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Freaks Galore

The Grounds

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a part of Freaks Galore, by peace_love_dance.

Where the Audience roams during hours, the freaks after hours.

peace_love_dance holds sovereignty over The Grounds, giving them the ability to make limited changes.

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The Grounds

Where the Audience roams during hours, the freaks after hours.

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Ridley Shay [65] No, I'm not related to Spiderman. No, I'm not some Russian spy. So, stop asking!
The Owner [49] Hey, you! Get back in your cage!
Ebony *Jetta* Keneson [48] Nadie realmente viene a verme ... So would you like to be friends?
Avarella "Nixon" Lee [41] "Just cause I'm a gal with a vet degree, doesn't mean I enjoy needles or whatever it you're associating me with, you got that?"
Katerina Markov [40] Don't even THINK about scratching my head...
Herrick Mederionos [40] Oh, Hello there. It's been a while since Zero had company.
Timothy Cross [37] A outcasted male nurse
Taylor Laun [34] *lazy stare*
Rosa Evangeline [33] I'm sure 'Freak' is exaggerating...
Arabella and Lilith [31] We are two separate people just so you know!

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Character Portrait: The Owner Character Portrait: Dawn Murphy Character Portrait: Tony Middleton
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The Owner

A sigh escaped Jack's lips as he stared at the mingling freaks. The zoo opened in about 2 hours. Which meant they got one more hour to mingle, and then an hour to practice what they would be performing today. That was, if they decided not to just sit there and make him look bad. He ran a hand through his short hair, giving all the freaks that looked at him a glare before walking off to the Staff Building. It wasn't really a building, more an oversized trailer. There was a sign on the door that announced this area was open only to Staff Members. He pushed open the door and the burst of cool air conditioner hit him. There was only one man in here. The new one, Tony. He looked over at him.

"Zoo opens soon. Your the one meeting the visitors today. Try to be... cheerful. We're only here for another day and then we're off to Vancouver." He spoke firmly, as if to say he didn't want any complaints back. He then gave somewhat of a nod and opened the door to his cluttered office. Nobody was ever to enter but him, so he didn't bother cleaning it. He looked at all the walls, years worth of pamphlets inviting people to the zoo tacked on the walls. He gave them all a quick glance, before looking at his watch.

20 more minutes until he had to round those freaks into their cages.
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Dawn

Dawn sat on a bench outside of her cage, sighing. The small time they allowed them to be out and about wasn't that fun. At least they were allowed to stretch their legs out. Which reminded her... She stood, her wings sticking straight out on both side. She looked around at everybody else. Most were collected in small groups, talking. They hadn't been here long enough. They still had some kind of spirit in them. Sighing, she beat her wings. Back and forth, back and forth. Until her feet lifted off the ground. And then, she was way above the others, flying the perimeter of the zoo and then back again. She couldn't go farther then the fence, or they would go get her. And then they would punish her. She only made that mistake once.

She did this for at least 20 minutes, fly around. She liked the feeling of wind through her hair, the feeling of being free for just a small period of time. That was, until somebody shouted at her to stop going too high, and she was brought back to Earth. Literally.

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Ridley watched Dawn fly around the camp. She did that every time they were released from their cages. Which was understandable. Being trapped in there, Ridley couldn't help but climb up every wall and surface imaginable. She climbed to the top of her cage and made a web between hers and the ones next to hers. She continually jumped and fell into the web, happy to fill the wind in her hair, and the exhilaration of falling and being caught.

She felt free.

Although she wished she could climb higher and fall from a greater distance, she knew she would be punished. Again. She looked around the camp from the top of her cage, spotting each and every one of the freaks. Almost all of them had been punished at least once. The newer ones were lucky enough to the veterans to explain to them what would happen.

It was one thing to be trapped in a cage all day, but it beat getting punished by the owner. He was a ruthless man.

Sighing, Ridley began shot a string to the highest point and continued to swing from it endlessly. It was all she could do. She didn't enjoy being around too many people. Being high up, helped her remain calm. She'd managed to kill two people with her new found genes, she wasn't going to add any freaks to her list.

Maybe one day she'd add the owner. But until then, it was better for her to be trapped in the circus then to risk killing more people. She hung upside down for a while, letting the blood rush to her head, before finally releasing herself from the web.

She landed on the ground easily, and began her walk back to her cage. Saying hi to anyone she knew as she went.

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Salem scratched his ear. He was standing with a group of freaks having a conversation. He was shifting back and forth on his feet. He never could get himself to stay still. way too much energy. He smiled at himself and turned to walk away. He was tired of the conversation. They werent keeping him entertained so he ducked out.

He jogged through the zoo, heading for his cage/cell. He only had a few minutes left before they had to be back, and h decided to get a quick jog in before he was locked up.

He arrived at his cage and leaped onto the door. His momentum pulled the door closed and he dropped into the cage. He smiled. He closed the door like that every time. It entertained him. He licked his lips and scratched his ear once more.

