Destiny & Free Will, Week VII [Monday, Period 4]

[atreideslioness]

The students should have gotten a handwaved notice to dress nicely and meet at the Danger Shop, where they were met by a Ghanima waiting just outside the door.

"Right." Reaching inside her coat, Ghanima retrieved a deck of the Dune Tarot and fanned the cards at them. "Step right up, and ask me what today holds for you. Through there --" she gestured at the door to the Shop with the cards, " -- is the Monte Carlo Casino of Monaco. One of the most famous casinos in the world, renowned for its elegance and architecture."

"Your mission is to take the future I forsee, and try to beat it. If I tell you that you are destined to win big, sit outside and give away chips. If I say you fail, go cheat the casino by whatever means you choose. The only rule is not to get caught doing anything illegal by security; that would be a failure of the exam." Not that Ghanima was actually grading them based on the final, she preferred to look at their overall body of work. "I want to see how many of you manage to flaunt destiny."

"After all," she grinned humorlessly, flipping up the Hanged Man with ease. "Navigating the future is a family talent. Who wants to try and beat the oracular Atreides?"


[OOC: OCD Awaits! And now, I crassssssssssssh. Feel free to tag me ooc if there's a future you want Ghani to give your student, otherwise it will be randomized.]

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Listen to the Lecture

[atreideslioness]

It's short, so pay attention!

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[trigons_child]

Raven listened, but she was still squirming a bit from the discomfort on her back.

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[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri had been worried about this final, honestly, but . . . she could deal with this, she decided.

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[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah was listening to Ghanima, wondering how she'd do on this right now.

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir was somewhat confused as to how this would tell anything, but he was going to try his hardest.

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[puppy_fair]

Zack was a wiggly puppy at the best of times, true, but this was just ridiculous. He paid attention to the lecture as best as he could, but somewhere midway, it became very important to chew on his own paw.

It was fascinating, okay?

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[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes brightened up and cracked her knuckles.

Then she frowned. "What if we like the future you predict?" she asked.

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[atreideslioness]

"I'll be giving you two paths, two options," Ghanima clarified. "If you like one? Do your best to make it come to pass. So long as you make a conscious choice which direction you are choosing, it will count as a 'pass' for this class."

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[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

"...I think I like that," Agnes replied. And... she did. It hadn't been in her mind when she asked the question, but it was sort of a metaphor-type thing for her life.