LUCKIE

Maybe I’m over ambitious, especially with deciding to challenge Auburn like I did. I’ve played poker 3 times in my life, including the one I just won against a very… irritated Auburn. Risky on it’s own and now I also have one of the biggest, brightest targets on my back. We’re all a family, yeah, but… when the world is built on the backs of others it’s hard to trust anyone completely.

But I did it. Forlu is bound and I know my readings will be stronger for it. I will be stronger for it.

They fuel the deck and, through the deck… they fuel me. My last reading proved it. Just Chronozon’s presence in the deck boosted my own instincts in the reading and I felt… powerful.

I need to figure out what Smugg was planning to do, to who, and if Ma had any idea about it. I could go about this old-school, but something tells me Smugg’s gonna keep a tight lip. Besides, I should practice my fortune telling as much as I can.

Or I could talk to Ma about that fortune telling, but no. I’m supposed to be able to solve things on my own now… That’s why I wanted to become a Deckrunner in the first place.

I want to learn how to rely on myself.

Demon card - 9♠️ Chronozon

Direction card(s) - 9♣️ (disaster) & 6♣️(money)

I arranged the cards like falling dominoes, Chronozon being the catalyst to cause disaster for the Corp so they have to pull their offer on the garden space.

Then I surrounded the cards with crushed red peppers to speed things along. We don’t have much time to save the garden space at this point and who knows when Smugg is gonna do whatever he has planned.

I did it. I almost lost myself during it… I could feel myself start to slip… but I did it. He doesn’t seem as angry as I expected, but that doesn’t mean he seems happy either.

I did a fortune telling to figure out a way to get money to save our garden but… it seems like there’s more going on than just a lack of funds.