#cellys

In the vein of posting nice things in order to feel better, here is, for those of you who perhaps hadn’t seen it, one of my favorite moments in hockey. 

Major Arcana Inspired Character Asks

The Devil in Reverse: When has your character suffered from refusing to break off an unhealthy relationship?

  Desperation. Hope. Comfort. Someone to hold and be held in the darkest times, when there was no light, no hope, no comfort, only blackness and claws digging into their desperation, a void that never seemed to end. 

  Friends, enemies, lovers. Through each fading day they were all three, until the day a question was posed, ripping the wool pulled over her eyes to the truth. 

“Sel… have you ever thought about… us? About giving up this fun for something meaningful – with me?”

There it was, that truth, as naked as she was now. It left a hollowed hole in her chest. “Is that what you want?”

“I’m asking you. You know what I want. I’ve told you a thousand times, darling.”

Sel froze, her thoughts drifting. “I have.”

“Care to give it a try? Give us a shot?”

No, no, no… Stained crimson lips pursed she fell silent, pleading with the Light and demons alike to make this situation disappear. Make it just a dream, a nightmare. She knew she couldn’t trust him and never had, but the hidden truth was she did love him, always would. How can you be with someone you’re too afraid to trust, Sel? That hopelessness she felt, the desperation to hold on magnified tenfold, “I’ll…try.”

“If you’re never going to give me a straight answer I can’t do this. I’m tired of these games, Sel. Forget I ever asked.”

{ Written with permission from @tyloraniel ‘s mun who probably hates me now }

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The Tower in Reverse: When has your character’s actions led to disaster?

“What do you mean pulling that wire means it’ll explode?” Veri kicked the box that had arrived at his door, only prompting its ticking to accelerate, “Oh…”

The Star in Reverse: When has your character lost faith?

“The Light is a finicky thing, bending it and using it to your will is more efficient than believing in some divine nonsense. I’ve never had faith.” Cellys scoffed, obviously hiding a distant, painful memory. 

The Moon in Reverse: When does your character mistrust their feelings or intuition?

((I wanted to write something for this too but I’m afraid I blanked so – Canerae mistrusts both frequently so frequently in fact that it’s a reason she took so long to master a bow. That and picking one up later in life. ))