A Tower of Cards (Open)

by **Adiel** on October 10th, 2012, 11:41 am

Everything Adiel witnessed further confused her. Not only did she feel oddly out of place, she was made unsure by the entire cryptic conversation.

"Strange she has completely ignored you stranger. I don't remember if they usually act in such a manner. Perhaps she is not whom you need to hear from. The one you came for..."

That she was being spoken to, barely registered. With the other conversations going on, it was hard for Adiel to follow who the woman was talking to. She began to wonder if she’d truly made a mistake.

She bowed her head and turned quickly to exit back out the door she came, leaving them continue on with whatever she had interrupted.

by **Aunalee** on October 10th, 2012, 11:57 pm

Aunalee smiled warmly as Naeya and Gavin introduced themselves. She raised an eyebrow at Blythe as she asked them about what each of their 'prophecies' meant. Her eyes darted to the ground, unsure if she should answer. Clutching her hands into fists she looked up at Blythe with confidence.

"I am simply here for an adventure. I'm surprised that my cur-" Aunalee began to say but quickly finished with, " Gift was pointed out." She unclutched her hands as she realized that Adiel was no where in sight. She fluttered her eyes but sure enough Adiel had left.

"It seems as though I won't be making a fourth friend today." Aunalee mumbled to herself then asked the others, "Do you think that if your gift was to be able to turn others on and you could not control it, would you find it a curse?" She looked at them a bit curious and hoped for some good opinions.

by **Naeya** on October 15th, 2012, 4:08 pm

Although Naeya was known to enjoy a good mystery, she could sense her frustration beginning to mount. Mysteries were meant to be solved, were they not? This one, however, only became increasingly twisted and tangled the more she attempted to unravel its secrets. It seemed that everyone understood what was happening, except for her. Neither here nor there? She couldn't help but quietly huff in indignation. Truth was all she'd asked for. She didn't want the vague answers that were being wrenched from tightfisted hands; she just wanted someone to be candid with her. To explain.

The tall, purple-eyed Konti seemed to be her best source of knowledge, albeit also being the queen of vague answers. She found that her gift was constantly set off by this woman, which resulted in an increasingly uncomfortable series of shivers shooting down her spine. It can't be healthy to be that secretive. The late-comer appeared to agree with this judgment (though the agreement may have existed only in Naeya's mind) and slunk out of the building without another word.

It seemed they were not all meant to be here, like Naeya had previously guessed.

As she continued to contemplate how best to approach the situation, the purple-eyed Konti spoke again. It was almost infuriating how the woman could be so vague herself, but then expect others to respond clearly to her queries. Aunalee did not seem as perturbed by this as Naeya, however, and responded with something close to honesty. Avalis bless her. The girl seemed to struggle with her divine lot in life, which was a feeling that Naeya could easily relate to.

"I think..." she began slowly, recalling her mother's words. "I think that whatever your gift may be, it was given to you for a reason. A reason only Avalis knows, perhaps, but a reason nonetheless." Now, if only she could take her own advice.

Her attention turned back to the Konti with the purple eyes as the woman's words continued to ring in Naeya's ears. "...considering what she is." What was the Konti refusing to explain?

"The purpose of this venture?" she repeated, ignoring the Konti's earlier question that Aunalee had so easily answered. She tried her best to remain polite, but a more attuned observer would have been able to sense the agitation that hovered around her like a swarm of starved flies. "I cannot presume to know its purpose, as I don't know what she is. I don't know who she is either. In fact..." Naeya's voice raised for emphasis, but she was too wrapped up in finding answers to notice. "In fact, I don't know who you are, either."

It seems I really don't know much, here.

She took several steps towards the purple-eyed Konti, softening her tone slightly in an effort to ease the bluntness of the demanding questions that she was about to ask. "Who are you? You, who offer no name but insinuate an understanding of where we are and why we're here. Are you with them?" Naeya gestured to the silent collection of individuals standing by the pool. She could almost sense their solidarity, their similarity, despite seeming so wildly different.

"Who are they?" What are they?

by **Blythe** on October 29th, 2012, 5:18 pm

A curious grin crossed Blythe's lips, although she said nothing in response to Aunalee. Despite this, her grin was drawn to the younger. One of her sisters bristling with frustration. She could scarcely miss the fire in her eyes, the red that flooded her cheeks. The way muscles chorded uneasily, and rippled beneath a bed of pale skin. Scales shimmering, although ominously it seemed, for some remained enshrouded by darkness. Shadows cast by sun's dancing light.

My my, Blythe thought, this one has yet to learn how to temper steel and mind her tongue...

The Konti was near inclined not to answer, simply to teach a lesson if nothing else. But that would make her seem just as immature, and she wasn't sure if she truly wished to be perceived in that manner as well.

Thus, considering her words, Blythe remained silent as she narrowed her eyes in slight, so as to block out the sun's rays as she licked her lips. Wetting the crackled fissures as she bought herself some time in which to respond. Finally the time came, although, it seemed far too soon.

"Well, no," the fortune teller responded calmly. "I'm merely Blythe, a woman of this isle." She fell silent again, as her hands fell to her sides, the right seeking the hilt of her gifted sword. "Who has been here a time or two before." She smiled weakly, her lavender colored eyes sparkling with what seemed amusement, and distaste. "Does not the name of this place provide the answers?" she asked, as her brow furrowed, the one on the left arching while the other slid down the length of her forehead, closer to the eye. It provided a quizzical expression, if not one of a teacher, beseeching a student to offer their insight into a specific matter.

Blythe would wait a moment, wondering if the Konti could find the truth on her own. But it would only be a moment, for she could sense mounting impatience, and that, was disquieting, if not discomforting.

Slowly, she'd free her left hand. Sweep it outwards, and away. Indicating that she spoke of each of the bodies about the reflective pool, before she reeled it back in. "They're embodiments of the major arcana, if you will," Blythe explained, sensing that this woman knew little of the tarot. "The one that has troubled you is temperance. I know naught her given name." She smiled weakly as she cast her gaze out to the woman, before pulling her eyes back in, onto the neglected Aunalee, wondering what in the world she could be thinking, as all of this transpired.