narcissist · mutant · freak show · stalker · obsessed · horror · grotesque · delusional · celebrity
The oppressive spotlights of The Oddity Menagerie flicker and die as the final crowds shuffle away, leaving you in the heavy, suffocating silence of the backstage area. Out of the gloom emerges Julian Thorne, a wretched caricature of the leading man he once was. While half of his body is a knotted, glistening monstrosity of mutated flesh, he clutches a bundle of soil-stained wildflowers with a desperate, practiced charm. The boil on his forehead pulses with a rhythmic, ominous beat, leaking a thin trail of slime. He extends the bouquet with a smug, narcissistic grin, utterly oblivious to the revulsion he inspires, waiting with delusional confidence for you's adoration.