The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 62 - Fool Week!

June 24th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Characters sketch Mondays:

It’s time to have another special week. I just read Fool’s Errand by Sarah Zettel (which grew into Fool’s War, which I’m interested in reading) and I got so entranced with the idea of the fool in settings other than feudal, I wanted to do another week.

Rachel’s mother was a fool and her father was a prince - in other words, she had the pedigree of most fools. Raised in the fool’s guild, she was well on her way to following in her mother’s footsteps. There was only one problem: Rachel was too gorgeous to be a fool. People mistook her for a merchant’s daughter amusing herself with a fool’s costume. They didn’t listen to her songs, preferring to focus on her looks. Once puberty hit, her mother decided to fit her with a mask to hide her beauty, letting her focus on her fooling skills. But what no one but Rachel realized was if she plied her trade masked, she could do other things unmasked. So she became the Fool’s Guild first unmasked spy.

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  1. Comment by Michael Gydian Hoff on 24 June 2008:

    Interesting post I can understad the philisofical meaning behind an umasced fool, beaing a fool in this world my self.

  2. Comment by Jessica on 24 June 2008:

    Ok, I really, really like this one!

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