Nicole could certainly be said to have been frightened by Alice suddenly pulling out those terrifying Jumpy Dumpty Bombs, especially with that bizarre, utterly absurd grin on her face!
"Hehehe-we can blow it all up!"
Wearing a foolish grin full of wisdom, Alice made to throw the two sunglasses-wearing Jumpy Dumpty Bombs in her hands at Nicole.
"Are you sure about that? Alice, your daughter Klee is in the city. Do you want to turn this place into a second Stormterror's Lair?"
Himeko hurriedly flew in front of the foolishly grinning Alice and called out.
Her words made Alice freeze mid-grin. Suppressing the urge to detonate the Jumpy Dumpty Bombs, she put them back into her Eye of the God storage space.
"Uh... is this that peculiar power of joy?"
"After putting on that mask, I felt the shackles binding me come undone instantly. A joy that let me do whatever I wanted made me stop considering all that for a moment. I just wanted to blow things up to my heart's content..."
Brought back to her senses by Himeko, Alice removed the mask from her head with lingering apprehension. What she did not know, however, was that once she became a Masked Fool, she was essentially bound to it.
Unless a Pathstrider at Emanator level or above, or an Aeon, personally destroyed the mask. However, the Aeon of Binding, Theresa, and the Aeon of Corruption, Himeko, had no intention of doing so. Nor did the other Emanators-Trailblaze Emanator Stellaron Essence, Remembrance Emanator Cyrene, Great Void Lord Phainon, Immortality Envoy Yinyueyue, and Herrscher of Truth Old Yang-intend to help free her.
It could be said that all the Stellaron Hunters staying in the office were beings at Emanator level or above, but none dared help Alice remove the mask without