Crazy trouble with love
Female Puppets and Pinocchio
Series: Pinocchio
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The air was festive as the gypsies kart with the makeshift stage set up. The people were excited to see the show and the workers were excited to pay afterwards. No one noticed the odd trio that came to the back of the caravan, a trio consisting of two anthropomorphic animals, a cat and a fox, dressed like bums and what appeared to be a little boy made of wood.
"Wow, there sure are a lot of people here." commented the boy.
"Ah, yes, they are all here to see you my boy!" The fox slyly said.
"Me? Really?" smiled the boy.
"Yes, now wait here while I go tell them you're here!" The fox said as he walked towards the door of the cart holding Stromboli. He walked up to it and gave it a few firm knocks.
"What is it? I have a show in 15 minutes!" A heavyset man with a Russian accent said from the other side of the door.
"My good sir, I might have something you might like." called the fox.
"Unless it is gold, I'm not interested." Stromboli said.
"No, but a brand new puppet with more life in it that you'll be swimming in it by the end of the day."
This caught the Russians attention and he opened up the door and stepped out of the caravan to see what the fox was talking about. "What do you mean?"
"I'm talking about a living moving puppet!" The fox said now getting the Russians full attention.
"A living puppet? Now I know this is a waste of my time!"
"Come with me then if you don't believe me! If it's a fake then you lose nothing, but if it's real you can't afford to miss this opportunity!" The fox said playing on the large Russians greed.
The man rubbed his chin before nodding. "Alright, show me. But make it quick!"
"Alright, right this way then sir!" The fox said as he led the Russian to Pinocchio, neither of them noticing the blue light entering the carriage.
It moved through the room while looking around. It's gaze finally resting on three puppets that were distinctly made to look female. And each one dressed as different ancestry as the clothing and slight differences made them stand out. One was dressed like a stereotypical Dutch girl complete with wooden clogs and blond braids. Another dressed in white boots and fur hat with a purple winter coat to show her Russian fashion and style. The final one was dressed as a French girl who was wearing a dress one would think of when thinking of the can-can.
The light hovered near them and pondered to itself. "Pinocchio is having some trouble and maybe assigning him a cricket as a conscious wasn't the best idea. Sure he works hard but it's hard to take someone seriously when their one inch tall."
The light looked over the puppets again and silently smiled to itself, though it wasn't very clear to see. "You'll thank me one day Pinocchio." she said as the light grew brighter. The rays washed over the three puppets as the puppets seemed to slowly twitch.
While this happened Stromboli was sealing the deal on the living puppet.
"Hmm, he really is alive." he remarked to the fox while they looked at Pinocchio a little bit away.
"Yes, he is real and for fifteen pieces of gold he is all yours!" The fox said.
"Heheheh, deal." Stromboli fished out the coins and handed them to the fox.
"Pleasure doing business with you sir!" He said as he grabbed the dumb cat and walked away.
Pinocchio was confused seeing them go as the man walked over.
"Hello, I am Stromboli and I am the owner of this caravan and you shall work for me!" Stromboli told Pinocchio.
"Wait, work?"
"Yes, you will be on stage with my puppets doing shows!" Stromboli told Pinocchio as he led him towards the carriage.
"I get to be in the show?" he asked with excitement.
"Yes, I'm going to go tell the rest of the workers so you stay here until I come get you, ok?" Stromboli said as he opened the door of the carriage.
"Yes sir!"
"Good." Stromboli said as he shoved Pinocchio in and shut the door.
Pinocchio looked around the insides and walked around in awe. There were at least a hundred different puppets, some complete some not. He took notice that some were just outlines of small human bodies with no features and some that looked very lifelike.
"Wow, this is amazing." he spoke.
"Yes it is." said a voice behind Pinocchio.
He jumped before turning around. His eyes widened in shock at the sight before him.. There he saw a puppet dressed as a russian standing before him.
"Hello! It is good to see the face of a fellow puppet." she said in a Russian accent as she approached Pinocchio.
"Wow, me neither." he smiled.
"So, what's your name stranger?" She asks as she gets closer to him and whispers in his ear, "Mine is Alexandra."
"Oh, my name is Pinocchio."
Before Alexandra could respond, Pinocchio was grabbed by his hand and quickly pulled away towards a different puppet.
"Hello." greeted the dutch puppet. "I am Amelia."
"Hello, I'm pinoch-!" Pinocchio tried to respond before he was grabbed and shoved between two soft orbs by another doll.
"Hello there. I am Clarisse." spoke the scantily dressed puppet.
"Mph mph!" mumbled Pinocchio while he struggled to remove himself from the dolls surprisingly soft cleavage.
