#kinger mentioned

Flustered Froggy

Prologue 

Zooble fidgeted with the cat arm and paw one more time before inserting the piece in their left arm hole. They looked warily at the mirror near the door but was just out of view to see themselves. They didn’t want to see their reflection but part of them wondered.. Not that checking the mirror would magically fix their issues, but perhaps…? No. They left their bedroom, quickly slamming their door.

As they walked through the hallway, Zooble greeted Gangle with a silent wave. Both of them walked silently to the circus stage, enjoying the comfort of each other’s presence. Zooble and Gangle must have gotten up pretty early today since Ragatha wasn’t at the stage waiting yet. Zooble felt it was too early in the morning for any talking, and thankfully Gangle seemed to agree. Kinger could be heard softly humming as he approached the stage. He happily greeted the two and joined them both sitting on the edge of the stage. Eventually Pomni and Jax stroll by together.

“Where’s Caine?” Pomni asked, looked around tentatively. “Isn’t he here by now?”

“Well, until he does we all might as well make use of time!” Jax interjected, leaning down to the jester’s smaller stature. 

“What do you mean by that?” Pomni narrows her eyes. 

Jax just rolled his eyes and gave Zooble and Gangle a knowing look. “Hmph, well for one: we should probably leave the lovebirds alone!” Raising his eyebrows, Jax teased the toy box creature and animated ribbons who were now leaning against each other in tired solidarity. 

Zooble was about to give a scalding retort when Caine popped into existence in front of the crew. “GOOD MORNING MY ADORABLE PÑATAS! I’M SO PROUD OF ALL YOU FOR FINALLY WAKING UP AND YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE IN STORE FOR YOU TODAY! Caine’s booming voice reverberated against the smooth digital world.  “TODAY’S ADVENTURE WILL BE A SURPRISE FOR YOU ALL!!!” Suddenly a portal opened up casting a soft glow upon the circus inhabitants, changing colors every few seconds as light refracted on the surface. None the the five members seemed particularly pleased or excited, but they slowly got up and started walking over to the portal prism, Caine pushed a reluctant Zooble in the meantime.

Pomni looked around before getting too close to the portal however. “Wait. Where’s Ragatha?” The friendly ragdoll was notably missing from the group this morning. Worry began to grow in Pomni’s stomach -which was immediately followed by the question if she even had a digital digestive system in the first place. She must since she threw up her first two days… Wait, but none of them needed to use restrooms.-

“That's odd! Isn’t Ragatha joining us today?” The question came from Kinger.

“DON’T YOU FRET MY BODACIOUS PUMPERNICKEL! THE MOST LOYAL CIRCUS MEMBER HAS KINDLY ASKED ME PERSONALLY FOR AN EXEMPTION TODAY AND WHO AM I TO DENY SUCH A POLITE POLITE REQUEST FROM SUCH SENIOR MEMBER?”

“What!? Are you kidding? Why does SHE get a break and not any of us!?” The angry shout came from Zooble. “I call favoritism dammit!  Jax added his two cents. “What a teacher’s pet…” He grumbled.

“NOW NOW EVERYONE! NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR PETTY DEBATES OVER WHO DESERVES A BREAK OR NOT! ADVENTURE TIME NOW!!! COME ONE!” And with that Caine pushed everyone into the portal just before it closed up.

"...Are you sure this was a good idea Caine?" Ragatha was at the edge of a hole that led to the cellar. She was yelling to make sure Caine heard her.

"No, no I am not." Caine yelled back as a reply.

"I could go down there with you if you needed me to!"

"No, no Raggie, I need you to stay up there to make sure no one jumps down here!"

"Let me know when you got them all moved!"

"Will do!"

Ragatha started staring at the hole for awhile, not paying enough attention to her surroundings.

"Uhm, Ragatha, what are you doing?" After the question, Ragatha jumped a bit. Her mind after a few seconds registered it was Pomni.

"O-oh, you startled me a bit, sorry about that! Caine wanted me to watch over this hole until he was done down there!" Ragatha gave a small cheery smile.

"Does Kinger know you two are doing this?"

"N-no, but Caine said he refuses to touch any of the files related to abstractions. Caine has a few ideas he wants to try to see if any reversal is possible."

"...If he won't touch them, I guess you all can try a few things, just be really careful."

"I know its dangerous, but Caine is the one that made the cellar, he has experience in keeping them somewhat calm. Just, keep it a secret for now, okay?"

Pomni let out a huge sigh. "Fine, and I'll let the others know you will be late."

Ragatha looked at the hole again after Pomni was gone. It probably wasn't any more than an hour when she heard Caine again, but it felt more like two.

"It is done! Got Queenie, Ribbit, and Koafmo! " Caine flew out of the hole and gently set himself back on the ground.

"I thought Kinger disabled you from moving people with your powers."

"Yeah, he did, for everyone, except Abstractions."

"...I am guessing that is due to Kinger not really wanting to look at it."

"Well, hopefully one of my ideas will work so we don't have to deal with that anymore."

"Are you all good for me to go to the meet up now?"

"Yeah, go ahead, I think I can handle it from here."

