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A '''Mechanical Fortune Teller''' which spoke in rhyme was created by [[Madame Tarsa]] and resided in her [[Workshop of Madame Tarsa|Workshop]]. 

== Nature ==
Although it was a genuinely powerful oracle, its usefulness was limited, as it was programmed to only speak in terms so vague and poetic as to be more or less opaque. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') Moreover it could only scry Tarsa's own realm, and was unable to predict events outside its boundaries. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frost King's Treasure (novel)|The Frost King's Treasure]]'') Tarsa, however, could at least order it to speak plainly to her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Toymaker's Labyrinth (short story)|The Toymaker's Labyrinth]]'')

== Biography ==
She used the Fortune Teller in 2019 to check on [[Pessimist-242]] and [[Larrikin-1029]]'s progress through [[the Toymaker's Labyrinth|her Labyrinth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Toymaker's Labyrinth (short story)|The Toymaker's Labyrinth]]'') 

Later, in December, she checked it on a whim after finishing a batch of Christmas orders, and learned ahead of time about her participatin in the quest for [[the Frost King (The Frost King's Realm)|the Frost King]]'s treasure. Though nonplussed about the prospect, she decided to go along with it so as to preserve the temporal loop of the Fortune Teller having foreseen her going. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frost King's Treasure (novel)|The Frost King's Treasure]]'')

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