"Dad, are you sure you know where you are going?
I don't see any road signs...."
"Or even a Bigtop."
"You all questioning my navigation?"
"No. Just wondering when we'll get there. It feels like we have been on the road for hours."
"We have not."
"Then when?"
"We'll get there, when we get there.
You all got your tryout ideas?"
"Yeah."
"Yeah."
"What's mine again?"
"Apple, you're a talking Fruit.
Basically writes itself."
"Oh yeah."
"You good, Darius?"
"I could use another family size bag of chips all to myself, but other then that I think I'm fine."
"Darius, I was talking about your act."
"Do I have to?"
"Come on. What is it?
I juggle. Your mom sings, and Apple, well...Apple's Apple. But you?
*Haaaaaaah*
"I'll help the Ringleader with the Animals."
"Darius!!!!"
"What? That could be a useful.....fine.
Thanks to my size, I could pass as a human torch.
What does that even mean?"
"Somebody has to hold the rings when the Animals pass through, but you're the Human Cannonball, not torch."
"I knew I said that wrong.
Will their be anyone there to catch me?"
"Ringleader says he...…changed diets since last; but people do miss his acts. It was the star ending to the show."
"And who knows? It could also be the beginning."
"The beginning?"
"Let's just work on your safety first."
"I already worked on my safety.....By taking the Safety course to hunting; and they said the safest place you can be is with your feet firmly planted...on the ground."
"Darius, you said you flew once before with Ruby, didn't you?"
"Yeah. In Bumper cars."
"Same thing."
"No. A human cannonball is definitely not the same thing as having Adryan support your car so you don't fall."
"You won't........well...Not on accident. The full force and speed at which you travel will keep you in the air for a long time."
"Hasn't the Human Cannonbal become illegal?"
"Darius, don't try to weasel your way out of this."
"Why not?
I'm gonna be weaseling my way in."
"And......here....we...….are.
Go ahead. Take a look."
"Wooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's one big...…..Top.
Wait till you see the inside?
Do they really have the animals with them while performing; with only a single whip to....there they are. They they are. I see them. I see them."
"Darius, wait. We're not even stopped yet. Dariusss."
"It's a Lion."
"Roarrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!"
*Earrrrrrrrrrrcccccch*
"Well, he's your son."
".....But he takes after you.
We should go catch up with him before he causes a domino effect."
"You stay with him, I'll go find the Ringleader and tell him we're here.
Deal?"
"Deal.
I'll make sure he doesn't get into anything he's not supposed to?"
"Can I pet him?"
"Sure, why not. But be careful."
"Might be too late.
DARIUS HEARTCHILD, GET YOUR HAND away from that cage."
"Uhoh. Here comes my mom."
"I won't tell."
"I think she already saw."
"Busted."
"Darius Heartchild; How many times have I told you to stay in the car until it is fully parked?"
"...More than I've been alive."
"And I see you still haven't learned."
"I just lightly touched him.
A little boop on the nose, and maybe a scratch behind the ear. That's it."