« Prev 1 2 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Festering (Piper) (Read 262 times) Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 13:19:50 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Rebecca's thoughts were falling over one another as she sat down at one of the picnic benches on campus, far enough away that she didn't have to look at or deal with certain people.  At least, that was the theory.  She was too irritated to much effort into it. Her original goal forgotten, she was now glaring at a series of three tarot cards as if they were a child that had sassed her in public.  Silly as it seemed, focusing on them helped to clear her mind of all the things that had been happening the past few weeks.  Two cards were revealed as War and the Devil, and she had a sneaking suspicion she knew what the third would be.  With a sigh, she turned it over with one finger, finding Death waiting for her. Great.  Even more inanimate objects were mocking her. « Last Edit: Oct 28, 2015 13:25:04 GMT -6 by Rebecca Jefferson » Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 13:29:15 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Piper had wandered away from anybody that would bother her, lost for a moment in her thoughts. Her fingers had raised to caress the necklace she always wore, a simple chain with no charm, and she took a moment to breathe in the fresh air. She needed to clear her mind, to think about anything else. When she opened her eyes again, she caught sight of the strange girl covered from head to toe. She had seen her when speaking with Silas, but a harmless gesture had seemed to send her off in a huff. She still needed to apologize for that. Approaching carefully, trying to be as obvious as she could, Piper called out, "Hey. You're that girl from earlier, right?" Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 13:49:12 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top After a couple of moments, Rebecca realizes she's not alone. Looking up, she blinks at the sigh of vivid green hair, but that's the only thing she has to identify the other girl by. She hadn't stuck around long enough for anything else. "Yes." Her eyes narrow as she as answers. The fact that she was sought out makes no sense to her. "Why?" Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 13:54:17 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You seemed pretty peeved when you left," the Aussie said with a shrug. "Figured something was done or said." She stopped a few feet away from the picnic table and motioned towards it, as if asking permission to sit down. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 13:57:10 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Rebecca also shrugs, both in answer to her statement as well as the silent request. She removes the cards and places them back in the deck, speaking as she looks at them. "Not really." Not from her. "Just bad timing on my part." Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:04:20 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She moved to sit across from Rebecca, cocking a brow and smoothly running her hands over the top of the table. "Want to talk about it? It seemed pretty serious." Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:06:02 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top It strikes Rebecca that Piper might actually be a normal person...ish. Sort of normal. More normal than what she's come across lately, anyway. "Not really." Another shrug. It answered both well enough, but she didn't want to cause another argument. "Let's just say you weren't the one I had a problem with and leave it at that." Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:08:32 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Piper gave a shrug. So it had to do with Silas. That was understandable. The guy seemed as if he thrived off of getting under people's skin. Instead, she glanced at the deck Rebecca had been focused on when she had walked up. "Tarot cards? So you read?" Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:19:49 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah." She eyes the girl again, this time with more curiosity and a little less wary. "It's actually pretty relaxing. Less people freak out over 'devil cards' here, which is nice." Oh, the scathing contempt at the assumption. Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:21:51 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Devil cards?" She cocked a brow and chuckled. Shaking her head, she motioned with one hand towards the cards themselves. "Will you do a reading for me?" Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:27:26 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Their words, not mine." She places two fingers against the edge of the table and nods, handing the deck to the girl with a quick but careful motion to prevent touching her. "Go ahead and give it a shuffle. Anything in particular you want to know, or just a genearal reading?" Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:33:12 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Let's start with general and make sure your cards respond to me, yeah?" She said with a smirk, taking the deck and beginning to shuffle it gingerly between her to hands, sliding the cards in and out of place before replacing the perfectly stacked deck back on the picnic table in front of her. "I'd hate to ask something specific and have your cards tell me to swatch right on off." Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:40:41 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Her response actually gets Rebecca to laugh! "At least you're not diving right in with love life questions." She nods in approval at the response. Apparently the girl had an idea of what Rebecca was about at the moment. Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 14:48:09 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Piper grinned as the girl sitting across from her laugh. While they didn't know each other, really at all, she felt as if it were a rare occurrence, and she couldn't help a sort of pride to puff her chest considering just a little while back, she was almost certain they were going to scuffle. "Nah. I'm good. Just something general... Three piles, right?" She asked, already beginning to cut the deck. She didn't know how to read the cards but she had a very basic understanding of how they worked. