Who: Kit & Isla What: Nicknames gotta start somewhere; Prompt: Inside Joke When: 2012 Where: The Hanged Man Warnings: Doubtful
High above the floor, Isla stood on the platform at one end of the high wire. She was doing some small stretches to make sure she was limber enough for her practicing, and once she was satisfied, she pulled her hair back and stepped onto the wire.
Balancing on the extremely thin wire was second nature to her by now, she'd been doing it for nearly 10 years now. That didn't mean she could rest on her laurels, however. She needed to keep her skills sharp. Audiences demanded bigger feats as time went on, and Isla needed to keep up with the changing times. So she did her best to practice at least every other day, if not every day. She couldn't just glide over the wire, that'd be cheating.
Halfway across, she executed a sharp about-face, then turned and headed back a few steps the way she had come. She sometimes entertained the idea of hanging from her knees on the wire and waving to the crowd, but she hadn't quite mastered it yet. But she had nothing but time, so that had become one of her goals. In the meantime, however, there was a show in a few hours, and she wanted to get in at least another hour before coming down.