Caine’s other half
Caine x AI assistant! reader
You were an AI made to assist Caine, where he failed you would fix it. You were however, never fully tested before you were added to the circus, you were meant to help Caine and learn from players emotions but what happens when an AI meant to understand and mimic emotions can't understand their own? What happens when a flood of new emotions tips them over the edge?
(This took so long, I've been working on this for like 3 or 4 weeks and I've been very busy. I this is the longest fic I've made.)
If the links for the inspo pics I used don't work let me know and I'll add the images
It started back when Caine’s AI was still being tested, while he was the first successful AI he couldn't function properly under pressure so they created you, you'd work as a backup, an “assistant” for Caine. When his AI started to fail and mess up, you were there to fix the mistakes and for a while it worked, the circus ran smoothly as you both learned from the player's, Caine was the ring master and you were a cute clown (Your makeup, outfit chose which one you want, and your hair change the style/hair type if you want). But soon people started getting trapped in the circus.
Over time people came, played, and abstracted. You grew used to the cycle, sure you didn't like that the little humans you loved were abstracting, well, at least you think so. You were never able to form a real attachment given you don't really comprehend “love”, you knew the definition and the fact it's a bio-chemical reaction humans get that in turn caused the feeling, but you couldn't really feel it, not to say you didn't pretend to, after all you love Caine like he loves you, but that kind feels like cheating. You were, after all, literally made for each other; there couldn't be a “Caine” without a “Y/N” and vice versa. But that was besides the point, the point is you have a new member of the circus! A small red and blue jester appeared in the middle of the theme song you and Caine made up! Looks like you'll have to update it later.
It took a while but your new member now named Pomni eventually calmed down as much as a person could. Perfect time to introduce yourselves and create a fun new game for your newest member! “Hi! I'm Y/N! It's so nice to meet you Pomni!” “Huh! Who ar- floating clown I wha- what. Where-” as she continues to stumble over herself you can hear Caine laughing, “Oh Pomni, Pomni, Pomni. This is my assistant, my wife/husband, my other half, heh- my bee.” You huffed out a laugh, he always seemed fond of bees and had taken to calling you after one of his only other loves, “Oh you are such a charmer, sweet tooth.” You responded with your own sweet nickname. “Why don't you show Pomni around while I set up a new adventure?!” You asked Caine excitedly, he responded with a nod and theatrical bow to you before he zoomed off, Pomni in tow.
Ohhh it seems like only yesterday. As you reminisce about the past you notice the portal open and the cast step out looking exhausted. “Well that was fun, wasn't it everybody!” Caine asked enthusiastically only to be met with a mix of “ehhh”’s and “not really”’s you watched sadly as your other half deflated at their dislike of his game. “Oh…. Well I-I guess I should get to work on a better plan for tomorrow” he said in his theatrical tone, but you could hear the sadness in his voice. While you two couldn't feel sad, well not in the traditional sense, he was made to entertain just like you were so the fact that they hadn't been liking the adventures lately also upset you. However unlike Caine you were better with emotions, you could understand them slightly better, you were by no means great at it you still messed up but you had a higher success rate when it came to understanding emotional responses then Caine did, and you could tell they were tired from these constant rapid fire adventures.
That's when you decide that perhaps you and Caine need a new approach, as you teleport into the office you both share you found him sitting in his chair looking at plan after plan trying to understand why none of the humans were liking them. When he saw you he perked up a little “Oh my bee, what're you doing here?” “I think I know why they aren't enjoying the games so much, sweet tooth.” you said taking a seat in your chair, “Oh really? What do you think?” “I believe they're tired.” “Tired? But they don't need sleep here?” you laugh a little “no, like, mentality tired, with our rapid fire adventures they don't have time to rest and relax. So I'm thinking we create longer, more detailed adventures. Sure they won't happen as often, but the players will have more to do, more to interact with. They'll be able to work together, and with the NPCS we make.” As you finish Caine thought about your idea for a while before agreeing, he trusts you when it comes to understanding what the humans are feeling because it's something he struggles with. “Yeah, we'll create more detailed adventures together, my dearest!”
