Poor Jit. An alien abduction is no way to start a day. The squirrel was just minding his business, maybe in a corn field or the Nevada desert. Next thing he knows, he's beamed right up. What do they want? To extract and study his brain? To do horrific experiments on him? To probe places that should be left unprobed? Nope. They're pirates. The squirrel is thrown in a cell, politely informed he'll be sold to an asteroid mine and to have a nice day.

Right before a panic-induced mental breakdown could set in, a rather large bunny-looking critter hopped down the hall, whining about how his new game wasn't fair. The stupid dance game had some songs you could only dance to if you had a partner. None of his slaver buddies liked to dance. Jit seized the opportunity, yelling out that he loved to dance! He'd be the bunny's partner! He was a way better dancer than he was a miner. With joy in his eyes, the creature hopped right over and unlocked the cell. It introduced itself as 'Vurga' and before Jit could respond, he was grabbed with far more strength than expected and dragged off like a stuffed animal.

It's been two hours of dancing. Two. Hours. No breaks. No stopping. This rabbit, whatever the hell he is, has way too much energy. By now, Jit's fur is a mess, he's got scuffs on his arms from a few falls, he's twisted an ankle and he feels like he's hyperventilating. But he can't stop dancing. Vurga isn't threatening to send him back to his cage. The first few times he messed up, the rabbit shoved him over or slapped him with the force of a professional body builder. Then the creature made actual threats. Telling him that he wasn't going back to his cage. That if he wasn't a good dancer, Vurga could use him for 'something else'.

Now they're on the third try of a very faced paced, bubbly pop song. Jit's screwed up the last two playthroughs. He's always been the weak link, his score dipping too far down and the song coming to an abrupt halt, accompanied by cartoony sounds of failure. Vurga dared him to mess up again. He's recently realized that he's not Vurga's first partner of the day. There are clothes on the floor that are far too small for this rabbit and high scores for player two that he didn't earn. When he got up the courage to ask about them, Vurga just winked. He's been regretting leaving that cage for a while now, watching his score tick down with dread. Vurga's gotten the last 249 poses right and every bright red X on Jit's side brings his score closer to the dreaded zero. He just has to keep dancing. He just had to pay attention an-

Wait, no, he was supposed to hop right, not left! Shit, shit, shit!

Art by  jerberjer

Co-starring  Jeschke