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Tony scanned the crowd, looking for the tiger girl. 'Tiger Lily,' He mentally corrected himself, having learned the girl's stage name from Jack. He spotted her after a while. She appeared to be wandering around, doing not much at all, so Tony decided to give it a try. He was muttering his escape plan to him over and over again "When-if she attacks, roll to the side, run away" He ran his fingers through his hair, and began his rehearsed conversation.

"Hey, baby, you look-,"

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Lily let out a yawn, border-lining a roar, as she casually walked out of her cage. She weaved though the mass of freaks and staff that were in her way. "Where are Lillith and Ara?" She eventually spotted them, but something way less exciting was standing in her way. Tony Middleton, ugh.

"Hey, baby, you look-," His pathetic, stuttering voice began, trying to seduce her. She cut him off with a snarl and a flex of her claws. "What a loser," She thought, grinning a little bit, just to show him her fangs.

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Arabella and Lilith were hanging out alone. Lilith had won their game of rock, paper, scissors so she got to decide what the two of them would do and she choose solidarity.

While watching the clouds pass by above her, Ara caught sight of Dawn flying over her head. She sighed, how could these people lock up someone who was so clearly meant to be free. “Lilith. Look at Dawn. She always looks so peaceful when she flying, how do you think she manages it when she is all alone within this Zoo?” She asked to her sister.
Lilith who was more than happy to keep to herself today reluctantly turned around to give Ara a look of utter disbelief. “I don’t believe you. You and Dawn or almost exactly alike in that regard. It’s like how you look when your swimming with no audience staring at you.” Lilith said already losing patience with this conversation like she so often did with Ara.
“I do not get a ‘look!’” Ara huffed to her sister before turning her attention away from Dawn.

After a few moments Ridley passed by the sisters on her way back to her cage giving them a wave and a ‘hi.’
“See ya’ round Ridley.” Ara said loudly and confidently.
“Hey.” Lilith’s greeting for the girl paled in comparison and hinted at an undertone of distrust and dislike.
Ara kept up her smile until Ridley was out of sight and earshot before snapping at her sister.
“Would it kill you to be nice Lilith!” Ara said, annoyed that her sister always did this and made people ignore Ara aswel.
“I was ‘nice.’” Lilith deadpanned back to her sister not wanting to start a fight on something stupid as how much enthusiasm she greeted people with.
“Bullshit.” Ara replied angrily before continuing with a more playful and sarcastic tone. “Your just pissy that Ridley’s venom actually kills people, while yours only gives people a mild fever for a few days.”

Lilith deciding to be the one to take the high road chose not to respond to her sister’s taunts and turned away from the conversation. Her gaze landed on Salem who was jogging through the zoo, it didn’t take long for Ara to join in on this too though seeming as Ara never found her own life interesting enough.
“Salem huh? Well, I suppose he is good looking, athletic and quite friendly, but he seems almost the opposite of you, more like me if anything. Besides Lilith, he hates snakes, you don’t have a chance.” Ara said into Lilith’s ear with a grin. She knew her sister didn’t actually like Salem, mostly because she would be hard pressed to find anyone her sister did like but she was feeling a little annoyed her sister wasn’t affected by her taunt.
Lilith rolled her eyes Ara always got like this eventually, Lilith like to think of it as pettiness but it was different then that. “Oh, no, how on earth will I survive if the one I love doesn’t love be back.” Hissed Lilith into Ara’s ear before taking their life into her own hands and stomping off to their cage. “Might as well get moving now before The Owner comes and makes us move.” Lilith said lightly over her shoulder. As much as she complained about socializing and all that she didn’t hate the time being outside her cage. Neither did she hate being in her cage, she wasn't alone like the others though. She would never admit it but she was grateful she had Ara with her, they balanced each other out in some screwed up way.

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Character Portrait: Lily Nicole Summers Character Portrait: Ridley Shay Character Portrait: The Owner Character Portrait: Dawn Murphy Character Portrait: Salem (Romulus) Whales Character Portrait: Arabella and Lilith Character Portrait: Tony Middleton
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Dawn

Dawn looked down, and couldn't help but notice the few people that looked at her. Ridley. She liked her, and she was a friend. Sort of. And then there was Lilith and Ara. They were alright, but she had to say that Lilith was a bit more her style. Sighing as she saw nearly everybody returning to their cage, she tucked her wings in and plummeted to the ground, managing to land on the balls of her feet. It wasn't too hard, she did it everyday. She walked over to her cage, sliding in and allowing the door to close behind her.

Her cage was actually a bit bigger then most. After all, they had to give her room to show off her flying skills. A small frown set on her face, she flew up so she could sit in a fake branch on a fake tree. It was actually quite annoying how this was built exactly like a normal cage at a zoo, with a painting of a landscape and a few trees here and there. From here, the audience wouldn't be able to see her too well. The only problem was she knew the Owner would come around at some point and make her come down.

Dawn looked out the glass and could see Salem. His cage was right across from her own. Giving a small wave and an even smaller smile, she lay down in the fork of the tree. It was going to be one long day at the zoo.
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The Owner

"Come on, you freaks! Get back in your cages!" Jack yelled out, looking around at the array of cages. Most of them had already climbed in, but there were a few stragglers hanging around. He saw that tiger girl talking to Tony. Rolling his eyes, he caught the girl's eye and she gave Tony one last growl before returning to her cage. Better. Walking over to Tony, he handed the boy a folder.

