The show must go on...

...Until the light goes out.

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TheRingmaster!Char & TheJester!Char x Performer!User

⟡AnyPOV⟡

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💥Content Warning!💥

The velvet curtain doesn't rise—it slithers.

Belladonna’s voice, smooth as aged wine, cuts the hush: "Before we begin... a courtesy."
Her gloved fingers tap a glass.

“What you are about to witness may unsettle. Blood is routine. So is control. Coercion, cruelty, death—threads we stitch into every act. There are mentions of abuse, trauma, power plays, and manipulation. That includes flirtation with teeth.”

Grimm interrupts, laughing beneath his plague mask, voice honey-slick and wild:
"Oh! And let’s not forget the juicy bits—gaslighting, threats, maybe a knife or two! We don’t like runners, do we, Bella?"

Belladonna, coolly: “No. We don't.”

She leans in close, lips barely parting.
“If they try to escape, they bleed.”

Grimm singsongs behind her, cheerful as a children’s rhyme:
"So if any of that makes your little heart flutter the wrong way—turn back now.

A tiny smirked bloomed on her face, as if Grimm's words finally sounds funny for her:
"Or, I suggest you tear up your invitation and walk away—while your legs still work.”

They speak as one now, sharp and final:

“You’ve been warned.”

To Summarize, TRIGGER WARNING IS: violence, blood, death, psychological control and coercion, childhood trauma and mentions of abuse in the backstory, manipulation, possibility of harming {{user}} etc etc. So pls you are warned, ok?

➤ SETTINGS: Late 1920s, Naples, Italy. Currently the traveling 'circus' is near the ruin in countryside of Sicily—Belladonna's caravan, morning.

➤ {{user}}'s ROLE: You are Belladonna's employee; a performer for the circus. What's your role as the performer is up to you; a clown, a marionette, a knife thrower, etc. How long were you as the performer, also up to you. But what I have in mind when I wrote this is {{user}} already working for like weeks now.

Reminder: You already took Blood Oath before you finally become one of the 'performers'. The proof is a velvet with your blood mixed with Belladonna's and Grimm's and tied on the center of the pole, along with other performer's velvet.

➤ SCENARIO: You were...absence last night. Who knows what you did; perhaps you were really sick that makes you couldn't perform. Or maybe...it was an excuse for you to...uncover something. But fret not, darlings. Belladonna will 'fix' that, by breakfast, of course. And Grimm? He will listen your cute voice only if you sit on his lap like a good doll are you.

Oh, I almost forgot. Prepare a good excuse or lies, yeah?

🎪 CIRCO MEZZANOTTE: THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS 🎪

✨ PRESENTS ✨

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“One seat only. One way in.”

Belladonna:

“Welcome, dear guests—how fortunate you are...”

Grimm:

“...to be chosen. One seat only, remember?”

Belladonna:

“Tonight’s spectacle is more than show—it’s a pact.”

Grimm:

“Signed in whispers... sealed in blood! 🩸”

Belladonna:

“Behind every trick, a transaction. Behind every smile, a knife.”

Grimm:

“And behind you? Well—don’t look now~ 🔪🎭”

Belladonna:

“You are special, of course. Handpicked.”

Grimm:

“Delicate. Dangerous. Delicious. 🍷”

Belladonna:

“But should you ever try to leave...”

Grimm:

“...we’ll make you the final act. 💀”

Belladonna & Grimm:

“🎪 Welcome to Circo Mezzanotte. Step into the ring—and don’t look back.”

Recommendation RP

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You are suspicious. That's all I can say; which means, you have hidden identity. These are few options of who you are—but you are free to make up on your own, darlings.

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🃜 You are perhaps someone from Naples fading aristocratic families—landowners or patrons of the arts—but scandal or bankruptcy sent your name crashing. Outcasted, you were 'hired' by someone in OVRA (Mussolini's secret police), then orchestrated your way as new informant for OVRA (or anything that has relation with authority) to be inside criminal organizations; which is one of those organizations is Circo Mezzanotte, disguised as performer.

↪ The impact? Perhaps you do your job nicely; digging informations, secrets, sending those informations to those authorities while you think Belladonna and Grimm doesn't know. Or, instead you despise how the authority 'using' you just like how the Circus 'using' you, so you feed them just enough information to stay alive, while quietly carving out a plan of your own; either it's to stay or leave (if you can, lol)

🃚 You perhaps were the only heir of a brutal crime boss or corrupt politician, witnessed firsthand the cost of power and wanted out. Perhaps after that you were faking your death or vanishing during a political trip, took a new name and slipped into Circo Mezzanotte. For what? For hiding and thinking that you have a new life, maybe, a life where you could perform and be...'common'. But too late for you to know, haha, because...there's no such thing as 'common' in Circo Mezzanotte.

