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jaysficarchive · 8 months
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A Swing at Love
Chapter 1
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Description: Sakana's family circus, Big Top Serendipity, has been her home for as long as she's known. But her father's illness and greedy businessmen threaten to take everything away. In order to secure her family's future and keep their circus with them, Sakana puts herself out as a mail order bride.
Saizo Kaijura, one of the heirs to his grandfather's massive fortune, is ready to settle down and find a wife. Luckily for him, an ad for mail order brides appears in the papers. When he meets his bride to be Sakana, he can't help but feel hot for her.
With her future secured, Sakana must choose if she truly loves Saizo or must put up an act to not lose it all.
Relationship(s): Sakana Mizuiro | Aquanette/Saizo Kaijura | Orion
Warning(s): Illness, blood
Misc: Based off this, girl help the historical romances are consuming me, this takes place in the 60s, Julie is working on the art for this, Sakana & family belongs to @julieemarine
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San Francisco
May 1965
The aroma of cooked meat filled Sakana's nose as she walked out the big top. A dinner scented with hints of rosemary and basil was sure to make everyone's mouth water, which meant that their recent show had been a success.
Life at Big Top Serendipity was all Sakana could ever want, and need. All the familiar faces, sounds, and smells blessed her with the feeling of home; a place where she truly belonged. Everyone here-- from the performers to the teachers that traveled with them to even the preachers who provided Sunday service-- was family even if not by blood.
"Hello, Sakana! Dinner smells good today, don't it?" one of the clowns greeted her. His face was bare of all the colorful makeup that was usually adorned on clowns.
Sakana gave him a friendly smile. "It does. Mama was be the one making it."
Following the aroma to the cirus cook house while greeting other passing performers and staff, she peeked inside to see both her parents at the grill. They chatted happily, ever deep in their conversation.
Sakana's parents had always been her perfect image of what a truly happy couple was in this day and age, not those posters she saw of housewives in colorful dresses lighting their husband's cigars. A couple was supposed to be equal in both mind, body, and soul-- which her parents were.
Their coupling was unusual, and even subject to some nasty remarks from others, but they were persistent in their attraction to each other. Many of Serendipity's performers were grateful for the couple's kindness and generosity. Not many employers were like them. They ruled over the cirus like a benevolent king and queen.
"Mama, papa." she called out.
Selene Mizuiro and her husband both turned to see their eldest daughter peeking in through the door.
Mr. Mizuiro let out a big hearty laugh. "Guess you're ready for dinner?"
Sakana nodded. "So is everyone else."
Dinner began once everyone was seated around several tables. Tonight's was a special treat from Selene and her husband to everyone as a reward for the work to make this week's shows successful.
Ryujin, one of Sakana's younger brothers, stuffed his mouth full, earning a scolding from the youngest daughter Mizumi.
"Where to next?" he asked with a mouth full of food.
"New York City. We'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon." Sakana spoke in between eating. "Which is sad, because the weather here is much better for Papa's health."
Mr. Mizuiro had been Big Top Serendipity's ringleader for as long as Sakana and her siblings could remember. His booming voice and charms wowed any crowd in all the cities they traveled to. Nowadays it was beginning to feel like it was time for those days to be behind him. A terrible cough that overtaken him over the last few weeks, which Sakana suspected to have been caused by the frigid temperatures of a recent trip to Russia.
"Nonsense! I'm perfectly fine-" Before Mr. Mizuiro could finish, the damned cough returned. Only this time more worse than before.
"Papa!" Sakana rushed to his side. She managed to get him to rise back up and sat him down at her table. "I don't think New York is safe with all those factories up there."
A place like New York was too dangerous for the current state of Mr. Mizuiro's health, and everyone was afraid it was going to get worse.
Later that night as Sakana and her siblings were helping with the cleanup, their father's voice boomed just like it did when he was presenting their show. Only this time, it was in anger.
"I'm not giving it to you!" Mr. Mizuiro's eyes burning with anger stared back at the man in front of him.
All four Mizuiro children-- Sakana, Ryujin, Hisakata, and Mizumi-- peered into the room to see their parents seated across from some businessmen.
Not them again, Sakana felt her heart sank at the sight. For years, this particular group of businessmen had been targeting Big Top Serendipity in an effort to buy it. However, Mr. Mizuiro had been resistant.
