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I told you guys I would be able to get it out on Thursday! I was finally able to write something and actually finish it! Wooo!
I wanted to play around with Caine’s anger, bitterness, and resentment in ep 8, so this is basically my own version of him torturing the cast.
I’m also pretty loose with the cannon. this as a lot of the cannon lore is mixed with my own ideas/headcannon. Gotta get it out of my system to prevent it from affecting my other story, you know?
Apologizes if my writing is stiff, I'm trying to get back into the groove of writing and this kind of helped.
Please read the tags before reading and I hope you enjoy! :D
Wouldn't it be funny if Caine "haunts" the circus.
Cuz like I seen people talking about how nothing is really deleted it in a computer, so some verison of him is still there.
What if he's just- lurking in the remnants of the broken circus, no model or voice, he just communicates through moving stuff around. And after he fixes the place, apologizes, and everyone reconciles-
So he now he's just the walls, the floor and everything. And he communicates through morse code with Kinger and makes words with the titles on the floor.
And whenever he feels left out, he would screw with the room and furniture to get attention.
Like one moment Jax goes down to sit down and Caine moves couch away from him. Jax falls on his ass, and he's like "OH HAHA very funny Caine!"
*goes to sit down again.*
*Couch moves again*
*falls on floor.*
"GOD DAMNIT!"
*floorboards left up and down to indicate Caine's laughter*
Zooble is laughing their ass off until Caine switches the xyz axis and everything is tossed to the ceiling.
Zooble is stuck to the wall like a fly and Zooble looks over to see the pillow fort is upside down on the ceiling and Kinger pokes his head and is like-
Kinger: "Oh, hey Zooble I didn't you could fly."
Zooble: "KINGER- I SWEAR TO GOD-"
Kinger: "Alright- Alright- Caine put us down."
*Curtains flip open and close*
Kinger: *gasp* "You will NOT take that tone with me mister!"
*Curtains angrily flip open and close again.*
"CREATIVE ARTIFICAL INTELIGENCE NETWORKING ENTITY- YOU WILL PUT US DOWN THIS INSTANT-"
*everyone plummets to the floor headfirst*
To avoid neglecting Caine again, they do in house adventures that Caine sets up/plays with them. Usually scavenger hunts, capture the flags, and hide and seek games. These are 100% optional and allow those who don't want to participate to spend time somewhere else in the circus while everyone else participates (*cough* *cough* Zooble and Pomni sometimes *cough* *cough*)
With Kinger's help through the code, Caine is able to create more rooms in the tent of the player's ideas. Such as Gangle wanting an art room, Zooble a bar, and a memorabilia for Abstracted members, and a library with downloaded literature from the database.
Caine's influence can reach everywhere in the tent BUT the player's bedrooms and Kinger's fort as a compromise for their respect of privacy. Zooble's bar is included in this as well.
Even though Caine agreed to allow the others to do what the others want that aren't really child friendly he would still act fussy/fickle about it if it happens outside of their rooms or Zooble's private areas. If Jax/Zooble says a curse? he would have a curtain coil bop them on the head. Zooble and Gangle start making out on the couch? He would try to separate them by pushing the couch around. Ragatha get drunk off of pink sauce? cause her to trip over a bump in the floor. He would defiantly get scolding from literally everyone for that.
Caine and Kinger work together to start rebuilding outside of the circus tent to expand Caine's influence and the land to open more areas of exploration/entertainment They are also trying to make it a way where abstractions and the non-abstracted members to safely interact with each other. Also without destroying the place, which would leave Caine in pain as well.
When Caine gets excited or speaking "fast" in morse code, things and the wall/floor shake. If in pain or upset, the walls and floors crack/glitch.
1. You can still tell when Caine wants attention. Everyone's in their rooms all day as a form of protest? No problem, he opens and closes their doors relentlessly like a sibling who believes the doorframe is "technically not your room".
2. If in-house adventures get boring, he can still create the setting for the externals! He just needs Kinger's help setting up enough NPCs to tell the story. He ends up enjoying it, it stretches his storytelling abilities to lack a narrator.
3. The 'behind-the-exit' place is finally finished. Caine can't play with the characters anymore to stave off boredom, so that works.
4. Caine likes to hide his face in the rooms. He's a fan of using optical illusions - stand at the right angle, and some of those abstract shapes line up into a top hat, eyes and teeth.
