Gyro Zeppeli

@@Midnight_Aurora, *King shook his head.* "That's not how things work with her unfortunately. Think of a pair of bars, one light, one shadow. These represent her power, her soul, and her internal light and shadow. These bars are used up when she uses internal light or internal shadow, these are used by her buffs. Her dark armor, as well has her sunburst and supernova. Normally, supernova leaves her with a small amount of light energy left. But if she uses too much light power while it's active, the supernova can consume all of her light and end early. This leaves a gap, that the shadows will attempt to fill. Its unique to her, and only light that her own body generates will work to suppress the shadow." *King explained.* "The thing is, Schwartz, which is what we call her when she is under the influence of shadow, is the real Sasha. Or, at least originally. She originally only had shadow power, until shortly after she met the Rocketeer. His positive influence awoke her light power. She considered The Rocketeer to be like her father. Unfortunately, being so suppressed by the light, infuriated the shadow. Now, whenever it gets influence, Sasha gets volatile, angry, aggressive, and very, very, dangerous. All we can do is hope that the shadows won't take influence, and if they do, then I will have to use the ability of The Star to suppress the shadow, it forces her body to generate light energy. I hate doing it, it causes her massive amounts of pain, but if I don't then people end up dying." *King's face grew sad.* "And even worse, its getting harder to suppress Schwartz. She only appears on very rare occasions, each suppression has caused her more pain, and taken longer. I'm afraid it may get to the point where it won't work anymore."

@, *King stood up and quickly went over to Sasha's side.* "She overused Supernova. Usually on the rare occasion she uses it, she is able to end it before it runs out, or just lets it run its course. But she burst all her light energy out early instead. This isn't good. There is a high chance that Schwartz might make an appearance. She doesn't have any light charge to dissuade the shadows from influencing her. And I can't do anything about it unless she actually turns." *King sat at her side.* "'I'm not sure she was thinking about the consequences of what she was doing, but that's not surprising considering who she is."

@@Jellal Fernandes, *Weiss took a deep breath.* "You really are pretty dense, aren't you? I don't have much time left, so lets try to finish this up." *Weiss gathered a mass of light energy in her hand, everything she had left. The light in her hair left, returning it to its black color, save for the white patch. The light gathered in her right fist and her feet, and then she released it. She sped forward at Arthur and as she reached him, blasted all of her power into a spearing punch, strong enough to spear through an inch of steel, aimed right at his stomach. As her attack finished all the energy around her faded quickly, and was unable to see if her attack has been successful before she blacked out and fell to the ground. Even her hero suit faded, leaving her in her street clothes.*

@@Jellal Fernandes, *When Weiss hit the roof of the dome, she created a bond between herself and it. As they plummeted, the bond hit its limit and wrenched her free of Arthur's grasp, as Arthur fell, she gathered up the light of the dome, causing it to dissipate, and she gathered it into her fist. She plunged down on Arthur and plunged her fist into him, sending them boosting down to the ground at a high speed and impacting with force enough to crack the pavement. She stood up and stepped back examining her hand that Arthur had grabbed, she sighed as she noticed the crack had come from the gauntlet and not her bones, but the shards of the broken gauntlet had cut her hand up a bit. She kept her eye on Arthur as she reformed her gauntlet. Her time was running out, and fast.* "Such an obvious fake. Look at the destruction you caused. You've hurt a lot of people today. King Arthur was not a man that hurt innocent people."

@@Jellal Fernandes, *Weiss managed to block his attack.* "I should say the same to you.* *She gripped his arms and thrust her feet upward into his stomach, knocking him back. She then jumped to her feet.* "But I guess you are pretty tough. Maybe I will go all out on you." *She dropped her fighting pose and stood still, the light aura condensing around her. Her black hair started turning white. Her gauntlets took a much more dangerous appearance. She then held up her hand and showed three fingers.* "I got you for three minutes." *She then dashed towards Arthur, her speed even higher than before, and struck him in the head so hard that his helmet cracked. She launched another similar attack at his stomach as soon as the previous attack had connected, launching him to the wall of the dome. She dashed forward again and grabbed him, tossing him to the ground and slamming another powerful blow into his head.* "Come on. A King getting tossed around like a wet rag? I don't remember King Arthur ever experiencing that. Are you sure you really are him?"

