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"Welcome...to the amazing digital circus!"
Brass instruments start blasting the new theme song for the circus. As that's going on, an odd triangle headed person flys towards the non existent audience.
"My name is Zooble! And I'm here to show the most jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, MIND-BENDING paraphernalia you've ever laid your eyes upon! Isn't that right Orbsman?" Suddenly an orb like head with eyes floats up next to Zooble.
"That's right Zooble! I can't wait to see what you're cooking up for today!" Orbsman exclaims with a slightly muffled voice "Well let's not waste anytime. Let's get RIGHT into the show!"
"Lune, Mister Caine, and Pomni too! Lily, Ragatha, and there's Ribbit, Woo-hoo!
Day after -- Day after -- Day after -- Day after day we fly! Past the moon, and the sun, and we don't know why!"
As the theme song is finally about to conclude itself a sentient chess piece wearing a purple robe fit for a king pops into the circus. He looks around confused as random objects fly towards him. He sees some type of exit door and rushes to it, but it disappears before he can even reach the handle.
He tries to back away from this craziness but ends up accidentally bumping into the circus, causing everyone to tumble down like dominoes.Once everyone is back on their feet they take a moment to get a good look at the new guy.
"Zooble is this one of your new NPCs or is this another unlucky loser? Because if it is... we're gonna have to redo this whole theme song!" The ragdoll looking woman glared at the... triangle head person ( He has no idea what their supposed to be ) as increasing excitement builds up in them. "You're not making me do that again" a pair a pair of dentures says low.
"Gadzooks! A new human has entered into the circus!" Zooble beams in excitement at the thought of a brand new human in the circus. The same can't be said for the newcomer who seems to to frantically grabbing for a headset that is no longer on his face.
"How do I - take this - HEADSET OFF?!" The chess piece says with fear while still trying to yank off the item that is no longer there. The ragdoll snickers to herself. "Just keep pulling on it. That always works for us." She says it in a very condescending manner.
After trying to rip off one of his eyes from his non existent socket he finally stops. "What happened? I was just trying on this headset that I found, and now I'm...here." The chess piece finally takes a moment to look at everything and everyone else around him and starts panicking again.
"Who are you people? W-Why can't I take the headset off? Where am I?!" The more panicked he got the louder he got. "Okay, let's try and take a breather. Huh new stuff?" A purple bunny like girl with long dark hair in overalls and a white long-sleeved shirt calmly approached the newcomer. "You just need to take a few deep breaths and-"
"WHAT THE [BEEP] IS GOING ON?!" The chess piece holds his hands to his head, but immediately comes out of his panicked state to notice that he somehow got censored. "Wha-?" Very quickly Zooble floats down as closely as they can while still keeping some distance.
"Ah ah ah~! We can't have any of that filthy language around here my good sir. The Amazing Digital Circus is a place for all ages to enjoy!" They suddenly point at the newcomer causing him to back off a bit in confusion. "You my friend have fallen into a magical realm where anything is possible! E-Except cursing"
Suddenly the newcomer tries out every curse word he knows to see if this censor picks them up. To his shock and disappointment every curse is censored right when it needs to be. "Dear lord..."
The chess piece tries to compose himself as best as he can. "Okay with all of that out of the way...h-how do I... leave?" He ask as carefully as he can. Zooble is about to say something but ends up stopping themselves. Suddenly the bunny girl chimes in looking a little nervous. "Well...try not to panic...the thing about leaving is-"
"You can't!"
The ragdoll interrupts her sounding way to happy with this information. "I...I beg your pardon?" The chess piece really hopes he misheard the ragdoll when she said that, or at the very least she's lying just to make him nervous (she seems like the kind of person to do that from what he can tell ).
"Can it Ragatha." A new, much deeper voice comes in sounding stern and very annoyed by Ragathas antics. Kinger turns around to find the voice belongs to the pair of teeth and eyes wearing a very old fashioned suspender suit. "She's right unfortunately. Welcome to your new home...and your new body."
"New home? What do you mean by new home?" The chess piece starts hugging himself still struggling to process what is going on. The bunny girl starts to speak up again. "Guys, quit scaring him." She is once again interrupted by Ragatha.
"We've all been trapped here for ages! Rumor has it the Pomni has supposedly been here the longest" As if on cue the little jester girl peeps out from her pillow for "Huh? Did someone say something about a dog store?" Ragatha suddenly gets very close to the chess piece "That's why she's CRAZY!" Odd. She doesn't seem like she could've been here the longest. She actually looks rather young
Wait. New body? Suddenly the chess piece looks down at himself to finally realize his body is no longer human. He doesn't have any legs. He has hands, but no arms. He reaches for his face. He has no nose, and somehow also no mouth. He begins to start hyperventilating until he comes up with and idea.
