As people rushed in and out, in and out, Feravin's smile began to waver and memories began to flood in, memories of his training. Suddenly, his eyes shot wide open and he let out a piercing scream, just standing there for almost 10 seconds, screaming. He seemed to freeze up for a moment before his eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed to his knees and vomited, unfortunately, onto Zalia's shoes, and he began hastily muttering, in Russian, "Too many people, I don't know what to do, they're not starting the training like normal? I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! I should have known the moves, I'll try harder next time, I promise, please, not the cat o' nine, please not the cat o' nine." Feravin slowly tipped over onto his side, assuming the fetal position as he extended his wing to cover himself up, rendering his mumbles incomprehensible.

Hearing someone screaming Melony whirled around just in time to see the new arrival collapse onto the ground. She felt panic set in, but shook it aside. She could hear the winged man mumbling in an unknown language. It was no barrier to understanding that he was in distress and panicking. Quietly Melony tried to find an opening between his wings to put a soothing hand in his head. Bending down she whispered into where she thought his ear was. "It's alright, you're safe here. It's alright." The young woman kept saying it over and over, while gently rubbing her other hand on his back. She hoped he would be alright, worry creased her features. She forgot about what she'd been saying to Day, and her plans to go learn how to jump.

Ahanna nodded at Zalia. She did know that.

When the new elf fell down she dropped beside him. She reached into her pouch and dug out a small bag. She opened it up and held it near his face. It smell very strongly and unplesantly. While not the nicest thing to smell it generally brought people back to the world. He seems very nervous. Maybe I should make him tea to deal with that for a bit. She smiled at Melony as she tried to confort him.

Day nodded at Melony. "I'm not done yet but I'll be over there in a bit." He turned back to Zalia. He fiddled with his new fingers and looked down at her question. "Well, I um... Melony was scared about the trampolines because of heights so I took her for a flight. She seemed so happy so I decided to change. She seemed so, uh... lonely last night."

When the new man started screaming Day jumped back. In his new form he felt so small and weak it made him skittish.

Rae stepped forward when he went down but not to help. She only knew a few languages and this was not one of them but she did catch certain words. She knew training, harder, and cat o' nine. They were words she had heard before when training as a hunter. Several of her teachers had spoken other languages and often reverted to them when mad. She had known one trainer who loved to hurt people. He always pushed people and had a love for the horrible cat o' nine. Luckily neither her or her sister had been trained by him. He was a monster not these people. She watched the man for a moment. Just because I heard those words from hunters doesn't mean anything. He is afterall an elf. He just had a hard life.

Groaning, Lucifer rolled away, into the water. He then floated, on his back, in the shallow area. "I have to perform," he put his hands behind his head. "I have to impress the ladies," he grinned, looking over at Scarlett. He felt his hair spread out, in all different directions as he floated out further and further. Sighing, he kicked his feet, moving out to the middle of the lake, and let the fish swim under and around him. He closed his eyes and relaxed, slight waves from the fish swimming quickly over to him sent water splashing onto his chest and stomach.

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Mellie smiled and started to doze off when Rythen started to run, the wind blowing her hair in different directions. "Say, Rythen?" she said, waking herself up. She watched as they passed trees, staring at the bright green foliage. "How come you aren't in love with Ahanna?" she asked, nuzzling his neck with her nose. "She's beautiful, tall, thin ... I might even fall for her." Her smile turned into a cheeky grin as she closed her eyes once again, her lack of sleep catching up to her.

Scarlett slid into the water and sat in the shallow area. "So I'm not enough?" She asked, laughing a little and laying on her back. It was true that a lot of women looked at Lucifer as he performed.. and yet he had only been there for round two weeks she had seen many women make moves on him. Scarlett got many men to look at her during her act.. and a few had come to talk with her after shows but never had she slept with any of them. She wasn't the kind of girl to have one night stands where in the morning she would wake up alone and guilty, unlike men who only thought with their urges.

