<div class="floatleft">(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3oodrLvSj1r7wrq1o1_250.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Elizabeth Sawyer<br/><strong>Place within Hierarchy:</strong>Ring Mistress<br/><strong>Role:</strong>Act<br/><strong>Position:</strong>Fire Handler<br/><strong>Location:</strong>On tip of the Bathing Car<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>This Dress  (http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/310355/310355_in_l.jpg)<br/><strong>Time:</strong>3pm First Day<br/><strong>Languages and Accent:</strong>French Canadian accent, French<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexie<br/><br/>Lexie was the shining grace of this circus as far as Elizabeth was concerned.  As far as pure, outright innocence very few within the family truly had it.  Despite the fact that Lexie was not exactly innocent in matters regarding the heart or body, it was her attitude that showed her for what she was.  She was still childish, but not in the way that pissed people off.  Instead, she still enjoyed the childish notion that the world was golden and everything was wonderful.  Elizabeth had lost count of how many times she admired the girl, envied her on the deepest level.  Right now was just another of those times.  Despite the words caused by a rather irritated Ring Mistress, Lexie still managed to make the best of it.<br/><br/>Elizabeth had really never contemplated the idea of a successor until Lawrence had returned.  The moment that he did, she remembered that absolutely no reign ended the way you wished it to.  Ever since his arrival, she’d been forced to think about who could come next.  Lawrence was the obvious choice, but he was no different than Elizabeth.  Chloe was as loyal to the family as anyone, but she was too narrow minded to truly keep the circus running the way it had been.  Lexie was the only one that made sense…But the girl still had to grow up a bit before she could hold any position of power.  Her refusal to even head the Clowns made that quite clear.  But Elizabeth absolutely refused to do anything that may take that beautiful innocence away from her.<br/><br/>But when Elizabeth playfully nudged Lexie, her mindset shifted.  She smiled and felt quite delighted that she had in fact judged correctly.  Judging a crowd was easy, but judging her family was something else all together.  The blush made it clear that she had been correct in her assumptions that Lexie had a thing for the sinister clown.  Her eyes drank in every movement that Lexie made.  She didn’t notice that the girl was near tears, but it wasn’t hard to see that she was horribly confused by her emotions.  And her words to follow just established that point even further.<br/><br/>Yet as quickly as her satisfaction with guessing correctly came, it seemed to leave her faster.  The words that Lexie said made perfect sense.  In fact, they made so much sense that they connected quite deeply with Elizabeth.  She was ever the actor, so she never showed the fact that it seemed like her insides had very quickly tied into a knot that appeared as though it wished to kill her.  Elizabeth was absolutely blissful that Lexie looked back onto the fields, as it allowed Elizabeth to drop her guise and let the pain that was rattling her body to show upon her face.  She looked out into the passing fields, and saw nothing more than passing memories that she wished to forget.<br/><br/>It took her a few moments of silence to collect herself.  With any luck, Lexie had not noticed the look of pain upon her face before she was once again able to offer her clown a confident and understanding expression.  But she didn’t look towards Lexie as she spoke, she just knew that that would be a bad idea. “It’s not always something fun to feel.  An emotion like that.” One of Elizabeths legs lifted from the rail so that she could move closer to Lexie.  The two were sitting side by side when Elizabeth finally slid her free leg under the guardrail.  She didn’t wish to speak her words loudly, so she decided it’d just be best to sit beside her clown.<br/><br/>“Men like him have a way of corrupting us.  Making us feel things that we do not want to feel.  Do things that we may not wish to do.  We just…Need to remember that we have to remain who we are, and not change to suit their needs.” Elizabeths arm lifted and wrapped around Lexies waist.  It was nothing more than a friendly gesture, but within Elizabeths mind it was a connection that went farther than a physical act. “I can tell you from personal experience that Kink is a good man.  He is loyal to this family.  But he can also be dangerous, as his loyalties seem to remain within himself.  I do not wish to see you fall in love with him only to be hurt.”  Elizabeths words didn’t seem to sound right.  It didn’t exactly sound as though she was talking only to Lexie.  Frankly, she wasn’t. “He may have feelings for you, but until you are able to make him commit to you I highly suggest you do not fall any further.  It’ll result in nothing more than you regretting everything you ever did with him.”<br/><br/>Elizabeth couldn’t hide the facts anymore.  She may have been trying to talk about Lexie and Kink, but she knew damned straight that she was just talking to herself and hoping it connected with Lexie.