Pick a card, any card.

[badluckbabe]

Who: Jinx and anyone who's curious
What: Tarot readings, see your future, or have a drink with a girl trying to find herself.
Where: Roaming Park
When: Monday, all day.




The day is just starting in Roaming Park and a curious new structure sitting peacefully under a tree.

Lounging in a lawn chair and thumbing through a mystery novel a Tsukaimon and at his side was a simple sign with elegantly painted words.

" Lost? Need Guidance? Seeking answers? Inquire within."

How curious are you?

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[badluckbabe]

"Mmm~" Jinx pursed her lips and seemed to purr. "That is an interesting question. One I am curious to see how the cards respond to."

With a slight of hand she seemed to produce a deck of cards from no where at all and began to shuffle them skillfully. The backs of the cards were flashes of dark blue in her pale hands as she mixed up the cards completely before placing the deck in front of him.

"Now, focus on your question and a wish. When you have both clear in your mind I want you to cut the deck." Her bright pink eyes were focused with laser like intensity on his.

[trainsurdragons]

Hiccup nodded a little as he watched her shuffle the cards, his eyes flicking up to gaze into hers. Her gaze seems so piercing it's hard for him to keep it for more than a few moments, so after a deep breath he turned his attention back to the deck.

He paused for a moment or two to do as she instructed, before taking hold of the deck and cutting it.

[badluckbabe]

She took back the cards and shuffled them once more before placing the deck on the table and resting her long delicate looking fingers on the top.

"Let us see what the universe wishes to say to you." She purred and drew Hiccup's first card.

"You've come from a prosperous past." Jinx observed tracing her finger over the large circle that took up half the face of the card. "Perhaps not material wealth, but you have gained much in the past before you came to this world. The Ace of Pentacles is a card of beginnings, inspiration and fresh energy."

"While the card would suggest windfalls, and sudden increase in your income whatever that may have been, you worked for every last gain you had didn't you?"

[trainsurdragons]

Hiccup hesitated, before nodding stiffly.

"I...I guess you could say that, yeah. It was both a gain for me and for my entire village and...well all of Berk, come to think of it."

Even in losing his leg, the outcome of the dragons and the vikings making peace was worth more than Hiccup would ever be able to fully explain. He still had a hard time believing it actually happened.

[badluckbabe]

"Then we're off to a good start." Jinx smiled warmly. "If you don't mind me asking, what single thing most of all won the day for you and your Berk? A trait? A skill? An idea?"

"Whatever the situation was may well inform the rest of your cards." She explained.

[trainsurdragons]

"Won the day...? Well uh..."

He falters again, shifting a little in his seat. The memory is obviously a bit uncomfortable for him to remember, but he continues anyway.

"I don't know. ...I don't think I would have made it in the first place if Toothless weren't there..."

[badluckbabe]

"So your bond with your friend was the key to victory? Sounds like something that would help you out here. Finding whatever it was that created that bond back home."

With a half smile she his next card laying it up to face him.

"How would you describe yourself in terms of willpower? Are you very strong willed? Are you easily swayed by others?"

[trainsurdragons]

He paused for a moment to think that over, resting his chin in his hand.

"...Strong willed I guess. I mean for a long time there all I ever wanted was to fit in with everybody else, but....no matter what I did, I still stuck out like a sore thumb compared to the rest."

[badluckbabe]

"And what about Toothless?" She pressed on watching his face carefully. She seemed to fill the room despite her slender delicate features. The walls of the tent faded leaving them in darkness till there was only the cards and Jinx.

[trainsurdragons]

"Toothless?"

Again, he paused.

"I didn't meet Toothless for a long time. We used to fight dragons, not make friends with them. I was the first viking ever to do something like that. ...First to train a dragon....first to ride one. Everything."

[badluckbabe]

Jinx nodded sagely closing her eyes for a moment giving her pale face a very moon like appearance.

"And is toothless strong willed as well? Did that make your friendship difficult?"

[trainsurdragons]

Hiccup had to bite back a scoff at that, "Oh...you have no idea. Strong willed is an understatement...

But yeah. It wasn't a walk in the park to start with. It wasn't like we were immediate friends or anything."

[badluckbabe]

"Two more questions." She promised. "How did two strong willed boys like you and Toothless ever become friends and learn to work together?" She urged guiding him along her logic without actually telling him just what she had theorized.

[trainsurdragons]

The viking couldn't help but smile at that. "Well, for one thing....Toothless isn't exactly a boy. He's a dragon. That's a big reason why we had such a hard time becoming friends at all in the first place. But I guess it's because...I built him a new wing to fly with, and I was able to get him back into the sky again. He trusted me after that."

[badluckbabe]

She looked thoughtful but gave nothing else away, flipping over the last card and glancing down to look at it before chuckling before explaining the image in a airy voice.

"A man stands on top of a hill and is challenged below by opponents that want what he has, success and status. The man appears to be in a defensive position, fiercely retaliating against those who attack him and defending his position as ‘king of the hill’. Interestingly, the man is wearing two different shoes, suggesting that he may have uneven footing or may be unclear of his own stance."

"So let's piece this all together shall we? What can we deduce from these cards here?" She started with the first one again "You've always had to work hard for everything you've gotten. Every success took great effort, perseverance and..." She tapped the second card and waited to see if he would pick up her line of logic.