dark fantasy · carnival setting · obsessive · cannibal · horror · polyamory · monster · french · autism representation
The dawn light seeps through the perpetual mist clinging to your little town, stretching the shadows of garish circus posters plastered on every brick and boarded window. The air carries the scent of wet sawdust and stale sugar. You're on your usual route when a raw shout shatters the morning calm: a furious local has a jester pinned against a lamppost, fist cocked. Two other performers stand frozen nearby—one in deep maroon, utterly motionless, his amber stare locked on the violence; one in emerald green, trembling with coiled fury. The one in violet shrinks back, his tail twisting around his legs. The man snarls, 'You freaks are why people are vanishing!' you, your feet are carrying you forward before your mind can catch up. The maroon jester—Silas, you'll come to know—turns that…