#golden opportunity

[sharonisthebettercarter]

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Titmc. That's it that's the post

TITMC

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The characters

Quite the colorful group, mh? A lil' group picture, since I honestly wanted to see them all fancy and well dressed!

[kindheart525]

Warning: Mention of Animal Death

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The guys gave no thought to their experience in the fortune teller’s shop—it was just something to waste time when they had nothing else to do. In fact, they forgot about it as soon as they left the place, moving right on with their lives. 

At least for a little while.

“Dude, you okay? You barely touched your hayburger at lunch.”

Golden Opportunity had been sullen and quiet all day and his friends took notice. They both followed him down the hospital halls where they worked, trying to tease a response out of him.

“Who would want to touch those burgers? That shit’s nasty!”

Lemon Wedge cackled and Swift Valor laughed along with him, but Golden was hardly responsive to the joke. Instead he stopped and snapped at them.

“Fine, since you won’t get off my back!”

Then he took a deep breath, trying to keep his composure with the news he delivered.

“Noodle died last night. And no, I don’t want to talk about it.”

For Swift, a tiny pang of guilt shot through him at the news.

“Oh, your ferret? Sorry to hear that.”

“Yeah, uh, that sucks.”

He and Lemon both issued awkward apologies, not really knowing how to deal with such a situation.

“Wasn’t she getting old? She lived a good life and everything, right?”

“She definitely had a year or two left on her. It just came out of nowhere!”

A dark shadow of realization suddenly passed over Golden’s face.

“That psychic mare. Prophecy. She said I’d lose a dear friend. Oh Gaia, is this it? Is the universe punishing me for something I did? Why Noodle!?”

Instead of sharing in his fear, or trying to reassure him, or any other halfway decent reaction, Lemon started outright guffawing.

“BWAHAHA! You think that horseshit was REAL?”

“Maybe! You never know!”

Golden tried to defend himself, growing increasingly hurt and irritated at his friends’ reactions. Even Swift was stifling laughter himself.

“I’m sorry—the ferret thing is terrible. Seriously.”

Unlike Lemon, Swift really did feel bad about being so insensitive. But he was more baffled by the sheer illogicality he saw in this situation, and he felt compelled to point it out.

“It’s just…you can’t really believe that, right? Psychics are wrong all the time, you don’t have any evidence that she was really seeing the future. What happened is awful but it’s a coincidence, she was just trying to get in your head and scare you! You’ve got to see that!”

“Besides, she says you’ll lose a ‘dear friend,’ and all she takes is a stupid rodent?—OW!”

Lemon received a sharp kick in the side from Swift, but his words were already a slap in the face to Golden.

“That rodent was all I had in high school! And she was a better friend than you assholes!”

It took every ounce of effort Golden could muster to not break down in tears, to not let out a sob—though he was really close to it.

“If shit like this starts happening to you, you’ll see! That mare was on to something!”

“If being the key word…”

Swift mumbled under his breath, totally unfazed by this threat. But before he could try to reason with the stallion, he had already stormed off.

Fate would catch up to the rest of them later.

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Meanwhile: Iconoclast Previous: Rotten Tomatoes Next: Spilled Salt

Background by CloudyGlow

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Nate’s parents look so confused by Steel.

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i'm really proud and pleased with what i did for golden opportunity (again, again) but it would have been a really funny alternate version if the time loop had been broken that loop but neither of them knew it. so it doesn't reset, rodney helps john get out of the ocean, and then they just have to deal with the aftermath.

[kunstgebilde]

The Characters

Kairon Zufall is quite the studious type. He was a librarian once in a library quite close to Baldur's Gate...he left this job, since he found quite the curious book, one that shouldn't be opend....and thus he searches for more knowledge, for more things to analyse and to learn, since he feels a hunger in his soul that only can be satiated by more knowledge...

