Character Sketch: Mr Malory

Malory always blocks out a fair bit of light when I peer through the peephole, for his appearance and countenance is that of a bouncy ball. Perpetually cheerful and boisterous, he could be a little irritating at times. But he is always blissfully unaware, so child-like in innocence that the irritation fades after a while, and grows again, then fades. This particular cycle it seemed, everyone who had met him was cursed to go through.

He was good for parties, better if the host had a bad estimate of how much food the people would eat. His eating curve was exponential, which was rather useful, for when the others where done and talking, Malory would be making his rounds at the tables, a perpetual terror for restaurants serving buffet lunches. Being cheerful, he never complained, even though there wasn't enough food at a particular gathering, "I can get more varieties in me at other places then." He winked once when somebody asked if the food was enough. To a black hole; it seemed to me at that time a rather silly question to ask.