TIAMAT

[soulping]

[ You find yourself in a section of the maze walled off by hedges sporting glowing magenta flowers. Several tree stumps with rich velvet cushions on them surround a much larger stump, upon which lie a number of cards... ]

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[likebigboats]

[getting terribly quiet]

You know, people can do whatever they want. But I really think avoid the death card.

[hyanaimne]

. . . mm. I agree.

[likebigboats]

Unless it just gets that bad.

[Probably not. Isabela says a lot of things, okay.]

[hyanaimne]

Perhaps that is what he wants us to pick anyway.

[likebigboats]

...that would make it good, wouldn't it. So we'd at least get something out of all this.

[hyanaimne]

Mm . . . but is it worth the risk, since we do not know for sure.

[likebigboats]

[staring up at that table, conflicted]

Shit. We don't know anything.

[hyanaimne]

No, we do not. And I doubt asking will do a damn bit of good.

[carptricks]

. . . yeah. I think that, too.

[likebigboats]

This had better be the best damn memory.

[carptricks]

If. . . [pausing for a breath] If we even get a memory.

[likebigboats]

[rolling a little, making a frustrated noise]

I'm getting a maker-damned memory.

[showbooty]

... I'm not sure.

[likebigboats]

To each their own.

[showbooty]

This guy's getting off on our suffering, right? What would be even more amusing to someone like that? If there's something that really can help us, but he knows we'll never pick it.

[likebigboats]

If he gets his jollies from this, death should be boring. It stops the fun times.

[showbooty]

Exactly. The Death card might actually be a good thing.

[carptricks]

. . .

[quiet for a moment, like he just thought of something that he hadn't thought of before]

Death is change, isn't it? An ending to make way for a new beginning.

[showbooty]

... If you want to get philosophical, maybe? I just think he's being an asshole.

[carptricks]

I'm not being philosophical. You're not familiar with the tarot?

[showbooty]

How am I supposed to know?

[carptricks]

[Death is change, but isn't death reversed stagnation? Geez, I don't think I'm an expert in this field. . .]

[just shakes his head]

Nevermind, then.

[likebigboats]

Considering, I'm guessing it's torture for people who think they're smart.

[carptricks]

H-haa. No, not quite. It's divination.

[likebigboats]

Divination torture then.