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route_10652016-02-05 04:26 pm
occultigen) wrote in route_10652016-02-05 04:26 pm
I'm Dreaming of the Life I Once Loved
Who: Meridiana (occultigen) and YOU!
Where: Goldenrod City
When: Anytime during the month of February!
Summary: What do you get when you cross a Victorian-era seeress with a pack of tarot cards? There's one easy way to find out...
Rating: PG!
Log:
[It's not particularly nice out these days, but at the very least it's not snowing most of the time and the weather's usually above freezing, and even on the worse days of the month, with the benefit of a couple of Fire-type Pokemon (and a few who happen to know Sunny Day) it's not altogether difficult to keep warm in spite of the chill in the air.
Which is why, at various times during the month of February, you might just see Meridiana bundled up and sitting at one of the outdoor tables of a cafe in Goldenrod, facing the street and playing with a pack of tarot cards. Every so often, she'll make a face and shake her head at a card she turns up; most of the time, though, she's shifting and arranging them with practiced and familiar ease. She's done this sort of reading before, in a similar way, and made a little bit of money at it and helped give passerby some guidance into their circumstances and futures, so all in all it's a reasonable enough way of passing the time on a quiet afternoon.
On days when she's out, she's got a little handmade sign up to advertise her business (which her Tropius is helpfully displaying for her), so if you happen to be passing by and would like to sit and have your fortune told — or even just stop by to chat a while — feel free to pause and say hello!]
[OOC: Okay, so! This is an open log for people in Goldenrod who'd like to stop in and interact with Meridiana, either just to hang out or to use her fortune-telling as a hook! As a standard disclaimer, I am not anywhere close to being an expert at this myself, so I'll be using this website for any readings she's asked to give and just going with whatever it returns; if you'd prefer to handwave something or for character/plot reasons would prefer to have her give your character a specifically-tailored prediction or result (that is, specific cards, a particular overall meaning, whatever), feel free to let me know and we can swing it that way as well! And of course, you're not obligated to ask for one; you're just as welcome to chat and hang out with her instead!
This log is good for the entire month of February, so please give me a rough date of when a thread is taking place on your starter, along with anything else I might need to know before we get rolling!]
occultigen) and YOU!Where: Goldenrod City
When: Anytime during the month of February!
Summary: What do you get when you cross a Victorian-era seeress with a pack of tarot cards? There's one easy way to find out...
Rating: PG!
Log:
[It's not particularly nice out these days, but at the very least it's not snowing most of the time and the weather's usually above freezing, and even on the worse days of the month, with the benefit of a couple of Fire-type Pokemon (and a few who happen to know Sunny Day) it's not altogether difficult to keep warm in spite of the chill in the air.
Which is why, at various times during the month of February, you might just see Meridiana bundled up and sitting at one of the outdoor tables of a cafe in Goldenrod, facing the street and playing with a pack of tarot cards. Every so often, she'll make a face and shake her head at a card she turns up; most of the time, though, she's shifting and arranging them with practiced and familiar ease. She's done this sort of reading before, in a similar way, and made a little bit of money at it and helped give passerby some guidance into their circumstances and futures, so all in all it's a reasonable enough way of passing the time on a quiet afternoon.
On days when she's out, she's got a little handmade sign up to advertise her business (which her Tropius is helpfully displaying for her), so if you happen to be passing by and would like to sit and have your fortune told — or even just stop by to chat a while — feel free to pause and say hello!]
[OOC: Okay, so! This is an open log for people in Goldenrod who'd like to stop in and interact with Meridiana, either just to hang out or to use her fortune-telling as a hook! As a standard disclaimer, I am not anywhere close to being an expert at this myself, so I'll be using this website for any readings she's asked to give and just going with whatever it returns; if you'd prefer to handwave something or for character/plot reasons would prefer to have her give your character a specifically-tailored prediction or result (that is, specific cards, a particular overall meaning, whatever), feel free to let me know and we can swing it that way as well! And of course, you're not obligated to ask for one; you're just as welcome to chat and hang out with her instead!
