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Several moons ago when we first headed into Nocwich, there was a fortune teller named Lady Elin. I'm sure many of us went to her tent to have our fortunes read. Perhaps you've forgotten what it was she said. I know divination is met with a lot of skepticism.

Would you be willing to share your fortune with me, if you remember it? I'd like to know if it relates to anything in your life, whether it be from your time before Abraxas or since being summoned.

[and because you cannot expect something without putting yourself on the line...]

She would say "I see" and "you hold a tie to". For me, it was 'many lost souls under the night sky' and 'old lands that find new roots'. It makes me think of my home country. Many hundreds of thousands died because of the war waged in it. The country no longer exists.

I don't want to bore you with more details, but that is my basic interpretation of it.

Even if it could be pretty personal, thank you for reading this. I'm just being curious. If you want to talk privately, my name is Wanda.

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Ah, sorry - I still forget about that sometimes. I'm no artist, or I'd try to draw one out.

[Why can't they have omni-tools. It would be so much easier to just send photos.]

I'd say it was, yeah. For the whole galaxy. Far as anyone knew, the rachni were extinct. The last surviving queen went off to revive her species. Peacefully.

I'll remove you from the research team I was hoping to put together, then.

[she's only kidding.]

If you do happen to hear anything regarding her or the fortunes, would you keep me informed?

In Solvunn.

Were you one of the ones captured?

I don't doubt yours or anyone else's ability to provide insight, if that is a skill you possess.
It's just... different, isn't it? The way Abraxas works.
The arcana here are similar to the ones of my world, and yet they don't quite match.
Magic has its rules and exceptions, and then surprises.
Maybe there's nothing to what Lady Elin provides, but she's from here.

[and, thus, her insight is born from the foundations of this world.]

I don't know if I'm making sense. I'm still new at this.

I helped someone with a problem they were having by stepping into their mind.
I — felt and saw some things, and... when I tried to get rid of what was causing the problem in the first place — well, I had a vision. It felt real. They had the same one, too.

I was pushed out of their mind, and they told me their fortune when I asked them if it had meant anything. It was word for word the same.

Yes, pretty early on

[ha ha]

I will.

[she had no idea that was a thing beyond just science—the cosmos and whatnot.]

Might be worth picking at his mind, then.

That's a happy ending, at least.
I wonder if that fortune wasn't so much about any future situation you may find yourself in, but to what you've already lived through and experienced.

I haven't talked to anyone from Thorne about their experience being taken.
Would you be up for it, with some tea? Either in Nocwich or in the Horizon.

If you feel comfortable with the idea.

You might be right.

What's your name, by the way? I don't remember ever talking with you before.

I can understand why most people wouldn't want to talk about it, but I don't mind.

Either is fine for me. I know a place in Nocwich if you're looking for good tea.

[Of course he does. It might started as just something to occupy his time, but Kell never does anything half-way. He treats his tea very seriously.]

[ There's magick in the stars! ]

Take care, though. He will go on for bells upon bells if you let him.

Hours, that is.

[oh, could it be? someone else who recognizes that tea is best?]

You wouldn't be referring to the small shop under a set of stairs, would you?

I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
Thank you, Thancred.

The very same! Unless there are two of those, which I doubt.

[She can't hear Kell laugh, but he's genuinely surprised he might just have found someone who'd, like him, rather go to drink tea in small, hidden spot than lounge with a glass of wine in hot springs.]

[oh, hey!]

I also doubt it.
I do enjoy their lavender and honey tea best.

[kell, you've met a fellow tea nerd.]

We should definitely meet up there. Maybe we've already run into each other without realizing.

If you wanted to look at it that way, then it is possible.
But why would she limit herself to that of a fortune teller?
Why wouldn't she further her studies with any of the academies available to her?
Or offer her help when everyone went missing?

You are making sense, or as much sense as anyone can in this situation.
And I trust your judgement over just about anyone else's in this matter.

Have you tried it again with someone else?
To know if it was just that one individual's fortune or something applicable to the Summoned at large?

Putting it that way, I could see it. Does that happen? Fortunes being details about the past?

Of course. And if aught comes of this investigation, do please let me know.

[Finally! Someone who understands him!]

I know this one! It's really good.

I had to admit to shamelessly copying their recipe for the teashop I work in. But I offered one of my own as apology so we're fine now.

[He did ask before, but it sounds a lot less dramatic this way.]

I'm not entirely an expert, but general readings usually express something that happened in the past, is currently happen, or might pass in the future.

At this point, with what everyone who has shared, it feels like it was a mix of all those things.
If you're willing to believe it, of course.

I simply bought bags of the mix to take back to Solvunn with me, truth be told.
You work at a teashop?

This is definitely not what I intended for this communication at large, but... I would like to join you for tea some time. Most everyone here seems to prefer coffee.

Why do women with great magic hide themselves in roles that many could mock and allude to as just guesswork?

[witch, a term that has been used in the past as an insult, even if wanda hasn't carried that title for long. yennefer would know, that a woman with power is one that is feared, yearned to be contained.]

Your other questions might require actually talking and asking her about it.

But, no, I haven't tried. What I've gathered is that those who got their fortunes read either got something from their pasts, something that is accurate for them in the now, or something that might come to pass. I don't... think there's enough data for me to go off to an actual theory.

I do know that I want to look into it some more.

At this point, I've been through a fungus dungeon, learned I can suddenly do magic, and talk to people with my mind. I'm willing to believe a lot of things.

Fair.

Well, from my end I will say that you probably shouldn't worry about this. I will look into it myself, and unless there is something dire worth reporting, consider it not particularly important.

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