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.