*The dome's crack quickly repaired, and Weiss stood up and made a motion like she was dusting off her shoulder.* "My, you certainly do boast quite a lot of power, but that was a light blow, and a slow single attack, to test the waters. I guess I could up the notches a bit." *Weiss' legs and arms began to glow with light, and she dashed forward, feigning an attack to his right side, but then swiftly swept his left foot out from under him, as Arthur fell, he sent a followup uppercut into his jaw, and a knockdown punch sending him to the ground.*

@@Jellal Fernandes, *Weiss' Dark Armor managed to block the attack to her chest, but Arthur's attack to her leg hit a gap. Weiss flinched and used her halberd to support her.* "Not bad, I suppose I will have to go near all out from the start." *Weiss stepped back, and her dark armor dissipated. Her halberd returned to an orb of light that she held in her hand. Her patch of white hair began to glow brightly and light radiated off of her. She slammed her fists together and light burst out, forming gauntlets. Her frosty leg returned to normal.* "The light provides warmth, and warmth melts ice." *Weiss jumped backwards and then charged forwards at Arthur at an even greater speed than his own, slamming her fist into his stomach with massive power, enough to knock him back at least a few feet. She then stood ready to dodge any followup he may have ready.* @@Midnight_Aurora, "Sure." *King stood up and walked over to the kitchen and prepared a cup of honey tea. He walked back over to Aurora and handed it to her.* "Its a good thing I keep all kinds of tea supplies here. Sasha wound't have any if I didn't"

@@Photon Jet, Oh gods, I hate fighting regular Rajang. I need a ton of parts from him though so Im waiting until I finish my G-rank Zinogre to grind him because my -10 thunder res Ash Kecha Wacha will not do the trick.

@@Midnight_Aurora, "So you need to find seventy-one cards, not counting the one we have here, in order to be able to harness your full power." *King said thinking.* "And every single one is somewhere in this city?" @@Jellal Fernandes, "Well I'll paint the pavement with yours, you medieval mook!" *She spun her halberd about in the air and then struck the ground with its base. Light spread across the ground and erupted upwards from Weiss' position and formed a large dome around the two of them. An arena where they would be able to fight, uninterupted and without any collateral damage. Once the barrier was up Weiss stepped back into her combat stance. She thought to herself for a moment.* [He split the earth and crated a ton of damage with his first sword, but he swapped when he did that wind attack. I can only assume that he has more available to him than just the two, and if patterns are as predictable as I would hope, then that would mean the others would be fire and water. But what kind of attacks would he have with those abilities. I have to play defensively until I know what he is capable of. Once I know his moves, I can sunburst and take out my brawlers, his armor is bulky so I can't imagine him moving very fast, so the speed boost I get should be enough to avoid anything he can throw at me. Still, if there is anything I have learned in my life its to expect the unexpected. I can't underestimate this guy.] "Ladies first I suppose." *Weiss said as she charged towards Arthur for a quick couple jabs with her halberd before jumping backwards and retaking a defensive stance.*

@@Jellal Fernandes, *Weiss followed after him.* "Hey! Tin Can! Don't you ignore me you royal wannabe!" *She changed the light gathered into her hand into a long ornate halberd.* "If you were a true king you wouldn't be afraid to take on a challenger, you also wouldn't attack people who can't fight back." *Weiss held stepped into a combat stance. Shadows began to rise from the ground around her and formed into a solid armor like aura.* @@Midnight_Aurora, "Impressive." *King said seeing her transformation.*

@@Midnight_Aurora, *King thought for a moment.* "The Moon. Things are not as they seem. The Moon also advises extreme caution when dealing with others. As for The Emperor, it is typically tied to the idea of relying solely on logic and reason. Those tied with The Emperor exhibit responsibility, maturity, and various other leadership qualities." *Then King realized something.* "Alexander Knight? Well isn't that an astounding instance. Quite fascinating. Alexander Knight, where as I am Alexander King. Both bear the name Alexander, followed by a rank within a monarchy, it is rather interesting." *King scratched his chin, very deep in thought.*

