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fandomhigh2011-06-20 09:24 am
atreideslioness) wrote in fandomhigh2011-06-20 09:24 am
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Destiny & Free Will, Week VII [Monday, Period 2]
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 portal with the cards, " - is Monaco. Home to some of the most wonderful casinos this Earth holds. 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 money. If I say you fail, go cheat the casino by whatever means you choose. The one rule is not to get caught, because I am not paying for bail. 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 up!]
"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 portal with the cards, " - is Monaco. Home to some of the most wonderful casinos this Earth holds. 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 money. If I say you fail, go cheat the casino by whatever means you choose. The one rule is not to get caught, because I am not paying for bail. 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 up!]
Re: Activity: Get Your Future!
"One path is represented by the Two of Pentacles, the card of change. Balance and harmony achieved in a time of upheaval and transformation. Taking two steps forward for every one step back and shifting the importance of projects and priorities to keep everything on track. Sometimes it fortells a change in occupation or location. Leading you there is the Two of Wands, the dominion card. Attainment of goals and needs, boldness when required and courage in undertakings. Possibly someone with a dominant personality."
"A second possible outcome is the Seven of Wands, valor, reversed. It is a failure to stand up for your beliefs in the face of a hostile majority. A self-fulfilling fear of failure or embarrassment. Quarrels, perplexity, and indecision at a crucial moment. What brings you to that point is the Knight of Pentacles, also reversed. It is often seen as the essence of earth behaving as fire, such as molten magma. Someone slow to action, even in the most urgent circumstances, if it is a person. A force of nature that cannot be diverted from the wrong path, or the voice of duty and honor utterly divorced from reality. The complete unwillingness to try a different approach, even in the face of complete failure."
"The critical factor that decides what will come to pass is the Star, the card of hope and inspiration. It is a mixing of the past and present. Satisfaction, and the proper balance of joy and work."