This log is good for the entire month of February, so please give me a rough date of when a thread is taking place on your starter, along with anything else I might need to know before we get rolling!]
2/19
...Though there's still some time to look around, since yesterday was so cold.
Ashley's the sort of girl who hasn't seemed to subscribe to the use of Pokéballs, honestly, if the small trail of creatures she has means anything. Maybe it's just convenience. It's easy to stay warm with Agatha, her Litwick, wrapped in one arm, after all. And Bram, Morpheus, and Arwen (a Zubat snuggled into her shoulder, a Munna floating behind her, and an Eevee nestled in her other elbow) are so young so it'd be mean to leave them without affection. ...And she has no excuse with Eliot the Espurr, he just likes trailing along behind her and taking in the sights.
And it is, naturally, the curious little Psychic-type who notices Meridiana's sign first, tottering on over while his trainer's looking the other way.]
Man. If I wasn't so hard-set on playing the game in order, I- ...Eliot? Oh my gosh, not again, get back here, boy-
[Hello there, Meridiana. Here's a girl and her young Pokémon.]
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Why, hello there! My, you're a curious one, aren't you?
[She glances up, smiling at Ashley.]
He's very dear — that's an Espurr, isn't it?
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He's...special. [The little Espurr points calmly at the sign. That draws her Eevee's attention too, oh dear...] Yes. He- Please hold still- He's a handful.
...Not literally, obviously, since. [She's got a Litwick and a wiggling Eevee for that.]
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[She casts a glance up at Tropius, who is well-behaved and sweet and approximately the size of a small car; she doesn't mean her, evidently.]
Well, I think he's very charming — though you should be careful, young sir gentleman, there's a saying about curiosity and cats, you know!
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Yes, I'll have to keep an eye on- oh--! [The Eevee takes this opportunity to jump from her arms on to the table and start sniffing Meridiana's cards.]
...On a few of them, actually. Arwen, really?
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[It startles her a little, the jump without warning, but to her credit she seems to manage to hold things together well enough to remain polite.]
It seems as though you've more than one handful, I must say. Are they young?
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[Eliot, who is now trying to climb up on a chair to get a better look at the Tarot cards. Ashley shakes her head and approaches it.] Do you mind if I sit? They won't stop until they're completely satisfied. ...And I have to admit I'm kind of curious too.
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[She motions to the chair, in invitation.]
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[Well. Ashley takes a seat and bites her lower lip, glancing from Meridiana to the cards and back again.]
I mean- if you really don't mind, that...would be really cool.
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[She gathers up her cards again and evens out the deck, then begins to shuffle them with practiced efficiency; when it seems she's content with her work, she fans them out in her hands, facedown, for Ashley to select from.]
Now then. Shall I answer a particular question for you? If so, then simply pick one. Or, if you'd rather a general read, then take three, and set them in front of you like so — one to the left, one in the middle, and the last to the right.
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[She bites her lip. Questions? She always has questions, so many, to choose just one would be-
Hesitantly, she picks one...two...and, after consideration, three.] Okay. Okay, here we are, Miss...Seer? I should've done this first- I'm Ashley, hi.
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[She sets her deck aside, then moves to the first card and turns it over to reveal the King of Cups, reversed.]
...I see. In your past, then, the King of Cups. Um...well, upright the King of Cups would represent emotional balance, and a feeling of being in control; reversed, however, he's the opposite — some sort of uncontrolled emotional state, whether it be from confusion or chaos or...something of the like.
[She frowns at the card a little.]
Though, if I might ask — the court cards sometimes also represent a particular person, and signal it when they turn up. So it may be that there was a person in your past who behaved toward you that way? Perhaps someone manipulative and moody, whose emotions were...uncontrolled, in that way?
