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[antedupmyheart]

[Today, Luxord has a pair of cards of front of him. They are not, however, anything that would fit in a normal deck of cards. Instead, they're a pair of tarot cards, and it's anyone's guess where he's acquired them from. Those particularly familiar with tarot cards might recognize them as two of the Major Arcana - The Wheel of Fortune and The Tower.]

Quite an eventful set of days, wouldn't you agree? I wonder though, does it only seem that way by misremembering or is there perhaps change in the air after all?

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[madeinoblivion]

More like a change in bodies.

[antedupmyheart]

A change is still a change, is it not?

[madeinoblivion]

If it's in the air, then get yourself a breather mask, before it's too late and you've switched places with someone totally weird.

[antedupmyheart]

If it's in the air, shouldn't I have already had my turn in another's body?

[madeinoblivion]

Well. It could only be in some air?

[antedupmyheart]

Then I'll take my chances, the same as anyone else.

[madeinoblivion]

Who do you hope you'll turn into?

[antedupmyheart]

Ah, now there's the question indeed. There's a chance not to change just as there's a chance to change. What, then, should one hope for?

[madeinoblivion]

well, if you had to change, what would be the best and what would be the worst?

[antedupmyheart]

I suppose I would at least prefer to remain generally the same shape. Past that, I can't say I've put much thought into the matter.

[madeinoblivion]

So not a girl, then.

[antedupmyheart]

By preference, yes.

[madeinoblivion]

But if you had a choice you definitely wouldn't want to be a sissy kid, right?

[antedupmyheart]

It'd be no different from most other outcomes.

[madeinoblivion]

If you say.

It was pretty....uh, weird in all the ways you wouldn't expect, when it happened to me.

[antedupmyheart]

Perhaps you'd care to share the details of the experience?

[madeinoblivion]

I turned into Ciel. You know, Phantomhive. Woke up in his bed and everything. In his nightgown.

[antedupmyheart]

I see little enough wrong with that.

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[capax_infiniti]

And what other omens have presented themselves in this fashion?

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[antedupmyheart]

I've not thought to look. It's been quite some time since I last thought to turn to the cards like this.

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[capax_infiniti]

Oh? And what have they to say on this matter? Simply change, or perhaps a glimpse of deeper meaning?

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[antedupmyheart]

It depends on how one interprets the reading given.

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[capax_infiniti]

What manner of change do you see?

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[antedupmyheart]

I'd not be the person to ask such things. A pawn can hardly tell the state of the grander game.

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[capax_infiniti]

A pawn can still become a Queen if they make the right moves.

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[antedupmyheart]

So too can a queen be captured, if luck's not with her. The question is which is the better option.

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[capax_infiniti]

That all depends on the nature of the game one is playing, of course. One cannot count on any one thing for certain. It is essential to plan for every outcome.

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[antedupmyheart]

I prefer to trust to luck in such matters.

[pullsheavendown]

[Roxas is vaguely familiar with the sight of those cards from days long past, but he never paid them too much mind when he had the chance.]

Do those really tell you anything?

[antedupmyheart]

If you can read them, yes.

[pullsheavendown]

How'd you learn?

[antedupmyheart]

Oh, I picked it up along the way. A remnant of my past, you could say.

[pullsheavendown]

Something you hung onto, huh?

[antedupmyheart]

Precisely so.

[pullsheavendown]

What do they tell you now?

[antedupmyheart]

At the moment, little that I haven't already spoken of.

[pullsheavendown]

Too bad.

[antedupmyheart]

Was there something you were looking for?

[pullsheavendown]

Isn't there always?

I don't know about anything specific, though. Or maybe I can think of too many things to pick.

[antedupmyheart]

Such is the problem of life. Which hand of many is the best to choose, or has the best odds?

[pullsheavendown]

[He cracks half a smile.]

Always a game, huh?

[antedupmyheart]

As ever.

[pullsheavendown]

You probably don't need me to wish you luck.

[antedupmyheart]

I'll not stop you, if you wish to.

[pullsheavendown]

That kinda depends on what you need it for.

[antedupmyheart]

A shame one never knows before the hand is dealt.

[pullsheavendown]

Somehow I think you'll be all right no matter what cards you get.

[antedupmyheart]

It's certainly possible.