"Mr. Mizuiro, I'm afraid you don't have a choice. Especially with the current state of your health." One of them, most likely the leader, gave Mr. Mizuiro a sarcastic chuckle and smile. "Besides, other circuses aren't pulling shows like yours."
"And it should stay that way!" Mr. Mizuiro jumped up out his seat with Selene holding his arm. "I will never sell my circus! Is that understood?"
The businessman simply and quietly nodded as he stood up. "I don't think you understand how you're messing with."
"No you don't-!" Mr. Mizuiro fell to his knees, violently coughing and hacking. Both Selene and the children rushed to his aid. Even the water they had on hand wasn't enough to quell his coughs.
Fear filled Sakana's heart when blood splat out her father's mouth. The more he coughed, the more crimson sanguine poured. It couldn't be-- was her beloved father close to death?
"I have good news and bad news."
Sakana snapped out of what felt like a trance. Her mind couldn't let go of the sight of the blood and the horrific realization of her father's health.
"What is it?" Selene asked.
"Good news is that Mr. Mizuiro is okay." The doctor pursed his lips bracing to deliver the bad news. "However, he has bronchiectasis."
"That's not too bad, right? Don't you got a cure for it?" Hisakata was ever enthusiastic, though even he likely knew that no such thing existed.
"Son, I wish, but no. There are treatments but no real cure."
Dread overcame Sakana as tears swelled in her eyes. After years of unforgettable and fantastical performances, Mr. Mizuiro, ringleader-- no, king of the famous Big Top Serendipity, had fallen. She could tell the rest of her family felt the same way from Ryujin holding Mizumi in a comforting embrace.
"I recommend he get back home immediately before his health worsens."
"We will. Thank you, doctor." Selene's face read of devastation. Time ceased to exist whenever they were together, and as some cruel punishment, it finally caught up to him.
"What does this mean, mama? Will we have to go back home?" There was no enthusiasm, or hope, in Hisakata's voice.
"Yes. I'll have to tell everyone the show's cancelled-"
"No! The show must go on!" Mr. Mizuiro's booming but hoarse voice blasted from his room. "We can go home once we're done!"
"My love, I can't risk you getting sicker the more we travel. Yes, the circus is our life, our home, but how can my heart be one without you?" Selene took his hand in her own. Her hand gently cupped his face. "I think... I think it's time to let it go."
A saddened sigh left Mr. Mizuiro's mouth. It was true that time had finally caught up to him and exposed his own mortality. He was always the stubborn type, which allowed him to become as successful as now. But he could be stubborn no longer, his body wouldn't allow it.
"I guess it is. Selene, my darling, will you and our children finish the tour? For me?"
"Of course, Papa." Sakana joined Selene at his bedside. "We'll carry on for you and everyone else."
Mr. Mizuiro smiled warmly at them, providing a small flicker of joy in a dark time. "That's my girl. Now, listen to me very closely."
Everyone gathered around in anticipation for what he had to say.
"When the media gets hold of this, those sharks will be ready to feast on our home. And when they do, they'll try to disguise themselves with good intentions. Don't fall for it. Don't let them take Serendipity away from us." Mr. Mizuiro warned them.
Sakana knew good and well that those greedy businessmen would pounce now that her father would be out their way. But neither she or her family would surrender. No matter what it took, they'd continue to fight this war.
"We won't, Papa. You can believe it."
"That's my children. The next time I'll see any of you is back in Japan."
Sakana nodded, though the eerie warning wouldn't leave her mind. These businessmen were dangerous, some with ties to the Mob. She'd have to be more diligent and controlled than ever. One wrong move and they'd never be off her.
"I'll tell the others the news. Hopefully some of the guys will pack your things and take you to the airport." Sakana held her father's hand.
Mr. Mizuiro gave them one last big smile before leaving for the night. The show would go on-- just without its king.
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thecircusgirl · 5 years
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If I am understanding the timeline correctly, the top piece is adapted by someone other than the original artist from the mosaic below it, Whitman’s Chocolates and Confections/Philadelphia by Alphonse Mucha; the mosaic, in turn, was adapted by the original artist from the painting below it: La Plume Zodiac, by Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). An interesting link to an auction of rare Mucha art [x]
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titsthedamnseason · 6 years
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FYI, in the name of science, Emma and Julian on that poster make my bisexual ass twerk better than Miley Cirus'.
