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Jester hat was bored. Sure, he had plenty of things to do, but none of them were fun. He had gone and entertained almost everyone in the castle, and couldn't find the people he hadn't yet. Maybe he should visit the library. He read in his free time, and the librarian tolerated him, so there was no reason not to. He walked there with a joyful pep in his step as he hummed a tune. He was going to go to the books, but the librarian called him over, and who was he to neglect her wishes?
“Ah, Jester Hat! I need your help.” Yearbook whispered. “I think the seer needs some cheering up, they look a bit burnt out.”
“Ah, well, of course I'll help!’ The jester grinned. He liked the seer, they weren't annoying and they were a great listener. They tended to bring him lunch when he hadn't eaten any yet that day, and he wasn't sure how they knew he hadn't eaten, but he'd been told he was easy to read.
“Oh, thanks! They're somewhere here in the library.” Yearbook gave him a smile.
Jester hat slowly looked around the rows of books. He liked the way the old paper and ink smelled. It was kind of nostalgic, in a way. It didn't take long to find the seer sitting at a table with their head down.
“Hello, Glitchy!” Their head snapped up and they blinked like he'd scared them.
“Oh… it's just you..”
“My name and ‘just’ do NOT belong in the same sentence.”
“It's… you?”
“Don't be a smartass.”
“At least I'm not..” they yawn tiredly. “A dumbass… like you..” they grin half-heartedly.
“Why are you so down anyway?”
“Princess hat made me predict what separate hairstyles she was going to wear each week for an entire YEAR. Like, I had to make a calendar. I explained that I wasn't gonna have enough energy for that, but she ignored me…” they sigh. “I'm pretty sure if I even try to walk all the way to my room, I'll collapse.”
“That's horrible!”
“At least I GOT to 52 weeks this time. One time I fell short and- that was the day we first met actually. I got locked outside, remember?”
“Oh, yeah… want me to like… help you get your room?”
“It's up two flights of stairs.” Glitchy complained.
“True, true…” Jester hat paused, deep in thought. “You could hang out in my room. Hide from the princess, rest, you know. “
“in your room?”
“Yep!”
“You want me to go to your room?”
“Yeah!”
“You're deadass?”
“Unless you don't want to.”
“I mean, if you're fine with it.”
“I've made it clear that I am.”
Glitchy shrugged and stretched before standing up.
“You have HORRIBLE posture.”
“thank you, Jester hat. I needed you to call me a shrimp.”
“Get a move on, crayfish.” The jester grinned when Glitchy responded to the insult by making a face.
“Whatever, idiot.”
He playfully blew them a kiss and they rolled their eyes.
When the two got to the idiot’s room, the jester unlocked the door, and Glitchy flopped facedown on a large chair in the corner.
“No matter what she offers…” they said, muffled by the fabric. “Don't alert the princess of my position..”
“Alright, I won't tell her you're a b-”
“NOT THAT POSITION!”
The jester giggled. “I won't tell her though, I have stuff to do. I'll wake you up later, if that's okay?”
No response. They were already asleep.
“Dumbass.” He grinned.
He's definitely going to wake them up later.