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.