Throughout his life, Acoris was intrigued by science and the inner workings of the anomalous,  he studied Science in depth through his young life, always getting the very best marks - or he almost did, there was one other member of his classes that seemed to go the same route as him, she was quiet and didn't talk to anyone but was able to rival him very time, the two combined got marks which significantly raised the class's average. It was soon their graduation day, Acoris walked out of the hall, having received the very best marks possible.

He was quickly approached by a younger-looking man with glasses who clumsily bumped into him. "I am so sorry." The man profusely apologised, and Acoris continued as normal, stopping only after he found the business card in his pocket from a well-known research company. Excitedly, he called them almost immediately. He was welcomed by the smooth but nervous voice of the man who had bumped into him earlier. "You found my card, I see. I'm glad. My company has taken a direct interest in your career, particularly because of the outstanding results you have achieved. We want you to work in one of our more 'under wraps' divisions. If you wish to hear more, meet me outside your house at three tomorrow afternoon.

 Acoris thought about this and made his decision; it wasn't hard, this was exactly the place he wanted to work. He went to bed and freshened up, preparing until the hour of 3 came to pass. He had one last check; he was dressed perfectly, his hair was impeccable, and he remembered everything he could need. He stepped out of the door, eager for what was to come. He strode out into the street to find nobody there. Suddenly, a van came speeding around the corner, and a cloth was placed over his mouth. He felt his consciousness drift away.

He jolted awake, a blinding light pointed directly at him, his head throbbed, and his breath was shallow. As he came to, he was sitting on a chair across from the man he had spoken to before. "Sorry about that, until we know you are on board, our location is highly classified. " The agent continued explaining the company and its investigation of things that shouldn't exist. "Your assignment is a particularly interesting one. Recently, we had an entity voluntarily enter a room; actually, we just found it there. We had little say in the matter. We want you to figure out what it can do, and don't take any of his cards. Acoris eagerly agreed; he'd start tomorrow. 

He woke in his quarters. Today, he was to meet his research team. He woke up, got ready and walked through the facility to his lab, where his coworkers stood waiting. He looked around at the faces of the people and felt himself stop in his tracks as he looked at the last person, it was the girl from his class who always beat him. He went to his desk, and the girl spoke up, "Hello, I'm Madeline, and I am the head researcher in this team." She proceeded to get all of the researchers working on their tasks before walking to Acoris and saying hello. Each week, one of them would engage the entity they were researching. Acoris and Madeline were the last researchers out of the group to interact with it. They still had three months before they were needed to interact with it. 

As time passed, the two grey close and started dating. They also learned more about the entity. It was humanoid and could talk, calling itself "The Fortune Teller" It claimed to carry out fates' desires and consistently refused to interact with the researchers, saying "the fates do not yet wish for my involvement."

This continued for two months and a couple of weeks before it was Madeline's turn to interact with the entity. This time, unlike before, the fortune teller regarded her, taking a deck of tarot cards out of its briefcase. In a suprisingly smooth voice the Fourtune Teller spoke "Pick a card, do you feel one drawing you to it?" Madeline took a card. It was the Two Swords card. "Oh I see, seems you have some difficult choices ahead of you." the voice sounded again. Acoris rushed to her as soon as she left the chamber, "What happened, it's never responded before!" She shook her head, "Just some silly superstition, its nothing but cheap tricks."

One week later Acoris entered the room, expecting to be turned down like so many before. The fortune teller pulled out a second much more ornate pack of tarot cards. "Pick one, but take care the fates have a much stronger wish for you." He reached out, feeling drawn to a particular card but refusing the instructions given by the Teller he hastily grabbed a second card.