[ She calls herself Ash, after the animal that Circe had given her, if only because Ash sounds tougher than Tamora and it lends an air of mystery and impenetrability to her besides. At the fair she'd been known as 'Zamora the Great' but Ash had never really liked it much since it just sounded like people were mispronouncing her name all the time, 'Great' or not.
It's not her job to entertain Circe's party guests and nobody had asked her to set up shop in the middle of a small circle of chairs, but Ash is doing it anyway because she likes the attention, she likes the amazed faces people make at her, she likes playing the part of 'the Great' since being 'Great' is so much better than ever being Tamora. ]
Nothing in my hands— [ she says, displaying one open palm and then another. ] Nothing up my sleeves, but—
[ A flourish, a ha, a trick of the light and a flick of the fingers and suddenly the air produces a marble that falls into the palm of her hand. The children clap; one in the back actually squeals as her father bounces her on his arm. The adults give a laughing cheer. It's like alchemy, really — like something out of a fairystory.
Something out of nothing; somebody out of nobody. (Thank you, Circe.)
"ASH BORER" (TAMORA) | common room
It's not her job to entertain Circe's party guests and nobody had asked her to set up shop in the middle of a small circle of chairs, but Ash is doing it anyway because she likes the attention, she likes the amazed faces people make at her, she likes playing the part of 'the Great' since being 'Great' is so much better than ever being Tamora. ]
Nothing in my hands— [ she says, displaying one open palm and then another. ] Nothing up my sleeves, but—
[ A flourish, a ha, a trick of the light and a flick of the fingers and suddenly the air produces a marble that falls into the palm of her hand. The children clap; one in the back actually squeals as her father bounces her on his arm. The adults give a laughing cheer. It's like alchemy, really — like something out of a fairystory.
Something out of nothing; somebody out of nobody. (Thank you, Circe.)
Alakazam. ]