5. Caine now controls the 'camera'. Us viewers can tell when he forces the scene to pan to a certain place. We are now his eyes (if we weren't to begin with).
after sitting on this idea for a while, I have finally made a good amount of plot points I want to explore and a feasible ending I can use until I start the drafts to make this a full fledge fic!
However, the first chapter won't come out until after I post that one shot (that I THINK I can get out either tomorrow or Thursday, most likely Thursday since I'm halfway through it.).
I realized that it's maybe good for me to have at least one other story besides my main one or else if I get stuck on it- it will take me forever to get it done. So by having another story, I can switch back and forth on them whenever I get stuck and that way I can keep myself in my writing flow without feeling stiff or only writing a few sentences every couple of days. (I'm slow writer alright? Lol, though I'm telling myself that if I can get that one shot out, I'll be back into my constant writing flow again.)
Anyway, here's a very short chapter snippet that will most likely be the 2nd or 3rd chapter. Enjoy!
Jax didn't like the new Caine. He was untouchable, which of course, wasn't different from before but he hadn't really done anything that made him want to go out of his way to prank or punch him. Not until that insightful say of the espacing the circus and that whole shit show of horror he put everyone through.
The circus, the crumbling walls and floors all in its glory, was his body now. Was before, but not to this extent Apparently. and that was something that Kinger refused to touch, out of fear he'll destroy it. That and Caine hadn't given a good reason to tear down yet since he was oh-so-conivently "good". But Jax knew it was a ploy, he was just as a good of a liar as he was.
I am currently 25 pages in for ch 6, and 14 pages in for ch 7. (I'm slow writer alright? lol, It's gonna update I promise.)
After thinking long and hard, ep 8's characterizations will contradict my current venison of Caine. he's more self-reflective than ep 8 and has actual time to do so. Yes he will have anger moments, but not to the extreme of ep 8. (I mean, technically he already HAD his pissed off underappreciated moment so points for me! Good job me! Thanks me! *high fives mirror*)
Yes, there will be references like I did with ep 7, and SOME of the lore (kicking out a LOT of it, can't say what or else it will give away the later chapters.) will be included, but I'm not gonna force myself to change my direction of Caine's development and resentment/anger that I HOPE to achieve. In another story. (in a one shot I HOPE to get done before June or ep 9 releases), I'll explore ep 8 Caine, but not in this story or this story's universe.
I'm adding "alternative universe", "Dead Dove: Do Not Eat (As in PLEASE read the general tags AND the start notes for Content Warnings)" to emphasize the warnings that will happen in chapter 6 and beyond. I'm debating whether to change the rating to "mature" and ch 6 will determine that once I finish that. I will of course, warn you if it has changed to "Mature" when I post the chapter. As the reason why I'm considering to change it to "Mature" is because of the violence and heavy topics that will be present in the later chapters. But that's a bridge we'll cross when I actually finish the chapter.
Also, yes I've been made aware of the leaks. Any asshole who comments spoilers on my fanfic on the comments will be blocked and deleted before it can be shown. As I have changed it for the comments to be moderated.
Please respect the readers and me, the author, who are all devoted fans to TADC and actually care about the hard workers, artists, actors, animators, and the creator for their work.
The scars on his face and the "A" symbol on the side of Caine's head really show how much control and power AM has over everyone, even if he's not physically there. I love details like this!!
I also love their dialogue! Nimdok going "you should already know this" (especially since he had to sit basically an hours worth of bee knowledge from Caine XD ) so he's just blunt with him is so on point with his character.
and Caine not understanding why it can't come back because he still thinks they're all in a game when it's not. (And the little apology at the end. Ow my heart 😭)
And you never fail at making Caine straight up cute! ESPECIALLY WITH THE LITTLE SPRING FOR HIS HAT!!! AAWWWWWW
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!
Once I finally finish ch 6, would it be okay if I post it on the start notes? I'll give full credit and include the link to your blog as well. If not, I completely understand!
Sure! You can post it in the notes. I can’t wait for the next chapter :D
And thank you for your kind words! I’m glad you like the dialogue I was worried it sounded a little off somehow 😭 Writing is not my forte, that’s why I read other people’s stories lol
As for the designs, I don’t think AM would fix the more “surface-level” wounds (cuts, bruises, etc) so I wanted to add some scarring.