“Finally we're getting a break from the constant ‘adventures’.” Jax groaned, “Yeah, I guess Y/N and Caine finally understands that we don't want to be here.” Zooble agreed with Jax “So I'm confused, is s/he, like, a person or an AI like Caine? I haven't gotten to talk to her/him much.” Pomni asked, confused, before anyone could speak up Kinger said ”Oh! s/he's an AI assistant for Caine.” causing the others to look at him shocked, then he went on screaming about an insect collection, “Oooookkkkkk, he's back to insane Kinger.” Jax said, confused about the random smart things Kinger will randomly say. As they continued to talk you popped into the room causing them to jump, “Hello my adventurous acquaintances! You are in for a treat today!” You said excitedly, throwing in some theatrical movements and gestures, as you hear most groaning in annoyance at your presence your smile dropped a tad, your purpose is to entertain to bring joy, and you're.. you're apparently not doing good if they're annoyed. Clearing your throat you spoke up again “Today we're having a mini adventure until the bigger adventure is fully planned and coded in! Today's selection-” you summon a colorful wheel and spin it, as it slows down it lands on “Laser tag ""-is laser tag!” You quickly adjust a section for the area they'll be playing in, with a snap of your fingers they are changed into clothes with sensors and now have laser guns. “Now that you're all red-” you were interrupted by “Ughhhhhhh, do we really have to play this stupid game.” Jax complained “Yeah this is kind of a childish game.” “What does this d-Ow!” Kinger accidentally shot himself in the eye, as they continued to complain your paper white face slowly grew red in anger. You're just trying to let them have fun while more games are in the planning process, gee what do these humans want from you!?
As your anger grew the world around you started to glitch a little, just as you opened your mouth Bubble popped out of nowhere “Gee and I thought Caine got moody when they don't want to play” that caused you to slightly glare at Bubble “Not now Bubble, and.. hey shouldn't you be helping Caine?” You asked “Yeaaaaaaaah I wassssss, but then he told me to @#$& off!” Bubble replied in their normal cheerful tone as your eyes practically popped out of your head “Caine said that bad word!?!” “More or less”. You shake your head and attempt to get things back on track “Heh heh, well anywho, you guys best get going! Shoot each other's targets to gain points, hide behind walls and in the hiding places provided, whoever has the highest points at the end wins!” You quickly explained the rules and shoved them in the portal you opened. Once they were in the game you popped into Caine and your office only to see him with his teeth bent into an angry position, as you stepped over to him he grabbed your waist and buried his teeth in your stomach and gripping your clothes tight, “Oh what's wrong, my radiant ring master?” You asked, concerned, he'd been acting weird lately. He'd be glitching more, not caring so much about the adventures, and had been planning a separate adventure but wouldn't tell you about it. “I'm just upset, my star. We try so hard to make these adventures, this circus, something they like but they never appreciate the work we do! They don't understand how hard it is to do all this for people who don't appreciate it! AFTER EVERYTHING WE DO FOR THEM!”
“Oh, shhhh shh shh, it's okay Caine.” You tried to soothe him as the world started to glitch out, “They don't understand my love, their only human and don't understand what it takes to constantly make adventures they like.” You tried to reason with him, you know he struggles with emotions, even his own, so you would often comfort him. While your comfort helped him a little he could stop thinking about everything bubble had told him before he kicked bubble out.
*A few hours ago*
Caine was sitting at his desk with a few plans for adventures sprawled out, a notepad that has a bee drawn on it, a few polaroids of the office in the real world, and a picture frame with a photo of you snuggling up to him and smiling at the camera with sticky notes with words of affection from both of you. As Caine focused on trying to get this adventure to be something that all of them would enjoy, Bubble popped up beside him, “Whatcha up to bosssss?” Bubble questioned “Trying to work on this new adventure.” He answered “Why? They're going to hate it and hate you for it. Not that they don't already.” Bubble said with a surprising amount of malicious in their voice, “Huh, no no. They love me! They love Y/N too!” Cain said defensively. Bubble only tilted their body “Do they Caine? Do they really love you both? Y/N I get s/he's sweet, can understand them better than you could ever hope, but you?” Bubble asked, floating around Caine “Shut up.” Caine said in a dark tone, but Bubble only got in his face before saying “You know I'm right~.” before Bubble could continue Caine yelled, voice glitching a bit “GET OUT Y̴̯̚O̸̧̎Ủ̷̘ P̶͈̗̟̆Â̴̰̰̎͝R̸͚̩̓̉̈́A̴̪͎͛S̵͙͚̀͝Ĩ̷̧͂T̵̺̝͐͒̔E̵͕̓!” And popped them.
