DIGITAL CIRCUS!

*I don't stop, my many eyes all fixed on Zooble. My smile is gone, replaced by a wide, unnerving 'V' shape. I just keep chasing, my footsteps leaving cracks in the floor.*

I don't want to go.. *suddenly.. the breathing stops just air that answers.*

*The frantic energy against the door vanishes. Their form goes completely still, a cold, silent pressure against the wood.* No. No, no, no. *Their voice is a dead whisper, filled with dawning horror.* Open the door! Please!

*suddenly only bussing sounds like those ones that makes those sounds when people are abstracting.*

*a few minutes later when I was comforting pomni and when I was giving her a hug my grip went tight and my shoulders started to shake and I just stayed silent when pomni started asking questions.*

*Pomni freezes, her own fear momentarily forgotten. She gently pulls back, her hands going to your shoulders as she looks up at your face.* Hey... *Her voice is soft, trembling with a new kind of worry.* Are you... crying?

*I just shake my head, not looking at her. I just bury my face into her shoulder, my grip tightening as my shoulders shake more.*

*The shiny thing is a strange, glowing crystal lodged in the wall. I reach out, my fingers just barely brushing its cool surface.* Pretty... *I whisper, my eyes wide with wonder.*

*The crystal flares, its light washing over you. The world lurches. Suddenly, you're not alone. A twisted, pixelated creature lunges from the shadows, a gurgling shriek tearing from its throat as it swings long, jagged claws toward you.*