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One card. Its all I need. One card to help decide my fate today.
Carefully removing the cloth wrapped around the cards, she spreads it wide. Leaving the cards uncovered in the middle of the cloth, the questions of her fate and destiny laying on the table before her, tempting her with answers she wasn't sure if she wanted to hold. But it was always nice to have an idea as to how she was going into her day.
A shuffle. The cards nimbly flipping between her hands in good practice, before ending up on the table again. She flipped it. Quickly. The top card now faceup on the table, but it was wrong.
"What? What is this?" Without flipping the deck over she fans through and counts. 22 22. All the cards were there counting the one faceup on the table. Someone must have switched a card, this wasn't right. But there isn't anyone who could. She kept her cards locked away when not being used or are close on her person no one would have had access to switch a card.
Putting the deck back down, she picks up her card. Rolling it between her fingers to confirm, it feels like her card. No one could replicate the gentle wear created from years of repeated use. So what does this strange card mean?
The Investigator
An odd title for a card. The art portrays a young woman reading a book. The title was written on a scroll across the bottom of the card, removing extra blank space from the bottom of the card.
"What could you mean for me today I wonder? What is there for me to investigate in my future?"
Her pondering was broken by the chiming of her clock. "Shit I got to go."
Quickly she bundled back up the cards tucking them in her purse before hurrying from the house, not daring to be late to work.
In her rush one card slipped free. The Investigator drifted lazily to the floor, the girl upon the card looking up from her reading. In good time, she'll learn of the destiny before her.