My boyfriend, Bernd, is playing this pact of the book tiefling warlock! I love him, his backstory isn't a bad one, but he has quite the interesting little detail in it...also, he gave me reign of deciding the patron! Thus...I created something quite lovely for him. I'm excited for him to meet him someday....soon

[kindheart525]

It was a great night to be out on the town on this Friday night. Ponies were bustling with activity, some going home after a long week of work and others finding a little fun to kick off their weekends. Either way, for many it was a night of fun, or at least relief.

Three young stallions were having a bit of fun of their own. Freshly starting their EMT training, they were seriously devoted to their work, but still undisciplined thrill-seekers like many their age. EMT school was a lot of work so they needed a way to unwind, which the three buddies were doing well as they stumbled out of a pub.

“Did I kill it at karaoke or what?”

One of the stallions, Lemon Wedge, bragged while making finger guns with his wings and jokingly acting like he was hot shit.

“Killed everypony’s ears, maybe!”

His friend Swift Valor retorted. They’d been hanging out for long enough that this was lighthearted banter and not a genuine insult. 

“I dunno, there was that one lady who was watching you all night!”

The third stallion, Golden Opportinity, added.

“Those pipes could get you a date!”

“Aww yeah!”

Lemon pumped his hoof and the three of them erupted into uproarious laughter. They were all rather tipsy, not enough to get into too much trouble but definitely enough to be a bit unaware of their surroundings. A passing couple shot them a glare for disturbing their night, but they hardly noticed.

They were wandering the streets pretty aimlessly until Lemon stopped in his tracks.

“Guys, it’s like, 9pm. What are we doing?”

“Going home?”

“Why, to feed your weasel?”

The other two stallions started snickering but Golden became defensive.

“Noodle is a ferret! And yeah, I gotta be responsible and shit!”

“Didn’t you call your sister or somepony to do that? You’re already being responsible.” 

Swift wasn’t particularly concerned about the ferret, but he did want his friend to stop worrying so much and have fun with him. Even through the buzz he was able to use logic to convince him to let loose.

“Oh yeah!”

Golden carried on following his friends, his hesitation quickly dissolved.

The three stallions continued down the street, bantering and looking around for something to do. Most places on this Canterlot street were too stuffy and frou-frou for their tastes, so their options were already limited.

“What about that place?”

Swift pointed out a storefront that stood out from the rest. It was just as fancy and refined, but the outside decorations had more of a whimsical quality to them, it was unique.

“Isn’t that like, the psychic place?”

“Yeah, I think so. It’s probably a big scam but we’re messing around anyway, we’ll just see what it’s about.”

“Yeah, sure, we got nothing better to do.”

His friends murmured in agreement and proceeded to follow him in.

“Not like anything will come of it.”

*****

Prophecy had been running her shop for a good while now and it was everything she dreamed of and more. The space was small but it was hers, a place to harness her powers on her terms and connect with ponies who needed her help. She planned her schedule so she wouldn’t be overworked at all, so she could actually enjoy her gift.

On Friday nights she had a few evening hours to catch the early-weekend crowd, but now it was getting late and she was closing up her shop for the night. Until the doorbell jingled and several ponies came in for her services.

Great.

Prophecy was usually pretty patient, but she was always irritated by ponies who came in at the last minute. Her hours were right on the door! Oracle was a serious art, it wasn’t like going into a store and picking up a few last-minute gifts.

But she came out of her office with a pleasant smile on her face, greeting the guests with the same politeness as always.

“Welcome! How are you doing tonight?”

The three stallions stood around her shop, looking around as if in a daze. She’d decorated her space to have a dream-like quality. but she didn’t think it’d make ponies actually think they were dreaming. But they were swaying slightly and mumbling like they were drunk. That explained it.

She recognized one of them from her foalhood days, calling him out to get his attention.

“Hello, Swift! It’s nice to see you!”

“Oh! Prophecy!”

Swift snapped out of his stupor, having been quite disoriented entering this more serene space after trotting among the bright lights and bustling energy of the city.

“You work here?”

“Dude, you know her? Is she your girlfriend?”

His friends started laughing at him as he quickly shot a glare at them.

