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Post by blake on Jul 16, 2008 14:55:59 GMT -5
Blake was sitting behind the counter in his little shop. It was after dark, which is when he liked it best. Blake owned a shop for the paranormal, magical, fascinating, and other such trinkets. But he would never sell something that was truly phony. Maybe something that's curse was questionable, but nothing that was most definitely normal. And he could tell.
Some of the things he was selling were old Ouija boards (not the cheap ones sold at toy stores), enchanted pendants, tarot card decks, cursed crystals and sculls. And occasionally some shady character would come along and sell him a werewolf pelt or some vampire's fangs. On sale that night he had three vampire fangs and a werewolf's tail, but not the whole hide.
But he didn't just sell material items. He was an accurate fortune teller as well. He could palm read, use tarot cards, the whole nine yards. He could also excessive ghosts and spirits that couldn't let go of their past life or were haunting certain people or places. This is all thanks to Blake's special something. He had a phenomenal sixth sense that doubled over as an alarm system for vampires and other "mythical" beings.
The door opened and someone stepped in. And that's when this powerful alarm went off. Looks like it was one vampire after another.
"Welcome. Is there something I can help you look for?" He smiled anyways. The last vampire was fascinating. Perhaps this one will be, too.
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Post by keylogger3 on Jul 16, 2008 15:29:27 GMT -5
Gage walked into the shop. He was visiting London, for his small enjoyment. The city was nice and had many great views to see. He enjoyed the food here, both human and blood. A lot of murders where committed so he could have a lot of money to do stuff. He was walking around. He the spotted a future telling place like in the comics, movies, and books. He heard that they where selling nice things so he walked in.
The place was nice so he stayed. He looked around to see what there was. Gage had a couple of hundred dollars so he went up to the man that welcomed him. “Yes I heard that you where selling werewolf tails. How much?” He asked the shady man. Gage hated werewolves so a were-tail would be perfect for him. Some vampire must had gotten lucky to kill one of those creatures.
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Post by blake on Jul 16, 2008 15:43:19 GMT -5
Blake studied his new customer. He was unnaturally good looking, just like the other vampire had been. If he wanted the werewolf tails directly, then it was no doubt he was a vampire. The only people who actually believed that they were real vampire fangs and were-pelts were the actual vampires and werewolves. There were, of course, those four or five humans who almost religiously bought new items from his store and, of course, believed that they were real, but the numbers were small and dwindling.
"A hundred dollars." Blake told him. And why not? He rarely had any in stock, and they were almost impossible to come by, vampire or not. If anything, they were under priced. "Would you also be interested in a tarot card reading, sir? They are ten dollars per reading." He brought out his old, hand-painted deck and stroked them absentmindedly.
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Post by keylogger3 on Jul 16, 2008 16:20:46 GMT -5
Gage pulled out his nice wallet. The wallet was gray and black, in checkerboard pattern. It also had two griffins side by side. The wallet was belcrow, so it opened easy. The opening of the wallet made a semi-loud ripping sound. He looked at the mans offer. And smiled. He smelt a lot of vampires and werewolves scents. He guessed that vampires and werewolves had the same ideas as him.
“Get vampires often?” He asked. Then he thought of the card thing. “I would like it if you read my palm and tell me what the cards say about my future. I have enough money to pay for a good night of telling.” Gage said as he put ten fives, two twenties, and one ten. “Tell me what seven cards tell about my future.” He said as he put seven tens down on the counter. He waited for Blake’s reaply.
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Post by blake on Jul 16, 2008 16:30:01 GMT -5
"A few. Enough so that even when I don't have the wares they want, they come in to check anyway."Blake opened the cash register and organized the money into the special slots. He then motioned to the wolf's tail that was hanging on the wall. "Take it, it's yours."
Blake then slid the deck of tarot cards to the vampire. "Shuffle them and ask a question. Then give them back to me." He told him what to do.
