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“So…are you gonna shoot me or what?” I forced out, making a gun with my hand and pretending to shoot myself. “What would you do if I abstracted tomorrow?” Pomni said, her words lingering. I tunneled into my own thoughts. Why am I doing this? Why do I get attached to people just for it to hurt more in the end? I can't let her get any closer, I’ll just be hurting myself more if… I recentered my thoughts, and slowly turned to face her. "I'd move on, and probably forget about you.” I said, the seemingly meaningless yet hurtful words coming out almost as if I was programmed to say them.
Pomni’s eyes became slits, and then she looked at me like she had just been punched in the gut. She’s believing the facade, I just need to convince her completely. But this hurts… “Ok… Ok…” She slowly turned backward, her gun slowly facing her head. “I understand.” I panicked. It looked like she was aiming for her head. I can’t be blamed for her abstraction. “Geez, you really can't take a joke, can you?” I blurted out. I had to save her. Despite calling what I said a joke, Pomni continued to face away from me, her hand shaking. No…no please.. In a moment of desperation, I yelled, “Pomni, wait! I’m–”
But it was too late…she pulled the trigger, and a rainbow colored liquid started gushing out of her head. She cried in agony, and her almost completely lifeless body dropped to the floor. I stared at her for a moment, then I fell into the deep water that was my own thoughts. I couldn’t prevent it. Just like…Ribbit. I…Caine suddenly appeared out of nowhere and put a flashy icon over my head. The icon read, “Congratulations, you won!”
Caine turned to face me, and said in a cheerful tone, “Congratulations, Jax, you won! Don’t you just love my adventu-""No! Not at all!” I snapped. I soon came to notice that he was glitching, but he seemed to snap out of it after a second. Caine flew down to the circus floor, and he didn’t seem so fake anymore. “Jax- It will be ok. She is not..” I couldn't handle this anymore. “I don’t want to hear any of your malicious games and untruthful words for the rest of the day, Caine! Let’s go to your dumb awards ceremony.” I looked at Pomni’s lifeless body one last time in misery, and then slowly walked away with Caine to the Favorite Character Awards.