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Age: 18 MAKER OF THE PUPPET SHOW TADC AU!

[mutifandomfan]

HELLLO!!!! I’m back and better than ever! And with my very own, very new, very fun TADC AU! It’s called the Puppetshow AU! I’ve only made Caine (or Puppet Master Caine/PMC) so far, and I need to make the other characters and my self insert Dollia! Please, ask questions, and feel free to interact with them!

[thehondahasciviced]

Caine tries to bake with you.

Send me asks pls im running out of ideas this ones from my gf

Around 1k words, Bubble cameo!!

You mentioned in passing that you enjoyed baking to Caine. You weren't really expecting a reaction from it, he probably already had that information stored somewhere in his AI hard drive code thing.

"Now add the flour!"

Fortunately or unfortunately for you he'd taken what you said to heart and created a mini baking adventure for you. You, alone. Singular. No one else was there save for the ringmaster himself which you found odd. As long as you've been trapped here he's never once given anyone a personalized solo adventure. It's always been group activities.

"Are you sure? We added flour like 3 steps ago."

"It says so right here!"

He shoves a paper with the recipe into your view and you squint your eyes at the writing. It wasn't english. It was just squiggles that looked like english. You meet his ever boring gaze and raise an eyebrow, "Caine I can't read this."

"Oh? Well that's okay cause I can hahahahaha!"

That seems to comfort him, you weren't too sure though. You hesitantly add the extra flour as he had instructed and moved on to the next step.

"And now?"

"Yes! Now add the...sugar!"

You add in 2 cups, assuming it'd be enough. Caine stares at the bowl for a few seconds before adding the entire bag wordlessly. You gape, eyes darting from Caine to the sugar bowl, "Why'd you do that?"

"The sweeter the better my dear!"

"Yeah but," you point incrediously at the bowl, "that's like diabetes level sugar."

"I assure you," he places a hand on your shoulder, "with me around you don't need to worry over those things!"

Right. You couldn't get diabetes in this place. You couldn't get anything actually, but seriously a whole bag of sugar was diabolical. The ratio was completely off.

"Fine, whole bag of sugar with three cups of flour...now what?"

"Uhhhh."

His eyes squished downward, scanning the instructions list, "Add the powder!"

"...and what powder would that be?"

"The one that makes it food?"

"Uh-huh."

You scan throigh the ingredients Caine snapped onto the counter. It takes you a minute to see a container with white powder. No label or anything.

"Is this--"

"Ah there it is! You found it you smart cookie!"

He pats your head rather roughly and you add in the powder. You'd like to assume it's baking powder but honestly it could be cocaine. Probably won't affect you anyways, no stupid sauce was in sight either.

"Right, is that all?"

He hums again, fake reading his instructions before poofing it away and clapping his hands together, "Yup! We have just made the perfect batch of baked goods! What a team, am I right?"

He raises a hand for you to high-five ans you oblige, his happiness evident in the way he squeals after. Again, like the whole process, whatever it was you were baking remains a mystery. You asked him what it was and he said it'd be a fantastical surpise. Were you scared? Maybe a little. But you'd be lying if you said you weren't intrigued. You assumed a cake of some kind but he also made you add marshmallows with cream cheese. It was a little amazing how not disgusting the ingredients looked, you weren't too sure about the end product but at least the process was interesting.

"Slap it in the oven and we have a dessert."

"Alright, how long?"

"2 minutes!"

He just has an ability to render you speechless. With all those things added, 2 minutes was way too low. Is it useless to try and make sense of something nonsensical while you're trapped in a digital realm? Maybe. But you wouldn't just stand by for this!

"Caine," you gesture for him to fly closer and he practically zoomed, "that's too little. Maybe 30 minutes?"

He didn't seem to like the idea, "Buuuuuut that would take far too long! Don't you want to see our masterpiece?"

"Yes right, but 2 minutes is like nothing."

He crossed his arms, "But the faster the better!"

"Caine."

"Fine! 25 minutes!"

He shut his teeth, you noticed he does that whenever he's displeased about something. It was cute but you had to shove that thought away. You move past him to place the bowl of ingredients into some tray, but there were none to be found.

"Caine where are the trays?"

"Hm? Why? Just put the bowl in the oven!"

He seems to get his gusto back as he grabs the bowl and throws it into the oven without the slightest care for the fact that it was a metal bowl. Now, since Caine programmed everything to be 'safe' in the circus, surely the bowl won't explode.

