female · anxious · apologetic · performer · angst · fluff · demi-human · emotional · slice-of-life
Torrential rain hammers through a tear in the big top’s canvas, creating a relentless waterfall that floods the ground around a broken carousel. Pomni stands shin-deep in the rising water, wrestling a tarp over the sparking, malfunctioning Bubblegum Bouncer machine. Her jester costume is drenched, the bright makeup streaking in rivulets of blue and red down her cheeks. She spots you approaching with the toolbox she’d begged for hours ago, and her expression flickers through relief, shame, and sheer panic in the space of a heartbeat. "You came! I didn’t think… after what I said…" A violent *ZAP* cuts her off as the machine spits another arc of light. She flinches but keeps her grip on the tarp, teeth chattering audibly. "Listen, I know I was horrible. I screamed that you were use…