[✪] Performing Tent

Sooyoung whistled at Zhoumi's speed, how nice to run as fast as the wind. She tried to follow Zhoumi's speedy steps as she waited for him to explain step by step. "Yay~" As she made her first star. She grinned widely as she wondered if she could make a jar full of stars, it would be nice and a nice addition of colour to her room. She hummed softly to herself as she grabbed another piece of paper.

Zhoumi nodded happily, "wait a sec, I'll go run and grab it..." And with a whoosh he bolted back to his room and grabbed some more paper. Finding his way back he quickly handed out paper to all of them and sat calmly. "First.............. you fold............. like............... this!" And he started folding really quickly to make a star. He grinned at his little joke and then tossed the star to Sooyoung. He picked another paper and started seriously teaching them how to fold step by step.

Sooyoung gleefully accepted the star as she attempted to balance it on the crane. She sighed as the star fell to her lap. "Oh well...." She pouted. She looked up at Zhoumi's suggestion, "Sure!" She chirped. She turned her gaze to Onew's crane. "It looks great!" She beamed as she held out a thumbs up. She waited for Zhoumi to dash out with lighting speed and grab the paper. Origami was fun, she should take it up as a hobby, maybe be buddies with Zhoumi....

@Onew/Jinki Zhoumi clapped his hands happily "That looks much better now! it's really good." he grinned happily at both. "Now, would you like to learn...this?" and he produced at origami star from his pocket. "It's known to bring good luck! But we'll need a different type of paper... I can get some though if you want to learn!" Zhoumi handed the one in his hand to Sooyoung and pulled another star from his other pocket to Onew. "So, what about it?"

@Zhoumi Onew grabbed a new paper, wondering and hoping that it would work this time so he wouldn't come out looking like the biggest loser in the whole circus again. Come on. He had to do this. He was the ringmaster for crying out loud, he needed to be able to perform the simplest of mundane things. Yes. He could do this, he could get this. The tip of his tongue poked out from the corner of his mouth as he focused, following step by step what Zhoumi was doing and interjecting every time he had a problem discerning the next step. Eventually, he held a folded origami figurine that somewhat resembled what it was meant to be and he felt a surge of pride swell in his chest. "Like this?" he asked, holding it up for Zhoumi and Sooyoung to inspect.

Zhoumi smiled happily to Onew "It's okay, when I first started out, I messed up tons too! but, you'll get the hang of it. Me and Sooyoung will help!" he grinned as he held up a origami lily he had been focusing on while Sooyoung and Onew were talking and handed it to Onew. "let's get to work!" As he handed paper to the both of them and started the tutorial again, this time a little slower. "Now, first fold like this!" He folded the paper and smiled at both of them happily.

She paused as she saw Onew's pitiful ball. She bit back giggles as she shakily offered, "Want some help?" Her voice shook with the giggles that she tried so hard to hold back. "It's fine!" She chirped as she held up her first crane, it's looked more like a spitball more than a crane. "It goes from this..." She grinned as she held up the spitball crane and then held up her finished product, " To this!" She smiled softly as she smiled brightly, "We can do it!"

@Sooyoung It was confusing and difficult to follow. Onew felt a headache coming on with all their talk of this and that. There was no way he could rewind and just back track it all. He had lost Zhoumi halfway through his process of trying to teach them how to make paper cranes. His own had ended up becoming a ball of... Scrap. That was all he could call it. Gosh, how had he ended up like this. His face was most surely mirroring his frustration at his inability to follow the simplest of tasks. It seemed his lack of being here at the circus had left him with social skills that were less than desirable. "I'm sorry, I kind of... Messed it up," he murmured in shame, holding out his deflated bird to Zhoumi.

She laughed merrily as she watched the sheet of paper unfold, or should she say fold into a small crane. She cooed over the beautifully made crane as she took a sheet of colorful paper. "Let's begin!" She giggled childishly. She watched carefully at Zhoumi's movement, a crease there, a fold here and soon enough there was a crane in her hands. She squealed gleefully as she flapped its wings. "Cool!" She laughed the wings went flap flap. "Do you know any more?" Her eyes sparkling with wonder as she stared at Zhoumi's hands. How could such big hands make such delicate tiny art?

