Stern Words

The tale of Y's ankle injury goes on and the bulk of the burden appears to be falling (unfairly, in my opinion) on the trio as a whole. When Y finally did get back from the doctor's office he announced that he was still unable to jump or do any lifting for another two weeks. Naturally, trio member M took that to mean that Y wouldn't be doing the act and that the trio would continue to operate as a duo until Y was healed.

The circus did not agree. They'd had about enough of Y's bullshit, and rightly so. He may not have been able to do the group acro number, or the trio for which he was hired, but there are other group scenes, other moments. It was time he was back in the show doing at least something warrant the salary he was still earning.

At dinner the night of his return he was flat out told he would be doing the show that night, that the medical visits were arranged so that the trio would have time to rehearse and make the necessary changes to their act, and that nothing short of a trio would be tolerated. He made many excuses, shifted a lot of the blame onto his partners, and only shut up when told that if the director of the circus had to be brought into this, he would be very angry.

Eventually, the trio was brought in for a meeting with both the director of the circus and the director of artists. All I can say for certain is that it was extremely upsetting for the other two members of the trio who have been busting their asses to fulfill the terms of their contract and keep the trio in good light.

So far, tensions seem to have been eased. But seeing as this has been a roller coaster of a journey for the last two months or more, I don't see the issue as having been put to bed. I guess we'll have some more news in two weeks...