"Your the lucky fellow giving out ticket's today. The tickets are in here, and so is the list of prices. Adults are five dollars, kids are three. Not a dime less, okay?" He didn't bother waiting for an answer. He walked around, giving a look into every cage. Most of them gave him a snarl or a hiss, but he just glared back and continued on his way. After making sure all the cage doors were locked from the outside, he stalked back to his office, taking a seat in the chair and staring out the tiny window. Let the day begin.

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Ridley was already climbing into her cage before The Owner could come by and yell at her. The door slammed shut behind her and she hissed at the sound. She hated that door.

Her cage was large enough for her to climb around and shoot webs. It was too small to really show off her swinging skills, but she's managed to do it before. She immediately destroyed her web between two trees. It was apart of her show to create her web, where she often times would sleep later that evening.

After tearing it down, she started getting undressed. Unlike a lot of the freaks here, she had her own costume. Well, mainly it was her new skin after being bitten by a spider. The black sickly covering stretched from her toes all the way to her shoulders. It was hard and thick, and kept her body safe. The main reason why The Owner wanted her to show off her black skin was to show off the red hourglass shape covering her entire back.

It was no coincidence why she was called Black Widow. She knew that it was Black Widow venom that had transformed her, and she was forced to embrace it here. Once getting undressed she began climbing up the walls, her abilities to climb and shoot web were better without the extra clothing on her skin. She awaited the opening of the zoo from the ceiling, often times deciding to scare the few people who wanted to see her.

Mostly young boys who were obsessed with Spider Man. Or older men who were obsessed with Spider Man.

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"Okay, breathe in.." Inhale." "Breathe out.." Exhale. "Alright then Ave, man it up! Don't you dare get nervous, anxiety's for idiots!" She paused. ".. Well, not for idiots.. but, ugh, I understand what I mean." She slapped her cheek for good measure, not wincing from how sharp her hand felt against her own skin. ".. Ow."

She moved from the spot where she currently was sitting, in between some trees as she got her nerves together. She got hired approximately a week ago, and met at least one of the exhibits, but then had to get her paperwork and license together to be able to work at this new job with all the regulations checked out. The fact that this was a traveling zoo/circus(? She still didn't know, but hey, she was working here! That's good enough for her.) excited her. It was a good thing. Gave her a chance to having to settle too long in one spot, and allowed her to keep this job, hopefully. She didn't meet any of the other staff members just yet either, and officially, this would her first day on the job.

"Hopefully, I can be able to get along with them." Avarella didn't often get nervous, but this was something that was completely new to her, working officially as a veterinarian (the goddamn irony in everything that is right with the world int his current situation!) for the first time since.. well, this'll be the first official time. She suspected that a degree in zoology wasn't needed for this, but hey, she never knew. Life snuck up on you like that.

Getting up off of her ass, she dusted off any grass or dirt off of her jeans, and staring at the white coat in her hands, she merely kept it over her shoulder. It felt too official to actually wearing a coat. She reasoned with herself that she probably didn't need it right now. Maybe when some sort of officials inspect the place or something. "Okay then. I should familiarize myself with the.. " She paused in her sentence, despite having conversation with herself. Mutants? Things? Exhibits? She didn't know what exactly to call them without it feeling off or just plain misfitting and wrong.

Nevertheless, she arrived at the first cage, and peered close but far enough to get her face swiped off if some appendage were to unsuspectingly lash out all of a sudden. Invading their personal space was never a good idea. "'Sup." She paused to at least get their attention if they weren't looking, to allow whomever it was that was in this specific cage currently to be alerted of her presence. She held her hands up as if in surrender, to ensure that they knew that she didn't wish to intent harm upon them. "Name's Avarella Lee. But I don't like that name, so you could refer to me as Nixon. I like that name." She smiled with ease, continuing to speak softly and calmly. "I'm going to be your vet from on in, so you really can't complain too much. It's my first day officially, so go easy on me." She took a pause. "What's your name?"

It was going to be a little while until opening time, but she could take her time, her schedule was quite flexible anyway. She would have to make rounds to all of them by the time lunch would be served.

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Ebony


Ebony awake with a start to the sound of metal on metal. It was the sound of cage doors being slammed shut. She buried her head back into her arms with a groan.
Are you kidding me, I missed my free time... ugh.
Despite her disappointment, Ebony knew it was practice time, then the zoo would open and she would be expected to preform for the small trickle of people that came her way. Even though her cage was among the center, it was also a disadvantage, as when there were way more interesting mutants around, why watch a girl bend past human capabilities, and crawl up walls? It would be better if she was like Ridley, with her webs. She was interesting and graceful at least. Ebony's own crawling style was awkward, as she scrambled incredibly fast on her hands and feet.

She cast away her thoughts, yawned, and dropped from the corner of the ceiling where she slept. She didn't ask for much in her cage, just as long at it was dark. The Owner had taken the liberty to add a hoop, a pole on either side, and a chain stretching just inside the bars, for her act. She preferred sleeping up in the shadows were no one could see her, but sometimes that meant she missed the wake up call. Hopefully she wouldn't get in trouble again.