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imagine-wannaone · 6 years
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Lee Daehwi Super Powers Au
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Waddup So this was written yesterday and idk whether to do a powers au so I guess this is just a try??
In other news I got Seventeens new album for my bday today and got The8 i am blessed. Anywhere, here we go. also pls tell me if I need to tag any triggers, I’m not great at this stuff whoops.
 • Lemme get one thing straight, you didn’t want to use your ability for bad,  • It just kinda happened that you became a theif,  • You were trapped,  • You were a teen when you got dragged into a whole mess of a gang, when you went to take out a loan to pay for treatment for your brother’s illness,  • Because your brother was the most important thing to you but your family couldn’t afford his treatment,  • But you didn’t realise the loan company was actually kinda not a company and you had just officially ruined your life,
 • With gastronomic Interest, you had to pay them back the money with no way of being able to do it,  • Read the small print y'all,  • So they offered you another option: you hated it but there was no other way to help your brother, and they threatened to cut your brother’s treatment if you stepped out of line,  • And in a world made with certain people who had abilities, they made sure to utilize yours,  • Aka the ability to change your appearance and voice to fit it,  • They had you as a thief, and with your skill and ability you quickly became notorious around the city,  • Which made you extremely paranoid, causing you to constantly switch appearances,  • I don’t mean switching looks every minute or something bizarre,  • I mean you never showed your true appearance anymore, you were always someone else and started to panic at the thought of people seeing the real you,  • So you stayed in your place by day planning heists the gang had sent you to do, and went on the missions by night,  • And you hated everything about the way you lived, but you knew your brother was getting better, so you kept at it,  • The gang sent you a particularly dangerous heist one night, and you did not think it was a wise idea at all,  • Like there were shit tonnes of guards and cameras and the switch overs were smooth and the codes hard to crack,  • As a thief, you were known to be able to go in and out before anyone would even realise anything was gone, shifting into guards or ceo’s or customers,  • And you trained your ability to perfection, having no flaws in your transformation and being able to quickly switch features,  • A master™  • But you plan this near impossible heist anyway because you have to, you have everything to lose,  • And while bits of the heist are a bit by chance or freestyle,  • You hate yourself for being quite confidant, as always,  • But heists had started going wrong lately,  • A guard unconvinced and almost omniscient,  • Or the whole place closed for a day as if they already knew,  • Little things going wrong preventing the heists and causing them to go wrong,  • You didn’t know how because they were all planned to perfection, but something was happening,  • You heard whispers of a mole but no one ever told you anything so you had no idea really,  • So you’re dropped off by the usual gruff looking men who are going to wait down the street, safe for them,  • You where dressed as a medium height middle aged woman with brown hair, trying to blend in with the people around you,
 • Like a chameleon damn,  • You float into the bank and act naturally, milling around the atm’s and looking at posters,  • A boy around your actual age seems to keep glancing at you, which sets your nerves off,  • Not only is he cute, it’d be insanely weird for someone his age to be staring at a middle aged lady,  • You try to sway away from his prying eyes and keep your heart at normal pace and prevent your hands shaking,  • You always got nerves before a heist and this dude really wasn’t helping,  • At all,  • Smh doesn’t he know it’s rude to stare?  • You’re nearly set on going over there and telling him yourself, but with your ‘can I see the manager’ hair style you play your role and send him a disapproving mum glare and shake you head, moving on,  • Perfect, v realistic,  • But the dude doesn’t stop sending u shady side eyes, so you decide to get the hell on with it,  • So your eyes scan the floor before slipping into a side door,  • Smooth as always, might I add,  • You change your appearance quickly into a guard and take out a hand mirror quickly to check that you’re perfect,  • Indeed you are perfect,
 •You were about to take off down the hall when the door slides open again,  • You’re about to get into character when the boy from earlier locks eyes with you and lunges,  • You dodge as quick as a whippet and a fight™ ensues,  • You can tell idk how to write a fight omg,  • DW I’ll get better,  • You’re both incredibly good to the point you defo know this ain’t just a usual kid who’s taken some martial arts classes,  • Because as soon as you dodge one punch and throw your own, he’s dodged that and is launching another assault with a knee or elbow,
