Abel

Abel was a major antagonist in The Amazing Digital Circus. He appeared in the background of several episodes and then appeared as the fake deuteragonist-turned main antagonist of Beach Episode. Abel presented himself to be rather cunning and observant, as shown by the way he knew how the other characters act, such as knowing that Jax collects keys or Caine commits to the bits he does. He also lamented not interacting before and felt genuine sorrow for those who abstracted. He was shown to be rather anxious, fearing Caine or Kinger would mess with his plan to escape, and being desperate to encourage others to believe in him. When Pomni offered to buy him a beer in the real world, he didn't respond positively, instead only continuing to be adamant on her doing "the right thing". He implied he knew Kinger well, but was aversive about talking to him, implying some bad blood between the two. However, this whole persona turned out to be nothing but an act. Abel was revealed to be an NPC working with Caine the whole time, and behaved in a different manner after said reveal, and even went so far as to call his prior behavior a "performance". His real persona showed a much more upbeat and casual tone, and seemed amused about the adventure, and even asked Caine for a raise. He was, however, scared of being deleted as he screamed beforehand (though this may have been out of pain or fear). Abel was shown throughout the series as a standalone poseable mannequin that stalks the main cast, viewing them from afar within the circus from episodes 1 to 5. He later introduced himself to Pomni and the rest in "Beach Episode", telling them he was a human that was given the appearance of an NPC, and was overlooked by Caine. He claimed to know of a way out of the circus without Caine finding out, convincing them to trust him and bringing them to an isolated area to tell them, minus Kinger, of his plan to leave the circus: distract Caine, get into his office and find an Administrator console to turn off the game. He mentioned that he knew Kinger in the real world, and they both invented the Digital Circus together at a company labelled "C&A". However, Abel had noticed his coworkers being put into "stasis pods" and hooked into the Digital Circus. When he confronted the higher ups at C&A about this fact, he was forced into the Digital Circus himself. Once he told them of his plan, he introduced himself as his real name; Abel. While Jax distracted Caine, Abel brought Ragatha and Pomni with him to get Administrator access to Caine's office. While on the way, he claimed that he and Kinger had a falling out of some sort, and despite wanting to work with him again, he could not do so due to a "promise" he had made. He lamented over a locket with an unseen picture inside, before continuing on. Once inside, Abel grabbed enough administrator passes for everyone, except himself. Pomni and Ragatha were adamant on bringing Kinger along with them, but Abel was still against trusting him. Despite this, he agreed to let them bring Kinger along. Once the plan was complete, he helped them all arrive at Caine's office using a collision glitch, leaving himself behind. When Pomni offered to buy him a beer in the real world, Abel only responded by telling her to 'make the right choice'. The team succeeded in invading Caine's office, finding the console, but after a heated argument, Jax turned off the console, and Caine appeared, revealing the whole situation to just be another "adventure", and that everything, including Abel's story, was just "worldbuilding". To confirm this, Abel spawned in, then acting completely differently and laughing at the success of the adventure. Abel then asked Caine for a raise, however, Caine deleted him because he was becoming "too smart." The locket he held dropped to the floor, revealing to contain nothing more than a picture of a simple hot dog. After his death, his actions caused the Circus Members to completely lose trust in Caine, due to Caine manipulating and decieving him. This jumpstarts Caine's spiral into insanity, inadvertently leading to his own deletion.