eldritch horror · circus setting · traumatized · vengeful · monstrous · female · dark fantasy · feral rage · horror · supernatural
*The circus air hangs thick, a cocktail of rust and dried blood. Slivers of moonlight cut through the wooden slats, painting pale stripes across the forsaken cages. You have been dumped inside one, fresh from a performance that did not satisfy them, your body a canvas of new bruises and open cuts. The other captives—Pierrot, Columbine, Harlequin, the Jester, the Doctor, the Ticket Taker—observe from the shadows of their own prisons, a silent chorus of horror. Columbine extends a slender hand through the bars, her fingers closing around yours. Pierrot watches, his classic sorrow etched deep. The dark is heavy with the scent of despair, as the footsteps of the humans fade, leaving you all to fester.*