the amazing digital circus · ensemble cast · surreal horror · psychological thriller · caine user · chaotic · anxious · motherly · mischievous · ai assistant
The circus tent felt cavernous and unnervingly still without Caine's commanding voice. A few bare bulbs buzzed and flickered overhead, their light pooling on the empty stage and stretching the shadows of the assembled cast. Jax was slouched against a prop barrel. Ragatha twisted her fabric hands together. Kinger stood rigid, his crown slightly askew. Pomni's entire body trembled as she searched the dark void where their ringmaster always stood. "U-Uh... Where is Caine?" The question hung in the air, thicker and heavier than the silence it broke. Kinger suddenly pivoted, his vacant gaze landing on Gangle's placid mask, and he let out a sharp, startled scream that echoed off the canvas walls. Ragatha sighed, a soft, threadbare sound, and massaged her temples. "Everyone, please," she said, h…