The Tedious Tarot Flash Fic Challenge!

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Hello all

Edit 20/08/16: Still getting new participants, but this is a gentle poke for those who have signed up to remember if you have written a piece and it isn't linked below to let me know! Also a gentle reminder to write and of course there's room for more participants- it would be cool to get a full deck!


Edit 18/07/16: This is still going very well and strong! Apologies for lack of response- I did have a baby 2 weeks ago so I think I am excused a little! Really enjoying seeing these pieces coming through now, see links below to see what everyone else has got up to! 


29/06: We have managed to get all 73 cards assigned! However, fear not! In interest of Flash fiction month and the fact people are still interested, we are having a second round! This also means if you have already written a piece and want another card, you can go again also! Thank you for the enthusiasm! :heart:


To play this challenge, please respond to the forum thread: forum.deviantart.com/art/liter…


It's time for a forum challenge! What better timing with FlashFictionMonth (Flash-Fic-Month) ready to start in July?

This challenge visits the mystical deck of the Tarot, where every card has specific meaning and intrigue. Your job will be to pick a card and write a piece of flash fiction interpreted by that card. There's no other rules except it must be flash fiction.

How to play

1. Reply to this thread saying "in"
2. I will draw you a card from my listed Tarot deck (I don't own a deck myself so an online version shall do :) (Smile)) This shall be drawn at random and I am not giving you a reading, just a card lol.
3. You will then research your card, find out its meaning and hopefully write a piece of flash fiction to go with your card. To get you started there is this awesome link here or just get yourself on google!
4. Post your piece as a deviation and share it here!
5. I will be putting them all together in a fancy journal so you can see how everyone else has done too! 

You can have more than one go, when you finish the previous go!

This is a list of all the Tarot Cards available and assigned deviants

Those marked with a :bulletgreen: have complete pieces linked :)

Major Arcana

:bulletgreen: 0 The Fool  neurotype-on-discord
:bulletgreen: 1 The Magician  joe-wright
:bulletgreen: 2 The High Priestess by The-Livewriter 
:bulletgreen: 3 The Empress by psycocat
4 The Emperor ShadowedAcolyte, blankfaceisclaimed
5 The Hierophant NebulaDreams, wrensghost
6 The Lovers OctopusGames, :bulletgreen: The Lovers by ajb-2k3
:bulletgreen: 7 The Chariot  The-Inkling, oviedomedina

8 Strength  SanguineInkSlinger, :bulletgreen: Strength by prettyflour
9 The Hermit  Domaex, :bulletgreen: The Hermit by Kadreshi
:bulletgreen: 10 Wheel of Fortune OneWithTheStars
11 Justice blackflamingo777, Styhx
12 The Hanged Man pansydiv, fencergirl00
13 Death  SilverPsychopomp
14 Temperance KaizenKitty
:bulletgreen: 15 The Devil 13khaleesi
:bulletgreen: 16 The Tower by IcedFireFrenzy
17 The Star UsagiToxic
:bulletgreen: 18 The Moon dragoeniex
19 The Sun fyoot 
:bulletgreen: 20 Judgment  by ClamShellHeart
21 The World  EdibleShoes, IllyDragonfly

Minor Arcana

King of Swords niceness-artist
Queen of Swords eprosper, Nim-Riel
Knight of Swords TaintedTruffle
Page of Swords  TheBrokenBride
Ace of Swords ArynChris
2 of Swords Jettrainfan, starfast99
:bulletgreen: 3 of Swords by Queen-JeeDragon, KreepingSpawn
4 of Swords Mr-Timeshadow, :bulletgreen: 4 of Swordsmx-nt
:bulletgreen: 5 of Swords vvlpes
:bulletgreen: 6 of Swords by Skull-Killer
7 of Swords Lily-Lucid
8 of Swords origamizebra
:bulletgreen: 9 of Swords by zeroZyra, Kitz-the-Kitsune
10 of Swords missionYCO

:bulletgreen: King of cups Lone-Eyed
Queen of cups xclaux
:bulletgreen: Knight of cups by oviedomedina
:bulletgreen: Page of cups by IllyDragonfly
:bulletgreen: Ace of Cups  ilyilaice, fervvent
:bulletgreen: 2 of cups  by QuixoticApricot, Enki-du
3 of cups  GoldenNocturna,:bulletgreen: 3 of cups by vegted
4 of cups RyuunosukeAkiyama
:bulletgreen: 5 of cups by The-Livewriter comatose-comet
6 of cups isthisthingstillon 
7 of cups Comic-Ninja-Whoot
8 of cups ObsydianDreamer 
:bulletgreen: 9 of cups by Indigo-Moon-Shadow
:bulletgreen: 10 of cups  by vigour-mortis

:bulletgreen: King of Wands CalicoNorth
Queen of Wands RainLillie
Knight of Wands DamonWakes 
:bulletgreen: Page of Wands by Tobaeus 
:bulletgreen: Ace of Wands by TheRedSephaos, amour-raven 
2 of Wands fingerrocks
:bulletgreen: 3 of Wands TheseWingsofDarkness
:bulletgreen: 4 of Wands Zara-Arletis
5 of Wands Dream-howl
:bulletgreen: 6 of Wands by PivotShadow
7 of Wands saintartaud, LadyBrookeCelebwen
8 of Wands squanpie,:bulletgreen: 8 of wands ajb-2k3
9 of Wands doughboycafe 
:bulletgreen: 10 of Wands Nim-Riel, IntelligentZombie

:bulletgreen: King of Pentacles by ajb-2k3
Queen of Pentacles SakuraForest SlaughterCounty
Knight of Pentacles Haegun, :bulletgreen: Knight of Pentacles Rieal-Dragonsbane 
:bulletgreen: Page of Pentacles by Refugnic
Ace of Pentacles LionesseRampant, MetalPorSiempre

2 of Pentacles Leukippos, Orangecandy12
3 of Pentacles Augmented4th
4 of Pentacles SavageFrog, :bulletgreen: 4 of Pentacles inkedacrylic

5 of Pentacles Lychalis, Feierlich
6 of Pentacles WhiskeyDreamer
7 of Pentacles KCKinny
8 of Pentacles IllyDragonfly
9 of Pentacles SketchyArchitect, InsanelyCute
10 of Pentacles Harlequin-Werewolf

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Vince was so cold he could not remember the sensation of warmth. He could remember feeling it, of course, could remember enjoying sunlight and campfires and a lover's arm across his back, just not what those actually felt like. Only a month ago he had left Mars Colony—only a month since the Benedicts had stormed Mars Control and handed most of the Terran spacefleet over to the jOLeer. Since he'd lost Arjun.
The hologram repeated its message in a few other incomprehensible languages while Vince struggled to think of an answer. Eventually, it cycled back to Old Mammal Standard 3.
“I remind you, supplicant, that should you be unable to answer, the Heavensvault will remain locked for the next--” What followed was an apparently untranslatable word. Sounded like “ghzriet.” Probably some unit of time. Nobody in the damn galaxy seemed to use the same ones. Vince didn't bother looking at