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It had been a few weeks since the puppets of Andre Toulon had been rescued and given a new kind master who had rebuilt them.
On this day the puppet leader Blade was looking out of one of the windows of their new home out at the sunrise reflecting on the last few weeks since their new master had gotten them.
Nearby in a corner of the room was the puppet trunk his brothers and sister were resting in, Blade knew they were still recovering from the torment and still had nightmares.
Speaking of nightmares he looked over seeing the newest puppet Archer jerking in her sleep again.
God he wished he could turn back time so he could of protected her more as a human.
The puppet leader jumped down with a soft thud and walked over to the puppet.
"Archer, Archer wake up."
The cloaked puppet jolted up with a start.
Archer had peach skin, she wore a dark green cloak, the hood covering the top half of her face. There was a white shirt underneath the cloak, black trousers and black shoes the hood concealing her short brown hair and deep blue eyes.
Blade sighed, this had gone on since the day they came to their new home.
"You're ok Archer. It was just another bad dream." He assured.
It took a few moments for Archer to calm down.
She looked away from the Puppet leader.
"Sorry." She said quietly, though if a human were to come by all they would hear would be hisses from Blade and crackle noises from Archer.
"It's ok. We've all been through a lot. Well…this is your first time dealing with a corrupt Master." Blade said though he was thinking the last part aloud.
There was quiet from the two, it wasn't something they openly talked about.
Finally Archer spoke up.
"Will the new one be nice?"
Blade nodded.
"I'm sure she will. The rest of us have known her previously." He assured before inviting her to watch the rest of the sunrise with him.
The two sat on the windowsill watching the sun rise on another March day until they heard a snicker from behind.
"Blade and Archer sitting in a tree." Came the sing song voice of Jester.
"Finish that sentence and see what happens." Blade warned, though in all fairness he was glad Jester seemed to spring back to his normal self so quickly after he had seemingly gone insane.
"K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Jester finished before making a run for the trunk as Blade gave chase. The running waking the other Puppets from their slumber.
"Rather him than me for once." Six Shooter yawned.
"Ditto." Torch agreed stepping out to stretch.
They watched Blade and Jester for a few more moments before going about their business in the room they were left in.
"Morning guys." Archer greeted.
"Morning Arch." Six smiled tipping his hat.
Archer slowly made her way back down to the ground, being new to being a Puppet she wasn't as confident jumping off raised areas like the others.
"Just put a pillow on the ground. Makes for a softer landing." Six said helping her down.
"Thanks. So does anyone know what's going to happen today?"
The others shrugged.
"Whatever I can get away with." Jester replied heading for the nearest door but stopped upon it opening.
The puppets looked up at their master, a woman called Jinkx Lupei.
Jinkx looked at least to the puppets in her mid thirties, though had to carry a cane with her, she was wearing a black military like jacket with camouflage trousers and brown shoes. She had orange eyes, she had long hair that went from red to dark pink going down. The thing that stood out about her though was the strange pink Y marking on her face.
She looked at them leaning on her cane for support.
"I trust you all have been behaving yourselves." She said, her voice having a firm warning to it letting them know she was not to be messed with.
The puppets all nodded though it was obvious the question was directed at Jester.
Though Jinkx was kind to them she was certainly a fierce master, not letting anything or anyone mess with her as Jester had quickly found out while trying to pull a prank.
Though saying that she did find the leek in the toilet one amusing.
"Good, now I don't want to be separating any fights today.. Torch." She continued giving the metal Puppet a warning glance.
"But try to keep yourself out of trouble. You know where you're allowed to go by now." She finished.
Again the puppets nodded and watched Jinkx leave the room for whatever business thing she had to deal with, Jester soon hurrying after her having taken a liking to her after they arrived.
A/N 2: Jeeze, it's been forever since I had the idea to do this. Like before the Action Lab comics came out. Still better late than never.