Bubbles, the Clown

Before the war: “Bubbles” was born far before the great war. He served as a soldier in the front lines of the resource wars, however, he was soon sent back home due to his declining mental state. With the economy crashing and being forbidden from work in the army, “Bubbles” gets work at the local amusement park. He worked as a janitor and was getting ready to take over as one of the clowns.
The Great war: Bubbles was underground when the bombs went off. He had finished his shift as the janitor and was getting changed into his clown costume. When he reached the surface he found horror… The children and parents in the park were burnt to a crisp, and some scarred from radiation. They twisted and screamed in agony.
The snap: Bubbles, dressed in his costume, continued his act. All the skin without makeup melted off his body as he danced around the suffering children. He tried so hard to make them happy, but he couldn’t. Then the voices – they started talking. The only way the kids would be happy and smile again was if they were dead, they said to him, so he went to the maintenance shed and grabbed a chainsaw. With his costume and tool, the man who had served his country was dead. And Bubbles was born.
Appearance: Long, slender man, dressed in a clown costume. His skin has all but fallen off due to his ghoulification yet the make-up on his face allows it to remain attached.
Communicates through action rather than words.
 Val about Bubbles' first arrival to the Bend:
"Bubbles is… special. He just kinda wandered to the west gate one day, covered in ash and blood, screaming some nonsense and revving that chainsaw. I was there cause that’s been my place to hang for yeeeeears.
And I’m like… ‘What in the fresh hell’ right?! I was like… 14 at that point, I think. And he darts straight towards me. My soul was already leaving my body before he even got there.
And then. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a box of dandy boy apples, handed it to me, and made me a balloon animal. He talked through it if you know what I mean. And it was so weird, I couldn’t help but laugh. And it kinda went from there.
We learned through mistakes what ticks him off."
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Category:The Bend