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.
Skip
blushed at their response and found himself wanting to hide away in a
cage for assuming that the scientist mean poorly, he bit his lip and
brushed it off nervously. Straightening his posture and smiling, “Well- I
don’t know about ‘great efficiency’.. It’s still hard to do and has so
many loopholes and issues..” He shook his head, looking over the two.“Sorry, I’m so emotional.. It must be all of you humans getting to me
or something, I knew it would be hard doing this with all of this live
blood.. but I’m still trying-“ With a chuckle he rubbed at his own
bitten neck, “Any questions for this blood sucker?”“So many!” Jayne said with a smile.
“Uh, I think Carlos already called dibs on him,” somebody said. “Shouldn’t we wait for him to present his findings first?”
They started to discuss amongst each other, debating Scientific Integrity and Respect versus Scientific Curiosity. One would wonder how these scientists managed to work together when they disagreed like this.
So at that, the vampire gave a tired huff and leaned up against the nearest wall with his arms crossed. He glanced up to Lore and decided to pull them down after debating whether or not he could get away with an uncontested meal, he would just ask them and hopefully they would approve. So he grabbed them carefully by the forearm and the waist, guiding their levitation down until their feet met the floor.
Then he gave a few flicks to their forehead, attempting to wake up their third eye and brain until he said their name in a low lulling manner, usually giving him the ability to take them out of the trance.
“Lore?”
The scientists suddenly went quiet as they watched Lore start to stir. “We should have taken video,” someone said and they all nodded in agreement.
Lore hummed and their eyes fluttered before they were once again looking at Skip. They smiled at him widely.
“How are you?” Skip asked softly as he placed his hand on their cheek, rubbing his thumb over the swell of it and smiling warmly. “If you’re tired, just know it’s completely normal.. you’ll be tired until you get some sleep, Okay?”
Lore blinked. “Wait, tired?” they asked. “Why? What happened.” They suddenly gasped. “Oh – did I do something ostentatious? Did I do a backflip? Did I do a handstand? Did you make me walk around like a chicken looking for bread in this cruel, breadless world?”
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