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Cyrus Lauve

"Animals know more than us"

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a character in “Acapulco's Circus”, as played by Pantheran

Description


Cyrus Lauve
”Leo”

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Maybe miracles do happen




Full name: Cyrus Nicholas LauveImage
Nicknames: Leo, Cypress, Nic
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Occupation: Lion tamer

Appearance:

Eye color: Dark brown but in stage wears golden contacts to match Zari's fur
Hair: He has short, brown hair

Build:
He's 183cm tall and has pretty muscular body from all the farm work he has done.

Distinguishable features:


Outfit:
While performing he wears a blue tuxedo with a white shirt. However behind the stages you can see him in ordinary clothes. Most often he wears a t-shirt with a pair of sweatpants since they're comfortable while he plays around with Zari.

FC: Ben Barnes




Tomorrow is tomorrow. Why worry it now?



Personality:
As a former country boy, he's laid back but hardworking and has a good sense of humour. He doesn't take his life too serious and prefers to live a simple life. He has carefree attitude and isn't really concerned about the future or even the next day. He takes one day and one task at time and rarely makes plans. He's also a bit absent-minded and forgetful. It's not rare to see him just laying on the grass behind the tents alone, watching sky and thinking his life, Zari and circus.

He gets along with animals as well as people. But even if Cyrus gets along with others easily, he still prefers not to talk to them unless it's really important. He's also not used to be in big crowds so being circus performer is still making him nervous. He never talks with the audience members after show, only performs with Zari and hides to the backstage. It's not easy to get him open up about fears either.

Likes
β—Š Zari – he loves the female lion more than anything
β—Š Nature – Cyrus' always been country boy
β—Š Mythical creatures – he's curious about everything a human eye can't see
β—Š Pizza – He never ate it at home, so when the circus crew ordered some
Cyrus found a new favourite dish
β—Š Sunrises – Every new day is a new start and filled with hope

Secret:
Cyrus can actually understand some animals if he has a bond strong enough
with them. He's not talking to them in their language, it's more like hearing
their thoughts in his mind.
Dislikes
♦ Animal abusing – He gets easily angry when seeing something like that
♦ Plums – He thinks they always taste rotten
♦ Thunder – It makes most of the animals go crazy and he has to try calm
them down
♦ Large crowds - They make him nervous
♦ Rock music – He's never been a fan of it

Worst fear:
Afterlife - He's not scared of dying itself but what comes after it. Cyrus is
afraid that he hasn't lived his life well enough to earn eternal rest and
peace but ends up being stuck in earth wandering aimlessly.


Abilities:

Skills
β™₯ Animal taming – not only with Zari but he's good at handling almost every
animal. Some say he can speak to them.
β™₯ Riding – He's been with horses as long as he remembers
β™₯ Strength – He's physically strong since he's been working with his hands
most of his life
Flaws
β™  Often late - Because of his carefree lifestyle he's never on time
β™  Rarely talks to anyone - He prefers to spend time with the animals than
have a conversation with someone else
β™  Singing – He likes to sing but no one else wants to hear when he does



Animals are like children. They need to be taken care of.



History:

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He lived a happy childhood growing up in a small farm with sheeps, horses, cats, dogs and chickens. It wasn't rare to see him helping in the neighbours cattle farm either. Cyrus loved all the animals and learned how to ride a horse in young age. He enjoyed galloping on the hills and did it every time he had a chance.

At the age of 17 he applied for a job at zoo. He got the job and it was his dream coming true. At first he took care of rodents but quickly got to work with other animals like donkeys and camels. Seeing his skills and calmness with the animals he was moved to work with big cats - and fell in love. He often spend his days playing with them and even when his shift was over or when it was his day off he still went to take care of them and enjoyed every moment with the lions, leopards and tigers.


ImageHe then heard from the news that there had been mysterious accident on the Circus during the lion taming show. The lion tamer ended up to his death but nothing was showing it was the lion's fault. There was also noted that with no one else to take care of the lion the Circus had to put it down. Wanting to prevent this destiny of gorgeous feline, he took a phone in his hand and asked to come and prove his skills.

