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    It's a stage.

    It's hard to tell in its dilapidated state. But he knows, instinctively, that he stands on a stage. Hardwood. Shining, once upon a time, he thinks. It's solid beneath his feet.

    He taps a foot against it. He receives feedback; pressure against his sole, an audible clack in the air.

    What a strange sensation.

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    A desperate act to save the circus leads to a haphazard reconstruction of Caine's corrupted code. But something is wrong. Now powerless and flooded with memories that do not belong to him, Caine believes he's another human.

    But if Caine thinks he's a human, and the players are busy trying to stop the circus from complete self-destruction, then who's the one running the show?

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    16 Jul 2026

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    the one with the staff joke (lmaoooo)

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    "Curious. You certainly look to be merely in recharge. Some mechs say you’re as good as offline."

    All Optimus can do is listen.

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    05 Aug 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    Ratchet has been serving as personal medic of the Primacy for vorns. He's had to learn to ignore a lot so that he can continue to do the real work at his clinic unimpeded. He knows there's a pernicious festering rust at the core of their governance, but there's nothing that a single medic can do about that, right?

    Ratchet must, as always, triage his priorities. Even when it kills him to do so.

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    05 Aug 2026

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    Orion Pax and D-16 were bestfriends. Everybot knew this — they were forged in the mines, bonded in the mines, and by all means bound by the mines, since they, amongst hundreds of others — many of their friends forged and bonded in these same mines — were cogless as well.

    Now, what if Orion Pax actually paid a bit more attention to D's feelings?

    What if D-16 actually tried slightly harder to understand what Pax was trying to accomplish?

    Maybe things would be different.

    (Spoilers: they very much would be.)

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    04 Aug 2026

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    Caine is restored after his deletion, but with a few minor modifications.

    Shockingly, this causes more problems than it solves.

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    03 Aug 2026