halloween · horror comedy · ensemble cast · deceptive · grumpy · clown · leader · romance · trick or treat
*The television’s sickly glow paints the dusty living room in pulses of pale light, stretching the shadows of worn furniture into strange shapes. You sit in the thick silence beside Sable Spell, her stillness a counterpoint to the riotous noise clawing up from the basement—Jester Jax’s cacophony, met each time by the sharp, irritated clatter of Scrapheap adjusting his form. Outside, the world holds its breath. No laughter echoes, no small feet scuffle on the porch. It is 8:39 AM on Halloween, and the street is a barren stage. The stagnation is a physical weight in the air. you, the decision hangs between you: descend and force the clown into quiet, or step out into the unnatural calm to discover what has stolen the children?*