I See The Future!! (Open)

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Kayla nommed a curly fry, practically twirling it into her mouth with amazing suckage. No she didn’t suck it that much, but still it was fun to corkscrew them in. That’s why they were shaped like curly-Qs, right? If not for playing with your food, then what else?

Whatever, she was supposed to be playing a part right now anyway, not playing with her food. Her boss, Judy, had insisted that Kayla drag a little table and gypsy tent out to the community faire thingy and try and reign in a new lot of suckers customers for the shop. She even placed a small sandwhich board outside the tent, listing their services; tarot reading, palm reading, crystal balling, etc. Judy didn’t have any power, but she was convinced that Kayla did, as some account of being a meta, even though Kayla’s power was the furthest thing from clairvoyance.

Whatever, she was good at conning saps and it got her a good amount of tips in addition to her normal pay. Kayla dropped the basket of fries back into the plastic bag they came in and hid it behind a couple of the draperies that were uselessly hanging from the ceiling. She wiped her greasy hands on it too. Judy could wash them later. She rounded the small table, her outfit swaying about her hips with each step, and he plopped herself back down in the antique looking chair behind the small, circular table.

She’d gotten a couple customers already, but there was a lull in traffic right now, hence why Kayla risked a couple bites from her fattening faire food. Kayla tapped her finger on the “crystal” ball and patiently waited for her next victim customer.

[Akira Koizumi]

It was fair time and Akira was buzzing with energy. He had signed up to help out at the ball pit. He wasn't exactly sure what he would be doing. Akira guessed that his job was to make sure everyone followed the safety rules; no one hurt themselves or hurt someone else, and make sure not too many people were in the ball pit at one time.

Akira wanted to walk around and check out the fair before he had to report for duty. The Japanese teen found many activities. The one that caught his attention was a tent. He stopped and read the poster outside of the tent.

The superstitious boy walked into the tent. “Konichwa.” Akira greeted the girl at the round table with a smile on his face.

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Kayla had the hopes that maybe, maybe her boss would eventually show up and relieve her so that she could go and check out the other places. She was pretty much dying for some funnel cake, and possibly some pie, but hell if she’d be caught dead eating such messy shit here in the tent….wait, she already had the curly fries, clearly Kayla didn’t give a rats ass.

Still, she had to keep up some image of professionalism to the swanks who didn’t know their head from their ass and often got one stuck inside the other. Hence the hiding of the curly fries.

Kayla propped herself up at the announcement of a prospective customer. D’awww, it was a cutie widdle asian kid. Kayla wondered how old he was? He looked pretty young, but looks could be deceiving, especially when it came to squints. “Hey, Ko-chin-chin-wa to you too!” she greeted brightly with a sleek, inviting smile. “You looking for a reading today? If so, have yourself a seat already!” Kayla held out her arms, indicating the chair on the opposite end of the table from where she sat.

[Akira Koizumi]

Akira took the empty seat. The young woman across from Akira was very beautiful. Her appearance was like a beautiful mysterious gypsy goddess. Akira was very happy that he stopped by.

Besides admiring her beauty, Akira was thinking of some questions. He wasn’t sure if he needed to ask a question about his future or not. He waited for her to tell him what to do with a smile on his face.

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Kayla watched as the Asian boy with the hairprayed hair followed her instructions and sat down in the seat across from hers. There was a pause as she assumed that the other person was going to say something. Anything. Like maybe even, “Hi, yes, thank you, yes I am looking for a reading you beautiful person you!” Except this person didn’t say anything. Not. One. Word.

Kayla’s first impression was that since he greeted her in some funky language(she knew it was Japanese, she just didn’t know a lick of it), then maybe that was all he spoke? Greeeaaaat.

The gypsy smiled. “So! What. Kind. Of. Read-ing. Do. You. Want?” she spoke stiltedly, her hands up in little crab claws, as if that was going to make her any better understood to a foreigner. She brightened her eyes up, as if staring at him was going to be more effective. Hey! It might! It was that whole “window to the soul” deal, and for all she knew, he was a telepath! Probably not, but it’d certainly make things easier on her.

[Akira Koizumi]

Akira did his best at not bursting into laughter. Maybe he shouldn’t have greeted her in Japanese. Akira always found it interesting how people would change the way they talk when they find out that they are talking to a foreigner.

“I can speak English.” He informed her. Akira also enjoys seeing other people’s faces when he starts speaking English to them. The Japanese teen has been living in America for a few years now, and his English skills have improved greatly. Although sometimes he still has a little bit of hard time with it. “Tarot cards please.” His smile never left his face.

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Kayla blanched, completely offended now(not really). “Oh, you sneaky little bra—uh…” she stopped herself before she said something she could get in trouble for saying to a customer. “I mean, ohhhh, well why didn’t you say soooo?” You little brat. Kayla sent him a ‘winning’ smile.

Whatever, she had a job to do. “Tarot? No problemo,” she said, holding her hand up in an “O-K” gesture. She reached behind her and pulled out her deck of old-fashioned looking tarot cards. “So, what’re wanting to explore in this reading? Career? Health? Prosperity? Roooomance?” On that last word, she leaned in slightly and gave him a wink. Kayla removed the cards from their little wooden box then set the whole deck on his side of the table. “Shuffle ‘em. And as you do, think about a specific question you want answered. You don’t have to tell me.”

