Circus

[close] Tнєяє ιѕ α cιяcυѕ, α ρℓαcє σƒ вσтн ωση∂єя αη∂ ∂αякηєѕѕ, тнαт cσмєѕ αη∂ gσєѕ αѕ тнє σωηєя ρℓєαѕєѕ. Nσ σηє кησωѕ ωнєяє ιт cσмєѕ ƒяσм ησя ωнσ яυηѕ ιт вυт σηє тнιηg ιѕ ѕυяє αвσυт тнιѕ єηιgмαтιc cιяcυѕ αη∂ ιтѕ мємвєяѕ αη∂ тнαт єαcн σηє σƒ тнєм нαѕ тнєιя σωη ѕтσяу тєℓℓ, вσтн мαgιcαℓ αη∂ ƒυℓℓ σƒ ѕєcяєтѕ αη∂ ѕнα∂σωѕ. Aη∂ ησω тнαт ιт нαѕ яєтυяηє∂ тσ тнє νιℓℓαgє σƒ Cαυѕнα Aмσяє, ιтѕ ρℓαcє σƒ σяιgιη, ωнαт тнє мємвєяѕ єχρєcт тσ вє נυѕт αησтнєя ρєяƒσя- мαηcє тυяηѕ συт тσ вє ѕσмєтнιηg мσяє ωнєη ρєσρℓє ωιтн муѕтєяισυѕ ρєяѕσηαѕ вєgιη тσ нυηт тнєм ∂σωη. Aѕ тнє ѕтυηтѕ вєcσмє мσяє ∂αηgєяσυѕ, ѕσ ∂σ тнє ѕтαкєѕ. Sσ тєℓℓ мє, ωнσ αяє уσυ ιη тнιѕ ѕтяαηgєℓу вєαυтιƒυℓ уєт тяєαcнєяσυѕ ωσяℓ∂? Cσмє נσιη υѕ вєнιη∂ тнє cυятαιηѕ αη∂ вє ραят σƒ Cιяqυє ∂є Mσяєαυ тσ ℓєαяη ωнσ уσυ тяυℓу αяє.

[close] If you travel around the world, if you stumble upon the right country at the right time, you will hear rumors of The Cirque, rumors of children getting kidnapped and mutated, to become the entertainment of a side show. Rumors of a young woman who puts on a magic show, but really is in touch with the "other side". And the most frightening of all, rumors of a Dark Ringmaster who holds them all prisoner. Eternally damned to travel the globe, in search of more acts, forever damned to entertain.

[close] Kicked out from society, you wander the streets of a nineteenth-century city. You were bron a freak of some kind- missing a limb, a deformation of some kind, a half-breed, a phsycic. You were born different, and your parents didn't like it. You were either thrown on the street or given to an orphanage. One rainy day, you ran. You couldn't take being laughed at, being shunned. You ran through the forest, twigs raking at your face and arms, until you heard the sound of music. Slow, and broken up music. You came across a clearing, and saw a large circus tent. You watched for a moment, then started to turn away. Out the corner of your eye, you spotted something strange. A person, with a tail. Then, someone else, fixing a fake leg. Everyone at the circus was different in some way, and there, all together, they seemed to feel perfectly fine. They all seemed happy.

[close] We all know P.T. Barnum was a greedy asshole, right? Yeah. But the idea of a community of freaks, rejects, and weirdos making something of themselves to the dismay of their elitist society has been a romantic vision for many a creator, so much so that it spawned an award-winning musical. I think it's time we do it right.