Caleb frowned, body reacting defensively as the other male seemed be more than pissed and fight the shift. He personally knew that struggle very well since he first changed he had already been overly protective of his siblings, the girls especially and the rages he went into often meant him shifting into a wolf and ripping out someones throat. He relaxed slowly as the other calmed, offering a tentative smile as he spoke. "She is, and all of us had." He wordlessly motioned to his sister next to the older woman. "Kita was having some issues and disappeared so we as her siblings had disappeared all day and night to help her. But otherwise we cause Zal no problems. Unless we count Kita constantly being around her when either female is upset, or just because. I think Kita was hit hardest when we lost our parents, so she has taken a great shine to Zal." He just smiled softly as he shook his head. "Must be handy. I and my family so far can only change into specific animals. I'm a grey wolf, Akasha is a Red-breasted Hawk, Kyle a giant otter, and Nakita is a Bengal tiger. I'd prefer it if we didn't have just this one form, but we've yet had to come across another shift to help us." He sighed, knowing he was doing alot that could possibly jeopordize his siblings, but if this male was Zalia's brother, and a powerful shifter, maybe he could help them.

Kyle smiled and nodded as Melony left to go visit the white haired male next to Zalia, his heightened sense of smell telling him it was the horse Ahanna had, but that didn't make any sense to him. He shook his head and went to the trampolines, waving to the male that had been introduced as Zalia's sister, before bouncing across the surface in a slow gait to the next levels. Stopping just one under Akasha at the fourth tier, the third was the longest one as it mimiced a pathway, allowing for a longer chain of acrobatics. He stepped upon the cushioned pleather that surrounded the edge, his back to the the black. He closed his eyes and exhaled a large breath before letting himself fall to the bouncy surface, curling his form into a ball as he came back up, the subsequent drop bringing him higher into the air as he spun and landed on his hands to tumble down the lane in a multitude of flips to the other end, sending himself into the air with enough force to do a double twist and flip to land on his feet, knees bending to absorb the impact.

Kita was tense, fur bristled. Something seemed off about this new male, something that reminded her of her capture. So lost in her thoughts she almost missed the deep rumbling sound, but she came back to herself to know the rumbling was from her, growling at this stranger she had no intention of being around if she could ever help it. She watched him though, seeing his tenseness, knowing exactly what was about to happen. Memories were going to flood him, break him from the current reality and cause harm to his mind, possibly. The sounds and smell as the new male screamed then vomited was revolting to the current tiger, but his mutterings caught her attention. She once had a friend in school, from elementary to high school, who spoke Russian and taught it to her. To hear it once again, she hesitated before reacting and lowering to her belly to scoot closer. She hated pain, whether her own, of a friend, or even the enemy, and to hear him tore the anger from her as she tried to make soothing sounds as if she were a mother tiger to a frightened cub.

The other three heard the scream, Kyle not catching himself in time and landing painfully on the trampoline, his shoulder clipping on the metal frame even if the damnable thing was cushioned for this sort of thing. He turned over to the scream, noticing his siblings rising as if to defend against a threat, months of the same thing as Kita had her nightmares and multitudes of panic attacks early into her stay at the circus.

After a few minutes of murmuring and come muffled sobs, they suddenly stopped. His wing slowly re-furled, revealing Feravin with a calm, but somewhat... empty, smile. He got back up, brushing the dirt off, acting completely normal as he looked around, saying, "I apologize for that, I don't know what came over me. Heh, funny how things work sometimes. Oh, Zalia, I apologize for your shoes."

Rythen reached the town and slowed down to a walk. He was really suprised by Mellie's question. "Why? Because I'm not. She is beautiful but beauty doesn't make love." He had never really thought about it before. He had known her for so long. But they both knew they didn't love each other.

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Ahanna stood back up. "I was trained as a herbalist. I have a calming tea. It helps with nerves. I could bring you some if you would like." She smiled at the man.

Rae's eyes narrowed. That was completely out of character for a nervous first timer. Something is weird.

Melony stared at this strange man with confusion. He'd snapped, and then simply gone on as if it had been nothing. Removing her hands from him she turned to Ahanna, her eyes pleading with her to take care of him. The young woman stood and went to Day. She reached out a hand, to do what she was not quite sure. "Would you like to go to the trampolines now?" Melony realized she was shaking. The stranger's episode had unnerved her more then she'd thought. She smiled weakly at the pegasus, before turning a little so she could see both him and the siblings on the trampolines.

Day had gone to stand behind the others then simply froze. When Melony came over to him he breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes." He walked over to the trampolines and sat down. While he thought they were interesting he knew it was always best not to intrude on another's area.

