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Holy crap, this is so good!

So… been a while eh? So much has changed and happened over the last year, and I never thought I’d write again, but something in me called to the inner gremlin.

Seeing Beyond.

Warning: TADC episode 6 spoilers!

After episode 6 of TADC I think we all need some fluff to brighten our spirits. Not exactly funnybunny but can be interpreted as such I guess.

Anyone that comes across this that is not in the you know what community uh… I’m sorry?

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The stakes were high… the least threatening of groups, Ragatha and Kinger, had been taken down, leaving just Pomni and Jax, and Gangle with Zooble. Both parties patrolled the circus tent in search of the other team, guns loaded and in hand.

As Jax and Pomni walked, their eyes drifting from place to place in search of any sign of the others, all the while jumping from topic to topic as they conversed.

“Ok… Here’s another one.” Pomni begins with a soft smile as she walks alongside the tall rabbit.

“Least favourite color.” Pomni asks, clearly enjoying this unexpected game of trivia she was having with the purple rabbit. Jax rolls his eyes despite his usual charismatic smile still being plastered on his face.

“Eh… probably blue… or maybe red.” He smirks, holding his hands behind his head casually as he walks. His eyes dart up and down Pomni’s figure for a moment with a cheeky grin, waiting for her to catch on to his teasing remark.

“Huh… Why’s- Wait! Hey!” Pomni stammers, her pupils growing small in playful irritation as she looks up at the purple rabbit. Jax only chuckles. “Oh come on, Pompom, ya walked right into that one.~” Jax teased, his smirk growing wider at her irritation. Pomni sighs, shaking her head. She wasn’t actually mad, but it seemed this playful banter and picking at one another was Jax’s way of being somewhat genuine... So she’d roll with it for now. The two stroll along the black and white checkerboard floors for a few moments in silence before Pomni smirks.

“So….” She begins, piquing Jax’s curiosity as he opens an eye to look down at the small jester.

“About that maid dress, huh? I mean… it seemed just a little too… personalized.” She smirks as she sees Jax’s eyes widen in surprise and embarrassment. “Wha- Hey! What’s that supposed to mean?!-” Jax stammers, clearly taken off guard by the sudden question. Pomni chuckles, twirling her gun on her finger casually. “I’m just saying… it looked like it was *Maid* for you!~” Pomni giggles, crossing her arms and leaning closer to the rabbit, whose face was flushed red in irritation. It’s clear she hit some kind of nerve, but what the core of it was? She had no idea. After a moment, Jax shakes off his initial embarrassment and playfully shoves at Pomni’s head.

“Oh, shut it. It was completely against my consent, ya victim shaming me now, Pom?” He retorts back as they stop by a bunch of blocks near the large tubes and towers in the main opening of the circus. Pomni smiles as she sighs, leaning against one of the boxes.

“Man… being evil is exhausting…” She groans, flopping down onto her butt to sit for a moment. Jax simply scoffs, rolling his eyes, but leans up against the block as well.

Jax clicks his tongue. “Really? Tapping outta your evil era already? Lame.” He smirks, crossing his arms almost in a challenge, egging her to keep up her act. When she doesn’t right away, he slides down against the block, sitting down next to Pomni for a moment, propping his lanky elbows up on his knees, his handgun still lazily gripped in his right hand. He had to admit, stamina was one of the few things he’s still not figured out about the circus. While they don’t need to sleep, can’t die of oxygen deprivation, or even eat, they still can’t run and be on the move none-stop. Maybe it’s like a stamina bar in video game, Jax ponders…

The two sit in silence for a few minutes, listening for any sign of Gangle or Zooble… Pomni watches as Jax’s ears twitch every so often at small sounds her own ears couldn’t hear. She looks up at the tent above, contemplating for a moment… being on Jax’s team wasn’t ending up at all how she expected, though she’d be lying if she said she was super surprised as well… When she first got here, Jax seemed like just another prick of a guy that bullied people for fun… and maybe that was part of him. But over the past little while, she’s been seeing different sides to him, albeit slowly.

The way he asked about Gangle during the stargazing, the tension between him and Ragatha… how he would joke and tease her but not in the same way as he did the others… it was odd, but she couldn’t say she minded it that much. A small clicking sound diverts her attention back to the present… She glances over again to see Jax with a bored expression on his face as he idly spins the cylinder of his gun with his gloved finger. She can tell he is deep in thought, his rectangle pupils large as if he’s in his own little world, watching the cylinder spin.

“Out of ammo yet?…” Pomni asks casually, snapping Jax out of his thoughts. The rabbit shakes his head for a moment before looking down at Pomni.

“Nah, got two more in here.” Jax reassures, skillfully flipping the cylinder back into the jack of the gun with ease. Pomni watches him for a moment… she can’t help but wonder why he had opened up to her, even a little. She’s known Jax’s type before… and they are usually a lot more... Aggressive towards anyone that gets close. Well, aggressive may not be the right word, he definitely was that. But there's something else under there, and she can tell it’s buried deep… and she knows it can blow up in her face if she is not careful…

“Hey, Jax?…” Pomni hesitantly says, her voice a bit quieter than usual. Jax’s eyes snap from the gun to her, easily catching the shift in her tone, his guard instantly going up once again. The grip on his gun tightens slightly.

