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Entertainment
We open with our jester performing for the king in the royal chamber. Our jester is starting to wiggle and tip as he balances on his body several tiers of poles and plates. Once he regains his composure, he notices the impatient king ready for new entertainment. Frantically, the jester throws everything in the air. As everything starts coming back down, he begins juggling them. However he can't account for all the objects falling at once, and a plate shatters on his head. The king suddenly starts laughing at this. The jester reflects on this for a moment, then purposefully lets one fall on his head. The king starts laughing his butt off. The jester is excited by the king's response and slips over a prop on the ground. He lands on his butt and has all the remaining props crash down on his head. The jester picks himself up, wobbling this way and that. He makes a bow and starts to take a clumsy step toward the exit. The king is now thoroughly amused and when he see's the jester starting to walk away, he opens a chest lying next to his throne. He pulls out a sack of coins and and shakes it in front of the jester. The jester is looking the wrong way and still wobbling, but there is no mistaking the sweet sound of coins jingling. His jaw drops as he whips around to the sight of the coins (probably seeing three sacks by this point).
Once the jester perks up, the king motions to someone off screen. In front of the jester rolls a cart stacked with every medieval weapon imaginable. The jester's face goes white as he picks up the first weapon.

moral: know your limits.



Perfection
We open with a glowing white room and two cast molds. One is in the shape of a male and one in the shape of a female. Huddled around the female mold are two men. The younger one looks like a perfect fit for the male mold. The second man looks much older and experienced.
The old man is checking the ingredients in the mold and notices the young man playing with some dials. He slaps the young hand away and finds that 'Physical Beauty' has been cranked to 100%.
Shaking his head, the old man looks over the rest of the dials, and 'aH Ha.' The 'Intelligence', 'Innocence', and 'Wisdom' knobs are now at 50%. He starts turning the 'Intelligence' and 'Innocence' knobs up. This makes 'Physical Beauty' decrease and 'Wisdom' increase. He adjusts 'Wisdom' ever so slightly, then stands back happy with his results. He looks up, hoping that the young man will have learned something about how these attributes work together. Instead he see's the young man leaning into the hollow mold, mesmerized by what will soon be his mate.
The old man is annoyed by this, and slams his hand on the start button. A lid closes over the mold and we see fantastic lights shining from where the lid seals around. The old man walks away shaking his head. The young man looks back to make sure the old man is still walking away. Then he slyly cranks up the 'physical beauty' to 100% again. He is about to walk away, then pauses. Without looking, he rolls his fingers across all of the dials. Each one hits 100% as his finger passes by, but all change dramatically once the last dial has been moved.
Suddenly the mold starts to shake and- *DING* it's done. The lid rises back up and the young man looks inside to his mate. He jerks back in horror to find a woman with full body hair, as thick as an ape. He looks down to see the only knob at 100% is 'humor'.

moral: nobody's perfect.