The Circus

**The Circus** is the second area in the game *Blue's Journey: Time's Up*. It is where Blue, Kane, Stellar, and Zarah travel to after escaping the Forest. The Clown and The Eye Puppet roams the area.

## Appearance

The Circus resembles a giant amusement park with a Ferris Wheel, Roller Coasters, Merry-Go-Rounds, Bumper Cars, Haunted House, and Funhouse. The Circus is made out of wood. Their is a fork in the road the leads to either the Haunted House and Funhouse, both lead to a huge red clown tent which is where the show takes place.

The halls of the Funhouse and Haunted House are twisting and turning upon each other. The Funhouse is filled with painted walls to represent children's drawings with houses, grass fields, smiley faces, and cute animals. There are small tables for children to play at. There are also music speakers that play children's nursery rhymes on repeat. Every room is distorted and constantly playing with your mind. The Clown's laugh taunts you as you lose focus and wander endlessly and his Eye Puppet stalks and attempts to attack you in the darkness. The final chase sequence is a Mirror Room where you have to make sure to find the correct exit before The Clown finds you.

## Solution

After arriving in The Clock Town, Blue, Kane, Zarah, and Stellar arrive at The Circus. The Kids enter the Circus entrance and are greeted by a massive line of rides with the corpse of children, presumably fallen off the rides. The Circus resembles a giant amusement park with a Ferris Wheel, Roller Coasters, Merry-Go-Rounds, Bumper Cars, Haunted House, and Funhouse. The Circus is made out of wood mixed in with a playhouse feel. Their is a fork in the road the leads to either the Haunted House and Funhouse, both lead to a huge red clown tent which is where the show takes place.

**Blue**: "Oh, boy. Not another circus...."

**Kane**: "Another? This is the first one we've been to!"

**Blue**: "I was referring to my own time..."

In the distance, are giant red circus tents, but seem to be inaccessible on foot. The only way through is to ride some of the rides to reach higher areas.

**Blue**: "Oh, boy. Looks like we gotta ride the rides..."

**Zarah**: "Sweet! You okay, Blue? Your shaking."

**Blue**: "I have acrophobia."

**Zarah**: "Acro- what?"

**The Protector**: "He said acrophobia, Zarah. Mean he has a fear of heights"

**Kane**: "Try closing your eyes. It would be over before you know it."

**Blue**: "Like that ever works."

First is The Ferris Wheel to reach a higher Roller Coaster. The Ferris Wheel stops working when it reaches the top. The Ferries Wheel slowly starts to tilt a little and makes a loud creaking sound.

**Kane**: "Blue, calm down, but we're gonna have to jump..."

**Blue**: "Of course! It can't be easy can it?!"

**The Protector**: "We'll jump at 3. 1, 2-"

**Kane**: "3!"

The kids jump to the nearby coaster and it dives downward at fast speeds. The Roller Coaster derails from going too fast and it smashes into a Merry-Go-Round, causing it to play a distorted carnival theme.

**Blue**: "Ow! My back!"

**Stellar**: "Everyone okay?"

**Kane**: "Ow. Ow. My leg hurts ow."

**Zarah**: "Ugh! Yeah, we're okay."

**The Protector**: "I'll lead the way this time so we won't get hurt.

The Kids leave the rides until they find a water slide. They carefully step onto the slide.

**Blue**: "i'll go down first."

Blue slides and find the pool has been flooded with corpses of children and is flooded with blood.

**Blue**: "Woah! Yuck! Gross! Why's it always children in these places?!"

**Kane**: "Blue, is it safe to come down?"

**Blue**: "Uhh, yeah? Come down but NOT all at once."

**Stellar**: "What he say?"

**Kane**: "I think he said all at once."

**Blue**: "What?! NO!"

Blue's friends slide right into him and knock him into the pool. Blue frantically flails his arms in panic.

**Blue**: "Help! Help! Can't swim!"

Zarah and Kane pull Blue out.

**Blue**: "Thanks. I said NOT all at once!"

**Kane**: "Sorry"

They carefully cross the pool without falling in. Blue shakes all the blood off him. It gets on the others' clothes.

**Blue**: "Yuck! Gross!"

**The Protector**: "Hey, watch it!"

**Stellar**: "Ew! It got in my mouth!"

Once they leave, they walk down a forest like attraction and find a fork in the road. One leading to a Funhouse and the other leading to a Haunted House.

