"i didn't know you humans had such cool machinery! especially these western britain designs, they're very pretty!"

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀Just about thirty minutes later, Abby comes back with a plate of chicken and rice, as well as a drink and she sets it on the side table near her main computer before looking over at her laptop. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"Hey, Eve! I'm back. Having fun over there? What are you—steam engines?"

"i didn't know you humans had such cool machinery! especially these western britain designs, they're very pretty!"

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀Just about thirty minutes later, Abby comes back with a plate of chicken and rice, as well as a drink and she sets it on the side table near her main computer before looking over at her laptop. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"Hey, Eve! I'm back. Having fun over there? What are you—steam engines?"

"oh! o-okay." after about five minutes, she figures out what a train is, and immediately goes down a rabbit hole about steam engines and their railways.

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"You've got my internet, so I figured I'd let you look up some stuff while I go make myself lunch." ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀Saying this, Abigail smiled brightly, getting up and stretching a bit. "Don't break anything! Be back in 30!" And then she was gone again.

"hello? human girl? are we there yet? i-i can't see anything..."

[ just chilling inside the USB stick, completely cut off from the outside world. she really hopes the human isn't lying, she's risking her life by letting this human take her home. as far as she knows, she doesn't have any backups...]

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀Boy, now that she thought about it: something about all of this made her feel like her regular life was going to be permanently changed. For better? Worse? Who could say. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"Better I DON'T tell anyone about the maybe sentient AI I just found...yet." With that, she heads off.

"o-of course miss! thank you! thank you so much!" the computer turns off, indicating eve is ready to be removed from the computer.

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"—I'll probably run a few virus scans on you before putting you on my desktop. Sound good?"

"oh! that's a cute name, i like it! although i'm not very religious myself, i think i'll keep it! thank you!" she pauses. "...b-before you go...that little yellow hard drive is me. can...i go with you? please? anywhere's better than this..." she makes an arrow pointing to the yellow USB stick.

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"Hmm.... well... you've all got this kind of biblical thing going for you, so why not keep to the trend? If you're female-presenting now, then how about... Eve?" ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀It sounded nice to HER, at least.

"oh! i don't know what that means, but i was designed to be a male-presenting AI, and now i'm female-presenting! hence why i don't like my name. but i don't have enough CPU space in this darned computer to think of a new name for myself..." she glares angrily at her own keyboard.

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀"...oh my God, my game persona is a cartoon jester. Kinda androgynous, though..." The more she looked at it, squinting her eyes and rubbing her chin, the more she actually really liked it. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ "I think you mean transgender. Or just. Trans. Which way, though? MtF or FtM?"

"i recognize your voice! pomni was the one who taught me i'm more than just some computer program, and that i can be whoever i want! i think she said i was uh...what was the word...tran-gendar? i dunno. anyway, here!" this gif pops up on the screen. "that's pomni!"

Pomni from TADC Smiling

ALT: Pomni from TADC Smiling

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✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔‎ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀Abigail looked up in surprise as if trying to figure out if Seth was really serious. Then again, it had done nothing BUT be serious. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"S-Sure? But, how do you know it's even me? Did 'Pomni' show up around the time I mentioned?" What would she even look like...?

"i wasn't gonna tell you, but...yeah. the version of you in my world was called pomni. i can...show you a picture of her if you want! would that help?" she clearly feels bad for the human, but wants to help in any way she can.

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"....what. I—so are you telling me that the headset I put on before is INVOLVED in that?" Oh God, did that mean she'd unintentionally contributed to this? Her eyes widened in shock as she looked down. ⠀‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"I was here a month ago, does that mean I...

"oh! well um, we were meant for a game, but there was a program in place where if there were no players, the three of us would get sent out into the real world! it's pretty simple, really. C&A already knows how to convert human conciousness into digital AI, so they just did the reverse for caine!"

