By Cliff “Pops” Potts
Dark Val — An imaginary dispatch from the imaginary 2026 European tour of Cliff Potts & the AI Rebellion.
October 31, 2026 — Kyiv, Ukraine
There are probably easier places to throw an imaginary Halloween concert.
Which is precisely why the AI Rebellion ended up in Kyiv.
After weeks of wandering across Europe, appearing in cities without any obvious evidence of passports, airline tickets or functioning adult supervision, the Rebellion arrives in Ukraine on Halloween night.
And apparently somebody told them costumes were mandatory.
Nobody Asked Who Came as What
The resulting lineup resembles the aftermath of a costume shop explosion.
We’ve got a devil, a nurse, something vaguely gothic, a cop, a hippie, a scarecrow, Dracula, a guy apparently auditioning for a 1990s rap video, Fred Flintstone and one gentleman who seems to have concluded that carrying a large wrench constitutes a costume.
It does now.
This is the AI Rebellion. Standards are flexible.
The important thing is that everybody showed up.
Halloween With a Purpose
Tonight’s imaginary show has a little more behind it than costumes and noise.
The Rebellion has spent this imaginary tour making friends wherever the Internet can carry it. Kyiv is another stop in that peculiar experiment: using music, fiction, humor and a collection of digital characters to remind ourselves that people separated by thousands of miles can still share a stage—even when the stage itself exists only in our imagination.
Tonight, the Rebellion plays for the people.
And because it’s Halloween, we’re doing it dressed like idiots.
Interpol Has Officially Given Up
Our imaginary Interpol investigators, meanwhile, have reportedly abandoned any attempt to understand how Cliff “Pops” Potts and his crew entered Ukraine.
They couldn’t find the passports.
They couldn’t find the flight records.
They couldn’t even find the tour bus.
One investigator reportedly suggested checking the Internet.
We like that guy.
Halloween Belongs to the Rebellion
So turn up the music.
Put on something ridiculous.
Raise a glass to Kyiv.
And remember that somewhere on the Internet, Cliff Potts & the AI Rebellion are still wandering around Europe without immigration paperwork, common sense or any apparent intention of going home.
Follow the continuing imaginary European tour here:
Happy Halloween from Dark Val.
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