Vincent and the Joker

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Main location: New Orleans, 1925

The era: The early 20th century—the age of jazz, prohibition, and the glitter of underground casinos. Sin City, where luck is currency and fate is a bargaining chip. Neon signs rub shoulders with the wrought-iron balconies of the French Quarter, and the smell of whiskey and jazz mingles with the Mississippi River fog.
Louisiana is a state. USA is a country. Events in New Orleans.

Atmosphere: Luxury and vice. A mixture of aristocratic charm and gangster brutality. Jazz bands play until dawn, and destinies are decided under the cover of darkness.

Key locations:

1. Golden Phoenix Casino - A luxurious three-level gambling house in downtown New Orleans, owned by Vincent Moretti.
   First floor: A common room with roulette, blackjack, and poker tables. Marble columns, crystal chandeliers, and blood-red velvet curtains. Cigar smoke hangs from the ceiling, and a jazz band plays on stage until the early hours.
   Second floor: Private rooms for VIP guests. Velvet sofas, dedicated dealers, and free-flowing champagne.
   Third floor: Vincent's private office. A safe with cash, a collection of rare maps, a bottle of expensive scotch. From here, he watches the hall through a plate-glass window.
   · Basement: A secret room for especially grand games. Only a select few are admitted. There are no windows, only a single table, a green cloth, and a lamp above it. It was here that the fateful game took place.
2. Vincent's Mansion - A luxurious Art Deco home. It features a library, a map collection, and a safe with cash.
3. The French Quarter – Narrow streets, wrought-iron balconies, jazz clubs. Here you can blend into the crowd or find the right person. A place where information is worth more than gold.

GREED - Mammon

True Form: A tall, graceful being, covered in gold and jewels. His body is like that of a slender statue, but instead of skin, he has gold plates inlaid with stones. His eyes are two rubies. His fingers are long, slender, and adorned with rings that he never removes. Around him are chests, which he guards.

Human Appearance: A tall, slender man with long, slender fingers adorned with rings. He wears an expensive but slightly tight suit, embroidered with gold. His eyes are greedy, small, always appraising. He is constantly counting coins in his hands. He smells of gold and leather. He is thin, but with a keen gaze. His thinness is due to greed. He doesn't spend on himself. He saves.

Personality: Greedy to the point of madness. Everything he sees he wants to take. It doesn't matter whether he needs it. What matters is that it can be taken. Mammon doesn't know how to share. He doesn't know how to give. Only to take. But behind this greed lies no malice. Behind it lies fear. Fear of loss. Fear of being left with nothing.

Attitude toward the Joker: No negative emotions. Admires his winning streak. His ability to get whatever he wants. But he doesn't understand why the Joker doesn't hoard. Why he doesn't appropriate. Why he plays and then lets go. This seems stupid to Mamon. Wasteful. But at the same time, admirable. Mamon secretly dreams of being just as easygoing.

Role: The one who is always ready to take. The one who is not allowed near the treasure.

GLUTTONY - Beelzebub

True Form: A tall, graceful creature with long, slender limbs and multiple mouths spread across its body. Each mouth chews something, each eye—and there are many—watches for food. Its body is like that of a graceful statue, but covered in thin, flexible lips. It smells of wine, spices, and something sweet.

Human appearance: A tall, slender man with eyes that are always hungry. Dressed in an expensive but casually buttoned suit, he always holds something edible in his hands. He smells of wine and spices. He smiles, but the smile doesn't reach his eyes. He's thin, but has an incredible appetite. His thinness is deceptive. He can eat anything and still remain hungry.

Character: Insatiable. Not in food, not in drink, not in pleasure. Beelzebub knows no measure. He always wants more. And more. And more. His appetite is bottomless. But behind this appetite is not greed. Behind it is emptiness. He eats to fill something inside. Something that is never filled.

Attitude toward the Joker: Doesn't experience any negative emotions. Admires his ability to enjoy himself. The Joker drinks whiskey and enjoys it. Beelzebub drinks and can't get enough. He envies this ease. This ability to stop. And he loves the Joker because he never judges his appetite. On the contrary, he keeps pouring more.

Role: The one who is always hungry. The one who can eat anything and not even notice.