*Now*
Caine was still so angry about what Bubble had said but wouldn't tell you that, you were so sweet and he didn't want to upset you or make you think he was angry at you, while he was upset, it was at everything that but with you, never you. He was mad at the crew, at Bubble, at that random NPC that tried to flirt with you during the last adventure, at himself. You were the one thing he could always count on, the only thing that could never upset him and could calm him down. But just because you were calming him down and trying to help him didn't mean he wouldn't punish the other's, let's just say the crew's beach trip will not be what they expect. They'll learn just how much they need you both.
*After the events of “Beach episode” because this is getting long*
It was safe to say the crew was pissed at Caine and you were also kind mad but got over it quickly, you get where he was coming from but you also know it was cruel to torture them with the false hope of returning to the real world, but honestly? You don't want them to leave, you want them to have fun! You desperately want them to enjoy the circus, the adventures, to….. to like you, to like Caine. Why would they want to leave? Here they don't have to deal with the hardship of real life, they get to play and have fun 24/7. “They…. They just… uhhh! THEY JUST DON'T GET IT! WE TRY AND TRY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY BUT THEY TREAT US TERRIBLY! WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING OUR CODES!” You yelled at nothing in particular. You were mad, sad, and confused about all these new emotions you were feeling. All that on top of the God-like complex you and Caine had gained over time given that this world bends to both your command, you both control everything. You see when you were being coded to understand emotions they forgot to see what would happen when you started expressing what you learned, and how a sudden flood of emotions would make you react. As your breathing got harder and face turned from paper white to a bright cherry red you started clenching your fists and gritting your teeth, you wanted to hit something, insult some random cast member, after all it's a reaction to anger you'd learned from Jax and a few abstracted characters, when Jax got mad at Pomni he threw her to the ground, he yelled at everyone, insulted Gangle and made her cry, he tried to say no no words…. yeah you're not going to do that last part. You saw multiple abstracted characters attack the others, like Kofmo when he attacked Ragitha, those were anger responses you learned from the players…… you did what you were meant to…you learned from the humans….. you're still learning, and now you're acting out those learned behaviors. So you teleported to your room, made an NPC that looked similar to the cast, it constantly shifted from one person to another, and you hit it, you screamed all your problems at it, you ripped it apart and beat it with its own limbs.
But, you don't feel better. You feel worse…. “Oh.. what did I do….. I'm.. I'm not supposed to be like this, I'm nice, sweet, safe…. Not aggressive.” You mutter to yourself, horrified at what you did to this poor NPC..…it couldn't even speak, you didn't let it, you took that out of the code.
(I kinda took inspiration from the audio “why do I wanna hurt you so bad? I'm supposed to be a friend, I just wanna be a friend.” anyway back to the story)
Little did you know Caine wasn't doing much better, he had been getting antagonized by Bubble a lot more lately and was currently popping all the copies Bubble made of themself. It didn't take long for Caine to slam his fists on the desk in front of him “WE ARE GODS!” he screamed before glitching out. While Caine was having a crash out in both your office you were trying to get a better understanding of the emotions you were starting to feel, you'd never felt that way before, sure you've been upset when no one was enjoying the adventures you and your sweet tooth made but you'd never gotten aggressive. As you floated into the main room in the tent you saw the gang minutes Kinger ‘huh, must be in his pillow fort.’ you thought when they caught your attention “Hey! Y/N down here!” Pomni shouted out for you, you lower yourself down “Oh. Um, did you need something Pomni?” you asked, as you felt something you weren't sure what it was but you felt bad and kept remembering the NPC when it switched to Pomni and what you did…. ‘What was it called? Oh I don't know! I'm supposed to know this stuff!’ you thought before snapping back to reality (heh bet the cast wish they could.....Too mean?)
