Deep into the forest
Far far in the back that way
There is a circus
Highroller had just notice the sky getting dark as he took a break from chasing after the Zebra Brothers. He was glad that those zebras left their hoof prints in the ground or else he might never found them.
Slowly walking on the path of zebra prints, he could hear the sound of circus music as he notice the somewhat bright lights. Getting closer to this source of life, he could see this circus the group from the small town displayed.
It was a rather large, red and dull white striped circus tent as its smaller tents and cages were almost hiding in the back. On the bigger tent was a weakened wooden sign that says, " Dark Woods Circus."
The chairman with the big eyes
And ten meters tall
I have to find those two and drag them back to East Citadel. Highroller thought, approaching the entrance of the circus tent.
Highroller was suddenly stopped at the circus's entrance by two pairs of... long legs? Looking up, the former jester's eyes widen in pure shock.
All of the cast is jolly
Their forms are rather strange
But it's so fun!
These impossibly long legs belong to two humans. A man and a woman.
The woman had short, slightly curled, black hair, dark brown eyes, and pink skin. She wore a dark turquoise dress with long sleeves and it reaches to her ankles, and black flats. Several yellow and blue clips were attached to her hair, along with a yellow, round earring on her right ear.
The man had red eyes with one of them covered by an eyepatch, pink skin, and black hair that reached the bottom of his neck, which was tied back into a low ponytail. He wore a dark blue tux with black vertical stripes, black shoes, and a black bow tie with silver stripes. On top of his head was a black top hat, and there was a yellow, round earring on his left earring.
Highroller swears that their faces looks extremely familiar, but he doesn't exactly remember who they are. Maybe it's their clothes and hair that's throwing him off.
With a wide smile across her face, the woman said, "Hello, and welcome to the Dark Woods Circus."
The former jester swears that her voice was very familiar, but her cheery tone was making it hard for him to remember the voice's owner.
"My name is Raisa Golly, and this is my friend, Neil Welles." The woman said with a wide smile. "If you buy a ticket, you'll be able to see our dance."
Highroller wasn't interested in the duo's dance at all, but he will buy a ticket to see the zebras. Taking out a few gold coins from his pocket, Highroller said demandingly, "Take it!"
With that permanent smile still on her face, Raisa took the coins, put them in her pocket, and gave him the red ticket from that same pocket. As Highroller enter the tent, the tall woman shouted to him, "Enjoy the show!"
Once he left, Raisa's smile suddenly turn into a frown as she said in a low whisper, "This might be the only time I feel sorry for him."
Neil nodded as a frown forms on his face too.
In the circus tent, Highroller sat in the middle row of the seats. He stared at the ring, waiting for the performances to happen as he wishes that time would go faster. Letting out a sigh, Highroller thought to himself, What am I doing here? Just to see the zebras and drag them back to East Citadel? I wish I could had waited a little longer for someone who's willing to become a servant for me, but I guess that's just wishful thinking there.
Highroller's mismatched eyes widen when the lights darkened as a spotlight appears on the middle of the ring. Blond twins walk to the middle of the spotlight. The former jester recognizes them as some of the clowns from the small town.
The duo bowed towards the audience and shouted together, "Welcome to the Dark Woods Circus!"
"Here's our first act..." The male twin started.
"Double Stripes!" The female twin loudly announces.
As the twins walk off with a few backflips on the way, another pair of twins took their place.
One with two heads
Highroller wanted his jaw to drop at the sight, but he was too shock at the sight of this horrific monster. This was actually a combination of the Zebra Brothers. He could see the thick stitches that that connected them by their shoulders as if it's telling everyone that one half of them were cut up and sown together. Oddly enough, their faces looks rather rotten, something Highroller didn't even noticed before when he first saw the two.
He expected the rest of the crowd to be as shock as him, but instead of that, the crowd either cheered or awed, and clapped as bright red balloons rain down upon 'Double Stripes'.
Are they really that okay with this? How is this entertaining? Highroller thought, wondering what's wrong with them.
A pigtailed girl soon skipped to the middle of the room, dressed in tight and almost hid the zebras behind her. Her hand reach behind her to place her hand on Sparky White's head, and said, "Alright, Double Stripes. It's time for the next act."
The zebras obeyed the young woman and happily walk out of here. With that wide smile across her face, the green haired girl said, "Time for the next act: The Deformed Diva!"
A deformed diva
The face of the next performer was oddly familiar to him, but Highroller was too distracted with how she looks.
Her skin was a very light shade of gray as her dirty black hair that reaches to the middle of her back. She was a gray dress that was long in the back and short in the front, revealing her goat-like legs. Covering her eyes was a black and pink piece of cloth.
A low and dull sound of music was heard throughout the circus tent as the Deformed Diva begin to dance as if there was a partner with her.
Highroller was ever so confuse as the crowd quietly cheered, intensely watching her every move. He doesn't understand how this could be entertaining, especially since the young woman seem to be kind of struggling with her solo dance. His hands turn into fists, suddenly remembering his past before the war. Watching her dance just gives him painful memories as a jester for the former emperor.
The music suddenly stop as the goat-legged woman walk to the back as a blue-haired man walk to the middle of the circus ring.
How many performances do they have? And shouldn't they be a little more longer than this? Highroller wonder to himself.
"Our next performance is the Blue Beast!" The blue-haired man said with a little bow.
A blue beast that loves to eat things cold
The way this performer came in was different compared tot he other performers. Instead of just walking in, like the others, this performer was pulled in while being trapped in an iron-barred cage. The masked helpers seem to be very cautious with this performer, keeping their distance away from him.
"For everyone's safety, the Blue Beast must perform in his cage. Enjoy~!" The blue-haired man explained, still sounding quite cheerful.
Highroller slowly raised an eyebrow, watching one of the masked helpers slowly walk towards the cage with a covered plate. The masked helper quietly open the small door compartment and slip the plate in, causing the Blue Beast to look up at him. Once the helper quickly took the cover off the plate, the performer launched himself to the plate's food, devouring it as fast he could.
The helpers ran away as fast as they could while the crowd seems to be in great awe at this display of gore, all except for Highroller himself. He was in horror for the fact that the rest of the crowd wasn't disturbed by this and the fact that this Blue Beast wasn't some kind of monster as he expected, but the Blue Beast was actually a human, or at least used to be a human.
Sitting right next to the cage's metal bars, the Blue Beast was able to be seen, eating the remains of what seems to be either a human or an animal of some kind. The Blue Beast seems to be a young man with messy, gray hair and dark, empty eyes. He was dressed in a light blue straight jacket and black pants. Highroller wasn't too such if he even recognizes this performer as someone else with his behavior.
Highroller tried his best to walk out of this circus tent, hoping none of the circus workers would notice him.
These guys must had forced them to do these 'acts'. There's no way the zebras are stupid enough to be willing to be fused together like that. Highroller thought, standing outside of the circus tent as he breathes heavily. And... They were acting to obedient to them too... Something's wrong.
His eyes widen in realization at the fact he's alone now. Not even those long-legged freaks were around. Looking at the large circus tent once again, he continue to think to himself, Maybe I can go to the living quarters of this place and help the zebras out of here.
Letting out a soft sigh, Highroller walk towards the back of the circus tent as he hope to get the zebras back to East Citadel.
This is too much work for two servants. Highroller thought with a shake of his head.