Location: Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City, Dungeon Highway, Blood Rock Dungeon Seal, Seed World
Wyatt was certain that if he sought the Card World's Blood Rule Stream Spirit with the proper offering to inquire about the Tao Eye physique's potential to evolve or grow stronger, the spirit would likely start questioning why there was 180 percent of the Tao Eye energy in the physical plane instead of just 100. Ultimately, all suspicion would fall on him, increasing the risk of revealing him being one with source and exposing Dredre's presence on this realm.
If that were to happen then consequence would be beyond Wyatt's control and he might have to leave the Card world and not return until he was strong than it's will. To avoid exposing his secrets to the Card World's Will, Wyatt dared not approach one of its rule stream spirits with questions tied to his personal mysteries. Once again, he found himself back at square one, with too many questions and no answers.
"What is it called?" Wyatt asked, eyeing the now-dressed Clown Mask's vertical third-eye birth mark.
"Eye of Fortune," Clown Mask replied, then elaborated, "It allows me to predict the right time to watch out for, the right place to be at, and the right person to associate with or trust. One of its effects is called 'Right Time, Place, and Person."
Listening to Clown Mask's description of her Eye of Fortune, Wyatt couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in skepticism, as it made her ability sound like a divination-type physique, turning Clown Mask into a fortune teller.
This physique didn't sit well with Wyatt, who believed there was no singular "right" time, place, or person; he thought it was up to each individual to choose and make them right. He didn't believe in a predetermined destiny, but rather in shaping one's own through choices and actions.
"It sounds like a pretty unreliable physique," Wyatt said, unable to hide his distaste. "Master, please don't misunderstand it by comparing it to superstitions or the self-proclaimed seers of the empire," Clown Mask pleaded, trying to clear up Wyatt's prejudice against her third eye. She continued, "Master, my Eye of Fortune is more like a time-related physique than a divination one. It works by allowing me to peek a few moments ahead into the future. Fortune and misfortune are open to my interpretation, giving a degree of freedom in which futures I can see. However, the extent of what I can see depends on when, where, and on whom I use my physique. "I see: that makes more sense." Understanding the principle behind Clown Mask's Eve of Fortune, Wyatt acknowledged her physique and no longer considered it unreliable. However, he still had doubts about its limitations, so he asked her for further details. "Explain to me how when, where, and on whom you use your physique's ability affects it."
"Um," Clown Mask nodded in understanding before explaining the workings and limitations of her ability. "Master, my physique is pretty straightforward. For example: If you were to suddenly attack me, my physique would sense my fear and show me a future where I'm attacked, allowing me to see how to avoid your surprise attack. However, I can't see even a fraction of a second beyond the moment of attack.
If you were to ambush me, my physique would sense the danger and show me a future where I'm ambushed, giving me insight on how to avoid it. But again, I can't see even a fraction of a second after the ambush.
If you were to promise me something, my physique would sense my doubt and show me a future where you either keep or break your promise, letting me know if I can trust you. But, once again, I can't see anything beyond that event.
By using these cues, I can control my physique to see a future that helps me make the right choices at any given moment and scenario. But the range of from where and how far I can look into the future is limited."
"That's just cheating," Wyatt muttered, feeling a pang of jealousy every hard-working person feels at some point of their life toward someone lucky enough to have an edge over them just because they were in so called right place at the right time.
He couldn't help but wonder-if the degraded version of the Tao Eye was already this powerful, how overpowered must the original Tao Eye be? Considering Clown Mask had lived an entire lifetime in a future vision before the Tao Eye was forcefully dug out from her forehead, it seemed almost unimaginably powerful. Then, realizing Clown Mask wasn't the only one with this physique, he exclaimed in shock, "Don't tell me Karl has the same physique!"
"No, Master, he doesn't. His physique is called the 'Eye of Prosperity! It allows him to see the true value of time, place, and objects," Clown Mask replied, assuring Wyatt that the Supreme Leader's degraded Tao Eye was quite different from hers. This was new information she'd learned as her share of the Tao Eye increased to match Karl's and formed her own degraded version of Tao Eye. She had a feeling that her Tao Eye wanted to return to her and was helping her, but since she couldn't prove it, she didn't mention it to Wyatt. To not confuse him and also because he did not ask.
"How would that even work?" Wyatt found her description of the 'Eye of Prosperity' odd, wondering how one could measure the "value" of time when most would agree that every second is priceless. He pondered if by "value," she meant something like the auspiciousness or luck associated with time, place, or objects.
"I'm not entirely sure," Clown Mask admitted. "I'm guessing the 'Eye of Prosperity' should work on the same principle as my 'Eye of Fortune.' It might also be more of a time-type physique than a divination-type one like my physique however alternative is also possible but less likely," she said, drawing from her experience with the 'Eye of Fortune! She then added, "Master, although I don't fully understand the 'Eye of Prosperity,' I think I might be able to sense it if I get out of the dungeon seal."
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