[color=rosybrown]"Oh I don't know about that."[/color] Akane said a bit sheepishly. She knew there were plenty of other kitsune's around, at least in the area she had lived in, but she wasn't sure how familiar he would be about that stuff. She supposed she'd find out once the man found out what she was. 

She glanced at Geralt as he spoke in regards to Lucien, retaining her smile as she secured her mask back onto her face. 

[color=rosybrown]"He is isn't he? Lucien's really great. We all love him, I'm sure you will too!"[/color] She responded in a low whisper. He had been a major reason as to why she had decided to stick around once she had found this place. It all had seemed like it would be really fun, and a new experience for her, and she had never regretted that decision. She shifted her attention to Lucien as he began his announcing. 

This time around, the Ringleader could see more women and children in the crowd, since this was more fascinating for kids to want to see.

[color=burlywood]"Curious minds who fathom the dangers of fire, but are willing to admire its beauty, you have come to the right place, as our danseur de feu can fascinate you with the her mystical flames and her beautiful dance. I introduce to you, ladies and gentlemen, the Cerulean Flame!" [/color] He exclaimed. 

Right on cue, Akane skipped onto the stage, the long frills of her dress flowing behind her as Lucien quickly took his leave as he always did. While the frills looked cool and almost like fire when she moved, it was also a fail safe just in case her tails ever made an appearance. They would be easier to hide that way. 

On the stage there were a few tools for her to use during her routine, precisely placed where she wanted them. When she had first started doing these types of performances she hadn't even known these tools existed, but once Lucien had introduced them to her, she had found them to be quite fun. It had taken quite a bit of practice to use them properly. Even if she had natural dexterity from being a fox, learning how to utilize it properly for these tools was something different altogether, but had been a very nice learning experience. Ivory had helped her out in terms of learning how to maneuver her hands properly, in terms of grip and the way she handled her instruments. She was quite proud of how far she had come. 

Music spread throughout the tent, and as she walked over the fire hoop, Akane dipped her foot under it and quickly thrust the hoop upwards to catch it with her hand, twirling it on her right arm. With her left, her hand moved in a circular motion, and simultaneously lit the wicks in blue flames. She began her dance, turning and twisting her body along with the hoop at fast pace that created what appeared to be a circle of blue fire. She went shifted it around from her arms, to her hips, and over to her other arm, occasionally tossing it into the air and catching it as she danced. Her movements on stage were precise, and by the time she neared the staff, she was ready to switch tools. 

The kitsune tossed the hoop high into the air one last time as she picked up the two fans and elegantly lifted them over her head as the hoop came down, falling right through her and landing on the ground. Her left foot moved back to stop it from bouncing. It was a quick movement and hard to catch, but as soon as she had done it, she hovered a leg over one of the wicks, seemingly touching the flames, and spun in a circle, putting out the fire before she jumped out of it and she began her dance with the fans, the music having changed tune to accommodate her slower more elegant dance. 

They were her favorite set of instruments. Cora would always compliment how nice it was to watch her dance with normal fans while she was indoors, so having this option for her act made it all the more fun. These fans in particular were shaped like lotus flowers, with a wick at the end of each petal, totalling five on each fan. She had found them to be the ones with the prettiest designs, and Akane was quite fond of flowers. Despite the fact that this dance was slower than the last, her hand movements were quick, allowing her motions with the fan to look like swirls and lines of bright blue light. On some of the movements she raised a leg or twirled, a small trail of blue fire followed suit and then faded away as she continued.

The music slowly began to change in tune once more, Akane twisted the grip on her fans and then readied herself for a cartwheel. As she whirled through the air she placed the fans flat against the ground, lifting one hand which she used to snuff out the flames as her hand drifted over the wicks. As she did so,  flames followed the movement in her legs in a half-mooned shape as she became almost rightside up again. Before straightening out completely, her other hand grabbed hold of the last pair of remaining instruments. The two swinging torches. 

Her free hand reached for the wicks and with a flick of her wrist, the ends lit up in flames she began to spin them as she moved her body to the rhythm of the music. Traces of blue flames traced the path her feet would take in her steps which would soon fade as she took another.

Nearing the end of the song, she moved the torches and connected them with their magnetic latches at the end and it formed into a small staff which she twirled and threw into the air, catching it with ease.

With a quick motion of her free hand, she tilted her mask slightly to reveal only her lips as she had went down on one knee, disconnecting the torches again. One hand continued to spin one of the torches behind her back and neared the other to her lips. She took in a breath the closer it got, to the audience it appeared as though she had consumed the flames, and as she set that one down and shifted her attention to the other. Her hand hovered over the remaining flaming end, causing the fire to dim ever so slightly. As she placed it near her lips, she let out a breath, and the flames burst out in the opposite direction, as if she was breathing fire, and much larger than you would expect someone her size to be able to pull off. Despite the large amount of it, the patterning of the flames and the way they moved was well controlled, and still managed to retain a look of elegance. It then slowly faded away, and Akane then shifted her body toward the audience and bowed.

The audience erupted into applause. She could see the small children shouting and pointing in her direction, clearly amazed by the display. Akane smiled, and rose to her feet, setting down the other baton as she did so and bowing once more, waving eagerly at the children, before she did a small side twirl and then headed off to the side exit of the stage. 

[color=rosybrown]”What did you think?”[/color] She asked Geralt eagerly as she removed her mask, though a little out of breath. While the movements themselves were easy, moving all those instruments around did take more effort but still, it was all worth it in the end.