YoinkTober 2022 - Tarotober

[tehta]

Jitter, that's a bit of a double entendre

26 could maybe be one of the Finnish kids admiring Reynir's snowman? And 27 could be Trond maybe? Although he seems to accept his old status.

[Jitter]

Tehta, right and right. Trond admits he’s old but he also says it’s no reason to be polite to him. http://www.sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=52

Which one are you going for on the 24?

[JoB]

we've had boats/ships in the Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic parts of the prologue

(Duh. Completely forgot about the Norwegian part, though it obviously wasn't Berit, either.)

[wavewright62]

I am soooo late, but have just had a great time looking through the last [gulp] 6 pages!  thank you to all of you who kept up iwth it and contributed.  I really enjoyed the guessing games, (and I guess I'm not too late to guess Kaino for number 24?) and drawings and the focus on different parts of the SSSS world (nice shout-out to Mirasol & R.M.S.N. P's call-back to the SSSS RP characters!). 

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I am really sorry once again for my extended absences.  Work pressure remains high, but as of last week just gone other pressures affecting time and energy levels are easing.

Special giggle at tehta's vision of Mikkel earning money as a mage.  Oh, 'tis rich!

"No, you have to look... hmmm, perhaps, more deranged maybe.  Like you see beyond into some other world."
"Hrmmm, no.  I've thought about this, I have to be calm and in control.  Most of the people coming by for this want comfort."
"Drama."
"I don't think-"
"Yes, yes, they do.  They want the fantasy, Mikkel.  If they wanted calm, they could just go ask Ole down the road about his cow's weather sense.  These customers, what they want is magic.  Remember that."
"And precisely how is messy hair supposed to convey that, Michael?"
*sighs*  "Maybe I should handle that part.  Then you could do the popping-up-on-the-other-side part?  Oh wait no, you can't do that part, because you'd just stand there and look like nothing at all happened."
"Hrm."
"Mikkel?"
"Hrm?"
"We have to look identical."
"We do."
"Nooo, completely identical.  Same clothes, same amulets, same hair.... and, ah, no sideburns."
".....whaaAAAT"
"Well, I don't think we can convince them that the spirits held me down and shaved me, now can I?"

[Jitter]

Wave, it is indeed Kaino. Eino is hardly a passive hanger-on, while Kaino just happens to be alomg for the ride

[Jitter]

Heey I pulled through! And it's not even December yet!

29.10. - 3 of Cups - (U) Interdependence / (R) Rejection of the Group

Mommy takes care of us. She protects us, feeds us, and guards us when we sleep. She drives away bad things. She comforts me when I hurt. She is everywhere, and everything.

It's been like this forever. Sometimes I feel like things should change, that I should become different. But I never change. Neither does mommy. Warm and cold times come and go, but we go on. Sometimes hungry, sometimes hurting, but other times well fed and safe. Mommy is always there.

I want to change. I don't want to change. I never want anything to change. Especially not mommy.



30.10. - Page of Pentacles - (U) Increasing Powers / (R) Repressed Power

I feel it calling to me. Its dark call is blood-curdling, but oh so enticing. I'm not sure how long I can resist.

It terrifies me, I know it's not a … benevolent force, and yet… and yet. Such power!

I could defend us against all the horrors outside. Make sure everyone here is safe. And show them, show them all! I'm no coward! They would look at me and see their savior. And those others, the fools who have ever scorned me…

It sings in my blood. Or maybe my blood sings to it? I must resist… I must…


31.10. - 9 of Pentacles - (U) Solitary Creativity / (R) Sell-Out

I cannot believe I'm stuck with these bores. Where is the hunger? The vision? The burning for success? Ok, ok, not that kind of hunger. No, I understand you haven't eaten for ages but still. I don’t mean actual hunger, but a passion for greatness!

Clearly, I'm the only one here who's capable of creative thinking. Only I can see what must be done.

Sweet, terrifying revenge! Destruction of all the living! Tears running like rain! Blood going *psshhhhh* (in slow motion)! It will truly be a masterpiece, one to remember throughout all of time. They WILL know my name!


Whew! Towards the end it was getting difficult as I had already used so many characters that came to mind. I guess I should have planned all of them in the beginning.

[dmeck7755]

Jitter My guesses.  BTW great!!

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29.10. - 3 of Cups  One of the bear cubs?
30.10. - Page of Pentacles Onni about The Kade?
31.10. - 9 of Pentacles Surma?

[Jitter]

Dmeck, correct on the 29.

For the 30. I can totally see it, however Onni is out of (my self-imposed) scope. Trust me, there were several times when I cursed myself for deciding to rule out he team members. Onni in particular could have been a perfect fit for many of the clues.

31st, try again

[JoB]

Lemme try the two remaining ones, then ...

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30: Saku is not a member of the team, is he? If it's true that he had magic talent, he must have felt the grosslings spreading everywhere, including near the Lumilintu, after they went into isolation. Though I wouldn't know where he would have gotten the conviction that he could defend them all against it ...

31: Ohai, Sleipnope ... say, what was your name again, apart from the one we gave you after the fact?

[Jitter]

JoB, spot on for the 31st. A fitting final character, I felt. And indeed, I was going for the contradiction ypu pointed out.

For the 30th, thwt could work and I actually considered that exact sceario, but alas, I had already used him (ok that sounds weird).

[dmeck7755]

one more guess for the 30th

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Hilja

[Jitter]

Dmeck, Hilja was already used (another irritating rule I set for myself!)

[Buteo]

Then was 30. the original of the Kade, that we were shown sitting in a broom closet, probably feeling ordinary and overlooked?

[Jitter]

Buteo, it is indeed!

I didn’t intend to make the last batch all grossling but that’s how it turned out.

Thanks everyone for playing! It kept me going, after I first fell behind when I was ill.

[Buteo]

So glad you are recovering, Jitter!