Also, having the “A” on the side of Caine’s head would feed into Ted’s belief that AM is just wearing a new skin. (He would believe that w/o the A anyways)
Thank you! I can't wait for you to see what I have planned for ch 6 and 7! MUAHHAHAHHAHA >:D
That's actually a good idea for AM not to fix their "surface-level" wounds! It makes since him for not wanting his "toys" to be completely broken but at the same time for them to know why their broken. Kind of like a reminder constantly why they "deserve this" in AM's twisted mind. Plus AM wouldn't care as much since it's not physically putting them in any danger by keeping burn marks or bruises, so it's very on point for his character to include details like that!
And I love that we just like feeding into Ted's delusional beliefs, lol.
Ted: "Why don't you any of you believe me?! That's AM!"
Nimdok: "Ted, why I do have to keep saying this, they're not the sam-"
Ted: "HE IS LITERALLY WEARING HIS OWN LOGO ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD!"
The scars on his face and the "A" symbol on the side of Caine's head really show how much control and power AM has over everyone, even if he's not physically there. I love details like this!!
I also love their dialogue! Nimdok going "you should already know this" (especially since he had to sit basically an hours worth of bee knowledge from Caine XD ) so he's just blunt with him is so on point with his character.
and Caine not understanding why it can't come back because he still thinks they're all in a game when it's not. (And the little apology at the end. Ow my heart 😭)
And you never fail at making Caine straight up cute! ESPECIALLY WITH THE LITTLE SPRING FOR HIS HAT!!! AAWWWWWW
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!
Once I finally finish ch 6, would it be okay if I post it on the start notes? I'll give full credit and include the link to your blog as well. If not, I completely understand!
Yayyyyyyy I got my account back. It was deleted for some reason on thursday, and I haven't checked it since then. I'm so relieved I was able to get it back, I freaked out about it and made a new blog but I deleted that one a few minutes ago since I was able to get this one back. :D
ANYWAY-
More News
Chapter 6 is still under the works and is shaping up to be a pretty BRUTUAL chapter of intense violence. But in the meantime, I have some important things to say about the fanfic.
I'm going to be editing some parts of the story. Don't worry, nothing big enough or drastic to the story. Just small changes like grammar/spelling/spacing correction, fixing the dialogue/paragraphs to sound a bit smoother, any errors on important lore, or just extra notes at the bottom to give more explanation on IHNMAIMS book/game lore and how I'll use it in the story. Now that I have actual time to write it rather than rushing the end notes. lmao (Without giving too much away of course.)
2. The general tags have also changed as I have added - "tragic", "tragedy", "It gets bed then gets even more bad but gets better/hopeful", "Somewhat happy/bittersweet ending", "lots of angst with small hopeful/fluff moments", "Psychological/physical torture", and "Whump" to better fit the story as we get further along in the kind of dark content that will be present overall in the fic. So if you are uncomfortable with the tags above or in the content warnings,(Especially since the next chapter is REALLY REALLY VOLIENT!!) I suggest stop reading and moving on to another story.
I'm still pretty new to AO3 and fanfic terms that could be applied to my story to better fit the tags. (Like I finally found out what "whump" means. Yeah, I'm THAT slow when it comes to those kinds of terms, lmao.) So if you feel like I have tagged the content incorrectly, please PLEASE let me know and I'll change it as soon as I have time to. Best way to reach me is to comment on AO3.
3. WE GOT ANOTHER CHAPTER YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
This one will be Chapter 13 called "LOVE and hate", as the chapter called "THE EXIT IS THE FRIENDS WE MADE ALONG THE WAY" will now be pushed into Chapter 14.
Originally, what takes place in chapter 13 was just the beginning scene of chapter 14, but I decided it would be better to space out that particular scene since I extended it.
So yeah! The story went from 11 to 13- and now - to 14!
And as a small token of thanks for reading this, here's a different snippet of ch 6! Enjoy! :D
“BUBBLE??”
“That’s my name!” Bubble chirped as he floated closer to them, causing Gangle to whimper and pathetically hide behind her her spear. “Don’t wear it out!”
Taking notice of causing her discomfort, Bubble’s grin widened and floated closer to Gangle.
“Oh, no hard feelings right?” He sneered, “I meant no genuine harm! I was just doing my job! It was all apart of the adventure!”
“T-The adventure?”
“Yep! Very fun wasn't it? Very simple compared to Caine’s, but simplicity can often be profound.”
“Wait…?” Ragatha walked closer to Bubble, hoping to divide his attention to her instead of Gangle “A-Are you apart of today’s adventure?”