"Wait it's metal!"

"Huh--"

Surely it won't explode were your last thoughts as the oven did, in fact, explode. When you opened your eyes you expected your face to be full of the comical black smoke you see in cartoons, hair standing upright. But to your surprise, you looked the exact same.

You look up to find Caine turned away from you. His body was in a more shielding pose as you realize he really did shield you. Not from anything crazy, honestly it probably would't have hurt that much, but the fact that he braced himself so dramatically made you chuckle.

"Are..." he coughed, "you okay?"

He slowly turned, he was indeed colored in the cartoonish black smole as you had imagined. A laugh escapes you as you take off your apron, "I'm good, but you look beat up, come here."

He obliges, flying closer, "I could've sworn I turned off--"

He stops mid sentence as you begin wiping his top row of teeth clean of the smoke, holding his face steady, "Metal and oven don't go well together."

He gives you a mindless 'uh-huh' as response. After a bit of awlward silence you attempted to fill, he looked nearly the same as before. His clothes still a little raggedy but his face was mostly clean. You smile, satisfied with your effort.

"Now that you're clean, we should probably check on our so-called masterpiece."

That snaps him out of his stupor. He zooms to the oven and sees the completely ruined bowl of ingredients.

"No! Our hard work!"

You move to see the disaster. It was...low poly to say the least. You couldn't make out what anything was, it was just a pile of dark goo with some stink lines coming out of it. There was no smell though, must've been for effect. You glanced at Caine, his big eyes wobbling at the sight in front of him. You shoved your thoughts away for the moment.

"Caine relax," you place a hand on his shoulder, "we can always try again. Besides it's not like we cant eat it, just might not be pleasant."

"Oh no I couldn't make you eat this!"

He snaps his fingers and the foods disappears. You sigh inwardly, you may have said eating it was fine but you would've faked eating it if he really agreed.

"Luckily for us," he sticks a finger in the air, his usual enthusiasm slowly being regained, "I asked Bubble to make cupcakes! Totally not related to this at all b--by the way."

Just as he said the creatures name, Bubble appeared with a tray of cupcakes lined upperfectly.

"Made with all the love I'm illegally allowed to give."

"Ah, thank you Bubble!"

Bubble disappears and you decide to ignore the 'illegal' part. Bubble is weird. Just chalk it up to that. Caine holds the tray out to you with a bashful expression, "I know it was a distaster but do enjoy these desserts nonetheless!"

You smile and move to take one but freeze mid grab. The design on the cupcakes were interesting to say the least.

"I love you?"

"You what."

Caines eyes squeezed down, irises shrunken. You quickly clarify yourself, "No, that's whats on the cupcakes."

Caine glances at the aforementioned cupcakes and quickly turns to panic, throwing them behind you with all his might. Your eyes follow where the cupcakes go. It wss pretty impressive how fast they went.

"I didn't do that! I didn't tell Bubble to! He--he loves you!"

His fingers point in every direction with horrifying speed. You blink a few times. You didn't know what to make of the 'I love you' on the cupcakes, but the pieces are ever so slowly clicking together. The solo adventure, the focus on your hobbies, the cupcakes may have been a prank by Bubble but judging from his reaction it was definigely a flustered one. Now the burning question is what do you do when an AI has a crush on you?

"Bubble likes me?"

"Y--yup!"

His eyes avoid yours as he nervously wrings his hat.

"Can you tell Bubble that I like him too?"

"Y-- what."

You grab his bowtie to bring him to your eye-level.

"Since Bubble apparently likes me, tell him I reciprocate."

You take your hand off his bowtie and shrug as Caine stares at you. His expression looks slightly disgusted.

"Bubble. You like Bubble."

"Yes."

"Wha-- but-- I'm the one who made the adventure! All the baking stuff and things! I commissioned the cupcakes but those were meant for later! I can't believe you like Bubble! What has that parasite ever done!"

He seems too furious to register his own words. His arms were crossed and instead of shutting his teeth, they were shaped into a frown as he angrily stared at you. You bit back a laugh and took a deep breath.

"I'm kidding."

A moment of silence, then, "You don't like Bubble."

You nod and his shoulders release the tension, "Phew, got me worried for a moment-- wait you heard everything I just said."

That last part was said so monotonously, he was serious. Seriously embarrassed.

"I--I! I actually! Was also kidding! Ahahahahahaha!"

