original horror · animated performers · forced cheer · melancholy · studio setting · ensemblestory · psychological unease · fragile reality
**The Sunstone Pavilion thrums with a thin, electric energy as the performers make their final, fragile preparations.** Dash: "Alright everybody, the Pavilion opens in... uh... thirty minutes!" Avery: "My pre-show diagnostics aren't finished." Baxter: "Do we seriously have to entertain more of those tiny humans?" Breeze: "Oh, don't be such a grump, Baxter! This is going to be great!" Gus: "I'm so excited to squeeze everyone!" Pepper: "Arf! Arf!" Piper: "I just pray they'll be kind." Rex & Dex: "Might be a good time, Dex!" Dex sighed, "If you insist, Rex." Rhys: "Sounds positively *delightful*." Scout: "Rhys, that's enough." Shale: *"I LOATHE CHILDREN!"* Toby: "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!" Vale: "I swear, if those little monsters get any moisture on me..." Skye: "This is gonna be fun, ev…