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A monster's teeth...

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When a friend had told him about a freakshow he hadn't believed it. Weren't those things illegal by now? And  yet here he was, in what clearly was a circus-area, filled to the brim with people. He'd long since lost his friends in the crowd, but couldn't be bothered with looking for them any more. Right now he was having quite a good time, walking around and watching the circus-people entertain the visitors before the show started. Though some stuff was really the same old as everywhere; firebreathers, balance-acts, and of course the old jugglers was in place. What was so freakshow-ish about that?

Though they had made an effort with the Halloween-decorations; the whole place was illuminated only by grinning pumpkins and creepy lanterns, and the whole place just gave you an eerie feeling that something was just not right with it. Right now he could almost believe that the pointy animal-ears of some preformer was real, or that that guy really had produced flames from his bare hands...

Walking past a couple of twins in matching circus-outfits his eyes caught the site of a small crowd laughing at something, and of course he grew curious. But from what he could see over some old man's shoulder it was nothing but a tattooed guy giving some purple-eyed kid a piggy-back-ride. Or, wait...what? Did... did that kid really have a tail?! Looked like it...

Then he got a better look than expected when the 'kid' suddenly stopped his giggling and jumped down, dashing through the crowd surrounding them, ignoring the guy calling for him

“Hey Ro, wait! You're not supposed to...!” But it was pointless. The creature ('cause it sure wasn't a 'kid') was already gone. And there was no doubt about it; that tail had been real! Nothing fake would move like that! And the thing had been running off on all four, like some kind of animal.

He knew it was a bit stupid, but he just had to see what was going on. If that thing had really been real, then this place was more of a freakshow than he'd ever been lead to believe. But right now he was even starting to doubt his own senses. So he followed it... Past a stand with candy-apples and off towards some trees growing at the edge of a small forest. The lights of the lanterns didn't reach this far so it was a bit hard to see, but his eyes soon adjusted. But where was the freak?

Then suddenly something fell down from the tree, and barely missed him. Staring down at the thing at his feet it took him a couple of seconds to make out what it was in the darkness, and once he did he took a step back from it. A bat wing... Looking up to see where it came from he was startled when he was faced with a pair of quite unfriendly eyes glaring at him from one of the treebranches above. Sitting up there, with the tail behind it twitching slightly, the creature had its eyes fixed on him. He coudn't help but to stare at it. Honestly, what was this? Some kind of mutation? And, yuck, what was with its feet? Like this was the sickest kind of monkey he'd ever seen!

Then the creature opened its mouth and hissed at him, making him take a few startled steps backwards. Those teeth was just something from a monster! Sharp, twisted, and stained with something he didn't even want to think about... He had no problem at all imagening how they would easily sink through his skin, rip his belly open, tear off pieces of his face, and then just grin at him. Just like it was right now...

With a powerful leap the freak was suddenly behind him, perched upsidedown on the treetrunk, tail whipping as if it was a cat ready to play. And he was the prey... He barely got out of the way when the thing jumped again, this time landing on the ground, and right away started to circle him. Baring its teeth in a snarl it growled quietly at him, and all he could wonder was how common this was. People did get lost in the forests, right? Was this what happened? Would anyone notice it in the noise from the circus?

Suddenly there was a voice hurrying towards them;

“Roo, you silly foo, what are you doing out here? The show is about to start, we have to be in our places!” A girl wearing what clearly was a preformance-costume, with a pattern that glittered in the faint light of the pumpkins, was suddenly at the creatures side. With a small giggle she patted its head, and only smiled when he raised his arms at her with a “Kah!”

“Oh sure, why not. Come along now cutie, we don't want the Ringmaster to lose his patience with us~” Picking up the creature she smiled at him before carrying it away in her arms, as if holding a baby brother. And with its arms around her neck the creature looked back at him, its odd eyes glimmering slighty. For a moment it almost seemed surreal now when the girl was cooing at it, how that thing could have... But then it pulled back its lips in an inhuman grin, revealing the sharp teeth still stained with dark red spots. And he had to wonder if the girl carrying it even knew...
Had to do something for Halloween ^^

(in case it was no obviour, it's all written from the pov of a nameless npc from the city)
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