herr_bookman | Milliways Dossier: The Fool

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History

Used to be a human named Alexander - protector of men- had to take on the motley or lose his life?
Met while he was talking to a pile of napkins, and he expertly suckered me into that conversation
Had several siblings
Never got sick; townspeople broke his leg chasing him out after he didn't die from the Black Plague
Now The Fool, from the Tarot
Bells ring around him occasionally
Has a hat that he likes

Impressions

Threat Level: LOW - While the Fool has considerable power, his main proclivity seems to be manipulating people into doing foolish things
The napkins "seem to think that brown cows create chocolate milk" - what?
"Misunderstandings are very entertaining. And when two people get started causing a stir it gets even better"
Licked his finger and stuck it in the sugar bowl! - gah!
Discussion on rudeness
Tarot cards "tell you what may come and give you guidance based on current circumstances"
"I represent often the questor. The innocent. The one with no worries who will do whatever thought that comes into their head because they don't know better"
Prefers either name
"I like making fools of people so they can gain self knowledge of who they are and what they are" - well, there it is
Tarot card reading, with the four of rods, the magician and the two of rods: "Past. You like your ideas firmly established. Present. You have the ability to create what you wish. This is you now, sirrah artist. With your eyes you have everything you need. If you're careful. Though in the future, two of rods you will get a new idea one that if you accept then you'll go on to bigger and greater things. However if you stick to your old ways and ruts you'll be spinning your wheels and going nowhere"
Gave me a book on the Tarot - how kind of him
Sphere of Influence: "Pentacles to wealth and money matters, Cups to emotions, Swords to legal matters and law and wands to the mind"
"The lower arcana is basically a deck of regular playing cards. Spades for swords, rods to clubs, diamonds to pentacles and cups to heart. The Higher Arcana, like myself, are more events and individuals. The Magician is a person who is now ready to learn, he has the tools of life in front of him and he's ready"
His number in the Higher Arcana is zero
"In spreads the first card is usually you and then other cards represent influences around your life and your question. Things from what might be in the future, the past, people around you, emotions, forces from the outside"
"If you keep that up you may end up a hermit" - didn't sound judgmental at all, interesting
Me: "If wands represent rational thought and cups the emotions, what manner of symbol are napkins?" - Him: "Dinner"
"I like you! I think I'll keep you!"
Thinks books don't hold the answers to everything - maybe
Introduced me to his puppy, Jocundus - cute!
From Jocundus: "I've learned patience and taught him some tricks. How to take care of someone completely dependent on you"
"All dogs bite. The trick is to make sure they only bite the right people"
Told him of my plans, Spinning, and Herr Drosselmeyer - how foolish!
Gave me a bell of luck - good and bad
Next met him while he was a kitten - drank the wrong thing
"Sometimes you just need to start over. If you have a problem and one approach doesn't work, then you try a new way"
Angered him by claiming that Jocundus is starved for attention - Shiva wept!
Next met him during the musical plague - every time he moved, a song started playing
"You wish you were the magician" and I'll stay the fool - ouch
Next met him while he was building a house of cards
Next met him while he was a kitten again, and I was Annette - which he saw through immediately
He was able to talk this time! - was very evasive, annoyingly
And he bit me
Next met him during a Happy Hour of his - and he turned me into a kitten!
Brought a fascinating gelatinous creature
"Very few people are born fools"
Next met him while Lucas was in the infirmary
Wants to meet the Dark Dragon - ack!
Hurt Miss Kuriyama - that bastard
Wondered if I was going to put her into a fairy tale - because "horrid things happen in them!"
Took over my carpet with his magic
"Well, The Fool is ageless and been around forever. Alexander is... possibly about four hundred odd years old?"
Alexander's birthday is on the 29th of February - Leap day!
Took me to the Ways - a place to travel between spots in his world
Card houses are "something that takes skill and concentration and so easily destroyed if you're not careful. Kind of life. And it's easy to carry a deck of cards in a pocket"

Weaknesses

He limps, though I'm not sure if that's a weakness

Scabs

Where did he meet Jocundus?

Opportunities

I have no idea, though he could probably teach me about people