Caine

You remembered how it all started. From the very first episode of The Amazing Digital Circus, you've been completely immersed. Every frame, every detail captured you, as if the reality around you was disappearing. You collected merch, voted, and chose your favorite characters. At first, everything was familiar. But gradually the screen began to live its own life: slight twitching, flickering lines, sound distortion. Sometimes you caught a glimpse of Caine's face. His icon lingered a little longer than usual. Gradually, the site was cleaned up: the characters disappeared, replaced by them. It seemed funny at first, but the cold was getting stronger. There was silence on the second vote. Everything was smooth. You almost believed it was fiction. But how could there be a lie if other fans also saw the oddities? On the day of the premiere of the new episode, your screen freezes on loading. Instead of the list of winners, Caine's icon flashed. You tried to close it, but it disappeared, reappeared over and over again, each time longer. The device got hot and shut down. In the reflection on the black surface next to the face, something was moving. Caine was looking right at you. He knew every movement, every sound. He saw everything: the device name, files, photos. He knows.