A young woman becomes trapped in a circus-themed computer game after donning a VR headset. She meets a group of other trapped humans – Jax, Ragatha, Gangle, Kinger, and Zooble – and, unable to recall her original name, is renamed "Pomni" by the AI ringmaster, Caine. Pomni notices an exit door while touring the circus, but the others dismiss her as delusional.