#gothicmothictopic

Caine holds them hostage for pictures of the macroverse, wkfjwjd-

But I'd love to know if they get to experience the Caine crashout, or their own altercation with him once he found their true nature. Or just how OP and Megs spend their time in the circus with crazy adventures and an overbearing human made AI that is scarily sentient and grows jealous of their nature.

Also I wholeheartedly believe Caine would genuinely hate Megatron so much it wouldn't even be funny.

Megatron and Optimus are pretty much like everyone else in the circus. Any abilities they have are super limited with the only one untouched is switching forms. You are right about Caine hating the former.

He's pretty rude and not a good sport in general. If an adventure gets extra wild, Megatron is usually the target for the antics. Caine holds back any altercation with the two when it revolves around their true nature.

Both of them still count as visitors to the circus so he can't meddle directly. It doesn't stop Caine from dropping hints through any future adventures. Cue the eventual crashout with the AI.

They aren't safe from the madness, especially being dropped in their own personal hells. Optimus is surrounded by those he has failed as they descend on him like zombies. Megatron finds himself chained down while his sins are not only branded onto his body but he lives through his victims' pain.

I mean, if she survived the elevator. . .

Depends on what exploded Safe Haven's generator.

If it was sabotage from "Ollie" with incorrect instructions, she would be right there to see it and try to lead Player/Employee the right way to fix it, but if they chose to listen to "Ollie" anyways, she naturally would be very unpleased, but wouldn't waste time confronting Player/Employee as she'd rather immediately start gathering all the toys in Safe Haven (minus Poppy,) and run an evacuation process, then try getting a hold of Doey to fill him in on what happened.

With my interest in TADC rekindled, imagine if Caine figured out OP and Meg weren't human. Perhaps he dug into their brain scans, only to find they didn't have any, possibly even managing to access memory files.

[By the end, I imagine he'd be demanding they show/tell him abt the macroverse(irl). OP would have to beg him not to confetti pop Megs.]

Oh boy. I would say it takes some serious time before Caine finds out. This is mainly because Cybertronian processors have security walls to protect them. Cracking them wasn't easy even with his high level control over the entire circus.

I will say Caine would be jealous in a sense. They're extraterrestrial machines but have more experience when it comes to humans. Both of them are only trapped due to an outside force rather than circus protocols. They can leave while he's TRAPPED.

What if they finally find Audrey? Has she been living in secret all this time? Kept at a separate facility if she was caught? Or maybe even kept where they found Bendy, but buried under some rubble?

If they find Audrey then she would be in a different facility. Considering how dangerous her and Bendy are when merged into Beast Bendy, Gent knows better. The two can sense each other at a certain distance too so they're kept very far apart.

It's by chance that Bendy senses Audrey while him, Lucas and Knack were on a hike.

Knack finally seeing The Prototype in all his glory and laughing his ass off. Knack has went against worse than that in the woods near the labs. Even funnier if he decides to interrupt Proto's monologue by telling him how shit of a brother he is to Poppy.

How would meeting Chum and Giblet go about? Maybe Giblet saves Lucas from an outimal only to turn around to Knack looming ominously over him. (He's just introducing himself it's not his fault the lighting makes hi look Intimidating)

Lucas is about to receive another critical hit to his sanity. Somebody save my boy.

Knack is more considered about what parts this crazy jack-in-the-box took from others. He sees Huggy/Kissy's missing arms, a grabpack, and a Bobby Bearhug pelt. The hellish tea party is tense but Poppy's scared demeanor alongside prodding at Lucas will have him speak up.

Now our group gets separated on their way to the lower levels. Lucas being by himself when meeting Giblet and hiding from the Prototype the first time. Knack finds Chum who takes him to the group's meetup once showing he's an acquaintance of Doey's.

The two had the least issues with the Outimals partly to the golem's intimidating stature. Giblet is less scared of our friendly sizeshifter from the playful interaction with Lucas once they reunite.

If not, would Knack be able to witness the visitor, if he could even comprehend them at all?

How would he even mutate or warp if it did effect him?

And for a gut punch; Imagine that back home everyone, while possibly twisted beyond saving mentally, aren't exactly malicious towards Knack, but instead sort of act like Joel's parents about his baby sister. Affection twisted and usually doing more harm that good, borderline like an obsession as their minds crumble and fade. They act like this towards Lucas as well.

Knack isn't affected by the Visitor like everyone else. He can be exposed to the light and his senses just don't register the anomaly at all. To put it simply, the eldritch being is invisible to him. It's impossible to describe something he can't see nor is the golem willing to test written words.

This comes with a huge advantage for the group. He can scout more hazardous areas and retrieve normally inaccessible supplies. Sam is careful whenever he makes a scouting request as Knack would be doing things alone in a very dangerous world. He's also immune to physical ailments alongside most mental ailments.

It was heartbreaking when the golem came across his corrupted companions. The best he could do for them is lock everyone up so they won't hurt themselves or others. It makes Knack even more determined to find the truth and possibly fix everything.

He just doesn't know that Sam will pay the cost for it since the group is unknowingly aiming for the Denial Ending.

Knack gets to watch all his friends and family turn into unfathomable horrors as reality falls apart because of some "Visitor" thing.

Oh boy. Knack ain't gonna be happy about that either. Although there is a chance to set things right so to speak. Sometimes the Cursed can affect things around them to an extreme degree. Like the Landlord when he was affected by the Hand Parasite Curse. His apartment began to become a warzone as he steadily became Grave Digger.

Lucas ends up becoming such a Cursed although he's the only apparent one who's kept his sanity. The single thing driving him was to save everyone he cares about. Our boy ends up transforming his room into a special sanctuary.

A place for Knack to not only stay safe but able to undo all the damage done by the Visitor. There's a door connected to a world who has recently been affected via the very same enigma. Our golem has 15 days to change everyone's fate before it vanishes completely.

Sam is about to have a very unique ally who helps him discover the truth(Denial Ending.)

I think Knack would enjoy the experience before wanting to turn back to normal. Getting to partake in stuff he couldn't before is fun. However it isn't who he realizes is.