[Akira Koizumi]

“Sorry for misleading you.” Akira bowed his head slightly in apologies. The Japanese teen doesn’t mean to mislead people, but sometime he just does.

He watched as the gypsy got out the tarot cards. Akira thought of his question. Will he find the perfect girl for him? He picked up the cards. Akira had always been bad at shuffling a deck of cards. Hopefully he won’t accidently fling the cards all over the place.

When he successfully shuffled the cards, while repeating his question over in his head, Akira placed them in the center of the table. “Hai, er, ready.”

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“Meh, it’s alright,” she said with a shrug. Kayla pointed a finger at him. “Just make sure you don’t do it again, alright?” Right, like that was going to keep the brat from being a troll.

Kayla watched as he fumbled through the cards. Yeah, tarot cards weren’t the easiest things to shuffle in the standard manner, so really any way you could get the job done was okay. Maybe she should have told him that? After all, she didn’t want him ruining her deck. Good thing it wasn’t her favorite one. That one was tucked away safely at the shop.

“Alright, now you’re going to cut it - you know what that means, don’t you? - and then place the top three cards face up from left to right in front of you,” she instructed. “Doesn’t matter if they’re facing the same direction or not.” A lot of people got confused by that part.

[Akira Koizumi]

Akira did was he was told. He cut the deck. He took the first three cards and placed them in front him. Akira kept repeating his question in his head. He wasn’t sure if it was going to make any difference.

With the three cards in front of Akira, it was the moment of truth. Akira had some secret crushes, but never was in a relationship. Now he can find out if he will be in a relationship. The moment of truth. Or it could be a total hoax. Whatever, Akira will still believe it.

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Geeze this kid didn’t talk much. Was he sure he spoke English or was he just lying out his ass? Like, that was the only English phrase he knew? There were some customers you just couldn’t get to shut up sometimes. Of course, those guys were annoying, especially since they had to let you know exactly what they’’re think all every second of the reading because the think it’ll help. But total silence wasn’t cool either. Maybe the kid was retarded or something? Like had some mental disorder that made him only able to say a few things like a normal person? Yeah, fuck, she knew she was a horrible person for thinking that, but it totally made sense when you thought about it.

Anyway…

Kayla kept her mysterious gypsy smile on her lips as she watched him set out the cards in front of him. Hmph…Two of Swords…Temperance…Six of Pentacles…and all face up. Sighh…

“Alright, now let’s break this down one at a time,” she started, pointing her finger just above the card to his left - The Two of Swords. “This card represents expectation and patience. Preparedness. It’s in the past positions, meaning it’s reflective of something that has happened to you already. The two swords themselves are symbolic of a split mind; maybe you had a really tough decision and instead of letting it complicate, you took it with objectivity - that’s the blindfold - and a calm open mind - that’s symbolized by the peaceful waters behind her, as if to reveal her exact state of mind.” Kayla looked up at him. “You with me so far?” She really hoped he wasn’t one of those customers who demanded an exact prediction of their question. Some people were stupidly stupid like that.

[Akira Koizumi]

“I think so.” Akira looked at the card and tried to take in everything she had told. “No,” Akira looked to the woman sitting across from him. “It means that I’m patience and prepared and I have a calm mind. Something like that.”

It was kind of a lot to take in and that was just one card. Hopefully Akira understood the meaning behind the Two of Swords. And hopefully Akira won’t annoy the pretty gypsy. Akira smiled at her. Like a smile would fix everything.

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Yeah, it was a lot to take in, but the point of the tarot was to provoke thought. Basically, to make the customer figure things out themselves. To analyze their own life. Kayla kept her readings vague so they could do that. But some people believed that there was some supernatural component behind it. Seriously, they were pictures on paper. Nothing spiritual about that. But if you wanted to argue it, then you could say that a person’s “personal energies” guided the hand to which cards were picked. But this wasn’t an exact science, and Kayla hated that there were some people who treated it as such.

She pursed her lips as he spoke briefly and gave the floor back to her. Whelp, okay, moving on. “Okay, now, in the Present spot, you drew Temperance. Again, the keyword here is balance, you can see it in the symbolism all over the card: two cups with water flowing equally between the two; the triangle on her front, also depicts an equal sharing, a harmony, between three parts; and then one foot grounded firmly on land while the other drifting in the peaceful, yet unstable waters. Put in the present position, what it seems to suggest is that, again, you’re open and ready to take what the universe throws at you. And not so much take, but of an acceptance. Non-resistance. But the feet tell us that while you’re prepared see what new, fun things life has in store for you, you’re also keeping a firm hold on your current life, so you can pull yourself out in case things go wrong.”

Kayla took a pause, looking up to the boy. “Any questions so far? Elaborations? I know it's a lot to take in all at once."

[Akira Koizumi]

Akira studied the card as the gypsy explained it. Akira noticed that the first and the second card both had water. Because the water showed up twice it must had some sort of importance. He did like to go to the pool for a swim.

So far the two cards have told Akira that he was patience, calm, well balanced, and ready for whatever the world throws at him. To the best of Akira’s knowledge both the cards seemed correct.

He nodded his head. “I think I get it.” One more card. What truths did the last card hold?