“What you said earlier… about the archetypes…” She begins with a shrug, her eyes look over at him curiously but with caution.

“Why do you think we ended up… looking the way we do? Like- hm… Why am I a… Jester? A-And you a…” She hesitates, looking up at him. “A purple… rabbit?” She asks.

“Well, I’m not sure.” Jax sighs placing the gun down next to him, resting his arms behind his head once again. “Probably just a part of the big joke. Makes us forget who we were.” He shrugs almost coldly, his eyes focused forward at a door across the way. He clicks his tongue casually again before he continues. “Like I said, we’re all part of the machine... we all end up turning into what it wants us to be. Maybe our characters are just another part of that whole plan to make us lose who we were.”

Pomni considers his words for a moment…

“But… then why can we still feel things… as if they are our bodies… Why do we breathe even though we don’t technically need to in here?… isn’t that still human?” She lightly challenges, shifting a little where she sits, knowing she is most likely on unsteady ground with Jax on this topic. Jax sighs, closing his eyes, his grin returning to his face.

“Beats me, but either way it doesn’t matter, pain or other sensations don’t mean anything inside this digital world. It’s not like we have any use for them anymore.” He shrugs again, clearly trying not to think too hard about it, using his masked and sarcastic tone. Pomni is quiet for a moment, looking down at her cloved hand curiously, flipping it around a little as she thinks. Jax does have a point… without the risk of being killed, their senses really don’t have much use, other than sending pointless signals to their brains to stop some kind of perceived danger or damage that could harm them… at least not here…

Jax hisses through his teeth, leaning back a little against the box, crossing one ankle over the other. “But either way…” He peaks open an eye to look at her. “Makes it more fun to mess with people, eh?” He smirks, flicking her in the forehead to lighten the mood and hopefully annoy her.

“Wha- Hey!” Pomni grumbles and recoils back a little, her arms flailing to try and grab at Jax’s hand, as he now begins to poke at her head, making the rabbit chuckle. She swats at his hand until he pulls it back, his amused grin only making Pomni more irritated by his teasing. She huffs and playfully pouts, crossing her arms in mock annoyance. Jax’s smirk grows into a grin at her facade of irritation, moving his hand back behind his head to cushion it against the hard block they were still leaning against. Pomni grumbles and scoots closer to Jax before she elbows him in the side. Her small arm making contact with where his lower ribs would be. Jax’s eyes snap open in an instant, his ever-present grin faltering for a moment as he flinches back, his arm coming down to shield his side. He looks down at her in surprise and almost confusion a bit as he is startled by the sudden, unexpected sensation. Pomni, noticing this, and worried she may have hurt him, quickly tries to apologize, but he is quick to stifle his reaction, over-dramatically flopping down onto the floor.

“Oh! I’m wounded! How could you, Pomni? My own teammate turning against me!~” He mock-cries, placing a hand on his forehead for extra effect. Pomni giggles with relief to see that she didn’t actually hurt him, her expression softening a bit as he flops down next to her. She smiles and gently punches at him, enjoying the playful turn this conversation has taken. “Ow!- Hey! Cut it out.” Jax groans in playful annoyance as she pokes and pushes him, though despite his attempts, he can’t fully hide the small laugh escaping his mouth.

“Muwahaha! Yes! Feel the wrath of Pomni The Evil!” Pomni attempts her evil laugh again as she jokingly karate chops and punches at the rabbit. Jax looks up at her with a smirk, rolling his eyes as he halfheartedly fends off her attack.

“Eh… still kinda cringe.” He teases. Pomni, taking this as an invitation, doubles down on her playful efforts to attack him. Her hands grasp his side in attempts to get a good grip to shove him across the tiled floor. Jax gasps, his eyes going wide once again as his arms pin down to his sides. Jax chuckles as her fingers lightly dig into his sides, making him squirm. Pomni, not seeming to notice right away, continues her playful assault, poking and pushing at his torso.

Jax giggles again, trying to weakly grab her hands despite his body telling him to shield himself. He curls onto his side, his eyes shut in small, mirthful giggles as he swats at her hand.

“Gehehea! H-Hey! No fair!-” He giggles, grabbing her hands. Their playful squabble pauses for a moment as Pomni catches onto his reaction. Once again, he tries to divert her attention, by this time letting out a fake cough, but Pomni quickly realizes what was happening, and her eyes squint in suspicion.

“Jax… are you…?” She asks, a small smirk coming to her face as she looks down at the purple rabbit. Jax’s eyes go wide for no more than a second, his face flushing slightly in realization that she has probably caught on.

“Huh-? Uh heh, am I what?” He inquires, cautiously crossing his arms over his chest, trying to seem unaware of the implication. He could just sit up and run to get away… but that would tell Pomni the answer clear as day.

