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[caelestialis]

Hello! I'm Ainsley.

I was hoping to ask for some help in some things right now. It would mean a lot to me if I could have a moment of your time.

First thing is that I was wondering if there's anyone who has knowledge re: occult and cults and things like that. It's because I learned that I may have been part of a cult due to the strange titles they were using in a meeting in my memory. It's a long shot but it felt like to me that they were very important so there has to be some evidence of them being here. Right?

Anyways these were what the titles that were being used in my memory. They must have some meaning behind them.

[ she starts to list them off in her post: the moon, the magician, the tower, and so on. for some it'll soon become obvious that she's listing off titles that belong to the major arcana of tarot cards. really. ]

The second thing is that I need help in translating letters I got last month. Strange, I know, but this is not as threatening compared to the last thing they gave me so I suppose that's a step up.

A lot of them are in languages I don't know all that well. Like Japanese and French and the like. If anyone can help me out with this, I would be very grateful and be willing to pay you for your time in this. I should warn you though that a lot of the text seems to be missing from the letters so I'm sorry if it doesn't make sense.

Thank you for reading this! And for any possible help along the way too.

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[complementing]

I can help with Japanese, though I don't need to be paid, since I'm not a professional translator or anything (๑꒪▿꒪)*

also, I'm not familiar with any occult stuff, but some of the visions I've had of people

or friends, I guess

the visions I've had of friends back home, they were associated with some of the major arcana too, specifically sun and magician, but I have some a new um

summon creature??? Persona

associated with the arcana too, he's from the moon arcana

[In truth there's one more, but she refuses to talk about Ryoji as if he's Death.]

[caelestialis]

[ oh. this is. this is a lot to take in.

but she's also happy, very happy. her spirits pick up considerably now that the letters have some chance of being translated and someone having a lead about the 'major' arcana she's speaking about.

it's just- hmmm. something about the sun and magician nags her. they're important, she knows they are, but she isn't sure why. okay okay let's . ]

Thank you so much! I would like to insist on paying you for your help since a good chunk of letters here are in Japanese. And different types of it too? I'll send you some photos of the letters in a bit to explain that bit.

And that's interesting to hear! Can I ask more about the people connected with the Sun and the Magician? Not to mention this Persona you're talking about? I definitely don't think I've ever come across that term before. If you don't mind, of course.

[commandertoolbelt]

i don't know much about the occult but i could try translating some stuff from spanish if that's one you need

[destiny_key]

i speak japanese and hawaiian!!!

but i dont know that youd need hawaiian its not really a written language lol

but i can help with japanese if you want???

[bold_in_deed]

those sound like those tarot cards people use to read their futures or whatever. i had a friend back home who used to be into that.

i know a bit of French, but that's it. might be able to help there,
but i'm a bit rusty admittedly

oh my god I mean Star, not Sun.........

[complementing]

well if you insist! (´•ω•`๑)

oh no, not at all. I've given up on the idea of hiding most of the visions and things I'm getting from Retrospec...if my experiences can help other people figure out their own visions or feel less weirded out then I don't mind sharing

but let's see, the Star was Akihiko-senpai. What I remember is the two of us going to get ramen. He was telling me that I had to eat a lot to keep my strength up, but he was treating me like a kid when I wanted more, and he laughed when I got annoyed at him for that. But then he said he wouldn't treat me like a girl, and that he thought I was the best person for the leader position I'd recently gotten...so it felt like he was kind in his own way to me, as his new underclassman

the Magician was Junpei, and he invited me out to ramen too. In that vision of him, I figured out that he'd done that because he was worried about me. I'd been stuck in bed in for two weeks, and I was the new transfer student on top of that, just like he'd been. He thought I might have trouble settling in, but then said he knew I'd be okay. And then he started being a pervert, making jokes about our co-ed dorm, but I got sort-of not-really pissed off at him since I thought it was his way of making me feel included in an inside joke

...wow, now that I've typed all that out, it seems kind of silly

I'm sorry if this wasn't really what you were looking for

[caelestialis]

Thank you! If you want, I can send you pictures of some of the letters now to show you what they look like. I'll try to make sure my camera hand is steady.

But like I said earlier- Some of the letters might not make much sense since a lot of these letters seem to be missing paragraphs worth of content. It's something you gotta see to believe.

[caelestialis]

Great! There are a significant number of letters written in Japanese here so it'll be great to get much help as I can with these. I can send photos of the letters to you if you want. So you can see what you'll be dealing with.

I promise repay you for your help too. This means a lot to me since, from what I can gather, all of these letters are from the same man and woman? I'm not sure so having this verified at the very least would be great.

