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 |

























