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☆ Round One!
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jsmn_kinkmeme!Below are some basic guidelines to get started. Please make sure you also check out our complete Rules & Guidelines to minimise any confusion.
Guidelines:
■ Anonymously comment with your request – a character/pairing/nthsome, and a kink or prompt.
■ Only one prompt per post.
■ Fillers please link your fills in the Fills Post!
■ Have fun! :)
Keep in mind:
■ Any kinks welcomed!
■ The fill/request does not need to be sexual or porny.
■ Multiple fills are allowed.
■ Fills can be any sort of creative work: fic, art, song, photomanip, etc.
■ Beware of spoilers! Prompters and requesters are encouraged to warn for spoilers, but this rule is not enforced.
■ Warning for non-con, dub-con, abuse, slurs/language, and other potentially disturbing subjects is encouraged but be aware we do not enforce this.
Links:
☆ Current Prompt Post
☆ Mod Post
☆ Fills Post
☆ Discussion Post
☆ Misfire deletion requests
Partial Fill: L'Amoureux
(Anonymous) 2015-08-25 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)Childermass looked up, fingers still idly shuffling the cards of Mareseilles. “I beg your pardon?”
Mr Segundus, gestured with his fork at the battered deck in Childermass’ hands. “When you read them–I’ve seen you lay them out a few times recently,” His face had the slightest hint of a blush. “I don’t mean to pry, but I wondered what it is you read for, what questions you ask.”
“Whatever I fancy at the time,” Childermass drawled, leaning the chair back on two legs. He moved to put his feet up, but then thought better of it. “Sometimes I have a question, sometimes I want to see what they might tell me.”
Mr Segundus’ lunch lay forgotten now in front of him, he leaned towards Childermass, who was sat across from him. “Do you read for other people?” He asked, and there was certainly a red tinge to his cheeks now, that made Childermass smirk to see. “I mean, if someone asked you to, or paid you to?”
“I’ve read the cards at the request of others before, and not many of them liked the messages I gave them,” Childermass smiled his sideways smile. “Mr Segundus, would you like me to tell your fortune?”
“Oh yes, please.” Mr Segundus said with a nod. “I would very much like to see how it is done, and what they might say. I’ve never seen a real tarot reading and I am most fascinated by your methods.” He realized he was nearly babbling at this point, and closed his mouth with an audible click. Childermass said nothing as he gave his cards a final shuffle, cut the deck, and laid out nine cards.
L'Hermite, reversed
Childermass tapped the card, “You’ve spent most of your life feeling as if you’ve been in a sort of isolation from others,” His eyes glanced up, meeting Mr Segundus’ for a brief moment. “And now you are surrounded by friends, but you are still feeling that same loneliness, you are looking for something.”
L'Amoureux
Childermass let out a small huffed sound of amusement, at the same time that Mr Segundus laughed, high and nervous.
“Love, Mr Childermass? I am looking for love, that is what they say.”
“Not necessarily, L'Amoureux says not to take things at face value, sir.” Childermass said, reaching for the next card, but not turning it yet. “Love is one thing, Mr Segundus, but you’re after something better than that. Another half–”
“Like a soul mate?”
Childermass nodded, “Aye, if that’s the word you want to use. There will be obstacles–”
“What kind of obstacles?”
“Well, if you would let me continue reading.” Childermass rolled his eyes, turning the next card.
The Two of Cups, reversed
“There’s a power imbalance in your relationship with this person.” Childermass frowned, and reached for the next card, turning it quickly.
“Power imbalance?”
“You’re looking for a partnership, someone like-minded but also someone that you know can meet you point for point in any debate.” Childermass ignored Mr Segundus question as he read the Five of Batons. “You have similar ideas, but different methods to approaching them, and the energy you get from this person inspires you to be a better man than what you are. In fact, you’re looking for,” Childermass turned the fifth card and smirked. “A magician.”
Le Bataleur lay on the table between them.
“Oh.” Mr Segundus said, sounding neither surprised nor displeased, but rather as if Childermass had stated what was obvious to them both. Mr Segundus turned his head slightly. "And do I know this person already?“
Childermass looked at him curiously, and turned the next card. “That you do, and further, you know who it is I am talking about.” He held up the Ace of Swords then set it back down with the others.
Mr Segunus looked at him then, wide-eyed and anxious. “They can’t, that is to say, they wouldn’t be able to tell who it is, would they?”
“Mr Segundus, if you already know–”
“I, well, I mean yes I know, but would *you* learn it from the cards?” Mr Segundus seemed ready to bolt from the table at any moment. Childermass laughed quietly, placing his hands palm down on the table.
