His purpose in the land of Hearts is much, much bigger than making the king and his court laugh.
For you see, Jest is no mere court joker. So begins the romantic yearning from both Cath and Jest, the court joker, the dream that both of them could have a different fate than the one served up for them both. Cath's eyes can look nowhere else and neither can the joker's since she is clad all in red in a sea of black and white. But that fateful night, the new court joker is introduced to the court in a flurry of acrobatics and magic the likes of which the kingdom has never seen before. He is the King of Hearts after all and quite fond of red. The king delights in her outfit, imagining that already she is open to the notion of marrying him.
One night, during a masquerade ball hosted by the king, Catherine is clothed all in red, quite conspicuously considering the rest of the company is in black and white, a clever ploy by her scheming mother.
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