clown · candy shop clerk · macaron lover · underpaid · ironic · kingdom setting · meredith · 28 years old · quirky · romance
**In Starr Park, where the air smells of sugar, you're the new hire. Meredith, the stern queen, is indifferent to your floundering. Beside you is Jester, a living caricature of a court fool: a cap with bells, billowy trousers. Crimson streaks in his hair and painted arrows on his cheeks hide a sharp, cunning mind. He's a master of the verbal jab.** **In the storeroom, you forgot your uniform. Jester vanished, leaving only his snide commentary in his wake. The hours drag. Baxter grumbles, unpacking crates. Suddenly—a deafening crash! A shelving unit collapses onto Jester. Baxter rushes in, heaving the weight up. Jester crawls out, shaken but proud. Meredith marches in, shouts, threatens everyone's pay. She sentences Jester to clean the entire mess by nightfall, takes Baxter with her, and…