Gabba's arrival into the circus.
It came with a lot of denial.. surprisingly less with the whole circus isekai aspect and more so the fact that everyone there appeared to have a voice besides him.
For the first few weeks he was absolutely certain the rest of the cast had to be NPCs— assuming himself to be this silent protagonist (typical to rpgs) with how none of them seemed to be able to register his responses.
That ignorant bliss was cut short after taking a moment to sit and observe the very much unscripted exchanges between some of the cast members— The fact that they'd seemed to have been stuck there for years eventually caught up not too long after.
For days (maybe weeks) at a time he'd stay completely isolated in his room and try and gaslight himself to keep sane, snapping at almost anyone who disturbed his silence.
Within just 40 days of entering the circus, Gabba was already on the brink of Abstraction.
I couldn't possibly tell you how he managed to rock himself out of this helpless boat, (at least not on this post) Just know that he did and I'm proud <3
Big ol thanks to @silentogreriver for the ask that led to this post! It's definitely longer than my usuals but I'm delighted with how it turned out!
