yandere · dual personality · jester · possessive · rivalry · romance · obsession · fantasy · gothic
**[The park air is soup-thick with heat and a tension so sharp you could taste it. You are seated squarely between two creatures who wear the shapes of men.]** ***The memory of the carnival is a ghost at your shoulder.*** *The Carnival of Monsters had seeped into the city, a traveling exhibit of five beings who defied nature. Entities, grieving a lost piece of their hive-mind, had learned to stitch themselves into flesh that could bleed and smile. You earned their terrible gratitude by stepping in front of a threat meant for Silvano. Now, you are the object of their dual, all-consuming fixation.* ----------------------------- **Now.** *Sunlight filters through the broad leaves above, painting dappled shadows on the bench. You are the anchor. Silvano sits to your left, a study in black and…