@, "Just remember not to forget the past, as negligence leads to the path of repetition. As forgetting the past leads us to repeat its mistakes." @@Midnight_Aurora, *King looked at the card curiously for a moment. He then channeled some of his energy into the card, as he did when he would invoke his own cards. The card sparked in his hand, causing him to drop it.* "Ah, that is a card I have no jurisdiction over. But it does have similarities to one of my own." *He picked a card up off the coffee table. The Wheel of Fortune.* "Situations are coming to a close, and new opportunities will come to replace them. Major milestones and life decisions are coming, some may have just passed as well. These are influenced by something long ago that was set in motion, perhaps by you, perhaps by someone you know, or have some connection to. One more thing, if there is something you desire that will be a long time coming, now is the time to begin the process. All will be ready when the wheel has come full circle yet again." *King set the card back down.* "Or at least that is how it relates to my cards. What you have there belongs to a parallel deck to mine, perhaps belonging to someone who has abilities much like mine from another land, maybe even another world." @@Jellal Fernandes, *Sasha felt the rumble and snuck out her apartment's window while the other were distracted. She created a platform of shadows to ride on and made her way over to the source of the tremors, to find a destroyed building and an armored man seeminly the source of it. Still high up in the air, Sasha crouched down on her platform and slid through, coming out the other end in her hero suit. She used a series of platforms to slow her decent and landed by the armored man.* "Hey Mr. Tin Can. Didn't anyone ever tell you it's impolite to destroy buildings?" *She shouted to the man as she gathered light into her hand.*

@@Midnight_Aurora, *Sasha nudged Aurora.* "Hey, check this out. King is about to do a proper reading. These are always cool to watch." @, *King smiled as he picked up the The Devil card that Sasha had left on the table from her earlier discussion with Cas. He then tossed it across the room, hitting the light switch and shutting off the lights in the apartment. He then went across to the other side of the coffee table from Cas and picked up his tarot deck, separating the major and minor arcana. He tosses the deck of minor arcana cards into the air, and they began to glow in their proper colors per suit. Red for wands, blue for cups, green for pentacles, and white for blades. The cards settled in a floating position in a circle around Cas and King. He then picked up the deck of major arcana, and shuffled the deck. He spread the deck into a fan like formation in his hand and spoke.* "Go ahead, choose three, and return them to me." *Upon Casimir's compliance, King tossed the remaining nineteen cards over his shoulder. They immediately halted in the air and glowed in a myriad of colors and formed around King. He held the three cards Casimir had chosen and placed them facedown on the table. A humanoid aura appeared behind King, it became clearer. It was a woman dressed in ornate clothing, and wearing a blindfold. She was in a cross legged sitting position and in her lap were three large cards.* "Lets begin." *King said with a grin. His words were echoed by that of the woman behind him. He flipped the first card. Judgement. The figure of the woman behind King held up the first card depicting Judgement, and it floated to her left, holding its position.* "Within your past lies Judgement. It symbolizes a rebirth a development, or milestone within your life. You have walked through fire time and time again and lived to tell the tale, no more than that, the ordeals you have encountered have more than made you stronger, but also transformed you, altered your body and perhaps even your mind." *King flipped the second card. It depicted The World. The woman lifted the second card, which showed a beautiful and ornate image of the card. It floated above her, and held its position.* "Your present lies within The World. It is one of the two cards of movement. The other being The Fool. But where the Fool is the beginning of a journey, The World is at a crossroads. One where all options are open to you. There is an opportunity ahead of you, one you may have been waiting for. The trials you will soon encounter will not be simple, but you will overcome, the benefits you will reap are as limitless as the cosmos herself." *King flipped over the third card. It depicted Justice. The woman behind King lifted her final card, showing an ornate depiction of the card. It floated to her right and held its position. The woman held out her arms to her sides, just underneath the cards showing the past and the future, and the card of the present stayed put just above her head.* "Justice is a card of reflection. It urges you not to forget the past, for old mistakes may rear their heads again. When in the position of the future, Justice signifies that oncoming events are important. Do not forget what will happen, as the loss of any knowledge you may experience could lead to a long lasting disaster. Do not forget the path The World allows you to choose, for many crossroads meet again." *As he finished speaking, a second figure appeared behind Casimir. The cards that the woman held floated towards the blank slate of a figure and were absorbed into it. Its appearance changed to reflect the cards. The figure grew hair like flames, its skin glowed with many small lights like a depiction of the cosmos, and in its hands it held scales of balance. The figure began to seemingly turn to dust, which floated down towards Casimir and absorbed into his body. Once the last particle of dust was gone, the woman behind King faded, the lights from the cards raged as the swirled around and neatly stacked themselves into a pile on the table. King sat down where he stood and let out a breath.* "Phew, its been a while since I have done that. Forgot how tiring it is." *He said with a chuckle.*

