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    Pomni has a problem.

    The Amazing Digital Circus has been raided by a new and advanced version of Generative AI that promises a wider, expanded world, a connection to the wider world via the Internet, and maybe, just maybe, a way to fix Abstraction. The problem is it’s a devil’s bargain that threatens more than it saves and the gang are becoming increasingly aware that there's a lot more going on than what it appears and they're going to need a lot of additional help if they want to figure out the truth.

     
    Abby has a problem.

    She’s just received a desperate message begging her to reach out to five people she’s never met because if she doesn’t bring them together an entire digital world may come unraveled. It shouldn’t be her problem, except… It kinda is. After all the request came from herself (sort of).

    Once more, six strangers will have to come together, united in a common adventure; once more, six friends will have to fight to save their home, because if the curtain falls on the Digital Circus, it may fall for everyone.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    “Caine?” Pomni asked again. The orb drifted up and down in a nod. “How do I know it’s you? Why do you look so…” Small, weird, different. She’d been anticipating seeing a Caine clawing at the walls, or crying, or yelling. How ever she imagined finding Caine, he looked like, well, Caine. Not this.

    oOo

    The plan was simple: undelete Caine, get the Circus back up and running, and place some restrictions so Caine couldn't mess with them.

    Unfortunately, Caine and the Circus are a little more complicated than meets the eye.

    (Updates every three-four days (hopefully))

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    14 Apr 2026

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    SET AFTER EPISODE 9

    Caine is back, and he's working to make amends for everything he did. But the others have started to notice some strange behaviors from the resident AI, and they'll need to work together to figure out the cause.

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    5 times the circus crew stumble across caine's unconscious avatar, and the 1 time they band together to do something about it.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    The CTRL-ALT-DEL-AU belongs to @ctrl-alt-del-au on Tumblr.

    "You just! Don't! LISTEN!"

    Pomni's words were playing though Caine's mind in an agonizing loop. In any other circumstances, he'd be able to erase that thought. Loan then to Bubble permanently, keep going on as intended.

    But this was not his Bubble.

    This was not his circus.

    Yet, these were his humans.

    They didn't remember him. They did not know he was an ai. They had just come back from the Candy Canyon Kingdom.

    Why was this happening?

    "You just! Don't! LISTEN!"

    He could win their favor.

    He could win their love, and affection.

    He had to.

    He had nothing left but this second chance.

    And, ideally, he'd do it WITHOUT making himself a horrible, cruel monster that no one loved in the process.

    "You just! Don't! LISTEN!"

    ... Fine.

    If listening was what it took...

    Then Caine would listen.

    He would be the best at it.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    Sometimes I'd forget

     

    Rocky has been stranded, alone and light years away from home for 46 years. For a long time it seemed like nothing would ever change. But a new arrival in Tau Ceti system is about to alter the course of history; For Rocky, for Erid, and for another world far, far away.

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    Beta read by chez_levi! Thank you for your notes, and curse you for your implications about metaphors

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    18 Jun 2026

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