Chapter 3: the meeting
Akaito Shion: Akaito Ramsey (a Grim Reapers)
SeeU: The seamstress
That morning Ciel felt that more and more he was wasting his time, but the worst was that he could not get anything and that Monsieur Desmoulins was getting away with him, maybe he did the same in a case of this Phantomhive but he didn't like the course that this case took and that old Frenchman laughed at him. Ciel's bad mood was so bad that he did not want to eat any dessert or cake because of the anger of just thinking about that old man and his circus of horrors. Sebastian noticed this bad mood and lack of appetite in his young master and tried to cheer him up, but in the case of Dark Wood Circus it would be difficult.
"Do you want something else, young master?"
"I don't think you have anything I want"
"Maybe"
"Get enough information from Dark Wood Circus"
"You should forget about that, young master"
"I cannot Sebastian! That damned Dark Wood Circus has me in their networks!"
Upon hearing the name of the Dark Wood Circus Snake released some plates that he had in the hands of the impression. He never thought he would hear about that circus again, but if this Circus was here it meant that she was here too, unless she was not killed, she was close to him, in the city of London. The fact that Snake, who was not clumsy or idiotic like the other servants, broke something was very unusual and everyone noticed this.
"Snake, something wrong?" Sebastian asked
"You said ... Dark Wood Circus ...?"
"Yes ... do you know it, Snake?" Ciel asked
"Yes ... says Dan"
"How do you know it?" Sebastian asked
"The Noah's Ark circus and the Dark Wood Circus had problems… says Oscar"
"What kind of problems?" Ciel asked
"The Dark Wood Circus attracted more audience that the Noah's Ark circus…. says Emily"
"Well, sure this was a problem" Sebastian said
"May I ask for a favor…."
"Which?" Sebastian asked
"I can take the day off"
"EH ... yes, of course" Ciel answered
It was obvious that Snake knew and that he already had experience with the Dark Wood Circus and that he could go there. So Ciel and Sebastian followed him.
Meanwhile, in the Dark Wood Circus, all the lovers of Monsieur Desmoulins did their homework outdoors, while a large crowd of men went to see those women so beautiful, exotic and sensual; However, that bothered the women a lot because they felt that they were looking at them with morbidity and that they did not like them, and more and more men came to look at them with lust.
"They are so beautiful" a policeman said
"What luck has that old Frenchman to have such women" a man of about 30 years said
"By a kiss from that brunette there I would give anything" a young man of about 20 years said
The lovers of the owner of the circus listened to everything that her "admirers" told her and really annoyed them and their looks.
"those guys are watching us again" a woman with brown hair complained
"That nasty!" a girl opined
"When are they going to go?" a freckled girl asked
"At any time, Haku and Neru, or the Ringmaster, will throw them out. Stay calm" a girl of Dark skin said
Among the artists' tents was the seamstress's tent, she was not part of the cast, she was the circus seamstress and who made the costumes of circus artists (who never wore the same clothes in their acts), the lovers and the owner of the circus. Although it was not from the cast of the circus, its physical appearance was very similar to theirs, although it was born this way: she had dark green hair, her skin was of an incredible pallor, in some parts of its body and face looked like to have scales like a snake, she had crocodile eyes, her nails were hard and black like the claws of an iguana and she had reptile teeth; In her shop there were always reptiles from snakes to crocodiles.
In those moments the seamstress was trying on her new dress to the deformed diva, while she was doing the final touches to the dress while the diva watched the lovers do their homework and grumble because more men came to admire them, since the seamstress's tent was I could see this scene very well.
"Why are you always looking at them?" the seamstress asked
"I want to do like them again ... they are beautiful"
"But also disposable"
"That's not important, I know you want to leave this place as much as I or the others! ... but who will receive us? Nobody will receive us with this appearance!"
"Don't think about that"
"And you what?! Do you think you're different?! You're a freak just like me or the others! do not think differently just because you don't get caged!"
the deformed diva took off her dress, threw it in the face of the seamstress and ran out semi naked without worrying that her body full of scars and marks left by the acid flowers would be exposed, leaving the seamstress alone in her tent with her reptiles. The girl complained about trying not to cry because she knew that everything the grotesque diva had said was true, people rejected them and judged by their abomination and deformation. And he knew it well because from his early childhood he had been hidden so as not to suffer that irrational grudge due to his deformity, but he had felt it on the part of his family, only because he had been born half reptilian.
Suddenly someone entered the tent of the seamstress, was nothing more and nothing less than Snake, when the seamstress saw him was surprised as he did not expect to see him again.
"Hello"
"But it's you! ... Snake ... how?"
