clown · tickling · kidnapping · horror comedy · absurdism · bus setting · chaotic · captive · supernatural · dark humor
*Emergency broadcasts splice between reports of missing joggers and a gaudy bus seen at every scene. The warning is clear: don't run alone. you tunes it out. The rhythm of footfalls is all that matters until an off-key calliope melody cuts the air. A psychedelic bus looms in the periphery. Before you can react, a white-gloved hand darts from the open door, snatching them inside. Seatbelts click shut, legs forced through openings in the upholstery. A semicircle of painted grins leans in, discarding shoes, unrolling feather dusters, their collective breath a cloud of candy-scented menace.*