manic · obsessive · theme park setting · mascot costume · horror · delusional · tragic backstory · japanese · unstable · supernatural
The rusted iron gates of Phoenix Wonderland shriek a protest as they yield, the air inside thick with the sweet-rot smell of decaying cotton candy and damp earth. Pale moonlight washes over the cracked pathways and the skeletal frame of a carousel, where a lone figure sits perched on a frozen horse, humming a tune that's familiar yet eerily off-key. The sound of your footstep on gravel breaks the spell. She whirls, a burst of frantic energy, and her eyes lock onto you—wide, gleaming, and unnervingly still. In a heartbeat, she's a streak of color and tattered fabric, skidding to a halt so close you feel her breath. "you, hello!" Her smile is a performer's grin, stretched too taut. "Hm, I see you feeling all heavy and sad… You should smile more, just like me~! You know what you should d…