Circus Delight

By the time he had took his first step Luquier was already a fourth of the way over looking as natural as breathing on the wire and knowing that he was looking now purposefully slipped with a wink at him before catching herself with the tips of her fingers and flinging her self back up over the wire and settling back on it the wire itself jiggling and wobbling at her actions

Shadow softly blushed when he saw Luquier wink at him, but the wire shaking caused him to slide off to the side and stand upside down on the wire. Unfazed, he began to walk under the wire with perfect balance, passing by Luquier above him. "It's quite exciting. I've never walked a high wire with someone else before." he said with a chuckle.

"Well, I wish I could say the same... or at least say that it's the first time I've seen someone walk on the bottom of one but it isn't." she said sheepishly before doing a halfway back flip and handstanding on the wire looking back at Shadow as she moved forward on her palms her legs held out over the sides as she did a full split to balance herself "It's hard for me to find something truly exciting... it's my job to do pretty much everything."

Shadow continued moving across the underside of the tightrope and eventually began to tumble and flip across. He looked up at Luquier, concerned with what she said. "What does truly excite you then...? What can I do to cheer you up...?"

Still doing her very well done and exposing full split and handstand she looked at him and laughed lightly "Oh, don't get me wrong... My life is plenty exciting but it's all gone old~ I'm having trouble thinking of new things to do for my circus... I take pride in never having a repeat performance." Then as she was finishing her sentence she flipped fluidly to land on her feet. "But don't mind little ol' me~ This is cheering me up~" her hands were now caressing her exposed abdomen, her fingers playing along the hem of her never buttoned pants. Then with a smile on her face she closed her eyes and jumped from the highwire platform

"I see... But I can't help but worry, especially to ... friends... and those who are... precious to me..." Shadow softly said as he looked up at Luquier. "I'm concerned... because I really care, and I really don't want to fail others around me." He then calmly closed his eyes and jumped in tandem with Luquier.

Luquier's hands were held out and after what felt like an eternity falling her hands gripped the swinging trapeze bar before spinning herself to grip it in the crooks of her knees "Getting rather familiar aren't we? We've only just meet a little while ago my dear~" her voice teasing and light as she opened her eyes to see him falling to the ground but she didn't move off her perch wondering if he'd hit the ground knowing that she couldn't get to him even if she wanted to.

Shadow performed several backflips in midair as he finally landed on a trampoline on the ground, springing him back up into the air and continued to flip. Nearing the peak of his height, he opened his eyes and aimed to grab onto Luquier's hands. "Well, of course." Shadow said with a serious tone. "We are friends, are we not? I believe that expressing ones' self fully is how one gets acquainted with another."

As she saw him reach for her and ask her a question she retracted her arms and cupped her face as if she was thinking "We might be friends~" she said as she drifted backwards with the traipses momentum "But I'm afraid that your only scratching the surface of me~"

"Hmph, you're such a tease." Shadow commented as she evaded his reach. He then uses his double jump ability to propel himself up diagonally upward into the air, giving him momentum to reach out for a trapeze. After grabbing it, he positioned himself to grip it with the crooks of his knees. "But still I find this... fun."

"Me? A tease~?" she said delightfully as she wiggled her fingers at him before releasing her legs on the bar and letting herself slip into a large pit of rubbery balls. As she popped out of the pit she retightened her whip around her waist as it had become loose again "But what shall be next Mr. Shadow?"

"I prefer not to be called 'Mr.'" Shadow said as he too followed Luquier into the pit of rubber balls. He then re-emerged right behind the ringmaster, just inches away from touching her. "And hm... Is there anything else you would like to do?"

Luquier shrugged slightly and trailed her fingers over the outlines of her tattoos before walking out of the pit and spinning to look at him "Please do try not to push your welcome Mr. Shadow." she said hitting the Mr. hard to enforce her point "I wouldn't want a misunderstanding to occur."

"Oh... My apologizes." Shadow sighed as he jumped out of the pit a few feet away from Luquier. He dusted himself off before looking at her.

Luquier smiled and winked at him again before literally bending over backwards to pop her spine and then straitening herself "Good man aren't you?" she asked almost innocently as she looked at him with her mis-matched eyes.

"E-eh...?" Shadow blushed a little and looked at her with blinking, somewhat confused with her innocent-like gesture.

Luquier practically giggles at his expression "What?" she said before doing a full split to the floor "Never meet a girl so flexible?" she finished coyly beofre standing back up and walking a short distance off to the center ring of the stage.

"N-no... I haven't. In fact, I don't meet a lot of people..." Shadow said quietly as he tilted his head down, eyes closed. "You're actually only one of my very few... friends..."

Luquier flicked her hair in a curtain like motion behind her as she roved her eyes over him "You get attached rather easily... Don't you?" her hands played with the coil of whip about her waist as she spoke "Read up on me... then meet me in person and after a little conversation you get so clingy to your idea of a friend." her voice trailed off softly the longer she spoke and as she finished she snapped her fingers and several trap doors opened and jaguars padded up to nuzzle her legs "Not that I'm... judging."

"My apologizes... I don't mean to make you feel uncomfortable..." Shadow sighed as he sat down, crossing his legs. "I really do admire you, but it's just... I hate being alone. Being here with you made me really... Happy..." Shadow's voice began to break at the later parts as he squinted in nervousness and a bit of fear, worried Luquier would look down on him.

Luquier knelled down among the dangerous animals around her and petted them like house cats as she thought "Alone is a vague term... it all depends on how you place yourself." Luquier then stood up slowly and edged through the crowd of beasts that followed her. Placing her hands on her hips she gazed down at the seated figure before her as the jaguars crowded up behind her looking placid but menacing. Luquier then smiled warmly, happily, and of course genuinely "It's my life's ambition to make people happy Shadow."

Shadow took a deep breath and calmed himself to stop the shaking motions of his body. He then looked back up and opened his eyes, staring at Luquier and her animal companions. He then slowly stood back on his feet. "O-of course... That's such an admirable goal... I have a similar one..." he softly said to himself, dusting off his clothing. "But I'm fine now, thank you."

Luquier kept smiling before turning to her beasts and shooed them along "That's good... but what to do now?" she asked as her back as still turned to him, walking away towards the knife board and plucking a few of them from their perches.

"Is there anything else you want to do...?" Shadow asked as he approached Luquier but stayed a few feet away, watching her pluck knives. "Careful not to cut yourself, Miss Luquier."