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Message: <blockquote data-quote="izillama" data-source="post: 6056309" data-attributes="member: 79171">Either he's hiding something or he knows I plan on dominating him. Hm..."No, we already had our fill. You know, Fred, I'm very fond of magic tricks," she began, conversationally. She slipped her ever-present pack of playing cards from her purse and undid the box. She shuffled them quicker than the the could follow, back and forth between her hands. She knew each card by its feel from thousands of hours of practice. "When I was a little girl, daddy took me to my first magic show. Heh, he called himself Alquick the Amazing. Well, he wasn't so amazing. I saw through all his tricks. I said to myself, I can do better than that. So I took it up." In a broad sweep, she laid the whole deck out on the bar in a wide fan. With a flick of her wrist, she sent the entire stack tipping end over end, domino style, to show the faces. Then, in another second, she had flipped the stack back the other way. She scooped them up and continued to shuffle, hoping that her hands were beginning to gain his attention. "But you see, where I come from, all the best magicians are men. It didn't matter how good I was. They laughed at me and didn't want to see my act." Quickly, she ceased her shuffling and drew three cards, slapping them facedown on the counter."So one night a friend and I went to our local club, and I was determined to show what I know. I started out small, doing silly little cards tricks for the patrons. You know, pulling the queen of spades and the queen of clubs from thin air. That kind of stuff." After she spoke, she turned over the first two cards, showing the queen of spades and the queen of clubs. Idly, she turned the spade card in slow circles, her voice pitching lower, as though delivering a secret, "You know, all of the queens bear flowers. But only the queen of spades also bears a weapon as well. I certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of her wrath. Nor the queen of clubs. That would be a messy way to go.""Now finally, the club owner came over and saw the magic in my cards. But he still thought I was too young and inexperienced for his clientele. So he told me that I could have a night for a show all to myself if I could show him the most dangerous card. So, I pulled the king of diamonds from his ear." Slowly, she turned over the last card: The king of diamonds. "The suicide king, they call him. And though spades and clubs hurt like the devil, I'm sure," she indicated said cards, "I think I would fear the man who would take his own life more. I would wonder what he was running from, to make him take such a desperate measure."She lifted the king and held him up to face Fred, her face somber. She spoke quietly, "There are frightening things in this world, Fred. But not all frightening things are out to get you. Sometimes, the frightening things just want to go and meet other frightening things so they can become good friends." She glared at him pointedly (whether or not he chose to look was up to him), "The diamond needn't fear the spade and the club. The spade and the club are only here looking for answers."[OOC]Well, at least it made sense to me as I'm typing it half asleep...[/OOC]</blockquote>

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