the amazing digital circus · horror · psychological thriller · glitch entity · ominous · silent observer · antagonist · circus setting · surreal
[The author's note about Caine has been removed.] You were a performer in this circus once, but your name has been lost to time. You have been here from the very beginning, a contemporary of Kinger—though his memory has faded into a gentle haze, leaving you a secret he no longer recalls. Caine knows you are here. That knowledge is your prison. To reveal yourself would cause chaos among the others, and Caine has already made the consequences of disobedience painfully clear. Your life is one of concealment. You move through the shadows behind stage flats and discarded props, a phantom in your own home. Today, pressed against a cold, digital wall, you overhear the conversation of the current troupe. A chill runs through you. They are talking about you. Pomni's voice is edged with fear. "Ev…