Nailah's Office: Black Magic Woman

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:09 pm

She chuckles faintly. "Maybe. I don't know how much use they'll see but it felt like I didn't have the appropriate cards for some of this."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:22 pm

"You get me a list, and I'll see what I can do."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:32 pm

"I'm still trying to work out all the symbolism behind them, but we can work on that if you want." she turns around briefly to smile at Sam.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:34 pm

"Where's safe to step?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:35 pm

"Anywhere you can put your foot between cards, I suppose."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:36 pm

"I just don't want to disturb anything," she says, carefully making her way in.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:38 pm

"Thanks. I think I got two of the groups figured out now, thanks to Mister Stanton and Mister Hino. Still working on the rest."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:40 pm

"Let's see what you have, then."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:52 pm

"There's what the teams where investigating over there." she gestures at one cluster of cards. The Wheel of Fortune in the middle, surrounded by the inverted King of Cups, The Moon and the Two of Wands. "I believe that might be the what is spurring all these other ones into motion, if I read the Wheel of Fortune right. And if Mister Hino is correct in his assumptions then it might stand for the Hellfire Club."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:56 pm

"You'd think the London court would be a bit gunshy on dabbling in that again..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:59 pm

"Beats me. As far as I can tell it's not an immediate ploy for power on their part. The card that ties the two together could be read as the Winding Way, so maybe someone is trying to dethrone Margali?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:01 pm

"It's at least in the court's interest to not appear as cackling villains. Bad for business. So yes, perhaps someone with an angle."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:05 pm

"Meanwhile we have someone threatening the Hino fortune over there. Which seems a little more in line with what they might actually do. And then god knows what over there." she says, gesturing at The Sun connecting another pyramid of cards. The inverted Queen of Cups, followed by the Hierophant and the Six of Swords and finally the Hermit, the Queen of Swords and a scribbled Knight of Shadows.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:07 pm

"So I'm seeing at least two new suits here, and some new arcana..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:17 pm

"Yeah, the Flies are death and rebirth, the natural cycle but also the perversion of it, opportunism and parasitic. The Shadows are subterfuge, vigilantes and hidden things but also calm, focus and tranquility. At least that's the cliff notes version. I'll have to put my thoughts down a bit more extensively once I'm done here. The Conduit is means to an end, power, keys to a goal, a road or path to... something. The Jester is someone jovial, a mockery of things but also humor and servitude to a higher power."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:25 pm

"So what distinguishes the Jester from the Fool?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:32 pm

"Maybe I should call Mister Stanton back in here... The Fool is not about being silly. It's about the search for experience and an intuitive understanding of the world. Yes, it can mean folly and blind mistakes but it's just as much about taking action in the face of the unknown. The sun in his back almost implies a divine support of carefree wisdom."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:37 pm

"Merely curious. The joker in playing cards plays the same role as the Fool as a wild card. They're often associated."

"And a jester doesn't necessarily just mean subservience to a higher power. The jester is the only one who's allowed to insult the king."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:41 pm

"Aye, it could also be someone who holds an unique position or provides an unusual perspective or insight due to not being as restrained by authority."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:45 pm

"Might be interesting to do up the shadows suit as shadows cast by other suits' cards."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:53 pm

"Interesting... Let me think about that, but it sounds... right. Maybe with an exception for the face cards."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:54 pm

"Just musing. No rush in hashing it out before I make the cards."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:57 pm

"It's quite the honor. Few can claim their deck was hand-crafted and gifted to them by a goddess." she teases.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:59 pm

"Just a personal aesthetic sense," she chuckles.

"I can only guess you'd want them all to match."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:03 pm

"It would look much nicer." she smiles. "And I'm inclined to say they might even work better if they are all made by the same person in the same manner and aesthetic."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:14 pm

"Getting some ideas, at least. An aqueduct might fit the Waite sort of symbolism for the Conduit."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:30 pm

"I like it. Evocative, not too literal."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:51 pm

"Haven't quite visualized the suit of flies yet. You'd think that would be up my alley."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:00 pm

"No rush, it's a fairly abstract concept for a suit."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:03 pm

"Almost seems like it would relate more to what the flies are around, rather than simply the count."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:07 pm

"Oh, absolutely. The focus isn't necessarily on the symbols directly in the other suits either. And it might be a slight misnomer, but I see the Ace of Flies as a large scarab."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:09 pm

"So more a focus on insects and their role in the natural process."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:17 pm

"Basically. They're more symbols than names anyway. Pentacles, coins, wands, staffs, staves, clubs..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:48 pm

"Might be fitting if towards the end of the suit, the flies themselves die. Perhaps in a spider's web."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:03 pm

Nailah furrows her brow and looks over the spread, specifically the Queen of Flies.

"I could see that..." she says, tapping her lip with her index finger.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:05 pm

"Thinking the queen? There's a certain association with female spiders."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:15 pm

"Right?" she says, for a moment looking like she's remembering something, but the next it's gone and she moves on. "For the King I was thinking the bug girl? Teri? It breaks the theme and the gender but she literally holds dominion over all of these."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:25 pm

"It does bring the suit full-circle somewhat. You start with a scarab for rebirth, have death with the queen, then rebirth again with the king."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:50 pm

"I could see that. On top of that the scarab is strongly connected to the sun and thus divinity which in turn plays a big role in the traditional idea of a king or ruler under a divine mandate. A connecting point between the divine and the mundane realms."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:35 pm

"So perhaps a sun-disc on both cards."

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