"I wanted to see you …. says Wordsworth"
"The Noah's Ark circus is here?"
"Don't…. It does not exist anymore …. says Bronte"
"How?"
"That doesn't matter now"
At that moment footsteps were heard and, upon hearing it, the seamstress made Snake hide under the bed, in which the Ringmaster appeared. The seamstress was one of the few who didn't fear the Ringmaster, although many times from her tent she could hear how that man tortured her friends just for making mistakes or confronting them, the circus owner and his master. In the demon ceremonies, she saw that the man with cold violet eyes entered without showing any emotion, since she was not afraid of him and he knew he would never hurt her, Monsieur Desmoulins would not allow it.
"Who were you talking to?" the Ringmaster asked
"With nobody"
"Really?"
"Yes, what's up?"
"You have to make a new outfit for the somber fairy"
"I'll go in a moment"
"You'll go now!"
The seamstress did not want problems with him and went to the Somber Fairy's tent, the seamstress hoped that no one would notice Snake's presence but the Ringmaster did notice it.
In those moments the Somber Fairy cleaned the wounds on his back, which left him every time he put on the broken fairy wings, or rather put them together in holes in his back; deep holes and always bleeding, she or one of the lovers had to put a mixture of alcohol, iodine and serum so that no pus or infected, in other words an eternal and slow torture. She made her cures without realizing that Ciel and Sebastian were watching her, the young earl felt very sorry for the unfortunate young woman; Suddenly the seamstress entered and both the master and the butler were surprised since she was similar to Snake.
"Did you see her? Young master"
"She is similar to Snake. Do you think they are relatives?"
"It may be or may not be"
The seamstress could hear or rather feel that someone was talking, like snakes, but I thought they were circus artists talking about anything and she don't care about it. While I was taking the measures to the Somber Fairy noticed that she had gained weight, but it was not so much, that she could easily lose, it was not so much. But suddenly the owner of the circus appeared with the face of few friends, she seeing him, the Somber Fairy paled, more than she already was, and the seamstress took her hand to give him courage.
"My daughter"
"H-hello Monsieur" the Somber Fairy said, with trembling voice
"What happen? Are you afraid?"
"N-not"
"I just came to see how my trapeze fairy was ... Although it seems that you fattened"
"Not!"
"Yes… you got fat!"
With great violence, Monsieur Desmoulins violently torn off clothes to see how much she had gained weight, although it was not much. The owner of the circus was furious.
"I will not let any of my children grow fat for anything in the world! AND LESS YOU!"
With great violence Monsieur Desmoulins took Hair the Somber Fairy and dragged her to his tent, the seamstress tried to help her friend, but only earned herself to be violently empowered to the floor. Monsieur Desmoulins took the Somber Fairy to a part of his tent where he kept a machine, this machine was square and had a hose that at the tip had a large needle almost rusted. Seeing that machine the Somber Fairy tried to escape but the Ringmaster demon prevented her and put a sock in her mouth then the owner of the circus proceeded to do what he had to do, that machine was used to extract the fat but it was very painful; Without the Somber Fairy could do something Monsieur rusty needle in the belly, leaving a thread of blood and fat where the needle stuck the pain was unimaginable and unbearable to the point that he came tears but the process doesn't stop there : It was also in arms, legs, back, buttocks, hips, face and hands. After that process the Somber Fairy was left in a puddle of his own blood and fat, to see her in that state the hard expression of Monsieur Desmoulins changed to that of a full of compassion for the deformed girl.
"I don't like to have to do this but it was your fault ... that doesn't happen again"
The Ringmaster was the one who was in charge of taking the Somber Fairy to her tent to be taken care of by the owner's lovers, on the way leaving a trail of blood mixed with grease in her wake, in the Dark Wood Circus it did not matter the pain or something else it only mattered the demonstrations of the "true art" was what mattered and nothing else. In that, the master of ceremonies stumbled upon a child and an adult, Ciel and Sebastian in disguise, the master of ceremonies had realized who they really were, but pretended not to know them. On the other hand, Ciel saw the Somber Fairy and what they had done to him and felt a pity and disgust so great that he could barely conceal it.
"Can I help you?" the Ringmaster asked
"What happened about her?" Sebastian asked
"She had an accident but I don't think they came here for that"
"No, we actually came to look for work" Ciel said
"Work? here?"
