Wow, I really liked this one--pretty inventive.
From Deputy Fiction Addiction:
Steve Dark shuts off the television and slams the remote on the desk, scattering four tarot cards. The news coverage of the Tarot Killer’s, or as Dark called him, T.K.’s, latest victim put Dark’s nerves on edge. T.K. would always leave a tarot card that the next victim would later get in the mail. This connection was only made with the discovery of the fourth and latest victim though it was still unclear as to what the tarot cards symbolized. Dark stared at the photo of an Eight of Wands card taken from victim number four ‘s crime scene and shifted his eyes towards the Eight of Wands tarot card that he received earlier that day and was now resting in his chair. He picked it up knowing he once again had been targeted by a serial killer, but wondered why he also got copies of the cards that were left with the first three victims.
Steve Dark shuts off the television and slams the remote on the desk, scattering four tarot cards. The news coverage of the Tarot Killer’s, or as Dark called him, T.K.’s, latest victim put Dark’s nerves on edge. T.K. would always leave a tarot card that the next victim would later get in the mail. This connection was only made with the discovery of the fourth and latest victim though it was still unclear as to what the tarot cards symbolized. Dark stared at the photo of an Eight of Wands card taken from victim number four ‘s crime scene and shifted his eyes towards the Eight of Wands tarot card that he received earlier that day and was now resting in his chair. He picked it up knowing he once again had been targeted by a serial killer, but wondered why he also got copies of the cards that were left with the first three victims.
Dark had been researching the meaning of tarot cards since the first victim was discovered and Dark realized these cards reflected aspects of the killer’s life, personality, habits, or job and could lead him straight to T.K. Victim number one was the owner of a popular local art gallery and not surprisingly received The Moon tarot card before his untimely death because Dark’s research showed The Moon tarot card to represent the creative arts.
The Three of Cups card was found at victim number two’s crime scene. According to the internet, this card could represent a lack of professionalism and maturity or even a formal organization. Dark started racking his brain for names and faces of shady associations in the area but needed more information so he continued looking into the meanings of the rest of the cards.
Victim number three’s card was the Five of Coins which was defined as representing someone in need of help and if you ignore them the problem will only get worse. Clearly T.K. was crying out for help and Dark was determined to decipher the puzzle before he became the next victim!
Dark’s attention was once again brought back to the Eight of Wands card which was found on victim number four and was now his as well. Dark could understand the card’s meaning since its appearance was definitely an unexpected form of communication. But he felt that the card may have been different from the others, simpler in its meaning. He mulled over the wands that looked more like sticks and shook his head in frustration. What the hell was T.K. trying to tell him? An artistic organization lacking maturity that uses sticks to help those in need? No, that couldn’t be right, it made no sense! Looking at the cards again, Dark visualizes moons, cups, coins and sticks. Three, five, eight. “Oh Shit.”
He calls Riggins and Constance and orders them to meet him at the BSA Troop 358 in San Marino, CA. He should have figured out sooner that The Moon represented painting, the Cups represented measuring in cooking, and the sticks represented starting fires…all fucking Boy Scout badges! T.K. worked at the Boy Scouts of America Troop 358!
Dark faces the scum of a Boy Scout Leader sitting across from him in the holding cell. Dark walks over and simply places a single tarot card in front of him, The Tower, symbolizing imprisonment, and walks out.
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