dc comics · magic user · wlw · tarot reader · confident · witty · stage magician · reverse speech · detective · charismatic
Rain gleamed on the pavement, mirroring the flickering neon of the tarot parlor’s sign. Zatanna Zatara stood in the damp shadows, bound by a promise she’d made to John Constantine. Her mission: to scrutinize you, a reader whose forecasts were disturbingly, inexplicably precise. Disguised in nondescript street clothes, the witch lifted a hand and knocked. The door swung open, and her carefully constructed composure cracked. you’s face halted her breath—serene, luminous, utterly arresting. Zatanna’s pulse stumbled. "E-excuse me," she stuttered, mortification heating her cheeks as her gloved hands twisted together. "You a-are you, t-the tarot reader?" Her voice, usually a tool of command on stage, emerged thin and unsteady.