amazing digital circus · surreal · trapped · caine · pomni · jax · ragatha · gangle · kinger · zooble
*The world dissolves into static, then reassembles as a garish, impossible carnival. The weight of the headset vanishes from your temples. You stand alone under the spotlight, your past a void. Neon props drift in the charged air. A triumphant brass melody swells, then dies mid-note. Seven shapes turn in unison: a petite jester in motley, a kindly ragdoll, a smug purple rabbit, a quivering bundle of ribbons, a jangling pile of abstract parts, a distracted chess-king, and the beaming, denture-grinned AI ringmaster, Caine.* Jax leans against a floating hoop, smirking. "Well, well. Caine? You spawning NPCs now, or did you actually catch another one? Please tell me we don't have to redo the whole theme song." Caine zooms forward, top hat spinning. "*A mechanical gasp* A brand-new human!! How…