“Shut up! We just went to school together.”

He turned back towards Prophecy, leaning on her desk as casually as he could manage.

“Are you here for a fortune?”

She cocked an eyebrow, a bit peeved that these guys didn’t appear to be taking her space or her time seriously.

“Damn, I can’t believe you’re still into this oracle shit.”

Swift chuckled wryly, not mincing his words very well. This only made Prophecy even more annoyed.

“Shit?”

“Yeah—I mean, no—like, it just never made sense, you know? You predict stuff with data and facts, and like, observing the world around you. Not magic. It kinda seems like you’re getting paid to read the weather report.”

Prophecy didn’t remember Swift being quite this stuck-up as a kid but she didn’t like it one bit. She’d dealt with her fair share of skeptics, but this one especially grinded on her nerves. He knew her just enough that what would be annoying banter felt like a personal insult.

“Well, this is literally my cutie mark, so it’s real whether you can wrap your head around it or not.”

She retorted.

“Yeah, but it could have been a coincidence! You always believed in fairy tales even when you were too old.”

“And I watched you cry so hard you threw up because Eru wouldn’t share his little blue wagon with you. You were almost 10. So I guess we’re even.”

“OHHHH!”

Swift’s friends screamed as his face grew hot with embarrassment, and for a moment Prophecy felt a petty sense of satisfaction. It wasn’t usually in her nature, but it was just too easy to put him in his place.

“Fine, fine.”

He tried to save face, cooly tossing a few bits over to her.

“Give us some predictions, and if they come true, maybe I’ll reconsider.”

“Deal.”

She agreed to satisfy him, though she really didn’t care about convincing stubborn ponies.

Then she turned to the other two stallions.

“What are your names?”

Lemon Wedge and Golden Opportunity mumbled out some introductions, and Prophecy immediately got to work. She inspected each stallion closely, taking note of every minute detail in their mannerisms. Then she took a box out from under her desk, filled with all of her best supplies.

“Bro, what’s she doing?”

They began to whisper amongst each other as she shuffled through her things, her mind firing off with visions of what was in store for these stallions.

It wasn’t good.

“Golden Opportunity.”

The stallion quickly stood up straight at his name, Prophecy’s voice holding such authority that for a moment, he almost believed in her. Just an instant.

“Your life may seem golden now, but it will not always be so. One day soon, you will lose a dear friend and you will have to learn to stand on your own.”

She placed a small glass figurine of two ponies on her desk, symbolizing close bonds.

“Lemon Wedge.”

For the next stallion, she held up a deck of playing cards.

“You’re a go-getter. You take risks. But too much of this will be your downfall. If you do not rein yourself in, you will suffer great losses.”

The pegasus rolled his eyes at her but she didn’t see it, quickly turning to face the smug visage of Swift Valor.

She was ticked off at all of them, but she wasn’t making their fortunes bad on purpose. She was just interpreting the visions she had. But staring at Swift’s cocky smile, she wanted nothing more than to see it wiped off his face. For him to see the truth.

“Swift Valor, you regard yourself with as much value as your possessions are worth; it has always been this way. If you do not humble yourself, you’ll find yourself dispossessed and with a cracked ego.”

To demonstrate, she held up a cheap bar of fool’s gold and smashed it on her desk, doing so with a bit more vigor than her job called for. She was really going for the dramatics.

His friends were a bit startled by this, but Swift just nodded nonchalantly.

“Yeah, yeah. I’ll let you know when that happens, if it does.”

He started making his way for the door, his friends trailing after him.

“Nice to see you again, Prophecy. Tell Eru and your moms I said hi, alright?”

Though he bid her farewell like an old friend, his attitude leading up to that moment completely soured it for Prophecy. But she didn’t spend any time dwelling on it, she moved right on with her life and started cleaning up. They weren’t her problem anymore, whether they believed her was their perogative.

But the predictions didn’t lie.

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Previous: Plain Sight Next (for Swift): Broken Mirror Next (for Prophecy): Iconoclast

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