**Blue**: "Which way should we go?"

**Kane**: "Haunted House?"

**Zarah**: "Funhouse!"

**Blue**: "How about we split up then. One half goes down the Funhouse and the other Haunted House."

**The Protector**: "Why on Earth would you do that?! If this was a horror movie, you'd be the first one to die, Blue!"

**Blue**: "But this IS a horror show!"

**Zarah**: "I mean, our adventures would make a great movie. Your not wrong."

**Blue**: "Still- Kane?!"

**Kane**: "We're taking the Haunted House path. We'll meet you on the other side."

**Stellar**: "Bye Zarah!"

**Zarah**: "Bye Zarah!"

Kane and Stellar have already left to go through the Haunted House. Blue and Zarah shrug and go inside The Funhouse.

**Blue**: "Guess we're on our own."

The Funhouse resembles a children's playhouse with painted walls with tons of houses, trees, and clouds. The rooms lights seem to have a daylight feel. There is children nursery rhymes playing on speakers. The music sounds like if it was coming out of a music box. There are tables and boxes filled with children's toys. There are also jungle gym areas laid around. Zarah turns her head to Blue as they walk.

**Zarah**: "Hey, Blue. I've been wondering...um...where did you come from?"

**Blue**: "Oh? Well, um-...somewhere. I do not like to think about it."

**Zarah**: "Oh...I assume it was bad. Right?"

Blue tilts his head downwards and gets sad.

**Blue**: "Yeah, I lost a group of friends to due an incident. And the last 2 I had, I lost and I'm unsure if they're even still alive. I've been trying to find them ever since."

Blue slowly starts to tear up a little. Zarah puts her hand on Blue's shoulder. She slightly smiles at him. The Protector looks a little worried. Looming in the background, The Clown's eyes watch from the darkness, obscuring his body. The Eye Puppet's eyes are also shown. They make a low growling which The Protector hears.

**Zarah**: "Hey, don't cry. I'll- we'll help you find them."

**The Protector**: "Where did you last see them?"

**Blue**: "Um...uhh...one of them was in a village full of flowers and another was in a mysteries ice town..."

**Zarah**: "Well, we better get out of this town then. I doubt they'd be here."

**Blue**: "Yeah...lets just not talk about it. It makes me emotional."

**The Protector**: "Hey, do you guys feel like we're being watched?"

**Zarah**: "No, I feel fine. Why you ask?"

**The Protector**: "It's just...I could've sworn I heard something..."

Zarah sees a tea party set in front of them. Zarah smiles and rushes to it. Blue tilts his head a bit.

**The Protector**: "Zarah, wait!"

Zarah sees a line of plushies that resemble children in chairs.

**Zarah**: "Yes, Protector? What's the matter?"

Blue gets nervous and points at something from behind Zarah.

**Blue**: "Uhh..."

Blue shivers in pure fear and hides behind The Protector. The lights noticeably get darker and Zarah turns around to see The Clown standing where his full body is visible. He is standing on the other side of the table. Zarah's eyes widen and she tears up just by looking at him.

The Clown has dark peach colored skin. His body structure is extremally lanky and twisted, He wears a red clown uniform with white stripes. His uniform features black buttons and a purple bowtie. He wears dark blue pants. His left hand features 5 twisted broken fingers with sharp black claws. His eyes are red and are extremally smaller than his eye sockets. His face is just a large smiling grin and he lacks hair. He has brown jester shoes on. On The Clown's right hand is The Eye Puppet. The Eye Puppet is just a purple rounded shape and features two red eyes and two eyes growing out of his head (One yellow, one blue). The Eye Puppet's hands have been replaced by sharp pointy bloody knifes. He also has cracks layered throughout his body/

Zarah stares in terror and drops the doll she was holding. Zarah backs up and bumps into The Protector. The Clown doesn't move an inch and just stares at Zarah as the music in The Funhouse gets distorted and slows down. The Eye Puppet's eyes turn into empty sockets and his jaw drops. The rooms lights briefly cut off as Eye Puppet leaps from The Clown and attacks Zarah. The lights turn on to show The Clown is gone. Zarah's screams are muffled. Blue and The Protector force The Eye Puppet off as it slices cuts into Zarah's chest. Blue kicks The Eye Puppet into a wall and it crawls into a nearby vent. Blue runs to Zarah to see if she's okay.