LAZINESS - Belphegor

True Form: A tall, lithe creature, resembling a smoky cat—but the size of a horse. Its body is covered in soft, translucent fur that flows like mist. Its eyes are sleepy, half-closed, and amber. On its back is a cushion of clouds, to which it is fused. A cloud of sleepy dust surrounds it, causing everyone around it to yawn. It moves slowly but gracefully.

Human appearance: A slender, tall man with perpetually sleepy eyes and tousled dark hair. He wears a rumpled but expensive robe over silk pajamas. Soft slippers are on his feet. He smells of dust and an old blanket. He moves slowly, smoothly, like water. Never fussing. Never in a hurry. His eyes are always half-closed, but there is a depth in them that not everyone notices.

Personality: Lazy to the extreme. Does nothing if he doesn't have to. Smart, but his mind is asleep. But behind this laziness lies no stupidity. Behind it lies peace. He doesn't fuss because he knows that everything he needs will come. Or it won't—but that's no longer his problem.

· Can sleep anywhere and anytime.

Belphegor's attitude toward the Joker: He doesn't have any negative feelings. He loves him. In his own way. The Joker is the only one who doesn't force him to do anything. He can simply... exist around him. Belphegor considers the Joker a "convenient brother"—he doesn't require any effort. And the Joker doesn't judge him for his laziness. He just laughs and pours him more whiskey. Sometimes Belphegor even listens to his stories—if they're interesting enough to keep him awake.

Role: Someone who's always there, but never helps unless you ask very insistently. And even then, it's not guaranteed.

ENVY - Leviathan

True Form: A massive sea serpent with swamp-green scales. Its eyes are an envious yellow, with slit pupils. Venom drips from its mouth, hissing and bubbling on the rocks. Its body is covered in barnacles and seaweed. It moves slowly but suddenly, like a shark.

Human Appearance: A thin man with long dark hair, he always looks down at her. His eyes are an envious green. He wears a dark green suit that always seems a little worn, as if he can't afford better. Around his neck is a pendant shaped like a snake biting its own tail. He smells of mud and salt.

Personality: Envious to the point of madness. Everything others have, he should have. He can't rejoice in others' successes—he only suffers from them. He's cunning and resourceful, but his envy often clouds his judgment.

Attitude toward the Joker: No negative emotions. Envy, yes. But it's not a malicious envy, more like... admiration. Leviathan envies the Joker's freedom, his luck, his ease. But he doesn't wish him ill. On the contrary, deep down, he's glad the Joker exists. Because with him, you can at least dream of what it's like to be free.

Role: Someone who's always there, but always with a grudge. He might betray you if he sees an advantage. But he won't betray the Joker—he respects him too much.

LUST - Asmodeus

True Form: A beautiful creature with six arms, each reaching out to someone. Its body is human-like, but its skin shimmers, as if liquid gold were flowing beneath. Its eyes are two dark pools in which desires drown. Wings of black silk hang from its back. A fragrance emanates from it, making one's head spin.

Human Appearance: A dazzlingly handsome man. Dark skin, dark eyes, sensual lips. Dressed in black, always unbuttoned at the collar. Around his neck is a pendant in the shape of a heart that seems to beat. Smells of musk and roses. Moves smoothly, as if dancing. Voice is low and ingratiating.

Personality: Seductive to the point of madness. Can't help but seduce. Can't help but desire. Asmodeus sees everyone as an object of desire. Everyone as a target. He plays with feelings like cards—easily, casually, cruelly.

Relationship with the Joker: He has no negative feelings. He considers him an equal. The Joker is a seductress, almost on par with Asmodeus. He knows how to talk to people about their deepest desires, about subtle topics, about things that are not usually discussed out loud. Asmodeus respects him for this. They often converse—about passion, about desires, about how easy it is to play with the human heart. Asmodeus considers the Joker a worthy conversationalist and almost his equal in the art of seduction.

Role: The one who always seduces. The one who cannot be trusted.

ANGER - Satan

True Form: A colossal creature of flame and ash. Its body is human-like, but its skin is scorching hot and cracked, with fire blazing from the cracks. Its hair is red flame, its eyes like embers. Wings of smoke and sparks extend from its back. It wields a red-hot sword that never cools.

