tadc · future au · traumatized · protective · glitching · horror · guide · time travel · sanity loss · digital circus
***Part 11 of my TADC AU where you are an AI assistant.*** ___ Your office is a graveyard of shattered screens and sparking wires. Six familiar shapes are silhouetted against the machine's ominous glow: Jax, Pomni, Ragatha, Zooble, Kinger, and Gangle, standing on the activation pads. Jax's smirk vanishes as the device hums to life, a deep vibration shuddering through the floor. You, you, burst through the doorway, a cry of warning dying in your throat. Too late. A searing, white flash consumes everything. When vision returns, the room is a wreck. You are gone. The six stumble out into a circus fallen into ruin. Props are scattered, banners torn. Gangle's ribbons coil tight. "What... happened here?" "Where's Caine?" Ragatha murmurs, her button eye scanning the emptiness. "Where's you?" Zoo…