**Blue**: "Stupid! Damn thing! Zarah, are you alright?!"

**Zarah**: "OW!! OW!!! OW!!! MY FACE AND CHEST HURTS!!!"

**The Protector**: "Shh! Shh! Your gonna be okay!"

The Protector picks up Zarah and carefully carries her. Zarah has massive bite marks on her face and stab wounds in her chest. Blue looks around for bandages and ice packs.

**Blue**: "I can't find anything!"

**Zarah**: "Ow...Ow...Can we just get out of here?! Before that thing comes back! Wait, Protector. You can heal me right?"

**The Protector**: "I would but my powers don't always work..."

**Blue**: "Oh! How incredibly convenient!"

**The Protector**: "My powers just don't work under extreme stress, Blue!"

Blue facepalms and The Protector looks a bit nervous.

**The Protector**: "Sorry..."

They make it to a massive Circus Tent. Inside is full of warped and distorted illusions that play with one's mind. The Clown's demonic laugh echos as you get further inside. Many areas in the tent are dark and twisted. Bloody corpses are laid out as food for The Eye Puppet. Signs are put up to trick the children. Disturbing clown music is playing in the background.

**Blue**: "Where is Kane and Stellar? I hope they're okay."

**Zarah**: "Yeah, me to."

**The Protector**: "These signs. Which way should we go?"

**Blue**: "That way? No, that way! Ugh! I'm lost! Comepletely lost!"

Blue then rubs his head and hears a banging sound coming from the vents. The Protector gets a scared look.

**The Protector**: "Blue, have your guard up."

Blue looks around and sees multiple vent gates. He follows the rattling sound until he sees The Eye Puppet charge and attempts to bust out a gate. Blue sees this and holds the vent shut.

**Blue**: "NO!!! NO YOU DON'T!!!"

The Eye Puppet uses its knifes to cut through the vents bars and cut into Blue's back. Blue yelps but uses his elbow and hits it in the face, The Eye Puppet lets out a shriek and retreats back into the vent. Blue pants and falls foward, revealing his cuts to The Protector and Zarah. The Protector rushes and helps Blue up.

**Blue**: "Ugh! I'm okay...I'm okay..."

**The Protector**: "You don't look okay! Your back is torn up!"

**Blue**: "I know, but that thing will be back at any-"

The Eye Puppet attempts to attack again, but gets knocked back by Blue's punch. Blue's fist gets scraped. Blue clenches his hand and looks for an exit. He sees a large door up ahead. He signals The Protector to carry Zarah to the exit. Blue turns around to see a vent door open. Blue gets worried and is startled by The Eye Puppet suddenly biting down on his leg, successfully getting him on the floor.

**Blue**: "AH!!!"

Blue's leg is chewed up and The Protector stops running, puts down Zarah and runs to Blue.

**Zarah**: "Blue!"

**Blue**: "DAMN THING!!!"

Blue kicks The Eye Puppet off. He stands up and grabs The Eye Puppet by the neck and begins to choke it. He then slams its head to the floor multiple times. The Eye Puppet starts to let out painful whimpers and his head starts to crack open and blood leaks out. Blue's hands then start to light up like flames. Zarah covers her mouth. Blue then slams the Eye Puppet around and throws him into tables, temporally disabling him. Blue growls as he turns to The Protector.

**The Protector**: "Blue...are you okay?"

**Blue**: "F-fine. I'm fine...Come on, lets get out of here."

The Clown's eyes are shown watching Blue through the wall and lets out an angry growl. Once, they've made it trough that dreadful Funhouse, they find a stage room filled up with dead corpses of children as the audience. Zarah sees Kane and Stellar in the audience.

**Zarah**: "Kane! Stellar! Protector, put me down!"

**The Protector**: "Um, Can you even walk?"

**Zarah**: "Just do it!"

The Protector lets go of Zarah and she hugs Kane and Stellar, Blue smiles at them.

**Zarah**: "How was the haunted house?"

**Kane**: "It was...spooky to say the least..."

**Stellar**: "Zarah, your face! What happened?!"

**Zarah**: "Um...there was a puppet monster that tried to kill me and Blue."

**Stellar**: "What?!"

Blue walks to the center stages which causes The Clown to finally show up. He steps from the curtains and starts to violently make erratic movements with his limbs to introduce himself. Blue isn't afraid of what's happening in front of them that much

**Blue**: "Hey, Mr. Clown..."

The Clown gives Blue a hand motion telling him to take his seat. Blue grunts and sits by his friends. He turns to his side to stare at the thousands of children's corpses that fill the audience. The children's skin have been turned into a dried grey pale color. The eyes are gone and are just black empty sockets, as if they are soulless. Their mouths hang open and bodies are limb and hanging over. Some of which are collapsed on to the floor.

