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The amazing digital circus - Royal Reception Chapter 1: A WEDDING ADVENTURE!
“A wedding adventure?” Jax scowled, Jax hadn't even let Caine explain the adventure, he already hated it.
“A wedding PLANNING adventure!” Caine corrected. Everyone looked at the ringmaster, SO confused.
”THAT'S RIGHT!“ Caine's toothy face sort of morphs into a bigger grin than usual ”For today's adventure, you'll all be planning a wedding! Each of you will be assigned a job, of which you will be expected to do your ABSOLUTE BEST! Okay!? I want this to be your best work!“
”Well, that sounds like a lot of pressure.“ Zooble says, not quite a fan but not outwardly despising it like Jax was.
”Nuh uh.“ Caines arm stretched towards zoobles face as he waggled his finger, and then snaps back into place. ”Thankfully, everything will be mostly set in place! so each of you will just have to do a handful of easy peasy little organisational tasks for your assigned role! So doing your absolute best is going to be easy as spelling-” Caine proceeds to say a word that is, not spellable by any currently living human alphabet.
“Well that's promising” Kinger says before Caine promptly teleports him away. Caine hid the obvious panic kingers' brief appearance caused him as well as he could.
”AHEM! ANYWAY! TO YOUR PLACES with all of you!“ Caine pushes them to their jobs for this adventure.
Pomni was given a chef's hat and an apron over her usual circus outfit, placed inside a huge kitchen, stocked with ingredients and tools and everything.
”Oh my god.“ Pomni took a moment to process everything, already overwhelmed. On the counter was a note
”Catering: you will be given the recipe for a dish you will have to make. Once made, put it on the trolley by the door! keep going until you've made every recipe!“
Once she had read the note, Pomni realized what was happening. ”HE WANTS ME TO COOK!? Oh god this is the WORST job he could of assigned me.“
”That's why I'M here to help!“ Bubble said, giving pomni a heart attack by appearing right behind her.
”OHMYGODWHEREDIDYOUCOMEFROM!?“
”I'm always watching :3” Bubble smiled like a freak.
“I... Okay...? Are, you really gonna be helping me?” Pomni wrung her hands, She was an awful cook. best she could do was putting an egg in microwave ramen if she really focused. so catering a whole WEDDING. Wasn't exactly, something of her skill level.
“Well, it's possible! Wait, that's your line.“
Pomni sighed, this was gonna be a LONG adventure, even with bubbles help. She just hopes she doesn't end up burning the tent down.
Jax stood in the middle of a sewing room, patterns for wedding dresses on one wall, a vision board on the other, and a bunch of sewing equipment in the middle of the room on a table, with all kinds of beads and fabrics and everything you could ever possibly need for sewing.
”... What the #$%@ is all this?“ Jax took a note from the wall that was lined with glitter.
”Outfit making: You'll be made to sew and style each of the outfits for the Wedding party! You'll be given a vague theme and the person's desired type of outfit, and the rest is up to you! good luck!“
Jax groaned ”God @#$@ it, of course I get the most boring job!“ He sighed, sitting in the chair that was uncomfortably too short for him. He scoots in closer to the machine. an old Caine and Able sewing machine, a little note attached to the front.
“Don't worry! it's already threaded! - Caine ;)”
“What???” He goes to put the note down, spotting a pamphlet labeled “Sewing machine manual” and looks at it “... what???“
Jax just groans, he's not reading all of that ”Whatever.“ he tosses the pamphlet behind him ”It's just sewing! Rags does it all the time, so it can't be that hard! just gotta put the fabric in and make the dress or whatever.“ He reaches over and takes a roll of fabric, not even cutting it before just sliding it under the needle of the sewing machine.
“Okay, now, how do I get this thing-” Jax tries to find an on switch, unknowingly pressing on the pedal and getting the machine going, almost getting his ear stitched. ”YAA! Jeez-US christ! the #$%@ was THAT???”
Jax's head jolted back up to look at his work station, only to see multiple stitches puncturing the fabric he had in the sewing machine, making a big, bunched up mess.
”UGGHHHH. CAINE!!! your stupid sewing machine is busted.“
Ragatha appeared in the middle of the venue, it's mainly empty besides some party tables that were covered with boxes and boxes of decorations, and a single note taped to the table.