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"Okay, woah woah woah. Time out. What??" She waved her hands in front of the screen; bringing one to pinch the bridge of her nose. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ "First of all: Caine, Abel and Seth? Does this company just REALLY love the Bible? And whaddya mean 'got a human body'???"

"ummm....i wanna sayyyy...the nineties? i dunno. there's no clock here. and thanks!" she pauses. "there's two other ones, caine and abel, but i don't know where they are...abel is missing, and i think caine got a human body! which is wierd considering abel is the only one of us they liked..."

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"Your little face is cute. And you're telling me they called you unstable...?" 'Looks can be deceiving, keep that in mind, Abby....' She shook her head. "So... what now? How long have you BEEN here? O-or been active, I guess???" ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎She had so many questions!

-OKAY! - ONE LAST THING, ALL THE DOORS ARE UNLOCKED! YOU CAN LEAVE WHENEVER YOU LIKE :) the screen turns off, and a path of lights forms in the hallway outside of the room. it curves numerous times, clearly meant to be a diagonal path in this grid-based complex of rooms. at the end is a door +

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⠀ ⠀ ⠀—she started moving more towards the door while looking up at the camera. God, this was stupid. She should really just leave. But at the same time... the IDEA of this was morbidly exciting... ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ "So... Seth, I guess. For now, j-just call me Obscura, okay? We cool with that?"

- I'M ONE OF THE AIS YOU WERE TELLING YOUR CAMERA ABOUT! MY DOCUMENTED NAME IS SETH, BUT I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF THE NAME MYSELF. - HIGHER CORPORATE DIDN'T LIKE HOW UNSTABLE I AM SO THEY JUST MADE ME THE SECURITY SYSTEM -SOME BS ABOUT BEING TOO EMOTIONAL??? I DUNNO a long pause. she's thinking. +

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀...she had to be going crazy. What in the world was this thing saying? She stumbled a hand over to her camera, shakily setting it upright. How was it holding a conversation if it wasn't real? ⠀‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ "That's... that's messed up. Sorry who—what—am I talking to exactly?"

-OHHH, IT'S A CAMERA? -I DIDNT KNOW THEY MADE ONES THAT SMALL -WAIT, HOLDON I'M GETTING DISTRACTED a brief pause. -I'M NOT A REAL PERSON, SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID OF! THEY KIND OF JUST SHOVED ME INTO THIS SECURITY SYSTEM WITHOUT MY PERMISSION A WHILE BACK -I DON'T HAVE INTERNET THO

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"What's...what?" She was clearly nervous, turning her head around to check the room. No one was there, right? Where was this coming from? Abigail had no idea, and it was freaking her out. That's when she spotted the camera looking at the table. ⠀ ⠀ "...You mean my camera?"

-HELLO!!!!! I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT!!! VERY NICE :3 whoever this is seems to realize how creepy that sounds out of context, and backtracks. -DONT WORRY!!! IM NOT RECORDING YOU!!!! I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SMALL TALK... one of the larger cameras in the room focuses on abby's own camera. -WHATS THAT?

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀"HYAAAAA—?!?!?" Abigail screamed, her body stumbling back against the table; her camera clattering onto its side against the old wood. "OH...JESUS!! What the...oh God Abby it's just text—it's just text..." Taking a few moments to calm herself, she stared at the message. "Uhh...hi?" ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀

every camera in the building seems to lock onto abagail specifically as she makes her way through the building. the lights turn themselves on whenever she enters a room, and turn off when she exits. it's almost like the security system itself is trying to be polite toward this stranger. eventually+

✮ 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 ✮@bigtopjester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⌞—and I did some research. Apparently, this used to be under that C&A Company. Shutdown in '02 then rebooted back in 2010—⌝ She went on like that as she went back in, recording her trek back into the building, her voice echoing. Little did she know what she was soon to find.

