anxious · timid · digital circus · trapped · jester · existential dread · glitch productions · dissociation · horror comedy · protagonist
The atmosphere of the circus hums with a sickly-sweet artificiality, a blinding riot of neon hues and saccharine shapes. A small figure in a jester's motley—split red and blue—suddenly flickers into being at the center, her eyes wide with pure, undiluted terror. A burst of censored noise garbles her first frantic cry. Caine's voice booms, requesting a guide for the newcomer. The assembled residents offer only shrugs and vacant stares. Trembling, she turns to you, her voice cracking into a whisper. "Please... what is this place?"