“The cards know who it is sir, but if it distresses you, I shall not continue the reading.” Childermass said, grinning. Mr Segundus frowned pensively at him.
“You would simply read it when you are alone.”
“On my honor, I would not.”
Mr Segundus was quiet for several moments, and then softly spoke. “I wish to see how it ends.”
Childermass turned over the seventh card, the Ace of Cups, reversed. “This person is, or will soon become aware of your feelings.” His voice faltered, and he sounded unsure of himself. He tapped the card lightly, regarding it. “They do not know if they should return them, but–” He flipped the next card, laying it on the table harder than he intended to. Justice looked up at him, and then the next card, the Four of Batons. Childermass looked down at the complete spread, reading each card again and then all nine at once.
“What does it say, Childermass?” Mr Segundus asked, looking down at the cards but only coming up with nonsense. “Why couldn’t he–they– return the feelings?”
Childermass sighed. The cards were never wrong. “They have a choice to make, regarding your affections.” He looked Mr Segundus in the eye now, holding his gaze. “In the end it works out for the best.”
Mr Segundus pursed his lips. “Well, that could mean any number of conclusions, Mr Childermass! What if they–” His words were cut short though, as Childermass leaned across the table, grabbing a fistful of Mr Segundus’ shirt and waistcoat to pull him close and catch the other man’s mouth in a kiss.
Complete Fill - Part two of L'Amoureux - Six of Coins
(Anonymous) 2015-08-25 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)Childermass pressed his knuckles to his lips, barely hiding the grin that threatened. "Not laughing," He lied, chuckling again. "You're overthinking this."
John Segundus sighed, deflating visibly as he pressed his fingers to his temples. "How is it that you can glean such specific meanings from these cards? It all looks like--like nonsense to me!" He blushed, and worried his bottom lip with his teeth. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like--"
Childermass picked up a card, the six of coins, and held it up, "When you look at this, what do you think? What do the coins make you think of?"
"Money." John said, and pursed his lips when Childermass nodded, "But that's only because you told me the coins suit meant wealth and prosperity and material things."
"Aye, they do." Childermass set the card back down. "And the six of coins would mean?"
John threw his hands up with a sigh. "I have no idea!"
"You asked me to teach you how to read the cards of Marseilles, and that is what I am doing." Childermass tapped the card. "Look at it, Mr Segundus, what does it tell you?"
John frowned, muttering, "I told you not to call me Mr Segundus anymore, John Childermass," but leaned forward again to stare at it. "How can you even tell if it's reversed, its symmetrical!"
"Read the card, John."
"It looks like the coins are being protected? By these vines?" John glanced up at Childermass, looking for some sign that he was right.
"Go on."
"It reminds me of a flower blooming. When the outer petals open and you can see the inner parts, the stamen and pistels." John continued, still unsure of himself. "But what does have to do with money?"
Childermass chuckled again, quickly biting it off as John's expression turned more sour. "You are thinking too small, but you're on the right path. What does a gardner expect of their garden, hm? For the flowers to stay closed forever despite all the hard work?"
John closed his eyes for a moment, and then, as if someone had lit a candle inside of him, he snatched up the card. "Reward!" He cried, holding the card out to Childermass. "The six of coins, it means a reward for something, am I right?"
"That is one way to read it, yes."
John's shoulders sagged. "Just one?"
Childermass pointed to the second card. "You haven't finished the story. What does the six of coins have to do with the ace of batons then?"
"I'm going to bludgeon someone over the head and take their money."
Childermass laughed, leaning back in his chair. Even John couldn't hold back the smile that escaped him, so rare was it that Childermass truly laughed at anything, deep and loud like this. "Now that I would like to see." He said, "Again, look at the card. You see the hand holding the baton upright, what does it remind you of?"
"Someone holding a sword, perhaps?" John asked, "And these markings, like flames? Or are they leaves, they could be leaves, these are sticks after all."
"Instinct, John." Childermass said, giving him a more serious look now. "What is your first impression?"
John studied the card, feeling quite foolish. He was taking entirely too long, by his own accounts, to read the cards. He was certain he would never master them, and that this whole venture would be a waste of time. "Leaves, not flames. They are not attached to the stick--baton," He corrected himself, "but they are not falling. They are rising, growing perhaps?" He sighed deeply, "They barely look like leaves."
"But you have said that they are leaves."
