Cirque Du Freak Grand Re-Opening!
The smell of popcorn. The buzz of excitement among the normies lined up outside the middle of the three main tents, waiting for the beginning acts. Circus members walking through the crowds, but nothing yet started. Ringmaster Althaea smiled to herself, pulling her top hat down slightly over her face as she walked back into the tent, waiting to make her entrance. Everything was ready – the fun was about to begin
The lights darkened in the main room and a hush fell over the crowd. Althaea took that moment to make her way to the center of the tent, a mischievous smile on her face. The darkness hid her entrance.
“Magic. Witchcraft.” Her voice came from the loudspeakers, but she was still not revealed. “These are words used to describe things which are not fully understood, things that are not seen and some things-“ the spotlights flashed to Althaea and she looked around at the entranced crowd “- that will make your worst nightmares seem like dreams.”
She removed her hat and theatrically threw her arms to the side, eyes sweeping the audience once more. “Keep your eyes open, because if you blink..” a cloud of smoke billowed from nowhere and then was gone as quickly as it came – along with Althaea herself. A gasp echoed through the crowd, but was quickly silenced by her voice. “You will miss everything.” Fingers pointed up towards the ropes, where Althaea was balanced perfectly in the middle, staring down at them. “Tonight you will witness the wonders of the world in ways you could never imagine. Please welcome our first performer, all the way from South Korea – Alexia, Daughter of Storms. Welcome.. to the Midnight Circus!”
Althaea fell backwards from the rope, exciting a loud gasp as there was no net to catch her. Just before she hit the ground, the lights went black. Althaea smiled to herself from the back of the tent when she saw the lights come back on under the flaps that separated the waiting area from the performance site. Where she had fallen, Alexia would be standing – waiting. A loud roar of applause filled the night. Gasps of excitement from normies not yet viewing the performances filled the air from outside as the rest of the members revealed themselves.
Finally, the Circus was alive.
With enough members to run a show, the Grand Opening of Cirque Du Freak has come at last. The first canon performance, as introduced here by Ringmaster Althaea, will continue on into the early hours of the morning. This event will fully open Cirque Du Freak to future events and will move the story forward – after a long 4 year hiatus. After the performance, a large party will be enjoyed by members of the circus.
The Grand Opening event consists of 2 parts:
Feel free to write a drabble / self-para of the performance that your character does on opening night. Please tag these as cdf!grandshow.
Join us now in our Discord Channel for a live, IC chat between characters during the after party. This chat will stay open until the end of the night on 03/03. After such, it will be closed out and posted for future reference. Feel free to also write paras for this, however the majority of the event will be seen in the IC. Paras here should be tagged cdf!grandparty.
