Szardos Circus Night (Open to no limit)

Bran had been taking it easy in the back before he would take the stage as the 2nd to finale act of the night. He drank a bottle of water while standing in the back. He always seemed to get thirsty under the robe he wore. Despite the fact that he didn't wear anything underneath it. Had to be free to move about during showtime. It was about this time he spotted his good friend Kurt standing and watching by the curtain. He gave a whistle to get his fellow showman's attention. "Oy Fuzzy an Blue, don't be getting in me way when I go out, you may close the show, but I'm one tough act to follow.

It was an obvious joke. Bran had said it more than a dozen times to Kurt when he was watching the show, but more so because he didn't want to bowl the little guy over. Bran might not look like much, pasty and white in a robe now, but in his other form he tended to take up a bit more space.

With a grin, he dropped his robe. "Drinkit in ladies.." Bran joked. By now, the crew was all used to Bran's lack of modesty before he shifted. And Shift he did. His skin rippled, rolled, and sprouted thick brown fur. In seconds, standing where Bran had been was a 9'6 kodiak bear.

Break a leg.. came out in a deep growl. And yet it was audible to Kurt. Bran's pretend trainer was making sure his shirt looked a bit tattered and his leash was loose so as not to hurt his partner. The act was a great comedy smash. The trainer would run Bran would chase and then they'd make friends in the center ring and Bran would do some tricks that made the audience go "Awwwwwww." The act culminated with Bran bringing an over sized fake rose to some brave little girl who volunteered. Tonight he'd already picked out a little bald girl ringside. She was in a wheel chair and obviously sick. This act was a great starter for Kurts finale. So he waited till his cue when he would let out a loud Roar and thus start the fun.

Jean was unsure if Scott asked her out on a date or not. She was not sure if Scott knew either. Despite the bit of confusion, she was going to enjoy herself but she figured that would not be that hard to do for it was a circus after all. Even Scott should be able to have fun at a circus.

Even though she was unsure about the date status of the night, Jean still dressed as if it was date. She wore a short black skirt, white low cut poof sleeve top with a black over corset and red and black leather double belt. To pull the outfit together with a circus theme she wore a red velvet regency style jacket, red fishnets and black knee high ringmaster boots. She knew that she was drawing a lot attention to her breasts but sometimes she believe the only way Scott would notice that she had breasts was to put them on display.

She had fun. The carnival atmosphere made everything exciting and fun. She was sure that Scott was even having a good time. It was nice to see him for a change to see him not be all business and for a bit it would seem like they were teenagers again, which made her wondered would she get a kiss at the end night like when they were younger.

Since she didn’t know it was a date but decided to dress like it was a date she decide she would paid for the food. So when Scott when and got their seat she went to get the food. Corndog, nachos, a soft pretzel and soda was not something normal in either of Jean and Scott but that was the fun of the circus. Jean, even without her telepathy, could find Scott anywhere. She claimed her seat next to him and kissed him on the cheek as she handed him his box of fatty food.

Jean blushed realizing she should not have kissed Scott. She looked away as she settled her bunny between them hoping her just did not notice that she had kissed him. “They really out did themselves. I don’t think I ever seen such a show.” She said softly before looking to him hoping her slip had not made things awkward.

“I curious about the Amazing Nightcrawler and his act, they say he is…” She shrugged slightly and smirked. “Amazing.”

Catseye was a bit surprise when one of the humans turned into a big fuzzy. The change was something the boss lady was looking for and just had to gather more information. She was unsure what the human transformed into but she knew it was not a cat. She thought it might be a giant mouse but was unsure. Before she could investigate the big fuzzy more she was caught.

She was used to being randomly picked up by strangers by now for people at the school does it all the time. Most did not realize she was an actual student at the school and thought she was just the boss lady’s pet. The cat let out a mew and looked up at the person that picked her up. She tilted her head to side when she saw that he was blue, fuzzy and pointed ears.

His appearance made her wonder if he was another mutant cat like her. The thought made her excited for she knew she could not be the only cat that had evolved. Her tail swished excitedly as she purred. Her big lavender eyes watching him closely wondering how she could find out if he was another cat or not without blowing her mission for the boss lady, that would be tricky.

Then an idea came to her. She mewed at him. She figured if he were like her, he would still know the native tongue of the cat and understand what she was mewing about. Catseye was please with herself for being such a smart cat. The boss lady will be please that the school was making her smarter and she would have lot of information to bring back to her.

Mira was still dealing with the surprise that Margali had been ok with her helping make this show even more interesting as she had perched in a shadowy corner, hood up and trying to stay out of the way till she was told to get ready. Though she was also excited too; she never had time to see the circus back home, let alone try to get the kids she'd later saved to get the chance to see one. So this whole experience of being part of an act was new and exciting, though she still strongly hoped Margali was right in her thoughts that she could keep the 'other Mira' on its best behaviour. Not that she had doubted the wise-sounding matronly woman; she just didn't want things to get out of hand.

