"Agh! Alright, alright! Stop poking me…what day is it?"
"Never mind all that geek! Get going you know how the Ring Master doesn't like being kept waiting! Phew! You smell even more disgusting than usual! I guess that's one way to keep Ajax from killing you, he'd probably vomit his guts out before he could lay a hand on you…then you could lick it up for the rubes! Ha ha! Move it Geek!"

Charley prods you with a sharp stick periodically on your way to the Ring Master's trailer until you arrive at which point, Atlas stops the both of you.

"Stop! What business do the both of you have here?"
"Goddamnit you fuckin' one eyed freak! We go through this all the fucking time and its getting REALLY old! You just saw me come out of the Ring Master's trailer earlier today when he sent me to get the Geek, you know damn well what we're both doing here!"

Ignoring Charley's comments Atlas looks down at you and points.

"You may enter, but the Ring Master doesn't need to see you again, so you may not."
"Yeah, whatever enjoy the smell." Charley says and mumbles something to himself while leaving the area.

You barely make it up the little steps to the trailer, but you do. You're finally starting to gather your wits together; your head still hurts though and you've just realize you haven't had a drink yet. What a terrible feeling. You open the door.

"Close the door, you're letting all the sunlight in." the Ring Master orders from behind his desk. She's siting in his chair, but has her back turned to you.
"Uh you wanted to see me?"
"Of course…(Sniff sniff) you really haven't been taking care of yourself. If anything you've become even more repulsive than when I first took you in. Remember that day?"
"Um, yeah I think…no, no I don't. I mean kind of… I forget things."
"I'm not surprised; you're constantly drinking that swill Charley makes. I am surprised you haven't gone blind yet though. Oh well what you insist on doing to yourself is of little concern to me, all I require is your obedience. You are thankful for all I have provided for you aren't you?"
"Oh yeah. Sure I am."
"You seem to be one of the few nowadays then. There are some though that are ungrateful for things I've done for them, they plan to betray me and everything this carnival stands for. They plan to change the natural order of things. Can you imagine what might happen to this carnival if I wasn't here? What might happen to you?"

You attempt to think about this scenario, but instead you just stand there because you can't really form anything in your mind because it hurts really bad, you've been sober too damn long, and it's about to get even longer as the Ring Master seems intent on bombarding you with talk as he finally swivels around in her chair. That pale androgynous face of the Ring Master's is displaying a look of seriousness as usual.

"Nothing good I can assure you. Which is why I'm putting YOU in charge of this task."
"Huh? What task?"
"Why ensuring the survival of the carnival of course."
"What!? Me?! Why? How!? I'm not qualified! Can't you or Charley do it?"
"I fear I've done all I've can. I mean I've provided all of THIS to everyone here. I've given them purpose and a life. If that isn't enough for them, then my words aren't going to make a difference at this point. And as for Charley, well…I'm sure even in your usual state of drunkenness you're aware that he has his own plans for this carnival."
"I guess…but agh, it's too early for all this…why me? I mean what am I supposed to do? I'm just the Geek."
"Yes, and that's exactly why I'm choosing you. You have no motive, you have no agenda, you have no friends, and as such you would probably be the best candidate to convince others to resist change and keep the status quo."
"You have to be joking! Nobody's going to listen to me! I'm the fucking Geek!"
"You might be surprised, you have far more potential than you give yourself credit for…perhaps you'll even change some perspectives, or maybe not. The choice is yours, because the fate of THIS carnival is resting solely on your actions, you can no longer afford to hide from the world in a bottle and a cage if you wish to keep your current life. It is time for you to take some responsibility, its time to repay the debt you owe me. You have until show time."
"But…"
"Now leave me, I wish to be alone."

The Ring Master swivels his chair back to its original position. You head back outside, where upon Atlas blocks it again with his massive body.

Never before in your life have you been put in this kind of position of responsibility, (Not that you can remember anyway) but you're going to have to do something, the question is what exactly?

You get a drink

If you're going to do anything you have to get a drink first, you head over to Charley's still, you can only hope Ajax isn't there.

"What the fuck is that smell? Oh it's the fucking lame ass Geek, why am I not surprised?" Ajax shouts when he sees you coming.

Well so much for hope. Normally you'd run, but Charley's also there and will keep Ajax from killing you (Maybe not beating you though) plus your reliance on alcohol in any form drives you on even in the presence of possible danger.

"Lemme guess Geek, you want a drink?" Charley asks. "Ah good ol' predictable Geek. Here you go."

Charley pours you some of the swill that you consider the Nectar of the Gods and drink it greedily. He pours you another when you finish it. Charley's being unusually cool with you.

"Can't get enough eh? Here's another…so what'd the Ring Master want to see you for?"
"Huh?"
"I said what the fuck did the Ring Master want to see you for? Surely it wasn't about your act, you eat disgusting shit and that's the end of it. So what did you talk about?"

