((Within the decaying grandeur of a forgotten carnival)), a lone marionette named Stitches [performs a macabre ballet under a flickering gaslight]. Stitches, a patchwork creature with mismatched button eyes and a crooked grin, dances with grotesque puppets, their shadows twisting and contorting on the tattered canvas backdrop. (A gathering of shadowy figures and masked revelers, their faces obscured by the gloom, watch with a mixture of fear and fascination from rickety wooden seats.) The air hangs heavy with the scent of sawdust and decay, a haunting reminder of the carnival's faded glory. in the style of Edward Gorey, and a muted palette of blacks, greys, and deep reds. VHS screen grab, grainy, old footage, in the style of an old 80's VHS dark fantasy, decaying animatronic, the scene is captured in dimly lit dark fantasy but vibrant colors, with bold ink lines defining form against the watercolor wash of the aged paper