✧Zatanna Zatara✧ (
backwordscompatible) wrote in
tushanshu2014-04-15 10:59 pm
✦ 013 ✦ [VIDEO] ✦ Network Cafe ✦
[It was a lovely day for a Network Post, wouldn't you agree, residents of Keelai? The sun was shining...the tank was clean...and Zatanna was sitting in front of a public console with the brightest smile she'd worn in a long time. Cheesy, at first, and definitely purposely over-the-top (her boss had clearly put her up to this, and she clearly was going along with it for giggles), but even as time went on and it melted away into something more genuine, her aura continued to project sheer happiness at life, the universe, and everything. For now.]
[Although the casual onlooker might be more interested in the unusual outfit she was wearing. Which she very deliberately paired off with her favorite charmed choker, not even caring that it didn't match the rest of the ensemble.]
Do you know what the Future Holds? ...that's okay, neither do I. But together, we can probably managed to squeeze a few hints out of it...with these.
[Smirking, she held up one hand, then flicked her wrist in such a way that a deck of cards appeared in hand. Magically.]
[Of course, those who knew her spells well enough would recognize the fact that she hadn't uttered a single backwards word. The trick was legitimate sleight-of-hand. No cheating.]
Spring Special: all tarot card readings, half off for the entire Month of April.
Admit it. You know you're curious.
[And on that note, she sent one last wink directly into the camera before signing off.]
[Although the casual onlooker might be more interested in the unusual outfit she was wearing. Which she very deliberately paired off with her favorite charmed choker, not even caring that it didn't match the rest of the ensemble.]
Do you know what the Future Holds? ...that's okay, neither do I. But together, we can probably managed to squeeze a few hints out of it...with these.
[Smirking, she held up one hand, then flicked her wrist in such a way that a deck of cards appeared in hand. Magically.]
[Of course, those who knew her spells well enough would recognize the fact that she hadn't uttered a single backwards word. The trick was legitimate sleight-of-hand. No cheating.]
Spring Special: all tarot card readings, half off for the entire Month of April.
Admit it. You know you're curious.
[And on that note, she sent one last wink directly into the camera before signing off.]

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What do you mean, "tarot card readings"? Those look like ordinary playing cards.
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That's because they are.
Fun fact. You can actually use these in divination, too, if you know what the symbols mean.
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[...ignore the fact that she's wearing an obviously over-the-top outfit that would, in fact, fit right in with the carnival crowd. Not that there was anything wrong with the carnival crowd.]
Here, I'll give you an example.
[She takes the pack in hand and shuffles a few times. Once the deck was cut, she picks up the top card, and holds it up for him to see. The Ace of Hearts.]
Romantic notions aside, a lot of people tend to interpret this one as representing your home. Either your actual home, where you live, or even a place that you consider to be your home. Often with the implication that either a change of some kind is taking place, or you'll be expecting some sort of visitor in the near future.
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Where did you learn to do that?
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[Zatanna stares blankly at the screen for a moment, unblinking, before quietly hanging up on him.]
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[She picks up, her expression changed only the slightest to reflect her continued annoyance at his existence.]
What?
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I've heard of this form of fortune telling before, although never seen it myself. Doesn't each card represents a different aspect that influences one's future?
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Pretty much.
It's an art, not a science, so it's all about the interpretation of interpretations of each card. But you'd be surprised how often it can actually read things off people I wouldn't know otherwise.
[ASK ANNABETH. NO, REALLY.]
I'm guessing there were no tarot cards down in Atlantis, then?
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Well...it's all about symbols and patterns. A basic tarot cart reading involves setting certain cards of a shuffled deck into a specific spread. Each point of that spread represents a specific question, or point in the person's life. Everything from the color of symbol of the card itself to whether it's upside down or right-side up carries a specific meaning behind it.
I can give you an example, if you like? No charge.
[Since it wouldn't be a full, actual reading.]
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I've heard a bit about this kind of thing. Not really sure I believe in it. Any way I could get a demonstration to prove authenticity or is that gonna cost me?
Oh, and nice outfit.
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Thanks. My boss made it for me. She's surprisingly handy with a sewing machine.
[If it was authenticity the guy wanted, she would give it to him; murmuring a quick spell, she held up the deck of cards before dropping her hand. The deck remained hovering in mid-air for a moment before, card by card, they separated and began to encircle the air around her. Shuffling themselves.]
Ask a question, and I'll do a sample spread. First card's free.
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Well well! Your boss has some nice skills there, but I think this might be a little more impressive than slapping some fabric together. Not every day that you get to see some real magic.
[That isn't entirely true on his part given where he comes from. He also doesn't see too many levitating cards. Maybe...he is being half truthful then. Finding out that he gets a free reading...well...he may as well have a little fun with that.]
Okay well...hmmm...what do people usually say for these...is there any chance that I'll find my long lost love here? A guy's gotta have a little companionship to make this a true home away from home.
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[Magic was such a part of her everyday life, even back home, that it felt weird those rare times when she couldn't use it.]
Just so we're clear, there's a big difference between a long lost love, and a "little companionship"...but I think I get the gist of your question. Probably.
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Why, Dick Grayson, I feel like I learn something new about you every day.
[Grin.]
[...okay, sure, there was always the chance he could be asking for a lady friend of his, maybe, but this explanation amused her far more.]
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Well, I don't think the sleeves would fit on my arms, but I would like a chance to wear the bangles on my head.
[... And find it for a lady friend, of course.]
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[action] Like I could say no~
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