MTG Salvation

The Lady, Goddess of Luck, has no true domain. She owns no land. She is said to be everywhere and nowhere at once. She is most prevalent where bets are being made, but she is quick to desert and is oft-cursed. She is known for being a fickle mistress, the one who is quick to cross. Only gamblers and madmen are wont to worship The Lady. The former, for gambling is their business. The latter, for they known not what they risk.

The Lady has no shrine, just as she has no domain. But it is said that the chosen few who pray at a casino, or at any place of casting lots, can find her. They just have to be lucky.

Cal wandered into the Casino near his home village, he should have been at the market spending his earning for the day on food...

Cal- I really shouldn't be in here... I hope I don't regret this...

Cal put down almost half the money he had on some game of chance, it had a wheel.

Cal's money was swiftly taken by the man operating the wheel, and the wheel went round and round.

At his ear, a voice. "Betting away food money... My kind of man."

Cal- ... what the?

Over his shoulder, should he look, would be... Nothing. No one was there, and no one was within twenty feet of him. The operator of the wheel looked at him curiously before turning to see what the wheel would land on. Oddly, the wheel didn't seem to be slowing down.

Cal- Come on...

His other ear heard a woman's voice, the same as the previous one, "You might lose it all..."

Cal- No point thinking that now...

If Cal looked, the wheel kept spinning, but nothing else moved.

"But then you wouldn't eat."

Cal- I can't change that now, its already done. ... what's going on...?

Before him, both suddenly and at the same time, as if she was there the entire time, stands a woman in a green sparkling dress. Green eyes, red hair, leaning against tender of the wheel as if he was just a column.

The Lady - "Risking your next meal on the roll of the dice?"

Cal- Well... it just seemed like a good idea... at the time.

The Lady nods, "It generally does. What will you do if you lose it all?"

Cal- ... bet the other half...

The Lady - "And then? When you have no chance of eating?"

Cal- I guess I'll have to be lucky enough to hunt something down.

The Lady - "That's what I like to hear... Relying on luck to keep you alive." She moves away from the wheel and looks over it, "You'll need a lot of luck now, I think. You have a task ahead of you."

Cal- A task... wait, who are you anyway?

The Lady grins at him and looks at her perfect nails, "Ever pray for luck?"

Cal- ...

The Lady looks up at him with a grin, "Speechless? You're praying to me."

There was plenty of casino for him. Plenty of chances for him to lose his money.

The hands were dealt and Dodger lost. Big time.