She ran her routine in head as she started stretch, going through her twists and flips mentally. Ebony pulled her leg into a perfect Needle, resting a free hand on the wall to help pull her foot farther up. There was a voice from the bars.

"Sup. Name's Avarella Lee. But I don't like that name, so you could refer to me as Nixon. I like that name. I'm going to be your vet from on in, so you really can't complain too much. It's my first day officially, so go easy on me. What's your name?"

Ebony narrowed her eyes. The woman seemed too nice. Nothing she or any of the others were exactly used to. of course, then there was that certain word she had just used.
The raven haired teen flipped onto her hands walking out of the shadows and springing onto the chain just in front of the bars. It hung tightly from the ceiling, and Ebony's adhesive feet stuck to it easily. She swiped her devils point tail behind her nervously, clearly visible as she was in her show wear
Well, it was supposed to just be her show clothes, but Ebony took to wearing the spandex hot pants and shimmery blue crop top a lot of the time. She wondered how this doctors first impression of her would be, her slim form easily hanging, eyes narrowed and probably quite bright from recently using her night vision. Her hair was jet black and hung in a braid behind her, like a second scorpions tail. Her skin itself was probably set by her dark cage, extremely pale and tinged blue.
First impressions were everything. Hopefully this Nixon character could handle her unique appearance, considering some of the others were.... well more extreme.

"Vet? Eso no es una buena palabra mujer. You are not dealing with animals. True, we may be a bit different from you, mutated maybe. But we're people. Somos humanos. Aprender buenos modales."

She couldn't help slipping into Spanish at the words, as she always did when she thought a staff member might take offence. They couldn't understand and wouldn't bother to punish her. Ebony considered translating, but figured that would dampen her point, hoping the woman would get the idea from the English bit.
Ebony dropped from the chain, landing in a crouch to glare at the woman. It was surely a miscommunication, though, since Nixon was new. She knew they were considered animals to everyone. That didn't change her own opinion. Hopefully the good doctor wasn't set on the mindset of them being animals.

"They call me Jetta, but my name is Ebony. I have lagartija... er, lizard 'mutations'... at least to some effect I suppose."

(1. That's not good word choice woman. 2)We're human. Learn some manners.)

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Avarella stared at the female from within the cage, the sudden Spanish coming into effect, and the nostalgic twang in her mind from hearing the language again, but kept silent as she was lectured by the lizard-mutated Ebony. She kept her small smile, but her facial expression shifted to that of more of an ashamed child. Would you look at that. Messed up already. ".. Sorry." She took another pause, gathering her thoughts, still trying to maintain the freely easy-going tone. "But I can't change what's on my diploma. I am a certified veterinarian, after all." She can't remember the last time where she's been so.. quiet and ashamed of whatever it was that she said. Running a hand through her blond hair, the locks short and slightly oily in her dirt covered touch, Avarella exhaled from her nose.

She placed her white coat, messily folded, neatly onto the dirty ground first, slowly. "But, if you'd like that I'd be your doctor instead, then I hope 'ta be able to patch up some rough first impressions here." Placing her hands on her hips, she looked past through the bars where Ebony was in the vast darkness of the cage, leaning in a bit more. "It's nice to meet you Ebony." She wouldn't put it pass the other if the girl was still more than wary of her by now, and with the way that this zoo seemed to be set up, she highly doubted that the freaks here would really trust her, being the way that she was. Well, I suppose that they're going to have to get used to my behavior. I'm going to get along with them, over time at the very least.

Picking up the white lab coat off the ground, she dusted it barely and lightly before wrapping it around her hips in a knot. "Well, as your apparent doctor," she paused to let it settle on her mind. "I hope to be able to serve to your needs and interests as best that I can. I hope to be able to gain your trust over time." Speaking all professional-like feels so incredibly.. weird. She found it that it would be unwise to try to enter any of the cages if this environment was going to be the way it was, but she hoped that they would at least slightly clean up a little. The only reason that she got the job was that she offered to do it in the first place, because of the horrid living conditions. Perhaps that I would be able to influence it to change to better conditions. Avarella doubted that it'll be very soon, but it was certainly something to try to look forward to.

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Cages closed. Animals settling in. Employees making their rounds about the cages. Twinkle sat legs folded in the exact center of his tiny square cage with hands calmly placed palms up on his lap. He breathed in and out allowing his bare chest to rise and fall with the sun's hot rays beating down against his dark skin. Wind blew across the zoo of humans and with it bringing concession fumes. Twinkle hadn't eaten in a week or so. It was his choice of course, not to eat, but the tempting scents battled his hungry stomach with a growl. Food was a delicacy from the spirits. Twinkle would never accept his feeding unless absolutely necessary.

His eyelids were lazily covering his pale white eyes as he waited patiently for the crowd to come in. Twinkle's cage was never a main attraction by any means; especially not compared to the winged girl or the sticky feet others, but he tried to draw in a few passer-bys. The "skill" he possessed only showed itself every three months, so Twinkle manipulated his appearance to bring the audience to his cage.

