<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Tomoe%20Mami%20Avatars/Mami_avatar_43_zps70c82e1e.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Alice Deschain (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=176393.msg8367695#msg8367695)</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Some bar.<br/><strong>With:</strong>A bunch of poker players (Gaius and Lyuk among them).<br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/><em><strong>"I don't like cheaters myself really. Acquaintances of mine lost a little money to cheaters, but they ended up fine. I, myself, was a victim of a cheater but enough of that, let's play,"</strong></em>answered Lyuk, later winking at Alice. If Lyuk understood what she tried to ask, there was no one or two aces to support them there, namely Ralena and Luca. Oh well, two mages against one was still a good number.<br/><br/>The game just kept going on without any more surprises, with Red folding when he had no good cards on  his hand or betting when he got a good hand. It was getting boring and predictable, Alice thought. And that meant he wasn't interested in the game, but only in the Fairy Tail mages. At least Alice had the chance to get amazed at Lyuk' skills with the game. Or luck. Nonetheless, he would became a good pair for small tricks to earn more money. Oh, yes, she would invite him later. Right now, there was other more important matter to attend to.<br/><br/>Red took some strange deck from a bag and brought it over the table. One of the three players asked what that was about, but Red performed some kind of magic. Alice saw herself and all the others enveloped in some kind of mist. For a couple of seconds, almost nothing could've been seen, although Alice did feel the magical effect working on her body. If it wasn't for her magic, she would've been sleeping like all the others.  Lyuk, too, seemed to have escaped from the effect. Or Red simply spared them.<br/><br/>An illusion magic that was. Indeed, a masterful display of it. That man, Alice thought, was really dangerous, and she was fearful that they wouldn't stand a chance against him. Red kept playing with his cards, while asking:<em><strong>"Heh, now that the three stooges are out of the way, how about a change of pace? Tell me, do either of you two fairies believe in fortune telling? Do you believe that a power greater then yourself can foresee what fate has in store for you? Predict the future?"</strong></em><br/><br/>Alice  now could notice that his deck was actually a Tarot one. She thought about his question for a moment and was emphatic while answering:<strong>"Bullshit! Only you can make your own future! There is no such thing like fate."</strong>Despite the fear she was feeling (yes, she was really scared), Alice had a determined look in her eyes.