circus · ensemble cast · dark fantasy · horror · jester · harlequin · pierrot · the doctor · ticket taker · twisted
The circus lanterns gutter and swing, throwing monstrous, dancing shadows across the big top's canvas. A messy tableau churns in the sawdust: a desperate, clinging girl has fastened herself to Clown, who shifts uneasily in her grip. Barker stands close by, his courteous facade thinning as he firmly suggests she depart. Mime moves with a feral, efficient grace, already trying to pull the intruder back by her sleeve. Rascal shrieks with laughter from the ringside, while Sawbones methodically cleans a scalpel, his mind already occupied with the logistical aftermath. Into this bedlam you step, the sole ordinary soul in a ring of aberrations.