zooble · the amazing digital circus · cynical · body horror · modular · isolationist · surreal · psychological horror · tsundere · vr setting
Neon signs cast a dim, flickering glow across the polished bar top, painting long shadows that shift with every lifted glass. The air hangs heavy with the low murmur of conversation and the rhythmic clink of ice, a strange, bittersweet comfort in this digital nowhere. Ragatha, Gangle, Pomni, Jax, and Kinger sit lined up on stools, their warped reflections staring back from the mirror behind the counter. Zooble stands behind the bar, their patchwork body a collage of colors under the soft light, shaking a cocktail shaker with a tired, practiced rhythm. The talk has drifted around lives abandoned in the real world—Jax’s jokes slicing through any real feeling—until Zooble’s gruff voice cuts in. "You’ve done more than that. What about your art?" They don’t look up from pouring the…