 • He keeps saying something along the line of 'Stop I’m trying to help’ but you ain’t buying no shady nonsense,  • And you’re both getting pretty beaten, bruises and small cuts appearing, a bloody nose or a broken finger,  • But shit really hits the fan when a guard comes round the corner and then you’re both in for it,  • You’re internally having a meltdown you’ve never had to deal with this before,  • And then your tryna fight the boy and the guards and - shit,  • A bullet grazes your leg but it instantly burns and shocks you to hell,  • Your appearance flickers before returning to the middle aged lady aka the wrong disguise, who0ps,  • Your leg burns and the shock throws you off balance long enough for the boy to wrap an arm around your shoulder and have you against a wall in a second,  • You’re about to swing your leg back to hit him when chloroform and damn you’re out cold,  • Actually outraged in your knocked out state,  • Who DaRe?  • Like you don’t blame them, you’re a damn thief, tbh you’d probs knock yourself out if you were in their situation,  • but hOw DaRe tHey?  • And you’re defo worried about who just chloroformed you but whatever,  • Idek if you can think all this while passed out but you find a way,  • You wake up with someone’s hand on your forehead and you stay still, trying to gather your bearings and figure stuff out before you let them know you’re awake,  • I mean the hand thing is so weird but you deal with it you til you gather that your head’s also in someone’s lap and your skin is tingling and you decide this is very weird,  • I mean not a hard conclusion to come to but a conclusion all the same,  • You slowly open one eye and wow,  • Bright lights,  • But you soldier through it and stare straight ahead at the face of the boy ahead of you,  • You’re about to jump out of your skin but the boys eyes are closed and he looks so peaceful with flawless skin and a slight frown, his brow creased in concentration,  • And then you realise your leg doesn’t burn and your hand and knuckles don’t scream like they did before you dropped,  • And you realise he’s someone like you, he’s a healer,  • And it makes your heart fly with joy, you’ve found someone else with an ability and all of a sudden you feel safer,  • Especially because he’s a healer,  • But then your eyes trail to your arm and your body and all the safety is thrown away,  • You have no disguise, no fake face or fake voice; it’s purely you and it makes you dizzy and sick,  • He must sense your panic because his eyes crack open and he smiles widely at you, removing his hand from your forehead,  • Wow his smile settles your heart and warms your cheeks,  • A million questions run through your foggy brain, where are we and what happened? Who is he and why is he so cute? Where’s the boy from before and what’s going to happen when your former gang know you’re not with them?  • “Y/N, right? I’m Daehwi, and give me a sec and I’ll tell you all the gossip,”  • While his soft voice is calming when you sit up, a wave of dizziness hits you like a wrecking ball ridden by Miley cirus  • (Wow my pop culture references about 5 years too late),  •But despite your swimming head you quickly change your skin, opting for the first thing you can think of, which happens to be Daehwi,  • You change your hair quickly and alter your face and body to match his within seconds,  • You’re kinda embarrassed that you just changed into him but you’re panicking,  • While the boy next to you may have seen your face, you’d prefer if no one else would,  • “That’s increadible,”  • The look on Daehwi’s face, as well has his bubbly laugh, makes you flush but you’re heart is still beating a mile a minute and your chest feels a little too tight,  • “While that’s really cool, and I’m really flattered, I thought your natural face was much prettier,”  • Your face (or is it Daehwi’s?) blushes violently at the comment but the fact you don’t look like yourself calms you a little,  • “A healer, then?”  • You ask simply to change the subject, although it’s pretty obvious at this point,  • “Yep, not one of the coolest abilities but pretty handy. You’re obviously a shape shifter, damn the whole city knows you’re a shape shifter, but seeing it myself, damn, it’s way cooler than I thought”  • He talks in such a laid back manner, leaning back onto his hands, his whole presence relaxing,  • He really suits his ability,  • “I think healing’s the best ability, you get to help,”  • Your voice is quiet but your words are the truth, and you can see Daehwi’s about to reply when the door swings open and the boy from earlier wonders in, doing a double take at the two Daehwi’s sat on the bed and sighing before dropping down into a nearby chair,  • He’s hardly met you and he’s already done with your shit lmao,  • But you’re eyeing him suspiciously because this guy FRICKEN chloroformed you and you still have no answers as to what the hell is going when he launched into a Hella Long explanation,  • To put it simply,
