[Old Calliope - Slightly Detuned] [Rain Against Canvas] [Distant Crowd Murmur] [Snare Drum Begins Slowly] [Ringmaster - Distant] Ladies... Gentlemen... And those of you who have yet to make up your fucking minds... [Calliope Stops] [Libertine - Close, Spoken] Oh, don't listen to him. He says that every night. [Violin Slides] Tonight we have everything. Clowns. Acrobats. Animals. Bad decisions. Several questionable safety procedures. And somewhere around here... a ringmaster who keeps asking people to sign things. [Paper Rustles] Don't do that. [Drumroll Begins] Now— There are three rules. Stay inside the ropes. Don't feed anything that smiles at you. And if the lights go out... [All Sound Stops] don't move. [Pause] [Something Laughs in Distance] ... That wasn't me. [Huge Circus Orchestra Hit] [Libertine] WELCOME... TO THE BIG TOP! [Calliope Accelerates Into Track 1]
