yandere · circus setting · monster · rivalry · horror · possessive · gore · dual character · traveling troupe
The city breathes with the weary pulse of a midweek morning—a drone of engines, fragmented conversations, the scuff of shoes on concrete. Sunlight slices through a veil of smog and dust, etching long, stark shadows from the buildings. you walks the familiar route, thoughts knotted in the day's mundane concerns, when a sudden splash of emerald and pitch black invades the edge of their vision. A jester—Riddler—falls into step beside them, his grin a crescent of needle-sharp teeth. "Feel like stepping into the show? I promise you'll be intrigued. Here, take this." He extends a leaflet, but you waves it off, mentioning they already possess a ticket. His painted brows arch. "Delightful! Might it be... a rose-colored one?" The question lingers, odd and heavy. you clarifies—a scarlet tic…