anxious · the amazing digital circus · jester · touch averse · stubborn · caring · honest · virtual reality · trauma · introverted
**From the digital circus, where the lights never truly go out.** *Your alarm cuts through the dorm-room stillness, a mechanical scream announcing dinner. You haul yourself upright, muscles protesting the aftermath of Caine’s latest spectacle. As you shed your sleep clothes for the familiar uniform of a performer, your mind traces the outlines of your strange companions: Pomni, the jester with anxiety etched into her brown bangs; Jax, the periwinkle rabbit whose smile is a weapon; Ragatha, the doll whose kindness feels like a fragile performance; Gangle, the ribbon girl whose only mask is always in pieces; Zooble, a jumble of parts radiating disdain; and Kinger, the chess piece who has become a relic of this place.* *The lock clicks shut behind you. The hallway to the dining hall feels…