[fashionable_yapping]

I'm a native French speaker, so I can translate those letters in that language.

[Best to be helpful and make a good impression. Being bilingual has its perks sometimes.]

[commandertoolbelt]

sounds good to me

i'll keep that in mind
but i'll translate what i can as clearly as possible anyway
it can't be that much weirder than some of the stuff people have been talking about

[trappingheart]

yeah like someone above me said those titles are just tarot cards
i'm no occult expert but that's pretty basic shit
they're used in divination, mainly. you draw cards as they relate to your past, present and future, and the cards all have different meanings
some are obvious some not so much
for example you the first one you said is the moon? there are lots of resources you can find that would explain it a hell of a lot better than i can
but it usually relates to illusions, like
something isn't as it appears, or you're lost in the dark

[true_noir]

If Nina is unavailable, I am also a native French speaker, so I will translate for you. As for the rest, I'm afraid that I don't know much about the titles you mentioned.

[prometheanflame]

I'm not familiar with those names, but the sound very familiar.

What other languages are there? I took a few years of French in high school and I speak Arabic with my family.

[loudmouths]

i'm a native japanese so i can take a look if there's any left over

i've got some idea of occult stuff, too, but it's mostly japanese mythology, if that'll be of any use to you

[livingdeadgirl]

ooh I don't know any other languages but I do happen to know a few things about the occult!
for instance those titles correspond to the major arcana of the tarot deck
do you know which one you might have been? :o

[megabond]

I know some of the users already offered to help on those French words but I was hoping that I might help out as well.

[viktorymaker]

Hello! I can't help with anything occult, but I do speak fluent Russian, and some Korean.

[godcards]

I'm fluent in Arabic. How much would you pay me?

Additionally... those titles sound pretty vague as far as cults go. I'm no expert,
but don't they have ridiculous or extremist names? High Priest of Darkness, things like that.

action

[accordance]

[ As with most things, Lucian had come to help Ainsley with her things. He doesn't speak most of these languages, but he can sort them according to which language they might be.

Except for Latin. He can read Latin, even if it's dead. ]

Hmm.

[ This one looks like it's Latin. What does it say? ]

[caelestialis]

Any help with the letters would be great! Do you want me to send you photos of them? To see what you'll be dealing with? They look pretty strange since a lot of the text seems to be missing so I'm sorry in advance for that.

And Tarot cards? Do you mean the cards that fortune tellers in shows and movies use and the music cue goes to the scare chords when they reveal the Death one? [ ainsley please. ]

we roll like the rolling stones don't worry > w >

[caelestialis]

[ oh. for some reason her heart hurts when reading the star entry. she isn't sure why but it does and not… in a bad way?

it's hard to explain and she needs a minute to compose herself to write back a reply. ]

No don't say sorry! This was very insightful because, so far, my own memories have been mixed at best. It's good to see others have happier memories come back to them. It shows that, no matter what, there are good moments that can come out of this. Knife delivery and all.

Your friends sound like very good people to care that much for you. I'm glad you were able to remember them. A former student and I discussed the possibilities of there being parallel worlds and what we see are the memories of our other selves. I'm happy to hear that, if this theory is the case, you have friends who you can lean on.

But look at me typing your eyes out and being all weirdly sentimental! This is getting the better of me, I bet. I'll send you the letters now.

[ sure enough she sends photos of the letters within a few minutes and the translated results are curious to say the least. ]

[caelestialis]

[ yeah... her knife-dagger-whatever is pretty weird. surely this can't top it or the other incidents that have been happening.

... she's going to knock on wood now. just in case. ]

Thank you so much. This means a lot since there must be a reason this was given to me.

Give me a minute to send you the photos then.

[ as promised, she sends him photos of the letters written in spanish. ]

[caelestialis]

Thank you so much! I promise to pay you back for this.

Just to warn you though- Some of the content of the letters is missing from what I can tell. There are a lot of blank spaces in the correspondence. Words and sentences are missing from the paragraphs that are there altogether. So I'm sorry in advance for any confusion.

[daemonized]

[So here's the deal: Ardyn can't help with either of those things, at least certainly not in the same capacity of others already presenting their aid here. And yet, to him, that's unacceptable where a dear friend is concerned.

So despite not actually offering help, he'll still leave a little message for her, when she has the time to see it.]

I've a third option to help you, if you'd consider it.

[caelestialis]

Yes, the Moon. I was being addressed as that in my memory and I guess I'll research the other titles then.

But I think I could have gone on with my life without knowing that was what the Moon meant. That sounds really depressing.