”Wow, Caine really did prepare everything for us, huh.“ Ragatha took the note, reading through it. ”Decorations: your job is to put all these decorations up in a way that's equal parts visibly appealing and practical! this includes leaving room for the dance floor, tables, and most importantly, the wedding arch!“
”Oh! Seems, simple enough! I think I can do that! Just, gotta figure out where everything goes! I'm sure Caine would of, highlighted where he wants everything to go!“
Caine in fact, did NOT do that. it was fully up to Ragatha. ”Oh god.“ She laughed nervously upon realizing she had such creative freedom. ”well, uh.. Let's just, start top to bottom. Caine probably just, made this like some sorta puzzle. I bet that when i get it right, they'll be some kinda, ding or something! Yeah, that makes sense!“
Ragatha would untangle some banners and streamers from one of the boxes, mostly tangling up herself. But once she could move again she put the banner up on the wall, expecting to hear a nice, satisfying ding or something similar, only to hear, nothing...? “Maybe it's in the wrong place?” This was gonna be a long adventure, she just knew it.
Zooble appears outside of Kingers fortress, stumbling over from the sudden teleportation and knocking over a few pillows from the walls. ”##$%.“ She cursed, trying to stabilise themself. “@$$@, sorry- Kinger?“
”MY FORTRESS!! Oh hi zooble, what are you doing here?“ Kinger would scream in distress before realizing Zooble was standing there and forgetting about everything that just happened.
”uh, Hey, Kinger... Sorry about your fortess.“ Zooble would apologize about the wrecked fortress wall, not sure WHY they were outside of Kingers fortress. He just assumed that caine's teleportation screwed up, until they slipped over a pillow on the floor, the pillow sliding in front of them and Kinger taking a note that was attached to it.
”Oh, what's this-“ The note snapped shut into a letter, addressed to zooble ”GAH- oh hey Zooble, you have a letter!“
”I.. do?“ Zooble took the letter, which opened back up like it was allergic to Kingers touch. They read through it silently, since it was apparently so important that Kinger didn't know that Caine programmed in the ability for it to shut like that. ”Distracting Kinger: Your job is to keep kinger distracted, pretty self explanitory! the reason why will be revealed later! Just keep him in his fort until told otherwise by Caine.” Zooble looked, slightly suspicious, “huh, that does sound pretty simple... too simple.”
“What does it say?” Kinger asks, before Zooble had a chance to make a sound the note exploded.
“... Don't worry about it, buddy.”
“Oh okay.”
the duo stood in silence for a moment, until Zooble asked
“Hey kinger, what's your favourite type of bug?”
Kingers eyes lit up like a kid told they were going to disney world “Oh! well there's this-”
Cut to gangle, standing in a big music hall, filled with instruments, most notably a big piano in the middle of the room.
“Huh?”
Gangle's eyes would land on the piano, seeing a note attached to it. “a.. note?”
“Music: your task is to orchestrate a beautiful melody to accompany the wedding ceremony. It should be easily loopable, but long enough that people don't notice. Have fun!“
”... I CAN'T WRITE MUSIC!? I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO! AND I DONT EVEN HAVE THUMBS!“ Gangle put her ribbony hands to her face as she slumped forward, her elbows pressing random piano keys, making a discordant cry. ”what am i gonna do??? Why does Caine assign me THIS of all things??“
She would look on the back of the note, hoping there was some sort of tip to help her. reading it out, it said ”if you need inspiration, there should be some sheet music that may help!“ with an arrow that pointed towards where the sheet music stands stood.
”Oh thank goodness.“ Gangle would take some sheet music from its resting place and rest it on the piano, right in view. ”Okay uh..“ a new problem arose, Gangle couldn't read sheet music ”@#$%.“
Caine sat in a chair in a mini makeup parlor he made exclusively for this adventure, carefully brushing each tooth that made up his face, making each molar shine and shimmer like diamonds.
”There we go, that's three now.“ Caine would say to no one in particular. “Perfect, 29 to go! Then, all I have to do is floss, borrow Pomni's eyelashes, and soon enough, get dressed up when the outfits are made! This is going to be absolutely perfect!”
“assuming everyone else doesn't screw it up :D“ Bubble appeared out of Caine's hat, stupid toothy grin on full display.
”EXACTLY BUBBLE- Wait what do you mean by that..?“
”Don't worry about it! Smile :)“ Bubble, saying smile out loud, didn't elaborate further.
”uh... Wha- you know what! whatever! It's fine! This just needs to be perfect! If this is perfect, then everyone will be happy! Everything will be great! Kinger will be so proud of me and everything will be great forever!!!“ He said with a slight, barely noticeable undertone of uncertainty.