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Dagon held my hand the entire walk to Dahlia’s house. I don’t know why he did but it felt amazing. I mean, it was only a block or two down the road, but still.
“So? How’d you two meet?” Dahlia asked.
“Um, we're dead. Remember, Satan made us roommates,” I commented.
“Oh, OH I thought-” she pointed at our hands, “you’re not like- together,” She seemed extremely confused by that.
“Like ROMANTICALLY?!?” I asked as my face turned red “NO, NO, NO! WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!” Dagon looked at me, then looked at his hand and let go of mine.
“I'm sorry I-I should have asked,” he mumbled.
“No, it’s fine. I would have let go if I didn’t want to,” I grabbed his hand again and squeezed it.
“Hm, now I would have thought-“ Dahlia said. I glared at her, “Never mind.” Lenore walked over to Daliah and whispered in her ear. I couldn’t make out what she had said, but based on Daliah’s very fascinated reaction, I knew it was something about Dagon and I.
“Anyway, why are we at your house again?”
“So I can teach you the ways of fortune telling,” she said. Dagon was holding my hand, but still, I wasn’t really paying attention to Dahlia, I was just focused on how much I wanted to- NO , no, no, no, I DON’T like him, he’s just a friend. Just a friend and nothing more. Why would he like me anyway? I’m not attractive, I’m not that unique, I’m just some sort of stupid annoying trans guy, from a town no one has heard of in the middle of fucking New Jersey, but Dagon, he is the most amazing, the most interesting, the most beautiful person I have ever met.
When I finally snapped back to reality, I was sitting on a couch with Dagon right beside me, my hand right next to his. I pulled my hand back and sat on it. If I sit on my hands, I can’t do anything stupid like try and hold his hand, and before you say ‘but kit didn’t he just hold your hand?’ I know I am aware that that happened, but what if I was just imagining it. It is a very likely possibility, it has happened before, . . . I think it did at least. He looked at his hand, then looked at me and looked down.
“So Dagon, you pretty much understand how your scythe works?” Daliah asked.
“Yeah,” he replied.
“And Kit, sum up what you know about how your tarot cards work.”
“Well, I know the meanings and powers of each card, and how to use them in a fight,” I explained.
“Oh so you do understand those. Okay, then I have two gifts for you, a pendulum-” She reached into a drawer and pulled out what I believe was a labradorite pendulum and a small stack of cards. “-and another suit of your tarot deck”
“Oh cool,” I said unexcitedly. “So, you’re giving this to me, why exactly?”
“Um- because you understand how to use the ones you already have, and I can’t quite teach you the fortune telling aspect of them until you have all the cards.”
“Oh.”
“Okay Kit, do you know how pendulums work?” Dahlia asked me. After I explained that I didn't, she began to explain how it works. She tried to get Dagon and Lenore to leave, because neither of them could use this information, but I still don’t trust her. I mean who just shows up and goes, 'Hi, I don’t know you, but your name is Kit and you died last week.' Like, WHAT THE LITERAL FUCK!!
Anyway, Dagon decided to stay with me. He found all of the information fascinating- or at least he seemed to. I don't know if he was just pretending or not. I learned that pendulums are actually (for the most part) easier than Tarot cards. All you have to do is ask it to show you yes, and then show you no. If it does two different things, you know you’re doing it right. Anyway, then you ask it basically if it’s gonna tell you the right answer. If it says no, then oh well, try again later, but if it says yes, then you can ask yes or no questions.
“Start by asking questions you know the answer to,” Dahlia explained to us.
“Is my favorite color pink?” I asked. No, it told me.
“Is today Tuesday?” Yes.
“Try something less definite,” Dahlia told me.
“Have I gone to a Mental Hospital?” Yes, it told me. Dagon seemed to have understood what it said.
“Wait, WHAT? How am I just hearing about this now?” He asked.
“I mean, we haven't known each other for that long”
“I guess that is true. Now that I think of it, I don’t actually know much about you.”
“Ya, that’s true”
“Wait, okay, but what was it like there? At the hospital, I mean”
“Well some . . . interesting things happened, but besides those we just like talked and played card games”
“Wait, like what?” He seemed really fascinated.
“Well, I mean, hmm OH- one time, someone stated that they wanted to do some interesting things with the one girl who I was sorta friends with,” I explained. “Oh, and another time I got into a fist fight with this homophobic kid. We both got booty juice, but he shut up after that, and this other time-”Dagon looked kind of concerned. “But, uh yeah, it helped me a little being there; I wasn’t able to hurt myself.”
Dagon just blinked a few times.“Wow, sounds interesting.”
“Yeah, yeah, it definitely was,” I said. “It wasn’t a bad place though, and I feel like I would have had a better experience if I had chosen to go.”
He thought for a moment, “Wait, what’s booty juice?”
“Oh, it’s like, I forget the word for it, but it knocks you out, and they usually inject it in your booty, hence the name.”
“Huh, interesting.”
“Yeah, . . . but uh, did you have any interesting experiences when you were alive?”
“Hmm, I mean not a lot. Before my mom died, I just tried to spend as much time away from her as possible.”
“Logical, logical,” I nodded my head.
“But, uh, there was this one time that-”
“Would you guys like something to drink?” Dahlia was standing in the doorway with a bottle of wine and a six pack of beer. I looked at Dagon, and he just stared at her. I knew something was off about her.
ELLO so hey this is Knox I would just like to let you all know that I'm going back to school soon and I'm starting to run out of buffer chapters (chapters i already wrote ahead of time) So I'm taking a break for the rest of the month and after that untill the school year is over i might have a different update schedule . . . ALSO this story was always intended to be a graphic novel and I have FINALLY started work on the concept art for Kit Dagon and lenore, (and a character you have yet to meet) also thier weapons cause weapons are cool. So yeah have a nice September I'll see you then.
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