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ℓє ∂ιαвℓє вℓαи¢。 ([personal profile] solitaire) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2013-08-04 11:50 am

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( Remy’s hanging out in what passes for one of the classier taverns, leaning back in a wooden chair as his hair falls over his eyes. He’s eyeing the communicator a little devilishly, and, as ever, he’s shuffling a deck of cards. And though the process is constant, he eventually pulls out exactly the card he meant to: the Ace of Diamonds. )

Diamonds are called Coins, sometimes. If it was gonna be an element, it’d be Earth. Has ta do with the physical, your body an’ your wealth. People who do work like that, too—merchants, traders.

Sometimes it jus’ means you’re an achiever. Y’like gettin’ things done.

( He nods, solemnly, before replacing the card in the deck and continuing with his shuffling. He pulls out the Ace of Clubs, next. )

Clubs’re different. Called Wands, in the old days. They’re Fire, willpower. People who do hard work, wit’ their hands. If you’re someone who likes destruction, that’s your suit. But that’s no so bad. The world needs breakin’ down an’ buldin’ up.

( Another nod, another tilt of his head. The next card is the Ace of Hearts. )

Hearts’re special, some people think. Used ta be called Cups. They gotta do with Water, with emotion. People who do things spir’tually.

Hearts’re socializers. They like other people, more than things.

( He kisses the card lightly before shuffling it back in, pulling out the last. The Ace of Spades. )

Now, Spades. Also called Swords, sometimes. They’re Air, freedom. But wit’ that comes unpredictability. If you’re a Spade, y’like havin’ authority. But that comes wit’ responsibility, an’ consequences.

Spades’re explorers. They like the unknown, seekin’ out what they might be ‘fraid of o’ what might bring ‘em joy.

( That card goes back into the deck, too. Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. Remy smiles at the communicator once more. )

So, here’s a question. Which’re you?
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[personal profile] terrot 2013-08-05 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
I tend to deal more often with the major. [ and, after some shuffling, her camera clicks on, suspended in the air over her table, and a single card on top of it. ii, the high priestess. ]

But Pentacles carry interesting connotations. There's something mystical to them.
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[personal profile] terrot 2013-08-05 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Pentacles are symbols of evocation, the divinity bound within the earth. One might imagine they are made as part of the payment in an occult summons.
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[personal profile] terrot 2013-08-06 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never tried it myself. Magic isn't my strong suit.
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[personal profile] terrot 2013-08-09 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Magic isn't necessary to share the future. I manage that well enough without it.
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[personal profile] terrot 2013-08-16 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Not exactly common, I suppose, but it's one I've held for so long that it doesn't seems strange to me. It is simply the way things are.
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[personal profile] terrot 2013-08-19 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you have psychic abilities you haven't mentioned, Remy?
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[personal profile] terrot 2013-08-20 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh. somehow she didn't expect that. but a lot of things seem to make sense now. ]

How common is that where you're from?