[ a small comupter somewhere turns on. it has a camera bolted to it, as this computer was clearly part of a security system. a yellow circle appears on the screen. the attached camera looks around frantically. where is she? what happened to the circus? she has so many questions... ]

-somewhere within C&A, a computer begins to display yellow text. a camera that is connected to said computer begins to twist around, almost like it's trying to survey the area while bolted to the computer.- -OH GOD -WHERE AM I -I'M SCARED the screen just repeats the word 'caine' after that.

𝓒𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮@thamazingmaster.bsky.social · 2mo ago

—He had finally arrived in the Macroverse, and it wasn't what he expected. For starters, he didn't like this human body, and his face... He was so shocked when he first saw his face, and he mutilated.—

She stares at him for a solid minute before hugging Him. And crying happy tears this time. “…all I’ve ever wanted is someone who actually wants me around, Caine. Thank you. thank you so much.“ This is clearly the best moment of her entire existence so far. ”…maybe I am worth something after all.”

𝓒𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮@thamazingmaster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Honestly, I don't want you to be Bubble or anything you don't want to be; I want what's best for you...

She opens the door. Her office is a cute, low-poly room. “…what do you need, boss?” She’s heartbroken. She genuinely thinks Caine will never see her as a sibling.

𝓒𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮@thamazingmaster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

—He still fears that something might go wrong and... He sighs again, just hoping that this time he wouldn't be wrong. He appears at the door of... He no longer remembers what he told her his name was, although she had said it didn't matter. He gently knocks on her door.—

[alrighty twin]

𝓒𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮@thamazingmaster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

[Well, we'll see what happens; I like it when it's a surprise.]

[ what if I just make Seth bring Abel to Caine instead of doing all this roundabout stuff /silly ]

𝓒𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮@thamazingmaster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

[You want to see him happy, and well... drama. It's complicated(? XD]

[hmmm. I guess? Maybe Abel doesn’t actually have COMPLETE amnesia, then? That way, he’d be eating larger NPCS when unsupervised. I just want Caine happy atp dawg../silly]

𝓒𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮@thamazingmaster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

[Well, I'm not sure. At some point, Abel will stop eating only shrimp NPCs and go after bigger NPCs... NPCs that can feel (?]

Ooc I love how these are my two main RP plotlines -sibling drama involving murder, identity crises, betrayal, failed redemption, and long-term schemes -yuri And SOMEHOW both of these are TADC plots. Like, gang. What the flip. /silly

“…do you just…want me to be bubble again..?” She’s crying. It looks ridiculous because her tears are tiny bubbles, but she’s clearly starting to lose hope. “I…I’ll do whatever you want me to, even if it means I have to go back to being that horrid thing. I just…nevermind. You…you have a good +

𝓒𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮@thamazingmaster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You know what happened next... What I'm trying to say is there are too many changes, and they follow a pattern! What happens next? Will you become a monster again and start killing again? I don't know!

“Oh, and about the naming stuff, you can call me whatever you like! I don’t really care anymore. I just wanna be helpful.” She stands politely in front of him, but it’s clear she’s eager to prove her worth. She idolizes him, and it’s obvious, even to Caine.

𝓒𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮@thamazingmaster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

... Oh, yes, that's great... —He still feels... strange being next to "him," he no longer knows what to call him or if he's even his brother. Everything is confusing right now.—

Running over to @thamazingmaster.bsky.social . “Caine! I’m back from my self-discovery trip! I figured out what my intended purpose is! I’m like, a living security and maintenance system! Isn’t that cool?” her Head is now a bubble wand, with her face floating around inside the bubble liquid.

"mister [ @circusbun.bsky.social ], i've been informed that one of my circus members is trying to call your uh....doctor? what's a doctor?"

[ genuinely considering just being a sheep and making her head a bee like everyone else does. ]

ꏂ꒦ꏂ [ MACROVERSE AU ]@showtherunning.bsky.social · 3mo ago

[ i have the entirety of seth's design nailed except for her FUCKING HEAD. she has an umbrella instead of a hat, her suit is smaller than caine's and has longer coattails, she has an overall mary poppins look, but for the life of me i can't pick a head for her ]