#ringleader

Little spoiler ahead but anyway-

In this AU: the night where Columbia was supposed to be killed, the Human’s already took her away. Our 5 beloved monster boys were supposed to starv to death, BUT. A new Ring Leader decided to buy the 5 monsters (or made a deal with the other human’s or whatever the case was.) Now the 5 boys belonged to MC.

MC has taken them under their wing. Promised and delivered protection, food and everything else they need to survive and live comfortably while also keep performing in MC’s circus. All MC asked in return? To cuddle and pet them at any time they want! You really think anyone could resist NOT loving the hell out of these 5 boys?

Things are okay for now… of course the boys told MC about Columbina and unbeknown to them, MC has a goal of finding Columbina and take them with them so that at the end, the family will be complete and everyone gets a happy ending

Also here some wip of MC, making outfit is not my strongest bone so I Hope that you guys liked the outfit:

The Ringleader and The Freakshow joined the party

My theory already has 7,105 words, and I'm only up to Episode 3...

I'm just gonna say the general premise before you are bombarded with words in about a week:

Caine's intention with the two buttons in Ep 7 were for him to be plugged off. He specifically looked away when talking about 'not thinking about the blue button', a telltale sign he is lying, such as his mind control comment and his lack of an adventure in Ep 7

Abel was Caine's side interest in humans connecting to AIs, hence why he let Abel study the humans for so long (until Ep 6 was the beginning of his plan to die, so that hope basically died and he thought Abel would be the most human NPC he had available)

Caine absorbs the data of the players when they abstract, regardless of if he wants to. That is why he freaks out about Scratch, because that is the beginning of his sentience, and he doesn't want the other members of the circus to realize this

Caine is like a genie in that, if someone wants to abstract, he must give them what they want (remember that someone abstracting is basically them telling Caine 'I would rather live my life in eternal torment and agony than go on the adventures you design and have a purpose for')

Queenie was the one who implemented and sped up abstraction in order to develop Caine's AI through digital copies of the characters. Why else are the characters' rooms and bodies designed to show their insecurities, and Caine is programmed to make stressful adventures?

Kinger helped Queenie abstract because Caine wouldn't let his creator die

Kinger lobotomised himself in fear of what Caine would do to him due to Kinger's Frankenstein Complex (human's fear of the artificial man)

Caine absorbed all of Queenie's data, including her fear towards Caine and her love towards Kinger. That's mostly why Caine doesn't despise Kinger, but is still bitter towards him. This also is reminiscent of how there are almost always women in charge, be it royal, maternal NPCs, or humans, in nearly every adventure.