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I don't have any cash.
[but he'll lean over and look at the cards anyway]
Isn't it dangerous to know your own future?
[but he'll lean over and look at the cards anyway]
Isn't it dangerous to know your own future?
[ pulling them closer to himself so nice can't peek? trying to see cards for free, rude!! ]
Isn't it dangerous to not know your own future? Anyway, it's never that prescriptive. Wouldn't do any good if it simply told you exactly what's going to happen.
Isn't it dangerous to not know your own future? Anyway, it's never that prescriptive. Wouldn't do any good if it simply told you exactly what's going to happen.
[he's just curious! Jeez!]
Giving someone a hint to ruminate on but not enough to act on definitely seems dangerous.
Giving someone a hint to ruminate on but not enough to act on definitely seems dangerous.
You absolutely do look like someone who greatly enjoys living dangerously.
[looking at the cards and his smile falters a little like he's genuinely stressed about this]
[looking at the cards and his smile falters a little like he's genuinely stressed about this]
[how can he refuse this handsome purple man who stopped him from jumping off the ship.]
My fate is in your hands then.
My fate is in your hands then.
[his hand wavers but! He picks a card, the one in the perfect center in fact. ]
[ he'll turn it around for him between two fingers. The cards are labeled at the top and bottom - this one shows an image of the Moon in the night sky. Under it is a lake, showing a reflection of the moon, but this time there both moons are there, as they should be. The large, pale one and the smaller red one.
The side labeled MIRROR is upright, while MOON is upside down. ]
... The Moonweaver's card. Every Oracle deck has one of these - it's the only one that's required. You're supposed to make the rest yourself. An old friend.
It's about reveals. The truth unveiled. See how you can't see Rudius in the proper sky, only the reflection? Sometimes you can't see the obvious.
The side labeled MIRROR is upright, while MOON is upside down. ]
... The Moonweaver's card. Every Oracle deck has one of these - it's the only one that's required. You're supposed to make the rest yourself. An old friend.
It's about reveals. The truth unveiled. See how you can't see Rudius in the proper sky, only the reflection? Sometimes you can't see the obvious.
[Nice watches, seemingly genuinely interested if not still a little apprehensive. His eyes dutifully follow each of the symbols Mollymauk points out before rising to the other man(?)'s face.]
Hah, I see. So that means I need to work harder to see what the real truth is right? If the card is in every deck, it means that truth is the basis of many things.
[There's no way it could mean that one is purposefully ignoring the truth!]
Hah, I see. So that means I need to work harder to see what the real truth is right? If the card is in every deck, it means that truth is the basis of many things.
[There's no way it could mean that one is purposefully ignoring the truth!]
[Pouts a little. He was trying his best. He's just delusional.]
What do you say it means then?
What do you say it means then?
[ well, since he asked. ]
The cards mean something different for everyone. But the Moonweaver isn't really a goddess of truth. The truth isn't always what matters, you know? Or maybe it's more how you use it. I think we're all telling a story, and parts of it are real and parts of it aren't, but you've got to know what to hide and what to show. And to know that hiding certain things is basically asking for them to be revealed at the wrong time.
The cards mean something different for everyone. But the Moonweaver isn't really a goddess of truth. The truth isn't always what matters, you know? Or maybe it's more how you use it. I think we're all telling a story, and parts of it are real and parts of it aren't, but you've got to know what to hide and what to show. And to know that hiding certain things is basically asking for them to be revealed at the wrong time.
[Somehow that is both a relief and deeply terrifying. Nice looks at the card once more.]
Don't you think that there's truths that should always remain hidden? Parts of you... of someone, that no one wants to see?
Don't you think that there's truths that should always remain hidden? Parts of you... of someone, that no one wants to see?
But then does it matter? If truth is revealed eventually but at least you can hold off the inevitable and have some time before the fallout. You end up in the same place, in the end.
[Sitting at the Titty Typhoon bar, looking already hungover despite the shot of clear liquid set in front of him. Either way, his hair is messy on one side and his face on the same side looks red and slightly raw.
He's just sort of staring into the distance.]
He's just sort of staring into the distance.]
[Mood!]
Waking up to that video sort of killed my appetite.
Waking up to that video sort of killed my appetite.
[ reaching over to pick the glass of clear liquid that nice has and sniff it. is it alcohol or water? ]
It does do that, but can't figure out what to do about it if you're twisting yourself inside out. Come on. Come with me, we'll get something in you.
It does do that, but can't figure out what to do about it if you're twisting yourself inside out. Come on. Come with me, we'll get something in you.
[It's both definitely alcohol and definitely untouched.]
I dunno. I have to follow a strict regimen.
[He's sliding off his stool anyway...]
I dunno. I have to follow a strict regimen.
[He's sliding off his stool anyway...]
[Follows like a lost duckling.]
Yeah. Maybe so. Better than alcohol anyway.
Yeah. Maybe so. Better than alcohol anyway.
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