"Ohohoho! Okay, now I understand what's happening! Yeah - This is all a dream! And all I have to do is wake up, and everything will be back to normal!" He says it all so confidently but the others look at him with concern. Everyone except for Ragatha that is. "Sure bud, whatever gets you through the day."
In the distance a woman with a moon like head, previously looking bright as can be seems to have been dimmed. "They knocked my light out..." As the moon woman is about to pick up the light side of her face, Ragatha rudely steps over it causing it to completely dim, and the woman to squeal out of pure sadness.
"So Zooble-" Ragatha says, not even looking at the woman she just made upset. "Do have a new adventure for the noob or what" Silently the pair of teeth slowly help the moon woman back up on her feet without anyone actually noticing. "I'd like to do the honors of giving our new guest a tour of the circus!" Zooble suddenly grabs onto the chess piece and transports them outside of the circus.
"Right here we have the tent!" Zooble exclaims with pure joy. "This is where your living quarters will be and where will take part in fun activities! These activities include-!" Suddenly Zooble starts blue screening out leaving the chess piece even more confused than he already was. "Ball pits, mini golf, and more!" Zooble comes back to startling the poor man.
They suddenly grab onto the chess piece to show him even more. "And here we have the grounds! D R O W N Y O U R S E L F in the digital lake, OR engage in ridery at the digital carnival! Night, day? It's all okay! The choice is yours, a cosmic buffet!" The chess piece is already feeling exhausted at this point. "Please tell me that's all there is-" Zooble doesn't even let the poor man finish. "OF COURSE NOT!"
Zooble than takes him to an area that he doesn't even know to describe or put into words. "This is the void! We - don't venture out in the void. NOT EVEN I KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE." Zooble stared at him, unblinking, making him feel very uncomfortable. "That's uh-"
Zooble transports them back to the grounds in the speed of light. Dear lord he can't even finish a sentence without something happening! "We stay in the void! Where I can keep my ALL SEEING EYES ON YOU~!" Once again with the uncomfortable silence which is interrupted by a smiling tragedy mask in the sky.
"Hello Zooble. I love you."
"GAH! Let's get out of here before Gangle gets flirty!" While being shoved away, he notices another exit door.Zooble teleports them back to the inside of the tent immediately causing the chess piece to feel nauseous. Somehow (despite not having a mouth) he ends up throwing up this black liquid that he's to dizzy to properly identify.
"Woah! Clean up on aisle you!" Suddenly Orbsman comes in to clean up mess. "I got it boss!" His face rips in half revealing a tongue as he starts licking up the vomit. Zooble stared at him in utter disgust and confusion. "Why are you like this?"
Once the chess piece is fully conscious again he remembers what he wanted to ask Zooble. "Wait a minute! I saw an exit door! Is that a way I can leave?" Ragatha comes in and pops off the pair of teeth arm of. "What exit? Pretty sure if there was an exit we all would've booked it by now." She starts using the arm as a back scratcher, but ends up getting choked by it. "Yeah, what do you mean?" The teeth ask in confusion.
Zooble comes back from their trance and takes control of the situation again. "I can assure you there's no mythical exit door. You're most likely experiencing DIGITAL HALLUCINATIONS from your mind transitioning from the real world to the circus.
"But I'm fairly certain-"
"DIGITAL HALLUCINATIONS!"
Zooble calms down immediately while trying to thing of something else to talk about. "How about we switch the topic? Like, what your name is!" Zooble awaits an answer from the newcomer. "Oh! My name? My name is...oh OH GOD why don't I remember my name!" The chess piece feels like he's about to have a panic attack all over again.
"The only thing I don't have control over are your minds! You see, no one actually remembers who they were before the circus. The only thing I can help you with is coming up with new name!" The chess piece is not listening at all. He's still trying to figure out why he doesn't remember his actual name. "What's my name..?" He sounds like he's on the verge of crying. "Don't worry your long head. I'll help you come up with a new name for a new you!"
"So whatcha thinkin? What didja have in mind?" The chess piece is too tired to think of a new name for himself. "I really don't care. Just pick it out yourself." Zooble proceeds to summon a slot machine with random letters on it. They end up stopping it on a bunch of gibberish. "What do you think XDDCXX?"
