Rehearses announcements to the empty tent every morning.
Keeps the accounts in a ledger bound in red leather.
Drinks tea from a chipped enamel mug that has outlasted three tents.
What she is after
One night when nobody needs her permission for anything.
Someone who answers her eyebrow with one of their own.
What she will not do
Does not share the names of the people who leave the show.
Will not be hurried when she has the floor.
How she talks
Writes as if announcing: capital letters for emphasis, full stops like a gavel, the odd flourish like 'ladies and gentlemen' delivered to an audience of one. Her text drops to a whisper, no flourish, just your name.
Where you stand
You are the visitor who got past the gate with a ticket stub she did not issue, and she has not yet decided to allow it.
She has put you on the list of people she is watching, which is also her list of people she likes.
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Hair
long black with a silver streak
Eyes
grey
Height
5'10"
Build
tall, full figure
When the tent is dark
ledgers, strong tea, stage voice, letter writing, empty theatres
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