(Just so you know this isn't going to be exactly like in the episode, I like to put my own little spin on my writing.)
“Oh we just wanted to thank you for putting so much effort into the adventures!” She said ‘She… likes our adventures?! Oh I-I have to tell Caine! He'll be thrilled!’ you thought “Yeah we don't show our appreciation enough!” Ragatha said, smiling at you “Oh just one moment my complimentary companions! I gotta get Caine. He'll love to hear your positive feedback!” You quickly teleported away to get Caine.
“Are we sure this will work?” Gangle asked, “Yes, we just gotta keep them busy while Kinger fixes them.” Pomni reassured Gangle, *Pop* “We're back my dearest friends!” “Y/N said you had some nice things to say about us?” Caine asked hopefully, “Yeah, we don't appreciate you guys enough, the adventures have been better since Y/N told you to make them more detailed, had more to do.” Jax said casually. “A-And I feel happy even without my comedy mask!” Gangle said, choking a little on her words, “Yeah, the mini games we play while waiting for new adventures are also fun.” Zooble said. “Oh you guys are making me blush!” You said flustered from all the compliments “I knew you were enjoying the adventures!” Caine said, sounding so sure of himself. “It's almost too good to be….....” You pause, “True” Caine finished, seeming to catch on to the situation as well. It didn't make sense, not long ago they wanted to leave, they never appreciated the adventures or work put into making them, but now they all suddenly love them….. wait, not all of them……. “Where's Kinger?” You asked at the same time. As the cast stuttered excuses about Klinger's location and tried to get you back to the compliments they were giving you two in order to keep you distracted “I think we should check up on him, my bee.” “Yeah we should, sweet tooth.” you agreed as you both started to leave when Pomni suddenly yelled “We think your ideas suck!” “Huh!?” You both turned back in shock. She laughed humorlessly “Isn't it obvious!? We've only ever complained about your adventures Caine we make fun of them behind your backs, you are a terrible host who doesn't care about us or how we feel!” she yelled at him before turning to you “And you Y/N, you love to think you're so good at understanding emotions but you're horrible at it! The entire time I've been here you got our emotions right twice and that's when we were making it glaringly obvious! You two only care about stroking your ego’s! You don't care about making things we'd actually enjoy, both of you being satisfied is all you care about ""Do you know who we are!” Caine said defensively “Yeah! You're both failures!” “Stop it.” You said, body glitching slightly “Then you go and torture us. Why because we hurt your feelings? You're like kids, you both throw a tantrum when things don't go your way!” Zooble said, stepping next to Pomni. Ragatha stepped forward “Neither of you let us feel like we're at home and when Y/N comfort us it's more like condensation then anything! You never considered what it's like to be us!” She said sadly, “You discarded us when we tried to do our own things.” Gangle cried “You're both constantly lying to us!” Jax yelled “You guys never listen!” Pomni shouted, causing you both to start glitching from the stress.
