On the Subject of Never Fading Away

Wake the fuck up, defuser! We have a bomb to solve.

  • The three tarot cards will be corrupted for different amounts of time, at different frequencies.
  • Using the table below, each card can be associated with a boolean condition based on its value and the current stage. Press the only card with a true condition. Doing so will swap out the cards with new ones, and reconfigure the nature of the corruption.
  • Reversals (upside-down cards) invert their own boolean value.
  • After pressing three cards, take the positions of the pressed cards in order (treating positions as numbers where 1 is left and 3 is right). Each of the Major Arcana is also associated with a transformation. Apply the 3 transformations associated with the pressed cards in order, then use the resulting sequence of positions to tell the future of the lowly mercenary.
1 2 3 Transformation
The Fool SF R1 R2 No change
The Magician →SD R3 ←MD Reverse the sequence
The High Priestess MD →MF ←FD Swap stages 1 & 2
The Empress FD ←MD ←MF Swap stages 2 & 3
The Emperor →FF ←SD ←FF Shift the sequence 1 place left
The Hierophant R0 →FF SD Shift the sequence 1 place right
The Lovers R2 FF →FD Add 1 to stage 1
The Chariot MF →SF ←SF Add 1 to stage 2
Strength ←MF →MD →MF Add 1 to stage 3
The Hermit →MD MD MD Add 2 to stage 1
Wheel of Fortune SD SF SF Add 2 to stage 2
Justice ←SD FD →SD Add 2 to stage 3
The Hanged Man →SF ←MF →SF Add 1 to all stages
Death →FD →FD MF Add 2 to all stages
Temperance FF SD →MD Add 1 to stages 2 & 3
The Devil ←MD R0 R3 Add 1 to stages 1 & 3
The Tower R1 →SD R0 Add 1 to stages 1 & 2
The Star ←SF MF R1 Add 2 to stages 2 & 3
The Moon ←FD R2 FD Add 2 to stages 1 & 3
The Sun ←FF ←FF →FF Add 2 to stages 1 & 2
Judgement R3 ←SF ←SD Set stage 2 to stage 1’s value
The World MF ←FD FF Set stage 2 to stage 3’s value
(SMF)F This card has the slowest, middle, or fastest corruption frequency (SMF)D This card has the slowest, middle, or fastest corruption duration
↔(SMF)(FD) The rule would be true if it were applied to the card in this direction (loop around) RX There are X reversals
  • If the final sequence of positions is 3 of the same number, increment the middle number by 1.
  • Additionally, if the card faces used were one of the spreads described in the following table in any order, the associated fortune is correct no matter what.
Fortune: Sequences: Spread:
321 112 213
113 121 212
The Fool, The Moon, The High Priestess
313 311 131
132 123 232
Strength, The Emperor, The World
332 223 331
231 322 312
The Chariot, The Lovers, The Sun
221 133 122
233 323 211
The Hanged Man, The Magician, The Star
  • A fortune button will appear after 3 cards are selected, cycling through the four fortunes shown above. Press it when the correct one is displayed to solve the module.
  • N.B.: Whenever an addition is performed that would cause the result to be greater than 3, loop back around.
The Fool The Magician The High Priestess The Empress The Emperor
The Hierophant The Lovers The Chariot Strength The Hermit
Wheel of Fortune Justice The Hanged Man Death Temperance
The Devil The Tower The Star The Moon The Sun
Judgement The World