TADC au: the digital depression. Chapter 1

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   Cainesburg. A city of opportunity plagued by misery. It’s 1930, and the Great Depression is in full swing. Prices form goods have gone up, and things are only gonna get worse. The city is large, but not quite massive, with twisting roads and alleyways, buildings and buildings in rows. The city is semi chaotc with petty crime on the rise as everyone is trying to survive.

   Jax. He’s a Brit through and through. Originally an immigrant from britan, he came to cainesburg in America in the hopes of a better future. But he ended up in the wrong place at the Wrong time. Now he has resulted to petty theft in order to survive. Appearance: Jax is a tall, anthropomorphic periwinkle rabbit. He has long bunny ears on the top of his oval-shaped head, and his overall build is tall and slender, with a rather long neck. Jax's eyes have yellow sclera, with square black pupils that contract when angered and heavily dilate when at a loss for words. Jax's yellow teeth usually have a flat shape to him, but when his mouth is opened, his teeth appear sharp and jagged. Almost every time he is talking, his teeth stay closed while only his lips move. Jax has thin black eyebrows, and Jax has a small spherical periwinkle tail. Jax wears black shoes, black suspenders, a white dress shirt, and a tweed cap. Personality: Jax is a mischievous, occasionally flat-out bloodthirsty, laid-back, calm, sassy, impulsive, egotistical, arrogant, sarcastic, brazenly condescending individual who rarely shows any empathy or remorse for others. He appears indifferent to his situation in cainsburg, which is an attitude that extends to his interactions with others. He is often dismissal of serious matters though this is a coping mechanism of his situation, as he secretly does desire connections with people, though he finds it hard as his outward persona is not one people get used to or like being around. He speaks in a thick British accent.

   Jax: Whatever you say, kid. Jax: Oh, no, they killed him. Anyway, you guys wanna go get something to eat? Jax: I'm fine with doing whatever, as long as I get to see funny thing happen to people.

   Ragatha. Owner of ragatha’s general store, she has skills as a seamstress, and is quite kind and sweet. She was originally born Om a farm in Kansas, but moved to cainesburg in search of her dream of owning a business, and making her very judgmental mother proud. Appearance: is an average-human height ragdoll-esque looking humanoid character whose appearance is notably identical to that of a Raggedy Ann doll, composed of actual rags, cotton and buttons. She bleeds stuffing whenever she's wounded or injured. Her skin has a rough, burlap-like texture. She has thick yarn-like candy-red hair, with each strand varying in length but reaching roughly her shoulders. Four pieces of yarn extend right above her eyes, representing her bangs. Her overall hair vaguely resembles the 1940s pin-curl haircut, or more specifically, the Shirley Temple haircut. Ragatha has an oval-shaped head, with a thin neck. Her right eye is a large, dark cornflower-blue button sewn onto her face through four eyelets by a dark gray string, forming an X, while her opposite eye is oval-shaped with a plain jet-black pupil and purple eyelids, and three visible eyelashes sticking out of the side. Additionally, she has a flat red triangular nose, a red mouth and lips, mitten-like hands, and a stumpy feet. Depending on her expression, thin black eyebrows will appear. She wears a Bias Cut style dress, and a blue hat, with a small rose. Personality: Ragatha is described as "the sweetest little optimist". At first glance, this seems simple and genuine, however, it is soon revealed that there is more going on underneath. She often feels like she is forcing herself to stay upbeat, almost like it is the only way she can keep it together. Even when she goes through serious injuries or intense situations, she brushes them off like they are nothing. Over time, this starts to come across as unnatural, to the point where it can seem like she is using that attitude to get something out of people. Even with all of that, Ragatha is very forgiving. Even so, she is not endlessly patient and does have her limits, but keeps those feelings buried so she does not start conflict or make things worse.

   Ragatha: Let's just try to calm down. Everything's gonna be okay Ragatha: So, this is where we all live. Or, well, where we sleep at night. Ragatha: There she is! Hope you're doing alright, I know yesterday was a bit of a doozy...