@Sooyoung Zhoumi sighed but laughed at Sooyoung's 'payment' and took the last bites of the watermelon before throwing the peel somewhere behind him. "Now, sit down and I shall demonstrate!" he said with a flair in his voice and his eyes gleaming. he took a piece of paper from the pile he had brought and started folding. at the end, there was a beautiful little crane sitting atop Zhoumi's hand. "Ta daaaaaaa!" he sand childishly. He then handed a piece of paper to Sooyoung and set aside the crane he was holding. "I'll walk you through the steps now!"

She chuckled, but narrowed her eyes at Zhoumi's stab at her status. "Yah!" She pouted as she punched his shoulder. "Don't make fun of my lonely status." She huffed loudly, crossing her eyes. She laughed at his comment. "Admission fee?" She rose her eyebrow, her eyes clearly showing how amused she was. "Here." She laughed. She grabbed the slice of watermelon in his mouth. She held the bitten watermelon slice as she handed back into his hands. "Admission paid." She grinned.

@Sooyoung Zhoumi quickly zoomed back to the preforming tent with a stack of origami paper and a watermelon slice in his mouth. He swallowed and grinned. "Sit down," he encouraged "It's time for the teacher to teach how to make origami cranes! And for So, how to get yourself a boyfriend..." Zhoumi winked then grabbed a price a of paper from the pile. "Admission fee is a watermelon!"

@Zhoumi Sooyoung hugged back as she grinned, how nice since she had been hugged. Far too long since time was pressed. [OMFG SCHOOL T-T] She plucked a slice of watermelon as she took large bites. How long was it from when she had watermelon? *Probably in the summer.* she thought absently-mindlessly. She barely noticed how it was unusually to have watermelon pop up of nowhere. Food was food after all. She nodded eagerly as Onew wrote down the suggestions. "Cat food?" She mumbled through bites of watermelon. "I think so." She nodded as watermelon juice dribbled down . "Try now?" Her words muffled as she chewed on the juicy fruit. She swallowed the last of it, as she aimed the peel/rind at the garage bin. She missed by a lot. She pouted and muttered under her breath, "Where did my awesome skills go?" She snickered softly as she made her way to pick it up and throw it into the bin. She thought of the chuck of watermelon she hit Zhoumi with. She sifted a fit of giggles as she threw the peel/rind into the garage bin. She walked back as she wondered where Zhoumi had gone. She was half-listening to the conversation as the watermelon was so good and refreshing. She her lips as she bounced the rest of the way to Onew.

@Onew/Jinki With a wide smile at Jinki "They're pretty fun and easy to make! Just gotta keep trying at it and it'll eventually come." Zhoumi replied eagarly. "Why don't we try now!" He exclaimed with a clap of his hands. "I'll be right back." And with the speed that he was known for (mainly used to beat Yoona in races) he ran to get paper, not bothering to hear Sooyoung's and Jinki's response to his suggestion.

@Sooyoung Jinki couldn't stop himself from laughing at what Sooyoung and Zhoumi were suggesting. he was a bit absentminded but he managed to make a few answers any now and then. His own eyes twinkled as he turned to face them both, unsure where to make his gaze go since they were all talking at the same time. "Okay so... Clothes and props for acts? I can do that!" He pulled out a pen from his sleeve and a rather too large card so that he could write it all down. "Been a while since I've been able to do this," he murmured, speaking to himself. He clicked his pen, chewing on his lip in thought. "Oh right, cat food!" He nodded, knowing he sounded a bit loco but... Weren't all the ringmasters the same? Especially when they had too much time to themselves. "Origami cranes... Are those easy to make?" he asked, finally fixating completely on Zhoumi who seemed intent on teaching them the great art of paper cranes.

@Sooyoung Zhoumi grinned merrily "It'll depend on where we're going but, it'll have to do with food, flowers, and origami cranes." He looked at Sooyoung with twinkling eyes "I'll teach you how to make paper cranes!" He looked over at Jinki "I'll teach you too! It will be great!" Zhoumi exclaimed and he wrapped his arms around Jinki happily and swung him around. He then went over to Sooyoung and gave her a ig hug as well. With another one of his bright smiles, he produced three slices of watermelon out of nowhere. "Want some?"

