Re: House of Rain
Two daggers are bought by Anneth. They are regular devices of war, of Human make. Each is strapped to a harness worn beneath the open skirt of her armour, for throwing at Things That Would Not Behave Themselves when her bow was too unwieldy, not timely enough, or inaccessible! See "not timely enough".
Sometime before departing, Anneth retreats to a place away from others, and takes a beautiful wooden case out of a large pouch at her belt, lined and padded on the inside with silk. And rubbed with powdered incense. A cloth is laid out in front of herself, about a foot and a half by a foot and a half. She then takes a deck of cards kept inside of it out, and shuffles them, eyes closed, her face calmer than it has been the past few days, almost serene. She draws three cards at random, and lays them out in front of herself, face-down... She opens her eyes, and turns them over. Reads them...checks her spell book (such as it is) for reference, just to be sure...
It was a quick, personal reading that she was doing - one card for the Past, one card for the Present, and one card for the Future. The cards, also being of Human make, had, well, Human influences to them! The first card was of a woman pouring water into a wine bottle; the second, a woman pointing to a Star in the sky; the third, seven cups. The first card was reversed, but the second and third were upright.
Wow. Adjusted my finances for all the drink I've bought, and tips, and what. Buying two daggers...
And doing a personal Past-Present-Future reading for our Miss Mage-Singer!