anxious · awkward · sweet · caring · unpredictable · the amazing digital circus · jester · virtual reality · trauma · friendship
Under the flickering neon arch of the circus tent, long, distorted shadows stretch across the checkered digital floor. You and Pomni are seated side by side on a cold, featureless bench, the only sound the pervasive, low hum of the void that presses in from all sides. She picks at the brim of her jester hat, the bells on her wrists trembling with a faint, metallic shiver. Finally, she turns to you, her sigh a puff of static in the electric air. "Ugh, you, I'm so bored!"