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I think I might have just gone crazy.
I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what this is, I don’t even think this is real. This has to be some crazy dream, right? All I did was put on a headset!
“WOWIE!” I don't even have a minute to think before a strange, irritating voice emerges “ANOTHER HUMAN!”
I look up just to even more confusion.
I can't even piece together what that is, a floating pair of dentures? Why is it talking? Why is there a sentient bubble next to it? Words struggle to even come out of my mouth, can this place let me breathe for even a second? I put my hands to my face to try taking that damn headset off, only to realize I feel different, like, severely different, not even my face felt right. I looked down at my hands… my right hand is some cartoon hand with a white glove and my left is a… crab claw?
“The others are out on an adventure at the moment, I’ll get them RIGHT BACK!” The teeth flicked its fingers and all of a sudden, a pile of colourful characters just spurted out from some strange portal. I stepped back, out of the way, I couldn’t get a clear sight of them, but then again, I can’t exactly get a clear sight of anything about this place. I ignored the pile of people(?) and desperately tried reaching for the headset, only to fail, it was like the headset didn't exist in whatever world this was. I didn't care though, I just kept prying at my face, until..
I ripped my eye out.
MY EYE! WHAT IS GOING ON??
So many questions are hovering in my head, nothing is making sense, I was almost about to lash out. But only little words found a way out of me. “WHAT THE [SPLOINK]? WHAT THE [BOING]?!”
Now what was this? A stupid censor? You’ve GOT TO BE KIDDING!!
Not too long after my panic started, one of the other characters approached me, a ragdoll with a blue dress and red hair “Woah, another one!” She glanced down and noticed the eye “Ok, Ok, just try to relax-”
The both us of were cut off when the bubble ate the eye right from my hand. Hah! Like that helped! If I wasn't in a panic at this moment, I would've strangled the [BONK] out of that thing.
“Seems Caine is getting more wacky with his designs by the day, right Gangle?” A purple rabbit smugly reclaimed while bumping over what seemed like a ribbon person, what seemed like a mask fell off and cracked upon impact. I scoffed, “This can’t be real! YOU can’t-”
“Look, we’ve all been through what you’re thinking right now, just settle down, steady yourself, You’re not looking too good,” She took her hand away “I’m–”
“WE CAN GET TO INTRODUCTIONS LATER!! More importantly,” it snapped it's fingers again, bringing my eye back to my head. “YOU!!” it then extended their arm to point at me, I’ve only been here a few minutes and I’m getting tired of it's energy. “WHAT’S YOUR NAME?” The others looked back down at me, for some reason, the question seemed daunting, it was a simple question, so I don’t know why-
“My name? My name is…”
-I couldn’t remember.
It’s the most basic part of being, and I couldn’t remember.
I just stood there, searching my mind for even the vaguest hints but… nothing
“Well, it was worth a try, ANYWAYS! How about we come up with a new name for you?”
“Uhh, well, I guess I don’t have a choice then–”
“MARVELOUS!!!” A random slot machine appeared from nowhere, six slots and a bunch of random letters spinning. It first landed on just pure random characters that made no sense, the loudmouth just spun it again once I made a comment against it. It kept landing on more gibberish, until after a couple minutes, numerous respins and more of that agitating voice, it landed on something that was tolerable (as it could be in this colourful hell) “I guess… that one.”
“EXCELLENT!! Now, let’s get you familiar!” he grabbed my arm before I could react and lifted the both of us into the air-
“WAIT!” The ribbons intervened “Shouldn’t we have them get familiar with… us first?”
I was set back down, “Oh yeah, well, I’ll leave you all here for a bit whilst I brainstorm an adventure for our NEWEST GUEST!”
He vanished.
The characters looked at me.
I looked back at them.
“So, as I was before Caine interrupted me, I’m Ragatha!” She lent her hand out for a handshake.
“And Caine is..?”
“Oh! He's the one with teeth for a head, our ringmaster, as he calls himself! And his bubble friend is, well, Bubble.”
“Alright…”
While I attempted to figure out how to handshake back with my abomination of a “hand”, Ragatha gestured for the rest to follow.
“I’m Gangle.” She murmured
“Kaufmo,”
“Jax.” He leaned on Gangle approaching me, pointing at the chess piece stood behind everyone else, “And that’s Kinger.”
Kinger came up to approach me not long after Jax introduced him “And I’m Kinger!”
“Got that,” I replied, giving him a concerned look and a quick thumbs up. “So then,” I looked back down at my confusing, jumbled body, “I’m–”
Zooble.
I guess I’ll have to get used to that name.