week 6

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[Even with three deaths two weeks in a row, life in the Fantasy Sweet returns to some semblance of normalcy come Sunday morning. The messes are cleaned up, the bodies are safe in the morgue (or in Kip's case, still in a liquor bottle in the garden) and with this new week comes a fresh crop of returning memories.

There is no new floor this week.

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your activity for week 5, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]

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[goteachother]

Sure thing, sweetie... You wanna know anything in particular or... just some advice on the future?

[She can't answer exact questions but she can at least try to help.]

[shikosuki]

Hmm... I've never had one done before so... [ he's not sure what he can actually consult them for ]

I guess advice would be nice... or something about my family?

[ He's been so lost and worried lately. ]

[goteachother]

[While he considers she begins shuffling, slow and even and she nods. Of course he wants to know about family. She'll see how much there is in a general spread, though. She does focus on him, what he's told her of his brothers, his relationship with Takumi.

And then she lays the cards in another celtic cross, the first face up again.]

Wheel of fortune~ I think you're the first to get a major arcana for their significator.... Mmm, the card that represents you. The wheel of fortune represents the cycle of life, learning and moving forward through varied experiences. It's also a symbol of good fortune.

[And then she begins turning the other cards, eyeing the spread thoughtfully.]

Right now your greatest obstacle is making a choice, a logical decision that will determine your path. You've worked hard and always wanted to do something great but you're held back by how much you care about others over yourself, giving up opportunities to serve the greater good. If you stay like that, hesitant and refusing to make that choice things could... go very badly for you. You could lose part of yourself.

Everything around you is making you so afraid, afraid of being alone, of failing... that anxiety makes it so hard to move forward but you are healing, restoring your faith and security in life. You want to hope for more, for better things. Material and emotional but you're also uncertain of the validity of your ambition. If you can let go of fear and anxiety and really look at the past? At who you were? And make that choice to move forward for yourself...

You'll feel so much better. Freer, for letting go of the things in your past that are holding you back. It won't be easy, there's things that need to be confronted there but they're things that will let you move on, grow up, even. Make yourself into a man you're proud to be and leave your childhood behind.

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[shikosuki]

[ He listens carefully, nodding along, but his eyes steadily grow wider over the reading. He's really stuck on one part though. ]

A logical decision...

[ He mumbles it under his breath, then goes silent. ]

[shikosuki]

[ Eventually he snaps his eyes away from the cards, trying to force a smile. ]

I-I see, thank you Queenie-san!

[ He pauses ]

...I don't know if they're right about the "healing" thing though... [ He laughs nervously. And doesn't say anything about the accuracy of rest of it. ]

[goteachother]

Healing takes time... and that's okay. [She shifts back from the table, holding her hand out and gesturing him to come to her.]

You're trying. You're here... that's better than last week. For both of us.

[shikosuki]

[ He stares at her hand for a moment before moving around the table to get closer to her (still carrying his photo album around and refusing to let it go) ]

...It doesn't really feel like I am though.

[ Like he's barely here mentally... and barely trying ]

[goteachother]

Choro, honey....

[And she reaches out to pull him in against her, hugging him close. If she didn't think he'd get upset about it she'd put him in her lap instead of the other way around for once.]

You've gotta at least try, sweetie.

[shikosuki]

[ ...honestly he wouldn't even mind that. He might kinda like it even. He likes girls that can easily top him and also mother the shit out of him. A "momme" if you will.

He lets her hug him though. But he's not as snuggly as he was Thursday. ]

I'm... not sure I even know how to try anymore.

You say being out here is better... but I don't even know what I'm doing. I don't even feel like me some mornings.

It feels like everything is happening but I'm just here watching.

[goteachother]

[Hearing that breaks her heart. She pulls him closer, tugging him down so she can kiss his cheek.]

Choro... I-

[How do you fix that? How is she supposed to... help him?]

You've gotta keep fightin' honey. I know it's so hard, but you can't just give up. You've gotta get back to your brothers, yeah? Which means you can't let this place break you.

[shikosuki]

[ At the mention of his brothers he clutches the photo album tighter. ]

Do you... really think I can?

[ He's not so sure anymore. Angel told him they'd all escape together, but then she... apparently gave up on that. And now he just doesn't know. ]

[goteachother]

I know you can, sweetie.

We've just... all gotta pull together and figure out what to do. And I've said that an awful lot tonight but it's true.

Ain' no one gonna save us if we don' try ta save ourselves.

[shikosuki]

[ He's quiet, mulling over that, before closing his eyes and nodding. ]

Right...

[ He lets himself sit and lean against her finally ]

[goteachother]

[She just cuddles him, keeping an arm around him, stroking his hair...

The same things she did for Takumi. These boys were so similar in so many ways.]

We've got this, honey.

[shikosuki]

[ The cuddling is really nice and he really wants to believe her when she reassures him.

But he can't help feeling like he doesn't really belong in that "we".

He tries to think of a way to change the topic so he doesn't dwell on it much or worry her more. ]

Uh-- so you said I was the first one with a "major" arcana for the signifier thing, right?

What's the difference between those and the other cards?

[ He doesn't really know much about tarot or what the other arcanas even are. His nerd cred is bad and he's never played Persona :V ]