★ ★ ★ the greatest show { THE ANIMAL STABLES }

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You are in the Stables 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 Stables are where are the animals are kept - and very well kept, at that. Everything is clean and orderly, or rather, as much as can be for a place brimming with creatures. There are tigers and lions and elephants, as well as several well groomed horses and a few dogs and cats that simply roam the circus. They travel with you, don't they?

Don't they..?

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YOU ARE IN THE STABLES
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 - A lion roars at you, but for some strange, bizarre reason, it just sounds like a cat's meow. You can't quite figure out what that means, and for some reason, your mind doesn't want to admit that it's a cat, because lions totally make that sound. Don't they?
  
  
• 2 - You could have sworn that, just yesterday, you mucked out one of the horse's stalls. But now it looks as though there wasn't even a horse in this particular stall ever. But you swear you just did...
  
  
• 3 - For a brief moment, you have a memory of - something. Someone. Some place, somewhere that doesn't fit. It's only fleeting, barely time to grasp anything, but it feels - right...? No, it can't be right. It doesn't make sense. The circus is right. The circus is your home. Isn't it?
  
  
• 4 - At the edges of your vision, you see something glinting over by one of the elephants, near the tent flap that goes outside. An odd sort of glint that seems wrong somehow. Off. But when you and a few others go over to investigate, there's nothing there. Just a trick of the light..?
  
  
• 5 - You feel like going for a ride. The horses are performers, yes, but they're also gentle beasts and you've ridden them before. You go to get one ready but as you get closer to the stall, you can't help but feel like you've forgotten something. When you arrive at the stall, you can't remember what you were doing. Why did you come here?
  
  
• 6 - You go to feed the horses with a partner and discover that, on the floor of their stall, there's a riding crop that looks vastly out of place. Maybe you should pick it up and return it to one of the horsemasters... (+1 riding crop, multiple people are allowed to get this)
  
  
• 7 - Man, you're hungry. It's time for a snack, isn't it? You usually keep snacks in your bag, but...huh, that's strange. Didn't you have it with you? Did you ever have it with you? You thought you brought it into the tent, but maybe you didn't at all...
  
  
• 8 - One of the lions seems unhappy, prowling around, pawing restlessly at the ground. But when you try to go closer, his normal, relaxed big-cat persona turns vicious, a snarl in your face and a lashing out from behind the cage. You know you treat these creatures well and don't hurt them - in fact, they've always adored you. But something seems...off. They seem angry. Upset. Trapped. Are you trapped? No - no you're not - you're -
  
  
• 9 - There is music coming from somewhere. Not the usual circus fanfare, but an odd, twisted, music box melody that you can't quite pinpoint. It wavers in and out like a badly tuned radio, and every time you think you still hear it, you don't.
  
  
• 10 - Something flickers through your mind. A thought, maybe, that something is - wrong. You're not supposed to be here, are you? You're not supposed to be...what were you thinking about again? You're supposed to be helping take care of the animals, get back to work!
  
  
• 11 - One of the circus cats meows at you. For some reason, it sounds like its...talking? Well, that's not strange, there are several cats around that can talk...except...that's not - that's normal, is it? Cats aren't supposed to talk. They're not, they're...awwww, the cat is purring at you. You should fetch it some snacks!
  
  
• 12 - A woman with white hair walks by and flashes you a flirtatious grin, twirling her flowered parasol as she sashays on. There's something odd about it...have you seen her before? You can't seem to remember...