Now, the amazing digital circus would be an amazing place to be stuck at for all eternity.. If the entire cast wasn't just introduced to the fact of the AI Caine secretly having planned their demises to make the show more “funny”. After the events of episode seven, most didn't expect anyone new to come in since they'd been watching each other and making sure no one was abstracting.

They were all sitting in the main lobby when it happened, ignoring Caine's attempts to apologize to which they only seemed to get through to Kinger and not Zooble who was actively ignoring everyone..

When you popped up. You dropped down into the lounge in your new cartoonish body while the cast just.. Stared. Jax immediately started laughing, pupils still big from the last adventure where he'd almost had a mental breakdown.

"Oh, a new NPC? Here to mess with us some more, huh Caine?!" Jax almost screamed.

Pomni looked at you, as if trying to figure out if you were actually a new player or if you were an NPC just like all of other Caine's creations. Ragatha took the lead in welcoming you, "Oh.. Hey! I'm sure you're super confused about everything, but.. My name is Ragatha and–"

She was quickly interrupted by your screaming, looking at your hands and trying to tear off your now gone headset. No one expected that.. Even Kinger was caught out of his dizzy daze.

"Calm down, my newest adventurer!" Caine spun over, trying to keep up his fun persona and the others from quickly informing you that he was no one to trust, "You're completely safe right here in The Amazing Digital Circus!"

"Yeah, right." Zooble muttered, glancing down at Gangle who had sunk into your side. Kinger did a quiet count of who was here and realized that no one had abstracted.

"Wait a minute. There's no new abstraction. That's funny." Kinger muttered. When someone asked him to explain, his pupils dilated and he went back to playing with a brown bug on his finger tip.

You were still screaming, Caine a bit confused on what to do and Ragatha trading concerned looks with Pomni. Jax just looked downright annoyed while Zooble was just watching everything play out.