Based on this previous post, where a bug in C@ine's code causes manifestations to malfunction, even food. Him and his empty stomach are making it hard to concentrate...
bonus:
If I had a nickel for anytime I saw people in the digitum community complain about seeing too much content of characters they don't like, I'd have at least 3 nickels. Which ain't a lot, but it still annoys me
you know that trope where a character forgot breakfast or something but by circumstance they're thrown into all these events where they can't eat because they're busy and they may be offered food but get dragged away before they can take a bite and it just goes on the whole day, all the while their stomach will not cease the growls until they sit down to dinner?
imagine the one time z//ooble is forced on an adventure and they haven't eaten that morning. the adventure? 19th century london where they begrudgingly play the dr watson to j//ax's sherlock holmes. they question several npcs about a murder in town, and the npcs are so kind they'll offer the two of them a bite to eat for their troubles. but something is always calling the two away, or j//ax will just hit them with the "love to stay and chat, but i must be off", leaving z//ooble with a stomach that echoes off the cobblestone beneath their feet.
the two of them return to scotland yard with the intel they've received. as they discuss with the inspector, z//ooble's poor stomach breaks up the conversation several times until the inspector npc loses his patience and tells them to leave and sort out their situation, the situation being a starving and irritated z//ooble.
the two of them head for the pub, ready to vent their frustrations over a piping hot meal. the thick, rich smells of the food around them is driving z//ooble crazy, their belly so loud it's causing heads to turn. even j//ax is making quips like "jeez z//oob, give away our location why don't you?" pretty soon, the meals stop coming out, conviently before their order. after one massive protracted growl, they shoot up and march over to the kitchen, ready to scream at someone. but lo and behold! the cook npc has been poisoned! through investigation, they come to the conclusion that he must have recently died as the spittle is still warm and literally everyone else has had their order served. so the culprit can't be far.
now in hot pursuit, j//ax and z//ooble are on the run, with the latter's energy flagging. their eyes are drifting and the roars of their belly are keeping them awake. but pretty soon, they corner the cloaked individual, looking around as if unsure of where to go. j//ax approaches, ready to pull the cloak and reveal the culprit to be... baz//ooble?
the adventure ends abruptly with a snap of the fingers. c//aine flies in with "oh you weren't supposed to see that that's a preview for an upcoming adventure!" by this point, z//ooble is all growls. their whole body is vibrating and undulating from the force of their grumbles. c//aine leaves the two of them to reunite with the other circus members. k//inger mentions something about a pizza party, and wouldn't you know it? the pizza party is there, ready to be demolished by the ravenous triangle themself.
IM CRYING you guys are learning how to summon me 😭😭 put hungry z//ooble under a cardboard box with a stick 🪤 and i will waddle right into it like a fool. hangs my head in shame