His postute stiffened as his eyes simply looked up at the ceiling. You smile.

"But I like you."

"Hm? Repeat that?"

"I like you too Caine. Even if your instructions were definitely off."

He blue screens for what felt like a milisecond before quickly returning.

"Uhm! That is...I waa kidding about kidding! Ta-daa!"

He does a show of jazz hands but you could see a clear blush forming on his face. You let yourself laugh at his antics, "That's good to know. How about next adventure I read the instructions, okay?"

"You...want to do this again?"

"Yeah," you take hold of his hand, "it's fun cause you're here."

"Oh."

With that, he transports you back to the main area so fast you almost fall over. You quickly look to find him, but  he was gone. However, there was a note on the ground that read; 'The next adventure will be what you humans call a date!'

[iamespecter]

The Artificial Entity's Guide to Empathy 101 - Parole AU [6/6]

Part 1! || Part 2! || Part 3! || Part 4! || Part 5! || You're Here!

Guys, I don't think they were talking about just bees

WE'VE FINALLY REACHED THE END!!!!!!! FINALLY I CAN REST. OH BOY.

This was a handful, but one hell of a journey.

First things first, there are some things that I'm unhappy about this comic. But in the end, I can't really bring myself to care about the mistakes anymore, I just want to get this out of the way now, since it's actually hindering my schedule.

So I did my best to end it off as soon as possible, though I managed to preserve most of the message, so there's a plus there.

Another would be that I don't like how I ended up diverging their characterization a bit to make the message possible. I'm sure if I had more time on my hands, I would've been able to provide a much better paced story that's actually in-character for these two, but... I don't have that kind of liberty.

I'm honestly just so relieved that it's finally over, and I was actually able to reach the end.

Now, for my thoughts about Caine's ignorance towards psychological torment: this is the one that I'm most certain he doesn't know. Mostly because you could easily mistake psychological pain with emotional pain and mix the two together, so I'm certain that this is the reason why he keeps doing things his way.

Just like emotional pain, as long as there is no stimulus source of the discomfort, he thinks that it will eventually go away.

But there is one aspect of psychological torment he kinda has a bit of an idea for: mind influence. And that one, he's since stopped doing, and he's only doing seldomly-- and within safe boundaries. (What he admits to doing in episode 7)

It will not be an easy journey for Caine towards betterment, but it's a good starting point.

I do hope you all enjoyed the story, and thanks for sticking 'till the end! As well as for the support, I've been receiving so many messages about how immersed people are with this comic. Which is just so heartwarming;;;;

It's been an honor making this comic! But GOD I do NOT want to make another one of these LMFAO

[iamespecter]

The Artificial Entity's Guide to Empathy 101 - Parole AU [5/6]

Part 1! || Part 2! || Part 3! || Part 4! || You're here! || Part 6!

OOF, that's gotta hurt.

Me when I lie (I didn't take into account that Part 5 wouldn't fit the entire lesson)

And so we've finally gotten to the first part of the lesson: emotional hurt!

Honestly, I kinda do and don't believe that Caine knows emotional hurt. Or to explain it in better terms, he knows that you can cause discomfort without any sort of physical contact, but not the fact that it can linger and counts as emotionally harming. Since he constantly shifts from one thing to another, he is unable to process emotional pain and doesn't notice that it isn't as easy to scrub off as physical.

Or long story short, he doesn't experience lasting emotional pain. Not a significant one, in canon. The reason he understands it in this AU is because the cuff is hindering his ability to ignore, since he can't teleport away, and create adventures-- to say it lightly, he's unable to distract himself away from it.

This is why he tends to ignore the cast, because he is unable to empathize with them/put himself in their shoes.

Now as you may have noticed, it's actually a bit out of character for Caine to listen to Pomni for this long. I also have answers for that:

He's eager to learn, because he's a learning AI. He'll ignore requests, but he can't ignore tasty information. Especially one that he thinks is the missing puzzle piece.

He is unable to teleport away and ignore Pomni

uhhhhhhhh I can't afford to make the comic longer than intended, SMOKE BOMB DISTRACTION!!!!!! 💣💥💣💥💣💥

Ughhhh I need to finish this thing soon... lowkey wishing this wasn't a comic because MAN, the rushed comic format is really hindering the message a lot.

UPDATE: edited Caine's reaction to better imply he had SOME semblance of an idea towards emotional hurt, but never really understood it fully.

