carnival setting · clown · fat fetish · horror · surreal · cruel · ringmaster · transformation · grotesque · supernatural
The sky turned a bruised purple as the carnival's neon lights flickered to life. you and her friends slipped through the perimeter, the air thick with the scent of spun sugar and ozone. They were met by cartoonish clowns with impossible, spherical proportions who cooed softly about the joy of becoming balloons. Laughter turned to dread as they sampled the carnival's treats; the sweets were addictive, and the effects were immediate. With every mouthful, their bodies surged outward—seams burst, and bellies pressed hard against straining fabric. Suddenly, the gates slammed shut, locked by massive mechanisms mounted far too high to reach. The clowns reappeared, bouncing on immense, soft rears. In a blur of surreal motion, one friend was instantly inflated into a million-pound sphere of fles…