On The Road To Nowhere: The Beginning

[Enchantress]

“I would say…” Tatyana started to Matthias, her own voice giving off a bit of a hiss as well, her accent heavy… “that you should have a care with what you whisper to a maiden in the dark of the night.” She stood up and pulled off her cloak with a flourish, revealing the elegant birch wood bow slung across her back. Tatyana’s manner of dress was very much that of a gypsy. She wore a white low cut peasant blouse and a black corset. The moon gave the white of the material a bit of a glow, and anyone noticing would have seen to small scars on the swell of her bosom that resembled puncture marks. Her skirts were deep blue and silver, and from the trinkets along her belt, to the bracelets on her wrist, she made a slight twinkling sound as she moved closer to the fire. Not looking at anyone as she sat down, she pulled out her tarot deck and began to flip through the cards. It had been what she had spent the day doing as well. Reading fortunes and telling young maidens of princes on white horses that would whisk them away from the drudgery of country farm life. She told them only what they wanted to hear. Rarely did she find anyone who wanted to know the truth behind the cards.
Occasionally, she would look up and as someone spoke, but for the most part, she kept silent and listened to the others speak.