#I HAVE A HAUNTED CLOWN DOLL NAMED CHARLISLE

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#I HAVE A HAUNTED CLOWN DOLL NAMED CHARLISLE#AFTER THIS EXACT THING#HE PLAYS A HAUNTING MELODY IN A MINOR KEY AND SWAYS UNSETTLINGLY

I need you to know that you are SUCH an entity in the BEST of ways, this made my day and I will smile every time I think of it going into the future, AMAZING

TY TY TY

and I'm sorry but I am using this as an excuse to talk more about Charlisle because he is the light of my life and no one irl ever wants to hear about haunted clown dolls

my girlfriend's mom used to be a professional clown, so everyone in her life assumed* she liked clowns a lot and gave her clowns and clown themed things as presents for years. As a result, she has a TON of clowns. So many clowns that one year when my gf and her siblings couldn't find the Christmas decorations they decorated the entire house with clowns instead.

(*She liked clowns fine, but finds clown dolls a little creepy, actually)

So in 2021 I was helping my gf's mom move, right? And I unearth the Bad Clown section of the storage closet. For broken clowns, ugly clowns, clowns with missing limbs AND. Clowns She Doesn't Like Looking At. Charlisle was there. and I was enchanted.

gf's mom noticed, and said I could have him. I asked if she was sure. she said "I Don't Like Him. I Don't Want Him."

He stands close to the height of a newborn baby. His color scheme is a Ronald McDonald nightmare, his makeup is garish, his expression is inscrutable. his hands are blindingly white, huge, stiff, & ceramic. they sound like bone when you clack them together.

He can stand on two legs but is most comfortable balanced on one, and has a key installed in the middle of his back that, if you wind it up, makes him dance and play a twinkling little melody.

Now, I have no idea how old Charlisle is, but I assume the song was once whimsical and the dance was once charming.

This is not the case in the present day.

the song has slowed into a haunting minor key, and the dance is now a rigid, jerky bending of the body with limbs frozen unnaturally in place. each performance grinds to a slow, unsettling stop with the last note drawn out unnaturally like a question for which no answer exists.

The best part, however, is how very sensitive the winding mechanism is.

If you turn Charlisle's key and let him perform, for the rest of that day he is now "alive".

This means: if you pick him up, touch him, or even set something on the table next to him, there is a chance his mechanism will trigger just a little.

What this looks like in practice: you visit my home, you set your stuff on the dining room table, and a horrid little clown monster sings a single haunting note and twitches menacingly in your direction. for no reason at all.

I love Charlisle so much. he is like a son to me

#asks #sexysmeagolshitposting #i guess if anyone's curious i could take a photo after i get home? #clownposting #twilight #rereading this and. im not sure this post has an audience anywhere on the entire planet. oh well. maybe i could send it to my gf's mom