With a clean shave a few minutes before cage call from Jack, Twinkle's facial vandalism stood out above most others. His bald head had a tattoo of a small sunflower at it's peak and his neck was slithering with small vine ends coming up from his back. He also had a pierced right eyebrow and a nose ring resembling a bull. With ear lobes gagged, it drew attention to his three stars inked in the shadows of his chin to represent the three sister tale. Down the spine of his back, Twinkle had the aligned planets out of order with a few moons added in and a grape vine weaving around them. Where sleeves may have gone if Twinkle ever agreed to wear anything but his loin cloth, were yet more collage of tattoos. His body was decked out from head to toe and it was the edge he needed to bring audiences eyes near.

Any minute now and the curious normal human's would arrive awaiting a show and entertainment.

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Herrick Mederionos

Zero barely left his cage during their break time anymore, and today was no exception. Not many of the 'freaks', as Mr.Owner called them, ever visited or bothered to engage him in conversation. When a lot of the original ones were around, he could be a little more open since they taught him the ropes. Mind you, that was near the beginning of the show, so not many of the originals knew what the ropes were. Thing was, that was what made Zero's childhood so much more exciting: Living with a bunch of strangers trying to figure out how to handle a tyrannical man. Nowadays, however, many of the originals had either died, got themselves killed, committed suicide or somehow escaped, leaving Zero to the newer generation.

Zero tried to start over with the newer freaks, but it never really worked. Since most of them were a specific animalistic mutations, such as a tiger or bird, Zero simply was not. Besides, Zero hadn't read of a creature that had mouths on its hands, or a third eye on its tongue. Such things were unheard of in the animal kingdom. This lead to Zero feeling quite alone most days, and as stated earlier, today was no different. Instead of interacting, he would simply listen to the hustle and bustle of the younger ones. Their conversations, their feelings, all was remembered by Herrick, though he couldn't learn everything from just watching and listening.

Zero shook his head as the call for getting back in his cage was sounded off, and he effortlessly swung himself back in. If he had been a primate, his tail would have grabbed the bars for him. However, a scorpion tail was only good for stabbing and poisoning others, which was quite useless for show-time. That reminded the curious fellow that he would have to do something for today instead of scare the dickens out of the lonely stragglers that visited him. Apparently he had gotten some popularity by showing his hands to a lady, and Zero noticed that she ran off, dialing her cellular device and chattering about him. That didn't settle as well as Zero had hoped - now he was all nervous.

Nevertheless, Zero shut the door to his cage and sat in the middle, as he always did. His book collection was now hid, and he was preparing himself for another lonely day ahead of him.

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Ebony


Ebony watched as Nixons face turned slightly ashamed, and she apologized. "But I can't change what's on my diploma. I am a certified veterinarian, after all. But, if you'd like that I'd be your doctor instead, then I hope 'ta be able to patch up some rough first impressions here."

The dark haired teen stood, immediately changing her glare into a small smile. She liked this woman. She knew how to fix her mistakes. As long as she was willing to see Ebony's side of it, the teen couldn't care less.

"It's alright, lo siento for my hostility. It's true we're all animals of some sort, so I won't criticize you on your title again."
"I hope to be able to serve to your needs and interests as best that I can"

"I'll let you know medico. For now though, I think you'll do just fine as long as you don't get to close or enter anyone's jaula." Ebony was now perfectly bubbly, as she was with the other mutants. The only people she was hostile with was the staff, and Nixon seemed okay so she was an exception.
She slinked up to the bars and stuck out a hand, smiling happily.
"It's nice to meet you!"
With practiced ease, she rendered her adhesive hand, well, non-adhesive for the moment. She them pulled back with a wink and a wave of her tail.

"I really have to start going through my routine before another one of the staff comes around or the zoo opens. I'll get in trouble, even if I'm talking to you."
She jumped easily onto the hoop swinging in the center of her cage. Beginning her twists, she gave Nixon a last wave goodbye, signaling 'Leave me alone' not in a rude way, Ebony just wasn't in the mood to get in trouble.

"Oi! Senora! Voy a hablar con usted más tarde! Tal vez mañana por la mañana, durante mi tiempo social."
(I'll talk to you later! Maybe tomorrow morning for my social time.)

With the doctor out of the picture, Ebony got through one complete run of her routine, which consisted of some advanced tricks on the hoop, swinging onto the group and doing some Acro-Ballet, twisting up around one of the poles, swinging on it, walking across the ceiling then finishing on the chain near the bars. Then it was time for the quests to arrive.

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Avarella hovered around the cage for a bit, watching intently on the fluid movements that only practice could bring, as Ebony performed a routine that she supposed that most of the others had of their own. She watched halfway through before moving away. Looking at her hand where the young girl's hand had placed upon on her own, a wide grin spreading on her face as some more confidence settled onto her expression. "I'll look forward to it." She said it quietly, at least enough so that it'd be to herself, and fully walked away from the cage, eager to move on to meet the rest of the others here at this zoo. Well, Ebony would be her first friend here, she was most certainly an easily likeable person. At the very least, she hoped that the girl in question would consider her the same. A small of her goal, accomplished. Good. Some progress. Now to ensure that there will be some more by her self-set deadline.

