“Sorry about that,” Shinko giggled nervously. “I mean, I know things
can get meta sometimes there, but I didn’t think it would be happening
so quickly…”

As soon as they reached the entrance, she opened
the door for the Repairman to follow. Shinko glanced inside to see that
Crystal and Belial had been chatting before they turned their attention
to the Toons.

“Oh, hey Shinko. Who’s that blob behind you?” Crystal asked.

“He’s not another shadow demon, is he? We already have a lot of those hanging around,” Belial noted.

“No,
no, he’s my friend, the Fourth Wall Repairman. I call him Mr.
Repairman. He’s a Toon, like me!” Shinko replied with a smile.

“Fourth
Wall… oh geez, was it because we were talking about Belial’s old
boyfriends? They were all from different worlds and different
roleplays,” Crystal replied, looking down at the blob.

“Eh, it happens,” he shrugged. He just happy for an excuse to be here legitimately.

As he followed Shinko in, he could have sworn he’d seen that woman before…He chalked it up to déjà vu

and gave a small wave.

“Heh, that’ll do it,“ he winced as she mentioned roleplays.

As he pulled in his cart, he stopped to look at the apparent owner of this cafe.

“Wait, are shadow demons an issue around here?”