Shine Masateru<br/>Time: June 5, afternoon<br/>Location: Shopping District, "Threads of Fate"<br/>Tagged: Chisato<br/><br/>He was as quiet and patient as a statue as she approached, his good eye focused on her the entire time without being so rude as to stare or leer. When she spaced out, he seemed to not mind or care; perhaps he was sued to it. The whole experience of entering his 'realm' for the first time could be overwhelming to some, after all.<br/><br/>"Yes. The Tarot is the means by which all is revealed, save for those few, niggling little secrets that the universe keeps to itself." He says with a light laugh. "Though I also cast runes, as well; another popular form of divination, from the Germanic areas of the world." As he spoke, he picked up a deck of tarot cards, and began to idly shuffle them.<br/><br/>"My name is Shine, by the way. Might I have the honor of your name?" As he asked, he began to place cards out along the table. Twelve of them, arranged in a circle that looked like a grandfather clock, with five more cards in the center, in a plus-sign shape.<br/><br/>"The Wheel spins as time passes, and gives us a glimpse of the past," as he says this, he indicated the first three cards that would correspond to 1, 2, and 3'o'clock "The present," he indicated 4, 5, and 6 "The near future", 7, 8, and 9... "And the distant future." 10, 11, and 12.<br/><br/>"You have come from a distant place, both figuratively and literally," He spoke to her in a dispassionate voice; as dead as his covered eye. "You seek to... escape from something?" He looked at her questioningly, and then back to the cards. "Though you have been here a modest amount of time, you are still a stranger to Inaba.  But it's those fickle goddesses of fate, whose conspiring  has brought you here." For a moment, he is quiet. "The cards say that soon, you will embark upon a journey of self discovery and acceptance."<br/><br/>He frowned a bit, and a hand came up to press against the eye patch. Occasionally, he got flashes of pain where his eye once was; these were some times, as was now the case, accompanied by a flash of something else. This woman. Where did he know her from? Why was she here, now? "You will meet many strange individuals. And this will not be the last time we meet." He said this with a firm nod of his head, and turned to regard the five cards in the middle.<br/><br/>"Calmness will do you well in the times ahead. The cards say that you must look within yourself to find the answers you seek. You will be able to find happiness; your ending, though not yet written, is slated to be happy. But you must<em>earn</em>it. Everything in this life has its price, in blood, and tears, and sweat. If you want a happy future to actualize for you, you will need to toil for it."<br/><br/>He points to the central card, which, strangely enough, just so happens to be the Moon card. "This card is your soul card. It is representative of who and what you are, the stage of life you are in, and your role in the greater cosmos." He picks it up, and holds it out to her. "Take it. Study it, and consider its meaning. That is one question I will not answer for you. When you no longer need this card's guidance, I will accept it back."<br/><br/>"Your journey will be a long and hard one. You may be tempted to give up at times, but you have the power to persevere through the trials that await you. If you should need help along the way, I will offer you what assistance I can."