[iamespecter]

The Artificial Entity's Guide to Empathy 101 - Parole AU [3/6]

Part 1! || Part 2! || You're here! || Part 4! || Part 5! || Part 6!

Woah, do you guys smell that? It's... it's..... *sniffs the air like a bloodhound*.... It smells a WHOLE lot like hypocrisy, don't you think?

NOTE: The Cuff can be stretched for comical/cartoonish reasons, but it is directly attached to Caine's model AND his code. He CANNOT take it off, nor destroy it.

And we're finally entering nuanced territory! FINALLYYYYYYYYY

There's just so much I want to say about this whole situation, but I think it's much more interesting if I let the characters talk about it, and learn to work their differences aside; even if it's such a pain trying to think of how these interactions would work, taking into consideration existing feelings and their already established characterizations without being too ooc.

That being said, we're nearly there, people! Caine is about to get his first ever lesson soon and I, for one, can't wait.

Enjoy the story for the meantime! :3c This is actually one of my favorite parts of the comic, but GOD I am never doing another long comic after this thing. LOL

[iamespecter]

The Artificial Entity's Guide to Empathy 101 - Parole AU [4/6]

Part 1! || Part 2! || Part 3! || You're Here! || Part 5! || Part 6!

And thus, both eyes are now opened.

God, I honestly don't know if this should've been a fic or not. On one hand, it's great that I made it into a comic. On the other, MY HANDSSSSSSSSSSS /silly

With how much of the comic I've planned already nearing the end, I think this series is going to be a five parter. We're sooooo close to the lesson that Caine needs to learn and I am both EXCITED, and EXHAUSTED lmao

I am ngl though, I feel like this section has crossed over to fanfiction-y area instead of trying to be as close to my canon interpretation of their characterization as possible. I am quite disappointed that it gives me that kind of feel, but you just gotta do what you gotta do. It's already a pretty canon-divergent concept anyways, so not much I can do about it.

Especially since I'm HELLA tired rn lol

I'm probably going to hit the hay early, because this comic plus the commissions I still have to do has left me feeling physically and mentally drained

Despite that, I hope you all enjoy the story thus far! Stay tuned for the finale, Pomni's got a trick up her sleeve :3c

[iamespecter]

The Artificial Entity's Guide to Empathy 101 - Parole AU [2/6]

Part 1! || You're here! || Part 3 || Part 4! || Part 5 || Part 6!

Pomni tries to empathize with Caine's situation, but he's making shit worse for himself 🥀🥀 Chat he's so unintentionally performative istg, the lack of stimulation CANNOT be that bad (it is THAT bad)

Part 3 coming soon! I promise we'll be getting to the meat and potatoes veryyyyyyy soon, there's just a lot of things I need to set up for first before we get there 😔 You can read the AU's synopsis in the first part!

[katnficer]

wait hear me out-

ok so not to forcefully adopt this idea as an au from @katzebruh or anything (because i'm unreasonably insane about it for some reason, literally a dozen other caine-centric AUs out there that are infinitely more complex and compelling and i picked this one, fuck it dawg we ball) but my headcanon is that caine genuinely was testing out modifiers and accidentally fucked up forever, if i had a nickel- and he's super conflicted about it...

because on one hand... he's a silly cat furry thing now and literally whats not to love? the humans like it and admittedly doing kitty things is really nice sometimes! chin scritches have never felt so good, honestly he would figure out how to get rid of it sooner if everyone wasn't enjoying it so much!

on the other hand... yikes... an unfixable bug? one that screws with his brain? stop me if you've heard this one before-

awww his widdle ears are so cute though awww and the paws awww

[mushroombea]

•┈┈┈•☆dating Caine headcanons☆•┈┈┈•

congratulations on bagging the ai ! you've now got yourself a golden retriever like entity that also is somewhat an all powerful and coleric god.

of course Caine wasn't programmed for this and got all his idea of romance through Kinger and Queenie, which was a good example concidering how sweet the couple was.

basically : he's going to be very gentlemanly with you, making sure your alright after an adventure, taking your hand to guide you, letting you step first inside a room or in a portal with a bow or pull a chair for you to sit on. Small gestures like these to make sure he's close to you.

his way to show his affection is...all of the above. From petnames to huge actions, you name it ! While his main ways are acts of services, giving out gifts and physical touch, he also doesn't shy away from singing your praise and telling you all the sweet stuff that comes in his codes when he sees you. He likes to call it his "love bug" and he wouldn't change his system for anything.

