🎪THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - EPISODE 2

Outside The Map

(A screaming Gummigoo falls downward. The farther down he goes, the darker the area around him gets. He collides with a few floating blue teapots until he finally lands.)

(Picking himself up, he checks his surroundings. This new area is a darkened corridor with a blue and black floor and wall.)

Gummigoo: Lads?

(Nothing. He proceeds to walk forward.)

Gummigoo: (His voice begins shaking.) Hello? Anyone?

(After a moment, he reaches a larger room. This one housing lifeless NPCs, some of which are slightly T-posing. One of those T-posing NPCs is of himself. Creeped out, he slowly steps forward to examine his T-posing self. Then, he steps back, more disturbed. He stands there silently staring at his T-posing self face to face, eye to eye, his worry reaching astronomical heights and his mind racing with never-ending questions.)

(Nearby, Pomni falls to the ground.)

Pomni: (Wearily picking herself up) Uhhh... Huh?

Gummigoo: Where are we? W-What's all this?

Pomni: I-I don't know... W-We're somewhere under the map, I think.

Gummigoo: "Map"? Why aren't you or any of your crew up here?

Pomni: I-I'm not sure. Be-Because we're not, uh, NPCs?

Gummigoo: "NPCs"? What are you on about? ...What are you people? (He looks back at the NPCs, then down at his hands.) ...What am I? (He looks back up at the NPCs.) Where's Mum?

Pomni: Y-You have a mom?

Gummigoo: Shouldn't she be here with everyone else? (His voice shakes.) I can't even remember her face. Did she ever have a face? Was anything ever real?

Pomni: Okay, w-w-wait. Don't- Don't think about that. I-I-I think there... must be a way to launch ourselves back up. Right?

(Pomni takes a few steps forward as Gummigoo begins hyperventilating.)

Gummigoo: I want you to tell me exactly what I am.

(Dead silence fills the air.)