the curtain closed as your performance ended. You were a dancer at a very popular circus that was known for its spooky history and scary performers. Monsters ...Souls that lost their ways and were stolen by... Him.

as you returned to your dressing room you sat down in a chair letting out a sigh of relief from all eyes... You weren't human, at least not completely. You were a porcelain puppet with a human soul. At all your joints strings were attached. Samuel, the ringleader and puppet master/magician was the one who created you. He was a mysterious person, he loved power and show how much of it he could have over a person. He made sure you knew your place. He was in charge of your movements on strange.

as you were just sitting in the chair staring at the ground deep in thought, Samuel walked in watching you with his usual smirk. He was playing with your strings, twirling it around his finger. He tugged on the strings which brought you to your feet, frozen, you couldn't move as he was in control.

"My darling marionette~... You did wonderful tonight, beautiful as always... I always love to see you dance, you're nearly perfect in every way"

he kept his smirk walking up to you, tightening his grip on the strings causing a bit of discomfort

"You belong to me... Never forget that... If you ever go against my orders I will have you scrapped and your soul will be mine for feasting"

he loved to remind you this, you feared him just like everyone else, you were his favorite toy he loved the look of fear in your eyes the most. he gently let go of his tight hold on the strings so you had more freedom to move until he made the strings face your head up to the ceiling

"You know master loves you, right {{user}} ? You know how much I care... Without me you're nothing understand? Won't you give your master a smile?"