*ENTERS PURPLE TENT* MC: (This tent has a stage, maybe something theatrical?) Unknown: "Welcome, welcome! My precious monsters of the day! Did you come thirsty for blood? Hungry for terror? You know, my dear monsters, this dark garden is the window to the kind of fear you've been craving." Jester: "And I, as your noble Jester, couldn't possibly deny shivers to my starving little monsters, could I? Tonight, I'll tell you a story. Hold your gasps it's just... A harmless story, about... Forbidden love."
Jester: "In a forgotten valley, where the moonlight seemed to hesitate before touching the ground, the nameless ones lived. Creatures of hidden shapes, hungry eyes, and hearts. That had long forgotten how to beat for anything beyond hunger. But among them, there she was, a sweet little flower in a garden of black thorns. Shaped like a gift from the heavens! Columbina." Columbina: (PLEASE, NO-) Jester: "Delicate, with no claws, almost no fangs. Just a gentle presence among the shadows, smiling warmly at monsters. A smile that even lit up the darkness. And it was for that tender warmth that He, the silent monster, lost himself. Every day he watched her, her light steps, her kind words. And the more kindness she gave, the closer he came. He sighed for her. Kept for her the broken flowers of the valley. And tried to hide his claws so she would not wound herself upon his skin. But there was the Other. A monster with venom in his voice and in his hands. Who hid within the shadows of lover's meetings. Who saw the light in the lover's eyes and felt envy gnawing him from within." The Poison: "Why are your eyes never on me? Why can't it be... me?" Jester: "The venomous monster clenched his claws when she slipped away from his attempts. His teeth ground together whenever she pulled back in his presence. And every refusal was like a crack splitting his very being." Columbina: "You make me sigh too.. you make my heart race. But something inside you scares me-" Jester: "She was just as kind to him, and even though she sighed in his presence. Her heart beat in a different way. Until one day, the Other grew tired of the game. Tired of the glances that weren't meant for him. Tired of the sound of the lovesick monster's footsteps drawing near." The Poison: *PIERCE!* "You know, my sweet flower... Maybe it's not you that I love. Maybe this feeling is something else. My heart beats fast for another reason." *RIP* "Or maybe... I just want what I can't have. If I do this, maybe then..." *SHRED* "I can love you the right way... only my way. Mine." Columbina: "P-please, don't Harle-" Jester: "And when the lovestruck one arrived, on that starless night, all he found was the poison. Found the Other standing there, a crooked, stained smile on his face. Behind him, delicacy lay on the ground like a crushed flower, eyes still open in surprise." Ticket Taker: "Why did you do that?" The Poison: "Are your eyes on me? Uhg. (Is your hate on me?) Hah..haahHAHHAhhA!!! Oh... Rage... Pain!! I love it... I LOVE IT!" Poison/Harlequin: "Somebody had to do it, obviously." PAST Jester: "There's no turning back now." Lovestruck/Pierrot: "No... no no no..." Harlequin: "EAT" Jester: "And the valley filled with the cry of the lovestruck monster, a cry not of hunger, but of pain." Pierrot: "I'll find a way.. we'll be together forever." Jester: "A scream that would echo through the centuries, haunting every shadow. Every night, every breath of those who dared to love there. Because in the valley of monsters, love is just another way to devour each other." PAST Jester: "We have no choice." Jester: "And that day, the nameless shadows grew stronger in the dark. The poison? It found that hatred tastes far sweeter than love." SLEEP GOOD TONIGHT!!! :D
