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[rotafortunae]

[someone's been busy in the junkpile as well. He's got a human sized table... sort of. One that's on the ground, at which he's kneeling. And he's got... stuff... on the table. He is, as usual, idly shuffling his cards.]

Well, well. When beasties aren't attacking the place, it can get downright dull around here, hmm? I mean, one can explore, of course, but that gets rather lonely; and one can garden as well, if one is human, but when all the chores have been done, what's there to do?

[he gestures to the stuff on the table. It... looks like a bunch of games. A lot are pretty beat up -- he did pull them out of the junkyard -- and with a few it looks like he's cobbled together extra pieces from spare parts. It looks like he currently has Yahtzee, backgammon, a whole bunch of dice, several decks of cards, what looks like a truly ancient Senet board, parcheesi, and checkers. And then... some odder ones. For instance, for some reason there is a Lord of the Rings Monopoly board. And then... Settles of Catan and... something called Pixel Lincoln.. It looks like he may have gathered even MORE in the background.]

A few weeks worth of work. But they're here for the taking, and I'm always up for a game of any sort. And yet, still no chessboard.

Beyond that... if you're not the sort for games, I've a little skill at fortune-telling with the cards. You can ask me any question you like and I'll try to give you an answer.

[ooc: so yeah, board game collection. I figure most games can be handwaved; Luxord will usually win at most games unless a character is spectacularly good in canon, or a supercomputer. I, the mun, am pretty good at some but terrible at others. I think there's online versions of a lot of these if we wanted to be really silly?

AS FOR CARD READINGS: I will do IN CHARACTER tarot card readings for people! I am still working out the system I want to use (developing a unique one for Luxord) and reading tags will be very, very slow. I will be using actual cards, and winging it. Luxord's got no magical fortune telling abilities or way to know the future, he just does it for the lulz... unless you WANT him to accidentally happen to draw a card that has a particular bearing on your character's life? ]

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[Video] i don't think I've harassed you with Drift yet.

[sword_redemption]

Fortune telling?

[Oooooh you have pinged his long unpinged secretly mystical woo woo side.]

[Video] you have not! HELLLLZ YEAH DRIFT

[rotafortunae]

Quite.

[He takes his own set of cards, the Fair Game, and then performs a series of complex flourishes that seem to laugh in the face of gravity before spreading them out]

Is it random chance, the wiles of Lady Luck, or is it true that the cards tell all? Only one way to find out, of course, and that's to ask a question...

[Video]

[sword_redemption]

[Well, that certainly looks impressive.]

Question? [Yeah, he's never done this before.] Like what kind of question?

[Video]

[rotafortunae]

The best questions avoid deflecting responsibility. You're not looking for the cards to give you an answer -- they can't. And I know that seems counter-intuitive, but do stay with me. The idea is to keep your options open. So... less "will X happen" or "where is Y" and more "what behaviors should I adopt to help bring about X" or "How should I go about looking for Y."

[elkmobile]

Can't say I've had my fortune told for sometime. I suppose it couldn't hurt, Luxord.

By the way -- I think I might have something fresh for us to eat for once. I'll be sure to bring it by.

[rotafortunae]

Oh, marvelous. Anyway, simply ask a question.

[elkmobile]

Hm. Anything? And I would ask that out loud to you?

[rotafortunae]

The best questions avoid deflecting responsibility. You're not looking for the cards to give you an answer -- they can't. And I know that seems counter-intuitive, but do stay with me. The idea is to keep your options open. So... less "will X happen" or "where is Y" and more "what behaviors should I adopt to help bring about X" or "How should I go about looking for Y."

But other than that, anything.

[Video]

[littlecrowgirl]

[The cards have her attention. Not the tarot cards, but the real ones.]

Hmm~ You ever play a game of Slapjack?

[Video]

[rotafortunae]

Of course. Are you game?

[Video]

[littlecrowgirl]

You BET I am! Just be prepared, mister, I take no prisoners when it comes to smackin' some hands!

[Video]

[rotafortunae]

Then the game's afoot!

video

[not_halfbaked]

[Korra remembers Sifu Katara's stories of the Fortunetller.]

I've never had my fortune told before.

[Then her eyes widen. Then narrow. She peers at the screen, sorta tilting her body to get a better view at the pile of other games behind Luxord.]

Is that a Pai Sho board?

[OOC: http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Pai_Sho; "Pai Sho bears a resemblance to Go, Chinese Checkers, Straight checkers, and Xiangqi.
The name of the game bears resemblance to a Tibetan game called Sho-pa, although Sho-pa, in reality, is a gambling game and is not at all similar to chess or checkers.
The name bears an even greater resemblance to the Chinese tile game, Pai gow." If you're interested in trying Pai Sho? It's a popular game in Korra's world.]

video

[rotafortunae]

It is. Though I'm afraid I don't know the rules to this one...


[ooc: SURE???]

Re: video

[not_halfbaked]

I can try to teach you Pai Sho if you want. And maybe later you can try to teach me some of the other games you mentioned--they look interesting, but they don't look exactly familiar to me.

[OOC: OKAY. ...Though I'm not quite sure of the rules, I'll try to think of a reasonable system, or do more research. And a separate thread for Korra's fortunetelling? Because I think she'd still like to have her fortune told.

Ah, found more Pai Sho things:

http://www.wikihow.com/Play-the-Ancient-Game-of-Pai-Sho

http://paisho.pbworks.com/w/page/11167060/FrontPage

I'll have Korra try to sum them up later, probably after your next tag, hopefully with Luxord's full consent.]

Re: video

[rotafortunae]

[ooc: I'd rather handwave any board game learning tbh. I don't have a lot of free time. And we can just do the fortune telling in here]

I'd be pleased to.

As for your question for the cards...?

[Video]

[heavymetalgenkigirl]

Oooo~! Games!

Too bad there aren't any video games.

Do you play rummy?

[Video]

[rotafortunae]

I do indeed.

[Video]

[heavymetalgenkigirl]

Hmm maybe I could come over and play some... unless of course we could find enough people to play rich man, poor man!

[Video]

[rotafortunae]

I'm afraid the task of finding extra players would be up to you.

OH MAN CAN WE ACTUALLY PLAY SOMETHING? OR JUST SAY WE DID? BECAUSE GAMES!

[my_own_trope]

Fortune telling. [deadpan]

IF YOU CAN FIND A PLACE ONLINE TO PLAY SOMETHING THEN YES or we can say we did :V

[rotafortunae]

Yes, quite.

ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS ALL THE GAMES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HIDEOUS DISASTER. CAN THEY PLAY RISK??

[my_own_trope]

What are you waiting for? Go ahead. Impress me.

[That's not really how this works, Starscream...]

oh lord Luxord will DESTROY HIM at Risk.

[rotafortunae]

I'm afraid you have to ask a question.

[Video / locked]

[winged_knight]

[Wing had heard of Luxord's fortune telling and had been immediately curious. It'd almost drawn him away from the party preparations he'd been in the middle of at the time. So here it is, a few weeks later and he's still without a reading, when it comes up in conversation.]

[That reminder in metaphoric hand, Wing seeks out Luxord.]

Luxord, greetings. I know it's been some time after your original offer, but are you still willing to do a reading? I admit quite a bit of curiosity on the matter.

[Wing makes sure the comm is locked, because he's pretty sure Vandal would have some choice things to say is she found out, and well, Primus only knows what Drift would think.]