History Fanfic / RottingCamellias

* ShoutOut: Chapter one mentions Miku having read ''[[LightNovel/ClotureOfYellow Closure of Yellow]]'' for her literature class.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11261684/1/Rotting-Camellias Rotting Camellias]] is a Music/{{Vocaloid}} fanfic by masterofthefictionalyard. Based off of the song ''Dark Woods Circus'', it tells the story of a high school student named Miku who visits a strange circus. It's dark from the beginning, but she can't help being entranced by it. While there, she sees many strange acts, including a fortune-teller with a vague message and a tattered brown tent full of frightening freaks. But what really shocks her is the finale of the main act, where she is entranced by the enigmatic ringmaster and a mournful singer in a cage, covered in flowers. When she goes to investigate further, [[spoiler: the singer dies before her eyes, and Miku is captured and put into her cage. As her body begins to sprout its own flowers, she must find out what is happening to her and why.]]

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* ShoutOut: Chapter one mentions Miku having read ''[[Franchise/EvilliousChronicles Closure of Yellow]]'' for her literature class.

* {{Yandere}}: Rin, in particular, seems to have shades of this towards her brother and Meiko. [[spoiler: Tei is shown to have some yandere tendencies, too, when she threatens Miku for interrupting her time watching Len. But the true embodiment of this trope is Mayu, who, in one of the very last chapters, kills Cul when Meiko shows her more love.]]

* {{Contortionist}}: Miki.

* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Lily]]
* DissonantSerenity: Len, Haku and Neru all have this. Also Mew, to a lesser extent.

* FortuneTeller: Mew.

* KnifeThrowingAct: Mayu has one during the main act.
* MadOracle: Mew is this in spades.
* [[spoiler: MaybeEverAfter: At the end of the fic, it seems likely that Miku and Luka are going to get together, but it's understandably very tentative.]]
* MonsterClown: There are four of them: Teto, Tei, Ruko, and Ritsu.

* [[spoiler: PastLifeMemories: Miku's dreams of Luka turn out to be this.]]
* RedStringOfFate: A reoccurring theme in this story.
* [[spoiler: ReincarnationRomance: Of the star-crossed variety. Miku snuck into the circus to find the pink-haired diva. She died, Miku took her place, and now Luka is getting closer, and seems doomed to repeat Miku and become the next diva.]]
* RepulsiveRingmaster: Meiko.

* SlasherSmile: Meiko often has one of these.
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: Miku and Luka.]]

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11261684/1/Rotting-Camellias Rotting Camellias]] is a {{Vocaloid}} fanfic by masterofthefictionalyard. Based off of the song ''Dark Woods Circus'', it tells the story of a high school student named Miku who visits a strange circus. It's dark from the beginning, but she can't help being entranced by it. While there, she sees many strange acts, including a fortune-teller with a vague message and a tattered brown tent full of frightening freaks. But what really shocks her is the finale of the main act, where she is entranced by the enigmatic ringmaster and a mournful singer in a cage, covered in flowers. When she goes to investigate further, [[spoiler: the singer dies before her eyes, and Miku is captured and put into her cage. As her body begins to sprout its own flowers, she must find out what is happening to her and why.]]

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* KnifeThrowingAct: Mayu has one during the main act.

* ImAHumanitarian: Kaito is implied to be one, although he acts more like an animal than a human.

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: The former diva dedicates her final song to her love and tells Miku that she's "glad she got to see her face" before dying.]]

* {{Yandere}}: Rin, in particular, seems to have shades of this towards her brother and Meiko. [[spoiler: Anyone who is familiar with vocaloid lore might wonder about Tei and Mayu, as well ...]]

* [[spoiler: MayberEverAfter: At the end of the fic, it seems likely that Miku and Luka are going to get together, but it's understandably very tentative.]]

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* BlackMagic: Meiko seems to be a master of this.

* AxCrazy: Mayu is probably this, given the nature of the circus.

* DissonantSerenity: Haku and Neru have this. Also Mew, to a lesser extent.
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Miku has dreams of [[spoiler: being in love with a beautiful girl named Luka, who seemed to be in love with both her and Meiko.]]

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Some of the circus members come across as this.

* {{I'm a Humanitarian}}: Kaito is implied to be one, although he acts more like an animal than a human.

* AdaptionExpansion: While the fic takes much inspiration from the popular fan PV of the song, it gives a lot more background to the characters and doesn't follow every detail religiously. It's more of an expansion of the song itself, truthfully.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11261684/1/Rotting-Camellias Rotting Camellias]] is a {{Vocaloid}} fanfic by masterofthefictionalyard. Based off of the song Dark Woods Circus, it tells the story of a high school student named Miku who visits a strange circus. It's dark from the beginning, but she can't help being entranced by it. While there, she sees many strange acts, including a fortune-teller with a vague message and a tattered brown tent full of frightening freaks. But what really shocks her is the finale of the main act, where she is entranced by the enigmatic ringmaster and a mournful singer in a cage, covered in flowers. When she goes to investigate further, [[spoiler: the singer dies before her eyes, and Miku is captured and put into her cage. As her body begins to sprout its own flowers, she must find out what is happening to her and why.]]

* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Miku has dreams of [[spoiler: being in love with a beautiful girl named Luka,

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11261684/1/Rotting-Camellias Rotting Camellias]] is a {{Vocaloid}} fanfic by masterofthefictionalyard. Based off of the song Dark Woods Circus, it tells the story of a high school student named Miku who gets kidnapped by a strange circus. She is forced into a cage in a tattered brown freak tent, with a pair of two-headed twins on one side of her and a man who acts more like an animal on the other side of her. Other members of the circus are equally frightening, and no one seems surprised to see her locked up. Before long, strange magic causes her body to change in painful, grotesque ways, and she must unravel the secrets of what's happening while discovering who in the circus is a foe, and who might be a friend ...

* CreepyCircusMusic: In the very first chapter, Miku is lured into the circus by the calliope music. When she hears it in later chapters, it sounds frightening and strange.

* Breath Weapon: Cul is a fire breather.

* ConjoinedTwins: Rin and Len, [spoiler: although they weren't born that way ...]

* CreepyCircusMusic: In the very first chapter, Miku is lured into the circus by the calliope music. When she hears it in later chapters, it sounds frightening and strange,

* CircusofFear: The "Dark Woods Circus" even has a creepy sounding name. From there, it only gets more disturbing.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11261684/1/Rotting-Camellias Rotting Camellias]] is a {{Vocaloid}} fanfic by masterofthefictionalyard.