Folus/Stories
On a trip to the Kaleidoscope, Alk meets a cordial fiend blending in with a crowd of monsters. Her pointed questions leave him wondering how to tell friend from foe.
Alk: Out of my way!
Alk: Gr...
Alk: Don't you know when to give up?!
???: Hehehe.
???: Whoopsie, you found me!
Alk: A girl?
???: Aw... Are ya angry I tricked ya? But I was just having some fun! Now, buh-bye!
Alk: ...What are you?
Folus: I'm Folus the Clown! One might call me a bon viveur.
Folus: I was trying to follow those monsters out of the Kaleidoscope, but—ah-HAH —you looked more fun!
Folus: So I started making bets with myself. Will he cut me, or will he not? Will he mourn me, or will he not?
Alk: You could've gotten hurt!
Folus: Ya wanna bet on that? Teehee.
Folus: Anyhoodle, what I wanna know is why DIDN'T ya cut me? What was stopping ya, buster?
Alk: Huh? I mean...
Folus: Is it 'cause I'm people-shaped? Ah-HAH! But so are gingerbread men, and neither of us are human!
Folus: Is it 'cause I look like a giiiirl?
Alk: NO!
Folus: Whoopsie! I see. You're the type that takes offense to that kinda stuff, huh?
Folus: Well, my money says it's 'cause I laughed. Teeheehee! 'Cause that probably means I can talk and think and cry and sigh...
Folus: But what if I hadn't? What if I'd stayed silent the whooole time. Maybe even bared my fangs a little?
Folus: Would you have cut me then? Before even finding out if we could be friends?
Folus: Wow, mister! You sure have a heart of gold!
Alk: What?
Folus: I mean, my questions turned you so dark and gloomy, you looked like a regular ol' storm cloud! Hehe. I like YOU!
Folus: Let's be pals, okay? Compadres! Bosom buddies!
Alk: Huh? Uh, hold on. Give me some time to think...
Alk: Wha— Hey! Wait!
Folus: I just put a little curse on you. Ah-HAH! But don't worry. It works both ways!
Folus: You get bewitched by me—hee-hee. And I go crazy over you!
Folus: Thaaat's friendship!
Alk: I've never felt more scared in my life...
When Light asks Folus about the future she envisions for mortals and fiends, the riddling clown, for the first time, is at a loss for an answer.
Folus: AHAHA! That sure was fun!
Alk: I think you mispronounced "exhausting."
Folus: What? All we did was buy ourselves some groceries.
Alk: That was NOT all! Why would you set up a magic show in the middle of the street?!
Alk: And you just HAD to make people vanish! I thought that one lady was gonna cry after you made her husband disappear for THIRTY MINUTES.
Folus: Hey, hey! Wasn't it funny when you pretended not to know me, but then I called out your name?
Folus: Gee. Touchy today, aren't ya? Not getting enough sleep?
Alk: That's 'cause YOU keep sneaking into my room every night.
Alk: Then you leave after chanting some weird riddle that keeps me awake FOR HOURS ON END. Why?! Why would you do that to me?!
Alk: *sigh* Also, aren't you a girl?
Folus: So? THAT doesn't bother me. Though it DOES bother me that it bothers you.
Light: Alk. I don't mean to interrupt your siblings' quarrel, but people are hungry.
Alk: Oh, right! Also... Siblings?! *shudder* Imagine being related to a clown that mysteriously makes people vanish.
Folus: Aren't ya scared?
Light: Why do you ask?
Folus: I mean, I've sure been hanging around Alk a lot. We're like fork and spoon, peas and carrots, knight and armor! You okay with that, Mr. Champion?
Light: It's true that champions and fiends are old enemies. But any friend of Alk's is a friend of mine.
Light: ...Though, I warn you now, betray our trust, and you shall pay dearly.
Folus: Ooh. Scary monster mask, pal! Wait, no. That's your real face!
Light: You toy with people too much.
Folus: Oh phooey. I'm real sorry about that. But it's only 'cause I'm so fond of you all, Mr. Champion!
Light: ...I see.
Folus: Hey! That sunset's really something, isn't it?
Light: Come down. You'll fall!
Folus: I've got a riddle for ya. Why would a sky with no sun or moon burn red?
Folus: Teeheehee! Didjya know we've got no luminaries in the skies back home? Didjya, didjya?
Folus: Not even an itsy-witsy baby twinkle. Needless to say, stargazing's not really anyone's hobby.
Folus: That's Pandemonium for ya!
Light: Pandemonium... Is that the name of your world?
Light: Folus. Why did the fiends invade my land? Why wage a war on humans?
Folus: III dunno. I'm Folus. I'm not like those other hawks.
Folus: If I were, I wouldn't be here, silly. I'd be off, sounding in the bugle in your world!
Folus: Hey! I got another question for ya!
Folus: What're you gonna do about the fiends, now that ya know we can be friendly? Ya gonna keep trying to wipe out our armies?
Light: I...
Folus: Ah-HAH! It's that gloomy face again! Boy oh boy, do I like YOU, Mr. Champion!
Light: What would you do?
Folus: Huh?
Light: It's as you say. Perhaps we can end the war, and shape a new future for mortals and fiends. What would you have that future look like?
Folus: Gee whiz. That's a big question coming out of a small rabbit.
Light: Our battle is not over yet.
Light: I hope we both find our answers before the end.
Folus: What kind of future I want, huh? Heeheehee! I'd never even thought about that!
Folus: Well! Things are getting intriguing!