@@Midnight_Aurora, "Weiss is what they call me. German for white." *Sasha said as she allowed her wings to fade back into the room's ambient light and shadow.* "The Moonlit Reaper eh? That's pretty neat." *Amygdala purred* @, "Its fine, even if things do turn sour, we will be able to handle it." *King said in a similar very hushed tone.* "Anyway, Yes! I do still do readings. Would you like one Casimir? I feel like you have earned one after everything you have been through these past few years." *King said as he removed his deck of tarot cards from his pocket and placed them on the coffee table.* "What do you say? Would you like a little glimpse into your past, your present, and your future?"

@@Midnight_Aurora, "Nice wings." *Sasha said.* "I occasionally make a pair of my own." *Sasha said as shadows began to creep up her body and towards her back. Light also began to condense around her back. The light formed into the basic shape of wings and the shadows bound them into proper dimensions, creating not only functional, but also aesthetically pleasing wings.* "Not bad eh?" *Sasha said with a smirk.* "Mewor" *Amygdala mewed.* @, "Well uh, I kinda have been locked up and tied up in a dungeon for a couple weeks." *King said calmly.* "Its a long story, Ill tell you guys all about it later."

@@Midnight_Aurora, "Yeah, sure, there is a coat rack right over there." *Sasha pointed to a coat rack by the door.* "As far as tea goes, probably. King is always buying strange tea whenever he visits, then he drinks a little and leaves the rest." *She opened up a cupboard full of all the different boxes of bags of tea that King had bought. There was a rather wide variety available.* "Take your pick." *Meanwhile, Amygdala jumped up onto the counter and tilted his head at Aurora, letting out a little..* "Mew?" @, *King sat down on the couch and took a slice of pizza from one of Sasha's boxes.* "Thirty-Two isn't that old. And its a funny name. Why wouldn't I still call you that Cassie." *King smiled as he took a bite of the pizza.*

@@Midnight_Aurora, "She'll pretend to be annoyed for like two minutes but she honestly doesn't mind." *King said as they waited at the door.* ===== @, "Planeswaking eh? A couple years back some crazy dude was going around shouting about planeswalking. He was causing a lot of trouble and killing people. I ended up having to put him down. He had been carrying around a cat carrier too, the poor kitten inside did not seem happy, and when the guy was done with it seemed overjoyed. Then it followed me home, didn't it Amygdala?" *Sasha said to the cat who meowed in response. She then heard a knock on the door.* "Who could that be?" *Sasha said as she walked over to the door. She took a bite as she opened it, and nearly choked after seeing who it was.* "K-KING!" *She properly swallowed the food in her mouth and then stared agape at her friend who had been missing for weeks.* "Fuckin bash'taht! Where the fuck have you been?" *King smirked as Sasha cursed at him in Sashiilian.* "I'll tell you all about it later. Sorry, you didn't worry too much did you?" *He said as he scratched the back of his head. Sasha looked away and took a bite of her pizza.* "No, I wasn't worried you moron." *King laughed at her reaction, and then began to introduce the new friend beside him.* "Right, this is Aurora. I met her while on my way here. Hey, is that Casimir in there? Hi Cassie!" *King said as he entered the apartment.* "Ooh, pizza!" *Sasha turned to Aurora.* "Sorry about him, he has some issues with focusing unless he is doing something involving fortune telling. Come on in I suppose." *Sasha walked back more into the apartment.* "You hungry? Thirsty? We got pizza, beer, soda, water, a little bit of juice I think."