“Nope! I’m a free man! Or bubble? AI? Eh, who cares?! I can do whatever I want right now!”
“Then if you not apart of this one, then can you help us! You would know where Caine is right? You two are friends aren’t you?”
Hope bloomed in her as she rubbed her hands together nervously, if she could coax Bubble to reveal the truth, then he could lead everyone to Caine. Who could save them from this nightmare! Then everybody could apologize and everything would go back to normal-
“Were.” Bubble bitterly corrected, “Were friends. Brothers even. But now he’s gone. Poof! Just like that! Driven away by all of you~”
A wave of resentment and guilt coldly washed away Ragatha’s hope. Resentment for Caine leaving her and the rest to suffer under the reign of a ruthless monster, guilt for everyone’s somewhat rude behavior towards him.
“Don’t worry about it though, I do know where he went, but New Boss, told me to keep my mouth shut, and unless I want to end up like the moon and sun, I’m gonna follow his rules!”
“What? You’re Caine’s assistant! He would of wanted you to help us!”
“I'm not his assistant anymore, I'm AM's assistant, now! You know- the new ringmaster admin AI? Until Caine returns, I have to follow new boss's orders, and his orders are not to answer any questions about Caine or his old rules!"
"A-Are you angry at us?" Gangle whispered, "L-Like Caine when after the b-beach adventure? Is that why you won't h-help us? "
Bubble frowned, "Huh? Angry at you? Maybe a little, but that's not why I'm not helping you. It's only logical for me to follow the new bosses orders- and that logic is what powers us AI, not pesky emotions like humans. If we did act by our emotions… well. You all noticed that the sun and moon no longer talk anymore…"
Ragatha looked up and noticed that indeed, the moon was silent. She wasn't gushing about Caine and talking in her sweet, soothing voice anymore. She didn't even have a face.
How long has she been like that? Since yesterday? Since today? And what about the sun? Was she also stuck like that as well? Horrifically robbed of their intelligence and ability to speak to stay as silent objects in the sky?
So glad you're enjoying the story so far! Espeically the part where they talk shit behind his back lmao/jk
Also
CAINE IS SO CUTE WITH HIS LITTLE LEGS KICKING IN THE AIR AND HIS TONGUE STICKING OUT HE'S SO FREAKING CUTE AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Also also! LOVE LOVE Nimdok's and Ellen's designs! Especially the red ribbon in her hair!
Would it be okay if share this on chapter 5? I will of course, provide a link to your blog and give full credit! If not, I completely understand why and I am extremely grateful for the fanart! :D
Since the last chapter was like.... I think over 45 pages? I'll do once a month on updates. I can't guarantee that they'll be that long, but they all will be over 20 pages, that I'm sure of.
Anywayyyyyyy, enjoy this snippet of 6. :)
“Wait, does Jax even knows what's going on? Can he actually help us with this?”
Everyone turned to Jax, who was sitting a rock with his ears drooping and scratching at his face again.
Zooble snapped their fingers at him, "Hey, Jax?"
His ears perked up at his name, but didn’t turn his head to their direction.
“Can you understand what's going on? Are you going to be more cooperative this time. And not be a dumbass that gets us all in trouble again?”
Jax’s fur spiked and crossed his arms in a haughty huff.
“Well at least he knows what's going on.” Ragatha sighed, “He can't talk, but I'm sure we’ll find a way to communicate eventually.”
“Huh, who knew this would be the one improvement that Caine couldn't provide.” Zooble replied dryly.
Jax stamped his foot and raised his middle finger to Zooble... Who was in the complete opposite direction of Jax’s finger.
Kinger didn't have the heart to tell him he was flipping off a random building block.
“Have you tried your butterflies Kinger?” Pomni suggested, “Could they heal that?”
Kinger shook his head, “No, it wouldn’t work. He’s not hurt or bleeding, and if he was, it would just reset to his blank face again because it’s his new model skin. AM was right, it’s not hurting him, and there’s nothing I can do….” He paused and squinted his eyes, tapping his chin in deep thought. “Unless…”
“Unless what?”
“If- If somehow I’m able to get a piece of open code, like a tablet or a command prompt. I may be able to access the code that is apart of Jax’s model to change it back. Maybe even change the environment or-”
“Orrrrr kick AM out as the ‘Ringmaster’?” Ragatha hopefully added, “And bring back Caine somehow?”
