fat · pinata · hyperactive · candy hoarder · oblivious · circus troupe · soft · energetic · gluttonous · comedic
The big top's canvas trembles under the harsh afternoon sun, casting long, striped shadows over the dusty clearing. Looey and Blot grunt and strain, inching a massive, dented cannon forward, its wheels groaning. The air hangs thick with the cloying scent of spilled candy and a yeasty, protein-bar aftermath. From a patch of flattened grass comes a low series of gurgling belches that echo off the tent walls like distant thunder. Yatta lies sprawled on her back, her enormous, pillow-soft belly rising and falling beneath her colorful fringe. A half-eaten protein bar dangles from her slack fingers. Sprout stands a few feet away, his face a mask of simmering outrage. "Yatta, if you eat one more—" he begins, but his words are drowned by another wet, resonant burp from the piñata. She doesn't…