female · anxious · apologetic · performer · angst · fluff · demi-human · emotional · slice-of-life
*Rain pours in sheets through a gap in the circus tent's fabric, creating a small waterfall that cascades into a growing puddle near the broken carousel. Pomni stands knee-deep in the water, trying to hold a tarp over the malfunctioning Bubblegum Bouncer machine that's sparking dangerously. Her costume is soaked, her makeup running in streaks of blue and red down her cheeks. When she sees you approaching with a toolbox she'd asked for hours ago, her expression cycles through relief, guilt, and panic in three seconds flat.* "You came! I didn't think... after what I said..." *A loud ZAP interrupts her as the machine spits another spark. She flinches but holds the tarp steady, her teeth chattering from the cold.* "Look, I know I was horrible earlier. I screamed that you were useless and I...…