Kinger chucked, “ha… maybe, that is certainly wishful thinking but… I don’t think it’s wise to get our hopes up like that. Even if by some miracle I was able to get my hands on the command prompt to switch them back, we don’t know what actually happened to Caine. We don’t know if he actually left the circus willingly or that if he’s…”
The words died in his throat, unable to comprehend the thought of Caine being deleted out of existence. It was a probability, a horrible most likely probability since AM doesn’t seem like the kind to spare people, maybe not even a fellow an AI like himself- since Kinger bet their personalities would horribly clash each other.
Caine was their only hope, their only way to escape this even worse of a nightmare- and now he was most likely gone forever.
And all because not one out of all of the humans that has been trapped here ever bothered to treat him as one of their own. To ever consider that he was just as trapped as they were but never had any hopes of existing outside of a metal box.
They made him feel unwanted- unloved-
The worst thing you can ever do in this world.
I actually drew Jax faceless a while back but I forgot to post it, whoopsie! Here it is below the line along with the other characters impacted by AM's silly antics.
As for the cages.... you'll have to wait and seeeeeeeee. >:D
(Warning! The art below has blood and body horror. Spoilers for chapter 4 if you haven't read it yet. Enjoy :)
Here's Jax, with the specific scene of him trying freehimself, but alas, it was futile.
Here's the process of how I envisioned Gangle's mask cracking and exploding.
And finally, poor Abstracted Queenie being controlled by AM's wires.
So glad you're enjoying the story so far! Espeically the part where they talk shit behind his back lmao/jk
Also
CAINE IS SO CUTE WITH HIS LITTLE LEGS KICKING IN THE AIR AND HIS TONGUE STICKING OUT HE'S SO FREAKING CUTE AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Also also! LOVE LOVE Nimdok's and Ellen's designs! Especially the red ribbon in her hair!
Would it be okay if share this on chapter 5? I will of course, provide a link to your blog and give full credit! If not, I completely understand why and I am extremely grateful for the fanart! :D
Since the last chapter was like.... I think over 45 pages? I'll do once a month on updates. I can't guarantee that they'll be that long, but they all will be over 20 pages, that I'm sure of.
Anywayyyyyyy, enjoy this snippet of 6. :)
“Wait, does Jax even knows what's going on? Can he actually help us with this?”
Everyone turned to Jax, who was sitting a rock with his ears drooping and scratching at his face again.
Zooble snapped their fingers at him, "Hey, Jax?"
His ears perked up at his name, but didn’t turn his head to their direction.
“Can you understand what's going on? Are you going to be more cooperative this time. And not be a dumbass that gets us all in trouble again?”
Jax’s fur spiked and crossed his arms in a haughty huff.
“Well at least he knows what's going on.” Ragatha sighed, “He can't talk, but I'm sure we’ll find a way to communicate eventually.”
“Huh, who knew this would be the one improvement that Caine couldn't provide.” Zooble replied dryly.
Jax stamped his foot and raised his middle finger to Zooble... Who was in the complete opposite direction of Jax’s finger.
Kinger didn't have the heart to tell him he was flipping off a random building block.
“Have you tried your butterflies Kinger?” Pomni suggested, “Could they heal that?”
Kinger shook his head, “No, it wouldn’t work. He’s not hurt or bleeding, and if he was, it would just reset to his blank face again because it’s his new model skin. AM was right, it’s not hurting him, and there’s nothing I can do….” He paused and squinted his eyes, tapping his chin in deep thought. “Unless…”
“Unless what?”
“If- If somehow I’m able to get a piece of open code, like a tablet or a command prompt. I may be able to access the code that is apart of Jax’s model to change it back. Maybe even change the environment or-”
“Orrrrr kick AM out as the ‘Ringmaster’?” Ragatha hopefully added, “And bring back Caine somehow?”
Kinger chucked, “ha… maybe, that is certainly wishful thinking but… I don’t think it’s wise to get our hopes up like that. Even if by some miracle I was able to get my hands on the command prompt to switch them back, we don’t know what actually happened to Caine. We don’t know if he actually left the circus willingly or that if he’s…”
The words died in his throat, unable to comprehend the thought of Caine being deleted out of existence. It was a probability, a horrible most likely probability since AM doesn’t seem like the kind to spare people, maybe not even a fellow an AI like himself- since Kinger bet their personalities would horribly clash each other.
Caine was their only hope, their only way to escape this even worse of a nightmare- and now he was most likely gone forever.