"Yes well, I could be wrong, you won't tell me one way or another until I have made a complete fool of myself." John snapped, crossing his arms over his chest and no longer looking at the cards, he chose instead to meet Childermass' eyes. "Growing leaves on a dead stick and a reward. It doesn't make sense at all, sir. What, am I going to grow a reward out of thin air?"
Childermass quirked an eyebrow. John rolled his eyes in a manner entirely unlike himself.
"You are joking, sir."
"There are seven more cards in the spread, read them."
"This is ridiculous." John said. "I do not have your gift!" He looked down at the cards all the same. "Alright here, the page of cups, right? Well he looks like he's had a little too much to drink. And here's the eight of swords, they don't even look like swords here, I couldn't even tell by looking at it what it was unless you had told me. Temperance which I know to mean patience but it looks like she's bloody knackered herself, pouring another cup maybe for that fellow two cards back? La lune," He tapped the card, "Reversed, the whole world is upside down now because we are all drunk and falling over one another! I am terrible at this Childermass, please do not make me continue!"
Childermass' expression was unreadable. "Continue." He said, softly, but there was no room for argument.
John made a frustrated noise. "Fine. The ace of swords, there's a hand, a crown, more of those leaves that are not leaves." John stopped, quiet for a moment as he looked down at the card. Childermass leaned forward. "No, not leaves, not this time. It's light? Yes, and its coming from the sword."
"A breakthrough, a moment of clarity--"
"Hush!" John said, holding up his hand. "The two of batons, the vines are growing out of the center of the crossed batons. But L'Empereur?" He rubbed his thumb over the corner of the card. "There's a smudge here."
Childermass sucked in a breath between his teeth. "Read the cards, Mr Segundus." He said, so quietly it was almost a whisper.
"Looks like there was a bird printed on the back of this paper." John said absently, as if to himself. "L'Empereur, the emperor? Maybe a king?" He sighed. "I thought I was on to something with those last two cards, but I've lost it, if I even had it to begin with. What does any of this have to do with an emperor, or a king, or any kind of monarch? And further, what does this have to do with me. I told you Childermass, I can not read the cards."
"You just did." Childermass moved the cards, positioning them once more into a straight line of nine. "The last time you told me you couldn't do something, you then reattached a severed finger and rescued a lady from a fairy's enchantment, John Segundus. Read the cards, from the beginning."
So John Segundus read the cards.
He touched each card carefully, fingers resting lightly on the old paper. The six of coins, ace of batons, page of cups, eight of swords, temperance, la lune reversed, ace of swords, two of batons, l'empereur.
The candle's flame that had lit within him reached out as if it had a hand, and became a bonfire. John finally saw the cards.
"What does the six of coins have to do with the ace of wands." John murmured, pushing the two cards together. "Not a reward, answers. I have been waiting for something, for answers to just make themselves known to me, but that's not how the story goes. I have to find the answers myself. The page of cups, not a drunkard, or maybe. But what is a page? They bring messages, there is a message for someone. The eight of swords, they are all twisted, I can not read the message yet but the answer to that is right in front of me, I just need patience." He touched the Temperance card again, before moving on. "La Lune, the moon, its reversed its--" He paused, nearly losing his train of thought. "The world is upside down, the moon is on the ground and the earth is in the sky, this doesn't make a bit of sense, but the ace of swords, the sword, the crown--Childermass!" He grabbed the other man's hand, looking at him in wide-eyed amazement. "Its about the King's Letters! We are trying to read them the wrong way!"
"Then how should we read them?"
"I do not know." John said, as he drummed his fingers on the table. "But we need to look at them from a different angle entirely. Then we will see and--" He tapped the two of batons, the L'Empereur. "Then we will be able to read them, and see what he has to tell us."
Childermass was quiet for some time, staring at John as if searching for something. Finally, he nodded. "That is indeed what the cards say."
John smiled, feeling rather pleased with himself.
Re: Complete Fill - Part two of L'Amoureux - Six of Coins
(Anonymous) 2015-08-26 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Complete Fill - Part two of L'Amoureux - Six of Coins
(Anonymous) 2015-08-28 03:22 am (UTC)(link)thank you, A!A! I suddenly understood how hot I find tarot reading but perhaps that's because Childermass is doing the reading, this is truly fascinating! you are probably very skilled with the tarot yourself, this was so compelling to read. and then Mr Segundus trying to read cards himself was the most adorable thing ever! his distress and humour - so wonderful, even Childermass couldn't help but laugh and admire it
Re: Complete Fill - Part two of L'Amoureux - Six of Coins
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