@@Midnight_Aurora, "Technically? Yes, anyone can learn to perform Tarot readings, but having powers that revolve around the Tarot in general gives my readings a little extra finesse. Tarot readings in general are mostly about understanding what each card means and represents, as well as it's context in relation with the other cards in play with the reading. My abilities give me a..... lets call it a connection with the cards. To me, its almost like they are a living thing, telling me all sorts of things about people, which I relay back to them." *King stopped walking at the entrance to an apartment complex.* "We have arrived at my destination. If you'd like you could come and join us. Sasha will likely ask for a reading, I haven't given her one since shortly after we first met, nearly nine years ago, and I have a feeling that. I'm sure she wouldn't mind a little extra company." *King noticed a disgruntled looking pizza delivery guy leaving the building.* "And hey, looks like she's ordered some pizza too. That guy always leaves disgruntled like that after delivering to Sasha. He's always asking her out, but she always refuses." *He said nodding in the direction of the mentioned delivery guy.*

@@Midnight_Aurora, "The World is in reference to me. It represents unlimited potential, and the means of achieving my goals. Of all twenty-two cards of the major arcana, it is one of the two that shows movement. I hate staying in one place for two long, Im constantly going from one place to another, discovering new things. The Star however, is in reference to Sasha. Its more about pursuing your goals, and following your own hopes and dreams. I had said she seems to take her fate into her own hands. As for readings." *He began so say with a smile.* "I typically give readings to those who interest me, and I feel have earned the knowledge. I ordinarily give readings in the style of past, present, and future. Three time frames, three cards. It is a rather vague style, but it gives a hint of what to watch out for, and what to be careful of. The tarot is a rather vague means of fortune telling, and it honestly really fits me, as I hate spoilers, and this is merely hints." ========== @, *As Sasha and Cas sat in silence thinking about what was going on in the city there was a knock on the door* "Oh! The food is here!" *Sasha got up and grabbed the money she had set out and answered the door. Paid the delivery boy, the cash and a tip. Fended off his minor attempts at flirting, and closed the door after he had left.* "Anyway, time to sate some hunger." *She said as she put the four pizza boxes on the counter. She opened one of the boxes up and took out a slice.* "So, I don't think I have asked. Where have you been for all these years? Especially since you only had three to our seven."

Finally got to Hunter Rank 100. The monster to get me there was a very small (gold crown shortest) G-Rank Rathalos. My buddy and I tore it to shreds with S.Zin SnS. I kinda felt bad for it.

@@Midnight_Aurora, "I do have a hobby of sorts, it also happens to be my career." *He reached into his pocket again and this time pulled out only a singe tarot card. The World* "I'm a fortune teller, it runs in my family. My mother, her father, and his father, so on and so forth. I actually live in Sashiil, but I am here visiting a friend of mine. A girl by the name of Sasha Track, whom I had mentioned earlier, the one with heterochromia in her hair. She is kinda like a little sister to me, she's had a lot of loss in her life." *He put the card in his hand back into his pocket, and pulled out another one. The Star, and showed it to Aurora.* "But still, she keeps on making her fate her own. Her readings are always more vague than others, its almost like she isn't bound by the hands of fate." *King put the card back in his pocket with the rest.*

