[img=http://i.imgur.com/bUTbEOv.png] [b][u]Phillis Circus: Big Top - Onstage[/b][/u] Just as Crispin got back on his feet, Isabella was already attacking again! Nuts! "Gah!" he cried out in a near panic. Two of the knives charged after the arsonist - and he [i]punched[/i] them in retaliation, one after the other. Each small blade was set alight immediately, glowing with the same fiery life as his own fists. The knives were flung right back at the acrobat, though at an angle that left a sizable gap between them. Crispin took this opportunity to deftly charge in after Isabella, ready to strike her with a red-hot jab. Both the brawler and acrobat were matched in speed, but Crispin was well aware that Isabella's insane agility would always top his power if she had her focus zeroed in on him. Crispin could only hope Aria would back him up as he went for the punch...! --- [img=http://i.imgur.com/rxPNBnW.png] [b][u]Phillis Circus: Big Top - Pit[/b][/u] Sammie grunted loudly. She had him, she almost had him! Then the coward just up and ran outside!? "Finest example of hit-and-run I've ever seen in my life!" she cried out as she chased after them. Once the duo were outside, Sammie called to her brother, who had his eyes to the skies. "Cammie!" [img=http://i.imgur.com/Wa1ZH6m.png] "Huh?" He whirled around instantly. Most citizens had cleared by this point, though some still lingered about (crying, paranoid, injured) - but there was no mistaking that moon-white hair. Wasn't he helping them earlier though? Regardless, he was charging right in Cammie's direction, and from Sammie's call, he needed to be stopped. As he drew near enough, Cammie swung at Lute with his cape - attempting to redirect the virtuoso right back at Sammie - who was now lunging at him! Sammie let out a cry mid-leap, her arms extended fully, though void of any weapon. Man oh man was she going to have fun yanking that pretty hair right off of his head. That'd teach him to screw with their family! --- [img=http://i.imgur.com/dO6vRyy.png] [img=http://i.imgur.com/ZEQcnsM.png] [img=http://i.imgur.com/m6NfTjF.png] [b][u]Phillis Circus: Outskirts[/b][/u] [i]"Are you with Crispin? I never thought he'd do something so mean... did you two think he would do something like that?"[/i] Trixie cocked her head, with genuine confusion. "Huh, who?" Then it clicked. "Ohhh, the fiery guy. Listen lady, we don't know who he is! Umm, uh, because - thing is - he tried to talk some funny stuff to us! And umm... I dunno, Supersis thought he was suspicious, so we were gonna... go in and... stop... him... maybe... kind of..." She brought her two pointer fingers together. They weren't buying it. [i]"I'm sorry, but this is our home."[/i] So commenced the outdoor attack! Trixie prepared herself, both in a gunman's position and a running stance. Pfft, the acrobat lunging for her. She could guess it was to take her weapons - right? - cuz that was totally something she herself was prone to doing to ranged attackers. Except she kinda forgot for like two whole seconds that Poppy could do that weird thing with her body parts and detached them and OH OMELETS she did it just now with her hands, whooooaaa! "Trixie!" A stern voice called from her side - and a metallic rod was thrust between herself and Poppy's thrown hands, knocking them right to the ground. Xandra stepped in at the perfect time. Suddenly something red-hot blitzed right passed the guilders and sliced through the tree behind them. Trixie blinked rapidly, before turning behind her to see a hole in the tree trunk. She turned back to Lily - the red dot on her visor glowed brightly for a moment before softening. Thin vapor escaped into the air from it. Oh... oh... did she... use a... laser...??? "WHOA THAT'S SO COOL, CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH AFTER WE BEAT YOU?" "Trixie! Not now!" This time Stevie shot his short-lived laser, though Trixie snapped out of it in time to leap out the way; the metallurgist dodged opposite from her. Both stood themselves quickly, the latter quickly adapting to a battle-ready stance. Even if the stiltmen's lasers never hit them, the constant dodging would leave them open for Poppy to hone in. They couldn't allow themselves to be outmaneuvered like this, not when everyone else was counting on them! But Trixie was already one step ahead of her. Uzi in mouth, she held a smoke bomb high in her hand. Xandra looked to the prankster with wide eyes. "Wait--!" BLOOSH! Their field was covered in smoke. The stiltmen siblings stood steady for a moment, allowing their visors to adjust to the smoke. Lily grinned widely. "Fools... our visors are equipped with state-of-the-art heat sensors. They're digging their own grave." Stevie looked to her. "You think we'll get a promotion for this?" Meanwhile, within the smoke, Trixie crept low. Guns both locked and loaded, she constantly shifted her attention to each noise popping up in the distance, including the patrols' chatter. She continued moving about too. Though - "Oomph!" - she tripped over Poppy's hands and landed face first. Instantly she rolled to her back and backpaddled, guns held before her. Trigger fingers ready.