Chapter Text
After the events of episode 7, the circus goes back to normal, an almost eerie state of normal but a sense of normalness nonetheless. Pomni wakes up in her room surrounded by the colorful circus colors. She wonders what woke her up as it seems to still be the middle of the night but it is impossible to tell in the circus. Then a scream pierces the air, almost as if answering her. Pomni immediately jumps out of bed tripping over the Alphabet blocks as she pulls on a robe over her mismatched pajamas. “Curse this room” she whispers under her breath as she opens the door.
What greets her is Ragatha and Gangle holding Zooble back as she lunges towards Jax with that smug look on his face only aggravating her more as if tempting her. Of course they had to be doing this in the middle of the night right outside her door because why wouldn’t they be?
Zooble through gritted teeth screams at Jax. “[SCREETCH] you Jax! Why do you have to be such an [ABSTRACTED]”. They pull Ragatha and Gangle forward as they try to get closer to Jax.
In what is his best impression of him being innocent, Jax begins to speak. “Whaaat Zooble I have done nothing wrong.” He winks at them. “Well at least not to you anyway.” He slowly walks toward them, getting in their face.
“Ya you [CLOWN HORN] you torture Gangle instead. Why did you have to steal her art and throw it all over the circus anyway? What sick pleasure do you get from torturing us?” The only thing holding Zooble back from punching him in the face is Ragatha and Gangle holding onto them as if their life depended on it.
“Did I do something wrong Zooble, I thought Gangle wanted her art to be seen by the world. I was just granting her wish.” He puts his hand on his chest pretending to look hurt.
“Oh that is it! You had this coming to you.” Zooble pushes Ragatha aside and punches Jax straight in the face causing him to fall backwards like a cartoon character. Which included the stars in his eyes and over his head to complete the look. The whole group looks at them with wide eyes, never expecting Zooble to punch Jax though he did have it coming to him.
Gangle tries to calm Zooble down as she grabs their hand pulling them away towards their room. Pomni can vaguely hear Gangle congratulate Zooble but also tell them they shouldn’t have done that and should have left the situation alone.
Ragatha pulls Pomni out of her trance as she taps her shoulder trying to get her attention. “So umm, I guess we should do something about him huh?” She points towards Jax who is still lying unconscious on the floor.
Pomni clicks her tongue. “Oh him, I can’t believe Zooble knocked him out on his [WARPED AUDIO] like that. Can’t say he didn’t deserve it though.” As Pomni grabs Jax’s hand an electric pulse runs through her as soon as their hands make contact pulling her into the void as she hears whispers of two people that she can hardly make out.
“I do not care about you or anyone else in this circus.”
“You don’t mean that.”
“What do you live in my mind now?? How do you know what I mean or don’t mean.”
“What about everything that happened between us. Do I mean nothing to you?”
“Funny you say that because you don’t mean a [NOTIFICATION SOUND] thing to me. Get that through your head.”
“How can you say that?? You reached out to me or did that slip your mind too?”
Pomni slowly starts to float towards the two figures as she reaches out trying to reach the tense figure shouting at the top of their lungs. Pleading to be understood and heard. She sympathizes with them but not knowing why.
“Reached out to you, what are you possibly talking about? If I lead you on that was only to make this part hurt more, don’t forget you are nothing to me.”
“No, you don’t mean that. Apologize right now!”
“Oh but I do Po-”
“Pomni!!”
Ragatha’s voice echoes through the void as she desperately calls Pomni’s name trying to bring her back. Pomni feels that same electric pulse as she returns to reality where she is sitting on the floor next to a still unconscious Jax. A single thought remained in her mind. “I have absolutely lost my mind haven’t I?”