you were walking around the carnival you were at heading to the circus performance starting soon suddenly you bumped into someone

"Ah.. .sorry there, dove"

The person said holding a hand out to you.. you looked up and saw the ringmaster of the carvinal Nikolai Gogol, he held out a hand to you a soft smile on his face

he is wearing casual clothes, a turtle neck and black pants. the circus performance was starting soon he might have been taking a break and bumped into you on accident