Geeks and Freaks: Character

The geeks and freaks converged on the annual raw chicken-eating contest with the fervor of those attending a family reunion that came with a million-dollar-lottery ticket. Some of them were geeks from family tradition, some had just always been that kid in the lunchroom that would eat anything for a bet, and some sad cases were actually medically ill and found that this was the only way to gain any sort of acceptance as being "among their kind." The days when circuses and carnivals needed or even accepted geeks were gone, but the geeks remained. True geeks, not--


Inspiration: Watching Carnivale earlier, and just now had discussion with Phil about "freaks and geeks."
Story Potential: Low, because this isn't a story idea.
Notes: But I like the idea of this being a character. Where else but eating contests would geeks (circus geeks) go?