chroma ☆ vinniko

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[ we'll get a shitpost later ]

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I saw the clowns in the carnival and told them their juggling skills were on point! You know how hard they have to work to get that down? My BFF back home worked as a clown for a while and let me try it, and I could hardly even handle juggling two balls, let alone all those batons they use!

[ he just talks so much i'm sorry ]

Anyway, they gave me the hat and a sticker after that. Pretty nice of them, right?

[allomantic]

The clowns...

[her enemies!! (are they, though...) either way, she looks surprised.]

They helped you?

[dms]

Seems that way! It's just kind of weird that they haven't done that for anyone else, you know?

Have you met them yet?

[ please. enlighten him. ]

[allomantic]

I have.

[her thousand yard stare]

They did not seem very kind.

[dms]

[ hm? hmmmmm? ]

Mmmm. Last time I went out there, it was like something really upset them. They just ran out at us instead of letting us say hi! Really weird. Is that what happened to you, too?

[allomantic]

...Something like that.

[it was not]

[dms]

Crazy... Whatever happened must have been pretty bad to make them act like that. Aren't clowns supposed to want to make people smile, anyway?

[ he has no idea ]

[allomantic]

I had never seen one before today.

[her first impression of clowns: terrible.]

[dms]

Really? Well, don't let your first impression ruin them for you! They're not usually like that. My BFF back home works as a pro clown sometimes - he's great at making people smile!

[allomantic]

People... work as them?

[she was assuming they were their own species. wild.]

[dms]

Haha, you bet! It's a job like anything else, you know? Kind of like acting - you perform so people smile and laugh.

[allomantic]

Acting?

[dms]

[ hm? ]

Yeah, you know - for movies or plays?

[ does... does she know ]

[allomantic]

[her expression says she does not.]

[dms]

Hm... Okay, so you know entertainers, right? Musicians and stuff? Acting is just another kind of entertainment! People tell a story in real time, by acting it out for an audience and pretending to be the characters from the story. Get a whole bunch of those people together, and you get a troupe!

[allomantic]

[tilting her head as she tries to imagine this.]

Like a book, but... spoken?

[dms]

Exactly like that! We put on costumes and stuff, too - it makes it feel more authentic and believable for the audience.

Sometimes we make the story up on the spot, too, but as long as the audience is happy with it, we're doing out jobs right.

[allomantic]

It sounds strange...

[but she doesn't sound like she minds, either. more that she's just confused by it.]

[dms]

Does it? I guess it must be, if you've never seen it before...

[ oh, but here's an idea! ]

Hey, since Kumopi's here with us, maybe we can put on a show for you sometime! It won't be the full thing since it's just us two, but it could give you a taste of the real deal.

[allomantic]

Oh...

[she pauses, surprised, before she looks a little sheepish at the offer.]

Only if you want to.

[dms]

Of course we do! [ he's just deciding this for kumon. ] It's our job to make people smile, and it's fun for us, too!

[allomantic]

It normally makes people smile when you do this - acting?

[dms]

Mm, well, I guess that depends on the story you're telling! Some are for making you smile, others are for pulling at your heartstrings. Summer Troupe usually does comedies, though, so we're def going for smiles and laughter.

[allomantic]

[a beat]

You don't seem deaf to me.

[dms]

...Oh! I meant definitely. Sorry, that's just how I'm used to talking with friends back home.