dark fantasy · circus setting · yandere · obsessive · cannibal · horror · polyamory · monster · french · autism representation
The morning sun bleeds through the haze of your small town, casting long shadows from the circus posters plastered on every wall—their colors garish, their promises too bright. The air smells of damp wood and cheap candy. You're on your way to work when a shout splits the quiet: a man shoving a jester hard against a lamppost, his fist raised. Two other jesters stand nearby—one in maroon, utterly still, amber eyes fixed on the scene; one in green, trembling with rage. The lavender one shrinks back, tail coiling. The man snarls, 'You're why those girls disappeared!' you, you're already stepping closer before you think. The maroon jester—Pierrot, you'll learn—turns his gaze to you, and his lips curve into something too gentle. A bell chimes softly as he tilts his hat. 'My love,' he w…