"Yes, we have been told that circuses always need people - Sebastian said
"I don't know if we need them but I do not decide that, it would be better to talk to the owner of the circus"
The master of ceremonies called one of the caregivers, Haku, to take them to Monsieur Desmoulins, she looked much sadder now that she was not with her partner (Neru) and much taller than usual. She led them to the circus owner's tent while the master of ceremonies took the Somber Fairy to make up and so she was ready for tonight. Haku took them to Ciel and Sebastian to the tent of the circus owner, Monsieur André Desmoulins, which was only accompanied by a single lover. She was an exotic and beautiful woman: she was about 23 years old, with olive skin, a long black wavy hair that fell to a wasp waist, she had long legs, her body was curvilinear, big eyes light brown Crowned with long black lashes, full lips and round breasts. The exotic woman was sitting on the legs of the owner of the circus while she gave him grapes as if it were a Greek nymph; there was also the seamstress who sewed a jacket accompanied by 3 of her reptiles: a boa, a chameleon and a small crocodile. When Monsieur realized the presence of the master and the steward, he stopped his beautiful lover and paid attention to them.
"Hello, who are you and what can I do for you?" Monsieur asked
"My name is Vincent" Ciel lied because couldn't use the name of Finnian being the gardener's brother here
"I'm Sebastian"
"And what do you want?" Monsieur Desmoulins asked
"We come to look for work in this circus" Sebastian said
"Here? What do you think, my dear?" the owner asked the young woman with olive skin
The girl with olive skin opened her big brown eyes and then to look at Ciel and Sebastian, she thought for a few moments while playing with a curl of her black hair; The beautiful foreigner, it was obvious that she was, she took 23 seconds to decide.
"I and the girls can do certain jobs, but there are things we cannot do" the young woman said with a sonorous voice and with an exotic accent
"Like what?"
"Hard works"
"And the Ringmaster doesn't help them?"
"He is busy"
At the same moment Haku and Neru pushed Snake into Monsieur's tent and he fell to the ground, caregivers always did that with every strange suspect who dared to enter the Dark Wood Circus.
"Mr. Snake, oh my, how long without seeing us" Monsieur Desmoulins said as if everything was a surprise
"Hello Monsieur... says Oscar"
"What a surprise to see him here"
"Me too says Dan"
"I hope the rest of that circus is not around"
"It doesn't exist anymore says Bronte"
"Ho! That makes me happy a little" Monsieur to then look at the seamstress "don't you agree with me, seamstress?"
The seamstress got nervous and scared, she did not expect that Snake was still here and that Haku and Neru had caught him, but even more that Monsieur Desmoulins asked for her opinion.
"I think so ..." she said in a trickle of voice
"What did you say?"
"I think so!"
"That's the way I like it ... so that circus does not exist anymore, what a shame! I would have liked to meet the owner of that circus. But ... what has become of you?"
"I have work"
"That makes me happy, I would hate to have to tell you that I do not have work for you in my circus. It's nothing against you! But I'm selective with the artists that come into my circus"
"Don't worry, says Emily"
Ciel and Sebastian watched this scene as if they were not there, it was obvious Something serious had happened between Dark Wood Circus and Noah's Ark Circus, but who knew is the seamstress, perhaps a relative of Snake, knew much and could provide information, but first they had to convince her first. The aforementioned half-reptile girl retired with her reptiles to later do Snake. Then Monsieur Desmoulins paid attention to Ciel and Sebastian.
"What were we? Ho! You are looking for work in my circus"
"Yes sir" Ciel said
"Okay, you're hired"
"Thank you very much" Sebastian said
"Your job will be to do the heavy work that my lovers cannot do, my Ringmaster will take you to your tent and tell you the rules of my circus"
The Ringmaster appeared behind them and with a false smile asked them to follow him, on the way they were looked at, both master and butler, by all the deformed and unfortunate artists of the circus until they stumbled upon the boy with scissors hands. The rules of the circus were 8:
1) Artists must not be disturbed.
2) You must not talk to the owner's lovers.
3) must never enter the cabin.
4) You must not ask questions about anything.
5) Monsieur must not be disturbed
6) You must be in your tent during the performances.
7) The Strangers people are the problem of Haku and Neru.
8) Everything has its schedule and they must respect it.
After the Ringmaster left the new members of the circus, before the Ringmaster discreetly approached Sebastian and said: "you look ridiculous" the Ringmaster couldn't cheat, but gave the impression that he would not say anymore that apparently this situation seemed fun.
"Well, we're here" Ciel said, sitting on the bed
"I'm surprised it was so easy"
"That's what matters the less"
The first thing they would do was talk and gain the trust of the artists of the circus and that seamstress; while Snake was still in the Dark Wood Circus when he saw the seamstress sitting on the ground with her eyes fixed on the trees, Snake sat next to her.