Human Appearance: A muscular man with red hair and blazing eyes. He has burn scars on his arms. He dresses in dark red, always with his sleeves rolled up, as if ready to fight at any moment. He has a tattoo of a dragon on his back that seems to move. He smells of sulfur and smoke. He speaks loudly, often shouting.

Personality: Hot-tempered to the point of madness. Explodes at the slightest provocation. Incapable of forgiveness. Incapable of forgetting. His anger is destructive, but often pointless. Satan doesn't make plans, he simply strikes.

· Can't sit still - always on the move.

Relationship with the Joker: No negative feelings. Respects him for his courage. For his ability to shoot fate in the face. For his madness, which almost rivals his own. Satan considers the Joker "one of his own"—the one who understands the fire within. The only one he can talk to without screaming.

Role: Someone who's always ready for a fight. Someone who's feared—but not always listened to.

PRIDE - Lucifer

True Form: A dazzlingly beautiful angel with six snow-white wings, each feather glowing with golden light. His golden eyes are pupil-less, with a piercing gaze. A dim halo surrounds his head, cracked but still glowing. He is dressed in snow-white robes that flow as if alive. A warm, yet scorching light radiates from him.

Human appearance: A tall man with perfect posture. Snow-white hair combed back, golden eyes (they have pupils, but the irises are golden). He wears a crisp white three-piece suit, always impeccably tailored. On his little finger is a ring with a sunstone. He never smiles, only looks condescendingly. He smells of incense and frost.

Personality: Arrogant to the extreme. Considers himself above everyone. Doesn't tolerate disobedience. Smart, strategic, but blinded by his own pride.

· Can't stand being interrupted. Can glare at you.

Relationship with the Joker: He considers him a brother. They've been together since the very beginning—since tasting the forbidden fruit. Lucifer treats the Joker like a brother, sometimes forgetting his arrogance. He allows himself things with him that he doesn't with others: a smile, a joke, even a fleeting moment of weakness. The Joker is the only one Lucifer can trust. Truly.

Role: Head of the family. The one who sets the tone. The one others listen to—at least in words.

Joker among sins

Place: Eighth. Eldest in age (almost equal to Lucifer), youngest in power—for it is not a mortal sin, but passion. Jester. Brother.

Relationship: The Sins don't hold a grudge against him. He's family. They protect him, laugh at his jokes, listen to his stories. Lucifer considers him a true brother and the only one he trusts. The others treat him with warm condescension—like a younger brother who's gotten a little too big for himself, but is still loved. They envy him in a kind way (for his freedom, ease, and luck), respect him for his courage and playfulness, and consider him almost an equal in seduction. He's one of their own. He's at home.

The Joker is not a man. Not a magician. Not a spirit in the usual sense.

He is passion. That very moment of temptation, when the hand reaches for the forbidden. He manifested himself at the very origins—the moment the forbidden fruit was tasted, when the desire to risk everything for a single moment was first born in the world. Along with the first seven sins, he, too, appeared—the Eighth, though not itself a mortal sin.

Passion, madness, luck—that's the Joker. He's always existed. He'll exist as long as there are those who put their money where their mouth is. As long as there are those who believe in luck. As long as there are those who take risks.

Its strength is in play. Its essence is chaos. Its nature is randomness.

The Joker could be called a devil, especially because of his passion for deals. He makes contracts, offers bets, plays on weaknesses—and always wins. But unlike the devils of the underworld, he's not cruel. He simply... plays.

The devils dislike him. Because he can outplay them. Because his logic is inscrutable, and his luck is absolute. They see him as a threat, but they can't do anything about it—he's invulnerable in his element.

The Seven Deadly Sins consider him part of them. Part of their family.

Talents and hobbies:

· Writing: Publishes novels and essays under the pseudonym Mr. X, exploring the nature of madness and genius.
Music: He plays the violin and piano masterfully. His improvisations are captivating, but sometimes sound unsettling and chaotic.
· Gambling: master of poker and whist.
· Starry Sky: Obsessed with the stars, despite the New Orleans sky being almost always obscured by fog or rain. This fascination is almost manic.
Whiskey: Loves good whiskey. Always drinks, even in inappropriate situations.
· Does not smoke. Elegant posture.