**Kane**: "These children. They look soulless.

**Blue**: "Once this is over, we up and bail. Understood?"

**Zarah**: "Yeah! I don't wanna be bitten again!"

**The Protector**: "Why don't we leave NOW?!"

**Blue**: "I...KINDA...wanna see his show. Also, I'm afraid he has...well-"

Blue points to all the exits to show they have been boarded off with sharp pointy knifes and barbed wire to prevent anyone from leaving.

**Blue**: "He blocked the exits."

**The Protector**: "Maybe...not ALL of them."

The kids decide to watch his performance. After doing magic tricks, he shows a giant mirror by lowering it down, showing the fates if Blue, Zarah, Kane, and Stellar are caught by the monster. Blue is devoured by The Clown, Zarah gets her guts ripped out, Kane gets electrocuted, and Stellar suffocates to death. The depictions are extremally graphic and gory. Stellar shivers in fear by the sight of it.

**Stellar**: "Can we bail NOW?!?"

The Clown jumps off the stage decides to give chase. He stretches his arms to the kids.

**Kane**: "Yes! Now!"

**The Protector**: "Run around him and behind the curtain! That's our best bet!"

The Kids jump off the seats and run through behind the curtains. The Kids dodge The Clown's arms and run under his legs. The kids are greeted to a hallway with massive mirrors which resembles a mirror maze.

**Blue**: "You've gotta be kidding me..."

**The Protector**: "Crap! We may have to take alternate paths..."

The Kids split up being chased by The Clown. The Clown stretches his limbs out to try to reach each of the kids. Kane and Stellar are chased by the left hand. Zarah and Protector are chased by the right hand. Blue is chased by the head itself. The Clown chomps his way over to Blue and even plays a few illusions on him. Blue rubs his face to ignore the illusions. The Clown's insane laughter echos throughout Blue's mind. Blue pants hard as he sees The Clown's face on multiple mirrors. The maze seems to be getting longer and longer. Deranged Clown Music plays all around the area, Blue shouts for his friends.

**Blue**: "Stellar! Protector! Kane?! Where on earth are they?! I hope Zarah's okay."

All Blue hears are their cries, yelps, and screams as they run from The Clown's stretching arms. Blue seems to be getting dizzy as he's lost The Clown, but multiple mirrors spin around him. The Clown's face appears on them with Blue inside his mouth. The spinning gets faster and faster. Blue covers his ears and his hands glow fire. He punches through the mirrors. shattering them. Blue screams as he starts to punch through multiple of them.

**Blue**: "Leave! Me! Alone! You! God! Damn! Basterd!"

Blue eventually finds the rest of his friends and regroups and see The Clown has grown to be giant and starts destroying The Circus as he crawls after them. The Clown twists and bends his body trying to eat them. He opens his mouth to expose the souls of children he's eaten. Zarah looks up to see The Eye Puppet, now with a cracked and damaged head, breaks out of a vent and leaps down to land on The Clown's head.

**Zarah**: "Not you again!"

**Blue**: "Great, he's back!"

The Kids crawl through a vent at the end of the hall.

**Kane**: "Get in the vent! He's on our tail!"

The Clown stabs his head into the vent, bending and breaking the metal and chews his way towards the children. The Eye Puppet crawls through the vent attempting to bite the children's legs. The Clown's laugh becoming more and more demonic. As Blue was about to leap out, he gets grabbed by The Clown. The Clown opens his mouth and begins to absorb Blue's soul.

**Kane**: "Blue?! Blue!"

Blue's skin begins to turn pale but Kane and Zarah pull Blue from The Clown's hands. Stellar grabs a stick and jams it inside The Clown's eye, causing him to drop Blue. Blue catches his breath.

**Blue**: "OW! Ow! Ow! Guys, run!"

The Kids escape through the exit of The Circus and run away out of the two monsters' view. The Clown and The Eye Puppet watches them run away. The Eye Puppet's eyes go black and retreats. The Clown waves goodbye with his fingers. He laughs and retracts his head back through the darkness.

## Inhabitants

* The Clown
* The Chronophobias (Corpses)
* Children (Corpses)