[Video, open to all, priority broadcast from Alpha Trion's Library]

[trionicpolarity]

[Please, have Alpha Trion sitting at a desk, looking very distinguished while he sorts through a stack of datapads and musty-looking books.]

Hm.

It seems that I may have...misplaced...something.

No need for alarm, it's nothing pivotal this time.

[He looks around the library, managing to appear only slightly less sheepish than he feels.]

However, given the recent events, I took the liberty of checking for the Tome of Possibilities, and...ah.

It wasn't there.

[Oops.]

Has anyone noticed any missing pages floating--perhaps literally--about?

Barring that, could anyone give me a list of what has changed?

[If he couldn't get the pages back, he might at least be able to set a few things to rights. Maybe. Hopefully before there was any major damage done.]

Comments

[voice]

[trionicpolarity]

[This actually sounds right along his lines! He's curious to know more.]

May I see them?

[video / locked]

[rotafortunae]

[He fans them out before the camera]

They tend to change. Just when I think I know the whole deck, a new card shows up.

I believe this one's you? [Holds it up]

[video / locked]

[trionicpolarity]

[Why look at that! It's him, on a card! It's certainly not exact, but it's easy enough to catch the resemblance since he's looking for it. This just tickles his fancy, because it's such a random twist of fate for the Tome to have dealt.]

What do you use them for?

[video / locked]

[rotafortunae]

Well...

My own deck of cards I use to read people's fortunes. It's mostly just a bit of sleight of hand combined with a good ability to read people plus a talent for storytelling. People read into what I say from the cards what they want to hear, or need to hear.

These are... different. When I can make heads or tails of them — which isn't often, mind you — they're shockingly accurate.

In short, when used correctly, they can give insights into the unknown. The future, the past, the present.

[A small smile]

They've at least given me a slight touch of hope for my own future, should I end up facing my fate at home. But I also feel they might be dangerous, in their own way. Too much foreknowledge can ruin the game, after all. Or drive a man mad with waiting for his doom.

I still don't know if the futures they present are possible paths, or absolutes. Haven't had enough time to test them.

[video / locked]

[trionicpolarity]

Well, you've more than convinced me.

I'd be interested in giving you additional time to test them, so long as you're willing to share the results?

[Because future-telling cards were one of the last things he expected the pages to produce.]