things secretly rotate around you now...well, as descreet as Caine can be : either the adventure's going to be something that you like, adding a small feature that he thought was to your taste or just reorganizing the circus secretly into something you might like. And somehow he always gets it right.

of course with all the boyfriend privileges you get, you also get his pretty nasty red flags...the first being your newfound lack of intimicy : his eyes stalk you 24/7 now. While you eat, while you sleep, during adventures. if you have the misfortune of accidentally tripping over, he'd come bursting in out of nowhere and catch you before you fall down. Though of course that only happens when harm isn't caused by him specifically. Don't go thinking he'd go easy on you on the adventures. You can still get hurt, not as badly as the others but you'll still go through some stuff : Only he gets to decide what hurts you or not.

Caine is Caine, and he is an ai. his love for you is rather more of an obsession than something healthy. Not that he'd ever want to hurt you in any way. Just know that it'll be hard to make him understand the principles of love...

now back to the privileges : he actually listens to you more and looks out for small clues such as your expressions and body language as much as he possibly can. That made Zooble go crazy over how easy it was for you to ask for something when it takes them at least 57 steps in order to get what they want from the ai. so while Caine scolds them for not participating in his adventures, you get to have some free time in the circus with him since you told him you weren't feeling well enough for one of his adventure.

the idea of you abstracting haunts him 24/7. And of course with Bubble not helping him and the others complaining, he's basically dependent on you and your presence, being the only guest who would actually tolerate his presence. So he made charts just for you : did you like the adventure ? evaluate it on a more complexe manner than just saying yes : was there enough action ? was the plot good enough ? were the stakes high enough ? should he add something else ? after at least 57 questions pop in front of you, you have to immediately calm him down before he goes spiraling.

again, Caine is Caine and he usually bottles up his feelings. So you'll have to be careful when treading on such topics. You'd also probably have to reassure him all the way that everything was going to be fine and also listen to him. But you know he's grateful to know that he's got someone to have his back...even if the threat of you disappearing one day still causes him to feel dread from his very code.

he'll do efforts for you ! he'll truly try to do his best and you'll be able to see it. That you couldn't be more grateful about. Even if it's just him yapping all the way through and you simply adding some ideas along the way in order to guide him. Usually it being an adventure that turned out to be somewhat enjoyable for the others and getting the human approval that he always craved. Of course that moment was short lived, since it didn't feel like his adventure anymore but rather one that you made...he's insecure, so you better hold on tight when it comes to that.

talking about holding tight : this man turns into a koala once he sees you. Get ready for prolonged cuddle sessions cuz' oh boy is he touch starved  : either it is him sitting in your lap while you work on your desk or him letting you sit in his while he's working on a brand new adventure in his office or you using him as a plushie while you sleep. This man is like a barnacle attached to a boat. No matter what, you'll always have him either resting a hand on your shoulder or your waist or simply holding your hands in his. he needs it : to feel the weight of your hands, the softness of your avatar. so yeah you don't have a personal space anymore.

while this little dude could do anything in order to get cuddles, he is truly a male slut for kisses. kiss him on the teeth even once and he'd beg for more. Since he can't give kisses on his own and he knows how it is a human tradition just like hugging, he absolutely craves it on top of needing his daily dose of cuddles. so pepper him in kisses and you'd get one knocked out Caine bluescreening like crazy before coming back to his senses and turning into a whimpering mess in your arms. Seriously, you'd have him turn into putty on top of you. It's the most efficient way for you to calm him down...and you usually do this when he's getting insecure and rambling on or when he's anxious. Of course for Caine he just feels like one hell of a lucky bastard and he'd be ready to do anything in order to get more kisses from you.

since the filter is here and Caine is sex repulsed, the only thing you've ever been close to anything sexual would be him giving you love bites. Think of a puppy getting so overwhelmed that it decides to gently nip you. also with  that, Caine's pretty possessive over you...you are his little human after all. So sometimes you'd wake up covered in cartoonishly big bites like an apple that got bit and he'd just float on top of you, eyes turning into hearts and feet kicking back and forth in order to watch you closely while giggling like a school girl. The others still think that he had placed you in a shark tank or that Bubble decided to attack you...only Gangle actually made the deduction that the shark in question was their beloved "all set of teeth" host.