"Clarisse! Let go." spoke Alexandra with her hands on her hips.
"Why? So you can have him? No way!" Clarisse said before Amelia pulled Pinocchio away from her.
"Try putting some real clothes on." she frowned.
"Try to not be such a prude!" She huffed before turning to Pinocchio.
Said wooden boy was blushing a little, managing to actually feel her chest against his face. "Wh-who are you? How did you become like me?" Pinocchio stuttered.
"A glowing ball of light came in here, and before we knew it, we were alive!" cheered Amelia twirling on her foot.
"Really? So what are you going to do now?" Pinocchio asked.
"Well, we don't know. We never gave it much thought." replied Alexandra.
Before they could continue talking Stromboli bursts in saying, "Pinocchio it's time for the show!"
The female puppets dropped to the ground on impulse before the man picked them up.
"Did you touch these puppets?"
"No sir, I was just admiring them." Pinocchio stuttered, having a feeling that if he told Stromboli the truth it would lead to trouble.
"Well we need to get you and the rest all set up."
"Ok sir!" Said Pinocchio as Stromboli led him to the top of a flight of stairs on the stage.
"Now just stand here and wait until the curtains open."
"Ok, but what do I do?" Asked Pinocchio.
"Just sing and dance and act as overly as possible!" Stromboli said.
"Yes sir!"
"Great!" Said Stromboli as he made his way towards his position. After giving the other three puppets he picked up to his workers before moving towards his position.
Pinocchio saw Amelia give a wink as they saw the curtains pull aside. The music started up and Pinocchio started to sing. "I got no strings to hold me down, to make me fret, or make me frown. I had strings but now I'm free, I got no strings on me. I had strings, but now I'm free, There are no strings on me. Hi-ho the me-ri-o, That's the only way to be. I want the world to know, Nothing ever worries me.
"I've got no strings So I have fun. I'm not tied up to anyone, They've got strings, But you can see. There are no strings on me." He sang on when suddenly the background changed to that of the Dutch countryside.
Amelia popped down from above. "You have no strings, your arms is free, to love me by the Zuider Zee, ya, ya, ya, if you would woo, I'd bust my strings for you." Amelia pecked him on the cheek quickly before she was brought up and three non living Dutch girl puppets fell down and started dancing.
Pinocchio smiled as he tried dancing with them with two even bumping their butts to his face before the background changed to France.
Clarisse dropped down and started singing." You have no strings, couci couca! Your savoir faire is oo-la-la! I've got strings, but entre nous, I'd cut my strings for you!" She gave him a small kiss on the lips before being brought up as other replicas came down and started dancing the can can.
At this point Pinocchio was stunned, he had not only been kissed by one beautiful girl, but two in under a minute! He almost didn't notice the background change to a snow covered Moscow.
Then Alexandra came down and started dancing. Alexandra started to sing. "Down where the Volga flows, there's a Russian rendez-vous. Where me and Ivan goes, But I'd rather go with you, hey!" She pecked his forehead and went up while several male russian puppets came down and started dancing.
Pinnochio was so shocked that he ended up getting tangled in the Russian puppets and ended the show with. "There are no strings on me!" He slid down from them as the crowd cheered and threw coins on the stage while clapping.
"Great job Pinocchio! You have made me very happy!" Stromboli said as he gathered up all the money from the stage.
"No problem sir." he smiled.
"Now, let us go count the money!" Stromboli said as he guided Pinocchio over to the caravan while carrying the gold.
"Want me to put them with the others?" he asked pointing to the female puppets Stromboli carried.
"Sure, that is where you'll be staying so you can just Stay there for now." Stromboli said as he passed the puppets onto Pinocchio and pointed him to a carriage near the end of the caravan.
Pinocchio turned and walked to the carriage.
The three girl puppets giggled as they were carried into the carriage. Once inside he set them down and they stood on their own once more.
"How did you like our performance Pinocchio?" Alexandra asked.
"They were great."
"I'm glad you think so, you know those words we sang were true." Amelia said while blushing.
"Huh?" he blinked in confusion.
"We are very interested in you in more ways than one." Said Clarisse while approaching Pinocchio.
He blushed as the puppet hugged his arm with a smile.
"Hey! Don't hog him!" Alexandra said as she grabbed Pinocchio's other arm.
"Not my fault if I'm prettier."
"H-hey, don't forget me!" Said Amelia as she hugged Pinocchio from behind.
He blushed as each one tried to pull him towards them.
"What have I gotten myself into!" Said Pinocchio as the three beautiful puppets continued to vie for his affections.