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.