Geek

A dark moonlit night.

Charley confronts the Ring Master with his army of midgets behind him as well as Ajax. The Ring Master has Atlas, and his usual allies, the Freaks are hanging in the darkness ready to strike if necessary. Most of the Normals though are nowhere to be seen. Your heart sinks…the midgets have still sided with Charley and you get so worried that you puke up the sheep testicles and pigeon heads you consumed for your act.

"Your time has come Ring Master! No longer will you exploit us! I'm taking over!"
"So you can exploit your own people of course. Charley, I've put up with your delusions of grandeur long enough, it ends tonight. I have allies of my own, and you might find they are much more dedicated to me than yours are."
"It won't work Ringy, I got more in common with my people than you ever will! Blood is thicker, and yours is going to run everywhere if you don't peaceably leave…I'm giving you this one chance you pale she-male."
"Not likely."

At this point all of the freaks come out of hiding. Charley orders an attack, but the rest of the midgets do nothing…you cease worrying and Charley begins to get angry.

"What the fuck man? I told you fuckers to attack! I'm your leader!"
"Not anymore Charley…we got a new one." Bob says.
"Who? HIM? This fucking hermaphrodite bitch?" Charley yells pointing to the Ring Master.
"No, this tattooed bitch." Bob says calmly where upon Salina appears petting a cobra lovingly which is wrapped around her arm.
"Yes, this tattooed snake bitch to be precise. Give it up Charley; your time here is done. You don't have any allies anymore. I'd suggest you and the muscle bound woman beater leave NOW."
"You fucking back stabbing viper bitch…" Charley says in shock.
"Hey fuck off cunt, fore I shove that snake up your ass!" Ajax yells.
"You're certainly welcome to try, here catch!"

Salina throws here cobra at Ajax, which lands on him, he squashes its head, but not before it bites him a couple times. He runs at Salina, but the midgets trip him up and hold him down as the poison takes effect. Salina then puts out his eye, with her stiletto heel before he succumbs leaving Charley all by himself.

"Well Charley, it seems all your grand plans have failed. You have nothing left. I'd say there's no reason for you to stay. Atlas, if you would be so kind to escort this former employee of the premises…"

When the Ring Master says that, it typically means "Atlas, after you break his neck make sure the body is properly disposed of."

Atlas grabs Charley who attempts to defend himself with his sharp stick, but instead it's taken from him and broken. Then Charley's spine is taken from him and broken. Atlas lumbers off in the darkness to get rid of Ajax and Charley's bodies.

"So, I trust we'll have no problems Salina?" The Ring Master asks.
"No problems from me, I have all I need, or I soon will have."
"Good, I suggest you and your new friends get some rest, we got a big show tomorrow."

While Salina and the munchkin brigade leave and the freaks disperse as well, the Ring Master calls you out.

"Geek, you may come out of hiding, I'm sure you can see the danger is over, not that there ever was any."
"I can't believe it actually worked. Everything…"
"See? I told you, you underestimated yourself. Not only did you save the Carnival, but you stabilized it even more. I told you, I saw potential even when there was none apparent. Do you still want to be a Geek? You could be so much more if you just put in the effort. Charley used to do all my leg work, but now that he's gone I need someone else to fit that role…would you be interested? Keep in mind that this new job would require a whole lot more responsibility and significantly less drinking as I would need you in a better frame of mind."

At one time you'd balk, but after seeing what you accomplished first hand, maybe you DO have potential. You accept and you're given Charley's old trailer.

Time goes by and you stumble along the way with the first few months as you still have a really bad drinking problem, but fortunately the Ring Master is slightly understanding about that, and only sends Atlas to remind you ONCE to get it under control. (That incident really sets you on the straight and narrow) you get yourself cleaned up and actually become presentable. You're more of an organizer than a main event now, but you still go ahead and bite some chicken heads off every now and then for the kids.

Salina is a pretty fair and even handed business woman when it comes to the being new leader of the midgets. Much more than Charley, and she also has Pervus and his clown crew eliminated during one night. Apparently they got rough with one of her girls. They were all found dead the next day. Nobody said anything outright, but the fact that little snake bites were found on their bodies was a pretty good idea who was responsible. However, the Ring Master said nothing since Pervus and his friends had it coming for a long time, not to mention with them gone things actually improved morale wise. (People tend to work better when their aren't evil demented clowns lurking around)

You also see Salina and Sasha get very close in a way that makes you tingle in the nether regions. Now you know why Salina wanted you to get rid of Randal. Without Ajax to kick her around anymore, Sasha probably would've fell for Randal (You also found out Madam Orbec told him he needed to leave the Carnival to find some magic book in some Mayan ruins that the spirits commanded him to retrieve…he never returned) but since he wasn't around, she ended up with Salina. They seem to be happy though.

Actually everyone at the Carnival seems to be a lot happier and more relaxed and it's all due to your actions.

The Ring Master has given you a second chance at life, a life with a whole hell of lot more meaning.

You've gotten respect at last.
End Of Story