While she focused on thoughts such as whether Margali could rein in her wild nature, Mira wasn't thinking of anything else. Like for example, how badly she'd be catching 'ell if the Faculty from Xavier's school were in the crowd; though she was knocked out of her thoughts by Bran's shift. Which incurred an unconscious, quiet growl of wariness in the feline type mutant. But she shook that off quick enough before her other side took over, and was only faintly jealous of Bran's obvious control in his other shape. Though she reasoned with herself that Bran clearly was better practiced at his skill. She does mollify her wild side by thinking 'I look cooler than Fuzzy Wuzzy when shape altered at least'.

She had however ignored his commentary to Kurt, that was none of her business after all; besides what boys did in the spirit of competition bored her. On the other...paw, when she noticed the purple kitty in Kurt's arms she scooted closer, and unwittingly voiced a similar thought as Kurt had been thinking previously "poor thing...who would color a poor lil cat like this?". A short span before Bran reappeared Mira had reached out to scritch the lil cat behind the ears gently. Though she stepped to the side when Bran showed up; and she would have stayed silent if not for his greeting, of the cat or herself she was uncertain "you talking to me or the lil kitty there Fuzzy Wuzzy?".

Despite the tone of her voice sounding annoyed Mira had 'ruined' the effect by laughing to show she wasn't upset. In fact; despite not living with this circus crew like Kurt had, she almost felt like she was in the midst of family again. Granted she still liked living at Xaviers more...but whether she would be on the best terms with Scott the stickler for rules after tonight remained to be seen.

(color info: Purple is thoughts teal is speech)

Jean tried to keep her focus on the bear act and not the urge to snoop around Scott’s brain. Her focusing on the bear made it where she picked up Bran’s thoughts. She blinked for a moment wondering if her focusing some how made it where she could read the bear’s thought and then something clicked in her head. He was thinking about hitting on her in human form. He was a mutant!

For some reason the realization that the bear was a mutant made the act more interesting to her. Working with a lot of young ferals with similar mutation Jean was sure that it took great skill to perform without giving into animal instinct. Something about ferals stir a lot of interest in the telepath, she figured it was the primal nature of the power.

She wondered if she and Scott should investigate the mutant later. Jean looked to Scott as a slow knowing smirk spread of across her lips. “The bear act is cooler than you think.” She tilted her head to the side as she brushed her hair from her face and sipped her soda.

For a brief moment she wondered if she should tell Scott or not but soon she gave in to the urge. Jean could never keep anything from Scott. She just hoped Scott didn’t reprimand her for mentally eavesdropping. *The bear not a bear. He is like us. I picked up his thoughts…* Jean told Scott telepathically and then added. *He thought I was hot.*

Her mind and eyes watched Scott for a response, a twitch, a tick or something. Jean didn’t want Scott to go off and punch the bear or anything but she did want some sort of response. She just want a sign that he feelings for her.

“Maybe the Nightcrawler is truly amazing.” She played with her straw for a moment curious if their non-date was going to turn completely business outing. She nibbled on the corndog. *You can’t say, the things we can do are not amazing.*

Maybe she should have gotten a receipt for the food so the school could reimburse her. Knowing Scott, he probably had receipts. For some reason the idea of Foo-Foo (the bunny Scott got her that she decide was name Foo-Foo when she was buying their dinners) being marked off as a business expense made her slightly sad. Still she smiled, as if nothing was wrong, and wonder if she should just count down to Scott going all business on her. ‘Three… Two…’

Kurt held the mewing kitten in his hands for a bit as he pet her head. He smiled as Bran joined them. "She seems to have vandered in from somewhere. Good vork out there Bran. But I believe they are about to get a much more interesting show curtesy of our guest performer." He tilted his head to Miral.

Miral was also showing the kitten some attention as Kurt watched his stepmother appeared before the crowd. She was dressed in a dress of black that looked to be a hundred scarves that were wrapped around her body. Some of them had in fact come loose and trailed behind her on the grass and dirt of the field where they had pitched their tent.

The dark haired woman smiled to the crowd. "Good evening folks, tonight we have a late addition to our show. Rest assured, you will all get the opportunity to see Nightcrawler's acrobatic show as the closing performance but we have another show for your attention." She smiled. "A bit of old world sorcery." She spread her hands and the glow of purple light emitted out of them.

She gestured to the back stage. "Will my assistent please come forward." She gave a come hither hand gesture with her right hand to Miral.

Kurt smiled to Miral. "You are on elf sis. You will do fine, Mom will take good care of you." He passed the purple kitten to Bran and hugged Miral before she headed out.

((Line up will be and remain: Kurt, Catseye, Bran, Miral, Scott, Jean, Lila.))