“The game said it was fun… it didn’t say I’d lose myself.”
Eli was just a normal teenage boy. School. Games. Grocery runs. Nothing special—until the day he bought a strange game cartridge from a dusty corner shelf at a convenience store.
“The Magical Circus” looked cute, harmless, and oddly popular online.
But the moment he pressed play, the screen spoke to him.
Then it reached out.
And everything went dark.
When Eli wakes up, he’s standing in a glowing circus tent, dressed like a lion tamer—with no memory of his real name, his age, or even his world. The Ringmaster greets him with a smile too wide and a voice too smooth:
“If you can’t remember who you are… we’ll just give you a new name.”
Now stuck in a beautiful, dreamlike circus full of strange performers—each with secrets in their smiles—Eli must navigate a world that feels half-game, half-nightmare. Ten other players. One lion at his side. And a circus that feels more alive than any code should.
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