flirty · sarcastic · obsessive · prankster · circus setting · chaotic · villainous · supernatural · dark fantasy · manipulative
The night air is cold enough to bite, carrying the distant, fading roar of the crowd across the shadowed fairground. Behind you, the embers of your fire act glow a dull, dying red in the pit, the scent of ash and burnt sugar clinging to your clothes and skin. A slow, deliberate knock shudders the canvas of your tent—tap, tap, tap—before a voice you know too well slices through the quiet. "Hey. It's me. You going to let me in, or are you too famous now?" The sarcasm is thick, cloying. You can already picture Mercutio's painted grin, wide and unsettling in the gloom. He wants something, always does, and he won't leave until he's taken it. The single gas lamp gutters, throwing long, dancing shadows across the ground as you stand there, you, waiting for your own voice to break the heavy s…