A Glitch In The Circus

Pom Then Hammy

The six main characters of the Amazing Digital Circus stood there in a row on the main stage, waiting. Pomni, due to being paranoid of this being another horror adventure, had a guarded posture with her arms close to her chest, as was typical for her. The show had yet to start and Caine was missing.

Pomni: Wh-what's going on? This is the right place and time, isn't it? Why isn't the show starting?

Zooble: *rolls eyes* Oh boy, it's probably one of these again.

Ares: One of what?

Ragatha: I think Caine's looking for an idea. So um... be careful.

Pomni: Be "careful"?

Jax: *smirks* Yup, be careful. Anything you say or do could be something that sets him off into an idea for a wild adventure. Exciting, right?

This had made Pomni far from excited. That explanation just set her stress up another notch as she glanced over to Kinger, who trembled subtly while his posture seemed to speak of the endless things he had been subjected to in previous adventures. But then, he tended to always look like that. Next to him, Gangle was already in tears, due to her comedy mask having been broken earlier.

Gangle: Maybe we could do something about fixing my Comedy mask again? That could be fun, right?

There appeared to be no response, from Caine or otherwise.

Gangle: Aw...

Gummigoo: No worries, shiela. I'm sure that adventure will come sooner or later.

Feeling like she was going to go nuts if she didn't do something besides standing there and jitter like Kinger, Pomni walked over to the wings of the stage, peering into them. She felt like there should be more back there, but it was after all a "digital" circus, so it didn't require any apparatus for operating a theater in the real world. She did notice a particular item in the wings that drew her attention; it was a mirror. The mirror was slightly slanted, had an ostentatious yellow border with little white lights on it, and had a placard on top with overly-cartoon versions of Caine's head and Bubble's entire being, with the phrase "ARE YOU READY FOR THE SHOW?" in alternating red, yellow, and blue letters.

Pomni knew what she now "looked like" in the circus, but it always gave her pause to look at herself again. Her face seemed to lack a nose but she still had a dim sense of "smell" somehow. Her pupils were red and blue in quadrants, she was dressed in a jester outfit of red and blue with yellow accents. Her face and skin was stark white, with dark brown hair and black eyelids that came down as she felt a wave of depression while staring at her reflection.

THIS was who she was now?

Somewhere in her mind she knew that others had it worse, she couldn't even tell what the hell Zooble was at first when she got here, but she was consumed by disappointment nonetheless as despite having a humanoid form, she still wouldn't have been mistaken for a "real" human. A dark mood clouded her mind as she rubbed her forehead with her red glove.

Pomni: *mutters* I wish I didn't look like this."

However, he words seemed to catch the ears of the others as Jax swiveled his torso to look at her with an alarmed face.

Jax: Uh oh.

Zooble: Pomni! What did we just tell you!?

Like always, Caine appeared in midair, causing Pomni to yelp and cower to herself. She felt like she had messed up, but she didn't know how. Caine was carrying his black rod with a gold tip in one hand and a sky blue lamp with a big off-white shade on it in another.

Caine: Well well well! It sounds like someone just rubbed on a lamp three times and made a wish!

He tapped on the lamp he was holding, then threw it behind him where it broke in a spectacular display of porcelain and sound.