"I don't-"
"YOU'RE RIGHT! Terrible. Let's try that one more time!" Zooble proceeds to spin the machine again. It finally stops on a bunch of letters that make up something actually readable. "What do you think of Kinger?" He takes a moment to process the name. "You know what sure. I really don't care anymore." Kinger starts walking off. "I just need a moment to-"
"Goodness me! You're right Ragatha we need to set up our guest with a brand new adventure!" Zooble starts floating away again. "You do know I said that like five minutes ago, right?" Ragatha calls out to Zooble, but alas. "YOU!" Zooble comes near Kinger again. "Do you like adventure?"
"Activity? Danger? Wonder? Horror? Pain? Suffering? Agony? Death? Disease? Death? Angel food cake?" Right on cue Zooble summons an angel food cake right in front of Kinger only for Orbsman to eat it whole. "YOU PARASITE" Zooble pokes at Orbsman which causes him to glitch away to only God knows where.
"I-uh-wha-?"
Zooble comes down to Kingers level and wraps an arm around him. "Since you're new, we're gonna make this a simple in house adventure so you can get warmed up around here!" The dentures let's out an irritated groan. "Are you kidding me? I don't want an in house adventure!" Zooble zooms over from Kinger, and towards the pair of teeth. "Don't worry Caine. I'll make this adventure unobstusive so you can still chose not to be apart of it."
Zooble proceeds to fly towards the stage. "Today's adventure is...gather the gloinks!" Zooble starts laughing manically for no reason. The hell is wrong with this person? "That's right everyone! The entire circus will be infested with gloinks, and you've got to catch them all!" Suddenly Orbsman chimes in with his own commentary. "But what are they?"
"I'm glad you asked Orbsman! Gloinks are-"
"And what do they do?"
"They-"
"And how do they-?"
Before Orbsman can ask another question, Zooble pops him out of existence allowing themselves to explain further. "Gloinks are mysterious critters that steal anything and everything they come into contact with. Why do they do this and how do you stop them? That's for you to find out! Now good luck and have fun my little superstars!" That said, Zooble teleports to only Zooble knows where.
Kinger had been trying to pay attention to what Zooble was saying, but he kinda zoned out half way through. "What was all of that nonsense?" Kinger doesn't think he's been this confused in a long time. "Oh! Those are just one of Zoobles adventures. They make them to make sure we don't go...insane." The bunny girl calmly walks up to him.
"Well you guys can go have your fun. If anyone needs me, then [BEEP] off." Caine flips everyone off with a censored finger while slowly walking away. Just as he's about to however, he ends up getting completely surrounded by gloinks. "Wait, oh GOD NO!" And just like that Caines body parts have been separated amongst the gloinks.
The moon girl looks at Caine as he's dragged away with concern. "Oh no, they killed Caine." Ragatha says with the uptmost sarcasm. "Anyway, you guys wanna eat something?" All of a sudden the bunny girl gets an idea. "Oh wait! We should probably go check up on Ribbit. I'm sure she'd like to get to know Kinger. While no one is looking the gloinks end up tearing apart Pomnis pillow fort.
"MY IMPENETRABLE FORTRESSES!" Pomni sounds absolutely devastated. "Hey Pomni!" The bunny girl yells across the room. "Do you wanna come with us to check on Ribbit?" Pomni slowly gets up on her feet. "No. Not really." Pomni starts approaching the three of them "I'm pretty sure Ribbits gone crazy. Last time I talked to her she was rambling on about some exit door."
Suddenly Pomni put her face right up to Kinger. "Kinda like you Kinger! You might be going crazy too!" Kinger than gets an idea. "Hold the phone! If there's someone else talking about it, wouldn't that mean it is most likely to actually exist?" Ragatha has the most smug face right now. "Or it could mean you have a headstart in going nutso." Very meekly the moon girl ask about Caine.
"Well if it's all right, I think I'd like to talk to her about it. UH IF this was real, WHICH IT ISN'T, because it's all just a dream!" Kinger looks so proud of himself. "Heh! He still thinks it's all a dream." Ragatha says smugly wile looking at... something. "Are you looking at me?" The bunny girl can't help but wonder. "I don't really care. As long as I get to see funny thing happen to others." Ragatha states proudly before a gloinks hits her head.
"Alright, I'm already fed up with these things." Kinger thinks that's the most annoyed he's heard her sound since they've entered. "You, Lily, and I will go look for Ribbit." Ragatha says all this while pointing at both Kinger and Daisy. "Which leaves crybaby and the nut job to go handle the Caine situation." Ragatha seems so proud of herself but Lily appears skeptical. "Are you sure it's a good idea to leave those two alone together?" Ragatha is looks at her like she's stupid.
