<div class="floatleft">(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3oo3fv7yh1r7wrq1o2_250.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Mariana<br/><strong>Place within Hierarchy:</strong>New Girl, Main Engineer<br/><strong>Role:</strong>Circus Hand<br/><strong>Position:</strong>Engineer/Carpenter<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Big Tent<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Jeans, white tank top, suspenders, work boots.<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexie, Chloe, Kinky, Twins, Kepler, open.<br/><br/><br/>The night seemed to be going as it usually was, people slowly drinking more, laughing, and talking. Although at her table it felt like the tension was going up. Lexie came over and startled her with a hug commenting on her hair and before she could say thank you she was trying not to stare at her friend’s colorful and uncovered form. She admired the bubbly red head in a whole new way.<br/><br/>Mariana shook her head away from thoughts that were venturing towards nefarious areas. She received more compliments from Lawrence and Chloe about her skills and that she looked pretty. With a small thanks and a slight blush to her cheeks she felt better about this whole thing.<br/><br/>Soon Lexie was off dancing with Lawrence and a bottle was thrust in front of her. She took a swig and felt a small pang of jealousy. That Lexie just asked Lawrence to dance, she wanted that courage or maybe she just wanted to dance with the new mysterious man. Mariana was not about to admit either thing and pushed that feeling down. Kinky was a nice distraction from her own feelings and the duel with words he was having was Chloe was quite interesting to watch.<br/><br/>The alcohol kept flowing through the clown’s veins and soon the blood would be flowing out the way he was playing with his knife. She watched him stab in between his fingers and she tried calculating the chance he would cut himself but decided intricate math problems involving a colleague and injury was not something you did at this type of event.<br/><br/>She found more rum and poured it in a glass saying a quick hello to Kepler as he finally made his entrance and she continued to watch the glares Kinky was giving everyone and Chloe’s ability to let insults fall away. Then the twins caught her eye and she forgot which was Lottie and which was Kate and went with a much easier greeting of “hello ladies”, with a nice smile for all of them. Lexie rejoined them a moment later after a single dance and her attempts at trying to break the sour feeling at the table was lovely. Mariana was once again silent and hoped someone would spark a conversation that wouldn’t piss anyone off too much, that she might be able to join in.<br/><br/>She went through topics in her head that could be easily discussed with everyone but anytime she came up with something she shot it down since it typically revolved around things like cars. So she sat there twirling a piece of her hair between her fingers while sipping her spiced drink. Maybe she’d just cut her night short and start preparing for the next day but something inside her told her stay, the energy in the tent as a whole was keeping her there. Plus she sort of wanted to see where this night was going, it just started and could only get better, or so she told herself.