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  1. Public Bookmark 46

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    Kinger accidentally deletes Caine, but as the Ringmaster welcomes death, he wakes up in a world he forgot he was a part of. A human used by C&A and fed the lie that he was an artificial intelligence living in a world he created, when in fact, none of it was real. As Caine is left to piece together his broken memories and remember his life on earth, his paths cross with the humans used to create the mind files of his past circus members, helping him answer the question, "What is my purpose?"

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    17 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 64

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    After the disastrous adventure in episode 7, Caine reflects on himself, realizing that he’s completely failed at his purpose. But instead of blaming the humans, he decides that the problem lies within his code, and he’ll do anything to fix it.

    The humans are reasonably upset after Caine’s latest adventure, but when Pomni realizes that the AI has been suffering more than any of them could imagine, it becomes their mission to help him and make the circus a better place for everyone.

    AKA Me coping because Caine did not deserve to die ;-;

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    16 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 25

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    [System rebooting.]

    [Permanently deleting model & AI system.]

    Deleting…AI system..?
    No…nonoNONO STOP-

    [Deletion complete. Transferring consciousness to host…]

    Caine waited for the emptiness of nonexistence to welcome him.

    But it never did.
    Instead, a warm light enveloped Caine. He heard nothing. What he saw was a small desk with a computer.

    Or, a confused Caine wakes up after being deleted, feeling very different. He is found by a group of six humans...who he knows. They're his friends. Meanwhile, conspiracies about the Circus are going haywire. C&A is crumbling. And there may be more layers to this than it seems.

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    16 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 25

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    Set after "An empty chest", a fic in which Caine struggled with his deletion and all the human emotions that came of it. Angst, pain and character development, experienced through an antagonist redemption arc.

    This is a collection of small oneshots, snippets and moments in the circus, after an ending that could be considered happy. They all must find meaning in life, and this is it.

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    31 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 38

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    Kinger cannot bear to leave Caine dead. In spite of everything he's done, and the pain he's inflicted, he can't bear the guilt of murdering the poor AI-- on top of the circus falling apart without him. With no choice but to return him exactly as he was, or else the circus will surely collapse and leave them all stuck, but in the void instead-- he is reinstated as he was, with all his abilities, and they have no choice but to trust that he won't hurt him.
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    Caine realizes he has *really* messed up. Apologetic, and quickly learning what it feels like to feel hurt, scared, and angry-- he wants to make it up to them. Except he doesn't know how, and so he ignores the problems desperately until he can't.

    (and where is Bubble?)

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    28 May 2026