~|A Drop In The Bucket|~

~^A Whole New World^~

"Caine!!" My train of thought was once again interrupted. The ragdoll girl was yelling for someone. "Caine, we got some newbies here!" the purple rabbit yells, sounding bored. Suddenly, floating dentures with a red suit appear in the air.

"What was that? More humans?!" He had a surprisingly loud and over-enthusiastic voice. "What's happening?!" the jester yells again. "My, my! It seems TWO new humans have entered this realm, AT ONCE!" 

"How do I- take this- headset off?!" she says, grabbing at her face. That reminds me, aswell. I touch my face, then my head, feeling around for it but its... gone. "Just keep grabbin' at it. That worked for all of us." the purple rabbit, uh... Jax, says mockingly. I think that was his name anyway based on what the ragdoll said.

"... W-what's going on? I put some weird headset on and now I'm... here. And it looks like she did too." I say looking at the jester, then back at everyone else, who are all standing by now. "W-who are you people? Why can't I take it off?! WHERE am I?!" She panics. 

"Let's just try to calm down, everything will be okay new stuff... s?" the ragdoll says, walking over to the jester. "We've all been through this. You just need to get your head in the-" the jester yells, "WHAT THE [BOINK] IS GOING ON!?!- wha-?" 

"Now now my dear, we can't have any of that FOUL LANGUAGE around here! The Amazing Digital Circus is a place to be enjoyed by all ages! You my friends, stumbled into an incredible world filled with wonders, where anything can happen! ... E-except for swearing." The dentures explain. Though by Raggy calling him, I think his names is Caine?

The jester then tries cursing a bunch but gets censored by various beeps, bonks, and silly sounds. "... Oh my God." She says in disbelief. "U-uh, well, h-how do we... y'know... leave?" I ask timidly, almost afraid to ask at this point.

"W-well don't freak out about it or anything but, uh, we don't exactly...-" You can't." Jax interrupts the ragdoll. I think her name was... Raggy? Based on the small argument that Jax guy had with her. "What?" the jester replies. "Shut up, Jax." The colorful shapes retort. "But, yeah, he's right. Welcome to your new home, and your new bodies." "N-n-new home? What do you mean?" the jester asks, clearly more worried now. 

"Guys, don't be mean." Jax was yet again interrupting her with, "We've been stuck here for years. Old Kinger over there's supposedly been here the longest." He says, pointing to a pillow fort.

The chess piece, or Kinger, pops out of the fort. "Huh? Did someone say something about an insect collection?" "That's why he's craazyy~" He points to his head and circles his finger. (Idk how to explain it guyss 😭)

The jester start hyperventilating, the suddenly stops. "Ohhh, okay! Now I get it! This is a dream! And I should just play along until I wake up, right?" to me, that honestly sounded pretty possible. "That actually makes a lot of sense..." I say, agreeing with her. 

"Whatever you kids say." Jax says, still smiling. "They broke my comedy mask..." The ribbon says, leaning over it, crying. I felt bad because, after all, I was the one who knocked them over. "So Caine." Jax starts, stepping on the mask, breaking it more, and causing her to cry more. (Nooo Gangle)

"We having a new adventure today for the newbies, or what?" Jax continues. "I'd like to give out new members a tour of the circus grounds first. "Wha-?" Caine grabs both our arms before saying, "Off we go!" 

(After the tour, because I'm tired, it's already over 1,000 words 😭)

"... Wow, that was-" I start talking, then the jester vomits black goo everywhere. I jump back not wanting any on me. "Whoa, clean up on aisle you!" Then a bubble shows up, "I'm on it, boss" then... proceeds to LICK IT UP OFF THE GROUND... ew... but how does it taste?-

"... Why are you like this?" Caine says, disappointed. "Wait, wait! Was that an exit door I saw out there?" I ask. "Yeah me too! Is that a way to leave?" the jester asks. "What exit?" Jax says while grabbing one of the shape persons arms and using it as a back scratcher. "If there was a way to leave I'm pretty sure we'd have all left by now." then the arm chokes him. "Yeah, what are you talking about?" the shape person asks us.

Caine was watching bubble lick the floor clean, then he answers. "... U-uh- I assure you, there is no 'magical exit door', your both probably are probably just experiencing DIGITAL HALLUCINATIONS!" (ALL the comments are about to be singing Digital Hallucination 🙏)

"From your mind's transition to the digital plane." Caine adds. "But I-I swear I saw-" "DIGITAL HALLUCINATIONS" he says frantically. There's an awkward silence then Caine speaks again. 

"How about we talk about something else? Like your names!" He points at us. "Our names?" We say at the same time. The jester speaks first. "My name is, uh... U-U-Uh?! Oh, God!! Why can't I remember my name?!" She panics. "Wait uh...! A-Ah, I can't remember mine either!" I speak. WHY THE HELL CAN'T I REMEMBER MY OWN NAME!!? THAT'S KINDERGARTEN LEVEL STUFF!

"Nobody can remember their name once they enter the Digital Circus! One of the few things I don't have control over, are your minds. So all I can help you with is coming up with a new one." Caine says enthusiastically, while I'm burying myself in my stupidity, and the jester looks lost.

"Don't you worry your little heads." (NO BUT THE HEAD PAT HE GAVE HER WAS SO CUTE, not shipping, I just think that was cute 🫠) "Your new name can be anything!" He then lists a bunch of rules, but I didn't catch any. "What are ya'll thinkin'? "Huh? I don't care, just pick anything." The jester answers. "What about YOU my dear?" Caine asks me. "U-uh, I don't know... anything." I answer, still tired and still dizzy from the bright colors. "Let's see!" he says. Then a machine with spinning letters falls out of the sky. The jester girl and I notice it just in time and jump put from under it. It almost CRUSHED US TO DEATH!

"Let's start with you!" Caine says, pointing at the jester girl. It rolls and lands on 'X,D,D,C,C'. "What do you think of 'XDDCC'?" "I don't--" "You're right terrible, let's try that again!" It spins again and lands on 'P,O,M,N,I' "What do you think of 'POMNI'?" Caine asks again. "Huh? uh, s-sure..." Pomni says, clearly lost in thought. 

"Now your turn!" He spins it for me. It lands on 'C, Y, N, I, D.' "What do you think of 'CYNID'?" Something about that... seemed... familiar... "... I-it's not-" "Exactly what I was thinking, horrible! Let's go again! ... What about Y/N?" Y/N... that doesn't seem terrible actually. "... I-I guess that works...?" 

"Well I'll let our newcomers get settled in! But later today we'll be going on an amazing adventure!" Then Caine disappears. Everyone starts doing their own thing. Getting into their own little groups and starting small talk. But I can't help but ponder...

Cynid... 

W h e r e    h a v e    I    h e a r d    t h a t    b e f o r e ?

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LOREEEE!!! There's already a nice bit of lore in this chapter ALONE lol! What do you think it means... guess we'll never know 😔... Just kidding it'll come, trust. but what do YOU think? Lemme know in the comments! ALSO I JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE I PREVIEWED THIS CHAPTER JUST NOW AND I THOUGHT IT DELETED 85% OF MY WORK, I ALMOST JUST CRIED HELPPP (I'm fine guys 😀👍)

-FriskUndertale ❤ (Word count: 1852)