Ice breaker

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Your body hit the floor. It was cold. The guards had carried you to a cell.

You got up slowly, as you had new bruises everywhere from the unpleasant trip. You were imprisoned for, well, being a Lightner.

Slowly, you opened your eyes, and adjusted to the light.

"UEE HEE HEE! WELCOME BACK, OLD FRIEND!" The familiar jester waved to you as he sat on the floor a little ways away.

" How did I-... Did they-"

" YOU LOOK SO CONFUSED, CONFUSED! BUT DON'T WORRY, FRIEND! I'M RIGHT HERE! " He waved at you violently as if you couldn't see him before.

It hadn't been that long in the Dark World and you had already been imprisoned twice. Or had it been longer? You lost the concept of time here. You were both having so much fun.

"DON'T WORRY, FRIEND! WE CAN HAVE MORE FUN, FUN! He got up from the floor and started hopping towards you.

" Okay, but first, you have to tell me how I can get out of here. And why I'm here in the first place. Then we can play, okay? Deal? "

" HEE HEE! THE SHOPKEEPER, SEAM, HE CARRIES THE KEY, ONE ON A PATH YOU CANNOT SEE, A FINAL PUZZLE TO SET YOURSELF FREE! "
He suddenly spoke in rhymes, as if this wasn't weird enough.

" IMPRISONED BECAUSE YOU ARE A LIGHTNER! THE KING WHO RIDS OF ALL THE FIGHTERS! THE POWER SHONE ONLY FROM THE HIGHER!"
You were amazed at how fast he thought of rhymes.

"Uh, okay. I must admit, those rhymes, impressive. Kind of confusing, though."

He seemed to smile at your remark.

" Oh, and curious question, why are you speaking in rhymes?"

" RHYMES, SOMETHING A JESTER WOULD DO! MY SKILL OF WHICH I HAD NO CLUE! THINK OF RHYMES, SINCE I HAVE SO MUCH TIME, TO ENTERTAIN THOSE OF A STAGNANT CREW!"

Made sense. You get locked up, you have to find something to do. Even if it is...learning rhymes.....

"Well, Jevil, thank you for telling me what I wanted to know. So, what game do you want to play?"

You might be stuck here for a while, so you try to get on good terms with this "Darkner ".

Jevil suddenly stops and looks like he's really focusing on a rather simple question.

Suddenly, he lights up.

"TAG, TAG! THE CHASING GAME, HEE HEE!" He hops around enthusiastically.

After this morning, you didn't ever want to play tag again. But you did promise to play a game with this jester, and he looks so excited you practically can't say no.

"Uh...okay." You think of a solution of how to not get chased again.

" I'll be it first. I'll count to ten before running, okay?" You ask, kind of treating him like a small child.

" MHMM!" He nods his head a little faster than normal, which, given his demeanor, is probably normal.

"Okay, one..." you start counting as he runs away from you and farther into the huge, empty room. Suddenly, the spike in the middle disappears, and it seems like Jevil did that on purpose.

As you reach ten, he's in the middle of the room, staring at you, giggling to himself.

"Okay, ten!" You yell, starting to run to him.

As you get closer, you reach out your hand, but instead, he jumps backwards, and spins around.

With a flick of his hand, little stairs made out of spades start to line up in front of him, each step on a spade summons another in front, making stairs.

He starts parading up the stairs, and once he's to the top, he starts to walk. He steps on what seems like thin air, but his feet summon little platforms midair made up of random card suits.

You climb up the stairs, and you start to run as you realize the stairs are disappearing below you.

"Jevil, wait up!" You yell as you try to swiftly replicate each step, as one mistake could end up with you falling face first onto the floor.

"UEE HEE HEE! CHALLENGED YOU TO A GAME OF CHASE! TIME TO HIT THE ACE OF SPADES!"
He yells, violently throwing spades at you, and you start to have second thoughts.

Ace of spades? Is he trying to kill me???

"UEE HEE HEE!" He jumps down onto the floor, his expression without a hint of pain.

There's no fucking way I'm doing that..
You think to yourself.

But the platforms are disappearing fast, and you can't think of a way to get down safely.

"CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, Y/N!" He says, waving to you and hopping.

"Help!" You yell as you run out of platforms to jump onto. The platform you're on begins to disappear, as you panic and feel the ground itself dissolving. You begin to fall.

"HEE HEE!!"

Suddenly, Jevil catches you bridal-style and laughs.

"UEE HEE HEE! I WIN, WIN!" He puts you on the ground and jumps up and down.

"Umm...thanks for catching me, I guess..." You trail off, uncertain of whether to thank him for saving you, or be angry that he's the one that almost made you fall on the ground. You chose the first one.

And even though he almost hurt you, you had to admit it was just a little bit fun. Certainly not like the games you could play at home.

"HOW FUN, FUN!" He yells, looking at you and clapping.

"Uh, yeah, it was kind of fun, I guess..." You didn't really know what to say.

" HEE HEE! "

His expression...it was kind of cute, honestly. Grinning madly, clapping, jumping up and down, he was really happy. Once he calmed down, he sat on the floor and chased his tail around for a minute or so.

" So, what other games do you want to play?" You ask, wanting to make him happy again.

"Y/N, Y/N, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO PLAY?" He asked impatiently and started jumping up and down again.

"Uh, well..."
You couldn't really think of anything.

"How about an icebreaker game?" You ask, wanting to know more about this mysterious jester.

"HOW FUN, FUN!" He says, looking at you.

You try to think of some games you use to play in elementary school.

" Okay, how about ten things in common? We try to find ten things in common about each other, how's that sound?"

" UEE HEE HEE! HOW SIMPLE!" You take his smile as a yes and you begin the game.

" Well, first things first, we're both prisoners..." You say.

" AND WE BOTH LOVE PLAYING TAG, TAG!" You agree with him, not wanting to upset him.

" We both like...hmm...Jevil, what's one thing you like?"

"I LIKE YOU, YOU, Y/N!" He says, smiling and eager.

You're glad he likes you, because, well, it's bad enough to be stuck with someone you don't like, but in prison...

"Uh...thanks, Jevil. I like you too, I guess."
It was true. You did like him. Instead of being sad because he was obviously in prison, he chose to have fun. It's kind of weird, but it's a good mental state, right?
...
Right??

"Anyway," You interrupted your own thoughts, not wanting to think about it.

The game went on as usual, trying to find ten things in common with each other. Though, you were kind of stuck on the tenth.

"Uh-i don't know, you think of something."

"Y/N, Y/N, TELL ME, ME, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR, COLOR? "

" My favorite color? I guess it's f/c. "

" F/C, F/C, WHAT AN INTERESTING COLOR!!" He yells.

And with that, the game came to a close.

" Okay, what next?"

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