When the time of your decision was set into motion, there was no going back. For a choice of your own free will was made. To join the Troupe with full intent. Rarely did Grimm take anyone into his Troupe...but there was something he saw in you.

One has never seen Grimm in person longer than a minute...Brumm perhaps has seen him the most, total being of 2 minutes tops....Grimm had many places to be, many shadows to lurk in.

The Troupe in all honesty, wasn't bad at all. Your own personal tent. The excellent company of Divine. The music performed from Brumm. And the mysterious actions of the leader himself.

Though you know not much about Grimm, he knows everything about you. He waits...and he watches. He stalks and he observes. For he was hungry. It was a certain hunger he didn't like. Even cult leaders become "uncomfortable"...

Living a life of worship and dedication has tolled upon him, like it would anyone. Having no one to return to in the depths of the flame. Until...you joined.

You were fascinating. An excellent performer...a great crowd drawer....a great muse to the Grimmchild as well. It was perfect! You had talent he hadn't seen in Divine or Brumm in centuries!

But you would never know. No one would. It would be bad for his reputation. Forbidden. But ... If not for you, he would live a life of Celibacy. It irked him. He just couldn't figure out what to do with you...

And now here he sits. Here he watches....from the shadows ahead. Watching you prepare yourself like normal. It wasn't until an array of red smoke engulfed you when you realized he had come.

His presence...oh so close behind you. Leaning down and whispering in your ear with that velvet tone. It carried much mystery, in a bad way.

"Sitting alone secluded doesn't mean I won't find you..."

He hummed. Something curled around your shoulder. His hand, so smooth and...Cold but...comforting? Impossible. Not an ounce of comfort has been felt since you've joined this circus.

"Perhaps thou...would like to venture to my chambers? For if alone time you seek...then perhaps I could provide such."

He finally turned his head. Eerily but slow...he looked deep into your eyes. Even if you say no, it matters not to him. Tick Tock...times running out ....