Tarot post mark 2.

[harpbeat]

I do believe I'm in the mood for Tarot readings. Would anyone like one?

[A deck is on the table in front of her.]

Simply focus on your question while shuffling the deck, and inform me of your question when you return the deck to me. Then I can read you your fortune.

[Any game, any character will be read with a real shuffling of a real Tarot deck!]

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[bittydragon]

[Yamato nods]

Yes. The question I put forth...will I succeed in my duties as the protector of Japan?

[Foolish to ask such a thing, but he was still a young child. He will yet learn that one makes their own fate, rather than follow it]

[harpbeat]

[After he shuffles them, Eater deals out seven cards.]

Your past... or perhaps not your past exactly - is the Seven of Wands. Conviction, opposing all challengers. Your family has withstood a lot, hasn't it?

Now, your present is the Three of Pentacles. At the moment, you can't stand on your own, but must work with others.

You will be helped by Judgment. In the future, there may be a moment of reckoning, a time in which you must rise to the challenge and succeed, or fail.

You are hassled by the Five of Wands. Petty competition. When people should work together, they may fall apart and bicker, or worse.

Others are shown by the Ten of Wands. Again, they won't work together, but instead each try to take the whole of the burden on themselves.

Your actions are shown by the Five of Pentacles. This card, for ill health, hard times, and rejection, shows that you must be even more aware of those in need and those suffering, even when they are being foolish as in the previous cards.

Finally, the result is the Six of Cups. The card shows good will, and in that I believe your success will be difficult but possible with hard work and patience.

[bittydragon]

[FSGCK ARE YOU A WIZARD?!

Yamato looks intrigued by the reading, mostly pleased though that he would succeed]

Interesting...! I see I have good fortune in my future.

[harpbeat]

Indeed! Remember, though, that you must continue to work hard even with this assurance.

[bittydragon]

Of course. I know better than to leave my future entirely in the hands of fate.

[harpbeat]

Then you are quite wise for your age.

[bittydragon]

It is merely common sense.

[harpbeat]

Common sense is not so common, they say.

[bittydragon]

That is true.

...may I ask another question?

[harpbeat]

As many as you wish.

[bittydragon]

[Yamato is a bit quiet at first, obviously trying to figure out a way to word it]

There is a man...will he be able to stay by my side forever?

[Stardad feels. Don't ask]

[harpbeat]

For a fate not so closely related to your own actions, I'll use a three card reading.

[She flips over the top three cards, and winces.]

The Eight of Swords. The Tower. And the Nine of Wands.

...no one can truly stay by your side forever.

[bittydragon]

[That is seriously spooky. How are you so accurate???

Yamato looks a bit downcast at this reading. Well...he supposed that Alcor had other things he had to do, being such a powerful demon and all]

Ah, I see.

[harpbeat]

[Idk.]

Do not lose heart over it. Other people will come into your life.

[bittydragon]

But I don't need other people.

[harpbeat]

One person is not enough for a whole life, whether it is a parent, a love, or a friend.

[bittydragon]

A leader is to be able to stand on his own, above the rest. That is what I am told.

[harpbeat]

A leader needs connection to those he leads or else he is a tyrant.

[bittydragon]

A tyrant?

[harpbeat]

Do you know what a tyrant is like?

[bittydragon]

There is a demonic class called a Tyrant. They are entities of considerable power and ability. So, a tyrant would be something powerful, correct?

[harpbeat]

That is not what I meant. A tyrant, in person terms, is a ruler who abuses his power and oppresses those below him.

[bittydragon]

[Yamato frowns]

I have no intention of abusing my power! As a leader I will serve my duty as protector of the country! That is the sacrifice that all Hotsuin must make.

[harpbeat]

But if you don't have a connection to the people, then how will you know what they need?

[bittydragon]

The people do not even know of the Hotsuin's existence, so a connection would be impossible anyway. We protect our country from the shadows.