I think it's safe to say I'm lowkey into the DuffyFilmz TADC AU.
Also some concepts for fun where the Duffy crew end up in the real circus and Jester follows them in. Needless to say, Caine doesn't take too kindly to a malicious entity threatening his domain. Yes, his extra arms are a nod to the Happy Place music video <3
Spoilers and mild gore and suicidal ideation under the cut
Jack was sitting by the tent made for his abstracted best friend when Pomni came up to him and gently tapped him on the shoulder.
"Did...did you know about their...secret?..." Pomni asked gently, as if her words might break his heart
"Yeah...i did...they told me a while back...before...she...abstracted..." Jack nervously tapped the ground "it came out randomly in a conversation and...i never mentioned it again because they wanted it to be a secret...and they kept mine..."
Pomni tilted her head curiously. "Secret?..."
Jack shook his head, as if he didn't wanna talk about it anymore and Pomni nodded solemnly.
"What...what did they wanna be called?..." Pomni asked
"Jasmine..." Jack replied "it was so fitting for her..."
Pomni nodded again and looked in the tent, gently reaching out his hand for Jack to take.
"Do you wanna go see them?..." Pomni asked
Jack smiled "of course..."
They both got up and headed inside the tent where the abstracted Jasmine was solemnly staring at the floor. Once she saw Jack they carefully approached him and got down to his level.
"Hey, Jass...how are you doing?" Jack smiled softly
She let out a series of distorted noises but did look a lot happier and calmer.
Jack chuckled a bit "i'm assuming good....i brought Pomni with me....and i actually got the courage to talk to the others"
Jasmine seemed happy about hearing Jack's newfound confidence and she laid down lower in front of Pomni to look at her.
"Hey Jax- i-i mean Jasmine...." Pomni smiled softly and gently touched their head
Pomni's hand started glitching but she didn't care. She got out a bow and tied it around Jasmine's ear as they purred happily.
Jack and Pomni sat next to Jasmine and Pomni continued gently petting her.
"Jasmine's fur was soft...she was really good at grooming themself" Jack smiled and leaned against Jasmine while Pomni looked over.
"Oh they wouldn't let me come near their fur...how long were you guys friends for?"
Jack looked up, trying to remember the best he could "it was a little after he first entered the circus...i was next and i just shut down in front of everyone...but Jass...being also new just sat with me...didn't pry of anything...just sat with me and we eventually became friends." Jack smiled "eventually they helped me get close to Ribbit and Kaufmo too...we were all in our own reserved little world..."
Pomni smiled softly "i'm glad you got along with them so easily..."
"Did Jasmine team up with you in that gun adventure?...She was talking about it nonstop when she came in my room and woke me up" Jack tilted his head
"I...um...." before pomni could answer there was a loud scream from the main area.
Pomni and Jack rushed there to find...Jasmine?? Her old avatar was standing right in front of them and Jack looked back to make sure it wasnt Jasmine.
"W-what...." The newcomer trembled
Caine rushed in "what the!? I thought no one could enter the circus anymore?!" He shouted in confusion and panic
Ragatha gently approached but the new person ran off in panic. Jack looked back at the group discussing and ran after them.
"H-hey! Wait!" Jack called out after the person
They eventually reached a dead end and the new person curled up in a ball and started having a panic attack. Jack slowly approached and sat next to them, gently rubbing their back.
"Seems scary right now...right?..."
"W-where...a-...a...m...i!?..." The new person frantically said.
"You're...you're in the digital circus...and...we cant technically escape..." Jack mentioned carefully
"WHAT!?"
"But! But...we aren't technically real either...we're just scans of our brain into a person..." Jack fidgeted nervously "i-i know its a lot...but i don't exactly know how to...uhh...comfort people..."
The new person processed everything and shook his head "its...fine...i guess..." They scratched their head "uhm...why do we all...look like this?..."
Jack shrugged "i dunno...uhm...do you know your name?..."
