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   Clowning Around by BlueRue

   Fandoms: The Freak Circus (Visual Novel)  

   • General Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, Multi, Other
   • Work in Progress

   17 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jester (The Freak Circus)/Reader
   • Doctor (The Freak Circus)/Reader
   • Ticket Taker (The Freak Circus)/Reader
   • Doctor/Jester/Ticket Taker (The Freak Circus)/Reader
   • Harlequin/Pierrot (The Freak Circus)/Original Character(s)
   • Harlequin/Pierrot (The Freak Circus/Yen
   • Reader
   • Yen/yn
   • Jester (The Freak Circus)
   • Ticket Taker (The Freak Circus)
   • Doctor (The Freak Circus)
   • Pierrot (The Freak Circus)
   • Harlequin (The Freak Circus)
   • Yen is just name version of yn and is actually mc
   • Yen is she/her
   • reader has no pronouns
   • Gender-Neutral Reader-Insert
   • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
   • Reader is a reactive guard dog
   • Yen is naive and a romantic
   • Reader is cosplaying courage the courageous dog
   • Slow Burn
   • Reeeeeaaally slow burn
   • You're just trying to keep your bestie alive but damn she just had to go and fall for a clown
   • And now you have to beat these clowns off with a stick
   • This will in fact end in chaos
   • Reader has trauma but its not disclosed
   • no beta we die like Columbina
   • Sibling dynamic with Harlequin and Pierrot
   • I hope you guys like animal motifs because the dog motif will be abused hard

   Summary

   You are reader, not MC, not the barista.
   You work at the local tourist center, and you have been working there for a while. Ever since you came to Colkirk. It was just supposed to be a stop on the road and now you're just there. Just here...
   So what if you feel like life is slipping away, so what if you're clinging to your best friend. So what if the future is uncertain.

   You want to live life, not just survive it.
   And that's about to become much harder, because suddenly a pair of clowns can't seem to leave your best friend alone. Lovely thing about Yen is though, she has not an ounce of self-perserverance in her. Good thing you have enough for multiple people.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   20,666

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

   15

   Kudos:

   97

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   18 May 2026