't prove anything, but unknown by them, the show was just beginning.
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