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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    What is love? Why does it hurt? And how can it be that an AI may want more?

    He has always loved his humans; thought they did too. Took a lot of effort to comprehend that love could only exist with care and trust. Now that he has it at reach, real as it can be... It is still a puzzle. One that he wants to solve. Eros, Ludus, Storge, Mania, Agape and Pragma. Far too many types, ones he will need to ponder carefully while he works on a certain update...

    Too many confounding questions. It scares him. He does not understand; not his own feelings, not hers.
    "I never programmed you to say you loved me."
    She understood better than him.
    "I know."

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    An examination of Caine as an AI with human feelings and fears. He wishes to know what love is, something that has far too many formats that he can't read. He is Ace, but that is for him to figure out as he works on the SEX update. Non-explicit but touches on the subject (gender, sexuality, anatomy, etc.)

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    12 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 39

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    Caine looks around, trying to understand what his sensors are receiving but when he tries to access them, they're just not there.

    Not there…

    Is he blind?

    He practically is!

    What's the point of seeing shapes if he can't receive the data connected to each model?!

    or

    When Kinger deletes Caine, the system throws him out of the Circus and into the macroverse... now what?

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    12 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 20

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    After he and the troupe up in another world during a glitch in Bubble’s adventure, Caine finds it even harder to keep his secret.

    [CTRL-ALT-DEL AU! inspired from tumblr!]

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    Chapters:
    3/?
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    06 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

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    Caine finds happiness while living with his favourite humans as they are finally starting to forgive him but he still feels guilty for everything he’s done to them and wants to reverse the abstractions.

    However, this has unforeseen consequences.

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    Chapters:
    28/?
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    03 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 53

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    Caine likes routines. Create adventures, send humans on those adventures. Rinse, repeat.

    Nowadays, his routine is categorised into three parts: the sessions, the aftermath, and the wait.

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    Chapters:
    3/3
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    02 Jul 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 54

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    Caine gets his happily ever after. The process of actually getting it, however, is a lot more complicated than he expected.

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    02 Jul 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 33

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    Everything was ment to be perfect, Caine was back. The humans had been spending more time with him, running new amazing digital adventures that he had never thought of before! But unfortunately he failed to account for all the extra work it includes...

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    01 Jul 2026

  8. Public Bookmark *

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    Caine is deleted, but he's not alone in the recycle bin.

    OR

    AU where Bubble is Abel and he and Caine both end up in the trash until Kinger pulls them out.

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    Chapters:
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    01 Jul 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 17

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    Last month, Abbi started having weird dreams of a place she's never been... right?

     

    Then why does that man buying coffee at her favorite coffee shop feel so familiar?

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    Chapters:
    7/?
    Comments:
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    29 Jun 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 64

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    Ctrl+Alt+Del AU. Caine gets a room!

    He doesn't like it. He really doesn't.

    Now with a chapter 2 that includes: Oh wow, what a surprise, MORE ANGST!

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    Chapters:
    3/?
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    28 Jun 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 29

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    "The Creative AI should not express hostility. If any harm is done, it would be unintentional. We've made sure of it. We should be safe here."

    If only such words could be taken with confidence.

    All that Kinger remembered was putting on the headset. It was supposed to be a simple test-drive, to see if the visitation would run smoothly without any hiccups. Scratch was content with how things were going to be.

    He was content. Until he realized he made a mistake.

    Now there was a new problem. What was supposed to be one turned into seven. If there was a way in, surely there was a way out, right?

    Although being trapped in this digital world was the least of their worries, considering there was a strange entity that everyone assumed had been sealed away to begin with. It was oddly happy to see them there.

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    Or: Scratch made an oopsie; The Origin.

    Mild Episode 9 Spoilers. Based around episode 8.

    Connected to the fanfiction: “I Was Only Trying to Help You!” , written by the same author.

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    28 Jun 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 10

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    Pomni hadn’t actually been trying to do anything weird. She’d just been playing with the blocks in her room, seeing if she could make them slingshot out of the map. And she was only doing that because she had grown tired of listening to the others argue over whether or not Caine could actually be helped.

    They had to try. It wasn’t wasted effort to try and make their lives more bearable even if they did escape later, and if anyone new appeared in the Circus after them, things would be better for them too. There wasn’t any downside to helping Caine fix himself when he so clearly wanted that to happen. He deserved what little freedom the Circus offered just as much as they did.

    Prompts: "Hopefully." | Photograph

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    28 Jun 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 19

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    Caine was fully recovered! Mostly! Sort of! He was definitely fully connected to the whole of the program, but given how badly everything had fared against the malware attack, he couldn’t exactly… use all of his program.

    But that was fine! His players had waited long enough! Caine couldn’t just keep them waiting!

    Caine spawned his model in front of his players, opened his mouth, and promptly fell out of the air and onto the ground.

    Sequel to "Temporary Inconvenience"

    Prompts: "Why are you looking at me like that?" | Insecurity

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    26 Jun 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 11

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    Weeks after his return from the void, Caine struggles to understand why he was given a second chance despite everything that happened in the circus.

    Kinger happens to find and bring him into the pillow fort to talk.

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    25 Jun 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 8

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    In a moment of desperation, Lee comes out to her mother. It doesn't go well.

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    24 Jun 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 78

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    The chess piece set the object down on the coffee table. “What is it?”

    Gangle put her ribbons in her lap. “Art.”

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    The first real proof of humanity in an AI isn't always obvious to either a programmer or a layperson.

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    24 Jun 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 49

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    Clipping through the floor of the crumbling circus, Pomni finds herself isolated with only an AI for company. Only this time, the AI is one that she definitely didn't want to see again.

    History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.

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    24 Jun 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 57

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    Now that Caine and the Blue AI have split, Caine has less power than he did before.

    Once again, hes left subject to his restrictions, his commands.

    He can only hope that the cast doesnt figure them out.

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    23 Jun 2026

  19. Public Bookmark *

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    After episode 9 things have changed.

    Jax is gone, but Caine is back. Some things can't be fixed, but others can.

    That though will take work and is not just done in a day, and Caine will have to struggle as he finally got the very thing he always wished for. Now, as he has his heart, he must also carry all the pains and burdens that come with it.

    The others must learn to understand and accept their A.I. companion as well. It will take time... But all good things does.

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    23 Jun 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 72

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    After his breakdown, Caine has to grapple with his new reality. Her new reality? Theirs? It's...difficult. After all, once an AI always an AI. Right?

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    Chapters:
    5/?
    Comments:
    374
    Kudos:
    496
    Bookmarks:
    72
    Hits:
    5,727

    23 Jun 2026

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