Hopefully, this foretells of some good omens. She's still looking at her hand carefully, slightly fascinated by the touch that had left already, and stopping as she reached the next cage. This seemed almost as dark and lonely as the previous that Ebony resided in, before she had gotten to meet the girl who seemed so hostile at first, but warmed up immediately once she had corrected her careless mistake. Okay, don't mess this up again Ava.

Calmly, she leaned forward closer to the edges of the cage, far enough for comfort but close enough to at east hold conversation. She would have to repeat the same routine here, though with some altered parts in her introduction. "'Sup." Pausing again before speaking just so whomever it was in the cage would have her attention at the very least. No need to be incredibly formal. "I'm Avarella Lee. But I prefer the name Nixon. I'm going to be your.. doctor from here on in. I'm a bit of newbie." She smiled, perhaps a bit of hopeful gaze. "So try to go easy on me. Not much you could do to get rid of me, just to let you know." She took another pause, but laughed softly anyway. I do hope that I wouldn't have to keep up with such quietness for too long. "What's your name?"

She dusted off a bit of the white lab coat, a bit out of slight nervousness, but resisted the urge to slap herself like earlier. There was a sorts of light being much more clearer than she had last noticed. Glancing towards the sky, she took a short note to herself. Early mid-morning already then? But then tore her brief glance away back to the cage and whatever it was that the cage housed.

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Ridley was in the process of trying to get a few minutes of sleep before the zoo opened when she heard a soft "hey" coming from the front of her cage. She opened one eye, seeing someone standing outside her cage. Sighing and rolling her eyes, she dropped from the ceiling, landing gracefully on the ground. She crawled on all fours towards the front, coming out of the darkness.

She was in the young girls face, before she knew what to do with herself. Avarella, she said her name was, jumped finally noticing the hunched figure in front of her. "Nixon?" Ridley questioned. "You like the name of a president who laundered money and denied he ever did it? Interesting choice."

Ridley relaxed out of her position, deciding to sit with her legs crossed. Avarella was obviously new, and was trying her best to get on all of the attractions' good sides. She couldn't wait to see her reaction when she got to Herrick's cage next to hers. That would be interesting.

"My name is Ridley. Or Black Widow as the audience members like to call me." Ridley said. "A pleasure it is to meet you." She smiled, trying to show the girl, that although she had extremely deadly venom in her body, that she was kind.

She tried to be kind to all the human staff. They had willingly signed up to watch over the crazy half humans, half animals, the least she could do was be nice. They tended to keep Jack from beating the crap out of the freaks. They kept them safe, at least until Jack decided they were no longer needed.

"A doctor, huh?" Ridley questioned. "Ever performed surgery on a freak before?"

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At first, she had been taken aback from the suddenness of the inhabitant appearing before her, but before she could actualyl let a gasp of surprise, her reaction time often a bit slow, Avarella honestly had to laugh at the younger girl's first statement. Nixon? That was the thirty.. fifth president, right? It rather loud, much more so than her soft spoken voice earlier. Ridley, huh? By gosh, Avarella certainly enjoyed the girl's sense of humor. She decided to answer her questions backwards as best that she could, taking in slight awe at the spider-mutated female in front of her. At the very least, I know that a portion of the mutants here are friendly. While she should have been slightly freaked out by the fact that the girl in front of her possessed very arachnid like qualities, her human-like humor made her immediately throw that earlier thought process out of the window.

Running her fingers through her hair again out of habit, tousling out the dirt from earlier, she casually grinned, a bit more comfortable in a more normal way of speaking that she used to. Not any soft-spoken manner bullshittery, the slight accent echoing at the edges. "I'm glad you asked. No, I haven't. But I did help treat a good friend of mine, an Amanda who had three arms, with a sprained ankle.. and that one time of the sprained.. wrists. The irony of the situation." She took a pause, thinking thoughtfully on the subject. "Not quite the same as surgery, but I don't think that surgery would be allowed in my license anyhow." Avarella frowned a bit to ponder a bit more on the subject, enjoying to continue conversation. "You don't think that I may have to perform surgery at any time here soon? I've been a nursemaid, but still not the same concept." Avarella shut that train of thought (and her mouth) off before she could ramble any further on non-related things.

She tilted her head slightly, glancing at the cage's general layout inside as best that she could from where she was standing. There's webbing. Wow. She glanced back to Ridley, the same smile on her face. "Well, Ridley - I can just call you that, right? 'Black Widow' is cool and all, but your name sounds better to my ears, since it's the given name, right? - The pleasure's all mine." She took in Ridley's general appearance, looking at the fangs more than anything, but looked back to the girl's eyes directly, as so not to be too rude. "But before I get too far, I just wanted to throw in that Nixon's not quite from the president that you're thinking of. More of a.. childhood hero of mine back from where I was from." She shrugged. "But hey. I don't know my presidents very well, so I wouldn't let it bother me too much."