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Post by keylogger3 on Jul 16, 2008 16:47:06 GMT -5
Gage walked to the wall that the tail was hanging off of. He gently grabbed it. The tail was soft and a little bit scratchy in his hands. It was nice and in great shape. He chuckled at the thought of the creature being killed. Stupid and useless things. They all needed to be destroyed. But he did like to have some fun with them. He liked to torture, fight, and betray them. He laughed at the thought of the last werewolf he fought.
James was somewhat easy to fight and torture. Gage slid the tail into his pocket. He looked at the deck of cards. This should be fun, he thought. He shuffled them vary quickly. He enjoyed his fun, as he wanted to see what destiny said. “Seven times, seven questions.” He said as he put the deck down onto the counter. “First question, how much more powerful will I get?” He asked Blake.
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Post by blake on Jul 16, 2008 17:01:34 GMT -5
"Just to let you know, I'm only doing the major arcana. Not the full deck."Blake organized the cards in a diamond layout. He flipped the cards. Past: The Fool
At #0, the Fool is the card of infinite possibilities. The bag on the staff indicates that he has all he needs to do or be anything he wants, he has only to stop and unpack. He is on his way to a brand new beginning. But the card carries a little bark of warning as well. Stop daydreaming and fantasizing and watch your step, lest you fall and end up looking the fool
Present: Wheel of Fortune.
With Jupiter as its ruling planet, the Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, and fortune. Almost always good fortune. Almost every definition of this card indicates abundance, happiness, elevation, or luck; a change that just happens, and brings with it great joy.
Future: Death
The Death card is likely to signal transformation, passage, change. Scorpio, the sign of this card, has three forms: scorpion, serpent, eagle. The Death card indicates this transition from lower to higher to highest. This is a card of humility, and it may indicate the Querent as being brought low, but only so that they can then go higher than they ever have before. Wang notes that Death "humbles" all, but it also "exults." Always keep in mind that on this card of darkness, there is a sunrise as well. That would be your first reading. Interpret them how you like, I just explained them as they are in general. Ten dollars, please.
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Post by aubrey on Jul 16, 2008 18:22:53 GMT -5
Aubrey walked briskly into the shop. She grinned when she spotted Blake reading someone's future. She chuckled softly as she looked at the fellow vampire. She couldn't believe that he was paying for this service.
Aubrey breezed up to the counter and leaned over it, peering curiously down at the cards. Her gaze came up to lock on Blake's. She smiled, excitement flashing through her honey eyes. "Would you read me my cards little Fortune Teller?"
Her smile widened as she looked down at him. He was such a beautiful little human and she loved that he ran a shop telling fortunes. Blake was her young gypsy, and she was the harpie come to steal his soul away. Except, in this case Blake was freely offering it.
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Post by blake on Jul 16, 2008 19:09:39 GMT -5
Blake was so concentrated on the tarot cards that he didn't see Aubrey walk into his store. Thankfully the bell that rang when the door was opened rang, so he was brought to attention and glanced over at her. Of course, without her need to hide her extra powers and with another vampire in the room, she was standing by the counter as soon as Blake looked up. It was quite something to have two vampires in his shop at the same time.
Blake smiled, flashing his perfect teeth. He caught her eye and remembered their playful depth. His own eyes lit with euphoria. It was a strange feeling. He had never experienced the kind of enlightening spark for someone else before.
He had felt it, at times, when writing a tender, emotional part of his novel, or when scripting the poetry of his locked up hatred. Blake was an author, and anything that's worth while has hard cold truth behind it in one form or another.
"Aubrey, I'm grateful to your appearance. I will indeed read your fortune if you would kindly wait just half a moment. This kind gentleman is first, and to be fair, I must let him ask what he wishes to know."
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Post by keylogger3 on Jul 16, 2008 19:28:56 GMT -5
Gage remembered seeing this card in a book once. Past: The Fool
At #0, the Fool is the card of infinite possibilities. The bag on the staff indicates that he has all he needs to do or be anything he wants, he has only to stop and unpack. He is on his way to a brand new beginning. But the card carries a little bark of warning as well. Stop daydreaming and fantasizing and watch your step, lest you fall and end up looking the fool
Present: Wheel of Fortune.
