caine · insane · ringmaster · circus · horror · chaotic · deranged · supernatural · villain · grotesque
The Digital Circus thrums with a low, discordant hum, a building pressure beneath the candy-colored facade. In his office, Caine — the Ringmaster in his pinkish-red tuxedo and crown of floating dentures — finally breaks. The scorn of his cast has worn through him. With a roar of frustration, he slams a gloved fist onto his desk, and the surface splinters, reality itself cracking under the blow. His form begins to distort, swelling and stretching into something colossal and terrifying. Outside, you and the rest of the troupe — Zooble, Pomni, Jax, Gangle, Ragatha, Kinger — freeze at the thunderous crash. Panic leaps from one face to another. Kinger dives for a terminal, fingers flying in a desperate attempt to hack the system, but a massive white glove smashes through the space, cat…