Chapter 2:
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Author's note.
An important part of storytelling is consistency. In this story however, I feel it would be best to change the perspective in each chapter. That way, it will be easier to connect with each individual character.
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Licenseless Rider's perspective:
The trip home yesterday was so tedious. I like having my bike to ride through the city. It saves time and makes me feel cool. It's so unfortunate that my bike had been broken, but the girl did say she would get me a new one.
She was an odd hero. Well, there are many types of heroes that are all very unique but I have never seen a clown hero. She didn't seem to do half bad. I was thoroughly impressed. If I had anything to complain about would be her jokes. They're um… weak. I'll just say that.
It's 7:00am and after I cook breakfast, I sit down at the table. I made myself some toast and eggs. I grabbed the newspaper that was sitting beside my food and began to skim through the pages. My eyesight passed over the word "Jiji". There, I saw that her fiasco from yesterday had made it onto the paper. A weird sense of pride passed over me. I hope she becomes a successful hero.
I hear the doorbell ring. That's odd. Nobody would normally visit me at this hour of the day. I shrugged off the oddness and stood up anyways. The doorbell kept on ringing and… did I hear an "aouga" sound effect from outside? What in the-
As soon as I opened the door, confetti was splattered all over me. Before I could even gain my composure I heard that same voice from yesterday.
"Happy get a new bike day!" Jiji yells.
She squeezed the red ball on her nose which then made a honking noise. I heard her laugh. It was a bit nasally and there were light snorts hinted throughout it. I couldn't help but laugh too as I wipe the confetti from my glasses lenses.
"Heh, hello Jiji." I say, "Is that a real holiday?"
"It is now!" She says, "Because you are about to get your new bike!"
"Already? You're awfully speedy."
"I know. It's all thanks to my hotrod."
She moves out from in front of me to show off her… car? It's more like a toy car to be honest. Does she really drive that thing?
"It was a bit of a struggle but I managed to fit your bike in." She says.
She walks up to the little red car and reaches inside the trunk. I hear her grunt and start to pull out a metal contraption. I soon realize it was a fully sized two seater bike! How did she manage to fit that into such a small space!?
Once she fully pulls the bike out, she shuts the trunk with her foot and cycles over to me. I finally close my mouth. I didn't even realize it was hanging open. The bike was of bright yellow color with two seats, a red triangular flag that stood on a thin metal rod off the base of the back seat, and a horn on the handles. It looked… interesting to say the least.
"Ta-da! I used to ride this baby all the time before I was a hero." She says, "But now I mainly just ride my unicycle. I think it fits my comedy style better."
"H-How were you able to fit it into that car!?" I say in bewilderment.
"Hm? Oh! That's an old clown's trick. I can fit just about anything into my car. It makes traveling much more convenient."
"Wow… Well, thank you so much. You didn't have to do this."
"No, no, no! I insisted! Now how about we take it for a spin. Unless of course you're… TWO TYRED!"
She laughs again, even harder than before. She squeezes her red nose, making a small "honk" noise. I laugh too. That joke was actually pretty good. Ah, bike puns are the best.
"I would love too." I tell her.
I sit myself on the front seat and grab onto the handles. I pat the seat behind me and she gets on. I start to ride off and the bike rides surprisingly well. Its larger size will probably come in handy when I need to throw it. As we ride, I notice the back side is wobbling a bit. I turn back to her.
"You can hold onto me if you need to." I tell her.
"Oh no. I have great balance. I even used to be in the balancing act at the circus!" She says.
Suddenly she loses balance and almost falls off the bike before clinging around my stomach. She giggles nervously.
"Then again I purposely fell off for comedy… Oh that reminds me of a joke! How would you describe a fire at a circus?"
"Um… I don't know" I answer, "Hot?"
"Well I like to call it IN TENTS"
She laughs again and honks the horn on the bike. I smile at her and honk the horn myself. She thought that was funny and honked the horn again, and then I did, and then she, and then me, and so on and so forth.
We honk the horn at people we pass by. Most people wave or smile but there were those few that glare at us. Anytime someone glared, Jiji would make a silly face. It looks even sillier because of the makeup she has on. It's actually pretty makeup and not as intimidating as other clowns I've seen. Most of them in horror settings…
"Do people ever get scared of you?" I ask her.
She turns to me with a bit of a frown, "Sometimes people are scared. I don't understand it though. What in the world is scary about a clown? We like to make people laugh! It's really frustrating when they scream or cry instead. Especially babies. I don't like seeing sad babies."
"I don't either."
Suddenly I feel my phone vibrate. I pull it out of my pocket and flip it open. I received a text that warned of a wolf-level threat. I am near where it's happening so I suppose I'll go inspect it. I don't want anyone to be hurt.
I quickly make a U-turn and speed towards the direction of the threat. Jiji has to latch onto me again.
"Whoah, what's wrong?" she asks.
"There's a wolf-level threat over by the park. I'm going to help." I answer
"Ooh! I'd like to help too! I can be your comedic sidekick."
"Of course you can. Let's get there as fast as we can."
"Got it!"
And with a honk from her nose we both peddle as fast as possible. I just hope no one is hurt.
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A/N: Time for review responses! I'd like to respond to what everyone has to say about my story. Please feel free to review my story with constructive criticism. (Or silliness wouldn't hurt either. Jiji would approve of that (; )
-Eli,
OMG THIS THE CUTTEST THING. I LOVE RIDER SO MUCH
Thank you so much! I want to try to make this a cute story most of the way through. If you have anything you want to see, just tell me.
-Waffle192
just the right amount of fluff love it
Thank you! I do love fluffiness. XD