Cyrus still remembers the first time he met six-year-old Zari – the lion queen. It was a shock to him that the lion was actually female. Because male lions looked better at shows they used a fake mane. However it was clear that the animal was upset from the death of previous tamer. Cyrus wasn't scared of the lion – he had already worked with them and he knew Zari was tamed. What worried him was if he could prove himself to her. The first three days he let her be in the cage, feed and petted her as well as talked her. He talked her a lot – about who he was, stories from the zoo, even weather. He wanted Zari to get familiar with his voice and presence. After the third day he opened her cage. He did nothing else. He continued to do exact same things as before allowing her to came out when she felt like it. It took two more days before Zari stepped out of the cage. It was the moment changing his life.

Now he has been with the circus a little over two years. He loves Zari more than anything else and is always taking care of her and playing with her.

So begins...

Cyrus Lauve's Story

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Character Portrait: Sage Elliott Character Portrait: Mercy Underwood Character Portrait: Milena Andonova Character Portrait: Dustin Lingard Character Portrait: Cyrus Lauve Character Portrait: Zari
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H E X C O D E
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Aerialist & Owner




"Um, does this happen often?" she heard Mercy say. Milena tore her eyes from the body, to look at Mercy, and Dustin who was beside her. She didn't want them to see this, but it was too late. Even Cyrus was here, then Sage. The second her friend began to scream, Milena rushed to her and hugged her once Sage's back was to the body, her face within the palm of her hands. Milena wasn't too disgusted by it, because being what she was.. she had her own problems in the past with.. bodies. The past that Sage only knew at this point. "No." She finally replied to Mercy's question while encasing sage in her arms like a Guardian Angel would with his wings. Milena was calming her, comforting her. That's what every friend should do, especially when that friend was the one who helped Milena to get her humanity back.

She drew her attention to Cyrus, and Dustin now. "Could you two be so kind, and take the body to the back of the circus, there is a plot of land where they can rest." She gently told them while keeping one arm hooked around Sage's shoulders, ready to escort her away from the terrifying scene. "With your muscles it should be much easier.. and don't worry, Cyrus, we'll check on Zari." Milena knew that he had left her somewhere because she was too frightened to go anywhere near where the screaming had come from. Poor woman to go out like that. Milena's brows furrowed. It's okay if you both don't want to."

She was the boss, yes, but she still didn't like forcing people to do the chores they didn't want to do, but they had to earn their keep as she couldn't do it all by herself. She had paper work, and her own performances to rehearse for. Their first show was going to be very soon, and luckily they had just enough people to keep their customers happy. For now.

This ghost business was going to raise a lot of flags for the other carnies that had been here for a while with her, they'll want to leave if there's more murders. Hopefully, this was just a one off, and that it wasn't going to be a regular thing like a curse. Tonight, Milena would have to leave to visit the town. Why? no-one knew apart from Sage.

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Mercy stood there in shock more than anything as she continued to stare at the poor woman. And these were the kind of things she was trying her best to keep away from, the reason why she wouldn't join that coven. Another scream tore her out of her thoughts, this time the scream came from Sage. The poor woman was a mess, thankfully Milena had been starting to comfort her as Mercy's question was answered. "No," was all Milena said before speaking to the guys.

Milena wanted them to move the body from the grounds. Mercy completely understood her reasoning for it, but she had a feeling that everyone here was hiding something. Even Dustin. Yes everyone had secrets, but the things she felt everyone here were hiding, they had to be much more than your normal everyday secrets.

Mercy just shook her head, breaking herself from her thoughts. She stepped up to Milena and Sage, "Is there anything I can do?" she questioned. Mercy wanted to help out if she could. If there were anything she could do, she would do it without questioning it. Mercy hated seeing things like this, seeing people upset, death itself seemed to upset her.

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As Cyrus came back he saw Sage crying but before he was able to go comfort her, Milena had already took her into hug so he stepped back. He looked around him seeing everyone were shaken up. It was no surprise. One of their friends and you could even say family members had just died.

"Could you two be so kind, and take the body to the back of the circus, there is a plot of land where they can rest. With your muscles it should be much easier. And don't worry, Cyrus, we'll check on Zari. It's okay if you both don't want to." Cyrus wasn't so happy about having to move the body but nodded. Someone had to take care of it anyway and the sooner the better. Besides he already knew the place she was referring to, Cyrus had often been training there with Zari. It was quiet so there was no distraction and it was also big enough. "It's okay, I can do it. And thanks, she's near the office tent kind shaken up."