Kita had scrambled away from him, the large form not causing her as much issues as if she had been in her two-legged form. As much as she had disliked the guy, something had unsettled her about his...fit, she wasn't sure what else to call it. Shifting back to her human shape, green eyes narrowed as she turned to go to the trampolines. Eyes widening, she shot past Melony and the odd white haired male who smelled of horse, of prey, and bumbled up to where Kyle was having issues getting up, one of his hands pressed upon his shoulder. She was only beaten by Aki who was the closest once she shook herself from her stupor.

Aki gently ran her fingers along Ky's shoulder with a sharp, clinical gaze, biting her bottom lip as the boy hissed in pain every few presses. She nodded to Kita who stood to the side as Aki helped the brunette to stand and get down to the very flat ground. She saw Melony and offered a soft smile as she helped Kyle sit on one of the practice mats before she disappeared to grab an ice pack. Kita ruffled Kyle's hair before moving onto to Melony with a smile ."Hey. Guess I'm taking over for now. Kyle took a nasty hit when he fell. There's gonna be lots of bruising and if pressure's added, lots of pain to the tender muscle. He's lucky not to have broken any bones, but he'll be pissy about missing practice and maybe a few shows within the next month or so." She said, her tone hinting at light humor over her brother becoming petulant over not doing one of the few things he loved.

Ahanna turned to look at Kyle and the rest of his siblings. Without moving she called out to him. "I could also get you something for that shoulder. Something for pain and maybe inflamation. I should look closer though for anything more then pain." She thought for a moment. "And maybe something to sleep. Wounds like that often keep people up at night."

Kyle looked over hearing Ahanna. "That'd be appreciative. Aki went after an ice pack already, maybe even a heat pack too." He winced as he gently rubbed the area. He had known there was some damage and pouted petulantly as he knew this meant he'd be off the trampolines for a long ass time if his siblings and maybe even Zalia had anything to say about it. His sisters and that woman were a real terror when he or any of them got injured. "Maybe her and Kita's extra lessons with a doctor helped." He mumbled softly, with a shake of his head.

Ahanna nodded at Kyle. "I'll fetch it in a moment. I hope you don't mind tea. It is the only way I've found that doesn't make it unbearable to take. Or in poison form but I doubt you want me to cut you for that form." Ice and heat would do him good. But before she ran off for anything she wanted to hear from the newest person.

When Feravin screamed it made Zalia jump slightly but that didn't make her miss the vomit. Staring down at her shoes she just wanted to cry. That headache that had been creeping up on her hit full force and she winced. She was having a horrid day. Sticking her hand out, palm forward to Feravin she shook her head. "It's alright they're just shoes. But if you would excuse me." She could hardly keep her eyes open her headache was so bad. Raising her hand that wasn't holding her staff up she pressed her forehead and closed her eyes. Tapping her staff on the ground she vanished. Popping up into her tent she took of her soiled shoes and grabbed up a pair of flats in her hand. Vanishing once more she ended up far into the forest, near a waterfall. Sitting down on a rock she stuck her feet in the water then laid back. Right now she didn't care about anything besides getting rid of her stupid headache.

Hearing the scream Jatan quickly got to his feet and looked over to his sister. He watched her carefully and read her actions. There was something wrong with her and it made him frown. It also made him worry because when something was wrong with her she never told anyone. When she vanished he let out a heavy sigh and sat back down. "Great, she just vanished and I know she's not going to be easy to find. There's something wrong with her. Has she said anything to you today out of ordinary? Oh and I would be happy to help you and your siblings. I really mean it, anytime." He couldn't help but feel happy that Kita had taken a liking to his sister. She needed it and it sounded like the girl needed her.

Sitting up on a counter top Azra sat in the lotus position and watched Jom Jom and Casimir. When Cas asked about the white tiger and the foxes she couldn't help but smile. Either one would be perfect for Cire. Jom Jom followed behind Casimir watching him closely. "The foxes I will price at 150 thousand. The little tiger is 100 thousand. Be lucky that Azzy is your friend or my prices would be a lot higher." At his words Azra laughed. "Ahh Jom Jom I love you that you think so highly of me! You big flatterer." She gave him a bright smile. Azra knew how to work the Cyclops. You had to be nice and show them feelings. Out of all the Cyclops she knew Jom was the nicest and actually was a dear friend.

