The High Priestess (2)

And so the pilgrim went on his way, wondering what Gilgamesh might have been talking about. He pondered long and hard on the meaning of the sword and pentacle but all in vain. Days passed and he came to Delphi by night. He went straight to the Oracle, the oh-so famous Oracle of Delphi, in the hopes of understanding. And experience, of course. The Oracle was female, sitting in between two pillars and was illuminated by the lunar light, as if she represented the moon, just as Gilgamesh seemed to represent the Sun.
"Hello, pilgrim." She said.
"You know me, Oracle?"
"Of course. I know much about you. I know that you met Mr. Phthalo, went to Gilgamesh and you now come here."
"Since you know so much, then you know why I'm here. What exactly am I supposed to do with this sword and pentacle?"

"I have prepared certain things for you. Take this root and gnaw it. It will help you make a choice."
"I am very grateful to you, lady Oracle."
So saying, he gnawed at the root. He had a vision, but the contents of that vision will not be discussed here.
"Thank you, Oracle. I now know what to do."
With a clear vision of what to do, the pilgrim walks off and continues on his journey.

The Magician (1)

"Excuse me sir, but are you the one known as Gilgamesh?"
The one to whom the question was directed to seemed full of brightness and light, like power to unveil secrets. He seemed to embody the Sun.
The stranger replied, "I may be. What would it matter to you?"
"You see, I seek personification."
"Personification? Ah, you mean eternal existence. Immortality, so to speak."
"Indeed. The tales tell of Gilgamesh who taught the snakes to shed their skin, and so become immortal. I-"
"You wish to learn how to shed your skin?"
"Uh, I suppose so. In a sense."
"Firstly, as above, so below."
"What?"
"Always remember, that lessons learned in one realm are dangerous if applied in another realm."
"Truly, you are wise, great sir. But I do not underst-"
"No, you do not, for that is why you seek me. Do not hold back. Now go, your journey is long and full of wisdom. There will always be those who seek to manipulate. Take this sword and pentacle."
With that, snakes appeared from his sleeves and covered Gilgamesh completely. Then, he vanished. But the man heard a whisper in the air, "Know your fundamentals".

The Fool (0)

A man was walking, an unkempt, dirty, ragged, vagrant-looking vaguely old sort of man was walking. With a dog behind him. He carried naught but a stick with a bundle tied to its end. He looked rather carefree and happy.
Mr. Phthalo approached him.
"Good sir, who might you be and where would you be going?" He started.
"I might be a swallow. I go to where I go, for I am a pilgrim."
"A pilgrim, you say? Where to?"
"I am a pilgrim on a journey for experience, for delight and for no particular reason at all. I go where I please." said the man who might be a swallow and was definitely a pilgrim.
The dog following him nipped his heels.
"Ah, but the Lord is getting impatient. Let's get along now then?"
"The Lord? So you're a Christian?"
"That is what I call my dog, you see."
The pilgrim walked along the edge of the cliff, cheerfully whistling without a care in the world.

just a notice

heyho readers,
i can't believe this blog survived for give or take 3 months. a hiatus is in order! maybe when i get back to writing i'll have lots of random shizz to write about, ya'know? so for now, toodle-do!

PS: the holidays make me sad, its v depressing

Pie Jesu Domine,
Dona Eis Requiem.

Fighting with writer's block,
Li-Jun

*anything below this is written a bit after the original post*

AHahahahAHHahahAH! Who am I kidding! A hiatus? who neEds it? I wilL wriTe As anD wHen i wANt!!!11 wheee. I shall prove that I can churn out creaTivity by deadlines! I wiLL write 22 short stories based on each of the MAJOR ARCANA !!!!!!! it will be in order! numerical OrdEr!!1

Ataxia

Pero Diaz is a city of two, the Above and the Under. Few know about the Under, for the Esoteric Order Of Ataxia maintains a secret rule over it and interferes not with the Above. All in the Under obey the Order and they are not to be trifled with. The Above is the place where there is law and order and the Under can be compared to as a criminal underworld. There are six beings in the Order, each an embodiment of negative states.
"The Above's authorities are starting to get pissed off with our Under, how shall we educate them on these matters, hmm?" Kas asked.
Ana replied, "A quick spell? Or we could stage a famine by buying all grain and foodstock."
Dan said, "An ethereal jaunt spell on members of the government?"
Dis said, "Create an epidemic?"
Ero spoke up, "Screw up their logistics? Maybe take out the entire sewage system and place it in a pocket dimension. Then we could threaten them."
Mal simply kept quiet.
Kas pondered these suggestions.
"No, they wouldn't work. We can't let the Order become common knowledge. Mal, you didn't say anything. Any ideas?"
"Blackmail."
Everyone thought about it.
"I could probably incriminate them in the recent increase in drug dealing." Ana said, "But how can we convince them enough?"
Kas was, by this time, absolutely frustrated. "Look, we're the Esoteric Order Of Ataxia, I am Chaos, Ana's Anarchy, Dan is Dante, Dis is Disorder, Ero's entropy and Mal is Malevolent, we're the living embodiment of negative things, surely we can come up with something! I say we just go and threaten to return the Above to barbaric culture by means of non-government."
The Order murmured appreciatively.
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The next day, the government continued about its activities and the phrase "Esoteric Order Of Ataxia" was never uttered again.