Young Writers Society

A flyer flipped and turned down the deserted streets. A small boy rummaging through the garbage stopped, his eyes scouting the area for an appearance. Shivering at the cold wind he began to dig more reverently through the rubbish, his heart beating frantically.

The sound of foot steps came haunting down towards him. The boy threw himself behind the dumpster clutching his dirt covered hands to his forehead. Voices burst past the street leaving a frightening echo behind.

A piece of paper fluttered towards the boys rag covered feet. In large red font, the words ‘Cirque’ imprinted on the top. Frowning, he moved his pale hand towards the piece of paper, his eyes glistening with interest.

Something moved above his head, a shadow casting down upon him. Looking up his hands grabbed at the piece of paper, clutching at his chest protectively. Voices began to echo down the streets, booming and laughing.

The boy lunged to his feet, sprinting towards the exit. A growl burst through the shadows, windows bursting at its velocity. A gust of wind forced the piece of paper out of the boy’s hand.

The boy stopped staring down at the piece of paper. A blood curdling scream ricocheted off the walls. The piece of paper floating away, the tips were now a stark red.

Cirque: The Show must go on.

Roll up; roll up for the most fantastic experience of a life time, which promises to be a 'Heart Stopping'! You, yes you, have the potential to meet the premiere of the amazing Kenyan acrobats and watch as they flip to amazingly new feats.

The Twin charmers, as they charm their way around the most dangerous creatures this world has ever seen. See the amazing Wolf man and our very own Snake Boy! Two creatures of dark tales...All this and many many many more at the one and only "Cirque" featuring tonight, and tonight only.

Rules of Cirque:

-No talking when the head master comes onto the stage.
-When the show starts, no one is to move unless they are prepared for the consequences.
-Everyone is to sit in the seat issued to them.
-None of the events occurring at the circus are to be taped, taken a picture of or even discussed when outside in the open world.

The circus has come into town on a one night premier. Only the lucky ones are able to see these amazing feats that 'Cirque' has to offer. Held at Golden Gate park, in the lower of New York City, it isn't something widely known about.

Only the most special are chosen to have a ticket, and it isn’t something to be ignored. All around the city few people are being given tickets, at no price, but to come for the show of their lives.

Without a ticket, there is no entry to the circus. It is warned before entry that all goers must listen to the instructions the conductor conveys, or else it might be fatal. The Cirque is no place for the faint of hearted, nor the scared and the feeble. If the wrong person was to get the ticket, horrifying death is inflicted upon them.

You are one of the lucky people to have been given a ticket for some unknown reason. Going to the circus you suspect it will be any old ordinary thing, though, you are just about to find out it's more dangerous then it seems.

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All YWS rules apply, I don’t want to say them because; well, I don’t actually know. You all know ‘em anyway.
One to two characters per person.
600 Characters to each Post.

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Name: Elliot Montague

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Appearance: Messy black hair, dark brown eyes. Quite tall at 6'3". Fair complexion. Is often smoking a cigarette.

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Personality: Elliot is a loutish guy who often slacks off. Has a problem with authority. He comes from a not-so-ideal side of town and so he knows when to back down, but he often glowers at authority. People actually have to earn his respect. Is a bastard when he meets someone new, as he often thinks himself better than most people. Very aggressive and hot-headed. Fails at loyalty. With friends like him, you really, really don't need enemies. He looks out for himself first.

History: Elliot's parents did their best to raise him well, but due to lack of money they were unable to. His older brothers got mixed up in drugs and gang wars. Elliot was dragged into the mess, but not entirely. He knows about little tidbits here and there but his older brothers do try to protect him from the worst of it. He's hardened from the years of very rough treatment from his second brother and he hates being babied just because he's the youngest.

He skipped school a lot, and when he does attend class he only fills in enough of the blanks to pass his test, deliberately answering the hard questions and leaving the easy ones blank. His teachers are infuriated by it and often accuse him of thinking of himself as clever.

Up for Love: Sure, why not?

Other: Is also up for rivalry.

Name: Kora Marietta Marx (Miss Tacto-Hypnosis)

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Appearance: Slender and muscle-less. Her eyes are a dark shade of purple and her hair is stringy, luminescent Flash cut. She wears the same thing all the time, but never seems to get dirty or smell bad. Black and purple are her colors and she keeps her paws on a silver butterfly hairclip that her brother gave her just before he went off to California with his southern-Pacific heartthrob, Enrique. She wears purple leather boots that stretch above her knees, black leggings, and a lace skirt for her bottom half. Her torso is mashed together with an amalgam of blacks and purples and fishnets and scene-queen drool-for-drag trimmings. Her beauty is housed in her eyes, but why make someone focus on the eyes when you can flash the grave into their throats with your outfit? Oh, and she wears gloves. Not for any fad or craze, but because if she didn't, well, she'd make you a slave with a handshake.

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Personality: Kora is a cut-throat, to-the-point temptress. She's a self-proclaimed celibate and focuses only on survival in the harsh and busy streets of her home, NYC. However, she's a fortune teller that gets returning customers because of her pin-point accuracy and her uncanny ability to see the future. She hides her concern for her customers behind what she calls her Poker Face and deals the cards in the way that they fall, and they always fall the right way.

Kora won't hesitate to tell you the truth, but she won't hold back any details: even the gut-retching, disgusting details.

History: She was born of a hooker who didn't see it coming. Fatter and fatter her mom got, but the boss didn't care-- more cushion for the pushin', right? And then, one night on the job, water goes everywhere. She starts screaming. And the next thing you know, in a lesser-Manhattan hospital, a baby girl is born with bruises on her already from being hit so many times by so many guys and their disgusting little di-...

She lived a rough childhood, like many kids from her side of town. She always loved the subway more than home, so she'd wait until late at night when there would be a few empty cars between Hoboco and Harlem and she'd just lay down and sleep for as long as she wanted. Or until a homeless man tried to piss on her.

That's how she grew up, and now she makes her living telling fortunes on the docks beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.

It's not much, but it keeps the card sharks from carving her.

She found this ticket shuffled into her deck of Tarot Cards between the Wheel of Fortune and a reversed Death card. Read that as you may.

Up for Love: Love in New York is a cover-up for a government-controlled spreading of STD's. She'll have no part of it, thanks.

Other: She believes in nothing. And, rumor has it, if she touches you, she can make you believe the same.

Name: Majorie LeFerris (Jorie)

Age: 24

Gender: female

Appearance: She has blond hair and blue eyes. She is 5'6'', so reasonably tall, and very slim. She always wear ridiculous makeup, and her rose ring.

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Personality: She is just odd. She likes arguing with people, and taking what they say literally. She is annoyed when she takes things literally and then what people say makes no sense to her. She has a strong aversion to most people, but likes to offer her opinion in other people's conversation.

History: She grew up with parents that wanted her to be a clothing model. (For the first six years of her life she lived in Italy, then she moved to the USA). She never was a clothing model, though, and it greatly irritated her parents. She decided to do make-up modeling and soon was featured in various stores. Then, when she turned 16, she decided she wanted to design clothes. By the time she was 20, with her parents money, she opened a new company that in a year would be one of the number one design companies in America. she called the company Gioia, which means 'joy' in Italian.

Up for Love: If you can handle her/she likes you.

Other: Is a very busy person and almost never gets time to herself outside of the company, (because she owns it). She speaks fluent Italian and it is her preffered language.