CAE: Heliconia

"Even if my mothers had not both been female, by the year they decided to start a family both would have been unable to have children. A virus had nearly destroyed INCEPT, something that we learned about in history as kids. In any case they went through StarCrost (a genetic laboratory to have us. Our mother picked a Kaosmen donor as it was the choice least likely to cause genetic defect. It was a good choice as non of the three of us showed one at birth of as we grew up."

"All three of us were born with some unique conditions related to our Floauna parentage. Each of us had a single large flower bloom on our heads, and vines from our backs. Two of us had thorns, and two of us had glowing marks. All of us had a form of toxic spore, mine was sleep. Other then that we were average for our cross, nothing major to talk about."

"Destined to be adults at ten, we went to specialized classes at SWIA on Cruix. It allowed us to be with other kids that were aging at the same speed as us, and to get socialized outside of family. Not that doing so was easy, our family line is a huge branching mess. My Grandfather is fifty percent the fault of that, as he started an entire Bemy tribe. The other fifty I can openly blame on my great Grandfather and all of my Grandfathers brothers. We played a lot with Bemy as kids, and spent a great deal of time with uncles and aunts. Our family was a melting pot of strange and it effected us deeply."

"After I completed school, fighting for the top scores of my class; because I wasn't keen to be second best. I spent several years wandering what I was going to do with myself. Eventually I ran off and joined the circus. Another fault of my Grandfather, who was dating the owner of Anathema Circus of nightmares. Other family was there as well, but I met the ring leader through him. Of course I had to bring an act to the stage, which was an issue. I do not like slight of hand, and simple parlor tricks; why give the audience a false scare when you can make their guts really turn?"

"My audition was for a small side show act. I had for some time been interested in my own anatomy, and knew my Kaosmen body well. So putting pins through my skin, or sewing in stitches was no issue, if I was careful it never even drew blood. But if it did? I'd be healed in a day or so for the next show. Their are places on the body you can pierce with knifes of nails, ways it can bend and joints that can be disconnected all while being safe. At first I think this was a minor concern, but I enjoyed it; and I showed the science of doing it clean and safe. It was agreed I could join, either as a solo act or with a partner if I found one to do torture and or medical scenes (The medical ones sadly with props as actually slitting me open like a corpse was not cool with anyone including me)."

"I remember my family coming to see me on stage the first time, and I wasn't offended by those that knew they couldn't watch it. Grandfather to this day can't sit through my act, though he has tried. I've been working to learn how to scream and sob hysterically from some of the other resident Armands. And I have made my show even better, and sometimes the acts of others."

"You should come see it sometime."