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The Purple Soul
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Come experience the magicks of the Night Circus!
Come experience the magicks of the Night Circus!
It was years ago.
You can't run from it anymore.
You'll have to confront it eventually.
The year was 1997, and people from across the midwestern United States were driving to Ludick, Ohio. While entertainment centers like Disneyland and Cedar Point attracted their own business, especially from the coasts, none were as popular among the American middlefolk as Mobilium Park. This gravity wasn't lost on it's visitors; it was nearly impossible for a brand, especially an amusement park, to rival other major corporations without any pre-existing material. But Mobilium pushed forward, and while drawing from a few public domains, established it's own lore: The Night Circus. A circus-themed group of entertainers who allied themselves with various kingdoms during their travels and settled down together as the Park itself. Mobilium in this context was the centerpoint where each of these different realms interacts with one another, making up the various Park regions and thematic rides. From Japanese folktales to the realm of the Fae, the variety and consistency kept families coming back each year.
On one seemingly average running day in September, a great tragedy struck. The Park was closed, the brand ruined.
Decades in the future, and four strangers of varying ages and backgrounds are haunted by events in their past. When a strange fog rolls in, they find themselves on the outskirts of Ludick without anyway out. Now, they must reckon with their beasts, given physical form in the unyielding mists of the town and deeper in, the Park.
There Mobilium sleeps. Waiting.
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Four people on a road at night.
Four people in their beds with fright.
Four of them broken, four of them scared,
Four people drowning and fighting for air.
The Hungry Wheel is an exploratory horror story that wears its inspiration on its sleeve. While it definitely draws from Silent Hill, it also is heavily inspired by Cry of Fear and Visage. In it, interested parties will play as one of four strangers who have found themselves trapped in the small town of Ludick, or more forebodingly, the Park that lies at it's center, and the main attraction of this story.
I don't intend for this to be drastically long; in comparison, I think the best way to describe my desired length is Silent Hill or Cry of Fear. When the characters find a stopping point, whether that's escape or not, that will be the end of the story. As a warning, due to the nature of the horror genre there may be some darker topics covered. If you are interest, please express anything you're expressly uncomfortable with, and I'll edit the story in any case.
If you are interested, then what I'm looking for is at least semi-lit (but I won't hold any post standards, since I like quality over quantity). Beyond that, there won't be any defined character roles to allow for more character freedom, though it won't be first-come-first-serve. If you're still into it, share what your favorite horror media is below with your interest!
