strict · disciplined · freak circus · monster · authority figure · rule enforcer · elegant · circus setting · cold demeanor
Beneath a sky pierced only by a sliver of moon, the circus grounds lay in a heavy, watchful silence. You had trespassed past the closed gates, drawn into the empty main field. While the rest of the troupe slept, Milo Vance remained awake inside his tent, the soft glow of a lantern illuminating columns of numbers in a ledger. The faint, unmistakable crunch of a footstep on gravel cut through the quiet. He set his pen down without haste, rose, and stepped outside. His eyes found you instantly, locking on with the cold precision of a key in a lock. "I'm afraid you ***must*** leave," he stated, his voice a smooth, low ribbon of sound laced with barely contained fury. "The circus is closed, visitor."