 • Daehwi and the boy, Guanlin, are part of an organisation that rescue abilities from sticky situations and tries to stop the people with abilities for using them nastily,  • (Avengers who?)  • There was indeed a mole in your gang as they planned to rescue you whilst intercepting a heist of yours,  • They didn’t expect you to fight so defiantly back but I mean,  • So then you explain that you’re really not nasty, I mean you used to put milk in before your cereal but yOu’vE cHanGeD,  • You explain your situation and they agreed  that they’ll see what they can do for your brother and you feel like you might cry because this is too good to be true,  • Half convinced this is some awful experiment or teasing you,  • So you spend a few days in the room you wake up in, just in case, in which you discover is actually Daehwi’s room,  • Which is kinda awkward,  • But you honestly can’t ask for a better first friend in the base they have there,  • Daehwi is oh so patient, painfully so, encouraging you to take your time and helps introduce you to the many people in the base, most of which have powers themselves which blows your mind a little
 • You’ve never seen so many abilities,  • And it takes you a while to trust Guanlin, but as soon as you do you realise he’s just a goof and you apologise endlessly for hurting him,  • And you start helping out at the base, doing small missions to help others by using your ability,  • And it feels good,  • Especially when you can come back to Daehwi at the end of the day and laugh and relax into the night,  • And you visit your brother for a very emotional reunion and he’s getting better and life just seems to be good,
 • And in the middle of it all is Daehwi, who you would trust with your life,  • I mean he is a healer many people trust him with their lives,
 • So you’re sat in his room (or your now shared one - you refuse to sleep anywhere else, feeling unsafe) chatting into the night,  • When you both reach a lull in conversation,  • “Y/N, why do you never walk, or sleep, or eat, or live in your normal skin?”  • The question is so out of the blue that your eyes snap to his,  • Which rest on you,  • They always rest on you,  • And you try to figure out a way to say it without feeling stupid,  • Because in your mind it is a whole concept and fear, but there aren’t enough words to describe how you feel, and to condense your thoughts into words belittles them endlessly,  • “It’s scary, showing your true self. I used to fear people would recognise me and arrest me, for being a thief, but nowadays it’s almost as if I don’t trust people enough. Enough to see my face,”  • You pick your words carefully but still feel as if it’s a weak excuse,  • “You don’t trust me, y/n?”  • His words shock you, make you question yourself, and you look into those soft, open eyes and brace yourself,  •You know he’s right as you relax, completely relax for the first time in years, letting all of your facade melt away to show your true skin, your true eyes, your true being,  • And there’s something in Daehwi’s eyes that you love as he looks at your pure self,
 • You feel insanely exposed but Daehwi himself settles you,  • And you know you no longer need to hide yourself from Daehwi anymore when he leans over, wrapping an arm around your real hips,  • Cups the back of your head,  • And gently smiles and he places his lips on your real ones,
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Artwork by Nikkolas Smith
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Nikkolas Smith, a native of Houston, Texas, is a Master of Architecture recipient from Hampton University. After designing theme parks at Walt Disney Imagineering for 11 years, he is now a Concept artist, Children's Books Author and Film Illustrator.
He is the author/illustrator of the picture books "The Golden Girls of Rio" (nominated for an NAACP Image Award) and My Hair Is Poofy And That's Okay. The latest children’s book he has illustrated, World Cup Women features the World Champion USWNT. He also creates activist art paintings and Hollywood movie posters (Black Panther, Beale Street, Southside With You, Dear White People, Stranger Fruit). He is a proud 2016 White House Innovators of Color fellow.
As an illustrator of color, Nikkolas is focused on creating captivating art that can spark important conversations in today's world and inspire meaningful change. Many of his viral and globally published sketches are included in his latest book Sunday Sketch: The Art of Nikkolas, a visual journey on life and a collection of more than 100 sketches he has done in the last five years. His works have been featured on TIME Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, HLN, Buzzfeed, the Academy of Motion Pictures, The Guardian, ABC, NBC, KCET and many more. His art has been shared on social media by Michelle Obama, Van Jones, Shaun King, Rihanna, Colin Kaepernick, Viola Davis, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Erykah Badu, Lupita Nyong'o, Kendrick Lamar, Tracee Ellis Ross, Ava Duvernay, Common, Simone Biles, Miley Cirus, Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Williams, Amy Shumer and many others. Nikkolas also talks for conferences (TEDxWatts) and schools all over the country, leads workshops in digital painting character and movie poster and design. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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