It was already after he had said it, he started to wonder why she wanted them to move the body instead of calling the police. It was a murder after all. However during the couple of years he had spend in the Circus, Cyrus had noticed Milena had her own ways of doing things and no one questioned it. He looked around and saw the new guy, who apparently was Dustin and walked to him. "Well then shall we take care of it?"

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No matter how detached and cool Dustin was, all the nerves and reactions to the death were giving some really bad vibes and inducing even a little fear on him. This was all verification that no one was truly safe. Everyone was on the chopping block. "Could you two be so kind, and take the body to the back of the circus, there is a plot of land where they can rest." He wasn't sure anyone could find rest with their jaw completely ripped off but he nodded waiting to gain sight of Cyrus again.

When he did, they seemed to spot each other. "Well then shall we take care of it?" The man seemed to have regained his color and Dustin nodded in response. "So do you want the..." he pointed up and down the body referring to which end Cyrus felt more comfortable carrying. There was no better than the other, he realized after he had asked. There was no denying the missing jaw. The open red of the bone being torn from it's connection. The dead eyes. And the poor girl above all wouldn't even know who was carrying what. Dustin grabbed her legs carefully and in cooperation with Cyrus rose to carry the body to the plot of land.

In his world he never cared much for the disposal of bodies. Or laying them to rest as this was. "Does the Circus often deal with great misfortunes?" he asked Cyrus. For some reason the Lion Tamer didn't strike Dustin as one to bother himself with deceit or little lies. However, Dustin would never rule out the possibility.

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It was rare for Sage to freak out like she did. Maybe if she hadn't already seen the magician twice that day she wouldn't have reacted the way she did. She was embarrassed. Sage was no stranger to death but actually see it first had like this... Well that has only happened twice. Herself... Which she drowned so there was nothing really gory there. And the time she killed the magician, but something is different when you're on the opposite end of a gun pulling a trigger... didn't have the same traumatic effect as stumbling upon someone's body with their jaw clean ripped off.

Before Sage had the chance to compose herself she felt Milena's arms quickly embrace her. She looked up with tear stained cheeks seeing Cyrus almost coming to her aid as well if Mileena were only a a second or 2 slower. "Could you two be so kind, and take the body to the back of the circus, there is a plot of land where they can rest. With your muscles it should be much easier.. and don't worry, Cyrus, we'll check on Zari. It's okay if you both don't want to." Sage gave Cyrus a sad but sympathetic smile. She know she couldn't handle moving a body.

Sage sniffled bringing her hands up to wipe back the tears as she saw the new girl Mercy step towards them. "Is there anything I can do?" She smiled towards the girl, then rose her hand to gently pat Milena's, "I'm alright.... I can go get Zari and take her to the animal tent." She glanced towards Mil before adding in a softer tone so that her friend would understand what she implied, "It might be safer if I go get her because she's scared. We don't need someone else getting hurt tonight." Sage wasn't worried that Zari would hurt her, the lion was always rather calm around her. But she didn't know what a scared lion would do if someone other than Cyrus came to get her, and if worse came to worse, the lioness couldn't harm Sage.

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"So do you want the..." Before Cyrus could even answer he had already taken the legs so Cyrus just grabbed from her shoulders trying not to look at the body. Knowing it was there was already enough. He led the way to the back of the circus in quiet. He wasn't sure if he could ever train here again. Not after what they had to do.

"Does the Circus often deal with great misfortunes?" Cyrus was surprised from the question but in the other hand it was understandable. One death body and a tent crushing down both in the same day. It was really concerning to anyone around, especially if they could be next. He thought about the little he knew about what had happened in circus before answering. "Well the two years I have been here there has been some small, weird accidents like animals running free without no idea who opened the cages, but nothing compared to a tent almost crushing me down. However there is rumours about the time before. For example when I was hired it was because the previous lion tamer had faced his death in stage during the show. And no one seemed to know how it had happened. And knowing Zari, the lion, she wouldn't do something like that." He wasn't going to lie to the newbie despite they were in need of new performers. However he would find it out sooner or later. "But yeah.... This day has been something absurd even in the Circus' standards." he tried to joke failing miserably.

