Queen of Cups

The Threes

THE THREES

They represent: Growth, Creativity, Expression

"UNO!" Shouted Sylvia.

"Heh.. we'll see." Said (Name) looking into her cards. 2 cards of Wild + 4 were in her hands. She smirked. Jotaro and Kakyoin were having 2-3 more cards. It was now her turn. She slapped on of her cards and shouted UNO as well.

Jotaro added a +2 blue card and announced he was having one card left as well, Kakyoin a +2 green card. Sylvia picked up all of them. (Name) smiled. She showed her last card, winning the game.

Jotaro put another +2 but this time it was red, Kakyoin put another +2 but yellow, announcing that he was close to win as well. Sylvia was slightly furious because she was about to lose, and took all the cards she was meant to pull again. Kakyoin put a yellow 8 card. It was done. Sylvia was glad more than angry.

"Now it means you have to reach me tarot." The girl said.

"Good. Get your cards."

Sylvia shuffled her new deck of cards, seeing all the images of her favorite vocaloid characters, resembling (Name)'s deck drawings.

"Good. Take your time. Shuffle it." (Name) encouraged.

She kept shuffling and pulled 3 cards.

The Hierophant reversed, the Priestess and the Star reversed.

"Umm... What were you thinking about when you pulled those?"

"I thought about you guys... And how June will take me away from you. I wanted to see if we'll still be friends."

Everyone was in awe but struck by the information. "Why?" Asked (Name).

"My parents. They're scared of everything. They talked with the principals, both those from my old school and this Japanese one and said I must go home." They all hugged the girl. "Thank you guys... I really hope we could spend some more time before I get back..."

"But let us see... What do your cards say."

"Fukase as the Hierophant as I can see... " started Sylvia, looking at her tarotist friend for a confirmation. (Name) said nothing and waited for her friend to finish her dialogue. "He really gives me gamer vibes and since I saw such a surprising collection of games I suppose it's Kakyoin here. Our friendship started unorthodoxly, by me barging into your home while your parents were away... And I believe it'll remain weird as that."

(Name) was surprised. Happy and surprised. "I'm almost sure you read my mind."

"I am glued to the Hierophant card as my destiny already." Kakyoin had his stand curl up around him, hugging his user.

"Jotaro I suppose he's probably the Utatane Piko card, the Star, as I am thinking of my first encounter with you."

"Oh yeah... That's a story to tell..."

"What?" The two remain surprised.

"Basically, I met Sylvia when she was sitting next to a school's fence wall. And since she's so small, I accidentally threw my cigarette's ashes on her head. Then we enjoyed one cigarette together, while she gave me some of her coffee."

"You? Sharing coffee?" Asked (Name), overlapped with Kakyoin's questions: "You? Giving a cigarette to a stranger?" But the redheaded boy added "It took me almost 6 months and a death to give me one to try."

Jotaro shrugged. "You gave me hope that for once I'll finally have friends like me." Added Sylvia. "As for you, (Name), I suppose you know that already... You've started your own small coven... But soon enough, you'll be a high priestess with an empty coven."

"I feel ashamed to say but that's what your cards scream... But pull one more for me."

"Death." Announced the rookie tarotist.

"Fuck my ass universe."

Sylvia gathered her cards from the ground and put them in her bag. While doing so, she noticed a shiny green and white tendril around Kakyoin.

"Noriaki... Do you wear a corset?"

"No... Why?"

"What is that green thing around you?"

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"So. Let me see if I can recall correctly. Tarot readers and astrologers can see these «aliens», named «stands» because some people are born with them? And not everyone can have it? Nani the fuck?"

"It'll get more and more complicated from now on, so if you remember what my mom wrote in that book, now do you believe me?"

The Moonhigh Queen rose next to the owner, her face resembling (Name). Sylvia nodded. She trusted her friend even more that she could see it. "Wait. That doesn't mean Raisa can see them too?"

"The old lady?" Jotaro questioned

"Old? No she's young! What the fuck are you talking about?" Asked Sylvia

"I saw an old lady, Sylvia. I swear. Jotaro's right! I thought it was (Name)'s grandmother to be frank."

"No way... Raisa isn't older than 30."

(Name) was hit with realisation. "Sylvia... I think the boys were right... Except for the grandma part... She died long ago. I recall that her reflection was way older than she was."

"Well... You two can go tomorrow and see there the truth. I promised mom I'll go with Mom to SPA."

"I should go too... Mom is coming back from Ireland and I'm sure she wants to see if everything is in place and my bedroom reeks of alcohol. Goodnight girls."

Sylvia and (Name) remained to do some cleanup and after (Name)'s insistences, Sylvia obliged and remained overnight, even if her dorm was 3 minutes and 45 steps away.

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The very next day, (Name) woke up in her bed by a soft knocking on the door.

"Enter!"

A redhead girl opened the door and popped her head in. "I made breakfast. Sorry I'm so late."

(Name) looked at the clock. 9am. "If that's late then I wake up usually during the next century. I'm no morning person."

"Well... I want to spend some time with Raisa and I thought that we should wake up early." Sylvia said, the smell of fresh crispy bacon entering the bedroom.

"I'm hungry. Let's eat first, for that Raisa isn't going to die until we get there, can she?" Said (Name), getting a shiver at the thought.