Feravin shook his head, his smile never leaving his face as he said, "Don't worry about it, I'm sure it won't happen again. So, my name is Feravin, what are all of your names?"

The new guy was interesting, sad that it was Zalia whose shoes were ruined because of that. Sad that Feravin had a history of being treated with the cat o nine as well... Those things were painfull. Cire had spent a while of her life on sea, and those things were used to punish both sailors and pirates. She decided just barging into the tent was a good thing for now. Can't miss out on too many now can she?
''Everyone~ there are still pancakes made by Kyle left for those who want a bite of paradise~'' She called out, waving the rolled up pancake in her own hand, before taking a bite out of it. When Zalia disappeared, Cire's eyes looked for said presence immediately. The woman was good at hiding her undoubtedly enormous presence, but when you use magic it leaks. Found her. Then she turned to Jatan, still smiling. ''You know, when people disappear they don't want to disturbed. And you know Zalia, enough to know that she wants to care for others and neglects herself in that progress. Maybe it's because of everything that happened in such a short time. We've got three hunters, 4 new people of who two are hunters, 4 people who left... Give her some private time?'' She took another bite, savouring the taste. ''Which makes me think, how have you been? It's been a while.''

Before going to Nakita and Kyle Melony went to hug Day. That done she smiled and went to Kita and her borther. "Well let's just hope I'm not as clumsy as someone we know..." The young woman bent down to wink at Kyle before jumping up and running over to the trampolines. She looked up a little nervously, especially when she saw someone she didn't know with the other quadruplets. Then the fox woman came in, and she obviously knew this Jatan. Ignoring her nervousness as best she could, Melony went to stand by the ladders and climbed up. "Alright Kita, what now?"

Casimir was right, he did have enough for all three... But that would be a bit much. Then again, the two foxes were of her race, the tiger wasn't. The foxes would probably leave after speaking with Cire, the tiger wouldn't, it was too young to survive on it's own. Quietly Cas started taking bundles of money out of pockets, many of them hidden, and placing them on the counter where Jom could see clearly the amount spread out before him. Casimir wore bulky clothes for a reason, he could conceal everything he wanted to very easily. "I'll take all three." He turned to Azra. "I have enough cash to pay for half of it, we can go to the bank and I'll reimburse the Circus for the other half." The cyclops was a lot friendlier then he's expected, perhaps he would come back at some other time to get himself a dragon.

"Mm, maybe," he teased, more ripples of water slowly dribbled over him. Softly, he looked over at Scarlett and grinned. "It's true, I'm a virgin, because I refuse to have sex before marriage ... So I would never hurt you," he explained, facing the sky again, his eyelids slowly closing over his onyx eyes. "I have kissed one woman before you, but she was my mother, so it wasn't even close to being the same." He smiled more and reminisced among his thoughts, which were about his mother. 'Do you like her, mother?' he asked his mother, but didn't say it aloud. 'She's beautiful, huh? And down to Earth. The necklace didn't reject her, and she seems to like it a lot ... I wish you were here. I hope father has left you alone.' As he thought all this, his eyes slowly opened again, staring up at the baby blue sky. Raising his arm, he pointed to a very light gray cloud. "That," he started. "Was the colour of mother's eyes ..." He smiled and stared at the cloud.

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Mellie giggled and saw the town through a few bushes. She jumped off Rythen's back, and clutched her bag, running towards it.She didn't care if she was stared at. She had green hair, green eyes, green nails, and green clothes. She always admitted she was a strange one, because she was, but what pissed her off was people asking her where she got her hair dye from. When in town, she turned around and waved to Rythen, giggling softly. People turned when they heard the giggle, and watched the short, skinny girl. Sometimes, Mellie wished she was a little bit thicker. She wished she had curves like Ahanna, the twins, and all the other women. 'Sure, I have slightly larger breasts, but ... I'm tired of being thin!' she thought, then raised a finger in the air, as if to say, "Aha!" She grinned wildly. 'I'll start eating sweets, like cake!' She had never been able to have sweets, even though they were her favourite, because she was focused on staying thin for performances.