Avarella walked a bit closer, but kept some personal space between the two, the friendly smile that she was used to having on her wide, as she kept a hand on one hip whilst standing straight. This one was easily likable as well, despite the brief questions and mere first impression. "Does that answer all of your questions?"

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"Does that answer all your questions?"

Ridley tilted her head to the side, eyeing the young doctor. "Three arms? It must be impossible to find cute clothes with three arms. That would be horrendous!" She couldn't help but giggle at her own comment. "But yes, you have done well in answering all my questions. Very good. Most people just ignore me."

She laughed again, standing up. She stretched her arms above her head, realizing that she should probably get to practicing her routine. She was forced to do one like everybody else, although she preferred to sit and talk to her audience members. With the safety of the cage, she could freely talk to people, without fear of biting them and accidently killing them.

"I'm sure you have other people to see. If you'll excuse me, I have to practice." She did a few back flips before spraying a web and pulling herself up towards the ceiling. She rarely did anything different, most people didn't really care. They were seeing a real life spider woman, they didn't care about her routine.

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Arabella and Lilith wandered around, taking their time to return to their cages seeming as they had left early enough to not have to rush themselves. As they finally arrived at their cage Ara nodded silently at Herrick, who’s cage was opposite theirs. Ara liked Herrick, he was the most different and it interested her but got the feeling that the feeling wasn’t reciprocated. Lilith even liked Herrick as well, he kept to himself, something she liked in people. The two sisters didn’t have a routine or fancy trick to closing their door. They did it like the normal human beings they weren’t.

“Another day the same old things” Ara mumbled as they made their way to the back of the enclosure towards the water part; their favourite part, when an unidentified voice stopped them. Curiously the sisters made their way to the front on their cage to see what was going on. They saw the women, Nixon it seemed she preferred to be called, introduce herself as their new ‘doctor’ to Ridley.

“Boring” Lilith said attempting to move back to their previous position but being stopped by Ara.
“No wait, I wanna watch this.” Ara said like a spoiled child. “Besides, next she’s gonna be talking to Herrick you don’t want to miss that do you. Likewise she’ll come here soon and we need to figure out how we are gonna treat her.” Ara continued adopting a mischievous tone along the way.
“Fine, but only to see her reaction to Herrick and then we are leaving her alone. I refuse to be on what ever your planning and I have a book that needs reading.” Lilith said reluctantly, knowing from past mistakes that no one could out determine Ara. It was far better to compromise with her so at least you got something you wanted. Ara looked at Lilith out of the side of her eye, she wasn’t gonna fight Lilith, yet. They had to see how this doctor would act first.

After a few moment of peaceful silence watching Nixon and Ridley converse Ara went ahead and ruined it. “Ridley seems to like her-”
“Ridley’s newer than us, remember that.” Lilith said cutting off her sister before she could come up with any idiotic thoughts. Staff were not friends.
Ara gave a bitter look at her sister, she was going to say anything like that; staff were not to be trusted or liked, that was a fact they had to live with.

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I always arrive early. Which doesn't run in the family, that I know of...Maybe I'm some sort of freak of nature. Sigh...all I do is write...wouldn't be the first time someone's said that's weird.

Kalie sat in the driver's seat of her mom's gray car, notebook and pen in hand, glancing to the mobile zoo entrance. Not many others had arrived, a family with two kids, a teenage couple. They had started making their way over to the ticket booth, but Kalie waited. The zoo wasn't open yet. Standing around with those other guests didn't seem like the most fun, so she watched them from here, the two kids practically bouncing up and down in their matching blue and black tennis shoes.

I'm not in a freak zoo though, so does that mean I'm not a freak? I wonder what these things are anyway...

She wondered what she would discover here and what she could write down for her stories or simple observations. Without the AC running, the heat was building in the car, so she finally let out a sigh, closed her notebook, pocketed the pen and got out the car. Pushing her black low pigtails behind her shoulders, she slowly started for the entrance, checking that her wallet was indeed in her black bag.

The family was buying tickets. Then the couple. Kalie approached and smiled slightly as she was given her ticket as well.

Here goes nothing, she thought, wondering what her mom and that dirt bag of a boyfriend of hers were doing right now.

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Dawn sighed, looking around at the huge but empty enclosure. She was sitting up on an air conditioner, which was at the very top of her cage. She should probably be changing into her costume, or practicing, but she wasn't really fond of either. Her costume was simply a white dress with gold colored rhinestones placed here and there, and a pair of golden ballet flats. But her routine she did wasn't much more interesting. She would fly around, did tricks in the air and such. And then proceed to sit and talk to younger children, answering questions of older people. Then finally, towards the end of the day (when her enclosure was mostly populated) she would show off a couple of her mind reading tricks. It never disappointed.

“Besides, next she’s gonna be talking to Herrick you don’t want to miss that do you. Likewise she’ll come here soon and we need to figure out how we are gonna treat her.” It was Arabella and Lilith, who had an eclosure right next to her own. They happened to talk, a lot. And she heard every word of it. Apparently, now some lady was going to talk to Herrick. Dawn was quite fond of Herrick. After all, he was one of the few originals that persisted, besides herself. Well, actually, he had been here a bit longer.

