CAINE pops onto the scene, waking up THE CREW. CAINE: GOOD MORNING! HOW YOU DOIN’? COME OUT AND PLAY! Zooble: *HONK* off. (ZOOBLE slams their door shut) THE SUN IS SHININ’ AND THE MOON IS BRIGHT! AND THE TENT IS BUSTLING WITH PSEUDO-LIFE! CAINE: LET’S GET GOING! BETTER HUSTLE! WIPE THE SLEEP AWAY! Bubble: Wakey-Wakey! IT’S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY! Pomni: Is he…like this every morning? Jax: Eeeyup. Ragatha: We’d all be tired of it…if we could be tired. CAINE: FOR TODAY’S ADVENTURE MY ARTIFICIAL MIND SHALL SEND YOU ON A QUEST THAT TRANSCENDS SPACE AND THOUGHT AND SLIME! Pomni: Slime? CAINE: I’D LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE, BUT I JUST HAVEN’T GOT THE TIME! SO JUST MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE CARNIVAL And you’ll be just fine! Jax: No we won’t. Kinger: WE WON’T?! Ragatha: Sure we will, Kinger! …right, Pomni? Pomni: Y-Yeah? (Small bedtime chimes as time passes in the circus) CAINE pops onto the scene, waking up THE CREW. CAINE: GOOD MORNING! HOW YOU DOIN’? COME OUT AND PLAY! Zooble: *HONK* you. (ZOOBLE slams their door shut) THE SUN IS SHININ’ AND THE MOON IS BRIGHT! AND THE TENT IS BUSTLING WITH PSEUDO-LIFE! CAINE: LET’S GET GOING! BETTER HUSTLE! WIPE THE SLEEP AWAY! Bubble: Eggs N’ Bakey! IT’S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY! Ragatha: Please, no more slime adventures… Gangle: It got all over my comedy mask… Jax: Hey, at least it’s actually funny now. CAINE: FOR TODAY’S ADVENTURE MY ARTIFICIAL BRAIN SHALL SEND YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH MYSTERIOUS TERRAIN! Kinger: Okay… CAIN: I’D LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE, BUT THAT WOULD SPOIL ALL THE PAIN! Pomni: Oh god… CAIN: YOU PEOPLE LIKE PAIN, RIGHT? I’LL SET UP A BIG FIGHT! Just leave it to Caine! (wink) Pomni: Can I…not go on this one? Kinger: Better ya go there than crazy… Jax: Yeah, that’s Kinger’s job. (jingle as time passes) CAINE: GOOD MORNING! HOW YOU DOIN’? COME OUT AND PLAY! ZOOBLE’s door does not open. There’s an awkward, drawn out silence as it stays on the shut door, with a scare chord slowly ramping up. THE SUN IS SHININ’ AND THE MOON IS BRIGHT! AND THE TENT IS BUSTLING WITH PSEUDO-LIFE! CAINE: LET’S GET GOING! BETTER HUSTLE! WIPE THE SLEEP AWAY! BUBBLE: YO-DE-LE CAINE pops Bubble. IT’S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER CAINE freezes up, stuck on loop. Gangle: Oh no. Caine’s skipping again… Jax: Can you believe this, Pomni? The room darkens and focuses on POMNI, as she thinks. Pomni: …How many days have I been here? Pomni: There was the gloinks, and the slime and the pain, and...the gloinks, and…did I already say that? POMNI is curled up into a ball, fetal position. BACK TO REALITY. Ragatha: Can you…do something about this, Jax? Jax: Okay. JAX picks up and throws POMNI at CAINE, knocking him out of his loop and making him finish. He did not want to finish. CAINE: DAAAAY! CAINE: Oh. Um…Thanks. Jax: My pleasure. CAINE: For today’s adventure, I’m actually kinda stumped… CAINE: I thought I’d sing that line awhile until a concept jumped… CAINE: But I can’t let you get all down in existential dumps… CAINE: Don’t turn into sad sacks CAINE: Or you just might abstract And *BUSY SIGNAL* POMNI is clearly frightened. Ragatha: Hey, Caine…What if we just…chill around the tent today? CAINE: That’s a GREAT idea, Ragatha! People LOVE Ice! CAINE Snaps. A bunch of ICE falls around them. CAINE: ENJOY! CAINE leaves. Pause for a moment to sink in that they’re just standing around a bunch of ice. Pomni: You know…this is actually…kind of okay- Suddenly, an ABSTRACTION bursts through the ice. Kinger: AHH!

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