Cirque de Cirrus

Birth and Rise of a Cloudy Sky

In a Cirque in Europe, a woman was screaming in agony on a bed.

"YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING ME AGAIN!" She cursed out.

"Sorry honey...but keep at it! Just think of the out!" The man behind her said holding her hand tightly.

After 5 hours, a new baby was born.

The doctor identified the baby as a boy yet it had features of a girl.

The couple was happy with the baby either way.

They named him Aether.

Little did they know that his born name would have deep meaning in his future.
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The 3 year old boy soon gained purple hair as he was held by an acrobat during his parents practice performance.

Baby Aether cooed as he watched his parents do fancy tricks and squealed in joy.
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The first time Aether really encountered the mafia was at the age of 6. It was also the first time he learned of flames.

He was walking from the ice cream store with an acrobat when three men in suits appeared.

They talked in another language, something about recruiting the acrobat.

But the acrobat swiftly took out the men using only their hands and feet.

However, they didn't count on a fourth man appearing to take Aether hostage, but something happened.

In a panic, Aether held out his hands and purple flames scorched the man. The acrobat swore that they also saw tendrils of orange in the flames.

After that, he learned from his parents and the rest of the Cirque of the mafia and flames.
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Three years passed since the incident. Along with learning to control his flames, Aether learned how to do multiple tricks from throwing knives, fixing injuries, hand to hand combat, acrobatics, stealth tactics, etc.

He also got into aerial dancing like his mom, though he thought the female outfits were prettier. So, he disguised himself as a female and proved to be as great as his mom.

In his first performance, Aether debuted as 'Lilianthe' in a duo act with his mom and became as popular. It was also when Aether became a member of the LGBT community and grew out his hair.
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Two years later, Aether's life was touched by Death when his parents were found dead. Poison was slipped into a bottle of wine for their Anniversary.

Although the killer did a sloppy job covering his tracks. He was hired by a low-class mafia boss to track the couple and kill them after ruining a big weapons deal years ago. Aether and the rest of the Cirque tracked the boss, and had his mafia...

ANNIALATED.
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Aether took on another act as a stuntman in honor of his dad two years later, but it didn't start well.

The first time, he could've died, but he finds that his cloud flames somehow kept him from dying when he got a broken neck.

Since then, Aether decided to experiment with the stunts. He went through many stunts receiving a brain fracture, a broken wrist, and a dislodged spine one time. But his flames made him as if he never had the injuries at all.

He made a new alias for his second act as 'Skull de Mort, the Stuntman hated by Death'. He would use 'Skull' as the opening act and 'Lilianthe' as the climatic ending act.

His Cirque family of 5,000 also acted neutral and independent in the mafia world, with an underground operation of helping orphaned children in the mafia world. After helping them, most would join the Cirque.

The family became known as the Cirrus Cirque Familia.
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Skull found a mysterious man sitting in his dressing room looking at his 'Lilianthe' wigs.

"Hey! How'd you get past the guards?!" Skull demanded.

"My apologies, Skull, or maybe Lilianthe
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I support trans rights! Who's with me?

I'll use 'Skull' as male and 'Lilianthe' as female.

And Guess who saw Cruella?
As she would've said...
She was brilliant, bad, and a little bit mad.
She has a point.
Sometimes to survive in the fashion world, you have to be dangerous.
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