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 Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:15 am
If Chandra had been prone to shrugging, she would have done so at this moment. Carmine had not truly answered her question, but she was not going to expose what she did and did not know about such things by questioning him further. Instead she simply blinked a couple times and then turned to look back at Lafe.
Reaching out a hand to touch one of the cards he had been playing with, Chandra shifted it around so it was facing her.
"Do you require more time to read the cards?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:56 pm
Carmine would've have answered her directly anyway, it wasn't wise to share such answers with one he barely knew. There was no knowledge of her being either friend or foe. Unconsciously, he toyed with one of the rings on his hand, the antique silver one once again.
For now, he was merely watching, a half-smile on his lips and he turned his attention back to the medical journal for now. There was no point in continuing, if she wasn't either. Even if curiousity was there.
Lafe made a small whine when Chandra shifted the card around. She had turned it right side up to face her, and he scooted forward to turn it so that it was upside down again. It was suppose to be like that and when he looked up at her, that thought was clearly written in his eyes.
His tail swished steadily and he went back to his cards, pulling out two more and setting them in a line beside the other three he had set aside. The cards were all upside down, but they were meant to be, and he nudged them forward to be next to the card that Chandra had pulled closer to herself.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:04 pm
Chandra's eyebrows rose when Lafe pulled the card back into it's original configuration.
"I see," she said quietly. "The orientation of the card matters."
Her eyes swept over the cards Lafe was assembling, wondering how a child could learn so many different combinations and their meanings. She fingered the ugly book at her side momentarily as she thought that perhaps the child had been born feeling such things, much as she had been born into her abilities.
"Have you ever read the cards for yourself, child?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:13 pm
Lafe was satisfied with the spread of the cards, his fingers pressed against one of them as he peered at it. The meaning was there, the fragments of it that came together and told him everything, but he wasn't sure if he could let her know. Actually speak the words properly. It was tough, when the images and the words and phrases, and so much more was there for him to grasp -- but ... he couldn't share it.
Ears going flat against his head, he didn't know if he liked what was spread out before him, in the these cards, for Chandra. Silver-blue eyes raised and there was such a grim smile on his face for one so young.
At her words, however, he quickly shook his head. There were some things he didn't need to know, what might be ahead for him was one of them. Though not all were like him, in that case.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:32 pm
Peering at the cards spread on the ground, Chandra felt a sense of finality to Lafe's movements. Peering at them, she tried to make sense of the arrangement - but realized she couldn't make heads or tails of the cards.
"What do they say?" She asked, realizing that the level of detail she would receive would be low.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:35 pm
There were five cards, from left to right, laid out. The Magician reversed, the Eight of Swords reversed, the Page of Cups reversed, the Wheel of Fortune reversed, and finally the Queen of Pentacles reversed. It was past to future, the Page of Cups reversed signifying the current situation.
Lafe's fingers rested against the Magician reversed and he turned his head towards Chandra. "Mahgus," he murmured, pointing to the card. The card itself held a man on it, a practioner of magic, and as easily as he represented good thing, he also represented bad things. Sickness and darkness, and particularly so reversed. In some ways, it was easy to tell the theme of the cards by looking at the pictures that were on them.
The next card held a woman bond and blindfolded, eight swords stuck in the ground all around her. The scenery on the card itself was dreary.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:51 pm
"I see," Chandra said carefully, leaning in closer to Lafe so she could both hear him and study the cards. "I am assuming these are arranged in some sort of timeline. It does not appear easy things are in my cards."
She placed one pale finger on the magician card, running it down the surface before removing it. It reminded her, in feeling, of her former Master. A man of great power. She felt perhaps the significance of this one she might be able to guess at herself.
"A man of power?" She asked. "And upside down, perhaps makes him one who uses this power selfishly and without regard for others?"
She was reaching, drawing on her own past experience to interpret the cards.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:36 pm
Lafe nodded his head a bit, letting out a something that could've been a yes to Chandra's first words. His tail swished back and forth rapidly, as he pointed at the cards in order he thought they were suppose to be read.
It was good she was using the past experience to read the cards, it made things easier on Lafe to help with them. He let out a small keen, in agreement to her words. The man in her past was someone who ... fell into disgrace. Even right side up, the card could've represented an evil man -- but more so now that it was reversed. Still, the man was in her far past and he affected it greatly.
His fingers rested on the Eight of Swords reversed now. This was one of the cards he didn't quite like, if only because of the thoughts it inspired. The woman in the card is bound and blindfolded and unable to see the future for what it is. There is treachery and fatality in her past, and it was with those thoughts in mind, Lafe made a small whine.
