CIRQUE DU OISEAU, KNOWN FOR THEIR BIRD MASKS AND GRACEFUL CIRCUS ACTS, HAS SUDDENLY GONE MISSING. THE ONLY ONES LEFT ARE THE RECENTLY TURNED ADULTS WHOSE MASKS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN THEY SEEM.

 

 

/ PLOTLINES WOULD BE THE FLEDGLINGS; THEY'LL EACH BE DIFFERENT BIRDS

/ POSSIBLE PLOT: THEY'RE NOT JUST SIMPLE MASKS; THEY'RE ANCIENT ONES BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS INCREASING (AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MASKS. USUALLY, MASKS ARE PASSED ON WHEN THE ELDERS RETIRE AND THE FLEDGLINGS BECOME OLD ENOUGH TO BE FULL-GROWN CIRCUS MEMBERS. THESE ANCIENT ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DUG OUT WERE HIDDEN FOR A REASON. THEY ENABLE THE OWNER TO SHAPESHIFT INTO THE BIRD ON THE MASK. WHEN THE WHOLE CIRCUS IS UNDER SIEGE AND EVERYONE IS KIDNAPPED SO THEIR MASKS CAN BE STUDIED AND USED (THE MASKS ONLY WORK WITH THEIR OWNER; THEY'RE BOUND AT THE COMING-OF-AGE CEREMONY). SO, THESE NEWLY-TURNED-ADULTS ARE NOW OUT SEARCHING FOR THEIR FELLOW CIRCUS MEMBERS.

/ THE MASKS GIVE ALL THE QUALITIES THAT THE BIRD HAS (E.G. AGILITY)