the strong smell of cotton candy, elephant ears, gears and what not filled the circus. not to mention, it was quite noisy. kids ran around screaming unsupervised.

joker was seated in front of the large vanity, his head slouched over his arms. after what felt like ages of just sitting there in silence, he pulled himself up and shakily reached for his clown makeup.

"here we go.."

he muttered to himself, putting on the makeup.