Ragatha headed towards the meeting area as Caine went to the area that was the new home of the three abstractions, hopefully they could keep this under wraps for now.

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(Mainly) Episode 2-3 Notes (TADC)

Ragatha:

Ragatha and kinger’s talk on the truck - it was honestly very sweet :3 nothing more to say (love the foreshadowing of Kinger)

I’ve noticed that Ragatha tends to rub her arms a lot (and sometimes her hands/wrists)(plus holding an arm close to her body) when upset, which is not unusual but upon rewatching episodes it seems to be her main self-soothing/comfort method of stimming. 

I also find it very relatable but also I feel bad for her. Perhaps this is why fans often like to write her as someone who craves physical affection (in contrast with Pomni who doesn’t like touching). Probably obvious now that I think about it. I don’t know why it took me so long to realize this though.

PS I love her little finger guns and nervous finger tapping ^^

The soundtrack for all the episodes are sooooo good!!!!!

Also it's interesting that they don’t show us what they talk about Kaufmo at the funeral.I think it’s a lovely detail that allows the audience to create their own version of Kaufmo to grieve over and think about. Not only that but  

Caine might be more thoughtful than I realized before but that might just be the ai responding to feedback from player data i.e. candy bugs for Kinger, pleasant environment for Ragatha, making an adventure for Zooble and then a therapy session when they still refuse to join, making gangle the manager for episode 4. Again might be a stretch but I truly think the ai is just a silly little guy ^^ He’s not malicious really. Intentionally anyway… Though if written well I do love evil Caine AU’s (Alongside other evil tadc character AU’s) (especially evil Ragatha I’m not sorry) 

And no, just because I like a story or au with the characters are written as the villains in that particular story, it does not mean I think canon characters are actually intentionally malicious or evil.

I can understand Orbsman!!!! -he says “Hi! I’m ready to order! That’s right It’s me Orbsman here to order at spudsy’s-” the rest is garbled noise though

Theory of Jax and Kaufmo’s relationship:

Y'know, Kaufmo was a clown and Jax loves pulling pranks. Maybe he and Jax had once bonded over that? 

And apparently Jax entrusted Kaufmo to keep his bowling ball? (Maybe it’s a stretch idk it could have just been an excuse by Jax to redirect his attention and feelings over finding out Kaufmo abstracted) but it’s a theory!! A film theory!!! I miss matpat ok I love the new hosts though!!!

This adventure is the day after Kaufmo abstracts!! I wonder if the reason Jax is especially craving some violence is because he is hoping to let off some steam? Stress?? Overwhelming emotions of losing someone?

I think Jax does care. It’s not like he said anything rude about the funeral (he doesn’t resort to cheap tricks), I bet he probably just is emotionally repressed and prefers handling things on his own (I’m the same way tho I’m not as uh mean as him)(at least I try very hard not to be ^^; )(ngl all I do is quietly find a private room to cry and I will dissociate until I find my room)

Jax: 

Jax could be isolating himself from the other;

The man was promised a chaotic adventure and it was not one

I think Jax will abstract soon

When Jax is speaking (not including single lines) majority of the time the camera will make his figure very sharp and the background very blurry. I don’t know the name of it but I feel like it has to be alluding to something right??

I have so much for this fella but I might just make his own post later someday

Episode 3:

I love angry Pomni :3 I need more annoyed Pomni in my life :) 

the screenshot at 9:16 is so underrated I’m surprised others haven't made more memes about her there. Probably because God’s Angel stole the spotlight for those frames (plus the dark lighting) Ugh wasted missed opportunity really

To give more context: In episode 3 at the 9:16 mark the floating head sneaks up behind Pomni and Kinger after the floating eye conversation and the light slowly gets brighter. 

Pomni is such a wet cat sometimes. At least her avatar’s expressions have that look and I love her for that so much :) never change ^^ (okay I do hope you stop getting traumatized though)

Does Pomni have black lips or no lips at all and the black is just her gums? Doesn’t seem like she has lips but who knows; she also has no nose sooo. Still!! There is some beautiful art [I’m thinking of this one https://www.tumblr.com/iw4sm4deforlov1ngu/777092676033101824/well-bleed-and-fight-for-you-well-make-it-right?source=share ]

please check them out their art!!

Zooble is right to be mad and annoyed with their situation and Cain but i feel like Zooble is often mischaracterized by the fandom (at least with majority of fanfic I get my hands on) (no hate on these fanfics or authoers ofc) I don’t blame anyone since it was probably made before episode 3 and 4 and even after then… Well, it still can sometimes be hard to tell. But I really think Zooble cares deeply and has their moments. Heck they were the one to set up the funeral in the first episode, something of which I think is a very underrated moment of theirs. We need more Zooble appreciation :(

I love Martha, her design reminds me of Rebecca Parham's animations from LetMeExplain Studios!!! Love her work ^^

3d rendering of the modeling and the animation sooooo good!!! I love how textured Rag’s dress and even doll skin is!! And zooble’s eyes reflecting! Arghtfydrkidrykste,ch its all so good!!!

Jax jax jax :3 the ending with him is interesting!!!

Presenting Mimzi! My Amazing Digital OC that I created back when the pilot came out and now she has a (much needed) glow up.