Circus

Ch.1

Joker was sitting in his tent infront of his vanity, fixing his 'face painting'. He and the crew had an entire day ahead of themselves. He finished up his paint, tied up his bow tie and smiled at himself in the mirror before covering his face with his hand. He fixed his sleeves then walked out the tent, walking over to the center of where all his and the gangs private tents were located.

"Ey, Joker!" Knox ran over and fixed his belt up a bit. "You Seen ole Kora anywhere? I went lookin' and I still ain't get no luck, it's startin' to worry me." Knox said, tapping his foot against the ground.

"You checked 'er tent?" Joker looked around. "She oughta still be gettin' ready or just hasn't gotten up to come out of 'er tent." He looked back at Knox who was practically eating down his nails.

"No need to worry!" Kora ran over, fixing her skirt up a bit. "I'm sorry for the wait. It was hard putting my corset on all by myself since Lovely was still getting ready on her own she couldn't help me." Kora smiled and did a small twirl. "Where's the twins?" 

"Hell knows where. We ain't passed by 'em yet. Might be gettin' ready for the day still. Breakfast still hasn't started so they can't be there." Knox said.

"Oi!" Joker shouted at a male who was walking past. "Where you goin' mate? This areas strictly off limits. You shouldn't even be over on this side of the gate."

The male looked at Joker and nervously smiled while looking around. "Hah..ehm..I was uh..just looking for the bathroom! Could you please direct me there?" He put his hands together with the sweetest smile possible.

Joker snapped his fingers with his eyes closed. "Oi, Knox, direct 'em to the restrooms. Make sure he takes care of what he needs to while he's there. Alright? And do what you need to do before gettin' Lovely and the Twins out their tents. Don't be long."

"Readin' ya loud and clear boss!" Knox walked over to the guy. "We best hurry! We ain't wanna miss breakfast now do we, mate? Most important meal of the day!" He guided the male to the more private restrooms.

"Don't you think it's to early for us to be starting off like this, Boss? Tonight's open night, if we start so early people might become suspicious of us." Kora said worriedly.

"You questionin' me? I know what I'm doin' Kora, trust me." Joker snickered with a grin. "Besides, no one's gonna notice anythin' or be suspicious. The only thing they're here for is the circus, us."

Kora just nodded and put her hands behind her back. "Just be careful, okay boss? We can't let anything happen to the circus or the crew. We're all each other have." She looked at Joker with a small smile and earned one back.

"I got it." Joker twirled a thick chunk of her curls around his index finger, leaning closer to her face. "Besides, you trust me, right? We've been in the business forever. You think I can't handle these simple tasks?"

Koras cheeks were a bright red color being face to face with Joker. "N..no, I trust you! I trust you a lot." She let out a nervous chuckle before sweetly smiling.

Joker backed up and patted her head. "Good."

Lovely walked out of her tent and over to the two. "What's the matter? Kora you're red as a tomato. Are you coming down with something, darling?" She touched the females cheek, gently pinching it before hand checking her temperature.

"Oh! No I'm okay. Maybe put on too much blush." Kora moved Lovely's hand from her face before stretching out her arms. "Knox is taking longer than usual. Should we be worried, Joker?"

"Don't worry. I know Knox. He'll get the job done. He best do it." Joker shook his head before looking at Lovely up & down. "Your earrings ain't on right, I suggest you fix 'em."

Lovely nodded and looked at Kora. "Help? Please? I hadn't realized when I looked in the mirror." She took out her earrings and put them in Koras hand.

Kora nodded and put each earring in its assigned ear before fixing Lovely's top. "You look stunning, Lovely."

Knox ran back over with the twins behind himself. He coughed a bit after directly running into Joker. "Oi! Why're you just standin' there like that? You're in the way!" He rubbed his forehead rapidly in anger.

"Why don't ya learn how to slow down and watch where ya goin' then? Ya idiot. You took care of it accordingly I'm hopin'?" Joker crossed his arms, looking down at Knox.

"Yeah, yeah! I gotcha boss!" Knox scratched his head and stretched out his arms a bit. "Is everyone ready for opening day?" He put a hand on his hip looking around at the crew.

"I just hope it goes well today. No one can find out about anything." Dori said, tapping his foot against the ground rapidly.

Doris stepped on his foot, stopping it. "Dori is right. If anyone finds out-" She was cut off by Joker shushing her.

"Oi. Hush it up, someone might hear you. But you're right. You all best be on ya best behavior tonight, ok? No slippin' tonight's the most important." Joker fixed his vest and stretched it his arms. "Breakfast should be ready. Let's go." He walked off with the gang following behind him.