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 15:18:41 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Rebecca feels the same. She'd thought for sure there'd be some sort of upset at the way she'd left. "That's right." She nods, laying out a brief explanation. "There are a lot of ways to go about it from there, but the easiest is to pick one fo the three decks, and either choose the top three cards, or fan them out and pick the three that feel appropriate." She doesn't say 'right,' she hates that word. Hopefully Piper wouldn't want a detailed explanation of what she should be looking for with her "feelings." Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 15:31:58 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Separating the cards into three decks, she stared down at them thoughtfully. The first deck, she moved to one side, setting it down without much work. She took the top card and placed it down on its own. Then, she fanned out the second deck, looking over the cards for a moment before choosing one. She placed it beside the first, then reshuffled it and set it aside. She repeated the process with the third deck, picking a card and setting it down as well. "Alright," she said softly. "Three cards." Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 15:47:25 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Taking the rest of the cards in hand, Rebecca sets them aside and watches Piper for a moment. Her demeanor has changed a little, mostly given away by her voice. She wonders what the other girl is expecting to find, or if she is merely tring to match the mood. "Alright. Do you want me to tell you my interpretation after each is flipped, or at the end?" Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 15:49:44 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Staring at that final card, the one that would tell her future, Piper took a deep breath. She returned her focus to Rebecca with a little smirk, trying to cover the nervousness about her future. "After each if you don't mind." She reached out and flipped the first card. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 16:02:16 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "The Hanged Man," She decclares as the card is revealed. No psychic here, she had to go with what the card meant and see what connecctions Piper would make of it. Sometimes that was good, other times, not so much. "Typically, it's for intellect and spirituality. So here, you're sort of hanging without taking actual action. It could be that you are or were waiting for an opportunity." Like Paradgim. She looks at Piper. "I'm guessing you found one." Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 16:11:17 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She was silent as she looked at that card, thinking of Him, remembering how He freed her from the church. A smile almost touched her lips as she glanced up at Rebecca, nodding. That was definitely fitting. Without another word, she flipped over her second card. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 16:26:31 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "The Devil." She eyes the card, looking away from Piper to eye the card for a moment before returning her attention to the other girl. "Self indulgence is big here. Sometimes becoming a prisoner to your own desires or the refusal to let go of them." There were way too many ways that could be taken for her to count. Her finger taps the edge of the table again. "Do you agree?" Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 16:33:12 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Her brows furrow for a moment as she obviously contemplates the card. Self indulgence, she said. Refusal to let go. She raised a hand and caressed her chain necklace once more, slowly, shifting it back and forth between her fingertips. "I'm a hedonist," she said, as if trying to avoid the obvious question. "Self indulgence is... Sort of a way of life." She shrugged, trying to be nonchalant, but her nerves were far more pronounced. She stared at the last card, trying to breathe, trying to clear her head. The Devil was just a comment directed towards her hedonism, she told herself, skin starting to crawl as her fingers hovered over the last card. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 16:43:07 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top It's not the first time Piper's reached for the necklace, but Rebecca doesn't pay it much mind, assuming it's some sort of nervous tick or mindless habit. "That woudld do it." She shifts in her seat, watching how she seems to be getting more nervous as the reading continues. She waits for Piper to flip the card without comment, but does mentally grumble. Sassy little cryptic pieces of cardboard. Back to Top   Sarah White Mentor Defense When Autumn Came... [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 2,037 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 16:57:14 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Breathing in deeply, Piper closed her eyes and flipped the card, not bothering to look at it. Instead, she would listen, hear what Rebecca can read from the card. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Festering (Piper) « Oct 28, 2015 17:00:08 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Rebecca looks down at the card with raised brows, then looks back to Piper. "The Wheel of Fortune." She rolls her eyes heavenward and lets them remain there, like there's going to be some magnificent answer if she's just patient enough. Sighing, she returned her attention back to Piper, who didn't have access to her inner monologues. "Well, there's good news and bad news, but it's also the same news. Basically, your fate is in your hands and the future isn't set in stone." « Last Edit: Oct 28, 2015 17:00:35 GMT -6 by Rebecca Jefferson » Back to Top   Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first