Carlos hadn’t been to a circus in years – not since he was little. But there had been a raffle at work and Carlos had won a coupon for a free ticket. He kinda hoped that his brother and/or his dad were in town so he could invite them to go with him.
Carlos made his way to the ticket office that was set up, standing in the line with his coupon as he looked at everything around him. Some things were different than what he remembered or imagined a circus to be like, but not everything could be a dated cliche trope he supposed.
Once at the ticket office he smiled and offered the coupon. “Hey… this any good?” he asked in a joking manner.
At
the looks on their faces, he blushed and smiled like any good performer
would as he bowed to the audience. He took a free seat close to the
front, deciding not to look at the free food that wanted to be
hypnotized.“I’m fine- I’m sorry.. I didn’t realize I had to be here at a certain time, have you already discussed what you want to happen?”
“Well, I was just telling everyone about you. And most all of us are excited for the experiment in hypnotism,” Carlos said with a grin. “Skip, do you have any plans tonight?”
“Plans? N-no, I don’t.” He lied, hoping he could text Earl to cancel soon or else it would be considered being stood up. Skip wasn’t that heartless. He tapped his foot, blushing at the idea that Carlos had told all about him.
“So- did you all have something in mind? Any limitations or boundaries you’re worried about?”
“Well, I’m sure the limits are different for everyone,” Carlos said, looking at the other scientists. “But I think when they volunteer they can tell you about it on an individual basis. But the main limit I have is that this is just for observing your hypnotism abilities, as well as for fun. So I just ask that you stick to that.” Carlos smiled at him. “I know this is short-notice and all, so I really do hope that tonight is alright with you.”
The vampire shook his head and strung up a cheerful smile, “Oh- really, no worries. I get short notices from my team all the time, it’s nothing new I promise.” He assured as he made a dismissive gesture, and allowed his eyes to scan the room.
Surely, these people knew what they were getting into.
“If that’s everything, we’ll all go ahead and get back to work,” Carlos then explained to the rest of the team. “We’ll wrap up early today and I’ll set up to observe and the rest of us can be prepared to have fun.”
With that, the scientists started to disperse with a loud murmur and Carlos went over to Skip.
“So, how are you?” Carlos asked. “I asked earlier, but I don’t think you said…”
The Perfect Scientist 