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  1. Public Bookmark 22

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    Breath catching in his throat, he spins his entire body around to stare at it, locking eyes with the darkness that should not be there.

    It feels like gazing into the abyss itself.

    A phrase pops into his head, something about staring into the abyss. Or was it the void...?

    A neon eye opens in the centre of the black mass.

    It stares back.

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    Jax hides away in his room and thinks everything is fine. It's not.

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    09 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 18

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    Over the course of her life—both outside of the circus, and within it—Jax has wanted a lot of things that she thought she couldn’t have. She's lost friends over it before (in the most vague and the most terrible sort of ways), and she nearly lost everything she had with Pomni over it, too.

    She’d been resigned to avoiding it all for so long because none of it was supposed to be for her. But having arrived at some new conclusions with the help of an appearance-changing adventure and an argument in the woods, she thinks that maybe it’s time to figure out the kind of life she really wants to live. She knows who she is, now, after all; surely that has to count for something?

    (But this is, of course, about more than being a girl.)

    (Or: A series of girls’ nights between Pomni and 'Jax'. Two where they hesitate for just a moment too long, and one where they don't.)

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    09 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 50

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    “Alllrighty my dandy dewdrops! Since the trust exercise a few days ago was clearly ineffective-“

    “You mean the one we didn’t even do?“ Zooble interrupted, exasperated.

    “-I’ve decided a different team building adventure is in order!” Caine continued. “One that’s perfectly designed to help you better understand your fellow circus members!”

    Pomni took a step back, not looking forward to whatever this was going to be.

    Caine snapped his fingers and opened a portal. “By the end, all of your issues will be completely resolved! And we can finally move past all this interpersonal drama and get back to enjoying all of my amazing adventures! Have fun, my terrific little teacups!”

    “W-wait-“ Ragatha stammered as they all tried to resist being pulled forward. “Aren’t you going to explain what we’re doing!?”

    “Ah-ah! No spoiling the show!” Caine said as the force behind the portal became stronger and they all got sucked in.

     

    Or: Jax has been avoiding Pomni since their fight, but when an adventure involving memories goes wrong, will she find a way to get through to him in time, or will his past turn out to be too much for both of them?

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    08 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 34

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    Taking place directly after episode 7, based on the postcard art that was shared after airing!
    Spoilers ahead!

     

    After what happened in Caine's office and the console room, no one can say they're doing alright. Jax is overwhelmed and exhausted, but that won't stop him from lying.
    When his mask finally falls, there should be no one helping him pick up the pieces. He knew he hadn't done anything to deserve it.

    Unfortunately for him, the people of the circus are pretty persistent.

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    07 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 37

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    “So," Pomni started, "You feel like shit?”

    Jax scoffed.

    “That’s an understatement.”

    “Do you- um- want to talk about why?”

    “Oh sure! Let’s see, it's not like I just pressed the button of eternal doom and entrapment in front of every single person in this stupid place,” he snapped.

    After a beat, Jax slapped a hand to his forehead, gasping sarcastically. Despite the darkness, his pupils were already beginning to shrink in panic as tears gathered at the corners of his eyes.

    “Oh wait! That’s exactly what I did!”

    Pomni’s eyebrows furrowed.

    “Hey, look, Caine forced you to; it’s not like anyone can blame you for-”

    “No.”

    His voice broke, scratchy and raw, as he tugged at his ears.

    “No, he didn’t.”

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    Under the guise of returning his bucket of keys, Pomni stops by Jax's room after the disastrous "Escape The Circus" adventure to check in on him. Jax, predictably, breaks down. Pomni, predictably, stays to put him back together again.

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    07 Mar 2026