Persona Monologue

The only thing around was a black cat that walked the empty streets; everyone was in the enormous yellow, blue and green coloured tent, and sat in comfortable in red seats: all they could see was the wooden stage that occupied most of the space. The flashy lights started to slowly fade away, leaving the rowdy tent, filled with whispers, in the dark. Right after the lights focused on the stage, where a tall and skinny man stood, wearing an elegant red tuxedo suit, his eyes covered by a golden mask: all the Citizens were staring at him in awe. He smiled and, raising his arms as if to embrace the audience, he spoke:"Good evening, Citizens. You are welcome here, in our house, and we hope to give you the best show you have ever seen." He stopped, lowered his arms and finally started to walk
with phlegmatic steps, bowing his head; the lights followed him. "The show is going to start soon" continued, "however, before that, I have to present myself: I'm commonly known as Persona, and after I have finished with this brief speech, you will never see me again, yet you will only hear my voice." He interrupted again, stopped walking and bowed in, giving a larger smile than the one before.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." The audience was silent, still staring hypnotized by his smoky voice, by his ordinary yet charming appearance. They surely weren't expecting this. Twilight Circus is famous for its shows and especially for its performers: even the Citizens, who firstly didn't believe rumors, had to admit that after some gentle and gracious words they were completely allured. "Anyway, I don't want you to think it's over. This is just the beginning: I want to acknowledge you with the story of the Circus. The manager, who will appear at the end, is my dearest friend: he dragged me in this insane adventure that has radically changed my life, and not only mine. The Circus consist of nine people: they were torn away, one by one, from their awful lives, cared, trained: he gave them a home. Therefore we are a wide family and you too are part of
it." He was back in the centre of the stage and sat down:"Let's start then: I would like to invite on the stage ...Ignis!". As soon as his speech was over The Citizens cheered loudly, whistling, screaming. He clapped his hands and disappeared silently, leaving behind a wake of smoke, while exclaiming: "I hope everybody saw that because I will probably never be able to do it again!".And when a black figure appeared, everything was peaceful again.