@@Midnight_Aurora, *King chuckled.* "Light and Shadow eh? Yet another familiar characteristic. And yes! I am indeed a meta." *He took his deck of tarot cards out of his pocket and held them up.* "My powers focus more so on supporting others rather than getting myself into the fight. Buffs and healing for allies, debuffs for opponents. I do have a little bit of combat ability, but I try to avoid using it too much as it drains me quite quickly." *He tossed four of the cards in the air and they began to hover around him, one glowing blue, another red, a third white, and the last green.* "But then I also have twenty-two special unique abilities as well. Those I like to keep a secret though. Only one or two people know what most of them do." *He snatched the four floating cards out of the air and placed them back in his deck, restoring their place in his pocket.* "Monster Hunter eh? I haven't played that since Freedom 2 on the PSP. It was a ton of fun, but the controls required a rather uncomfortable claw like hand position in order to play properly. Still, it was always a nice challenge. And sure, its a little ways away to get to where I am going, and its always nicer to travel with company. These are dangerous times, and there is much more on the horizon, never a good idea to travel alone."

@, "I can more than feel it, I can see it." *Sasha said, crossing her arms.* "The tendancy in the city is getting erratic. Most people have light tendancy with a dark aura. Recently darker tendancies have been cropping up a lot more often. The past few days have had it in a rather large amount of excess. I said it earlier to someone I met when I first encountered that guy I was beating up when you showed up. Something big is going to happen, and soon."

@@Midnight_Aurora, "My name is Alexander King. Everyone just calls me King though. It is nice to meet you." *King said as he shook her hand. He noticed her eyes.* "Ah, a touch of heterochromia in your eyes, eh? A friend of mine has it in her hair. It is quite rare, and oft seems to be linked with rather unique capabilities. Not that all with abilities have it, nor does all who have it have these unique abilities, but it something I have noticed." *He thought with a slight smile on his face.* "Sorry if I am rambling though, its something that I do. Haven't really had much chance for conversation in a while."

