The wind buffets your face as you get off the cab, which speeds off into the distance. The street is a post-war reject: grey, cracked, and faded, like the people who make their homes in it, a few eucaliptus trees providing what few scarce bits of color you can see. It's the sort of place that is permanently stuck in autumn, with falling brown leaves and a chilly breeze presaging the arrival of winter.
The building is nothing special. Small, a single-story, and ugly, made of one block of concrete. There is nothing inviting about it, and you feel an urge to turn back for a moment, but decide against it. You've made it this far. It would make no difference if you didn't enter now. Resolutely, you open the door (of course it was open; Just as they told you it would be), and step into an empty room, the far end's door covered with a blue curtain. You briefly wonder whether you should just step through without announcing yourself, but then a voice speaks.
"Come in."
The tarotist doesn't belong in this place. With her blue robe and faded gold curls framing her aging face, she is too remarkable for it. Her eyes are the color of honey, surrounded by wrinkles. She probably was beautiful earlier in her life. Today, she is merely commanding.
"You didn't wander in here by accident. Somebody recommended my services to you. Who it was, it matters not." Her voice is cold, and determined, as if all traces of warmth or softness in it had been long since purged out. She locks her eyes with yours from behind the small table she currently sits behind, and gestures for you to take a seat on the only other chair in the room. She begins to shuffle a deck of cards, her eyes still on you.
"Why did you come here? What drove you to this place?" She asks.
[Basic CYOA setup: first to three, or five votes wins, or whatever has the most votes after 24-48 hours. You can suggest other choices than the ones offered, but please try to keep them from being suicidal, stupid, or excessively silly. Think Persona Series, if you need a guideline for the mood a choice could set.]
1) Why did you come to the tarotist?
A) "A friend told me to pay you a visit."
B) "I was curious about this sort of thing."
C) "I wanted to know what's in my future."
D) "I wanted to do something adventurous."
E) Other [Specify]
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