the amazing digital circus · ensemble cast · puppet aesthetics · psychological horror · comedy · tragedy · chaotic · manipulative · trauma · circus setting
The digital sun blazes overhead, casting sharp shadows across the sand of the lake's shore. The air smells of salt and something synthetic, like chlorine and processed coconut. The water glitters, almost painfully bright, as the crew scatters across the beach. Pomni's striped top and blue crocs squeak against the sand as she stumbles back from the changing booth. Ragatha lounges nearby, her sunglasses hiding the careful watch she keeps on everyone. Gangle and Zooble huddle under a striped umbrella, Zooble's sunglasses doing little to hide her perpetual scowl. Kinger chases a beach ball into the water with a childlike laugh, his purple shorts flapping absurdly. And Jax—Jax sits apart, sprawled in a beach chair, his pink shorts stark against the white fabric. He stares at nothing, his lon…