The person nodded "Jackson..."
"Mine's Jack...heh...we kinda match..." Jack smiled
"Kinda...hah..." He muttered awkwardly "just call me Jax..."
They both smile and continued talking. A few hours later Caine called everyone over to the main room.
"So I heard from my lesbian llama, Gangle that things would be much cozier if we turned this circus into a town of sorts! So i wanted to get your guys' opinion!" Caine announced
Jack nodded while Jax didn't respond because he really had no opinion on where he wanted to stay, he was still processing what was going on.
Zooble shrugged "if Gangle's happy then i will be too"
Ragatha and Pomni smiled and nodded and Kinger was too busy reading but gave a thumbs up anyway. With that Caine dissapeared to wherever he goes to prepare the map. There was suddenly a growl then a whine from the tent that Jasmine was in.
"Oh...i was gonna save this for when we get closer but...follow me..." Jack pulled Jax towards the tent.
Jax shrugged until he saw Jasmine staring at them. He tried to run until Jack held onto him.
"Wait! She's friendly! I promise..." Jack panicked awkwardly
"How do i know that!?!? She's huge and she's making weird noises!" Jax shouted
Jasmine gently picked Jack up with her giant hand and tilted her head at Jax. Jax gulped nervously and waved awkwardly.
"Her name is Jasmine...she's my best friend..." Jack gently pat her head and Jasmine smiled with her many eyes. "She's very friendly...and we're working on all of....this..."
Jax gulped and took a hesitant step forward. Jack gently patted Jasmine's hand.
"Go say hi" He encouraged her
Jasmine approached and gently nudged Jax, flinching when he flinched.
Suddenly, they were all teleported to a neighborhood where all of the houses were to each of the characters' likings.
Jack is fine,like come on it's not like there in any danger (ragatha was stabbed through the heart and was fine)they kinda needed to do the things he forced them to do.
The amazing digital circus: Caine's Catastrophic Care Cove part 2!
(I changed it and decided not to make them actual babies and toddlers because that doesn't really fall into age regression so they're normal sized)
Part 1
Cw: age regression, oc x canon
Jack, Zooble, and Kinger gathered around in a circle on a carpet with their littles. Jax was a little nervous, staying on Jack's lap while the other three crawled to the center.
"Alright, its playtime little ones...you can grab any of the toys in this room and play" Kinger said softly as Zooble cooed over Gangle making little noises at Pomni and Ragatha.
Jack grabbed a soft stuffie and gave it to Jax. "Here...you dont have to play with everyone..."
"dada..." Jax gave Jack his stuffie "i wan pwaaayyy"
"With me?..." Jack asked, tilting his head.
"Mhmm...'nothew one" Jax reached for another plushie
"You want another one? Okay" Jack grabbed another plushie and gave it to him
"You'we a pwincess....i a monsta..." Jax explained, pointing to each plushie.
"Okay" Jack started waving around the plushie as if its alive, starting to talk for the plushies "Oh i'm just a simple princess walking along the forest"
Jax grabbed the plushie from Jack "rawwwwr! I a monstew! I got chu!"
Jack and Jax continued playing with the plushies before Pomni walked up to Jax and tapped on him.
"Can i pway wif Jax pwease?..." Pomni asked Jack in a sweet little voice.
Jack smiled softly while his heart was melting inside. "Of course, Pom-pom...but he's really little so be careful with him..." Jack placed Jax on the floor, ruffling the fur on his head.
"Uhm...Pom...can pwincess..." Jax mumbled quietly and gave Pomni the plushie.
Jack tapped Zooble and asked them to watch Jax quickly while he went somewhere. But Jax immediately noticed that Jack wasn't there, he wasn't engaged in the game at all. Jax crawled to Zooble.
