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Lucien appreciated and understood Illy's concern for him. He gave her a reassuring smile as she made her way over to the door. The words she left him with caused his smile to widen a little.
"And a Ringleader is nothing without his troupe." He said mostly to himself. Lucien knew that the others were also worried about him. After all, the nephilim was very well aware of the kind of person he was. He wanted to look out for all of them, and he was definitely more concerned on their behalf than his own. There was a time long ago where he was the one that needed to be protected, but things weren't like that anymore. The roles were switched, and he'd be sure to take care of them all, no matter what.
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Ivory sat in in front of the vanity in her trailer, finishing the last touches on her stage makeup. Normally, the dhampir was not a fan of it, and hardly ever wore it. It was a personal choice, considering how much her own mother had tended to overuse it for her little 'outings'. She preferred to have a subtle amount, something that would make her natural beauty pop, over covering it all up. A little of eye-shadow here and a but of lipstick there. It was enough. Her nails had been painted a powdered blue, same as the color of certain parts of her dress. Honestly, this entire look was quite the opposite of the woman's personality. She wasn't 'girly' in the least, and wasn't even all that interested in her own appearance, yet here she was, in a tight corset, in a brightly colored dress that most certainly showed off her curves. When Lucien had first commented on it he said the style of it made her look almost like a fairy. She had thought it very amusing, considering it was a complete contrast to what she really was. The irony of it had made her decide to continue to wear it for her performances. She had a few others to use, depending on what the mood of the show was, but this one was her go to.
Once she was ready, she headed out toward her performance tent, to wait until it was her turn to go on.
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Aurel had already gotten ready for the show. He was deciding which snakes he was going to take with him today. If he recalled correctly.. the last time he had taken Jade, Ebony, and Cinnamon, his Rosy Boa. Maybe this time he should go with something more.. out there? He usually didn't take his venomous snakes out, mostly because they weren't as big fans of the large audience, but he asked them this time if they would be okay with it, mostly because he felt that the 'risk' factor it would appear to have could attract a bigger audience.
"If.. thiss would help you.. then we will do it.." Bengal hissed. This was his European Aspis.. the snake that had been with him from the very beginning, and taught him everything he knew.
"I ssuppose it's alright.." Coral piqued in.
"I'll go too." Ginger spoke.
The man smiled at his snakes. "Thank you.. I promise I'll find you guys a good meal today after the show!" He exclaimed, before allowing he snakes to crawl up his arms. He had to admit Ginger was a bit heavy to carry around in comparison to the other two but, it was worth the effort. He wanted to do his best tonight.
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Akane had practiced for hours with Cora before it had finally neared the time for her to get ready. The fox never really had to go out of her way to wear any makeup for her performances, because usually she wore her fox mask during her dance. It saved her the trouble, considering she wasn't nearly as good at it as Ivory was, and she felt bad asking considering she knew she already helped Illyana get ready. Cora's song had inspired some new moves for her to implement this performance, so she was excited to try it out. Once they were finished, she took Cora back to her tank so she could also be ready for tonight.
"Good luck Cora! I'll see you later!" The kitsune called out before heading over to her performance tent.
The outfit she wore was a little more revealing than her standard Japanese outfit, but the kitsune didn't really care, after all, much like Cora, the concept of clothes had been foreign to her before she had come to this circus. It gave her a larger freedom of movement, and it was bright red, just like her hair. It was what made her stand out against the blue flames that accompanied her dance. It seemed that human males liked this kind of thing, which worked out in her favor, after all she wanted people to come see her, so she could help out financially as much as she could.
"Here's to another successful performance!" Akane exclaimed to herself.
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Lucien leaned against the truck he and Illyana were next to. Some performances were about to begin, and the nephilim was becoming impatient. Inwardly, he was quite frustrated. Sure, he had not given Geralt a specific time to show up, but at the time he didn't think he had to. If the man decided to not show, then it was because he either hadn't been ready to perform, or he simply did not care enough to make it to the first day. He wouldn't have put it past him if it was the latter. Part of him hoped he did show up today, mostly because he felt it would be more impactful to the next days that followed if word got around that Geralt the Great had come to perform. He hoped the man was simply late because he was 'brushing up' on his skills as he had put it, though part of him fully doubted that. The last thing he wanted was to go pay him another visit if he didn't show up today. Regardless, this situation would give him a little further insight on the type of man he was, and well.. the amount of responsibility he had.
Outwardly, he was trying not to show how annoyed he was, after all, he didn't want to worry Illyana further.
"He will." Lucien said, crossing his arms. "Despite how hard he was to read, I did think he was interested. He's probably just fashionably late. He seems like the kind of man who'd want to make an entrance." He said with a small sigh.