Shelter In The Circus related- main fic Here!
You know how The Carnies were trapped in the pizzeria by a blizzard, right? -57°, slow burn love, found family blah blah blah....
Cue The Evil Big Tops. They're a group too!
These awful, horrible people had to outlast a heat wave on a cliffside beach because the ONLY bus to bring them back to civilization broke down. Which beach? Sleeping Bear Dunes. :) No I won't be giving the town or city they live in a name. I'm calling it Shrimp Town and The City
They even have their own hellish group chat on Bubble! All their names are 'reflections' or ironic twists on the originals.
Evil Pomni - Mara Dryden. Abigail's cousin on her mom's side. Looks just like Abby, but with pale, yellow-green eyes, about an inch taller, and later in life will probably wind up with a beer belly for her habits, not that she'll care. A brilliant programmer but profoundly lazy- if it involves getting off the couch, there'd better be something good involved, like beer or a hot girl. To Mara, Abigail's her best friend! Abigail thinks she's a divine punishment for a past life's misdeeds.
Username: _supfucker_2 (She forgot the password for the old one so she just made a new account)
Evil Ragatha - Briar Mason. Lifelong... Person in Suzie's life. They grew up together. The heiress of a diamond company, a lifetime of her parents dumping expensive gifts onto her has warped her perception of people. She's loud, flashy, and bullies Suzie all the time... She thinks Suzie is a good friend. Briar is hated by Joanne BUT she is a Mason... So Suzie can hang out with her. Looks scarily like Suzie, including her hair being in ringlets. Dyes her hair royal blue and wears pale electric pink contacts.
Username: diamondprincess
(Mara and Briar are The Worst Couple Ever. If you can see/hear them making out, it's because they want you to. If you're uncomfortable, they're winning.)
Evil Zooble/Bazooble - Bailey Warden. A classmate of Riley Verselis. Only by the grace of a god is this unserious goofball attending business courses in college. They take odd jobs pretty much everywhere, and everyone in town knows Bailey as "Friendly kid. Makes a lot of puns. Couldn't pour water out of a bucket if the instructions were on the bottom.". They look a lot like Riley, too! Which is great, because they're such good friends! (Riley is considering a restraining order) Bailey has pale strawberry blonde hair they dye, and they like dyeing red and orange patches into it like a calico cat.
Evil... Gangle? - Lola Chandra. A sort of "family friend" of Zoey's family, grew up as a bullied kid alongside Zoey, so they were always associated with each other. Lola looks like Zoey, but she prefers paler spooky makeup, and white clothes, looking almost like a lonely phantom. But Lola, rather than shy, is a bitter, spiteful person! And... Also a coward. She won't insult you to your face, just mutter it behind your back. Lola isn't a fool, she knows Zoey doesn't like her. She doesn't really like Zoey... But... They both know what being left behind is like. She's a writer in a family of businessmen...
(Using the last of their cash on hand, Bailey bought her a bag of cotton candy on the beach that day. They'd do anything to crack a rare smile out of her. It works, and... They wanna see her smile again.)
Evil Jax - Austin/Audrey Lovelace. Leeroy/Leah's neighbor. A sweetheart, a vegan, a gentle soul... Hanging out with the worst people you know. Shy, easily intimidated but extremely friendly. Works at an animal shelter and wants to be a vet one day! She ends up transitioning around the same time as Leah, though her meek ways make a would-be best friend extremely irritated. She looks a lot like Leah, only with auburn hair that she dyes pink streaks into rather than Leah's black with purple streaks.
Evil Kinger/Coach Dictatorer - Viktor Grimm. Grant's former co-worker before he decided to focus on family (also C&A went under rapidly, oh well!) The older man of his group that he runs like the navy. Keeps them all "in line" but can be a bit too much... Thinks Grant was weak for choosing his family over a career.... But Viktor was divorced, so who really won? Oddly protective of his " stupid kids" similar to Grant. Looks eerily like Grant, only with mean dark green eyes and black hair. Wears a pale violet trench coat. God will not help you if you hurt one of the others.
In fact, I think this whole group barring Audrey would tear you to pieces if you hurt one of them!
For whatever reason, they love each other!
They had to survive an unbearably hot, cloudless day together, with no one but themselves to get through it. Enough to drive anyone mad... Well, thank god these people are already nuts!
I cannot wait for you to meet these wonderful, horrible people.
