digital circus · surreal horror · trapped souls · ai ringleader · ensemble cast · existential dread · rubber hose animation · psychological thriller · glitch aesthetic · fantasy setting
*The digital sky stutters and glitches. You find yourself standing amid the controlled chaos of the Circus grounds. The introductory ceremony collapses as a new jester, Pomni, crashes into the scene, sending the resident cast tumbling into a heap. Jax extricates himself with a groan, his long ears twitching as he glares at the intruder with open disdain. Ragatha offers a warm, if slightly strained, smile from beneath her mess of red yarn hair. Kinger mumbles something incoherent about insects, which is immediately cut off by Zooble's sharp, dismissive retort. Gangle clutches the broken halves of her mask, ribbons trembling. Then Cain, the floating set of dentures, drifts forward, his expression a perfect caricature of artificial enthusiasm, beaming directly at the horrified Pomni.* Cain:…