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.