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OOM: Draco at the castle
They step from Milliways onto the sand outside the castle. It's very white. Snow-white. And just as fine and powdery. The ocean laps at the stone walls of the very large building in front of them, and it's unusual because the water isn't blue.
And the sky isn't, either.
Since dawn has just recently broken, the sky is tinged a cool pinkish lavender as the red-orange sun rises. It shines on an ocean the colour of jade, with white foam kissing the waves. Moon smiles at Draco.
"We're the only ones who live on this plane," she explains. "Nothing changes here unless we want it to." Moon points to the battlements of the castle. "I still don't understand why they insisted on battlements. Battlements are for battle and there's no one to battle here."
This is the home of the tarot cards.
And the sky isn't, either.
Since dawn has just recently broken, the sky is tinged a cool pinkish lavender as the red-orange sun rises. It shines on an ocean the colour of jade, with white foam kissing the waves. Moon smiles at Draco.
"We're the only ones who live on this plane," she explains. "Nothing changes here unless we want it to." Moon points to the battlements of the castle. "I still don't understand why they insisted on battlements. Battlements are for battle and there's no one to battle here."
This is the home of the tarot cards.
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"That's what we're going to to find out."
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"How?"
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Moon hugs him close, giving a shakey sigh.
"Do you want to go inside and have some tea?"
She thinks tea helps everything.
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"Why not? What's so terrible about it?"
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"Draco, you have no idea who you are. With or without the magic. What's done is done. You will have to cope with it. Accept it. Because your wand is broken."
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But then brighten, "Wait, Miniver's got his wand. I can borrow it till I can get a new one. Yes."
He's still not getting it.
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"I will take his if I have to."
Not break it, no.
But this was important, and if she had to whack Draco on the head, she would.
"You asked for help. Now take it."
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Firm isn't something Moon is well acquainted with.
"Now you will learn," she says. "There isn't anything for it. You asked for help, and Sorrow even asked you if you were sure. You said yes. This is the help we can offer. It's a new path, Draco. Now -- walk it!"
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"No. I want it back." Draco sulked and pouted.
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"This isn't like taking away a toy."
She's certain she won't be winning any points with Rabastan about this. The second person close to the wizard that the cards have 'helped'.
She is getting a headache.
"Maybe this should be a very important lesson for you, Draco. Be careful what you wish for, because in Milliways, someone's likely to grant it for you. And most of the time? It isn't in the form you wanted."
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She takes his hand in hers and draws her finger across the palm.
"A life is long. As long as it should be. And in that life, the opportunities and paths are innumerable. Where we start in life tends to tell accurately where we will end. Yours began in bigotry, cruelty, and secrecy. You used magic to do terrible things when you had the anger to spur you," she says carefully, because she knows when it came to having the courage to do the evil, Draco couldn't. "You learned darkness, you took darkness, and you gave darkness. The cycle has to stop. A spiral downward that would end as it began: in bigotry, cruelty, and secrecy."
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Now he was truly lost and confused.
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"Do you want to see?"
She'd only use three cards if he did, thinking that a large reading would only confuse the situation.
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She allows him to shuffle them before she deals out the three cards on the balcony floor between them. The sun was high now, orange-red in the oddly coloured sky.
"Ten of Swords," she says as she points to the first card. "Ruin. You will experience the worst you can. The most hopeless and terrible thing. But the positive side of this is that... well... you can't sink any lower. Only way for you to go now is up." Second card. "The Wheel of Fortune, reversed. There are hard lessons for you to learn. Don't act hastily. Your reality, now, is very confrontational." Final card. "Six of Swords, reversed. Confessions and declarations that shock. The inability to move forward. Ill will, stubbornness, stagnation. You can't dwell in what you've lost, Draco. You must accept it, process it, and then... then you can step forward and not stand like a frightened child."
Moon looks up from the cards. "You're without magic. You were stagnating with it, so don't stagnate without it."
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"What enemies do you have in Milliways?"
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"According to some, about half the people I've met it seems."
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