"Boss you gotta accept it this time" shouted a peculiar looking man. He wasn't much tall and wore a comically large hat adorned with white feathers. His eyes seemed tired and his brown hair fluttered without the wind( which he admits is for dramatic effect) . He had a red cape on his back and a formal wear on rest of the body.
"Sorry Jester, not today,I will consider it tomorrow" promised Prim Anville.
"That's what you have been saying for the past century! "
"I reject your resignation letter Jester. You are the only one in whose hands I trust crystal line's administration and safety when I am gone. Without you think what will happen... "
"I am not going to fall for your emotional blackmails Boss, you have been using the same excuse since the last two decades"
Seriously you need to think of a new way keep me chained up in this boring place. Even Hekate in Rhodos nowadays gets more vacation than me. Anyways how was the trip? Any signs of the line? "
"Not the line, but I did find very interesting things" Prim laughed while eating a few chocolates on Jester's desk.
"Such as? "
"I met the woman" She turned serious. The playful behavior gone.
"The witch?"
"Yes she seems to be waiting for the end of this era. Maybe a great war is on the brink"
"The clan's movements have been strange. Makes me wonder how long can we keep up the balance. "
"I will try my best to maintain the status quo, but the collapse is approaching the horizon"
"Anything else? "
"Oh yeah, I met a youngling you will become the axis around whom the future will revolve. I gave her a gift too" She turned happy again
"What about my suggestion to visit that old dolphin? "
"Paddy would be mad if he heard that. Anyways he is making the fracture very clear"
" I really need to go outside and take a look. If what you are saying is true, then being a mere spectator is the worst possible choice "
"Sure I don't have any trip planned for the next month. You can perform your magic in the cloudgarden freely"
"In the dolphin's territory?! No way!" Swaying his arms in exaggerated manner
" He won't attack you unless you provoke him first" She laughed at his theatrics.
Smiling he covered himself in his cape and bowed , tipping his hat, vanished in thin air leaving behind a note.
The note read " Please don't eat the chocolates in my cupboard! P.S. you can have a few kept in my office drawer "