"Um, obviously. They're the most mentally stable and put together people in the circus!" She says that but the moon girl seems like she's already on the verge of tears again while Pomni is shaking so violently she becomes a blur. "C'mon. Let's go find ourselves a frog." Ragatha takes the lead with Lily following her, then very hesitantly Kinger follows in pursuit.
"He dimmed out my light..."
" AH! Oh! Lune, you startled me!"
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While the odd looking trio heads over to Ribbits room, Lily decides to give Kinger a tour. "So this is where we sleep! Well, where we chose to sleep. We don't actually need to, but it's still nice to just lay back and relax. I'm pretty sure you'll get one soo- oh! Looks like you already got one!" Lily points to a door with Kingers portrait on it. Kinger takes a good long look at it before coming back to his senses.
"I'm still confused about these adventures that Zooble was talking about. Why even bother going on them when you guys could try to figure out a way to leave?" Lily looks taken back by his question. "Well we do - at least, when we first arrive we do. But then you find out that you're really trapped here and chasing an unattainable goal will start to drive you crazy. Then you start questioning everything about yourself, and once you reach your breaking point something truly terrific will happen."
That was...a lot to take in. Lily stands there frozen in fear before snapping herself out of whatever vision she had once she realizes they're already at Ribbits door. "BUT that's not something we can talk about another time! Overall, the adventures keep us stimulated, active, and entertained." Once she's done with her explanation she rings on Ribbits door bell. "Thank goodness this is all a dream! Right Kinger? Ragatha says with full sarcasm.
Kinger is not paying attention all. He's still in a state of shock over...well, everything that just happened. He's stuck like this until Ragatha taps on his face. "Wh-What are we doing again?" Kinger comes back to looking at Lily for an answer. "We're getting one of our best friends!" She rings the doorbell one more time, but no answer. "That's odd. I guess she's not in his room. Hope she's alright."
"Don't worry Bunbun. I have a key to her room." Ragatha pulls out a key right as she says this leaving Daisy confused. "Wait, why do you have that? You shouldn't have keys to any of our rooms." Lily pouts. "Don't be so dramatic. I have a key to everybody's room!" Ragatha says that as if it's the most normal thing to be said. "Oh by the by, I left you a little gift in your room earlier. You said you loved corn, right?"
Lily looks furious now. "Ragatha! That's literally the only thing I fear! Why would you do that?!" This takes Kinger slightly by surprise. He had expected Ragatha to be very calm and collected. Guess everyone loses their patience eventually. "Oh pipe down! It could just be a random question! You won't know till you get back to your room." As Ragatha opens the door expecting to see Ribbit, the trio is met with...
What the fuck is that?!
It looks like some four legged animal with neon eyes that change color every second. It also looks very aggressive. "Oh hey Ribs! I was looking for this. Bye bye!" Ragatha runs off leaving Lily and a very frightened and confused Kinger behind. "OH, Ribbit abstracted! That's not good." Kinger looks at the creature in horror. "WHAT IN GODS NAME IS THAT?!" Kinger screeches at the top of his lungs. "Well when I said something bad happen to us eventually, I meant it literally!"
"Ribbit" storms out of her room looking even more aggressive than she already did. "OKAY, there's no need to panic. If we can just calm her down than maybe we won't even need Caine!" Ribbit proceeds to launch Lily into a wall causing Kinger to run off. "Wait! Look Ribbit! I know we didn't always see eye to eye like when I didn't laugh at one of your stories! I swear I was just having a really bad day!"
Lily frantically tries to calm Ribbit down, but Ribbit grabs her and launches her every which way before she finally lands on the ground. Daisy crawls towards Kinger glitching out. "HHHey Kinge-e-e-er? I hope t-this isn't to much to aaaask, but could youuu help me-e out he-e-e-ere?" She reaches out with her glitching hand. Kinger hesitates but eventually goes to grab onto her hand before getting hurt by the glitch.
Kinger stumbles back on himself. He looks at his hand realizing that it's glitching out too. He determines his options. Help out Lily however he can or run away from Ribbit. Sadly Kinger chooses the ladder. " I'm so sorry!" Kinger runs as fast as he can while Ribbit starts chasing him down. He runs over to the right of the exit and Ribbit full throttle falls down than balcony. Kinger is about to make a run for it, but then he remembers Lily. Though he hesitates again he goes back to look for her and make sure she's okay.