@Onew/Jinki Sooyoung blinked, did she need new jeans? She looked down at her comfy grey sweatpants...Yeah, she could use some jeans. She smiled at the lovely couple, oh Zhoumi and Yoona <3 "What are you planning?" She asked merrily, "For Yoona and you." She wondered how Onew would get the extra money [lets pretend money is time in rl] to get more things. Especially with so less performers and that time of season [LOL School].

@Sooyoung Zhoumi smiled when Sooyoung promptly decided to use his shoulder as a headrest, it was a little cold in the tent maybe her head was cold. He nodded in agreement to what she said, "We've got food and all, I don't see what else we need!" He then piped up again "When are we going travelling again? I've got this funny idea with Hangeng to do, and I need to prepare things for Yoona and," Zhoumi looked at Sooyoung "I'll need to go shopping with this girl, I promised you a while ago I'd go buy you some new jeans didn't I?" Zhoumi looked back over and Jinki "And I'll need to get you some new stuff too!"

@Onew/Jinki Sooyoung blurted out, "Clothes~" She blushed, well she was embarrassed at her outburst but there wasn't a lot of chances to get more clothes. No sane female would pass the chance for more clothes too. She smiled softly as she added hopefully, "We could get some more props for our magic show?" She felt Zhoumi's arm around her as she chuckled as she decided to use his neck as a convenient headrest. She smiled it was nice to use someone as a headrest, it was heated and it even made intelligent conversation. She smiled as she snuggled closer, it was quite cold in the large performing tent, with winter coming along. "We have everything we need~" She agreed, "Everything but members." She sighed softly, they did need more performers but she figured with enough advertising, it would work out.

@Sooyoung @Onew Zhoumi grinned happily when he saw his ringmaster/leader/bunny/derpy person. He suddenly realized how long it had been since he had seen Jinki. He hurried over and hugged the man quickly. After hearing his question he thought for a bit. "I'm not sure.... Weelllll there's this special knife out there called the... what was it?" Zhoumi muttered 'Ah, the Knife of the Arc! It's a real beauty I tell ya..." Zhoumi eyes were wide and shining as he thought about the knife. He suddenly snapped back to life and smiled "That's just food for thought but, I think we've got everything here!" He remarked as he causally slung his arm on Sooyoung's shoulder, using her as a armrest.

@Sooyoung What... Exactly had just happened? Jinki had been a little bit too... Caught up in space and he had missed a good chunk of what was going on. What he did know was that there was a watermelon and he and Sooyoung were no longer the only ones in the room. He was glad to see the both of them so excite,d though, despite all that had happened. It was refreshign to see such vibrant lives and characters here. "Well... I was thinking we could update the tents... Get some new furniture... Renovate the poles... Perhaps invest in some new animals? What do you guys think? Is there anything that you guys need? New knives? Costumes?" he asked, tilting his head to the side. Where he was sat he placed his hands on the edge of the chair, swinging his feet lazily frontwards and backwards, the heels knocking on the wooden crate.

@Zhoumi "Zhoumi~" She cooed as she ran into his arms. She snuggled up to him as she held him at arm length way. "Why did you throw the watermelon at me! That's wasted food!" She pouted and whined. She chuckled as she gave him another hug. It was nice hugging people, made her feel warm and fuzzy. She smiled as she brought him over to where Onew was. "Let's talk all together!" She beamed warmly as she took a seat next to Onew and made Zhoumi seat on the other side. She swung her long legs childishly as she sweetly said, "Let's continue our conversation! Do you have any new ideas for the new circus?" She wriggled her eyebrows at Zhoumi and Onew as she hooked her arms around theirs. How nice, the large performing tent didn't feel so large now that there was laughter and smiles.

@Sooyoung Zhoumi heard the whizzing of something flying beside him. he aprubtly stopped and saw the same watermelon that he had just threw, on the ground beside him. He whirled around surprised, a look of shock crossed his face when he saw who threw it. Sooyoung? He smiled, guessing he wasn't fast enough to escape her careful eyes. With a grin plastered on his angular face he ran to Sooyoung with open arms. "Sooyoung!" the long legged man cried out.

