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[freeformschooler]

Meanwhile, Charlotte, hearing they had some time left, had gone to search for a fortune teller in town much like the time before - but, this time, without Gregor.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"Yeah, I was going to ask that, Anja."

[Haspen]

@Charlotte:

An old lady had a small fortune telling 'shop' not far from the temple district.

"Hello darling! You here to check the future of yours and that handsome soldier you snatched?"

[Sirus]

: "Trying to scrape up a little extra gold so we can do some more shopping. You wouldn't happen to have any, would you? And uh, why are you hiding inside the wagon?"

[freeformschooler]

: "Hm? No. I know what our future holds. I want to know what my future holds. I feel the world is closing in around all of us..."

Charlotte tossed her last four coins on the table like last time.

: "Will this be enough?"

[Haspen]

@Charlotte:

"This is enough." The old lady took only one coin.

"What exactly do you want to know? Or just your future in general?"

[Furtuka]

"Talking, huh?" Anja whistled right away.

"Yeah, I was going to ask that, Anja."

"...Wha?"

: "Trying to scrape up a little extra gold so we can do some more shopping. You wouldn't happen to have any, would you? And uh, why are you hiding inside the wagon?"

"I heard Alex and Charlotte talking and had a horrific moment of panic and terror. Don't worry Raquel talked me out of it so I'm all good now."

"Oh and ah just a sec!"

Derick pulled his head back into the wagon and rustled around for a few moments. His face soon reemerged and he stuck his hand out, plopping a bag of coins into Gregor's hand.

"Here you go."

[Sirus]

: "What were they talking about that scared you so much...? Actually, I think I'd rather not know."

He took the bag of gold gratefully.
: "Thanks. I'm sure we'll find a good use for this."

[freeformschooler]

@Fortune telling

: "I guess, in the end, there's only one thing I care about most. Wind knocks trees over, and they degrade, becoming log-homes for ground critters. In time, the log-home grows smaller, and the forest floor grows larger. I understand that."

: "I want to know: will anything I've done matter? The lives I've taken, and the treasures I've kept close out of fear. Will my children - or, at least, will the children of others - benefit from my existence? Or will I fade away, a decaying log on a forest floor?"

[Haspen]

@Charlotte:

The old lady began to mumble something under her nose as the air in the house suddenly was filled with scent of sweet incense, then freshness of pine trees, and then delicate aroma of some flowers.

"You are a droplet in a great sea, my dear. The wave that carries you is in the low point; one hundred years ago, it was high and powerful amongst other waves, and in hundred years, it will be strong again. Your children and their children, if they do not drown in the sea, will become strong, tall waves themselves, but your role is to be a mere droplet in the giant sea. While no one might remember Charlotte, many shall remember those she gave birth to, and others."

[freeformschooler]

: "...I see. Truthfully, that is how it should be. Thank you."

Charlotte smiled faintly and nodded to the lady then headed back, slowly, to the wagon where the group was still somewhat formed.

...She also thought, for a moment, that the old lady had said her name. Although she'd mostly only gone to make herself feel better, she didn't truly believe in divining.

"While no one might remember Charlotte,"

Not until then, at least.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"You look kind of down, Charlotte. Something wrong?"

[Blade Master Model 42]

Valor looked forward, squinted slightly, and threw the axe. Like Olison's, it hooked around, but then moved past the tree, where Valor caught it in his hand. "Hm. Well, hopefully it'll give those under Prixima's command a nasty shock."

[Culise]

"Talking, huh?" Anja whistled right away.

"Yeah, I was going to ask that, Anja."

"That's...hardly, I mean..." 

Raquel hastily returned to her reading, coincidentally lifting her book high enough that her face couldn't be seen. 

[SeriousConcentrate]

"Fair enough, I'll stop teasing you."