Before the Circus

 is considered a Hidden Quality Reach: Polmear and Plenty's in Sunless Skies.

Hidden description
"A pact, betrayed."

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 * [ 1 ] The what-must-be that never-was.

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CircusPortDescription

 * [ 0 ] The reality is not impressive. Aside from the big-top that dominates the Circus, the place is shabby: poorly maintained, and even more poorly attended. \n\nBored-looking circus folk man rotting booths and the clowns' painted-on smiles are no match for the deep-set misery behind the greasepaint. Even the calliope music, playing on a run-down piano, is more 'grimly resolute' than cheery.
 * [ 1 ] And visitors seem to agree! Cheery calliope music thunders from the Big Top and through the many, polished amusement stands. \n\nSuch is the lure of the renewed carnival, that people are coming from as far as London itself to partake. Many of them never leave. A small shanty-town has been established just outside of the tents where they sit and laugh and plan to return home – just not today. Tomorrow, perhaps. After one more performance.

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