@Zhoumi She blinked twice before blurting out, "More food." Blushing at her odd remark, she added quickly, "A different design! I want it to look like [Gee's genie tent]!" She grinned as she asked, "Don't just stop at my opinion.." She winked as she stretched her arms out and continued, "Ask everyone~" Spotting something from the corner of her eye, as she jumped away from it, landing on the floor. "Owwie!" She whined loudly as she rubbed her side. She gaped at the object beside her...A watermelon? What the? Then it clicked, Zhoumi. She chuckled as she rolled her eyes. Taking a large piece of the watermelon, she glanced around for her mischevious friend. Spotting a figure laughing to himself towar the exit. She narrowed her eyes, prepared her arm to launch it, bend down. She threw it as if it was a softball, using her legs to push up and give her more strength. She grinned widely as it flew in the air, whistling silently in the air. *Take that!* She thought to herself. She wondered if her aim was good enough that it landed on his back.

Zhoumi walked past the preforming tent when he heard voices. Stopping, he turned and started inching (more like bolting) to the tent to figure out it was. he easily regnized the two voices and grinned. it was bunny Jinki and Sooyoungie the food lover. Pulling a watermelon out of no where (well actually he keeps some spare in his pockets and hidden around the circus... what? he had to be prepared) and wound up for a throw. The launched the melon towards them and quickly hurried away laughing to himself.

@Sooyoung When Sooyoung bounced into the room, Onew couldn't keep the smile from growing on his face. At least there was someone in the circus that was still up and active. He couldn't believe his eyes seeing a real life performer in his midst, seeing her bounce all the way over here. It was almost surreal to him seeing someone else when he'd spent so much time in solitude. "I was... THinking of renovating the cirucs," he murmured in a soft voice. It was such a contrast to who he was before. Loud and boisterous. It must have been all that time alone that left him thinking too much. Maybe he had grown wiser? Maybe nothign had changed? "Did you have any ideas?" Asking this, Jinki cocked his head to the side, regarding her thoughtfully.

@Onew/Jinki Sooyoung skipped in the performing tent, breathing in its glory. Looking over the tent, she scanned for Onew. She silently walked over, holding her breath. "Boo~" She smiled as she lightly tapped his shoulder. She grinned as she took a seat next to him. "Hiya~ How have you been?" She asked as she stretched out her legs. She stared dreamily into the distance, remembering the first time she stepped into the tent. "What do you want to talk about? About the circus?" She asked brightly. She stared at the deck of cards, as they passed through his hands quickly. "I was napping." She sheepishly admitted, "I missed the last meeting.." She chuckled softly as she waited for his response.

@Sooyoung It'd been a long time since Onew had been here. He couldn't remember the last time he'd set foot in this place. It must have been with Hangeng... It certainly wasn't with everyone else who had once performed in this place and made it so lively. Onew could hold onto those memories forever, but now... Now it was time to start his own. He was going to make this place full of life again, with the help of the remaining people and all the ones to come, he was sure going to make this place shine once more. The circus deserved that at least for all the times it had supported the ones who'd been in it. Playing with the deck of cards in his hands he waited for one of his remaining performers to come, Sooyoung, and help him organize everything. She wouldn't be the sole contributor, obviously, but she would be one of the ones to help him get this place nice and polished again. But where could she be? Again, he probably should have come on time... Instead of ten minutes early, but it was worth the wait. Especially since he got to reconnect with the atmosphere and memories this place held... Hmm... He could still smell the life in it.

@Amber He chuckled a bit nervously, smiling and rubbing the nape of his neck, "But the main thing is that I DIDN'T burn the place down, so I consider that a success." His mood instantly dampened when she talked of letting her animals go. There was a time in the circus where there were so many animals and trainers, he shook his head and smiled, "Hey Ambz, I think you shouldn't do that. No family wants to be split up right? No matter how hard? I mean if you need some help with them I'll help you out. You don't have to worry. I'm here.."

@Chanyeol Amber rolled her eyes and chuckled. " I could imagine that you would have burned this place down in your definition of EXTREME" She had accepted long ago that Chanyeol's love of danger will never wane and one of the things she love about the giant male.

When he asked about the animals; her tigers and her falcon. Her smile lessened a bit. "I'm thinking of freeing two of the cubs when they're strong enough on their own or together." It was the hardest decision she had to make. There was simply too much to handle. The circus doesn't need 4 tigers. She was lucky enough to be able to handle two and she had to be content to that even if it meant losing a family. Sometimes, sacrifices has to be made.