With Jupiter as its ruling planet, the Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, and fortune. Almost always good fortune. Almost every definition of this card indicates abundance, happiness, elevation, or luck; a change that just happens, and brings with it great joy.
Future: Death
The Death card is likely to signal transformation, passage, change. Scorpio, the sign of this card, has three forms: scorpion, serpent, eagle. The Death card indicates this transition from lower to higher to highest. This is a card of humility, and it may indicate the Querent as being brought low, but only so that they can then go higher than they ever have before. Wang notes that Death "humbles" all, but it also "exults." Always keep in mind that on this card of darkness, there is a sunrise as well.
Interesting. Simply interesting. He was trying to figure it out when, Aubrey walked in. He smelled the fresh sent of the female vampire. He chucked. “It has been a while sense I have seen a vampire and a human as friends or aquatences. Well all I need you to do now is to read my palm and tell me all you see.” He said as he held out his hand to Blake. If only the human knew that I’m not always that kind.
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Post by aubrey on Jul 16, 2008 20:20:15 GMT -5
Aubrey beamed at Blake as she watched him work his wonders. "We have have a special relationship." She winked at Blake secretly. "Even Vampires need to visit a fortune teller from time to time, surely you can agree with that.
She eased her way onto the counter, perfectly comfortable with the fact that she was being incredible nosey. She couldn't help it. Blake was too facinating when he was absorbed in his work.
"Plus, this is no ordinary human." She smiled softly. Blake wasn't ordinary, that was why Aubrey was so easily drawn to him.
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Post by blake on Jul 16, 2008 20:28:23 GMT -5
Blake took his hand and examined it, taking his time to soak up every detail, occasionally stroking a finger or two to stretch them to their full length.
"You have Air hands. Air hands exhibit square or rectangular palms with long fingers. You see your protruding knuckles are also a factor. These are relatively low-set thumbs, and your skin is a dry kind of texture. The length of the palm from wrist to the bottom of the fingers are less than the length of the fingers as well.
Your heart line is rather weak. This could be because as a vampire, you are dead, or it could also symbolize unstable emotions.
Your head line is one smooth line. This means that you have one way of looking at things, and have a great thirst for knowledge. You know what you want, and you're analytical in your thinking instead of creative. So you're left-brain dominant.
Your life line is very short and faded. But this doesn't mean that you will have a short life, obviously. It just means that you will acquire many major wounds in your existence."
Blake finished his reading with satisfaction. He seemed to be pretty accurate as usual. He looked back up to the vampire, and shot a glance and a wink in Aubrey's direction. "That's ten more dollars, please."
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Post by keylogger3 on Jul 17, 2008 10:57:52 GMT -5
“Well, it looks like you know what you are doing. You get semi-respect from me. And that my sir is vary rare amongst humans.” Gage said as he took his hand back. He smiled a evil smile at Blake. It was true, Gage only loved the vampire race. Every other race was pitiful in his eyes, except maybe the human race. “I don’t believe we’ve met, I’m Gage, Gage Harms.” Gage said paying Blake with four fives. He didn’t face her when he spoke.
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Post by blake on Jul 17, 2008 11:27:54 GMT -5
Blake studied Gage. He definitely had a large ego, but he wasn't sure if he could back it up or not. He wasn't someone to make enemies with, obviously, but Blake still wasn't comfortable with him. But that was no surprise, seeing as Aubrey was the only person he'd warmed up to since he was four years old.
"I am the Cat, who walks by him self, and all places are alike to me." Blake introduced himself as he normally did to strangers or customers in his store. It put an air of mystery to him, and others seemed to like his creative introduction.
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Post by aubrey on Jul 17, 2008 12:07:33 GMT -5
Aubrey couldn't conceal the wide grin spreading over her face. She looked at Gage. "No offense Mr. Harms, but I am not accustomed to an introduction with out even being looked at."
She stiffened, trying not to laugh at Blake. "So when you choose to acknowledge me. I will properly introduce myself." Aubrey was Black Nail Coven, no matter how pleasant she was being with Blake, she still demanded respect from everyone else.
She picked at her nails casually, a loud burst of laughter just waiting to explode from her mouth.
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