"If you two don't mind me interupting your talkshow, you should probably be practicing," Dawn called, her voice echoing around her own enclosure. She could hear them, they could hear her. It was both a gift and a curse.
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"Hello, Miss Avarella. It's required for you to get to all of the freaks, so you have to get to at least half of the freaks now, the other half can be done around 11:00. By then, almost everybody will be having lunch." Jack said, staring at the new doctor. He refused to call her by her silly nickname, it made her sound like a freak herself. Looking into the cage, he could see the spider girl practicing her routine. The same one she did every single day. "Change it up a little, Widow. Your boring both me and and the guests." And with that, he was off again.

"Welcome to the zoo! You are in store for quite a surprise. So if you haven't already, come up and buy a ticket. Those of you who have a ticket, come on in!" A 'friendly' smile lit up The Owner's face as he opened a gate. He took the tickets of a family, a couple, and a girl with pigtails. And yet, even more were coming. They were all waiting in the growing line. More were approaching too, coming from the fenced off area of grass he had called a parking lot.

"Don't forget your tickets!"

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*CRACK!*

Hmm, well that didn't look too good... Rosa frowned at the ominous black cloud of smoke that erupted from the back of her motor scooter when it came to a stop in the parking lot. She pressed her hand against the scooter, just where the engine was and felt vibrations where the cracking was happening. Giving it a small whack, it stopped vibrating, and cracking. "There we go." She said to herself with a small smile, pulling out her keys and shoving them within her bag before heading towards the gate entrance, trailing along behind the snails that filled up the queue for the entrance. She absentmindedly looked at everyone around her, their lips moving vigarously as if they had to speak loudly over the noise around them. Still, it was peacefully silent for her, and she wore a content smile as she purchased a ticket and walked towards the entrance of the 'zoo'.

The man that was greeting people as they entered, 'The Owner' his lips moved widely and the expression he pulled was like he was yelling loudly, and yet he had a smile on his face still. She smiled at him slightly, though she tilted her head. Something about him rose suspicion's in her head, but she simply ignored it, grabbing a map of the zoo and then reading it a moment, before looking up and around at the 'freaks'. She wandered if any of them would speak to her. Their expressions all looked vaguely miserable. At first glance, no of course they didn't, but there were quite a few who had somewhat of a sour look in their eyes. She could only imagine that they were thinking 'I hate my life'.

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Romulus. He read the name above his cage. Salem always thought it was a cute little history lesson, bt he understood most uneducated people wouldnt get it. He shook his head with a smile and pounced on top of the large rock placed in the middle of his cage. He considered this his own personal "Pride Rock." He paced.

People came pouring in. People just itching to see a little glimpse of the strange, of the unreal, of the creativeness god had every now and then. He squatted on top of the rock. He enjoyed giving the people a show.

He didnt harbor hatred towards the viewers nearly as much as some of the other freaks. They were just in here to see somethig new. Salem was farely certain that he could leave any time he wanted. Whether the owner wanted him to or not. He wasnt bitter. There wasnt anything else out there for someone like him. But he was not a slave.

People approaced the cage, looking at Salem with wanting expressions. He smiled and kindly obliged. He sprang from the rock and landed feet from them on all fours. He spang at the cage and grabbed the bars, bareing his teeth and extendng his claws. He gave a powerful bark and backed away slowly. His eyes turning back from the fierce yellow they had been.

He stood up, with his legs spread. He threw his arms out and howled to the sky as loud as possible. He flexed his powerful leg and and muscles for the crowd. They always loved a good howl.

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With the Zoo open, Zero stayed to himself. As usual, many gave his cage a glance and then hurried right on by. Herrick even had his eyes closed during their escapes, which simply confirmed his fears: He was too scary for most, or not scary enough. It was depressing really that he could be both and yet neither at the same time, almost like a paradox. He sat in the middle of his cage, his head slouching down slightly so that his hat covered his face. The scorpion tail attached to him was as defient as ever, poised above his head. Zero had always thought that the thing had a mind of its own, never resting and always keeping watch for onlookers that got too close. To Herrick, that seemed to be one of the reasons why most people just ran on by - who wanted to get near a thing that could kill you without looking?

It was as if the tail had eyes. How childish.

Zero's ears perked up to the noise of the people as they entered. Their heavy footsteps, Jack using his fake announcements, Lilith and Ara arguing about something. Zero wasn't sure how their relationship made sense: Constant bickering between each other, and they somehow stay stronger together? He hadn't read that anywhere, and Shakespeare was supposed to be brilliant with deep and developed characters. Zero made a mental note that 30 minutes after showtime, he would skim through all of his book collection to see if he could find evidence of such characters. Hopefully that would help him understand how Lilith and Ara worked. The problem was that he had already done that 3 times already... He knew that he had, but a fourth look over couldn't hurt.

He peered from under his hat to notice a girl. Roughly his age, red hair. Colourful and interesting clothing style. Piercings. She seemed to be noticing all the freaks, though he couldn't read what her facial expression was. Possibly she could tell how miserable some were? Zero hadn't a clue. All that he knew was that she seemed to be nice, but he didn't want to scare her off now.