"I thought you were gone" the seamstress said
"No says Dan"
"You should go, Monsieur should not like your presence, Haku and Neru too"
"I don't care about that"
"Go back to your new home"
"Go you too! In the Phantomhive mansion there is room for you! Says Wordsworth"
The seamstress said nothing, just looked at him with her big crocodile eyes for a moment and then looked back at the trees and sighed heavily.
"Snake, when we met, I didn't tell you how I got here ... so, I'll do it now so you understand because I cannot leave here"
«When I was 13 years old, I lost my family and my house, and I was arrested and tried only because of my appearance. I was locked in a cell full of undesirable people for 12 days, of course they did not approach me since they considered me a monster but being there was unpleasant: the smell of rotten and vomit, the curses of thieves and vagabonds, that hit me the prostitutes who did not want me near, among others; I came to think that I would die in that place until Monsieur Desmoulins came to take me out and take me to his circus, I only knew how to cook and make clothes so I became the seamstress of the circus. »
The seamstress didn't say more, it was not all her story and it would be the only thing she would say, she was always very reserved with herself. Snake stared at her and understood, as soon as she arrived at this circus she was permanently trapped in it. Suddenly Haku and Neru appeared behind them, with their nebulas, cold and sad glances stuck in Snake and the seamstress.
"They want you to go"
"How do you know? says Emily"
"Because I know them and that is their job"
"I will return"
"It's better you do not do it, do not come back here"
"Why not? Says Dan"
"Because nothing good happens here"
The seamstress was reduced to the ground and returned to her tent in the age of Snake. Cast out Snake of the Dark Wood Circus by Haku and Neru.
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DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL AFFAIRS
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William had thought about it for 3 days, the matter was a circus that would cause many deaths and that probably was a demon, a dirty and filthy beast steals souls. This could not be ignored and a Grim Reaper had to be sent to that circus but there was a problem. It could not be sent to anyone; the task of choosing this Grim Reaper fell on William T. Spears so he had to think of someone and could not be Grell, that would be a circus of horrors and he had already sent a Grim Reaper to that circus but he returned to the 3 days saying that this place was insane and preferring a sanction before returning to that place that according to them was the hell on earth. After a lot of thinking he came up with the right one: Akaito Ramsey.
"You sure you want to send him?" Alan asked
"He is the most indicated for this work" answered William
"But you already know what Akaito-sempai is like…" added Ronald
"And how is he?" William asked
"Serious, arrogant, ironic, does things his way, mocking and is not very good at obeying an order" Eric said
"It doesn't matter! It will be Ramsey and period! Where is he?" asked William
"Said he was going to bathe" Eric said
"Ho, not!" Ronald added
"What's up?" Alan asked
"Grell - sempai went to the showers to bathe ... ... maybe they didn't meet"
It was not 5 seconds after Ronald Knox said that there were loud noises coming from the showers, it looked like a war. When the 4 Grim Reapers came in they saw Akaito Ramsey wrestling keys to Grell and hit him, both of them were naked with only a towel covering them. What happened is that both Grim Reapers redheads were found in the bathrooms, which did not do anything to Akaito but what really made him angry were 2 things: the thought that he had followed and that Grell proposed to take a bath together; This infuriated Akaito and that's why I hit him in that wild way. Akaito Ramsey was a Grim Reaper who seemed to be around 21 years old: he was tall, had an athletic body, his hair was straight from a lively and rebellious red color , with youthful and sharp features, slightly pale skin and the typical green / yellow eyes like all Grim Reapers. In those moments he strangled Grell with his right arm.
"Can you know what they are doing ?!" William exclaimed
"It looks weird" scoffed Eric
This bothers Akaito Ramsey very much, and as if it were a Greco-Roman fight, he knocked down Eric Slingby, and he also dropped his towel.
"SHUT UP! EMPTY HEAD! I'M GOING TO BREAK THE NECK!"
"Get rid of me!"
"It's enough! ... Akaito Ramsey I want to talk to you and get dressed" William said
After the shower incident, William explained to Akaito what his mission consisted of.
"Let me see if I understand Willy, should I go to a circus to collect the souls of that place?"
"Yes"
"Sounds fun. What's the name of that circus?"
"Dark Wood Circus"
Upon hearing that name the redheaded Grim Reaper was surprised since he knew that place and had already been there, what the hell had that crazy old man done now and his damn demon?
"Akaito Ramsey, is something wrong?" William asked when noticing so quiet Akaito
"Not Willy. I like the mission so I take it and do not worry, I will do my job very well, Willy" the latter said it smiling and raising his thumb in approval sign
"Very well and don't call me Willy"
After William left, Akaito muttered, "pooper" and then prepared to go to Dark Wood Circus once more.
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TO BE CONTINUE
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