featherbite              
                                    
                        
  
                                          
     virtual popstar with mirr-branded    
 gloves, reaching out  from shadowy  data 
 centeres, with  a  sly  grin.  she  will 
 take   your   hand   if  you   let  her. 
           she will not let go.           
                                          
 but before any  of this is possible, you 
 must earn  some  personal  time together 
 with the world's most famous influencer! 
                                          
                                      
  
                                      
                                          
 most people are aware that she's a  mirr 
  company product, though their relation  
 is  somewhat  unclear.  there  is   avid 
 speculation into  who's her  actor, many 
 believing  there  to  me more  than one. 
 what    they   don't   know    is   that 
          featherbite is an ai.           
                                          
     years of relentless training, of     
 grinding  test audiences  to  dust,  and 
 here is  now  this  program  running  on 
 mirr's  supercluster, trained to amass a 
  dedicated and affectable audience. her  
        appearance, her voice, her        
  mannierisms... are weapons, pointed at  
     the public, instilling addiction,    
         dependence, and loyalty.         
                                          
                                      
  
                                      
                                          
 featherbite's social media accounts are  
    constantly pushing for donations,     
 recommending  her  to friends,  or other 
 contributions. at the center of  this is 
 an  official  fanclub,  operating  on  a 
     system of reward and punishment.     
                                          
 those  who  play  along will be rewarded 
 with larger  perks, while those who  are 
      uncooperative or try to expose      
 featherbite  will be  punished.  due  to 
 the  addictive  nature  of  exposure  to 
   featherbite, being denied access at    
 this  stage  often   leads  to   painful 
 withdrawal.  just  the  threat of it  is 
                effective.