shinkothetoongirl:

askthefwrp:

“Huh…”

He hadn’t really thought of Shinko to be the type to need guardians. Well, she was a kid again, but still...

As he kept digging for some kind of glue (where was it?), he shook himself out of that thought and smiled.

“Aw, that sounds pretty nice!”

Finally, he pulled out a large bottle of mucilage and turned back to the group.

“Here it i…oh,” he said, before shifting gears. “Heh, sorry.”

The Repairman gestured vaguely around where Crystal had been.

“Yeah, they’re over around there,” he said. Realizing what he just heard, he looked at Crystal quizzically.

“…Wait, you don’t see it?” he asked. “…Maybe give it a second…?”

“They’re not Toons,” Shinko explained with a sheepish grin and a shrug. “But, uh, Mr. Repairman…. do you need us to get out of your way while you work? I’ve never actually watched you patch up the Fourth Wall before, I don’t think.”

Crystal looked slightly confused as she glanced back at Belial.

“Do you have any idea what he’s talking about, Belial?” Crystal asked the demon woman.

“I don’t really care. So long as he doesn’t make a mess of my cafe, he can do what he wants,” the masked demon replied irritably as she turned her backs to them, her wings more or less obscuring herself as she continued to work.

“Hmm?”

The Repairman pretty much thought of EVERYONE he met as a Toon of some kind, even if they weren’t very…well, traditionally TOONY at times. Maybe that’s all Shinko meant. It would make sense that some more down-to-earth Toons would have a harder time seeing the Wall.

“Ah, okay,” he said, nodding knowingly at Shinko. “Anyway, uh, I shouldn’t need THAT much space, thanks. I think I can just glue this one shut….I mean, if you want to see me work, sure…”

He shrugged and headed over to the spot next to where Crystal was. Realizing the glue could probably make a mess of the cafe, he pulled out a rolled-up newspaper and unfurled it under the crack.