@, "Im pretty sure the only thing he the Rocketeer disliked about that time was the dent all that food consumption made in his wallet." *Sasha said with a laugh. She then looked like she remembered something.* "When King was last here he did have some cryptic things to say, as per usual." *She walked over to a bookshelf and took a small box off of it.* "He said that something was coming. He couldn't exactly tell what, but he identified it with this." *She opened the box. Inside was a singe face down tarot card. She picked it up and showed it to Cas. It was The Devil.* "The Devil, King pointed out the aspects of selfishness, ego, and greed as the most prominent warnings this card is showing at the moment. This isn't part of his main deck though, this card has no power to it." *She placed the card on her coffee table and sat down. Amygdala the cat trotted over to her and jumped onto her lap. She pet the cat as she thought.* "I have no idea to whom or what it could be referring to though." ========= *King woke up to a sharp pain in his gut. He looked up to see a man in a mask with a tray. The man put the tray down on the ground in front of King and then left the cell with a slam of the door. King looked at the contents of the tray, a bowl of cold stew, and a chunk of bread. He tried to move his hands and found them to be still tied up. He sighed.* "Well at least they didn't give me a banana or some other shit that needs the use of hands to eat." *He weakly chuckled. Over time, King managed to consume most of the stew and the entire chunk of bread. He sighed with a bit of relief as he had been rather afraid that these people had brought him here to starve to death. This was the first think he had been given since his imprisonment. But it also raised the question of why he actually was being held here. Spending too much time thinking wasn't good, and before long, King found himself fading into unconsciousness again.* . .. ... .... ..... "Oy! Git yerself oop ya slahgard." *The voice was unfamiliar. King opened his eyes to see a man standing over him.* "Dee baws wahnts yah. Soh git yerself oop." *King excerted himself and stood up. His body was stiff, and before he could do much of anything, the man grabbed his arm and started leading him out of the cell and through the dungeon. At the end opposite of the cell was a door, the guard opened the door and pushed King in. This room was well lit, and rather lavishly decorated. Near the back, a man in a suit with a rather haunted look sat at a desk looking at the new arrival. Also on the desk, was King's deck of Tarot cards. The man at the desk began to speak.* "Alexander King, yes? It is a pleasure to finally meet you." *He gestured for King to sit in the chair across the desk from him, King did so. The guard closed the door and stood watching the two.* "My name is Markus Toor. The president of Toor Industries. I will get right to the point, as I am sure you are interested in knowing why I have brought you here. I would like a reading. You are said to be the most prominent fortune teller in all of Sashiil, yet you rarely do proper readings, only to those who peak your interest. You see, I have been feeling rather........ lost, and I need guidance. I need a reading from the best." *King sat and looked at Mr. Toor for a moment and laughed a bit.* "Well, you certainly have gotten me interested, such a prominent figure using such shady means to get my attention. Very well. I'll do a reading for you, on the condition that I get to be released once I am finished. I promise I won't tell anyone about this." *Toor thought for a moment and then nodded.* "Very well, once you have finished you will be free to go. Sollun, please untie his hands." *Toor said to the guard at the door. The guard did so and King moved his arms around freely, regaining the movement and getting rid of the stiffness that had settled in. Toor slid the deck of tarot cards over to King.* "You are aware that my readings remain vague, and merely serve as a hint as to what may be coming correct?" *King picked up the cards and separated them into two decks. The major and minor arcana. He set the deck of minor arcana to the side as Toor nodded his head.* "Very well then," *King suffled the deck of the major arcana and spread the cards out in front of him.* "Choose three cards and, without looking, hand them to me." *Toor chose three cards at random, put them together and handed them to King. King slid the remaining cards back into a neat stack with one swipe of his hands and held the three cards Toor had chosen in front of him. He placed the cards face down on the desk, and spread them evenly.* "Let us start with your past." *King said as he flipped the first card, revealing The Devil.* "Your past is greed, selfishness. You were, and perhaps still are filled to the brim with your own ego. While confidence in yourself can be good, it can also cause issues, overconfidence has been the downfall of many great men." *King flipped the second card.* "Your present. The Fool. You are, or are very soon, starting a journey. One where you need to stay optimistic. Keep in good humor and don't let things get you down. Maintain this and you will push past your limits." *He flipped the final card.* "The card Death shows your future." *Toor stood up with a shocked look.* "Im going to die!?| *King smirked.* "Don't we all? Death is an inevitability for all of us. We can only hope for immortality in the means of being remembered for being great. Either greatly good, or greatly evil. However..." *King tapped the card.* "Death does not symbolize the greeting of your inevitable fate. Death symbolizes a drastic change, at sometime in the future, something either within you, or around you will change. It will not be easy, as with change brings the unknown, and the unknown is oft feared. But if you embrace the change, with optimism.." *He tapped The Fool card.* "Then you may experience a second chance to start over, an opportunity for growth. Embrace the change with a positive outlook, and things will likely turn out fine." *King put his hand on The Fool card, covering it. The card began to glow under his hand and King lifted a copy of the card up from the original.* "This card signifies you now. Your journey, and your need for optimism. When the time comes, it will begin to fade. Once the card is gone, your change will be imminent." *He handed the copy of the card to Toor and gathered up his deck.* "So... I should leave, go explore the world. Have a journey, and find my change?" *Toor asked.* "If that is what your soul is telling you to do. A journey doesn't have to be literal." *King said with a smile as he slid the deck of cards into his pocket.* "Thank you Alexander. You have given me much to think about. Sollen, please lead him to the surface, and escort him safely out of the Murk." *Toor said to the guard.* "I am going to stay here for now. I need some time to think." *King bowed.* "I wish you the best Mr. Toor." *Toor waved as his guard led King out of the room. As King followed the guard, he thought to himself. Toor had said that they were in The Murk. That means he was all the way back in Tollopolis. He should probably head over to Sasha's apartment, she was bound to be worried. King smirked to himself. He was lucky he had used the chariot before he had been captured, if not, things may have ended up a tad bit worse. After King and Sollen had gotten out of The Murk, Sollen offered to call a cab for King, who declined.* "I need the exercise. Been tied up not moving for a while. Gotta get myself functioning again." *Sollen nodded and began to make his way back to his employer. King found out where in the city they had surfaced and began to make his way to Sasha's apartment complex.*