Southern fun
+Gen neutral Marionette!Reader x Jax
You and Jax get into a cartoonish squabble
A/n: Churning out random blurbs while I still have motivation. Again, mind the rusty writing
This was by far the biggest test of one's ability to hold onto what shambles of dignity and sanity could remain after experiencing nothing but thinly veiled torment disguised as fun. Some stupid idea that involved counting the eggs, catching chickens and wrangling cows like some farm simulator. At least everyone was able to split off for different jobs.
Caine was seriously running on fumes at this point.
'Hey puppet! What did the cow say to the farmer?" A sigh leaves you as the sound of Jax's smarmy voice called from the other side of the barn.
"I'm not answering." Your tone was unamused, thoroughly done with him and this stupid adventure after having to deal with chickens that didn't want to give up their eggs for the last hour.
"Mooove!" Jax's words held no flare to execute his sad excuse of a joke, but what was supposed to be the punchline is what made you whip your head around with dread. Somehow you already knew what he was about to pull.
The moment your eyes relayed to your brain what was happening, a pitchfork full of cow manure collided with your face. The sheer force of it threw you off your feet, causing the chicken you were previously holding to scramble away with clucks of distress. Your feet caught in your strings which thwarted your attempts to grab onto something and falling into a pile of straw.
What was the true kicker was Jax's grating laughter while hunched over holding his stomach as he cackled like a hyena. Wiping away the brown sludge from your face with a wooden hand revealed eyes set to kill. It was almost better not seeing his expression given how much it irked you.
Jax fell to the ground in fits of tears and laughter, kicking his feet like this was the joke of the century. Clearly satisfied with his succession of adding his own charm to what was an otherwise boring adventure.
In his moment of hysterics, you had already managed to get up, quietly simmering while trying your best to convince yourself that the poo wasn't actually real and that the pungent smell was just a bunch of ones and zeros.
So, he wanted to delve into 5-year-old humor huh?
Jax sigh with glee as he wipes away a tear, unaware of the wooden storm coming straight for her.
"Man puppet, you shoulda seen your fa-" A handful of shit was flung and made a horrible splat as it hit his square in the middle of his face. A snicker of triumph was heard as she sputtered and gagged, wiping at his face with distressed sounds of disgust.
"Shoulda 'moooved' Jax." Though your mouth was stagnant, the grin was all too clear in your voice. These were the moments where Jax's violent humor could actually be pretty fun.
"Come on Jax, don't get your strings in a knot." You goaded, reciting his past words verbatim with nothing but glee to turn the tables once again.
"Shut up.ā He grumbled and flicked his hand to try and get what was left of the manure off of his now stained yellow glove.
"Sure. Now can we finish this so we can leave?" You turned around with the intention of searching for the broody chicken in order to continue gathering, wanting nothing more than to be back at the circus and away from the smell of animal crap. However, nothing was ever that easy with a certain irritable character.
Jax had reached out a foot to step on your strings, having been unraveled from your control bar and tucked away in the back of your attire during Jax's attack. When you fell back with a yelp, you looked up to see Jax's returning grin. Which was swiftly met with an egg to the face.
Needless to say, the once collected eggs were tarnished after yet another fight had broken out.
Once the group had been brought back to the circus, they notice their numbers were fewer than usual.
Ragatha looked back at the portal expectantly and furrowed her brows as no one else emerged.
"Huh. We only set them to get eggsā¦" She mumbled and looked at the others, as if recounting to be sure they were indeed missing.
"I got this!" Caine declares eagerly and with a snap of his fingers, both you and Jax stood in front of them covered in eggs and feathers. Your arms were raised as if ready to launch more at the other, despite the eggs now gone outside of the scenario.
"So that's why there were no eggs." Zooble muttered and looked over at the two buffoons that failed to hold up their end of the task.
The group slowly dispersed, not at all surprised by this kind of stunt and left you to clean yourselves up.
"Now we smell like an egg #### salad." You droned while trying to wipe most of it off, already making a B line for your room. Jax shuttered at the gross feeling of goopy eggs on him, no longer able to ignore the nasty experience now that the fun was over. He trudged after you with a grim expression and the unconscious pull to stay near you.
"I hate you." The poor rabbit never took it well when he was caught in his own crossfire.
"Oh, is that why you teamed up with me?" You snarked, words that held no genuine malice. Content despite it all as you fell into step with him.
"I thought I told you to shut up."
"Must have missed that."