“Are you ticklish?” Pomni smirks, moving to poke his side again. Jax’s expression resembles a strange mix of emotions: surprise, embarrassment, and even a bit of… excitement? But he quickly shoves those emotions away, pushing her hand off as he scoffs and quickly sits up. “Pfft- Of course not! You must be losing it, Pomni.” He deflects, scooting back to his spot next to her. His attempts to seem nonchalant don’t go unnoticed by Pomni. He eyes her wearily as he subconsciously hugs his knees to his chest, trying to protect any weak spots.

Pomni chuckles sympathetically, seeing the embarrassment in Jax’s expression.

“I… didn’t know we could still be ticklish here.” Pomni chuckles, with an innocent shrug, making Jax’s face flush deeper.

“Yeah, well— We can’t. It was just a glitch or something.” He denies, averting his gaze from her. Pomni chuckles at Jax’s denial, which she is not surprised by at all considering his personality. She scoots a bit closer to him, her smile growing.

“Oh yeah? Then why are you getting all embarrassed?” She teases lightly, digging her fingers into his side again, making the rabbit jolt upright.

“H-Hey!” Jax exclaims, slightly squirming away from her touch. He curls up further, his legs pinning closer to his chest as he tries to shield the sensitive area with his arms. (Yeah, like that saved you before, buddy.)

“Hm… interesting…” Pomni smiles, pulling her hand back for a moment. Her eyes sparkle with amusement and fascination at the new discovery of not only tickling being a thing in this digital world but that Jax was susceptible to it!

“Pomni… I-I swear if you—“ Jax stammers, but before he can finish speaking, Pomni smirks evilly and reaches up, tickling his neck. A shiver runs down Jax’s spine as he scrunches his shoulder up around her gloved hand. A wide, genuine grin on his face as he tries to keep his composure.

“Aeheheheheh! H-Hehey! Pompom! C-C-Cohome ohon!” He squeaks, scooting away from her but easily just traps himself in a corner of the large blocks.

“Hang on. I gotta test this.” She playfully protests, poking and tickling his sides and ribs, making the purple rabbit shriek and squirm.

“Phohomni! I’m gonna kihihill you!” He gasps, but there’s no real malice behind his words. Surprisingly, he doesn’t do much to stop her, or even take control of the situation like both of them assumed he would. Instead, he just… curled up and didn’t resist except for what his body naturally did in response to the sensation… It’s such a strange and almost unfamiliar feeling to Jax… he should hate this. He should shove her back, get mad at her, scare her off, push her away… Anything to avoid her seeing him like this… no one sees him like this. This isn’t his character, and that’s wrong… but something in him stops him, and it both infuriates and scares him.

“No, you won’t! Look at you, you’re hardly even fighting back!” She giggles, lightly scribbling into his underarms, making him squeal.

“Come on! Admit it! You’re ticklish.” Pomni teases, snapping Jax back into reality. He full-on screeches when he feels her hands squeeze his lower sides.

“Gahaha!” He giggles as she moves to squeeze the same spot again, making his foot thump against the ground in ticklish agitation. Jax squeaks and giggles wildly as she teases the sensitive spot.

“Pohohomni! Iihit tickles!” He gasps through giggles and squeals.

“Ha, see! I told you! Who’s the funny one now, huh?!” Pomni teases, fluttering her fingers back up to his neck. His mind races with conflicting thoughts of telling himself he can’t let his persona slip and secretly craving more of the playful affection. The fact he can’t hide his reactions… and yet Pomni seems to accept and want to see more of it… the genuine him… The last time something like this happened was with…

“Aahahaha! Nyahahaha! Nohot thehere!” He suddenly shrieks as she squeezes and pokes at his belly through his overalls.

“What’s wrong, Jax? I thought you wanted me to be evil! Mwahahaha!” Pomni laughs evilly again, clearly enjoying this playful game they have going on.

“Ohok! Ohok! Pomni! Ehenough! Yohou win!”He shrieks pushing her hands back with ease. Pomni, seeing he has had enough, lowers her hands, letting them rest idly in Jax’s hands. The two of them stare at one another for a beat, as Jax catches his breath a small but genuine smile on his face.

“Jax…?” She begins as he glances up at her. His signature smirk once again plastered on his face.

He clicks his tongue. “Well, you caught me. Looks like my biiig secret is out, huh?” He shrugs with his usual sarcastic tone letting go of her hands. Pomni smiles slightly at his tone, glad he isn’t mad. She scoots back a bit giving Jax some space, though she still looks at him with a cheeky smile making Jax playfully roll his eyes as he stands up.

“Hooo, didn’t think you had that in ya Pompom.” He says, his back turned to her for a moment before he looks back, his smirk once again returning, but this time with a bit more mischief than usual, he runs a hand through the fur on his head.

“You got guts.” He smirks down at her, he leans down picking up his gun, twirling it casually before he speaks. “And… “ He sighs stretching his arms a bit. “I think you should run.” He smirks.

“H-Huh why?… Oh-“ She suddenly realizes where this is going. Her eyes go wide.

“Oh [BLOINK]…” Pomni stammers scrambling to stand up, Jax chuckles evilly, clearly having plans for revenge. He takes a step closer to Pomni, just when she is about to bolt a bullet comes flying by her head hitting the ground. Both Jax and Pomni look at the bullet in the floor then back at each other…

They both smirk readying their guns. Revenge may have to wait…

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