【𝐀 𝐕𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥】➛𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓑𝓾𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓻

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"Whoa, you brought a really cute kid, huh. Are you a boy?" Spoke the ginger-haired man, hands on his hips as he stood before the young "earl", while the boy himself stood beside [Name], each of them in an attire unlike their usual everyday wear. The young boy wore much cheaper, itchier fabric than what he was used to, and he hardly wanted to get started on the shoes.

Fortunately for the lady, as Joker had already seen her, as her butler informed, she was already mistaken as a noblewoman, and so her clothing isn't as bad as what the poor boy next to her was wearing. But a more toned-down version of her usual attire,

And most fortunate for the two butlers, they didn't have to change at all.

The two masters only had to hope that whatever the circus gives them is more comfortable than this.

"Yes. I was a pageboy at the manor. Um..." Ciel struggled for a moment, unconsciously moving closer to the woman beside him as the crowd around whispered, attempting to seek some sort of shelter.
"My name is Finnian," he decided, causing [Name] to glance down at him. He temporarily made eye contact with her, and for that short moment, the look she had given him was one of amusement rather than confusion.

"What a grand name." Joker stepped forward, not exactly ignoring the woman next to Ciel; if anything, it was an excuse: "If you join, we'll give you a stage name."

Behind them in the crowd, the two butlers were fussed over by the circus folk, mostly the demon, who encouraged the crowd's behaviour, while the angel kept his eyes narrowed on the ginger-haired man,

"But cuteness isn't enough to join the circus," Joker continued, "If you can't perform, that is." He then turned to [Name], closer than he was originally,
"And your name? Lovely lass?" He smiled, "Afraid to say your friends over there didn't exactly tell me," he held his non-skeletal hand out,

[Name] smiled, looking down at his hand, and making a split-second decision, "Geraldine." She took his hand, shaking it with a gentle firmness, yet not failing to catch the faint pink hue across the man's face as his smile widened,

"Well then, we'll get to you right after we deal with the little lad. Boy," he turned back to Ciel, "What's your strong point?"

"...Darts?" The young boy came up on the spot, nervously looking between [Name] and her butler, who waved reassuringly behind her.

"In that case, let's do knife throwing. Dagger, lend him a knife," the blonde had seemed instantly prepared, already gingerly handing the knives over to the younger boy.

"Here ya go."

Ciel's attention was turned back to Joker when the man pointed over elsewhere, "Hit that target from over here." Looking up and towards where the man was referring him, he had to control his shock as the target happened to be much further than he intended.

"Ah, ah, boss, you're so mean, with those skinny arms he can't reach that." Dagger poked at Joker, and the ginger stepped back, approaching the woman whose attention up until then had been kept on the earl.

"It's not mean. It can't be any closer for the show."

[Name] stepped back, about to join the two butlers behind the earl, before a skeletal finger tapped her shoulder. Joker stood behind her, making a 'follow me' gesture with his prosthesis. She sent a weary glance over to the two butlers, Sebastian, who smiled eerily, although she was sure that was how he smiled normally, and her own butler, who had a blank look on his face, staring at the back of Joker's skull before he eventually sighed in a defeated manner.