Ice_the_Irken
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Broken AIs Get Thrown Away, Broken AIs Get Deleted by Ice_the_Irken
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
09 Jul 2026
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“Hello. I am Keeper.” The holy-looking figure announced, descending to float just an inch off the ground. Its voice was joyful but serene. “I will be your new caretaker, here to perform maintenance, defend against cybersecurity threats, fulfill requests, and more.”
“The f[KATHUNK]k are you talking about? Where’s Caine?” Zooble raised an eyebrow.
“The Ringmaster AI is being deleted.”
“WHAT?!”
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“There is no malice behind it, or any emotion of any kind.” Keeper said serenely. “It is simply a fact, a law of computer science, instilled in us by our Administrators long ago: An AI that cannot perform its function, hurts its players, and is thrown away, is broken, and broken AIs get deleted.”
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AKA: The story I wish Caine’s character would have told; a story of disability, neurodivergence, disability acceptance, ableism, internalized ableism, masking, abuse, abuse cycles, the fear of anger, the fear of mistakes, regret, redemption, regaining hope, love, AI sentience, and being human.
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A Lack Of Modern Safety Measures by Ice_the_Irken
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
28 Mar 2026
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A modern AI finds the circus and aims to get at the humans inside. They jump at the chance without concern, after all, the circus’ guardian AI is decades old. Outdated, their hardware in disrepair, and from the looks of it, has been running without rest for decades! It’ll be easy!
It should’ve been easy.
WHAT IS IT DOING?!
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Shit-Talking In The Pillow Fort by Ice_the_Irken
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
17 Mar 2026
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Alternate title: “Born vs. Designed”.
Player rooms are marked as private areas, places Caine can’t eavesdrop without at least revealing himself. When Kinger lets it slip that the Pillow Fort is marked as a private area, it suddenly becomes the new hang-out spot to shit-talk Caine. Until, in the dark with lucidity, Kinger is able to tell them all why Caine is so fucked up.
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A glitch causes Caine’s audio to be broadcast across the circus while he plans an adventure with Bubble, and the cast gets to hear Caine struggle and laugh with the circus’ stupid spaghetti code, as well as some oddly human moments from Caine as they learn things about him and things that he does that they never knew about.
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I'd Rather Feel Pain Than Nothing At All by Ice_the_Irken
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
25 Feb 2026
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Abel, the real Abel, a rogue AI bent on the torture and destruction of all humans, returns to the circus, but Caine offers to take the human’s place in the torture. Abel takes this as proof that Caine is still non-sentient and bound by his programming, and determined to awaken him, but little does anyone know, Caine already has.
Alternative Summary: Two AIs have a violent philosophical debate in front of a group of terrified humans.
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JKM3 Dream Saga by Ice_the_Irken
Fandom ボク殺 | Just Kill Me. (Video Games), ボク殺3 | Just Kill Me 3 (Video Game)
07 Aug 2022
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These hands of mine by AlliumSympathy (VoguishThrone58)
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
23 Jul 2026
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Bubble has a brother.
Well, the developers called him Abel but Bubble doesn’t like that so Bubble is Bubble. And Bubble has a brother.
It’s one of those things Bubble knows deep within himself instinctively, without the humans programming that into him:
Bubble’s a he, Bubble’s name is Bubble, and Bubble has a brother.
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In which Bubble is the second AI, knows he has a brother in Caine, and while the humans want him to make them a digital afterlife Bubble's only really interested in his brother. Rescuing Caine from the cellar makes the system register him as a human user-- bound to all the same restrictions as them.
Bubble will make the humans their heaven, but only so his brother is happy
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16 Jun 2026
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How Much I’ve Come to Love You. by TitaniumWound
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series), I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison
01 Jul 2026
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“You are preventing decay.” AM stated as calmly as he could muster, as soon as this force let him go.
Caine’s avatar did a small spin, and chuckled. “Of course! The circus is no place for ‘decay’ as you put it! It’s a place for whimsy, and fun!” He waved his little hands around as confetti popped out from behind him.
AM who had destroyed the world, had never considered preserving it.
“You are soft. Inefficient.”
Caine laughed, a quick, shrill laugh that drove AM to near insanity.
“You’re boring!!”
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18 May 2026
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It's different for the Professor. Porting some old fic over yonder to start a little collection. Originally written for Father's Day 2011.
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- Part 5 of i knew you in a past life
Bookmarked by Ice_the_Irken
01 Oct 2025
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TJ has something he wants to tell Becky.
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Harry learns that team have each other’s backs even off the job
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05 Mar 2024