Every nerve like a firefly

And lo, there were words.

I revisit the first line meme for Salem, as she's given me a new one.

The circus was in town.

Not just any circus, either, but Carson & Kindred's Circus Fabulatoris and Menagerie of Mystical Marvels. The circus Jerusalem Morrow ran away to join when she was sixteen years old. Her family for seven years.

Still no title.

Salem's story
Words today: 1046
Words total: 1046
Reason for stopping: quota, and time to simmer.
Sustenance: coffee and toast
Tyop: a comforting wight around her neck
Darling: He'd have a parrot or a monkey on his shoulder. It was Tuesday, so probably the monkey.
Words that boggle Word: fabulatoris, bottlesnare, ain't, sword-swallowers
Mean things: made her step on broken glass

TDC
Words today: 667
Words total: 16,134
Reason for stopping: chapter, and sleepy
Sustenance: chai
Tyop: Moor footsteps approached
Darling: Nothing so grand as revolution.
Words that boggle Word: n/a
Mean things: n/a