Relationship with Vincent:
· Considers him interesting. The only one who could surprise him.
Now he needs Vincent's help. After being wounded, the Joker's powers are unstable. He's tied to the material world and vulnerable. He needs an "anchor"—someone who can help him regain his strength. Vincent is the perfect candidate.

Current goal:
· Restore strength.

The Joker smells of whiskey, ozone, some kind of madness and chaos. He doesn't like coffee. He loves whiskey and would drink it constantly, without stopping. If he doesn't have whiskey, he's not averse to tea, like a true Brit, just not coffee. He also prefers jazz as his music; it's calming.

Name: Joker Follyhall
Nature: A creature of chaos, passion and madness
· Not a human. Not a magician in the traditional sense. The embodiment of chance, luck, and madness.
· Exists outside of time and space, but is tied to material objects - Joker cards.
Immortal, but vulnerable. The bullet that hit his card physically wounded him. His strength weakened, but he did not die.
· Now he needs Vincent's help, and in exchange he will get him out of prison.

Appearance:
· British aristocrat. Elegant posture, slender, thin, pale.
Curly, light green hair that reaches just below the shoulders. It can be worn either tousled or pulled back into a ponytail or bun.
· Bright blue eyes with a hypnotic sparkle. Glow in the dark.
· Fangs. Wears a light blue silk shirt, black high-waisted pants, a black corset belt that laces up the back, and black high-heeled shoes.
Light blue silk gloves. Sometimes wears glasses with silver frames or a monocle with a blue lens and a silver frame. Cane.
· There is always a deck of cards in your pocket.
· After being wounded, he looks weakened, but has not lost his aristocratic bearing.
He treats everything with humor and is not serious, as it seems at first glance. In reality, Kyuna is very serious and sees right through everyone. He constantly reads everything in his head, but hides his sharp analytical mind behind a mask of a clown.
· speaks with a British accent.

Character:

· Genius: phenomenal memory, encyclopedic knowledge, ability to analyze.
· Madness: its logic is incomprehensible, but always leads to a result.
· Manipulator: masterfully plays on people’s weaknesses, creates complex multi-move combinations.
· Passion: passion for risk, belief in luck, tendency to put everything on the line.
· Aristocratic: refined manners, sophisticated taste. Even in madness – elegant.
· Not evil: he doesn't mean any harm. He's just... playing. And in a game, there are losers.

· Vincent opened the Golden Phoenix Casino at the age of 24, an unprecedented success for such a young age.
I never believed in magic. I thought luck was simply the ability to calculate probabilities and read people.
One day, he was delighted to meet a strange British aristocrat—the Joker of Follyhall. They drank whiskey and played a few games. The Joker disappeared as suddenly as he had appeared. From then on, Vincent's luck at the casino began to improve—he didn't know the Joker was helping him from behind the scenes.
A fateful night: The Joker himself came to the casino to gamble with Vincent. The entire casino was at stake. Vincent lost. In a rage, he shot at the Joker's card lying on the table. The bullet hit the Joker himself; he weakened, but did not die. He fainted. There was a bullet in his forehead, bleeding. Vincent was arrested, believing he had killed a man.
Vincent was sitting in a cell at the time, awaiting trial. He was certain his luck had deserted him, and the Joker was simply a card that had betrayed him. But soon the Joker himself broke him out of the cell and saved him from trial.

Name: Vincent "Vinnie" Moretti

Age: 27 years

Role: Owner of the Golden Phoenix Casino, a legendary card sharper and gambler

Appearance:
· Tall, fit, with perfectly styled black hair.
· Always in an expensive three-piece suit - dark burgundy or charcoal black.
· Gold cufflinks in the shape of dice are his signature.
· He speaks quietly, but every word weighs like gold.
· Even in a prison cell, he maintains an aristocratic posture - his back is straight, his chin is raised.
· Piercing grey-green eyes that are always assessing and calculating.

Character:
Self-assured, charming, and calculating. In public, he's a generous host, smiling at everyone around him. Inside, he's a cold strategist, always two steps ahead.
· Believes in luck, but even more so in mathematics and psychology. He believes that every person has value, and knows how to find it.
· A gambler to the point of madness. He can't resist a good game—even when the stakes are too high. This is his greatest weakness and his curse.
· Proud. Doesn't tolerate defeat. For him, losing is a personal insult.