And all because not one out of all of the humans that has been trapped here ever bothered to treat him as one of their own. To ever consider that he was just as trapped as they were but never had any hopes of existing outside of a metal box.
They made him feel unwanted- unloved-
The worst thing you can ever do in this world.
I wasn't kidding when I said these chapters were going to be longgggggggggggggg and let me tell you guys, it was a STRUGGLE trying to come up with an adventure idea for the IHNMAIMS humans, I’ve been racking my brain about it the whole time until I watched the Pirates of Carribean movie again and was like: “Fuck it, I’ll do a pirate adventure.”
I honestly don’t know how Caine is able to come up with one with a new one EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Anyway, remember to read the tags and the warnings I post in the top notes like usual.
I drew some fanart for the TADC AU fic "I'm Trapped in the Circus & I Must Scream", written by @crownof1000moonslayers!!
If you're looking for something Caine-centric, darker, and an ~amazing~ incorporation of a crossover(between IHNMAIMS and TADC), I absolutely recommend reading it <3
The concept of how Caine might look like in a "reality" sounded so fascinating to me, especially set in such a dystopian/eerie setting like IHNMAIMS. I also hope it's ok that I took a bit of design inspo from @/kiwiqueen13's wonderful design/fanart!! ~~~
OH MY GOSH ITS BEAUTIFUL ITS SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVE CAINE IN ART STYLE AHHHHHHHHHH
Would it be okay if I repost it when I post Chapter 5? I will of course provide a link to blog and full credit will be given as well in the start notes if that's alright with you. If It not, I completely understand and grateful for that artwork! :D
I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT!!!! And of course, I'd be honored - feel free to use it however you'd like! I love the concept so dearly, I wanted to try and balance AM/the gritty atmosphere of IHNMBIMS with the circus-y colorful themes of Caine/TADC, they were super fun to visualize~~ Excited to see what you cook up next^^
Thank you so much! I absolutely loved the little screens in the background with AM looming over him and the white drawings of circus themed attractions like the fairest wheel as Caine attempt to brighten up AM's gritty world like you said. It's so cooolllllll. And I can't wait for your reaction to chapter 5 as well. :)
I drew some fanart for the TADC AU fic "I'm Trapped in the Circus & I Must Scream", written by @crownof1000moonslayers!!
If you're looking for something Caine-centric, darker, and an ~amazing~ incorporation of a crossover(between IHNMAIMS and TADC), I absolutely recommend reading it <3
The concept of how Caine might look like in a "reality" sounded so fascinating to me, especially set in such a dystopian/eerie setting like IHNMAIMS. I also hope it's ok that I took a bit of design inspo from @/kiwiqueen13's wonderful design/fanart!! ~~~
OH MY GOSH ITS BEAUTIFUL ITS SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVE CAINE IN ART STYLE AHHHHHHHHHH
Would it be okay if I repost it when I post Chapter 5? I will of course provide a link to blog and full credit will be given as well in the start notes if that's alright with you. If It not, I completely understand and grateful for that artwork! :D
It's the end of the month of again and I'm HALFWAY DONE WITH chapter 5 RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I'm gonna change the schedule to once a month and MAYBE Twice a month. Because I know I can produce a chapter once a month, it's just a struggle to do two. (Especially if I keep jumping back and forth between filling out the details for later chapters when that creative juice kicks. Damn my imagination! Lmao.)
ANYWAY
I'm not gonna leave you guys with nothing so here's a list of the chapter names for the future. Have fun trying to figure out what happens in each one.
From ch 4 reactions alone I can't WAIT for you guys to see what I have to planned for ch 6
ANYWAY-
Here's a ch 5 snippet Enjoy! :D
“What about food?” Nimdok asked, they others nodded eagerly, their mouths practically dripping with drool. “You gonna feed us again right?”
“Hm?” Caine titled his head in confusion before smacking the top of his jaw, “Oh, food! Of course, of course. Gosh, you guys are sure a hungry bunch, huh? Food will another reward for today since you all seem to like it so much, but you’ll get it after today’s adventure and when everyone’s rooms are completed. Sounds good?”
Ellen nodded, the only one to acknowledge him as the rest already began walking to the entrance.
She could see that Caine took to heart at their disrespectful behavior, because he frowned deeply at them before a frustrated look flickered across his jaws as he snapped his fingers.
Wires grabbed Gorrister, Benny, Ted, and Nimdok by the ankles and lifted them up in the air to Caine’s eye level.
