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.