GLOGtober '24: Three Oracles

 For challenge 5 of glogtober I will be doing the prompt 'Oracles and Sages', specifically I'll be doing three oracles.

The first thing you need to know about an oracle is that you should never go to one. They do not tell you anything you need to know. Each prophesy is a curse that will twist your fate. Do not let them shackle you to providence, chart your own fate. If you do not heed my advice, there are three I know by name.

Simeon

She can be found in taverns where dancers spin into the night,

cafes where people exchange poems,

and of course casinos.

Simeon is one of the few oracles who accepts payment in coin,

however the denomination does not matter to her.

What matters to her is that it's traveled far and passed through many hands,

after all it's money makes the world go round.

Revolving Fortunes (d6)

1. On your next journey you will get lost, but you will end up somewhere just as intresting.
2. Your mother will die soon, unless she's already dead in which case it's your turn to be one.
3. You'll soon have a lot more plates to spin, new projects, new responsibility, new you. It will feel like too much, but I trust you'll pull through.
4. There is something you need to let go of, but you your greed will not permit it. Needless to say your suffer for it.
5. Ever wanted to travel the world? Very soon there will be an ending, and then a beginning. I suggest you start packing as soon as you leave.
6. Oof, sorry for the loss. It's natural to grieve, but you can't cry over spilled milk forever.

Distal

You can find him by the river under the full moon.

He can be found in his cave the rest of the month, but it's far too dangerous.

He misses the moon so much, so much.

Tell him of who you miss,

who you've lost.

Reminence with him and he may tell you what to look forward to.

Aching Omens (d6)

1. Whizz, clatter, shatter. Machines get lonely too. Shatter, sputter. If her engineer still saw her then she would buzz along, instead her heartbreak will take your leg.
2. Scritch, scratch. You will find a most wonderful rug. Thread and fiber, such lovely knots. Buy it for any price they ask or steal it if you have to. Such lovely knots. Trust me, this rug has the answers.
3. Hiccup. Cough. There is a child out there, maybe not a child, who never had any friends, any any friends. Ahem. You will be this maybe child's first friend.
4. SCREEEE, CHOMP. A harpy will attack you! SLASH, STOMP. A harpy will attack you!
5. Plink, plink, plink. It will rain tomorrow, and the day after that. Swoosh. You won't ever find a satisfying answer to that question you didn't ask me. Splash.
6. Crackle, CRASH. Lightning will strike you. Sizzle. Rejoice, for you will find a secret in it's scars.

Babirusa

It sits in a dried out old well in the old part of town.

There used to be a gallows up there,

did you know that?

Executions used to be the main spectacle around here,

but that's beside the point.

When you descend down that well on the rope they have left there

bring some flowers. Some say it matters if thier fresh or wilted.

Shove those flowers in it's overstuffed maw,

and take exactly one.

Floral Augury

1. Dark Crimson Rose: Death for someone else, inherentance for you. Vultures will try to take it.
2. Nasturtium: If you have never walked the war path before, you will find victory. If you have, some upstart will take your head.
3. Arborvitae: Rest easy, you will experince a period of rest soon. Expect to have a warm reunion from an old friend.
4. Snapdragon: You will be betrayed by a frog in your sleep.
5. Yarrow: You will be fused with another being, your blood vessels split open your skin and intwine with thiers. This will bring both of you true and lasting joy.
6. Snapdragon: It is a good time to scheme, your next act of treachery will be be executed flawlessly.

Notes:

Sometimes it's good to relax and just write some cryptic shit. Each oracle here is inspired by a card from a oracle deck and each prophesy is inspired by a different card from the same. Simeon comes from the traditional Rider-Waite Tarot. Distal draws on Nick Bantock's the river and Barbirusa comes from Travis McHenry's Hieronymus Bosch Tarot. Can you guess what the card behind each one is? Also, the river isn't technically an oracle deck but a 'ask questions about your subconcious' deck. I also wouldn't recommend buying the Hieronymus Bosch Tarot, the compositions such becouse they are just randomly cropped Bosch paintings and I don't like the canonical meanings of it's cards.