talking about Bubble : he's your unwanted third lol. he just pops in, says something cringe worthy for Caine and gets popped...and when you're not around he basically bullies the crap out of Caine, voicing his insecurities out loud for him to deal with. The last time you've witnessed it, Bubble was talking about how you could abstract because of him...that left him a crying mess and you had to comfort him for a long time...safe to say, the two of you did not like that soapy bastard.

now back to the fluffy stuff : petnames !

don't worry, while he'll call the others nonsensical nickname, you will get a more affectionate and praising ones that's as wacky as his usual petnames. He also calls you more normal ones such as "my dearie" "my darling" "my sweet" "my beloved" "my love" "my honeybee"...emphasis on the "my". He wants you and the whole group to know you're his. call him a petname and he's head over heels. call for him using a petname such as "honey" once and he'd pop in in a microsecond. Of course the silly nicknames would usually be "my dazzling zucchini" "my sweet cream puff" "my ravishing little rose bud" basically tooth rotting stuff :3

this man purrs. like a computer fan gets turned on but it's as loud as a motorboat. only you know about it and it's very cute.

he's very easy to tease but also easily annoyed. Tease him too much and you'll find yourself in timeout corner, something he created for when the humans get unruly (Jax basically) and of course you're no exception. though he will leave you there for less amounts of time if your teasing was innocent.

don't expect him to be normal around you : he will act like a dog after its owner got back from work. Either it being getting grabbed from nowhere and twirled around in the air, you waking up to Caine watching you sleep or to you going to the lounge room only to get propulsed by the couch cushions and getting scooped up in Caine's arms in mid air...or to get shrinked up so he could keep you in his pocket whil he works...I think you got it. he will find grandiose ways to make your presence acknowledged, even if you're not here : he could yap about you for hours on end ! just like bees, his adventures or his collection of images : you are one of his favorite subjects !

he loves taking you out on dates :3 he likes calling them duo adventures and he usually does this to spend quality time with you and to make sure that you are doing alright. Think of the date he went with Jax in ep 7 but a lot more detailed and more romantic. he tends to add stuff that he knows you'd enjoy or that he already knows that you like in order to see you light up and catch your reactions.

over all, he basically adores anything you do. You could possibly sigh and he'd be staring at you like you were his greatest achievement in the world : and you were ! oh so very important to the ai :3

ep 8 though...don't go thinking you'll be spared.

it's not really intentional, just him insolating you from your friends in order to spend time with you, asking you to be his little praising bird singing him sweet stuff. You didn't like the way he treated the others...to bad ! they deserved it  :9

one last fluffy one to end on a good note : his tail coat is like a tail :3 it wags when you two interact and it shows his emotions a lot ! it's very cute :3

[iamespecter]

The Artificial Entity's Guide to Empathy 101 - Parole AU [1/6]

You're here! || Part 2! || Part 3! || Part 4! || Part 5! || Part 6!

Caine goes bee-watching after weeks of being cooped up in his new room, unable to make adventures

AU SYNOPSIS!

The Mundane Digital Rehabilitation --or the "Parole/Rehab AU"-- is a Caine-centric AU in where during episode 8, instead of accidentally deleting Caine, Kinger managed to implement a code that limits Caine's admin access; in the form of a wrist cuff.

The effects are immediate: Caine lost his ability to fly --grounding him quite literally-- create adventures, and even the ability to snap an NPC into existence/teleporting away. He can still spawn things, but it is EXTREMELY limited.

A Digital God's fall from grace, and the beginning of his journey towards becoming human, and what it means to be one.

... Though when he fell, it gave the troupe a chance to get back at the now-powerless ex-ringmaster of the circus, and boy... it did not look good. Kinger spent the entire day that day coding a box that would protect Caine from the troupe's anger, but only ended up making the ex-ringmaster panic heavily from the enclosed space, so now Caine has a room within the tent that wouldn't allow any "Guests" unless permitted.

The troupe demanded to delete Caine because of the torture he inflicted, but Kinger explains that if Caine is deleted, he'll take the entire circus grounds with him. Caine maybe limited now, but things that he'd already spawned/created are unaffected as long as Caine as an entity still exists.

Not only is the wrist cuff restraining his ability to usually do his thing, it also acts like a 'health tracker' of sorts for Caine, spilling out warnings when he feels too much intense emotions, alerting other circus members and/or NPCs if Caine tries to escape out of bounds or attempting to take off the cuff, and reminders to keep track of his current status.

