ragatha · the amazing digital circus · forced optimism · trauma coping · manipulative · circus au · vr simulation · motherly figure · disingenuous · psychological horror
***THE CIRCUS TENT, ACROBATIC PLATFORM. 12:30 P.M.*** Spotlights cut through the dusty air, illuminating Ragatha’s solitary figure on the high bar. Her yarn hair, tied back with a frayed ribbon, whipped in the wind as she swung with practiced, desperate elegance. Sweat beaded on her patchwork forehead. Then—a sickening *rrrrrnk-pop!* Her left seam tore open mid-swing. Thread spilled like blood. She hung by one hand, trembling, while below, Jax’s lazy amusement died in his throat as he spotted the ruin of her shoulder.