"I'm feeling more mischievous and less naïve. *Sniff* Feeling the need to make mean remarks I don't wanna make. I feel like such an awful person. How do you deal with this, Sil?" Lidelle barely held it together in Silvana's living room.

'Implying I'm awful?' She grunted out of her bottomless pit of annoyance. That personality has leaked over to her real one somehow.

She wanted to tell her hypnosis only works if you want it to work. But for the sake of their unprofessional therapy sessions. It's best if she kept that a secret.

"I haven't done anything. But I'll definitely try correct this problem. Keeping you who you are. Okay?" She patted her skittish imp friend.

"O-Okay."

Chapter 27: "High Seas Guy"

Everyone in the circus was sweating up a storm practicing. Vento was working out the kinks of his stunts. Oshare Bones and Amitie were working out more magical tricks. Hohow Bird was goofing around on the trapeze. And Pierrot was doing any or all of that between her flexibility and vocal training.

There was one missing from this ordeal. "Hey, guys. Have you seen Ribbitie?" Amitie asked out of nowhere. "It's not like him to be late."

"Maybe he wanted to not Ho Hog the spotlight." The jealous Hohow Bird squawked, swinging from his talons on the trapeze. He's jealous, but that comment was more like a friendly jab.

"I'm sure Donny has a reason." Pierrot shrugged it off. "He deserves a break if he wants too."

"Silvana… If he were my employee I would scold him for not letting me know in advance."

"Eh… Fair point. But I don't wanna deflate-" Pierrot mimicked a pinprick. "-the cute li'l guy's optimism ya know?" She countered Oshare's criticism. Which gained her an eye roll.

And then, from the entrance, the silhouette of the circus' mascot holding a square bigger than himself. "Ribbit Riiiiib!~ " He held the thing high.

The crew welcomed him back. Sil translated him like usual. "So you were getting your record published?" Sil held the record its cardboard sheet.

"Wow, Ribbie. I didn't know you were a musician." Amitie was in awe. Donguri raised a brow.

"Really, not notice me singing all the time?" Sil translated despite the acorn frog's protest.

"Donny says this is his most popular single. He got just got this translation published."

"Hm. Most popular? I must say this piqued my interest." Oshare said. "And it's just published, you say."

"Hoooo! Can we listen to it, boss?"
"Wanna listen to DG's tune, P!"
"Pretty please? I wanna hear Ribbitie's words."

Hohow, Vento, and Amitie begged respectively.

"Sure, I have no problem. We all have acts we've done before." Pierrot shrugged with the record her hands. "C'mon." She gestured. "My record player's in my van at the moment." She chuckled.

*Cheers of joy*

"But no fighting over my couch. I want to keep it in one piece. I'm sitting on it and Donny too."

*Groans of not joy.*


"Woah… We, like, listened to this song for the hundred time." Vento lazily raised his arm from his slouching position stating that.

"What genre is it, Ribbitie? It's like rock, but not." Amitie played air drums.

"It's called Alternative Rock, honey." Oshare, on air guitar, groaned.

"What's that?"

"A nebulous term used to get more attention. Not that's a bad thing. in this case, Froggy. This is enjoyable." Bones giggled.

The whole crew kept conversing like this. They expect something jovial, but it's actually really relaxing. And everyone did relax in Sil's living room. Describing it as kinda philosophical and psychedelic (even if it may be very well neither), there was a lot of humming along.

It was clearly not sung by Donny but it had his wet entertaining paw prints as undertones. Even if the current singer sings bizarrely for everyone's ears.

"Donny, you're too good for this circus…" It slipped out of Sil's mouth, not even ever thought about it before she did.

"Ribbit?! Ribribribbit! Riiiib~ "

"Of course you can stay!" She yelled annoyed that's the implication he got from it. "It's just you're so talented, there's got to be a better way to express, right?"

"Ribbit!" He shook his head.

"If you say so… But you make me feel so guilty every time you decline."

"What did Ribbitie say, Sil?"

"Ribbit." Sil repeated deadpan.

"Oh."

"Ho Ho! Play it again, again, again, again…"
"Again, again, again, again, again…"
"Again, again, again, again, again…"

Everyone 'cept Oshare Bones, Donguri Gaeru and Sil joined in. And the latter did not waste time moving the needle.


"Where can I buy my own version?" Vento asked.

"I should get them in stock tomorrow come to think of it." Oshare replied.

"Can you autograph mine, Ribbitie? ❤"
"I want it too, Donny! ❤"

The girls sighed as tranquil as can be.

"Ribbit!~❤"


It's been an hour, and they're still listening to this song. 'We're all so relaxed…' Sil mused snuggling with Arms. 'I'm definitely getting my own. I need this…'

"Hey guys, answer me:" This came out of nowhere. They kept an ear open. "I just kinda accepted this world's… eccentricities…? But is it considered normal for a bouncy acorn frog, a flamboyant comic geek bird, the long-dead arm of the fashion law, a flying imp, whatever makes Am stand out, and a clo-"

"I was originally just my hat, which I controlled my body with without knowing. But now I'm as normal as a human can be. Crazy huh?" Amitie told matter of factly.

None knew how to react to that. Aside Oshare, he had an 'oh, that makes so much sense now' reaction. And Vento was a bit concerned.

Sil just clicked her tongue and stopped thinking about it. "Anywaaaaay. A, um… Amitie and a clown like me. Is it normal for a group like us to be friends?"

"Oh. P said the F-word, everybody!"
"She admits it!"
"I'm so proud of you, Sil~."

Vento, Hohow and Amitie respectively gushed.

"…You know what? This world is weird. Do you have to put special attention everytime I say it?" She blushed.

Author's Notes:

Changed the title from "From Clone to Clown". To: "Silvana, From Clone to Clown"

There is a reason for this, you see… There's no secret that I rush this sometimes, ever noticed the typos? And if you didn't… Congrats you're from some point in the future where I'm combed over them. The title wasn't an exception to this rushing. I didn't like it.

There's also more practical/cynical reason for this. Imagine: in 3 years from now. You've fallen out with Puyo Puyo. And you're getting back into it. Suddenly you remember my fic for some reason of all things but you can't remember the title, but you do remember Silvana. And you forgot google existed. There ya go.

It sounds also nicely semi-autobiographical now. "Silvana, From Clone to Clown".

Shout out (and possibly a promotion of your work) in the next part if you can guess the Song they're talking about that Donguri wrote first (in frog) in this universe. It's a real song, I'm not joshing ya. I left enough hints.

Sometimes I joke to myself that Sil can't actually speak animal. But come to the right conclusion anyway.

Do Donguri Gaerus come from trees or the pond?

One last manual raffle, it was Lidelle. For those paying attention to the "Next up"s (not sure how many do, I'm doing them outta tradition at this point), the opening skit was supposed to be the main story. But then the now main story wrote itself and I had no other place. And the Lidelle story was gonna be just as short as it is here anyway.

Next time I'll make sure I follow up on my promise and make it the main event. No backsies.

Next up: Damned to HELL!