The System Guild

Chapter 2

"Good morning, Germ!"

"Morning, Germ!"

"Good morning, Tin. Good morning, Copper."

Germ was currently stacking and packing Tarot cards at the front desk when the front door open, hitting the bell on top of it.

Her two friends were Tin and Copper. They were both fools. Then again, what else would be friends with a fool? Tin had dark brown hair cut close to her ears. Her eyes are a deep blue. She wore white, harem pants and a brown vest with a long-sleeve green shirt.

Copper had a red long bob and a pair of brown eyes. She had a short brown dress with a sharp scalloped hem. She had on tights, one leg was brown while the other was white. The only thing that stood out from her outfit were her red sharp-toed flats.

"Hey, did you hear the news?" Tin cackled and slid towards Germ until they were shoulder-to-shoulder. "There's word going around that a harlequin is out and about, planning on buying the whole Quad Avenue."

"Yes," Copper stretched out, "they want to buy all five corners...or was it six?"

"Copper, you idiot!" Tin huffed, "there is no corner! If Quad Avenue was named after its corners, it would be Quadrillion Avenue!...Oh wait, that makes sense now. Quad is short of Quadrillion!"

"Eh~" Copper pouted, "what if it's short for Quadmillion or Quadzillion or Quadtrillion?"

"Eh..." Tin thought but could no longer find words to explain.

They both turned to Germ, "Germ, you decide! You're the lesser idiot in this whole world!"

"...There are four big stores on this avenue..."

"Yeah, so?"

[Boss, its no use explaining to fools. Only harlequins and jesters are intellectuals.]

"...Maybe it's because there's a lot of squares and rhombuses on this avenue."

"Yeah! You're right, Germ!"

"Germ is so smart! Totally not like a fool despite being a fool!"

The two giggled and continue to drone on about fools and whatnot. Such people, unfortunately, have short attention spans and poor memories.

Soon, they realized how far they had digress.

"Back to the topic, some idiots had said they saw the carriage going towards Quad Ave. It's really scary," Copper cried, "and what if the harlequin makes us his slave?! Ah, Tin, make sure you don't say my name!"

"Idiot! Don't say my name as well, Copper!"

The two laughed but then started to glare at each other, then finally laughing once more. The duo continued this antic while Germ continued to pack away all tarot cards.

Triling! Triling!

The door bell went off, ceasing the duo's quarrel. Their eyes grew wide and for once in their life, they felt fear and solemn. Copper and Tin ran behind the empty counter. Currently, Germ was in the back, bringing out several Tarot cards--ones that she had recently sealed in boxes--to place on the shelfs.

Humming as she goes, each box went aligned with the previous.

"You, fool. Where's the Tarot artist?"

Germ froze, "Silver, you haven't told me my next mission. What is it?"

[Eh...contact with Albert.]

"Eh?! Already?! When?"

[...Now.]

Triling! Triling!