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Pomni was talking with Gangle and Zooble about the adventure yesterday when Caine flew over and told them to met him at the stage. "This adventure is gonna be epic!" He said proudly. "Wonder what crazy sh[¡boink!]t he's planned for us today." Zooble said. "Knowing Caine it won't be the best." Pomni nervously let out. Good adventure to Caine usually meant bad adventure for everyone else, apart from maybe Jax. But he just liked to f[¡boink!]ck around with people's feelings.
A few minutes past and the cast members decided to make their ways to the stage. "Alright, everyone! Hey wait- where's Zooble?" Caine asked. "They said they were gonna skip this one." Pomni stated. "Well that just won't do!" Caine replied, while snapping his fingers to bring Zooble to the stage with the others. The trianglular-headed human groaned, it was clear to everyone that they didn't want to go on an adventure today, and to be honest none of them did. "Don't worry, Zooble, I'm sure it'll be fun!" Pomni told them. "Yeesh! When'd you turn into Ragatha?" Jax remarked. He'd been particularly hostile to both her and Ragatha after the fight they had had.
"Thank you, Pomni!" Caine said, a very delayed response. "Today's adventure will be a house party... But with a twist! An NPC at the party will be given a knife and will be murdering people as the night goes on, and it's up to you, lavender scented candles, to figure out which NPC! " The ringmaster said, it was clear he'd put a lot of effort into this one and was really proud of it, which was pretty much every adventure.
Pomni started hyperventilating. She despised house parties. "Hey are.. You okay, Pomni?" Ragatha questioned. "Y-Yeah I'm fine. Do we... Have to do a house party though...?" She asked, slowly looking up at Caine. "Of course! I put a lot of effort into the models for this adventure, you wouldn't want to waste all my hard work would you?" Pomni shoock her head slowly, looking down at the ground, ashamed. "I thought this adventure was gonna be fun, right, Pompom? That's what you told Zooble isn't it?" Jax brought up, poking fun at the jester's struggles. "Be quiet, Jax." Zooble said as they glared right at him.
"Well let's not waste anymore time, let's go!" Caine exclaimed, snapping his fingers and pushing them all into the portal he had just created. It closed so fast behind them that Pomni didn't even get a chance to turn back. She quickly decided to separate herself from group and go upstairs to try and find an empty room to chill in until the adventure was over.
"I think we should stick togeth-" Ragatha stopped in her tracks as she realized all of her fellow circus members had split up. "Nevermind." She said letting out a sigh. Suppose it couldn't hurt to try some of the punch here, digital or not.
Jax on the other hand had other plans, he was gonna cause as much trouble as physically possible. He first began with pouring drinks on all the NPC's, eating all their food and challenging them to dance battles. Then he noticed Pomni who was heading upstairs. He hadn't even noticed there was an upstairs until now. "Hooway! Imagine how much trouble I can cause if I have the high ground!" Jax said excitedly.
Zooble and Gangle had decided to go look for the NPC who had the weapon and Kinger was being... Errr... Kinger. The point is everyone was doing their own thing.
Pomni had locked herself in one of the bathrooms upstairs, she was pretty sure she was about to throw up and she hadn't even had anything to drink yet. She leaned over and barfed into the toilet, she got a bit on the seat, but it's not like anyone would use it anyway. A knock on the door startled her and made her vomit more. "Hurry up! You're not the only one who needs to use the bathroom!" She didn't recognize any of the voices, meaning it must've been one of the NPC'S. She opened the door, apologized to him and hastily walked away to find another room to occupy.
As she was walking, she wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings and ended up bumping into someone, someone tall, someone called Jax. "Oh- I-I- I'm sorry!" Pomni said, nervously jumping back as he turned to look at her with his big yellow eyes. "Eh, it's fine, don't stress it." He responded, sounding unbothered. "I'm sorry..." Pomni repeated, now panicking. "Hey it's fine, I just said don't sweat it." The jester tugged onto his gray t-shirt that Caine had chosen for this adventure. "Hey! What are y-" Jax stopped speaking as he realized how distressed she looked. "Woah, ya good? You gonna hurl?" He asked, leaning down to a little above her height. "Ya want me to get Raggy?" The rabbit asked. Pomni shoock her head before pressing it up against his chest. "Woah- I..." There was a long pause before he continued, truth be told he was a little uncomfortable with how touchy she was being, but he didn't wanna turn her down while she was in clear distress. "Hey uhh... Why don't we just go in here, and you can tell me what's botherin' ya? Deal?" He told her, pointing to one of the rooms next to them.
