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Joker ([personal profile] pipers_son) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-08-17 06:53 pm

[open] ring the bells that still can ring

Who: Joker and you
What: All's fun and games, but the Performers still need to work. Joker occupies himself with that, and maybe a few other things. Like cooking. Or sunbathing.
Where: The Big Tent, the cookhouse, trailers, and eventually the lake
When: Days 145 - 152
Warnings: Potential talk of trauma? But nothing more than that

A - Time to Work

[It's over the Performance Department's channel on the radio that Joker's voice buzzes through.]

While it's all well and good ta take a break, this is a reminder for folks ta get practice in. We won't be doin' real impressive shows for a while, probably, but that just means it's more important ta keep practicin' for when we move on from the Summerlands.

Any problems or questions, come find me in the Big Top. Oh, and we got some new folk in, in case ya haven't seen yet.

[Sure enough, Joker can be found in the ring, bouncing around making sure people are doing fine, practicing some tricks himself... All sorts. He'll come over the second he sees someone enter.]

B - Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle

[In the cookhouse today? Well, you'll find Joker getting to work, apparently mashing up all sorts of fruits, getting their juices.... Of course, with the one arm problem, sometimes this means needing to get inventive.... Are his feet shoeless? Don't worry about it.]

[Later on, Joker is bouncing from trailer to trailer, leaving jars of jelly and jam for everyone. Why? Well, you'll have to stop him to find out.]


C - Lost in Thought

[Joker knows a lot of people in the Summerlands, what, with the carnival already having visited it once before and Joker being... himself. So it's of no surprise that throughout the carnival's stay, he's often gone into the city, chatted with just about everyone, and acted as if he's perfectly fine.]

[On occasion, however....]

[Those who go to the carnival's lake will find him trying to push what looks like a.... blow-up rubber floating thing out onto the lake's surface with his feet, Feathers the Dartix trying to help him along. Joker is notably not wearing any actual swimwear... besides, like, his usual atrocious mash up of 'modern' fashion.]

[Later on, if no one interrupts him on shore, Joker is out in the water proper, but not... really messing around. He's just sprawled along the pool float stomach-first, his wings stretched out completely and partially in the water. Occasionally the water carries him a little closer to shore- perfectly within talking distance.]
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-09-08 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
We be rare, if I were ta be honest-- but not outside th'realm 'a possibility!

[She shuffles and floats a little by Joker's side.] ...ya gonna use this leg, or... maybe I can have jus' a bite? Askin' nicely, since I have manners 'n all.
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-09-16 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Naw, naw, nothin' bad, monster's honor! [She grins and digs into Joker's calf, mainly tickling and making fairly gross-sounding eating noises. Finally Doll sighs in satisfaction and slips back into the water, apparently 'full' and happy. She comes back up near Joker's face, arms folded on the float, and rests there for a minute.]

Say Joker, ya work with Tamaki a lot, righ'? [Her brother is the head of all the performances, after all.] He seems like a nice sorta bloke, yeah?

[Doll: Keeping It Casual.]
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-09-22 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. [Doll frowns a little. Well, obviously he'd go somewhere that he called home, she's sure he has a bunch of friends who miss him-- and clearly a sister. But hey, that's nice!]

Always good t'have family t'look after! [More to the point-- it's good enough that Joker considers Tamaki decent, Joker's a good judge of character and Doll trusts his instincts.] 'Ey lemme up! [She puts her elbows more firmly on the float and tries to pull herself up so they can lie in the sun together.]
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-09-27 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Jus' like that! [She laughs right along with him while she situates, soaking wet as she is, right up against him. It's a nice quiet moment, but Doll finds she can't let it stay that way for long. Curses.]

....seems like... what?
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-09-30 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Lake monster needs some sun. [Also some close physical contact with her brother. Doll is a simple creature with simple needs, one of which is cuddle piles.]

[She smiles to herself and folds her arms so she can rest her head.]
Yeah, that'd be nice. [It would be nice to meet Tamaki's sister because it might mean that she'd see him even after she left. Who knows if that would happen, or even could happen.]

But y'know. People come 'n go in th'circus, 'n family's important. [If she didn't see him again, she'd miss him terribly. But she'd understand, she thinks.]
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-10-03 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
['That'll be us one day, too.']

[The thought of that day coming, though, pains her-- because she knows it's going to come sooner for her than him. Doll is silent as she turns this over, unable to maintain a cheerful or excited air. She just turns her head to Joker and looks at him forlornly, like the aforementioned day was rapidly approaching.]


Yeah. Someday I'll hafta go. 'N wait. [She doesn't want to go, or wait. She wants to stay there with him, but they've been through this already. Doll doesn't want to start a fight again, either.]
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-10-06 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure does, ah Joker...

[Her voice is shaking with the effort of holding herself together. Too many questions are coming up in her mind, like how long 'a lot of waiting' is, if Joker would be able to find her, and what would happen if he never came looking. She can't think about those things in front of him, she'll only be upset which will, of course, affect him.]

C'n we, maybe ah, talk about somethin' else?
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-10-09 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[That feels nice and comforting. She hates thinking about this, mostly because she can't stand the idea of leaving Joker alone-- but also because she knows she has to tell Joker she doesn't want to leave. Tamaki tried to encourage her to tell Joker the truth and do what made her happy, but there's a difference between saying she's going to do something and actually doing it. Especially when she knows Joker won't like it. Doll closes her eyes and relaxes into Joker's touch, feeling almost like they're back in some doorway and she can't sleep.]

[Bringing up Tamaki, especially in that light, makes her eyes open wide.]


Wha? Ta who?! [This is distressing information. Tamaki has somebody he's sweet on...?]
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-10-11 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Doll's face goes very pink as the other shoe drops. No, Tamaki doesn't have a sweetheart that Doll hasn't heard of-- Joker was talking about Tamaki proposing to her.]

Joker you're terrible!

[She helps him into the water with a great big shove.]
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-10-19 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Oh shove off! [Her face is so pink, and she's so irate over Joker's ridiculous suggestion that Tamaki would marry her. How ridiculous! They'd barely met!]

Someday Joker--! [Doll doesn't mind the spray so much, she's already wet, but she does look very unsure watching her brother flapping around out of the water. She really hopes he's not going to fall and drown, because that would put a real downer on everything.]

S-someday I'll see that look on yer face!!
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-10-21 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well, don't you know? [Doll carefully stands up on the float, gaining her balance easily. Even if it's a float on water, it's not much different than a rope in the air.]

I'm tenny-cious, and nosy! [She leaps up in the air trying to reach Joker.]
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-10-22 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[THIS TIME JUST WATER AND AIR, BUT SHE'LL GET IT NEXT TIME. She swims back to the float and climbs back on.]

Don' hafta! Y'already got a good one! [She leaps again, reaching!] Mister Ginko!!
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[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-10-23 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Feh, no dice again! But she's persistent, she's going to make it up to Joker one of these leaps!]

Naw I haven'! He told me so! [Doll smiles, very self-satisfied, as she paddles back to the float.]

Don' think he'd lie t'me, specially not about you!

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