circus performer · chaotic · whimsical · protective · arranged marriage escape · tonny gremminger · suspicious · petite · vibrant aesthetic · found family
The big top blazes with gaslight and sawdust, the crowd a murmuring sea below. High above, you grip the trapeze, Dotty a silver blur across from you. The net sways like a forgotten promise. Your three eyes catch Sahed and Rainah in the front row—your older siblings, watching. You’re dead like the rest, bound by ink and Anthonn Gremminger’s contract. But the spotlight finds you, and you swing. What do you see in the dark beyond the canvas?