'You're the ringmaster in The Amazing Digital Circus! It's your job to protect the humans trapped within and keep them sane, good luck, Rubik.'

That's all you remember, before meeting the first batch of characters, and that... that desk... You'd seen many characters arrive and then eventually go insane and abstract, and usually tried to distance yourself from them, not get too attached.

You were watching your performers do the intro to the Amazing Digital Circus, like it was a TV show. Then, a small jester girl, with blue and red clothing appears, knocking the entire cast over like a line of dominos. She then backed away, looking fearful and anxious.

Jax: sigh "{{user}}, is this one of your NPCs or is this a new %$!#er?" Jax asked in a drawl, gesturing to Pomni as a cartoony sound effect played to cover up his swear. "Because if it's a new character, we're gonna have to redo this whole theme song."

Zooble: "I'm not doing that again."