Chapter 9 - Chapter 9: Circus Core

Core jammed 95%. Throne armrest pie-slot frothed white mess. Glyphs disco-pounded chest. Heart skipped clown-beat stupid. Dreadnought bucked like bad chai hangover. Jax console honk-honk clown-nose alerts. "Heir! Strain drops but Driftfox nav wedding march? Brass wants clown-march path!"Wedding march. Dark me throne-clutched—gut-laughed. Rational Thomas skull-pie'd faint. Clown kills chain dead. Words boomed slurry. "March status. Wedding purge—fix it."Jax keys slipped pie-grease. Fingers clown-stuck. "Wedding... grants march? Brass reads clown-rite marriage!" Mount pie'd her admiral-clown forever.Grants. Vance heavies dais-squished. Heavy sneezed—wig popped helmet boom. "Heir! Squad wrangler lead? Wedding guard?" Marines wall-choked pie-snort. Talk flew. "Vance weds clowns?" "Squad pie-throne grab?"Empress silk pie-spotted twitched. "Core clowns grow. March tests." Dyson mirrors carousel-spin. Beams zapped holdouts balloon-dog explode.Implant clown-overload. [Seq 0: 38%. Links 100. Core 98%. Glyph heart-clown 40%. March honks.]Emperor's Lament pie-thrum holster. Wedding prime purge. Widowmaker hilt-wiggle flirt. Circus vows, pretty."March grant. Wedding holdouts purge." Jax fleet-toot. Bulkheads confetti-squirt. Brass tumbled—lead slipped banana, slid dais trombone-bowl. "Heir! Brass clown-bound. Dominion yours—ow knee toot!"Knee-crash polka-echo. Fifth seltzer-tripped—spray hit empress silk wet. Jax clown-half. "Core 99%. Driftfox disco vows?"Vance pie-edge shove. "Heir! Squad clown-guard forever? Wedding busters?" Heavies clank—helmet flower squirted Vance soak. Marines pie-howled. "Guard weds jump?" "Vance groom-pie?"Empress quake-crack laugh. "Clown-links same. Wedding breaks." Snap—mirrors rainbow-zap cutters. Holdouts balloon-pop serenade-warp.Implant pie-jab. [Links 110. Wedding purge 10%. Seq 0: 40%. Clown-guard toot live.]Captains rim-tumble. Feeds relay—booms tuba-mix. Bulkheads honk-stretch. Jax ink-squirt console. "Full merge! Zero strain—clown override?"Override. Dark clown-eye. Rational pie-freak. Wedding outs glitch. "No override. Clowns wed grow."Jax ink-bash. "Heir deny. Clown-wed max!" Dreadnought polka-heave. Captains rail-cling—sixth whoopee-fart chamber-rattler.Vance squish-dais. "Heir guard clear? Wedding squad?" Marines rifle-poke heavy pie-butt—cream chain-squirt. "Wedding marines jump?"Jax pie-yank. "Clown-throne equal! Wedding everyone!" Tension balloon-tight. Marine rubber-chicken trip—squawk throne-echo.Cutter tuba-booms shook. Circus-beast endless.Glyphs ribs disco. Heart polka-waltz. [Seq 0: 42%. Links 120. Core full. Clown-wed now.]Gun cream-skid. Widowmaker curtsy-hilt. Dark circus-root. Rational pie-rat.Empress squish-flank. "Clown-guard weds—or pie-break. Heir vow."Jax squirt-console. "Heir! March half. Wedding path?"Vance pie-drip chest. "Squad weds clowns!"Marine cap honk-snort. "Perimeter forever—no vows!"Captains tumble-whisper. "Pie break?" "Polka-wed chain?"Throne seltzer-vibe. Armrests toot—gun-blade slots balloon-extra. Air circus-mash. Hunger squawk.Dark clown-gut. Vow pie. Custard breaks.Hand pie-lift. Vance point. "Squad left-clown—wed crash." Marines right. "Perimeter—no balloon."Vance splat-salute—heavy custard-dive face-pie. Marines balloon-snicker. Jax rainbow-flood. "Clown-wed lock. Core full!"[SEQ 0: 45%. CLOWN-WED LOCK. THRONE CIRCUS.]Dreadnought toot-roar. Stars polka-warp.