Hirune's eyes shimmered as she giggled excitedly while staring at the text on the jester statues pedestal. The writing was a bit of their job description, and then bellow that it said, ' Summoning Incantation: "Jester from a Fallen Kingdom, Return Upon the Mortal Realm, and Gift This Bleak World a Wonderful Show."' Bellow that it said the incantation was to never be written within a book. Which made sense considering that this incantation was nowhere to be found in the book Hirune used to learn 5 incantations.
She repeated it a couple of times while reading, then attempted to say it without having to read the pedestal. She closed her eyes and focused her entire mind to this, slowly feeling a warm sensation rising from the ground all around her as she muttered, "Jester from a Fallen Kingdom, Return Upon the Mortal Realm, and Gift This Bleak World a Wonderful Show." All of the sudden as she opened her glimmering eyes her shadow swirled around her, then flew upwards and splashed like a dark gooey liquid in front of her. One moment, the dark goo was still and calm, then the next, it started smoking as the jester flew out of it doing a backflip. The jester flipped a couple of times as the goo that remained on the floor either flew after it or returned into Hirune's shadow, then landed with a bow.
Hirune stared at the jester a little nauseous. She actually did it, she summoned the Shadow Jester within her Forsaken Realm. Now the question was if it could help her.
As she was about to command it, she felt her left hand catch a vibration from the bench. She quickly glanced at it and waved goodbye to the jester. The jester nodded and returned to her shadow. 'So that's how I can dismiss it? Wait-! What's a jester good for anyways?' Hirune shook her head dismissing her question and quickly left her Forsaken Realm.
As soon as she opened her eyes in the real world, she made a small bit of the Devourer Jaws come out of her palm. As she looked around, she saw that everything was fine and it was just that Mr. Comedian had put his arm on the back of the bench a little too hard.
Mr. Comedian looked at her with a confused expression, "Sorry, did I wake you? I didn't know you woke so easily."
Hirune quickly shook her head and stood up with a yawn, then stretched. "No, it's fine. You actually woke me up at a good time because I didn't want to have too long of a nap."
Mr. Comedian stood up and offered Hirune a sip of coffee, "Maybe this'll help a bit."
Hirune stared at the cup of coffee intrigued. She wasn't actually tired; she'd actually say her tank was full of energy. Yet she was curious as to what coffee tasted like. She remembered hearing a bunch of people complain about lacking caffeine back in Triste, and Ellen seemed to also drink it so why shouldn't she? It was just going to be a sip after all; it's not like this'll become a daily habit.
Hirune gently took the cup from him, careful to not let it spill and took a sip. She made a face, 'So bitter.' She gave Mr. Comedian a weird look with her eyes squinted slightly and gave him back the cup.
Mr. Comedian held in a laugh, "I may have purposely not drank any yet. After all it's too bitter without the sugar." He said as he dropped 2 sugar cubes from his pocket into the coffee, then stirred it with a spoon he got out of the same pocket.
'Is it normal to carry sugar cubes in your pocket?' Hirune thought while looking at him with a confuzzled expression. Mr. Comedian gave her the cup again; she hesitated to take it because of how sour it was last time but ended up taking it either way. After all, now it had sugar in it, it wasn't going to be bitter again. She took a sip from it again and licked her lips.
"It's sweet," Hirune said in a low voice while giving the cup back to Mr. Comedian again.
Mr. Comedian didn't take the cup though, instead he walked to their left where there was a coffee shop and bought another. "You can keep that one. You seem to have liked it."
Hirune stared at him. 'Why's he being so sweet?' She thought. 'Wait, the coffee's sweet. Is he trying to act like coffee?... Wait what-' Her thoughts were quickly cut off by Mr. Comedian starting to walk again.
Mr. Comedian looked back at her and slowed down so she could catch up, "Have you ever had coffee before?" He asked her, and she shook her head.
"We'll I'm glad I got to treat you to it. I'm also glad you also like your coffee as sweet as mine otherwise I would've felt awkward about having 4 sugar cubes in my pocket." He said with a slight laugh in his voice.
'So, it's not normal to carry sugar cubes in your pocket. Noted.' Hirune thought while looking at the pockets of other people on the street, making sure that her conclusion is correct. "Hey Hirune," Mr. Comedian said. "How come you haven't asked why I've been so nice to you?"
Hirune looked at him and tilted her head slightly while looking up. "I guess it's because you just don't seem like a bad guy in general. Sure, I don't trust you that much because of obvious reasons, but you still tried to keep it respectful with me." She then looked down at the jester mask on her side, "Even if you did put your hand extremely close to my hips."
Mr. Comedian cleared his throat, "Well the mark isn't easy to get rid of. So, I thought it should be in a place that wouldn't be noticeable if you wore a shirt or pants that covered that area."
Hirune looked at him for a moment, then looked forward again. 'I guess he is sweet like this coffee. Even if I was a little bitter at first. Maybe I should try to be sweet too.' Hirune thought while staring at her coffee.
'He's sweet like the coffee huh...' Her face slowly turned red as she looked forward again. But she did drink her coffee just a little faster than before.
'C'mon heart calm down! Why are you beating so fast?' She said as she looked back down at her chest. Why did she feel so fuzzy inside. She took a look at Mr. Comedian, and her heart started beating even faster.
'What? No! Come on don't tell me that..' Hirune looked at Mr. Comedian again and her heart started pounding even faster than the previous look she took at him. 'You motherfu-'
Her thoughts were cut off by sudden police siren blaring, "Suspects Mr. Comedian and Hirune have been spotted. Any nearby patrols-" The police officer kept on talking through the megaphone and a walkie talkie.