first prediction ☆ wheel of fortune

[future_sight]

[VIDEO]

[A young woman comes into view, the lighting a bit dim. Were those candles? Regardless, she seems to be dressed a bit oddly, the flickering light doing even more to make her seem mysterious. Even still, she smiles.]

Hello~ With things winding down from the difficult situation in Caldera, it looks like we've grown quite a bit! I don't know how many Calderans have warp bands, but if you do, welcome! I hope that everyone is settling in all right.

My name is Nozomi Toujou, and I work with my family at Etteilla, a shop in Ninetails Vale. You may not have heard of it. Our specialty is in fortune telling and charms, and because of the sudden influx of visitors, as well as the Kurain School of Channelling opening the public, we're running a short special! Anyone who brings a friend to Etteilla will get 10% off for themselves and anyone with them; and 25% if you enroll with our school~

[It's such a great deal, and after a few shameless plugs for her cousin's school, she draws a strange-looking card, holding it close to her face. The Wheel of Fortune.]

My cards say you should take a chance, and they're never wrong!


[ACTION]

[All around Union, Nozomi, Mithra the male Nidoran and Lakshmi the Purrloin are out and about! She is doing what she can to talk up the Channelling school, as well as taking the time to do a fair bit of work getting new customers for her shop. Business hadn't been slow per se, but with the population burst that came from all the new refugees filtering into the city, she would be stupid not to take advantage of that.

In the business district, she is focusing purely upon passing out literature to varying degrees of success. For some odd reason, people didn't take as much stock in psychics and channellers and the like, which always seemed odd to her.

She can also be seen around the market, although she appears to be more focused upon getting groceries than meeting with people. She gets the usual--produce and other foodstuffs, treats for Mithra and Lakshmi--although she stops at a meat vendor and watches for a bit. Is that a small look of longing? It was so expensive, but...

Finally, once her errands are done, she can be seen at the park, letting her two pokemon get all their pent up energy out by running and chasing each other. She, however, seems content with people watching. She doesn't appear to be looking for anything or anyone in particular, but has a bit of a smirk on her face, as if there's some joke there that only she gets.]

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[action]

[mastermedium]

So.

[Have a pair of arms draped over your shoulders from behind, Nozomi. Maya peeks around, all grins as usual.]

Do I get a discount for a reading today too?

[action]

[future_sight]

[Nozomi blinks once, then smiles, looking over her shoulder.]

Yours are always free, you know that. Family discount~

[action]

[mastermedium]

Hey, I'm just checking.

No hidden fees, or anything.

[She's certain she's funny, okay. She lets go of Nozomi to sit in front of her, resting her chin in her palms and her elbows on her knees.]

So. We should do one, then. I still don't get how you're doing any of that.

[action]

[future_sight]

Hmmmm, my sight is a little hazy on hidden fees. I can't make any promises.

[Smirk. She's hilarious. It's okay.

Nozomi stretches a bit, her smile softening just a bit.]

If I told you that, it would take away from the mystery. But sure, I can do a reading for you. What would you like to know about?

[mastermedium]

Uuuhhm.

[Crap, she hadn't thought about that.]

I dunno. Let's do a reading about the school?

[Wait no what if it's a bad reading--]

Or we could do something else!

[future_sight]

[Oh Maya, you were cute. You really don't need to be so uptight with her. She starts shuffling through her cards.]

How has recruitment been going? Any new students yet?

[mastermedium]

Oh-- well, Not officially or anything, but I think so!

Or, I hope so, anyway. There's this kid named Lucas-- he seems pretty strong already, for a kid his age, but I get the feeling he's got a lot of potential.

[Besides, training with kids is more fun.]

[future_sight]

A kid, really? [She didn't realize that the school appealed to children. Best to start them young, huh?]

[She holds out the cards for Maya to cut, watching her.]

That's good at least. You know, I was thinking about making a promotional video with the warp bands, to get more publicity.

[mastermedium]

[Maya's apparently so used to cutting the cards she does it without looking. That, or she's actually not paying attention. Either way, it's hard to tell.]

A promotional video? What would we even do? I mean, I guess we could have a battle session, that might be something interesting...

[erichika]

[A rather striking young blonde can be seen at a familiar shop browsing charms and other trinkets of fortune. She looks extremely confused]

[future_sight]

[She felt something a bit strange the moment the door chime went off and, going through inventory in the backroom, she looked up, momentarily startled. Putting down what she was doing, she walked back into the shop.]

Welcome.

[A young woman she didn't recognize. She didn't look like her typical customers either.]

[erichika]

Er...

What are these, exactly?

[future_sight]

[What was that feeling? It was like a certain pull, if she could focus on it a bit...

Unfortunately, she wouldn't have the chance and, caught a little off-guard, although it might not have been as obvious due the the lighting, Nozomi quickly recovers, smiling a bit.]

There are a lot of different things. The stones there are crystals that help channel psychic power, and on the wall next to you are various potions that were donated from one of our other stores.

[erichika]

How interesting. Are such things common in Union?

[future_sight]

[Oh, how interesting! She tilts her head a bit, smiling more.]

Are you from Caldera?

[erichika]

I am. We just moved here not too long ago, I'm getting still getting adjusted.

[future_sight]

Well then, welcome! How long have you been living here?

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[bleeding_heart]

What kind of charms?

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[future_sight]

Nothing too extravagant. Crystals mostly. But I've been trying to branch out into love charms too.

[You wouldn't believe how popular something like that would be.]

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[bleeding_heart]

Oh, that sounds exciting! Do they really work?

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[future_sight]

That depends on the user and what you're looking to get from it.

[Diplomatic response is diplomatic.]

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[bleeding_heart]

So it only works if you believe it works?

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[future_sight]

[She simply smiles.]

I don't think I've seen you around before.

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[bleeding_heart]

No, you probably haven't. I haven't lived here for very long.

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[future_sight]

That would explain it. Where are you from?