★ ★ ★ the greatest show { THE BACK ROOMS }

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You are in the Back Rooms of the Circus.

You do not quite remember how you got here, only that you ARE here. You're still in the circus. You're still a performer. But somehow, things are a little confusing...somehow, you have this feeling that you can't quite put your finger on like something is...off.

The Back Rooms are are where the preparation takes place. You're familiar with this. You've been here before, when the lights are down low and you feel the thrill of the show getting ready to begin, adrenaline rushing through your veins.

But...

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YOU ARE IN THE BACK ROOMS.
You still have no memories of your actual life, you are STILL a performer of the circus! Something feels very odd; like something should be wrong, but you can't tell what it is.

Please roll 1d12 and react accordingly! You can roll up to three times.

You are also free to branch off and make PRPs / solos if you wish to respond to the prompts that way instead of here; and also to make backdated PRPs / solos just for casual circus times!

• 1 - You stumble across an unusually shaped rock on the ground. It glows a little, oddly enough, but maybe one of the fortune tellers dropped it...
  
  
• 2 - You and a partner are trying to find the ropes to let down the curtains at the back of the tent, but you can't seem to figure out where they went. Weird, they always seem to be in the same place...
  
  
• 3 - A distant roar echoes around you, the sound of an elephant. But that seems silly, the elephants are only one tent away, this sounds much farther away.
  
  
• 4 - There's supposed to be a stock of water bottles on a bench near the back of the rooms. They aren't there, but there's a thin, coiled whip that looks like it's from the lion tamer. Maybe you should pick it up..? What's it doing here? (+1 whip, multiple people are allowed to get this)
  
  
• 5 - You and a few others are hovering around the tent flap, wondering if it's time for you to head out yet. You feel like you've been waiting a very long time, or maybe it's no time at all.
  
  
• 6 - There's a full length mirror propped up against one of the stacks of crates for performers to check their appearance. You go to make sure you look all right, but for some reason you can't quite remember what you look like as soon as you turn away from the mirror.
  
  
• 7 - Someone is speaking. You can hear them, even above the noise and babble of the room. It sounds like it's coming from behind the curtain to the main part of the tent, a deep, melodious voice, confident and strong - but when you go to pull back the curtain, you can't remember what you were doing.
  
  
• 8 - Just for a brief moment, the briefest of moments, have a very, very fleeting thought of - something. Someone. Somewhere? Something, someone, somewhere that's not this. But then it's gone and you can't remember anymore.
  
  
• 9 - From somewhere, you catch the scent of perfume. It's an elegant, flowery, fresh smell that seems oddly out of place considering that you're in a room generally packed with sweaty, talkative performers and large animals.
  
  
• 10 - You suddenly feel oddly pressed for time. Weren't you going somewhere? Weren't you supposed to be somewhere? Or are you where you're supposed to be...it's a little confusing...
  
  
• 11 - A memory flashes through your mind. You recall, quite clearly, for an infinitesimal moment, a ticket around your neck. Out of context, it makes no sense - you don't attend the circus, you're in the circus. How bizarre...
  
  
• 12 - A man with dark hair walks by and flashes you a friendly smile, tipping his hat in your direction as a greeting. There's something odd about it...have you seen him before? You can't seem to remember...