Charley's demeanor has changed severely. He's looking at you intently to determine if you're going to lie to him. You're thrown off guard and can only stutter a response.

"Um, nothing much, he, um…I mean she…uh…"
"WRONG ANSWER GEEK!" Charley yells, punching you in the nuts and at his height, he lands a good hit. You collapse like a rag doll, and then Ajax puts his foot on your neck while you hold your scrotum in pain.

Charley continues his interrogation this time with his sharp stick pointed near your eye.

"Now you're gonna tell me what you and that pale she male freak talked about or you'll have something in common with Atlas! Talk!"
"(Groan) Alright! Okay! The Ring Master thinks change in this carnival is coming and he wants me to convince people that they should be on his side when the shit goes down!"

Charley smirks and looks at Ajax.

"You hear that Ajax? Some SHIT is supposed to go down! This is the first I've heard of any shit going down! You know about any shit going down Ajax?"
"Nope. First I've heard of it. The only shit that goes down around here that is what this fucking Geek eats!"
"Got that right…but just in case there WAS some SHIT going down, I'd say it would be in someone's best interest to not be on the Ring Master's side and be doing his bidding…after all they might find themselves getting hurt very badly."
"Charley you don't have to worry about me! Nobody's going to listen to me, I'm just a Geek!"
"Of course I'm not worried about you! However…if the Ring Master asked YOU to do this, there must be a reason that I'm not readily seeing…I know! You're working for me now!"
"What?!" Ajax asks.
"What?!" you repeat.

"Yeah, all the shit the Ring Master told you to do; you're doing for me now. Trust me you'll be better off when I'm in charge. You can have all the booze you want, a bigger cell, hell I'll even get you LAID! I know a couple of ladies who'll debase themselves almost as much as you will!"

Charley then gets in your face and whispers

"And you won't have to worry about Ajax ever hitting you again with me in charge I promise. But if you betray me, I'll make sure Ajax breaks every bone in your goddamn body and then tosses you to Pervus and his fucked up clown army where they can skull fuck your corpse. Are we clear?"
"Yeah, yeah, sure!" you quickly say.
"Good. Ajax let him up."

You get up and Charley addresses you before you leave.

"Remember, you have until show time Geek, and don't even think about trying to run away, because I'll find you and you know what happens then."

You stagger away with your new mission, you have no idea of how to go about this, so you just think about who might need convincing.

God you could use another drink…

You go convince the Freaks

Well, if you can get the freaks to side with Charley, everyone else should be pretty easy of course HOW you're going to do that is another story. The Freak community is pretty loyal to the Ring Master and given your lowly status, you don't know if they're even going to listen to you.

You approach the freak side of the Carnival. The instant you enter their camp, you're watched and studied by many eyes (And some of those many eyes belong to the same freak), but at least nobody throws anything at your head. You don't get far before Jasmine the Bearded Lady stops you.

"Hey Geek! What're you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be doing something for the Ring Master?"
"Huh? How do you know about that?"
"Because we're his supporters obviously Geek! What he knows we know and she knows all!"

Obviously he doesn't know all; otherwise the freaks would know you're working for Charley now.

"Anyway, you don't need to come here to convince us to ally with the Ring Master, our loyalty to him is well known. Though I must admit I wonder why she chose you for this task, but I guess he has her reasons. I suggest you leave now, there's nothing else for you here Geek."

You tell her the Freaks should change their allegiance

"Um, Jasmine maybe you should reconsider."
"Reconsider what?"
"Well maybe siding with the Ring Master isn't the best thing for you guys."

Those words suddenly causes all the freaks that were previously spying on you from their trailers, tents, and holes to come out and surround you. There's no way to escape. Jasmine's eyes narrow while she strokes her beard.

"Oh? And who would YOU suggest we side with?"
"Well Charley makes this place really profitable and you know you'd have protection, even more than if the Ring Master kept running things."
"CHARLEY? That little obnoxious creep? He's a fucking low life and with more power he'd be a fucking dictator! There wouldn't be the freedom that the Ring Master gives us!"
"How do you know? I mean he's a midget, that's almost like being a freak, he might understand your struggle. I mean I do and…"

Suddenly you feel a crushing blow to the back of your head as Roger the Crustacean hits you with one of his claws. You then feel the stomping of various feet, hooves, talons and "other" on your body. You begin coughing up blood as your head is repeatedly kicked into the dirt.

Jasmine then address you again while pulling your bloody head up.

"You feel that? Hundreds of feet continuing to step on you as you struggle to rise up. THAT'S our struggle everyday. And now you know it. Hope you liked being one of us Geek."

Jasmine then lands a crunching blow your nose, pushing the bone up into your brain, killing you and ending your misery.