I13DT - Always Two There Are

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:34 pm

"Violence has its application. There are a few people I need to apply it to." She moved to look closer at the patterns on the wall. "Must be nice to have a deity choose you. Makes some things easier."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:44 pm

"She didn't answer me until I'd been praying to her for a while, but it does make it much easier to have faith. I do tend to have an edge in knowing my path through life."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:57 pm

"Good to know that something is listening. Is she the only one out there?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:03 pm

"Not by a long shot. Though not all are as powerful as others. Some used to be but faded into obscurity, others recur in different ways as times change. Some predate humans, others seem born out of our subconsciousness, our superstitions and beliefs. And not all of them are benevolent."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:06 pm

"Is there somewhere good to read about this sort of thing or is it more of a 'feel it out' sort of thing?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:15 pm

"There are plenty of books out there and there's probably some truth in most of them, but there are also a lot of wrong things out there. Books about mythology and legends tend to be better about it than ones claiming to teach you about a world-view."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:20 pm

She traces her fingers along one line in the pattern, choosing branches as she moves through the pattern. "So when in doubt, ask you?" She smiled.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:21 pm

"Oh goddess no, I'd rather you up your own mind. Asking for advice doesn't hurt though." she chuckles.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:28 pm

"Oh, no. I fully intend to make up my own mind. But you said there's only *some* truth in what I'd be reading. I don't know that I'm in a position to sort out the truth from the... well, not outright lies, but misunderstandings?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:03 pm

"Stick to History and Mythology then and keep in mind a lot of it was passed down orally before it was written down and that none of them are the absolute literal truth. Some of it I'm sure will be covered in your regular classes as well as part of ancient history."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:14 pm

"I'll keep my ears and mind discriminatingly open then," she said, finishing her trace of a pattern.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:58 pm

"Good. Found an interesting path?" she smiles, walking up behind her.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:02 pm

"This one..." She said, tapping the one she'd just finished tracing. "It nearly doubles back on itself several times."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:32 pm

"It does. If you follow it back long enough across the floor it's the one that splits off from one of these." she says, pointing out a line that does intersect with the one Miranda traced. "It's a future that had to happen in order for us to avoid it. The headaches precognition can give you get much worse when time-travel is involved."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:36 pm

"I would think time travel is a head ache all its own even when precognition isn't involved," she said, turning to study the line Nailah had pointed out.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:46 pm

"That's true." she says. Meanwhile the line she's following makes a couple twists and turns, passes through an area that appears to be partially eroded, the line barely visible. Beyond that it seems to almost violently run off into a different direction, disappearing in the shadows. Visions of violence and fear seem to emanate from them somehow, clearly not part of the simulation but rather Miranda's power flaring up in reaction to tracing a representation of Nailah's timeline.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:51 pm

"Whatever happened here, it wasn't good," she said, pulling her hand back from like a child who'd been burned.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:06 pm

"No. We all have our demons..."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:13 am

"We wouldn't be who we are without them."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:32 pm

"Most certainly not, no. I still would have tried to prevent it if I could have."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:36 pm

"That's what makes us the good guys, though, right?" She said, looking at some of the other patterns.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:40 pm

"Usually..." she frowns, looking at the shadowy area. "Sometimes the right path isn't the prettiest one and sometimes we get lost."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:43 pm

"If doing the right thing were easy... you know, I don't know that I had a proper finish to that thought," she said, tearing herself away from the patterns to look back at Nailah.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:19 pm

"I wish it was that simple. It's doing the wrong things that are necessary that's hard."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:22 pm

"I suppose understanding the necessary wrong thing is something that comes along with seeing the future."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:45 pm

"Unfortunately, yes." she smiles weakly.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:48 pm

"Something I'll have to get used to, I guess, if this is one of the things I do," she said. "I think I'm ready for that lesson now."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:02 pm

"That'll be a whole lesson in itself, if it gets to that. Would you prefer to stay here or head back outside?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:04 pm

"Outside is good."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:19 pm

She nods and one scenic flight later they're back at the banks of the river.

"So, state of mind aside that you try to put yourself in, personally I find it helps if I have something to express my visions in. A medium of sorts. None of them are intrinsically better than others, but you might find that you have a certain affinity to some, simply out of personal preference. I'm a Linguist, so as you've seen mine often take the shape of poems or words. Occasionally I sketch them and someone gifted me a hand-crafted deck of Tarot cards." she says, motioning at her journal and a small wooden box that presumably holds the Tarot cards. "But what ultimately matters is that you feel comfortable in the medium you chose. It doesn't have to be necessarily artistic either. Ouija Boards, pendulums, crystal balls, scrying bowls, mirrors, even if some have some more... mystical applications, they can still work as a focus."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:28 pm

"May I?" She asked, indicating the box.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:49 pm

"Of course." she says, handing the box to her. The cards inside all appear to be hand-drawn, featuring some people she may be familiar with from around the school and her rescue (such as Will Stanton being The Fool), others she probably wouldn't recognize.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:54 pm

She slowly went through them, handling them very gently. "These are interesting. You said these were made for you?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:00 pm

"They were. I don't think you've met them yet, but let's see if you can tell who made these. They're on one of the cards."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:07 pm

Miranda sorted through them quietly for a moment, scrutinizing a few cards before holding one up of a red-headed woman with ravens. "This?" She sounded a little uncertain.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:38 pm

"First try. Impressive."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:40 pm

"It just seemed like the right one."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:43 pm

"That intuitive feeling is essentially what you're aiming for. Let's up the difficulty a bit. Fan the deck out and try to tell me which card I'm going to pull from it."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:46 pm

Miranda put the card back in and fanned the deck out, face side down. She looked at the cards for a long moment, "I see several possibilities, depending on where you take from the deck."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 3:51 pm

"Try narrowing it down." she says, her hand hovering over the deck.

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