As they placed her down Cyrus spoke. "Well then I guess I'll go get couple of shovels. Won't take long." With that said he left Dustin alone relieved he got away from the sight even just for a second. He walked to animal tent and took the tools then heading back. It was only few minutes before he was back as he offered the other one to him. "So, what made you wanting to join this weird group of weird talents?" he asked while hitting his shovel in the soft ground trying to think anything else expect the task in hand. It was in his nature. He wanted to block the bad things and focus in good ones.

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"Sure. Thanks."

Milena could tell that the girl was preoccupied with her own thoughts, so with the momentary silence, Milena fixed their warm drinks before carefully handing it over to her with a pleasant smile. "Don't worry about today, Mercy, It will all be dealt with. I promise. Tonight, I'll have myself patrol the entire grounds. You'll all be safe." of course she couldn't do it by herself if she wanted to keep her secret intact. If only she could of helped the poor woman who had been brutally murdered. "I'll need other fighters who can help me." by fighters she meant those who are capable of handling themselves in life or death situations. Hopefully there wasn't going to be anymore situations like this, but she wasn't going to hold her breath to it considering there was a lot of strange things happening all at once lately.

Milena would find the patrolling a good opportunity to just slip away to town, then be back before anyone could realize she was gone. It was going to be tricky, but she had the perfect story to cover herself with if needed.

It wasn't just a story though, not completely. Half of it was true, and half of it was a lie. No-one needed to know her secret, but maybe she would reveal it one day, but first.. she needed to gain trust from every single one of them.

Hopefully Dustin and Cyrus were getting along alright with their task, and hopefully Sage was okay with Zari. It was nice of the men to accept her request of removing the corpse from the public crowd of other carnies. Last thing she needed was all of them leaving out of fear of this happening to them next. She knew they'd be gathered somewhere talking about it, and contemplating whether or not to leave for another Circus less cursed than this one.

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He nodded at the fellow gentlemen's answer. Circus' would hit the occasional bump and delay. Even though Acapulco always sounded slightly off. But like he said, the body stood above any general standards of difficulty, trouble and absurdity. The answer Cyrus gave was only confirmation that Dustin sought.

Dustin waited by the body as Cyrus excused himself for shovels. Being left alone by the brutally deceased for only the minute or so max was discomforting. He averted his gaze, finding himself staring into the missing jaw before. He was relieved however when Cyrus came back on the scene. "So, what made you wanting to join this weird group of weird talents?" Dustin took the shovel and got to work. He pursed his lips in thought of a good answer though he was sure with the labor they were doing, an interrogation was the last thing on the man's mind. "Basically, I have a weird talent. Not quite as exceptional as lion taming," he added. He really didn't know many that could do that or hold quite genuine connection to a lion or lioness. "But, I figured they might be put to good use here. Plus, it's always nice to belong in a group of weird. Should be cosy." Right after the words left his mouth, he cringed. He meant it in light heart and hopefulness to whatever the future may hold for him in the circus but there was the whole body laying close by and removed of her jaw.

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Cyrus couldn't help but laugh. "Cosy, huh? Well let's hope so." he said while working. "I'm sure you'll find it soon enough that you think this as your home. That happened to me at least. One day I was brushing a horse, next day I was feeding a lion" he laughed and then got more serious thinking how Zari was doing. He was sure Sage would be able to calm down Zari but he was still worried of the feline since she couldn't handle stress well.

As there was a hole big enough in the ground, Cyrus put the shovel down and looked back to the body his face turning into disgust. He had been able to avoid seeing it as he had been talking with Dustin but now it looked even more hideous. The first fly was buzzing over the poor girl's jaw already. He couldn't help but think there was something wrong in what they were doing. Girl was killed and ten minutes later she was been buried. No one called her family to take care of the funeral, she was buried to Circus grounds. But maybe she hadn't any family? And why the Circus even had a sort of cemetery of it's own? Cyrus shook his head to clear his thoughts again. "What a day" he said quietly mostly to himself. In silent he placed the girl in the grave with help of Dustin. "Rest in peace" he said pressing his head down just to think about for a minute. He hadn't known the girl that well, but she had been one of the performers and as so also his family. The least he could do was to respect her. He then took the shovel again and they buried her.

As the task was finished he looked back at Dustin and nodded as a sign they could leave. After they were back at Circus he spoke again. "I'll go to find Milena to tell we're done. Want to have a drink or two after that? Think it as my treat of welcoming you to our bizarre little world." he laughed.