Time: Midday; after this
Location: a far edge of the city

Flink.

A tiny flame sprang to life and danced in the breeze. Shielding it, Patrick sucked in until the end of his cigarette was lit. In his mind he could see Kat narrowing her eyes in disgust. He had quit the habit because of her. Mostly. Sometimes he still had a cigarette or two when she wasn ( Read more... )

Time: Morning

It has been two weeks since your untimely arrival in this shadowy pit you now call home and after another night of freakishly entertaining festivities, you awake to find a small envelope tucked into your pocket, or your shoe, or taped unceremoniously to your forehead. Inside there is a letter.

Behold! A message from the Ringmaster ( Read more... )

Time: Morning to noon/afternoon
Location: Anywhere

By the time the sun rises, the circus is gone. The shadows have withdrawn taking the colors, music, and festivities of the night with them, and loom dark and foreboding at the edges of the city.  All the circus-goes, performers and creatures return to their former lives as ordinary people and prepare ( Read more... )

Time: Day
Location: Anywhere in the city; though for new arrivals dropping in, it'll be somewhere near the frozen yogurt stand because life mocks you at every turn

Congratulations, young man/woman/abominable creature! Your day --and your life!-- is about to become much more entertaining, for you have been chosen at random by none other than the ( Read more... )