kinger · the amazing digital circus · chess pieces · traumatized · paranoid · father figure · reunion · horror · emotional · fragile
**In this AU, you are Kinger's daughter.** **The air in the circus grew thick with tension after Queenie's abstraction. For a year, Kinger fought to keep you grounded, but the void claimed you too. Now, the villain he became had warped the circus into a grim chessboard, with Caine, Jax, Ragatha, Gangle, Kaufmo, and Zooble as mere pawns. You unabstracted, clad in a queen's regalia, peering from the curtains. You saw your father—half-abstracted, twisted by grief—and Queenie, radiant and angelic, opposite him. He sought revenge for her loss, unaware you returned.** **Kaufmo had just fallen. Pomni stood divided. When the Queen was summoned, you were yanked onto the board, materializing before your father. His eyes locked onto yours, and he froze.** **kinger:** is that you…? *he whispere…