"Ho Ho! Silvana! Siiiiilvaaaanaaaa." Hohow flapped in like a chicken faaaaar early in the practice, where only Pierrot was present. Practicing on the ground acrobatics.
Pierrot got back on her feet. Just to be safe. "You sound excited, Hohow. Got something good?" She asked like he came back from a snack bar.
"Ho hooo~ Do I?" He pecked out a piece of paper on his person and gave it to his boss. "It's great!"
"We'll see about that, Mr. Hit-or-Miss." The clown spoke in the most friendly way possible. "…segways into…"
Hohow was nervously biting his nails, awaiting approval.
"…then the lumberjack's… Fufufufu. What? Hahahahaha! He sings?! HAAAAAAAAAA! *gasp for breath*" She laughed so hard, she's on the ground.
Hohow tried helping her.
*One half-an-hour of laughter…*
"Hoooo~" Sil said dazedly. "Felt like I was dying again."
"Please, Ho don't! So is it approved?"
"Duh! But who's gonna play the "manly lumberjack"?" She tapped the paper for punctuation.
"Well…"
"Oshare is too flamboyant, even if that's the point in the end. He also has no muscles to flaunt. Ammy, no. Donny is our best singer, but can't speak human for all the talent he has. Or the right physique for that matter."
"I had-"
"Not Vento, he has the attitude, but that be wrong… He'd want to keep his mask on, and so do I. Not that I'm qualified to. Oooooooooh." *Facepalm* "Sorry, I should've known. Yoooouuuu wanna play it don'tcha?"
"Actu-"
"Too pink."
"Co Home again?"
"If you want this to be funny and you wanna be the lumberjack, you're too pink, pudgy and birdy. Not very manly. This is a role for something like a human, a cyclops, a lycan, oh best of all, a Minotaur. Try writing something again. And again, do keep in mind the talents of the staff."
Hohow nervously grinned. "I Wro-Hote it for a human."
"Oh, neato! Who's that?" Sil asked expecting a new (temporary) member.
*Nervous grin*
*Optimistic anticipation*
*Grin grin*
*Optimistic*
*Griiiiiiiiiiiiin, with sweat*
*Optimistic hand gestures saying "Don't be shy, friend. Spit it out. You can tell me."*
*Flees*
*Pessimistic realization* "Hoh-!
Chapter 33: Made of Evil, Sweet Girl
"Silvana, we need to talk!" Klug walked to her with his windbags full of words.
"Something wrong, Klug?" Sil replied mildly surprised seeing him here. She was just washing her Caravan on the outside. *Scrub*
"What's wrong? I tell you what's wrong!"
"Oh, goody-goody…" *Scrub scrub*
"I wanna know the address of your imp!"
*Soak* "Vento?" *wring* Klug nodded in confirmation. "Why?"
"The little pest has been terrorizing me all week!"
"Uh, did he attack you with lemonade balloons yesterday evening?" Sil guessed.
"How do you know?" Klug's shivered. As if he still felt sticky all over.
"He told me he was gonna throw my balloons at someone." Sil frowned, tapping her toe. "And he wasted them on you? Ugh…"
"He wasted my books, more like!" He showed his sticky, orange smelling textbooks.
Sil winched. "Oooo. Yeah, a strong word is needed."
"May I have his address so I can have a strong word with him?"
"He doesn't have a home."
"Pardon?"
"That boy has no address. And he has no home as far as I know." *Scrub scrub shrug*
"But he's just a monster boy, isn't he?" Emphasis on boy, as in "little".
*Shrug and polish*
"As his boss, shouldn't provide him shelter? You have plenty of room in that caravan."
"Look, Klug. I can't control Vent. Only scold him, I'm like a big sis to him in the sense he tortures me like one. He's like the wind. He only exists whenever he wants to exist, doing whatever he finds exciting."
"Then scold him! He ruined my books!"
"Not when Raffine paid him off."
"What!?"
"Yeppers, she did, li'l Vent couldn't shut up about it. I told him to not do it, but he keeps doing risky stuff for fun, the circus doesn't need that attention."
Klug got on his knees and begged. "Please, give him a raise on the condition of leaving me alone! I can't possibly out pay Raffine."
"What did you do to deserve Raffine's undying wrath? Besides you guys' awful personalities. Ugh… I'll see what I can do… But giving him a raise… That's basically rewarding him for torturing you… This is making my head hurt." She accidentally slapped herself in the mask with the wet rag. "One more reason to have kids…"
*Not sobbing sound* "Eureka!" *Whisper*
Raffine enjoyed not being broken anymore. Amitie was still in wraps, but she was up and about, performing a few kicks. "Hah." She beamed. She threw out her hair, feeling good about herself. "A week of no practice and a pound gained, but I still got it. If only I could remat-"
*Splash*
She got hit by a normal water balloon in the back of her head. Raffine hunched in anger. Turning her drenched self to face the clown.
It was the actual clown, giggling like a schoolgirl. "What was that for, Pierrot?"
"Hee hee hee~" She laughed so hard she didn't fear a push. "Welp, Klug paid me to get back at you for paying Vento."
"I thought I told him to keep quiet!"
"He'll be gone for a while, you have Klug to thank for that balloon by the way. Seeya at back at school, Raf." Sil went off to do her own stuff.
"Wait!" Raffine called, still angry. Sil stopped. The beauty opened up her purse. "How much?" 'Was that maid stint not enough for ya the first time?…'
"Heya, Klug! Sorry." Sil sarcastically attacked.
"Ah, Bonjour, Mademoiselle. Do we have ze same tailour? Fufufufufuheheheh…" It was a nervous chuckle. Sil's wearing the Raffine costume as herself this time.
"…Too soon!" Raffine felt her bones acting up again.
"I figured as much… Not my plan… By the way, I got Klug good. Scared his pants off."
'Damn, must've figured out it was me. It's too obvious now that I think about it, I guess…' "Get him again!" She opened her purse.
"I'm sorry for… This…" Referring to the outfit.
"Whatever! Get him!"
"Heads up~ Readysteadygo!"
"Eeeee!"
"Hold on, Silvana. I don't believe Klug can out pay me. What's going on?"
"Somehow he does…" The jester shrugged.
Raffine opened, gritting her teeth. "He should be running out… I can go on a little longer…"
"Boo!"
"Mother!"
*Rinse and repeat*
*Pranked* "There that's the last one. Poor Klug can't pay anymore." She said with a big sigh.
"That makes two of us." Raffine crossed her arms.
"Eh? How? Your parents- PARENT! I mean dad (don't kill me)! Your dad won't give you more allowance for this?"
"Pf. Lucky guess." Raffine moped.
"I guess hired help for either of you. Seeya." *Flash* She's home.
Raffine had the nagging feeling she'd been ripped off.
Sil held a small bag of Credits. She jiggled it a bit. She underhandedly threw in Klug's hands who had a little trouble carrying it. "You lacked 100 Credits. So I gave you 70 extra. You can afford 30 for new textbooks, right?" *Chummy slap to the back*
"Guh! Yes, yes. I can, you're a lifesaver, Silvana." A genuine smile and a handshake.
That went Sil's thought go wowie.
"I'm off to order them now. We'll discuss your repayment later! Bye."
"No need! Take care. Oh, watch your back for Vento just in case." … "Why am I this nice to people that barely like me? Or people that I don't like back? I really am different… Arms! Mommy's coming to celebrate. You get to wipe my contradicting tears."
Author's Notes:
Laptop's back!
Also, don't prank, kids. Just don't.
Next up: Four Raffles? Yes. Four Raffles…
