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The RENEWED Digital Circus (TARDC)

Firstly, Cassian would arrive in episode 8 just after Caine’s song and after the circus members started to want to do something about his erratic behavior. Cassian would get his name from the cast and would get a heads up on Caine’s behavior, who would try to twist the other’s words to try and make himself seem as the victim, which would confuse Cassian a lot. It would also cause Caine to grow very, very fixated on Cassian, seeing him as the only human who he has a chance to “befriend” or have on his side.

Cassian would go along with the cast plan, even if he’s hesitant, yet would succumb to the pressure of the rest to help and distract Caine.

So, the AU takes place specifically when the circus members are trying to distract Caine so Kinger is able to “fix” him (or delete him as we were able to see), Caine, being slightly overtaken by the blue AI (Aka Abel?)decides to cut the charade and bring Kinger with a snap, leaving the rest of the cast members frozen as Kinger appears with the bucket on his head and the computer. The rest would unfold almost the same as the original scene. Pomni, out of pure rage this time, tells Caine why they wanted to do such a thing in the first place, making Caine also crash out just like in the original segment.

This time since Caine wouldn’t be deleted, he would go even lower with his rage and breakdown over the human’s actions.

“Y0u h4t3 th1s pl4c3 s0 much? Th3n l3t me f1x 1t!”

Caine would scream before snapping his fingers, the intro song would play out again, yet this time showing a new re-made circus that looks much more like an actual circus than the original thing, the circus members now have new avatars that represent more their actual roles within the circus

Caine’s look also changed, looking more elegant and taller, as in, imposing. With his usual ringmaster voice now explains that adventures will be discarded due to public opinion, yet now, every one of them requires to now have their little performances every single day to make the public (NPCs) happy.

Mandatory.

Characters changes

Pomni: Pomni now looks more like an actual jester from a circus, her role is making the public laugh with her shenanigans and make Caine laugh as well, she’s able and encouraged to make fun of her friends or even hurt them for the sake of giggles.

Jax: Jax appearance now is more cartoonish, meant to resemble bugs bunny and his act is just pure cartoonish bullshit, like the one we saw in episode 9 inside his mind in Zooble’s segment. His shows are usually cruel jokes against anyone, as he’s encouraged to be himself if not even more cruel than he usually is.

Ragatha: Ragatha now looks more like an old-school ragdoll, her show is mostly a duo with Pomni’s and Jax, who are encouraged to hurt her and she’s supposed to endure it all with a smile. Now she has plush organs to really make it “realistic” for the audience.

Zooble: Their act is also usually a duo as they’re meant to be taken apart and rebuilt like a lego toy. Their appearance is the same besides now wearing a ribbon.

Gangle: Her appearance is pretty much the same besides now wearing a ribbon on her face/mask. Her act consists in being abused or made fun of by Pomni or Jax. Yet, she’s also sometimes forced to take Zooble’s parts and rebuild them.

Cassian: Cassian now looks more like an actual mime, the only color in his scheme being his red ribbon on his neck. His act is one to be expected of a mime, yet sometimes he has to endure Pomni’s or Jax’s acts. Even if he’s the one to be the least guilty of all that happened he receives an awful “extra” gig from Caine; he’s unable to talk in “working” hours, as in, almost all the time. He’s not just not “allowed” to speak, Caine takes his voice away during it.

Kinger: Sadly he has been taken away somewhere no one knows. Only Caine knows, it’s assumed that he has been taken to the void or Caine’s office.

Caine: He has changed the most of all, appearance wise, he looks now more like a ringmaster with a lot of details on his suit and clothes, also appearing more elegant. He made himself taller and overall bigger just as an ego boost. Personality wise he’s more arrogant, egocentric and sadistic, just how he was acting in episode 8 after his song, he seems more cheerful and fake overall. He’s highly emotional and will punish or hurt anyone who doesn’t do their act correctly. He’s still fixated in getting Cassian by his side, favoring him over the rest as he sees the other participants as a “lost cause” as he knows he won’t be able to ever be wanted or loved by them, yet he won’t give up on Cassian; this mindset turns into an obsession fairly quickly.