Divination Time!

[wyld_dandelyon]

Look at my beautiful new icon by meeksp!  She captured the bright enamels, the different metal colors, and even the casual integration with daily life shown in my Torn World-style readings by Rai-Kunabei.  Thank you, Meeks!

(For those who don't know, she periodically draws an icon as a random "door prize" for one of the people who comment on her drawings.  You should go check out her art.)

I've done this before. If you hang out here, you probably know what to do. If not, and you want more information that the notes below, go here for a bit of information.  (I'm carving a bit of time out of my lunch hour to make this post, so please pardon me if I seem rushed!)

EDIT: THIS DRAW IS CLOSED. However, if you missed it, and really want a card or three, I'll add you to the queue for $5/card.

Please leave a question or comment, and a tip if you can.  Anyone can request a free card.  As a thank-you for people who tip $5 or more, I'll do a two-card reading, and $10 or more, a three-card reading.  You can suggest a divination method/deck if you have a preference, out of the ones that I use. 

I will probably do most of the readings over the weekend, however, I wanted to get this posted so anyone who particularly wants a reading drawn on the Equinox has that opportunity.  Please let me know if a reading done during the equinox would be particularly meaningful to you.  Otherwise, patrons will be given priority on readings.  Please note:  I do readings to the best of my ability to provide inspiration, insight, and entertainment.  Please go see a mundane professional if you need one.

Again, sorry for the brevity of the introductory post!  Gotta run!

Oh, dear, I almost forgot to put the hat out! 

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[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

You find Rai Kunabei sitting on a boulder, staring at what had been her great grandmother's tiny house. She is young; you've arrived shortly after she gained the title and went from herding goats to being a priestess of her people.

"The roof is still sound." She sounds skeptical. "Do you think I really need a house all to myself?"

"You're asking me?"

She turns and looks at you, and blushes. "I'm sorry. I thought Grandpa was right behind me. Have you--did you come for a reading?"

"I would love one."

She jumped to her feet and picked up the bag. "Well, we could go inside, I guess. It's awfully rocky here, and there's just the one boulder." She leads you to the door, where she unties a knot and opens it, to the sound of bells ringing. "Grandpa tied it shut after Rai-Konalei died, to keep animals out.

Inside, there's a little room with a round table and chairs. Kunabei goes straight to one of the smaller side chairs and then stops, goes to the far side of the table and sits in the tall, carved chair there. "I guess this is my chair, now."

"You look good in it."

She gives you a skeptical look, but sets the leather bag on the sturdy table. Once you also sit down, she reaches inside and pulls out a disk. It's one of the iron disks, one side covered in a deep, luminescent black enamel. The color is rich, making you think of purple and midnight blue. "For you, Void, the challenging aspect of sky. This is the dark of night, when all things remain possible the next day. But if you worry about it too much, you won't sleep, and you won't get the rest you need to meet whatever challenges await you. So the first challenge is to refuse to let the scary mystery of it keep you from doing what you must to be ready."

Suddenly, she laughed. "I think there's a message here for me too!
Being Rai is a big responsibility, just as scary as the darkness of a night sky with no stars or moons to light the way. But brooding about it isn't helping." She stood and bowed. "Thank you for the insight."