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.