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.