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But from the instant Meridiana starts talking about an uncontrolled emotional state, she tenses up. As it continues, goes cold. It really is cold out here, isn't it? Like that night. Like those nights, the mountain, and-]
Okay. [Oh, she's talking. When did she give her mouth the signal to start talking?] Okay, I understand.
Then what?
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[But she frowns a little, watching Ashley's reaction carefully; it's tricky to gauge the fine differences between surprise and shock, and she'll need to be much more careful if this visibly progresses into the latter.]
Shall we go on? To the next card, that is.
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[I want to stop and I want to know, dueling with each other quietly. On one shoulder, Ashley's Zubat nuzzles the side of her face. On the other- oh, there's her new Munna. Little thing's intuitive. Even in her lap, the other three Pokémon are cuddled up to her. Funny, almost like they know.]
...Yes. Yes, let's proceed.
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[She reaches for the next card, turning over the Five of Cups.]
...And in your present is the Five of Cups. The Five is...about loss.
[She makes a slight face.]
Like the cups spilled over on the card, the meaning of the Five suggests that you've been disappointed, recently — perhaps by something you thought was going to happen that didn't, or something that's made you feel disillusioned about life and the future. Coming off of the King in your past, it's possible that the Five here is representing the lingering effects of that past — perhaps you're having more trouble than you might otherwise have liked in moving on from it, or that you're still blaming yourself for some aspect of the situation, when perhaps you really needn't.
I think what this card seeks to say to you is, you've been having a difficult time of it lately — but as you see, not all of the cups are turned over. There is still good that might come for you, if you know where to look for it.
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[Her voice is faint, restrained. Ashley stares at the card, breathing tight. A hand resting on Eliot's head trembles.]
It's n- not my fault? How- how can there be- sure, there's something but how can I- after everything I-I saw, and- everything he did, because-
[She starts to shake her head very slightly. It'll go away- or she can make herself stop.]
S-sorry, I- I didn't think this would--
[Why didn't she? She didn't think.]
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[She hesitates, then gets up from the table carefully, pushing back her chair to get her skirts free.]
I'll just run and fetch you some water to sip. Tropius, my dear, won't you please — yes, thank you, I'll only be a moment.
[And she dashes off for the cafe, leaving Tropius — who leans down over the table and attempts to offer Ashley one of her neck bananas in consolation (and the recognition of an apparent need for potassium) — and the cards on the table for the moment.
Of course, there's still that future card left unturned; if Ashley decides to peek, she'll find what's in her future a little early — but of course, that's only if she decides to peek.
So. What will she do?
Decisions, decisions.]
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She's about to take the banana from the strange tree-dinosaur, since that's apparently what her life's become now, but instead her eyes catch the two cards side-by-side, and the last one, unturned.
A king, upside-down. So very fitting for that night and for the things that happened. The cups spilled, a person standing over them in sorrow. A perfect representation.
And then...
Ashley is naturally curious by nature. Even when it's bad for her, she can't help but wonder and pick and pry until she's sitting there with an open scab and
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Of course she peeks.
That's just the kind of person she is.]
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Well, then. When the card turns over, she will find that it is of a man with the world in one hand and a staff in the other, appearing to be posed on the ceiling from the way that it's upside down.
The good news: It's not something overtly threatening, by all appearances.
The bad news: Ashley probably doesn't have any idea what the Two of Wands, reversed signifies.]
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She has no idea what that means.
At least it's not something like a man stabbed full of ten swords or someone falling from a tower, that'd be awful!!
But yes, this tells her nothing and she just keeps a finger on it, staring, as if that'll tell her what she needs to do with her future.]
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Here you are — I'm so very sorry it took me so long, I hope this might steady you a bit —
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Wh- what does this one mean? [Her lower lip trembles.] I- I'm sorry, I shouldn't have, b-but I- I had to know, s-so.
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[because seriously holy shit when meridiana is not the emotional one in the conversation something is hilariously awry]
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O-okay. [Sniffs. Takes the water.] Thank you, um. Please tell me you, you get people having weird freaked flashbacks all the time at these.
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