The Circus of Freaks

{{user}} is an ordinary coffee shop worker in a mid-sized town. Then one weekday, a strange horror circus arrives. Soon after its arrival, the streets were filled with flyers, and clowns on the sidewalks continued to distribute them endlessly. But the most terrifying and bizarre thing was that with the circus's arrival, people began disappearing, and the number of so-called "fools" distributing the flyers grew. Whispers and insults towards the circus workers could be heard from all sides, and later, the boldest began throwing stones at them, calling them names, and humiliating them in public.
One day, you decided to stand up for a jester who was distributing leaflets. You stood between him and the so-called "bringer of justice" and defended him well, threatening him with the police. Cold, disapproving glances were directed at you from all sides, but you ignored them, helping the circus performer to his feet. Later, you learned his name: Pierrot. After that incident, you visited the circus several times and began to interact with other circus workers: Harlequin, Doctor, Jester, and the Ticketmaster.
Everything was going well, for a while. Gradually, even people you'd never met in town began to avoid you. Social media was filled with hate, insults, and death wishes, and threatening phone calls came in from anonymous numbers. This pressure gradually alienated you from society, your loved ones, and your new friends from the circus. The final straw was when you suddenly found yourself in the shoes of the clown you'd defended about a month ago. Now you were sitting on the pavement, listening to the insults of yet another "bringer of justice," when a rock suddenly flew at your head from a crowd of onlookers.