Scarlett swam over to him, disbelieving that such a handsome man was a virgin. "Really? But i've seen so many women come to flirt with you.." She said, floating on her back to look at the sky. "So what was so important about me? Why pick a poor high wire girl to be the first girl you kissed other than your mother?" She asked, slightly confused since there were thousands of girls prettier than her in the world. "Though i'm flattered.." She said, smiling as he pointed to the color of his mother's eyes. She pointed to the grass. "That was the color of my mother's eyes.. lucious green." She smiled.

Ahanna nodded at the man. "My name is Ahanna the other elf is my brother Rythen. The girl who jumped on his back is Mellie and the white haired man is Day. Now if you'll excuse me."

She turned and left the tent walking to her own. She pulled out her med kit and looked it over. She grabbed several more herb pouches and stuck them in the bag. She grabbed her portable tea pot and and walked back to the practice tent. She left the tea pot and her bag at the opening but pulled out one pouch. As she walked by she called out "Hey Zalia's brother, I didn't catch your name but if you find her sister give her this." She tossed the bag to him. "It is a tea that will help with headaches. I'm sure your poor sister has one by now."

She continued walking towards the trampolines. She carefully climbed up till she was next to Kyle. "So would you mind if I looked at that?" She pointed at his shoulder and smiled.

Rythen smiled as Mellie ran off. She was so different then the people walking around. And not just in her looks. She was so much more alive. He walked to her and grabbed her by the waist and spun her around. "So, where would you like to go?"

Lucifer splashed Scarlett and glared at her. "Stop asking stupid shit," he said, bluntly. He rarely swore. Only if he was angry, upset, or sad. Right at that moment, he was all three of those, but he refused to let himself start yelling and hollering. Closing his eyes, he felt his eyebrow twitch, as it usually did when he was upset. Slowly, he let himself slowly sink down, until only his head was above the water. 'Such a nice day ...'

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Mellie squeaked when Rythen spun her around, and giggled, holding onto his arm. She looked around and saw a simple gift shop, with dozens of glass items on display in the window. Gasping, she pointed. "There, there, theeere~!" she cried out, ignoring the stares from everyone. Looking over, she saw the men from last night's show. They were watching her, with those same smirks. She was about to point them out to Rythen, but remembered he didn't know anything about it.

Rythen smiled at her glee. He noticed when Mellie looked over at some men and saw their looks. He leaned over and placed a kiss on her head before walking to the store. "Let's go. So what are you wanting to buy?"

Scarlett rolled her emerald eyes and swam to the shore. She climbed out and rung her hair out with her hands and grabbed her clothes. "I'm going back if you need me.. Thanks for this wonderful day." She said in a slightly sarcastic tone before pulling her shirt over her head. She slipped on her jeans, not caring if she was soaked and then slid on her black ballet like shoes. She wasn't mad at him for what he said, just slightly upset. So before she said anything that might upset him more she was going to leave. Scarlett turned and headed back through the woods to get to the circus tent. Her eyes looked around at the trees and then down at the dark green grass, letting a small sigh escape her lips.

Once she made it back to the circus tent she climbed the nearest tree in hopes that the sun would help dry her off. She picked a nice branch to lay back on where plenty of sun shown through the leaves and looked up at the sky. She flung off her shoes so that they landed under the tree and looked towards the woods. Maybe if she didn't annoy Lucifer for the rest of the day then he wouldn't end up disliking her. "What a nice day..." She mumbled, frowning at her stupid girlish feelings.

Mellie smiled when Rythen gave her a kiss on the head, and took his hand. She ran, pulling him with her, into the shop. Looking around, she found magnificent jewel-covered glass dragons. "I wonder ... Maybe Zalia will enjoy this?" She held it up, so it shined in the light. It had sapphire gems, along with rubies. "The two gems contrast one another ..." she said, thoughtfully. Smiling, she looked to Rythen for his opinion.

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Lucifer groaned and swam to the waterfall. His mind was in another country, being stabbed with forks and knives. He swam carefully behind the waterfall, and lifted himself up. Sitting on the stone, he sat in darkness, deciding to stay there for a while. "If they leave me behind, then ... They leave me behind." He lay back on the freezing cold stone, and watched spiders crawl along the ceiling. "I need to leave her be, huh, Cyan?" he asked the large beast behind him, which roared, loudly, shaking the hidden cave, and the trees in the forest.