UN: ScielCandide | Video

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[The camera is fixed on a table, upon which sits a neat stack of cards –– black with gold foil in the shape of a sun and moon bisecting each other. The user’s hands pass over the deck and spreads it wide into an arc. Her hands are tanned, with two rings on her ring finger and one on her index finger, and she has so many colourful braided bracelets that some wind around her palm.

Her voice is pleasant, playful, French, a little theatrical:]

Bonsoir, mes amies!

Tonight and tonight only, I will tell your fortune with a single card. Tell me your name, and if you would like to hear about love, money, health or the soul.

If it moves you, you must repay me with an amusing anecdote about yourself.

Ready to play?

Comments

[sophielicious]

You can't just drop that and not explain what the card is telling you, babe.

(Stalling.)

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This is a conversation, friend. It rolls.

[She knows.]

You know, this card warns you when you’ve placed too much focus on material goods and superficial things. Funny, thinking on how we met.

[sophielicious]

I literally stole a card from Earth to drag all my shit to Etraya, so, unsurprising.

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See, they always know.

It also says there’s a need for self-reflection. Your desires are not in line with what would bring you happiness –– oh, Sophie, what is going on there? Are you hiding something with fleeting pleasures?

[sophielicious]

Who isn't?

I'll tell you all about it at girls' night.

(Or, you know, never, definitely never! Still, this is more about hearing Sciel rather than confirming or denying too much.)

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Many people have no idea how to distract themselves from life’s worries. The problem is that practice can tip too far in either direction.

[She sounds amused.]

Well. In times like these, I advise you to question any belief you’ve set in stone. They may hinder your growth as well as your happiness, and no longer serves you. You will only be content when you seek a more authentic connection with yourself.

[sophielicious]

(Well, yeah, a lot of her beliefs are Emma Frosty or Cuckoo-y, and while she does question several of them, they're very, very ingrained. To get to her, one might have to fight the 7 Demons of The Things Mum Taught Us, the 10 Principles of Being a Hivemind Regina George, and the Never-ending Facts of Mutanthood.)

Ah, the authentic thing. Yeah, I'm definitely pausing this convo, we'll chat more about it another time. You should have just chosen money, Sciel!

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[Oh, Sophie. Sciel replies easily:]

Money is the easy way out. Goodnight and sleep well, my friend.