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Circus to Circus (4-4-18)


[WP] ”Everyone here has their story” she said, looking around her. ”So what is yours?” [Link to post.]

Todd took a couple of deep breaths to relax before he pushed the solid, grey metal door open. It swung into the room easily, then he stepped across the threshold. The size of the room surprised him. When Ballisea told him to join "the others" in the cafeteria he expected a bright, wide open room filled with seats and tables. Instead he found a smallish dim room and a group of four people sitting at a round table. Dozens of pizza boxes were piled on a buffet table that sat against one of the walls. Most of the boxes looked empty and some looked older than others; it seemed like pizza was all they ate here. Todd wouldn't complain. 

He looked over the four "others". The first one that caught his eye was a giant pale woman with fiery red hair braided behind her. The other three looked about his age. Two girls and a boy. The blonde girl wore a translucent purple visor over her eyes, the dark haired girl wore a pitch black visor. Todd wondered how she saw through it. The boy sported a chestnut colored crewcut and wore a pair of sunglasses, but he seemed more focused on his slice of pizza than Todd's entrance. The other three stared at him, as far as he could tell. He waved.

"Hi. Uh, I'm Todd. Ballisea told me to come introduce myself." The giant woman stood from her seat and walked to Todd, with an outstretched hand and friendly smile.  

Hey Todd, I'm Flutter. That's Eury, Abby, and Felix." The towering woman pointed to the the girl with the purple visor, the one with the black visor, then the boy. Todd shook her hand while staring up at her, he guessed she was at least 7' tall. "Grab a slice, and have a seat." Flutter said, then went back to her own seat. Todd shook his head and went straight for the table.

"No thanks, not hungry at the moment." He sat in an empty chair between Felix and Abby. "Am I gonna get cool glasses too?" he asked. Abby chuckled. Felix started on another slice of pizza, while Eury stared at Todd. She did not so much as crack a smile. 

"Abby and Eury have their reasons, Felix just thinks he looks cool," Flutter said. She mussed Felix's hair, then yanked his sunglasses off while he tried to fix it. 

"Hey!" Felix said. "I'm sorry we don't have them on my Earth." Felix tried to snatch them from Flutter, but gave up after the third try. 

"Your Earth?" Todd asked, looking around the table. "You guys are from alternate Earths too?"

"Yep! Each one of us is from a different one. It's awesome!" Abby said, with a large smile. Eury only nodded. 

”Everyone here has their story,” Flutter said, looking around her. ”So what's your deal?”

"Hey I wanna hear you guys' story too," Todd said, looking at Eury specifically. 

"Abby is #33, La Araña. Felix is #46, El Sol. Eury is #14, La-" Flutter's quick introduction was interrupted by Eury. 

"I'm Death." Eury said. She stood from her seat and walked out of the room. 

"She's still warming up to the group," Abby said. "Which one are you?" She asked Todd. 

"#54, the frog," Todd replied. "But, I'm already feeling kind of useless. From what Mundo told me Sol and Death are wicked powerful."

"Oh yeah, I'm #42, La Calavera," Flutter added. "Just to rub it in," she smiled. "Don't sweat it, everyone's here for a reason."

"I'm just a Spider, we're on the same tier," Abby said. "But how'd Ballisea pick you up?" 

"Uh, she bought me?" Todd shrugged, the right side of his mouth turned up in a half smirk. "My parents run a circus. We're on the road a lot, so I'm supposed to be homeschooled. My parents never bothered with it though. Ballisea saw my act and said she wanted me to go to school, but my parents didn't want to lose one of their biggest acts," Todd said. He spread his arms wide and leaned forward in a mock bow. "So she asked how much it would take to convince them otherwise. They named a number, Ballisea made it happen, now I'm here." 

"So you're a Frog, what can you do?" Felix asked, then started on a third slice of pizza. 

"Man, you sure love that pizza," Todd chuckled. Felix began to reply, but the mouthful of bread and cheese prevented any discernible words from leaving his mouth. 

"They didn't have pizza on his Earth either," Flutter said. Felix nodded vigorously while chewing. 
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