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  1. Public Bookmark 85

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    Caine, twenty years of awful feedback, him trying his best despite the mistreatment and a secret he'd keep no matter what.

    Pomni, experienced in managing emotions, her extending a helping hand to an AI and being a good friend for those she cares about.

    (An AU that diverges from the end of episode 2)

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    16 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 27

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    Pomni has a problem.

    The Amazing Digital Circus has been raided by a new and advanced version of Generative AI that promises a wider, expanded world, a connection to the wider world via the Internet, and maybe, just maybe, a way to fix Abstraction. The problem is it’s a devil’s bargain that threatens more than it saves and the gang are becoming increasingly aware that there's a lot more going on than what it appears and they're going to need a lot of additional help if they want to figure out the truth.

     
    Abby has a problem.

    She’s just received a desperate message begging her to reach out to five people she’s never met because if she doesn’t bring them together an entire digital world may come unraveled. It shouldn’t be her problem, except… It kinda is. After all the request came from herself (sort of).

    Once more, six strangers will have to come together, united in a common adventure; once more, six friends will have to fight to save their home, because if the curtain falls on the Digital Circus, it may fall for everyone.

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    16 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 24

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    Set after "An empty chest", a fic in which Caine struggled with his deletion and all the human emotions that came of it. Angst, pain and character development, experienced through an antagonist redemption arc.

    This is a collection of small oneshots, snippets and moments in the circus, after an ending that could be considered happy. They all must find meaning in life, and this is it.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    Complete and absolute deletion would mean the end of the circus. It still stood, even if torn. However, without a fully functional AI attached to its framework, it is bound to slowly fall apart.
    The former ruling AI hopes, from the bottom of his nonexistent heart, that his dear humans may find a solution and worthy substitute... before the deletion timer hits zero.

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    AKA: Cain ends up in the recycling bin. He won't be there for long, however. A terminal is soon retrieved by the humans: Any restored files are sent back to their original drive. Perhaps a fate worse than deletion.

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    15 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 63

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    Caine can't seem to give his wonderful players anything they actually enjoy. The fake exit adventure proved it- he'd done what he could. It had been real. They even chose to stay. And yet, they hate him. They just hate HIM.

    At the end of his rope, he comes up with a genius idea: what if he just leaves? If they hate him so much, then he'll give them what they want. He did not mean to abstract- he wanted a dramatic show, first, really, but does it matter so much how he goes out, anyway? He doesn't mind the change of plans as much as he'd have thought he would.

    [TLDR: Caine almost abstracts. Bubble is scrambling to convince any of these idiots to do something, and Kinger's confronting a whole lot more responsibility for this mess than he'd anticipated.]

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    12 Jun 2026