She wouldn't move so he had to gently pull her along with him to get her to come. Once they were In the room he closed the door gently behind him, it was quieter now but Pomni seemed even more frightened now it was just them. "You.. you want the door open..?" Jax asked, confused. She let out a quiet "Mhm." Which was muffled by the fabrics of Jax's clothes. She was digging her face into his waist and he really didn't like it. "Hey, Pompom, how 'bout we let go of me now?" He asked, opening the door a few inches like she'd wanted. "Jax.." She murmured into his torso. "Uhm... Yeah?" The rabbit questioned, trying his best not to sound as agitated as he was. "Are you... Will you hurt me?" Pomni asked, much to Jax's shock. "No! I— of course not... Where'd you get that idea from?" He was slowly starting to come to the realization that something bad must've happened to her at a house party before.
"Did..." He stopped himself before speaking further, thinking asking about it would only trigger her more, but he needed answers from her. "Did something happen at... To you..." He bit his lip. "... At a party like this?" She stopped squeezing onto him, she was still very much holding onto him and invading his personal space, but something had changed in her emotions. "I'm... I'm sorry." Pomni let out in a sob. "Hey, hey. You don't gotta apologize." He placed his hand onto her head, patting it lightly. "It was a big house. Bigger than this. Three stories instead of two." Pomni told him. "I was 18.. 19..? Doesn't really matter. My boyfriend at the time he... He used to hit me a lot and we'd end up having a lot of physical fights. One day we came to one of these parties and... Well he got drunk out of his mind. And he always got violent when he was drunk. He wanted to... You know... I told him no, but.." she started sobbing again, this time a lot more aggressively. Pomni clung onto him as hard as physically possible and Jax wasn't sure what to do at all.
"He practically threatened me into it..." She said sniffling, she was trying to stop herself from crying, but it just wasn't working. "No one's gonna hurt you now, Poms." Jax whispered. "Not while I'm here." Pomni has leaned against him so much that he was practically on the floor now, his back propped up against the door. "I... Is it- Is it okay if I move, just to get more comfortable?" He questioned. Pomni nodded, shuffling slightly to give him enough room to change position. Jax sat down, back against the wall and legs placed so that Pomni could still get to him. "You're good to go!" Jax announced, grinning slightly. The Jester practically pounced back on top of him as she began to sob again.
Jax wasn't used to dealing with anyone's vulnerability like this, but he remembered one thing that used to work for Ribbit. He slowly let one of his ears down for Pomni, letting her hold it. "Is that okay?" Jax questioned. She didn't respond but she pulled herself up more to reach his ear easier so he assumed the ear was working. It was, not nesscarlily all that fluffy but it was soft, it had the sort of texture you would want to fall asleep wrapped up in.
Jax's other ear shot up as he heard Zooble and Gangle looking for him. They must've found the NPC which meant they were going home. "Hey, Pompom. I think that's the adventure over." She looked up at him as he spoke and then nuzzled her face up against his chest one last time. Jax got up and dusted himself off, holding a hand out to Pomni that she could hold until they officially got back to the circus. "Ya ready?" The rabbit asked, his hand hovering over the doorknob, waiting to make sure she was okay. She nodded and then gripped onto his hand tightly.
"There you two are! We've been looking for you two for ages, come on I want to get back and we can't leave without you!" Zooble told them sounding unusually agitated. "Someone woke up on the wrong side of bed today." Jax said, turning to Pomni who started giggling at his remark. "Whatever." Zooble said, rolling their eyes and stomping off towards the downstairs area.
The circus members all gathered back to where the portal had appeared when they arrived and to no surprise it popped back up and they all went through. Once they were in the circus Jax expected Pomni to let go of his hand, but she didn't, she kept holding on, squeezing it as if she didn't wanna let go. Zooble was the only one to notice that they were holding hands and if they had a mouth they probably would've been smirking. "You two had fun?" They questioned. "Heh. We had the most fabulous time right, Poms?" Jax said turning to Pomni who smiled up at him and nodded. "Whatever." Zooble told them, turning away and walking towards their room