This might be the last of my introduction of Cahaya and Fraust, but probably not my last story with them in it. SCP-4459: The Ringmaster's Crown is the culmination of the love story between the two of them, if you'd like to jump straight to the end. We now have these stories to anchor the beginning of the timeline, and The Crown to anchor the ending. We'll just have to wait and see what shows up in the middle.
Some of the feedback I've gotten has been about how forced the gender stuff is. The Protagonist (Cahaya) is meant to be whatever gender you assign to them. I wanted it to be very fluid on that. Also, Fraust is a Clown, and can change their gender at will. Sooo, yeah. Gender fluidity is deeply personal to me, and I wanted to showcase that in my stories about these people.
I'd like to dedicate all of these stories to my beloved boyfriend. He's an acrobat/contortionist/aerialist in the realworld circus, and my love for him is intermixed with my love of Herman Fuller's Circus. Thank you for being such a light in my life, and for your unfailing love and support. You give me the strength to continue, to be better, to be worthy. <3
