. . . [He wants to speak and tell her not to leave, but... he's pushed everyone away too much already. It'd be weird if he stopped now. He puts his hand down, and lets out a heavy sigh.]

["Eating" polygonal digital gummy bears. It's more like he's tossing them at whoever's closest, rather than eating them.]

You can be happy to see Pomni. You'd be lying to everyone, even yourself, if you were even a micrometer happy t'see me, Raggy. [Streeetch.] Oh, yeah. New player around here. Some stupid twerp rat thing. Watch it, he's a lil @$$^&*%.

bsky.app/profile/comp... posts my tadc oc and vanishes. ))

We're not friends. We're prisoners that happen to be in the same situation, Ragatha.

Why are you so happy to see me. Are you high or something again?

No, I'm not. Pomni, stop.

I'm not afraid of corn. That's a thing you all made up to gaslight me so I abstract faster, which I think is really f%*#ed up.

[Doesn't flinch.] Shut up. Stop trying to gaslight me into thinking I'm afraid of corn.

Oh, come on. A horse is such a stupid thing to be afraid of. Typical kids, right? [Fucking hypocrite.]

Urgh. . . Shut up already. Here's your stupid adventure idea. I'm gonna go find a horse to put in the rat kid's room.

SHUT THE F#&% UP ABOUT THE CORN THING.

He won't. The worst has already happened to me. [Referring to being turned vegan and being put in the maid dress.]

Overwhelming... you're a coward. Simple as that.

Ugh. The insanity is very much why I like the crazier ones! It's like ya'll don't care what I think. [HMM. I WONDER WHY.]

Tch. You're still crazy to think Caine would pick a spa day over anything else. [Jax sneers, shaking his head. He's just gonna disregard her first part of her statement.] Maybe I have, there's no way it'd be satisfying with our digital bodies.

Aren't jesters supposed to be the king's most trusted advisors? And they're the only ones who get to poke fun at the king? [Jax rolls his eyes, picking up any suggestions he can, to read and mock.] PFFFT-- A /spa day?/ Ahh, Pomni, your existence is a comedy of errors!

[Catches a few of 'em, looking over the handwritten suggestions.] Wow, these are GARBAGE! [Snickering mid sentence.] Geez, Pomni, have you lost your mind?

[Watching her plummet, side stepping so he doesn't get fallen on top of.] Whoopsie~.

[Throws a bouncy ball up at her to knock her down.]

I should've been able to kill that guy.

[LEANING OVER HER MENACINGLY.] I will make Caine give us that adventure again JUST so I can show you that you're an idiot.

Ha??? You think I couldn't have handled it on my own!?

. . . You're a goober! HA! What a nerrrrd!

You're an idiot. He did have yellow eyes, he just had to transform first.

Oh, suck my-- [Sensitive ears perk up and he cringes at how loud Pomni yelled.] God, shut up! It's not like he knows any better! He's a broken AI!

F#@k you. I wanted violence. But of course the kid had to mess it up, [SIIIIIIGH] you should get a leash for that rat! [Arms crossed.]

Yeah, that kid's gonna abstract. I've never been more sure of something in my entire life.

. . . [Playing paddleball. He's lost count of how many times he's bounced this string-bound ball against the paddle. He's bored out of his mind. . . and every once in a while, feelings he cannot control attempt to leak out.] Ugh. It's like I'm leaking on public transit. Unpleasant. [Grumble.]

➷ 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝗱𝗼. 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙩, 𝗜'𝗺 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙮𝙚.

[He gets fucking PEGGED by this ball, and he recoils, letting out a wheeze, like the breath was removed from his lungs. More confusing feelings bubble up inside of his stomach, and he pushes them back down as he always has.] Tch, might wanna hold onto your stuff tighter.

[Apparently wants to fuck around and find out.] Whoops. My hand slipped. [Eyes narrowing as his grin grows wide, like a prey animal taunting it's predator.]

[Sits up. Takes aim at the back of her head. Has no idea she's experiencing The BIG CRAMPS (tm) and yeets the ball as hard as he can at her head.]

[FLAT on the floor, throwing a ball into the air and attempting to catch it. Bored, obviously.]

I mean, you must'a been there a while to get to know the bull's name and personality. . . how long was our Spudsy's shift, then? Do you have-- any idea? It felt like a whole week with a broken clock.

((Post episode 4 jax is breaking down behind the scenes <3 ))

Sorry, sorry-- Didn't...mean to scare you. [There's no monster, Jax coughs.] I just. . . was a little surprised. You-- learned his name?

KEVIN. HIS NAME WAS--

This-- is true. Somehow, he got an "A" from Caine on the bull-riding adventure.

Just how I like it. Perfect. [Eyes close, smile remaining on his face.]

Yeah, I could see that, you not knowing a dang thing about how I feel. [Oh my god, I'm gonna slap him.]

Truly hurtful.

Good. Because you never will. My mind is a steel trap.

I'm not tellin' you anythin', Pom-pom. [Snickers. New embarrassing nickname! Totally won't reoccur and be recontextualized by a sudden change in the dynamic!]

You're scaring me.

...Kinger?

[Has finally caught on to Pomni talking to "the rat". Watching with contempt.]

It'd be stupid of me to tell you ALL my secrets. That would make this whole thing boring and I'd abstract on the spot! [Dramatic sigh.]

[Shit. Awkwardly starts to look around as if he's looking for a distraction from talking to Queenie. Afraid to approach, in case this is some kind of glitch in the matrix.] Uhhhhh--