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deernet2021-09-04 04:22 pm
viciousmaukery) wrote in deernet2021-09-04 04:22 pm
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video; un: tealeaf
[A few days after everyone's settled in, this pops up:]
—working now? Oh, good, that took so much longer than I thought it would.
[To those well-versed in such things, they might quickly identify the androgynous figure onscreen right now, dressed in an eyesore of a coat, as a tiefling: there are the horns, the tail, the lavender skin, the red and pupil-less eyes. To those who aren't? Jesus, it's another fuckin' weirdo, and he's giving the camera a bow.]
Mollymauk Tealeaf, formerly of Exandria and the Mighty Nein and now of Trench, at your service! I'm a bit lacking in funds at the moment, so if you have some coin to spare, come to Cellar Door. I've set up near one of the statues. [And he pans the camera up to show an artistic, distinctive statue of a woman dancing, with cloth draped over her arms. Then down to a little portable table with a set of tarot cards laid out.]
For just two coppers, or whatever the equivalent is here, I'll tell you what the future has in store for you. Doesn't that sound like a steal to you?
[Advertisement over, he gets serious, and adds:]
Oh, and—if anyone from the Mighty Nein is here? Let me know you're safe. [Please.]
—working now? Oh, good, that took so much longer than I thought it would.
[To those well-versed in such things, they might quickly identify the androgynous figure onscreen right now, dressed in an eyesore of a coat, as a tiefling: there are the horns, the tail, the lavender skin, the red and pupil-less eyes. To those who aren't? Jesus, it's another fuckin' weirdo, and he's giving the camera a bow.]
Mollymauk Tealeaf, formerly of Exandria and the Mighty Nein and now of Trench, at your service! I'm a bit lacking in funds at the moment, so if you have some coin to spare, come to Cellar Door. I've set up near one of the statues. [And he pans the camera up to show an artistic, distinctive statue of a woman dancing, with cloth draped over her arms. Then down to a little portable table with a set of tarot cards laid out.]
For just two coppers, or whatever the equivalent is here, I'll tell you what the future has in store for you. Doesn't that sound like a steal to you?
[Advertisement over, he gets serious, and adds:]
Oh, and—if anyone from the Mighty Nein is here? Let me know you're safe. [Please.]
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That's fine, that's more than fine! I'd love to go to a show, it's been a long time since I went to one. I take it you'll be wanting the standard three-card spread?
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[ He's already getting up, a bright grin on his face ]
Great! Okay, so the theater doesn't really exist yet, but when it does you can totally have free tickets. [ Is that still a good deal, Molly? ] That sounds great! What cards do you use?
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I'll be waiting for them with bated breath. [He flicks his hand, and a card seemingly appears out of nowhere (it came from up his sleeve). When he turns it around for Wu to see, it depicts two dragons, one red and one platinum, entangled with each other in a figure eight, trying their damnedest to kill each other. The Tyrant, it reads underneath.] My mother's set. She passed 'em down to me before she disappeared. I like to think she's guiding me from wherever she's gone.
[He says this with such tragedy in his voice. You'd never know he just pulled that story out of his ass at this very moment.]
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He gasps as the card appears, completely delighted by it. He's moving out of his theater and onto the street ]
Oh, no. I'm so sorry about your mother!
[ He believes that too, the smile leaving his face to be replaced by a soft sadness ]
At least you can still feel her around, that must be nice.
[ He certainly doesn't feel any connection to his parents, and wonders about that, sometimes. If he's a bad son. If they were bad parents. Perhaps both.
He's looking around now, also in Cellar Door, and gasps when he sees Molly in person, just down the street. He hangs up on the Omni and waves emphatically ]
Hi!
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Don't be. It's an old hurt, and I'm used to living with it. [He is lying through his teeth.] I'll see you there!
[Molly in person is...yeah, this is a ridiculously-dressed lavender person, this is almost exactly what Wu got over video, only louder and somehow more colorful and vibrant. He whips around on his heel, coat flaring as he does so, then grins at Wu.]
'Lo! Come here, sit down, and we'll start. Have you got a specific question you want answered or do you just want a general read?
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Oh, I hadn't even thought-- well I guess this is sort of both, but I want to know what my life will be like here! It's so different Deerington and the Earth Kingdom. I want to know how it's going to go and if the Raccoon Room is going to be a success.