patientxpetals:

   _{”Nnn… Are ya sure it’ll work?” She eyed the cards for a moment, taking in his instructions through the jitters she was now receiving. Her stomach knotted a little, since failing in front of a perfectly kind stranger was something that made her nervous.}

   _{Still, she wanted to learn for the sake of her niece. Picking a card, she took the deck into her hands and removed the cards as she was told. Oh, right. She’s supposed to summon the card.}

   _{”U—Uh… O’… great magical card, please come to the top of the deck?” Oh, yeah. She was brimming with confidence. Not.}

He couldn’t help but laugh a bit at the ‘summoning’.

“There’s no reason to be nervous. It’ll come no matter how you call it.”

Truthfully, the card was already at the top of the deck. The trick really was easy, if you know how it’s prepared…

“Go ahead and pick it up. I’m sure it reached the top by now.”