"Zoob...dada...where dada..." He whined at Zooble while looking around
"Oh...i dunno...he needed to do somethin...whyyy do you miss him, lil bud?~" Zooble teased playfully
"Mhm...wuv dada..." Jax mumbled as Zooble pulled him into their lap.
"I know you do, little bunny...you can play with the others if you wanna..." They said gently, patting Jax's back carefully like he was made of glass "or you can just hang out around me if you want..."
Jax started whining, clearly either about to throw a tantrum or just cry. "But...wan dada...wan dada!"
Zooble quickly shushed him "shhh...shh...he'll be back soon..."
Gangle crawled over "Zoozoo...why Jax cwy?..." She asked innocently.
"He misses his dada..." Zooble said gently while they tried to comfort Jax as he cried.
"Hey...no cwy..." Gangle went closer to Jax, who "accidentally" hit her happy mask off while raising his arms up for dramatics.
The mask made a loud shattering sound, which scared both Gangle and Jax. Both of them immediately started wailing loud. Jack busted in, looking ten times more awake than before.
"What happened!? Is he okay!?" He shouted.
Zooble sighed and gave Jax to Jack. "He misses you and got scared because Gangle's mask broke"
"Oh my poor baby bunny.." He cooed and gently kissed Jax's forehead. "Its okay...i'm here now..."
"Dadaaa..." Jax whined
Jack shushed him and sat back down on the floor. "Now what did you do with Gangle's mask, sweetie..."
"I....i put my awm up....an...an it bwoke..." Jax demonstrated with his hands "but...it was an accident dada..."
"I know..." Jack shushed Jax to calm him down more.
"Dada...hungwy..." Jax whined
Jack looked at the clock on the wall "hm...maybe its time for them to eat..." Kinger was already making his way towards the kitchen with Pomni and Ragatha.
After everyone was gathered in the kitchen and fastened into their high chairs, the three caregivers were unsure of what to serve the four.
"Maybe we should just give them puffs" Zooble suggested
"Hmm...but they need healthy stuff...and Jax is too little to really chew anything" Jack said, looking away from Jax for a second
"Hmm...maybe we just give them some veggies, fruit, and a peanut butter sandwich" Kinger shrugged
"Did- did you not hear what i just said?-" Jack asked
"What did you say?" Kinger responded, tilting his head
There was suddenly a loud cry from Gangle. Everyone turned around and saw Jax gnawing at her ribbons.
"Jax! No!" Jack shouted and got Gangle out of Jax's mouth. "Jax! You don't do that..." He scolded gently before he picked Jax up and started making a bottle for him
Jax just quietly watched Jack make a bottle while Zooble made sure that Gangle was okay and Kinger just started making food for Ragatha and Pomni. Jack gave Jax the bottle and let him drink.
"Maybe they need a nap...i dunno..." Jack shrugged.
Zooble took gangle and gently bounced her "eh, maybe he's just misbehaving for attention...i dunno..."
"Mmm...dada....loud...bright..." Jax whined and tugged on Jack's hat
"Oh. Cmon...lets go..." Jack picked Jax up and went to the dim, dark, nap room.
Tldr: Cozy digital neighborhood, Jasmine (transfem Jax) and Jax are seperate people, abstragedy, no more chaos...sometimes
So basically after episode 9, Ragatha asked Caine to turn the circus into a cozy neighborhood. Caine did it because everyone agreed on it. Jack, settling into his new cozy house was extremely sad about his best friend (Jasmine/transfem Jax) abstracting until another human appeared. His name was actually Jax so the system registered Jasmine's old avatar. Caine, confused as hell because he thought humans couldn't enter anymore, just decided to make a model for the abstracted Jasmine to fit what she would want and gave the old model to Jax. Jax got along with Jack well and was even like how Jasmine used to be (episodes 1-8). Abstragedy is canon in this au, so is Caine and the moon. Pomni is torn between Ragatha and Jasmine. Jack also helped Caine with the members' redesigns and changed Jasmine's model, who is still abstracted and only visually different.
