Ilena's performance, reading of the tarot cards

(Author's note: For those curious as to how I picked and sourced my tarot card information. I used a dice roller here and sourced my tarot card information from here.)

Ilena watches them carefully as the ladies discuss what questions they may want to ask. Her eyes focus on Angelo's, "Keep in mind that vague questions will reveal only vague answers. Please be as detailed as possible." her hands shuffle the deck, rotating half of the deck every few shuffles. "You will choose five cards per question, but I will be the one to flip them over and interpret what they mean. Since I don't wish to be here all day. Each of you will be allowed to ask one question." She notices the ladies change in tone.

"So, make sure they count. Do you all understand?" Angelo blinks several times upon hearing this additional information. The air around Ilena feels different. There is a thick layer of tension denoting her high-level of professionalism. To say she took her work seriously would not do it justice. A single word came to mind, inspirational. He glances at the girls who are still discussing amongst themselves. The tone of their voices is far more serious than before. He nods slightly. "Yeah, we understand."

Ilena softly smiles. "Good." He glances back at the girls again before looking at her. "Since they're busy discussing amongst themselves. Would you mind telling me why you are rotating the deck like that?" She chuckles. "Clearly you've never had a tarot reading before." Her eyes glance down as she sets the deck face down on the table. She picks up the top card and reveals it to him. It is an upright Knight of Wands. "Do you see this card?" She asks, focusing on his eyes. He glances at the card before focusing on hers once more.

She smirks. "Each card has an individual meaning. This meaning changes based on whether the card is upright or reversed and the order in which it is presented with other cards." She turns the card toward herself before saying. "This is the Knight of Wands. Since it is face up, positive words associated with a fiery knight such as him would be associated with the answer to the given question. However, if it had been upside down, every negative word would have been taken into account instead."

He looks over the fiery knight on top of a horse on the card with a wooden stick in its hand. Although the artistry isn't exceptionally detailed, he can tell the deeper meaning of this card with her simplistic explanation. "I can tell that the knight is a passionate guy." She smirks, "Mm, yes he is. There is more to it than this, but you get the idea." she places the card back on top of the tarot deck before shuffling as she had previously. "All right. Ask your question, Angelo."

He looks at the girls who are starting to look like they are happy with the questions they want to ask. He looks back at Ilena. He can tell that asking where Thukeg will be is too vague for these cards. Since that is out of the question, he needs to think of an appropriate question to ask to locate Thukeg. "Which area can Thukeg be located?" She blinks a few times as her hands stop shuffling the cards. She presses her hand on the left side of the deck and spreads it out over the table. "Pick your five cards."

He looks carefully over the seventy-eight cards. He feels drawn to the middle most card, one on each end, and one at the middle of both sides. An even pick between each section. She lifts a brow before looking at him. "Hmm, this is unexpected. I've never seen anyone pick cards like this." She starts with the right most card to him and flips it over, "This is the beginning of your answer." revealing The Chariot in an upright position. "This is promising. This tells me he is in a place of power and focus."

Her hand moves over to the next card and flips it over, revealing the Six of Swords in an upright position. "Oh my. This suggests that Thukeg is far away from here. You will need to go on a long journey to find him." Her hand moves over to the next card and does the same, revealing the Eight of Pentacles upside down. "This is not good at all. Your journey will lack quality and the results will be poor at best." Next, she reveals an upright Four of Pentacles. "Yes, the path is becoming clearer. Although lacking in results, you will become quite wealthy should you embark on this journey."

Finally, she turns over the final card to reveal an upright Two of Wands. Instead of speaking, she stifles a laugh that ends up in a cute squeak. "Oh lord." He looks at her with a bit of concern. "Is it that bad?" She shakes her head for a few seconds as she recomposes herself. "Um, no. It's just so on the nose that it was hilarious. Um, this tells me that it is time for you to leave your comfort zone and make a decision." She moves the cards together before looking into his eyes. "Given what these cards have shown me. I believe I know where Thukeg is, but you aren't going to like it."

He leans in closer to her. His hands hold hers gently, causing her to blush brightly. "I need to know where he is." She looks down at the cards then back into his eyes. "He's at the Silver Rock Mountains. (Reference point here.) There's an ancient altar at the top of the tallest mountain. It is said to be a place of **** and necromancy. It is a full day's journey to the base of those mountains from here." Her expression softens with concern. "Please, don't go." Her hands turn over to hold his. "If you insist on going, can we at least fuck first?" Dubala lifts a brow while walking to the other side of Angelo. "At least we know she's honest about her feelings."

His cheeks turn bright red before Lena walks up behind him and wraps her arms around his chest, pulling his head back against her soft bosom. "Hey! No touching." Jasmine giggles looking at him. "I don't doubt her words but that last part was just. Just wow. You are quite thirsty, Ilena." Ilena bites her bottom lip. "Only for tall glasses of water..." Her eyes focusing on him before she starts to gather her cards to reshuffle them. "Who will ask their question next?" He has his answer. Fortunately, he needs to go there anyway but who will ask their question next? Lena, Jasmine, or Dubala?