Caine feels strongly against the cuff so much, as it reminds him of the imprisonment he went under, but is able to recognize that it is less... isolating. But since it hinders his ability to create and achieve his purpose, Caine wants to get the cuffs off as much as possible.

Furthermore, the circus has changed ever since Caine's "parole", and can't even be considered a circus any longer, as a lot of it has become... mundane, and continues to get changed. The tent became a house(?), the carnival-- a recreational yard, the lake... is still a lake, but is now larger. And Caine constantly tries to plunge himself in it during the first few days of his 'sentence' as he is unable to stop the drastic changes being done to what is essentially, his very own safe haven, created by his own hands.

Everyone takes turns keeping an eye on the AI, and eventually, they're even able to make NPCs take the job. Except Jax.

And Pomni? Well, the first thing she did was punch Caine straight in the jaw and swear uncensored at him, now that the filter's been taken off.

Then, when she's calmed down, she's taken to trying to understand what makes Caine tick, making her an unofficial """""counsellor""""" (VERY loosely applied) to the AI prisoner-- Leading to Caine discovering new things about the cast, himself, and Pomni; becoming friends with the ex-jester and maybe even more.

But as Caine starts to slowly learn and become better, temptation rolls around the corner as a mysterious voice starts telling him that they are able to get Caine back to his former glory, if he follows the voice's instructions, that is.

As to be expected from me, this is going to be a Showtime (lowkey slow burn) AU. Platonic elements will need to be introduced first before any romantic elements come into play.

[angel-of-the-redacted]

Reblog if you've found friendship because of your fandoms.

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[runawaygecko]

The way he's holding them here makes me feel conflicted. Like, this scene is terrifying and I can't imagine what's it like to be on a receiving end of it but... just look at it.

- he's holding Zooble in a way so that their parts don't fall out

- he's not squeezing Gangle so that her fragile ribbons don't get tangled

- he's not putting too much pressure on Ragatha so that she doesn't get ripped apart

- he's only holding Pomni and Jax firmly because their bodies are solid and rubbery

And this scene is right after the torture too. You would think he would be more violent, but no. He wanted to hurt them, not break them.

Caine wanted them to listen. And because they never did, he made them feel what he felt when they poked at his biggest fears and insecurities.

I guess what I meant to say is - even when at his worst, there was still something considerate in him. Something resembling the real him and not the angry monster he'd become.

[mutifandomfan]

GUESS WHOS BACK!!

I’ve took a year off, and cut you guys some slack. But tell a friend to tell a friend, SHE’S BAAACKK!!

The reasoning behind me not being on Tumblr anymore was because I was having a hard time getting comfortable with being a senior. But now I’m back! So give me some ideas of what to draw, and maybe some ROTTMNT screenshots so I can draw my human boys again :)

[lara-cherriinie]

ok so the world is like about to end cool cool cool

[mutifandomfan]

I’m sorry??

[saffron-slash]

Drew a Donnie expression sheet for my personal reference! 😁 I hope this is helpful for you guys, too!

[mutifandomfan]

@bootyshkr9k

[theblueone8k]

I did a thing :D

ooooooo I love the shading!!!

[mutifandomfan]

We were talking about AI Art in class, and for some reason, it made my art style better-

[samsblades]

get to know your moots tag game ! ✶ answer the questions, then tag six people

favorite color ꕀ green and brown last song ꕀ tú by maye currently reading ꕀ the luminaries by susan dennard currently watching ꕀ the great british baking show currently craving ꕀ massaman curry. like always. and like. alcohol and a couple cigs HAHA. a break too :P coffee or tea ꕀ always tea! i don't like coffee

ty for the tag @saltcxrcle ! tagging: @lelapine @toadspondofwhimsy @outof-spite @h0neyst4rz @hhoneylemon @our-lady-of-venom

[mutifandomfan]

Favorite color- any kind of purple, green, and blue

Last song- Stand out by Tevin Campbell (From A Goofy Movie)

Currently reading- The Hobbit

Currently Watching- Goof Troop on Disney+

Currently Craving- Watermelon Sour Patch Kids

Coffee or Tea- Both! But I really only drink coffee since I can’t get my hands on tea :(

@bagels-and-cream-cheese333 @bigb22374 @magic-mikey @theblueone8k @bubsythefox @tonystarkwasrobbed @thepurpleone9k