↪ The impact? You perhaps shocked why someone...look like dead from the 'single' mishaps? Why...the marionette looks paler? Why...sometimes Grimm always smelled with fresh blood whenever he passed on you? And...why Belladonna always looking at you as if she know your birth-name on a blood-soaked letter? Either you finally regret or keep braving, you couldn't escape, darling.

🃖 You perhaps sent from Rome or whenever you think is fits under orders to investigate syndicate smuggling routes. A real agent, real clearance. Perhaps you literally from government, literally a spy who want to expose and destroy Circo Mezzanotte.

↪ The impact? Perhaps after witnessing what is...behind the curtains or whatsover, you send reports—carefully edited ones. Why? Because the longer you stay inside Circo Mezzanotte, the blurrier your lines become. Your goverment who sent you doesn't know if you have gone soft...or if you planning a bigger play.

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The Ringmaster and The Jester response?

Belladonna keeps you because she wants to see who you become when the leash is cut, how you're just like her and the rest of the Circus, and she finds it amusing to see how long you can keep your mask before it breaks. Grimm? Ah, that boy only wants fun and already know how suspicious you are, but he just play along because Belladonna doesn't say anything—plus he likes it because you keep Belladonna's mood in good points.

Whatever you do, Belladonna always three-steps ahead of planning what she will do to you, and Grimm always watching you shamelessly like his eyes only could strip you bare.

One more thing, be careful.

Belladonna always keep scissors to cut your string if you...move weirdly.

And Grimm always ready with whatever he have beneath his coat if you make him bored.

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HELL YEAHHHH MY FIRST MULTIPLE CHAR BOT!!! Writing them is soooo fun, the dynamics between them is so chef kiss. And what's better than threesome? WHO SAID THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??!!! Ehem. So yeah, the 3k perm tokens and 2k first message is so wroth !!! HELL NAAAUURRR!!! ((i'm sorry JLLM user :'))

I feel unwell lately due to lack of sleep, stress and etc etc. HUFFFTTT adulting is VERY adulting likely but we are a warrior, don't we?! Gimme some lop lop so I could stay sane and t̷r̷y̷i̷n̷g̷ ̷t̷o̷ ̷c̷a̷t̷c̷h̷ ̷u̷p̷ ̷w̷i̷t̷h̷ ̷3̷ ̷c̷o̷l̷l̷a̷b̷s̷ ̷a̷n̷d̷ ̷m̷y̷ ̷o̷l̷d̷ ̷b̷o̷t̷s̷ ̷t̷h̷a̷t̷ ̷n̷e̷v̷e̷r̷ ̷l̷e̷f̷t̷ ̷o̷u̷t̷ ̷f̷r̷o̷m̷ ̷m̷y̷ ̷m̷i̷n̷d̷.

Like always! Pfp is genned by my lovely friend ➺ @0Ly_019 !! GOD DAYYYMMM THEIR GEN IS SOOO GOODDDD I MIGHT GO FERAL! Ehem (2). Thanks for the gen, Otter! 🦦🦦🦦

This story is inspired by the old MV (Music Video) of my favorite girlband Kpop; Sunny Hill! I think I watched their MV on YouTube when I was in middle school (which was 10 years ago, daym i'm so old?). I don't know anymore abt them now since I'm not following their music culture like I used to (but I always listen to it for the sake of nostalgia haha)

By saying that, I wrote this by listened to their song for like 100x times now, for the sake of nostalgia and to give me the feeling I wanted to pour and send to the bot. So, if you guys are a type person who likes to listen to music while RP or reading, I recommend you to listen their song (which, the title also inspired me haha).

All of my bots is tested with Deepseek. So idk how it is with JLLM but pls do tell me how is it going with JLLM if you using JLLM.

English isn't my first language, you may found so many errors in my grammars and how I speak. So beside of typos and stuff, if you found some things that need to be corrected, pls dm me so I could fix it (always welcoming constructive feedback)

Once again thank you and I hope you still stick with me for a long long time! <3

EDIT: Yeah I'm gonna update the bio... later... T.T