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father vincent. ([personal profile] banworthy) wrote in [community profile] etraya2025-06-21 07:21 pm

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Hello.

How are you all doing? [ A beat. ] Actually, you all know I don't care so let's ignore that question, hm?

So, who would like to have their fortune, romantic future, or whatever told?

I know, I know... tarot is still a [ Longer pause. ] hobby of mine, but one you get to reap the rewards of today.

Fun, right?
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[personal profile] strumpet 2025-06-26 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
( the question is a bit tricky—

she doesn't want to lie and say it was for religious purposes because she might get called out on it [she was religious but buddhism wasn't too well known by most], and she couldn't say it was one of many tricks and traits she had to learn to entertain her 'clients'. so after a brief moment, she simply spoke up. )


I don't think you really care what the answer to that would be, so let's just say it was either learn that or learn how to do tea leaf fortune readings.

Which I ended up learning both. Do you know how to do that? Tasseography?
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[personal profile] strumpet 2025-06-27 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Geomancy?

( being one of the very few religious people aboard the serenity made it easy for her to gather up all the little breadcrumbs about him and piece together everything she could about him. he mentioned religion but there was something about all of this that felt so esoteric.

could he perhaps be a member of a sect within a popular religion? it was hard to discern given they call came from strange worlds and places, for all she knew it was normal in his world. after all, anyone else might think the rituals those born on sihnon were pushed into, the training, was something occult and nearly cult-like. still that suspicion gnawed at her. )


That's.....what kind of symbols do you usually use for that? Religious text? Imagery?
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[personal profile] strumpet 2025-06-27 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
( at least one of them was curious, enough for inara to make a small humming sound as she began to think of ways to ask but without prying too hard. he seemed like the kind of man who'd tell her to pay up for answers.

it would be fair though, given her own transactional nature at times. )


I'm curious about your religion, are you looking to preach about it? I'm all ears.

( will he buy it? that she's actually interested in hearing him? that if he came to her door to spread the good word, she'd invite him in for tea? )
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[personal profile] strumpet 2025-06-27 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
( if only he could see just how high her eyebrow lifted at his words. he was a strange one, but interesting in his mannerisms. )

What kind of religion is it? I'm a Buddhist myself, I'm sure it's not anywhere near being similar but....

( especially considering buddhists didn't usually do card readings but alas, if they ever do get close enough, maybe he'll learn why she'd know how to do such a thing. )
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[personal profile] strumpet 2025-06-30 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
That's quite alright, I was the one who was curious about your religion.

( emphasis on the 'your', because really she was just trying to pry a bit more into this mysterious man who was into equally mysterious things. )

Order of the Holy Woman? A deity of sorts or....

( he couldn't mean their god was viewed as a woman, now could he? )
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[personal profile] strumpet 2025-07-04 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, most religions in my world don't refer to God as a woman. I must admit such a deviation in what's normal for me is quite interesting. Is there a reason why you refer to her as a she?

( somewhere in the background he could hear her shuffling and opening a book, a pen clicking.

someone was taking notes. )
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[personal profile] strumpet 2025-07-10 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
( while she's still unaware that he's technically speaking of a cult here rather than a normal and established religion, she can't help but make a small noise in amusement. there was something almost positive in the way he referred to his god as a woman; though she held back on any compliments. after all that didn't mean he held women in higher regard because his god was one.

it could mean a number of things. though her interest in learning more was there but... )


This is all quite....interesting. Would you be offended if I invited you to a cup of tea? I'd like to lean more you see, I like to be aware of things in the world and learning about different worlds is something I've quite become interested in.

( inara no. )