Ethan wakes up after the explosion at the end of RE 8. With the disembodied whispers of the people the Romanian Megamycete had absorbed over the years, he runs from multiple greedy companies after his bioweapon DNA, and befriends the townspeople from outside and around the one that had a large suspicious cult in it once, now turned nearly completely to ash. And all he can hope for is to possibly see Rose, Mia, and maybe Chris again. Oh and the Duke shows up there and here too.

Y/N's smiles are a rarity, and for good reason. With all odds against her, a spark of hope ignites when the girl, by some miracle, finds a ticket to the circus. She goes, glad to have some time away from her nightmarish home life, but still can't help feeling out of place among the cheerful customers. When a jester sees how downfallen the girl is, he takes it upon himself to turn that frown upside-down. Male Jester x Female Reader