   Pomni. A nervous soul. Despite this. She feels responsible to help ease the stress on ragatha as she was the one who helped her get to where she is. Pomni is a Russian immigrant, who left Russia for the promise of freedom in America. She ended up working for ragatha, as pomni feels she owes a debt to ragatha as ragatha helped her get into America to begin with. Apprance: Pomni is a short humanoid character with a large head, slim limbs, and white skin. Her face has a cartoon mime look, with small light red oval markings under and slightly behind her eyes that resemble blush, though how visible they are change depending on her expression. She has black eyelids and thick outlines around her eyes. Her pupils usually appear as a red and blue pinwheel pattern, but when she becomes anxious or afraid, they shift into black rings or turn into messy, animated scribbles. She also has asymmetrical eyelashes, her left eye having them on the top lid and her right on the bottom. Her hair is short and straight, usually appearing brown but sometimes black depending on the lighting. She wears an outfit appropriate for the 1930’s, in a dark blue dress. Personality: Pomni is high-strung, shy, and tense. she is extremely anxious and troubled regarding her situation, even succumbing to denial and signs of delusion. she experiences moderate signs of paranoia and believes she is hallucinating. She's quite clumsy as she tends to accidentally bump into things and people. Pomni has a degree of both empathy and selfishness. She speaks in a gentle Russian accent

   Pomni: Well, I think I'd like to ask him about it. Pomni: Вот дерьмо. (oh shit.) Pomni: I didn't think you cared about what other people like.

   Zooble. A bar owner. They was born and raised in caineburg, and has seen the effect the depression has had on people, so they have empathy, and often lower the prices on drinks for those who look like they need it, and often refuse tips. Appearance: Zooble is made of random colorful shapes and parts that make them resemble a Mix-and-Match toy, which is reflected by the fact that most parts of their body change often. Despite this, some features are consistent. zooble’s head is always a hot pink isosceles triangle tilted onto its side. Their right eye has a swirled black iris and yellow sclera with a bubblegum pink colored eyelid. Their left eye has a black iris with a white-colored sclera and a blue eyelid with 3 thin black eyelashes under it. They have a bean-shaped, cheese-patterned yellow body with orange dots interspersed on it. Their eye has a circumference of around 11 inches and has a diameter 3.8 inches. They have a black and white striped Y antenna on the left and a mint-green zigzag antenna on their right, as well as 2 completely different colored arms (one is zigzagged and the other is straight). Additionally, the top of their body has various sockets for appendages to be attached to with their head being attached to the top socket with a magenta neck. Their right arm is on their middle right socket being straight and orange ending with a yellow glove while their left arm is on their topmost left socket being exasperatingly long having a red squiggly segment with a pink joint featuring the rest of their arm being yellow and ending with a red crab-like claw. They have a turquoise moon, with a flamingo pink wing as either a sleeve or an accessory on their topmost right socket. The bottom most sockets of their body anre occupied by both their legs, which protrudes out of the side of their body instead of the bottom. Their right leg has a squiggly mint-green segment with the bottom having a purple joint and ends with an orange swirl, which makes up the bottom part of their leg. Their left leg is completely straight dark blue and bends with a matching shoe (which often appears purple due to lighting). Zooble's antennae twitch whenever they are upset. Zooble wears black boots, jeans, and a yellow shirt. Personality: Zooble is very grouchy, irritable and quite annoyed, especially when a piece of them happens to be in the wrong place. they don't exactly know what they are, leading to body/gender dysphoria. Despite attempts to find new parts, they have yet to find anything they like. Zooble lacks any enthusiasm when it comes to others, more often choosing to opt out of light chat with the everyday drunkard. Zooble didn’t know what their gender is, because they questioning their identity, as mentioned before. Recently however, Zooble has actually gotten more comfortable with their body and decided they didn't need to commit to one set of parts all the time. Zooble can be a bit rude, such as when they curse at the others, but usually she swears only at those who have it coming. She does not like Jax, as he often stead booze, knowing zooble can’t do anything against him, as she technically doesn’t have a valid bar license. Zooble speaks in an American accent. Zoobles pronouns are: they/them.

   Zooble: oh fuck off jax. Zooble: you’ll have to pay for that if you break it. Zooble: Sighs Speak for yourself. My shift is over. If anyone needs me, then fuck off.

   The Great Depression is a severe global economic downturn that started in 1929. There are currently high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street crash of 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression. Among the countries with the most unemployed were the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Germany. Prices for everything has gone up drastically, while pay has been downgraded.

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