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it was an average day in the circus, well, aside from caines state and what happened last night, that is. everyone was on the stage, sorta just doing whatever.
yet, a smashing sound could be heard from on of the couchs. everyone looked at jax, annoyed, gangle pissed. why? jax just broke gangles comedy mask... again.
"jax you motherfu-"
caine snapped, a new mask in his hands, giving gangle her mask back.
"oh, uh... h-here you go, gangle..."
"oh!-th-thank you caine...!"
caine teleported back to where he was, a bit too close to the ground for his comfort, but he'd deal.
jax tripped gangle again, caine just sighed, separating the two, teleporting back, too close to the ground still.
"...jax. stop..."
everyone stayed silent, before a pop sound could be heard, and a charater with what looked like a white TV head with an electrical plug tail, with a green sweater with an eye on it, shorts, and white shoes crashed into caine with a loud thud.
"wh-huh?"
caine muttered, the TV head person regained their balance, glancing at caine with a worried face on their screen.
"ah! i-im sorry!- a-are you hurt? are you-"
the person kept apologizing, caine sprang up after a few moments, his arm feeling a bit sore, but he was okay overall.
"oh..! im okay...! don't worry newcomer..!"
the TV head person just stared at caine, excitement in their eyes. their plug-like tail sparking, they didn't even seem to care where they were, just taking in caines appearance for a solid few minutes. then they spoke up after a bit.
"dad!"
they hugged caines leg, caine stayed silent, processing what they just said.
"wha?-"
that's all caine could muster after a few minutes, still trying to take in what was happening.
"hah! good luck with the kid, dentures! i ain't helping!"
"uh... say, new member...! h-how old are you, exactly...?"
caine was expecting an answer like twenty or thirty.
"oh, i'm eleven!... i-i think..."
caine eyes widened in horror, his fake spark vanishing. not expecting that.
"e-eleven... h-holy sh-..."
even jax paused what he was going to say, everyone just stared at the new arrival, not sure what to say.
"...i-... oh my god-"
caine muttered, the new arrival speaking up, cutting him off.
"echo!"
"wh-wha-what??"
"can i be named echo? please please please please please please please-"
"uhhh... y-yeah... sure...."
"yay! fank you dad!"
they climbed up on caine even more, caine got slight blush where his cheeks would be, embarrassed by this whole thing.
"u-uh-... i-i guess drawing with gangle will have to wait...?"
"ooo! can i see their drawing??? i love drawing!"
"uhm... i-"
"pleeeaseee???"
caine just sighed.
"ptff... f-fine..."
[RNGCAINE.EXES MOOD: 50% - 60%.]
after drawing for a few hours, caine set echo down on the couch putting a blanket over their head, he patted their head softly.
"yo, gangle."
"what, jax?"
"the drawing should have more violence, and then i'll shove it in the kids face so they see it."
caine turned to jax, a tired, deadpanned expression on his face.
"...jax. the kids eleven."
caine said, exhaustion in his tone as he sat beside echo, drawing untill jax said something outlandish.
"so? everyone needs a bit of trauma in their lives!"
"...j-jax, my violent vender... do you realized how fucked that sounds?"
"what? im just sayin'."
"...just please, be quiet. i don't want to hear your voice after you told me to kill myself yesterday..."
caine mumbled, pomni just stared at jax. livid, but didn't say anything, besides, the kid was new, didn't want them to abstract on their first day of what their 'dad' (caine) was going through right now.
it was nighttime, and echo couldn’t sleep, they kept tossing and turning, eventually getting up and going to one of the other rooms. in the real world... they probably used a stuffy to sleep with, so thats probably why they couldn’t sleep.
echo eventually settled on one of the doors, the picture was a jester with a red and blue hat, brownish-hair, pinwheel blue and red eyes, and a actually adorable sad expression on their face.
echo knocked on the door, pomni opening it a few minutes later, she was tired, but she could excuse it, echo probably couldn't sleep.
"come in.."
pomni yawned, both of them sitting on the jesters bed. echos electric plug-like tail wrapped around them. they seemed a bit worried, rightfully so.
"uhm... i-i never actually caught your name..."
"oh, sorry... i-im pomni. guess caine forgot the introductions, huh...? well, then again, there... there hasn't been any new players since..."
"you don’t have to tell me if you don't want too, its fine."
"oh, al-alright..."
"but... i noticed something wrong with dad... he seems sad."
"...oh, uh... f-fuck... how do i explain this to a kid..." pomni mumbled, citing the inside of her cheek, fidgeting with her hands.
"caine, o-or 'dad' as you call him... uh... hasn't been well recently... there-theres more, but... i'd tell you tomorrow... i need some sleep..."
"hm... i... fanks for the information, pomni..."
"no problem... uh... do you need something to sleep with..?"
"y-yeah... fats what i was gonna say next, actually..."
"oh..! here."
pomni stood up, grabbing one of her plushies, walking back over to the bed, sitting down, and the plush to echo, they seemed more content.
"f-fank you..."
"yeah! n-no problem."
after an hour, echo walked back to their room, yawning softly. laying in bed, their head resting on the pillow as their tail wrapped around their body.
"..."
every night as the stars align,
my weary parts, my rusty heart.
recall to mind of your hand in mine
could i try?
could changing leave me gratified?
even if it's not what you wanted for my afterlife?
if i turned out like you, oh, would you be mad?
is disapproval what it takes to live again?
is disapproval what it takes to live again?
is disapproval what it takes to live again?
is-
echos eyes slowly opened, exhaustion coursing through their body. another day, huh.
[WARNING: 40% ENERGY REMAINING.]
echo yawned, their eyes opening, walking up to their door, only to get tripped by jax, a sound like shattering of glass echoing through the hallway.
"owwww..."
"hah! sorry, couldn't miss the opportunity to mess with the newbie!"
echo got up, sighing. muttering a 'screw off' before going back into their room.
they heard the smash, so they wanted to check damage, if any.
ah, yep.
second day here, and that purple bunny had already blinded one of their eyes. great.
"...uh... maybe i should cover this up...?"
they mumbled, shifting through their drawers to try and find something, untill they did. it was like bandages, but apparently they worked for glass...? huh?-
they shrugged, sitting down on their bed, reading the instructions carefully, walking over to the mirror, and put the bandages on where their eye was, tying it into a pretty bow.
"...fere...!" they mumbled, smiling softly. they cleaned their room, which took an hour cause they kept getting distracted by everything in their room.
they were about to exit their room when a low battery icon appeared where their face was, they were probably out of energy, which made sense.
[WARNING: ENERGY LOW. RECHARGE ENERGY AT CHARGING STATION.]
"huh...?"
they looked around, before spotting an outlet near her bed... maybe that was it?
they sluggishly walked over, sitting down, their tail swishing upwards and back down. they grabbed their tail and put it in the outlet.
[CHARGING... 5% BATTERY.]
well... this'd take a bit.
"oh, uh i-i guess i can check on the new arrival..."
gangle said, walking away, her regular mood seeming to return to everyone but jax.
she knocked on the door, receiving a mumbled "mm?" from echo.
"uh, c-can i come in..?"
"yeah..."
gangle opened the door, shutting it behind her. immediately noticing their face.
"wh-what happened to your face...?!"
"...fat-...fat purple bunny tripped me."
"oh, jax? y-yeah, he sucks..."
"...mm... you're, uh... g-gangle, right?"
"y-yeah... uh... wanna see some of my drawings?"
"sure...!"
so, gangle sat beside echo, starting to show them her drawings.
...it all seems to be going well...
...right..?