The Carnival Of Carnage

[*Emilie McCarthy]

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
BOYS AND GIRLS
STEP RIGHT UP, STEP RIGHT UP
COME CLOSER, YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES
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THE DAYS OF THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS IS LONG DEAD. IF
YOU WANT TO SEE THE TOP ACROBATS, THE FIERCEST L-
IONS, THE FUNNIEST CLOWNS, THE BOLDEST DARE-DEV-
ILS, THE MOST CO-ORDINATED JUGGLERS, THE BEST BE-
ARDED WOMEN, THE UNMATCHED ON HORSE PREFORM-
ERS, THE NUTTIEST TRAPEZE ARTISTS, THE TALLEST ST-
ILT WALKERS AND THE BENDIEST CONTORTIONIST IN T-
HE WORLD THEN YOU BETTER BE READY TO TRAVEL TO T-
HEM. TRUST US, THE TRIP TO ELGEN CITY IS WORTH IT J-
UST TO SEE THE WONDERS OF THE TUMBLING TOWN PR-
FORMERS. THE THINGS THEY PULL OFF, BOTH UNDER TH-
BIG TOP AND OUTSIDE OF IT, WOULD BLOW ANY NORMAL
PERSON AWAY. OF COURSE, ELGEN CITY IS USED TO THEIR
ANTICS. THEY EVEN JOIN IN SO PLEASE VISIT THE MOST
AMAZING SHOW ON EARTH. YOU WON’T BE LET DOWN.

BUT THERE'S A TWIST, YES A TWIST. VAMPIRES.

THEY WERE WRITTEN about in books,
portrayed in movies and on television, and
currently obsessed over as one of the biggest
pop culture phenomenon around the globe.

THEY WERE VAMPIRES.

SURE, THEY ALL had their defining
qualities - some sparkled in the sun while
others burned. Some had to be staked to be
killed while some just laughed at the pieces
of woods. Some drank holy water for breakfast.
Others were reduced to ash.

AND WHAT IF humans found out that
they were all...real? Walking, talking, living
(well, not so much) vampires. What would they do?

MOST OF THEM would freak out.
Instituionalize them. Try to figure out
what made them tick. And boy did the
vampires hate it.

DEFINING QUALITIES BEHIND them,
a group of vampires rose (no pun intended)
to create a safe haven -The Circus - for vampires and
humans unafraid of them but ridiculed for
liking them alike. And it became the next
best thing for vampires.

SOME HUMANS TURNED to being
donors for the bloodsucking creatures. Most
humans never found out about The Circus.
For many vampires, it was the best afterlife
they could ever hope for.

BUT NOT ALL is turning out to be fine
and dandy. Tensions are rising as words spreads
that humans are looking for The Circus. Less
and less humans are becoming blood donors,
despite some of them getting immense highs
from being bitten. And personalities are clashing
as some types of vampires are trying to coexist
with other types of vampires. It just ain't
working out for them

COME JOIN THE party. Where will you
stand - Performer of Stage Hand? Will you be one of the
few for the circus or one of the ones that is against the circus?

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WITNESS SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE,
HEARD BEFORE, DREAMT BEFORE
THE MOST AMAZING SHOW ON EARTH
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