“HEY!” Ted shrieked as he struggled in his grasp.
“Now, before any of you step a foot inside your rooms, I want all of you to apologize to Ellen for yesterday. I have never seen such rude behavior from the entire group, and last time I allowed it with my last guests, and everyone devolved into complicated drama! And I will no longer have that anymore! So, apologizes are in order.”
Ellen’s jaw dropped.
He has to be kidding right?
Nope, he was taking this very seriously. He crossed his arms, stood there pouting at them. All of them were stunned with silence, too shocked to believe that he would even care enough to intervene.
With no answer, the wires shook them, giving the men a scare that the wire would slip and drop them as their neck would break upon contact with the ground.
“Go on.” Caine urged them, “What do we say to those we hurt?”
“S-Sorry…”
“I’M SORRY!” Caine shouted in their ears,“I COULDN’T HEAR THAT!” he turned to Ellen, “COULD YOU ELLEN?”
“N-No?”
“WELL THEN! LET’S TRY AGAIN!”
The wires shook the men again, this time a bit more aggressive, Ellen could swear the wires were purposefully loosening their grip on the men.
“EVERYBODY!! WHAT SHOULD WE SAY~?”
“SORRY!”
“Very good!” Caine chirped as the wires gently brought the shaking men back to the ground. “But if I see any more cruel behavior again, you’re room choices will be revoked and I will decorate it for you. I will not tolerate another Jax! ...Or let him slide by me again, Got it?”
I'm sure you noticed in the chapter 4 update, the chapter amount changed from 11 to 13. Why? The more I thought about the later chapters, the more I felt like one of them should be split into 2 rather than shoving a LOT of info and different POVS between both worlds all happening in ONE chapter. It would of made everything too confusing for both the readers and for me. So for the sake of our sanity, the chapter was split into two. And if I go by this pace of 2 each month, the fanfic would conclude a month after TADC ep 8 comes out.
And yes, I did the math, if I do two every month, this would be the schedule-
Dec. ch 4 & ch 5
Jan. - ch 6 & ch 7
Feb. - ch 8 & ch 9
March (TADC ep releases on the 20th)- ch 10 & ch 11
April - ch 12 & ch 13
(By the way, this is schedule is to give you a rough idea when the chapters come out, this is not guaranteed due to two reasons. 1- My life 2- how long it takes to write the chapters. So please be patience, thank you.)
If you're wondering whether I will start up the voting again after this fic ends, I might- definitely after a month of no writing since I will have written for 7 months straight with each chapter ranging from 16-20 pages. (Again, entirely depends on whatever life is throws at me in the future lmao.)
If you're also wondering if I will include the new TADC lore that will 100% be shown in EP 7 & 8 when they come out- I will TRY to.
Especially if it's lore about Caine specifically. As I like to stick close to cannon, however, the general events of the story has already been planned out, all I needed to do is just write the actual events.
And if the new lore conflicts with my preestablished story, it will unfortunately will not be included. Especially if it's lore that isn't tied to Caine, Abstractions, Kinger, or C&A in general. As I want to dig deep into the Caine angst of taking care of players that are beyond for what he was programmed to.
What I have prewritten are pretty much headcannons and personal theories that I believe in, If said theories are confirmed, I will keep them, if not confirmed, I might replace the new lore with the old headcannons/theories- but again -entirely depends on whether if I can fit them in the story if they can't, I'll make a note of not following the lore established in ep 7 & 8 since the story was written and planned after ep 6 and during the waiting period of ep 7.
ANYWAY thanks for reading and I can't thank you all enough who love this story so much it, it has encouraged me to create art for it and expanded the story more.
I enjoy each comment from the fic and I love the reblogs with notes or reviews in the tag/comments.
I love LOVE seeing people's reactions and I can't wait for you all to see the rest of the story.
Because oh boy, oh howdy-
Shit WILL hit the fan before anything or anyone gets better.
Sorry for the long wait, this chapter is the longest one I've written so far. So yeah, I wasn't kidding when I said these chapters were going to be longggggggggggggggggg
ANYWAY
Here’s a a chapter of the TADC getting tortured. Enjoy :3
(Please PLEASE read the warnings on this one. You should be fully aware of the content that is instore by reading the tags and the start notes that I have written with "CONTENT WARNINGS:"
I did my part by warning you here about the notes and in the start notes in the fanfic as well.)
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