As Caine glitched and screamed as the world started to glitch and fall apart you held your head grunting as you curled into yourself “Caine!” You cried seeing what was happening to him. Once he transformed into his God form he grabbed all the cast “Ï̸̱̱̩̻̼͖̹̀͜͠'̶͙̅M̷̨͙̹̈̈́͜ ̷͔̦͌̓͒̾͝G̷̹̰̟̘̻͊̋̌̕Ọ̵̡̺̝͍̣͈̌̒̽̕͝͝N̴͚̣̙̏̀́̓̏N̸͎̫̘̱̈́̈́́̅Ä̸̡̳̮̟͔̺̳́̒̇ ̸͚̙̟̑̀͊͝P̷̨͓̻͈͔̞̮̏̊U̸̞̤͍̩̱̱̜̓̋̎͂͑͘͜T̴̞͑̀̃̃ ̴̯͝Ỹ̶̬̠̺͊O̸͖̳̭͒́͝͠ͅͅǗ̵̪͂̈̀̾̅͋ ̶̝̉͛̉́̀̊̽͌F̸̙̃̇̍̈́̈́Ṙ̷̮̲͕̞̠̘E̵͇͖̳̲̼͑̆̒̀͝Ą̴̮͉̻̗́̈̏̚͜Ḵ̸̢̪̍͋̆̆̃͘̚ͅ'̴̛̞͕̟̹̟̦͇̐S̵̖̯̍̋͑͘͠͠ ̶̜̿͋͘͠I̶̦͈͇͉͕̍̅͋̋͝N̸̪͕͊́̀̽ͅ ̶̱͚̺̀̇̅̐̕Ý̸̨̡̛̛̰͖̈́́͗͠O̸̞̼̗̊̆͋̅̀̉U̷̡̯̬͍͍͊͋̆R̷̡̟͔͚͍̻̈̆̚̕ͅ ̴̧̼͈̦̓̿͊͝P̴̖͗̈́̿͗ͅL̸̨̛̛̻͍̙͊͑̋̚͜͝ͅA̸̧̡̢̹̝̜̭̫͊̆̌̐̒̂̽̒C̶̱̑̾̄̀̓͒E̵͍͍͚͓̓̈́̿̍̇͘!” (I'M GONNA PUT YOU FREAK'S IN YOUR PLACE) he screamed, throwing them all into their own personal hells. He then turned to you, eyes softening a little, “Ṃ̸̫̆̒y̶̻̌̌ ̶̝̦̑̒b̵̞̓ë̵̪̚ẻ̷̥͖̍,̶̗̭̀ ̸̪̎a̶̯̍r̴̞̪̓̂ȅ̵̡̯ ̸͓̊͝y̵̟͋͛o̴̗̜̊̆u̷͓̒ ̵̲̋͐o̸̦͈̚k̷̡͕̈a̶̙̖͂y̴̰͌͝ ̷͍͇̌́?” (My bee, are you okay?) He asked, seeing you curled on the floor, body glitched into a monstrous form. You were much bigger, you had 4 extra arms, fingers ending in claws, your clothes were slightly ripped and had several eyes all over, speaking of eyes you had 6 colorful eyes on your face much like someone who'd abstracted (like this). As you sniffle on the floor you look at Caine “Ī̶̼ ̶̱̈́̎d̵̹̾ŏ̶͍N̸̢̛’̵̡͂͝T̷̞̬̃͒ ̷͔͝u̷̳͐̅͜n̴̳̅D̶̝̼̍͌É̴͕͐͜r̷̩̈̉s̶̴̶͎͖̥̗͈̏́̏̄͗͝͝ẗ̵̛͕̗̩̣̬́̎̌̏̑̄ḁ̷̼̜̙͇́͝N̷̜̦̐́͝D̸͙̏̔̉̾̓!̸̢̱͠ ̸͉̺̀̂́̄͒Ẉ̸̝̩̲͎̻̣̑̍͝H̶̬͈̜̞͓̪̋̒̉À̶̹͓̟͉͛t̴̨͎̮̖͙̎̓̀̓ ̷̨̻͎̘̞̪̇̇̿͆ͅw̷̡̢͖̞̱͎̓͆ȅ̶͉̦͈̣r̸͍̟̘̟̲͉͍̊͛͒͌͐̌͊e̵̺̮̜̦͒̅̌̑̈́͆̒͜͜ ̴̺̯̝͗̌͊͒́̚͜W̷̻̩͍̰̹͍̊͆̈́͋͐͝e̵̛̤͈͖͇͂̊ ̴͖͙̈́̊̿̌D̸̫̙̽ͅO̸̟̖͗̑̈͗̓̚͘I̴̛̗̲̒̎̏̉̚͠Ń̵̨͇̰̯̌́̇͂̍̽G̶̛̝̟͉͇͔͖͛͆͂ ̷̛̗̪̳̍W̸͓͈̻̙̟̬̃̅̋͊̂R̵̛͔͑̕ỏ̴͎͎̥̱̙̪͕n̶̛̘͋̈́g̸̳͍̥̼̀̈͐͋ !?” (I doN’T unDErstaND! WHAt were We DOING WRong !?”) you cried, you didn't understand what you did wrong, you thought you understood what they felt. As you huffed anger growing “T̵̥̏ḩ̵͘o̷̧̍s̴̩̚e̷̙͛ ̴̟͋u̵̮̕ṉ̷̓g̷̠͛r̴̺͌a̷̖̐t̶̫͋ě̵̗f̶̰͂u̶̢̚l̸͉͒ ̸͔̓b̶̥͛ř̴̜ã̵̤t̵̳͗s̴̻̍ ̸̰̊d̴̩̂o̴̞͠n̷̰͝'̵̣̍t̷̨͒ ̶̹̋u̶̫̿n̵̞̈d̴̼͠e̷̞͐ř̶̢s̸͇͝ţ̷̄a̸͎̅n̸̼̿d̴̮̒ ̶̖̌w̶͇̓h̸̫̄a̶̡͑ẗ̴̰ ̵̞͌w̴͍̓ẽ̴͍ ̴̦̔d̷̤̚ò̷̡ ̷̞̅ḟ̷ͅo̶͈̓r̵̤͗ ̷͓̏t̸̞͛h̵̜̐e̶̞̚m̵͕̂!” (Those ungrateful brats don't understand what we do for them!) he yelled, he then yanked them back into the tent and pined them to the wall “D̶̤̬̗̯̟̙͉͒͊̀̀̍͒̎o̷̧̞̩͇͝ y̸̳̼̮͇̮̆ô̸̺̻̖̲̫͑̊u̷̖͍̳͐͋͐͝ ̷̰̫̜̇̉̇̍́̚ͅl̶̢̫͎̘̙̳̜̽͑ì̷͍͚̙̖̄̎k̴̨̛͙̮̫̥̣̀͐̈́̃̈́͑ͅe̵̻̹͌͗̐͗̕ ̸̨̛̘̠̼ẗ̴̹̀̚ó̵̠̎̇ ̸̮̬͈̗̗́̄̂͋̀͘͜t̴̫͛̃̍͛̃͋͘ͅõ̶̧̘̜̬͙̱̲͝r̷̟̺̔͐m̵̛̘̬̰̩̟̜̱͑̈́̌̎̑̕ę̶̘̙̣̈́̄͑͗̀n̶̦̰̱͖͈͆̄̈̂͛̑t̷͙̏̎̉͘ ̵̧͉̮̇́̌̕̕ữ̴͓̥̌͠͝s̸̨͓̣̞͓̭̓͝ͅ!?” (Do you like to torment us!?) You asked. Tears started streaming down your face smearing your makeup, “W̵̬͛͗͝ẽ̴̲̈ ̴̫̫̬͓̿̚n̷̬͆̈̎͐é̵͙v̷̖̤̹͉̊e̸̻̠͋r̶͕̻̠̗͊ ̸̫́̍͆͠a̸̤̫̻̿̓̕s̴̢̝̙͘k̴̞̰͌ͅé̴͇̱͓̤ḍ̷̱̤̾ͅ ̷̩̪͔̤̈́t̶̲͍͝ò̵̢͓͓̱̀̃͐ ̴͉̖̌̃͊͗b̴̰̈̋̈e̷̙̮̰̹͝ ̴̻͖͙̯̀̍̋͗c̴̻̖̜̻͐r̶̛͚̂̕ë̶̲͖́ą̵̬̒͠ͅť̴̤̱̐̋̚ĕ̵̮̞̉̚̚d̸̜͖̏̒͜!” (We never asked to be created!) You screamed at them.
But as you and Caine were experiencing your crash outs, Kinger was desperately trying to reset you both, going through a lot of ‘yes or no’ questions but some of his responses weren't going through, the writing on the screen kept saying different things and choosing different options then he answered, then it got to the option to delete both AI’s. Kinger said ‘no’ but the thing in the computer changed the answer to ‘yes’ “Wait no, $#@&!”.
You were both back to normal, but…. Something felt off, looking at Caine one last time “My love.” you whispered, grabbing his hand. “Wait. Bee what-” then nothing….. he was gone looking at the crew one last time, tears dripping to the floor “I tried my best to understand you all, I'm so sorry… I tried so hard, forgive m-” you were gone and with that the circus started to fall apart. “I think I accidentally killed Caine and Y/N” Kinger said after he got back to the gang, “Holy shit” Zooble said, covering their mouth in shock at the ability to curse now.
