Put a smile on...

[myownpearl]

Who: Pearl and whoever is around...
What: Another gem finds her way to the carnival...she is not impressed.
When: Day 95
Where: The Backyard, The Big Top, The Cookhouse, and just around
Warnings: None...yet.


After running in to Steven in the mirror maze and figuring out that she had in fact done something to incur the need for a contract, Pearl had taken it fairly well. She didn't like it, but what was she going to do? Even if she hadn't, she couldn't exactly leave Steven here and now she needed to get an idea about exactly where here was.

Pearl had decided to start with the essential places: her new trailer, where she would perform, and where to find others. After looking at a map of the grounds she'd decided that the best place to start (aside from the trailers) was the Cookhouse. She wasn't a fan of food herself, but she could use the familiar layout of a kitchen to find some comfort in this place. Besides, if most lifeforms here required food it would be a good place to get some insight. A year wasn't TERRIBLY long for a gem, but it was enough time that she'd need to know a little more about this place, especially if she was going to be able to help Steven at all. He had three months on her and she needed to learn all that she could to "catch up" as it were.

If you meet her around the Backyard she is mostly looking at trailer numbers and trying to locate her own. This is similar to how she just wanders the carnival grounds just to see what she's gotten herself into and to familiarize herself with the layout.

Otherwise, she will make her way towards The Cookhouse and do a little people watching. She may get ahead of herself and clean up any tables that are left dirty or reorganize certain areas if there are more pepper shakers on one table and no napkins on another. She's an organized gem and sees it as her duty to make sure these things are sorted out if she's going to be staying here. You might notice she doesn't actually eat anything herself.

After that, her tour will take her to the Big Top, as even though shows have not begun yet this is where she has been assigned to work: as a performer. She wants to get a feel for what kind of act she can put on or what is already being done. You may see her try a few moves of dance or attacks with a spear to get a feel for the space. Just be careful not to get into a fight with her hologram Pearl, who may or may not be summoned to spar with her.

[ooc: I did prose, but I can switch to action if necessary]

Comments

[fourthscribe]

Tanyuu may not be familiar with Pearl, but she is familiar with how unwilling contractees tend to feel. The slight tension in her voice gives Tanyuu's expression a shade of sympathy--really, she does understand.

"That's a wonderful idea. You could weave a story around the fight very easily--a sorcerer creates an evil double that you must defeat to rescue your love, or something similar? The audiences usually love things like that." She pauses for a moment, then laughs self-consciously. "Apologies if it's a bit forward of me--I hear ideas being thrown about all the time when I'm getting everyone ready for their shows."

[myownpearl]

"Oh. I hadn't thought of a story element. Is that required or simply recommended," Pearl asked, genuinely curious. After all, she was still getting a "feel" for this new place. It would help to know things like that -- especially since it had also been implied that she would need a costume of some sort in order to perform.

Pearl waved her hand dismissively, "No, no. It's appreciated. I've never really had to perform before, at least, not like this." The reason she'd gone for the spear and dancing is because it was similar to showing Connie how to use the sword. That was a performance in a way, her demonstrations for Connie and Steven, but those had been for teaching purposes and this was a little different from that.

"I'd be happy to hear suggestions for how to make this successful."

[fourthscribe]

"It's not necessary, but it can give a nice flair to the act." Tanyuu shrugs slightly, idly pulling a smoking pipe out of her coat sleeve. "It doesn't have to be terribly complex, since it's not a true play--mostly a framing to add tension and drama to the exhibition."

She chuckles and nods with real warmth. "I'm happy to help in any way I can! Don't be too shy to ask Joker for help, either--he's the Stage Manager here, and he even ran a circus of his own at home. He's had plenty of experience to create new acts tailored to style and talents."

[myownpearl]

That was true. It wasn't like she would need to necessarily have dialogue or lines, but a general atmosphere and consistency in tone, costume, and mood would probably be better than nothing.

"I'll see if I can fin him later. I truly do appreciate your input though, I'm not sure if I would have thought of such things."

[fourthscribe]

Tanyuu chuckles softly and shakes her head before taking a drag ont he pipe, her upper pair of eyes tracking the path of something above Pearl's head. "It's no problem at all! It's hard enough to be thrown into this job without having a few hints to help find your footing. The only job experience I had before coming here was how to write!"

[myownpearl]

"I didn't have much of a job before coming here," Pearl said. Well, not a job in the conventional sense that most humans meant when they used that word. She knew what it meant, but she typically associated it with manual labor or running a pizza shop or donut shop. "Unless, I suppose you consider protecting the Earth and watching over a small human child a job," she said, figuring that based on certain dictionary definitions it would count.

"But a writer...no wonder you considered coming up with a story for the performance," Pearl replied.