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Ghanima Atreides ([personal profile] atreideslioness) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2009-08-16 09:58 pm

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

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.]

Re: Sign-In #7

[identity profile] not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Jennifer Walters
glacial_queen: (Pouty)

Re: Sign-In #7

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2009-08-17 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Karla
glacial_queen: (I'm game)

Re: Activity: Get Your Future

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2009-08-17 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Will you read my future, Lady Ghanima?" Karla asked, amused. She liked this exercise.
glacial_queen: (Excuse me?)

Re: Talk to Ghanima

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2009-08-17 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Karla came in early to speak to Ghanima. "Lady Ghanima? Do you have a moment," she asked. "I wanted to beg your pardon for missing class last week. I was summoned home to Kaeleer."
trigons_child: (Considering)

Re: Sign-In #7

[personal profile] trigons_child 2009-08-17 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Raven
trigons_child: (Curious)

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[personal profile] trigons_child 2009-08-17 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Raven listened, but she was still squirming a bit from the discomfort on her back.
trigons_child: (Serious Raven is serious)

Re: Activity: Get Your Future

[personal profile] trigons_child 2009-08-17 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Defying destiny was something Raven was greatly interested in. "What will the day hold for me, Lady Ghanima?" she asked.
thatsamilkshake: (windy)

Re: Sign-In #7

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2009-08-17 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Francine Peters
weetuskenraider: (Looking Up)

Re: Sign-In #7

[personal profile] weetuskenraider 2009-08-17 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Tahiri Veila
weetuskenraider: (Thinking)

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[personal profile] weetuskenraider 2009-08-17 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Tahiri had been worried about this final, honestly, but . . . she could deal with this, she decided.
thatsamilkshake: (dubious)

Re: Activity: Get Your Future

[personal profile] thatsamilkshake 2009-08-17 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Francine eyed the casino dubiously like the icon says but dutifully approached to receive her fortune. "I can'timagine me winning anything in a place like that," she said. "I can't even play card games that don't involve asking if somebody has any twos."
weetuskenraider: (Looking Up)

Re: Activity: Get Your Future

[personal profile] weetuskenraider 2009-08-17 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
"What do the cards have to say about what my assignment is today, Professor Atreides?" asked Tahiri, who would then take great pleasure in doing exactly the opposite.

Hey, might as well enjoy it when it was easy to do.

Re: Sign-In #7

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
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Edited 2009-08-17 04:18 (UTC)

Re: Activity: Get Your Future

[identity profile] kestrelswolf.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
"What you say my future will be?" Firekeeper asked plainly.

Re: Sign-In #7

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Leda

Re: Sign-In #7

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Merlin

Re: Talk to the TAs

[identity profile] bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Merlin was there, of course!

...this week. Shhh.

Re: Activity: Get Your Future

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Leda took a deep breath and stepped up. She looked marginally better than she had last week. Okay let's get this over with.

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