Carmine had, for the moment, put aside his medical journal to lean forward and watch the pair with the cards. It was odd, but every time he was around Lafe, he felt as if he was around someone that was older than a baby. Chandra, in a way, was the same way. She felt older than her appearance gave her.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:45 pm
"I do not like this card either little one," Chandra said soothingly as she touched the next card in the line up. Her touch was similar to the way she had touched the last card, almost as if it was a litle ritual she would repeat with each of them.
"I do not understand the symbolism of the swords, but I have to assume the bound and blindfolded woman represents myself. I am unable to act or to see the dangers around me. This is still the past?" She questioned, reasoning that they were about to approach the present.
Pulling back her hand, Chandra resisted the urge to touch Lafe's ears and tucked a bit of hair behind on ear.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:08 pm
... it didn't have to be her, and Lafe let out another small whine, scooting himself closer to Chandra. He pressed one hand against her side and tugged on it slightly, before letting out a small sigh. This was the past, yes, the next was the present and beyond that the future. He rested his fingers against every card, trying to get that point across.
Still, she seemed to grasp the meaning of the cards well enough, with him agreeing or disagreeing with her assessment. His nose wrinkled up some, wanting to be able to express the words, but not able to form them properly.
The next card was the Page of Cups, reversed. A fair young man, who was likely tied to the questioner in this case. Chandra was likely attached to someone, and this card represented him as he was now. Still, ... not everything was what it seemed. There was still a bitter edge to the card.
It was why Lafe thought this was a dark, just the same as The Moon attached to his scarf. One can't avoid darkness, however.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:15 pm
Chandra chuckled slightly at the whine and leaned in so she almost curled above Lafe like a human cave. Then she touched the third card and her eyebrows wrinkled.
"My present is a young man? I am afraid I do not understand the significance at all. The only man in my present is you, child."
This was not entirely the truth, but it was enough of the truth for Chandra to believe in it. Dare was both ever-present on her mind and never in her thoughts. She shoved him away when she found her mind dwelling on him.
"Perhaps we should simply move to the next card," she said with a sideways glance at Carmine, who appeared to be listening.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:48 pm
Lafe snorted at Chandra, when she spoke, not quite believing her words. He was right, there was a young man in her life -- one that could be good for her, but there was also a chance for things to go bad, ever present.
He nodded his head, however, at let her move along. This was the future, now. The near future. He situated himself against Chandra, all most hiding himself against her form if it was possible for him to do so. His silver-blues were focused on the next card, the Wheel of Fortune reversed. With a small hand, he touched his fingers to the card and pulled back.
This card would bring fortune with it, no matter what, but in this case, it might be ill fortune rather than something good. There would be an increase and abundance and change. ... it was a card of destiny, one that could've hinted that her destiny was approaching.
Carmine, for the most part, was leaning forward. His elbows were rested on his knees, and he was resting his chin on his joined hands. It was interesting how much Lafe could impress upon Chandra, but more important that he seemed to be somewhat accurate with the cards.
Then again, what Carmine knew about tarot, was that you had to apply it to your life, otherwise it would hardly make sense. When he noticed Chandra glancing at him, he merely smiled. Even if he had something to say, he was being polite. You do not disturb someone when they're giving a reading, he knew that much.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:13 pm
Moving along to touch the next card, Chandra didn't have the same flash of inspiration towards the meaning. Puzzling over the wheel, she decided to break her usual rules and think out-loud.
"A wheel," she said slowly, "Does this perhaps represent things changing?" She paused for a moment. "A wheel of fortune. Perhaps my future contains change. A change which has a chance of being good or bad?"
Chandra looked down to Lafe to gauge his reaction to her thoughts. The child had been able to convey his feelings quite clearly so far.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:35 pm
Lafe made another small noise of agreement, his fingers curling into the soft fabric of Chandra's outfit. Even reversed couldn't truly temper the fortune of the card, it all depended on what she made of what she would learn in the future.
"Desh," he started, and then frowned when the word didn't sound like the one that was in his mind. It was irritating when he could picture and see and hear the words in his mind, but couldn't actually say them. In any case, he agreed with her. Things would be changing and it was up to her to make use of the changes, for them to be good or bad.
His eyes shifted to the last card, and it was that card that made Lafe think of Chandra, because it was a dark woman. He made a small keen, cheek rubbing against Chandra's side.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:55 pm
Chandra nodded as Lafe confirmed her guess on the second to last card. Sweeping her gaze to the final card - her far future, she presumed - she blinked. It seemed to unsettle Lafe, who Chandra absently patted on the head before reaching out to touch the card.
The dark woman, a Queen according to the card, made Chandra reflect on all the rather powerful women in her life. None of them immediately came to mind as she stroked the surface of the card, nor did she have any past experience to pull upon for this image.
"I do not understand this one child. Is this someone else in my life like the Magician? Or is this to be me?" Chandra looked briefly to Carmine, wondering if he could voice what Lafe might not be able to convey.
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