Katte Through The Hoops

There's been murmurs around the city, rumors that the famed clown of the local circus has gone missing! The crumbs others found seemed promising, but there was another issue that needed to be addressed; whomst could take his place?

Obviously the circus needed to go on and maybe the cheery Candy Shop owner could help. Mabel was carving a path towards the tent like a man on a mission, her Katte following close behind as she made it to the performer’s area and poked her head in. Maybe she could try to coordinate or at least get more information on where the heck Archibald went. She slunk in and made her way over to what she assumed to be the high rope actors when a clown with a frown bigger than the one painted on their face stopped the woman in her tracks. “Who are you and whaattt are you doing back here? Can't you see that this is a performer only area? Shoo!” they huffed, motioning her to vamoose back towards the entrance.

Mabel huffed “How rude- I am here to perform.” which made the sad clown flick his thistle tail and give a once over. “Oh yeah?”

“Yes. I was here for uh.. For a hoop jumping bit with Pumpkin- yeah that's right.” She stammered back while motioning to the katte, who shied away a lil at the attention put on them, and making the clown squint their eyes before relenting with a sigh. The show needed something to fill out Archibald’s spot and even if she was lying, they could use her to fill the slot.

“Fine. Is Pumpkin good for this?” they asked, prompting the confectioner to nod and the cosprout to hide behind her legs. Satisfied enough, they moved out of the way to motion her along. “Come on. You need an outfit and hoops.”

She followed after picking up her pet and smoothing her hand along their minky body so she could get an outfit to fit and mentally psych herself up, hoping Pumpkin would be fine to do this. Admittedly the suit was too big, but beggars can't be choosers.

She was given a time, watching the other circus members with their acts in awe til it was her spot was up. “Alright… let's do this, Pumpkin.” she hummed as she walked out, having set down the cosprout for them to follow to the center of the main ring before clearing her throat and smiling wide as she projected “Hello ladies and gentlemen! For this performance, I will be directing my lovely lil katte, Pumpkin, through some hoops! I hope you all enjoy it!”

Pumpkin was shaking with the amount of eyes on them, glancing to the safety of the opening where the performers were before Mabel gave them a small smile and held out one of the hoops. The air grew quiet with baited breath, waiting to see if the katte could or even would jump. “Come on.. You can do it.” she reassured, emboldening the small critter to run and pounce through the hoop, making the crowd go wild.

The cosset clapped and leaned down to pet the katte before holding up a couple hoops this time. Pumpkin easily bounced through these ones, causing the crowd to erupt with cheers again!! Now for the finale; a three hoop jump! With some encouragement, the katte was able to jump through all three at once, the audience went into a standing ovation with cries of amusement and clapping. Mabel took a bow, the cosprout also bowing with a meow.

Maybe this wasn't a bad turn out. Could talk to the performers to be the replacement til Archibald was found.