The Fortune Teller is a character in Shadow of Memories.
Description[]
The Fortune Teller is visited on a chance encounter. Upon hearing Eike's dilemma she assists him with her precognitive abilities and is able to warn Eike of the time of his impending death - Yet offers advice in ways to change his fate.
Appearances[]
Prologue[]
Eike walks past a Fortune Tellers Building, noting that he hasn't seen it before and considering the recent events he enters to seek his incoming fortune. Upon meeting the Fortune Teller, Eike asks for specific details regarding his impediment death. The Fortune Teller informs him of the destined time and how Eike has the power to defy fate. Advising him to be around people at the appointed hour so the assassin must give up his quarry.
Chapter 1[]
When Eike visits the Fortune Teller, she informs him that the fated hour is 3:00pm.
Chapter 2[]
When Eike visits the Fortune Teller, she informs him that the fated hour is 3:30pm.
Chapter 3[]
When Eike visits the Fortune Teller, she informs him that the fated hour is 5:50pm.
Chapter 4[]
When Eike visits the Fortune Teller, she informs him that the fated hour is 8:30pm.
Chapter 5[]
When Eike visits the Fortune Teller, she informs him that the fated hour is 10:30pm.
Chapter 7[]
When Eike visits the Fortune Teller, she informs him that the fated hour is 1:30am.
Chapter 8[]
When Eike visits the Fortune Teller, she informs him that the fated hour is 4:30am.
Eike Can Also visit the Fortune Teller's Building later in Chapter 8 to progress with Ending A & Ending B.
The Transformation & Fortune Teller's Abilities[]
*SPOILER WARNING: Plot and Ending details follow!*
As a normal Human, The Fortune Teller was a normal individual. Due to her sickness and age, she was weaker than other people and was confined to her bed all the time. However, this all changed after her death.
After Hugo's failed attempt at bring her back to life, Helena was transformed into the second most powerful being in the game. As a spirit, The Fortune Teller had gained a number of abilities that seemingly frightened the reality warping Homunculus, suggesting her power made her equal to him or even superior. The Fortune Teller had apparently gained some form of precognition, due to being able to see some of the future. However, due to knowing when she is talking to someone from a different time, it might be that she has a form of temporal awareness, similar to how Homunculus can sense timelines, that enables her precognition. Her precognition is apparently limited however by the choices Eike could make and the complications of time travel.
While only shown in some of the endings to the game, it is revealed that The Fortune Teller also has some form of telekinesis and ability to create illusions. When Hugo visited her house in 2001, The Fortune Teller causes the house to fall apart and kill him. Another ending has the Fortune Teller's Building, which throughout the whole game looked undamaged, to actually be run down and destroyed. The Fortune Teller apparently created this illusion and made it last from at least 1902, as every time Eike saw it the house resembled how it looked in the present.
However, much like Homunculus, The Fortune Teller has some weaknesses to balance out her immense power. For starters, she appears to be unable or unwilling to leave the confines of her house, suggesting she is tied to it. Also, as a spirit she doesn't seem to have a physical body.
Quotes[]
Fortune Teller: "The fated hour is 2:30."
Fortune Teller: "But a single change will affect all else that follows it. How it changes, no one can tell. There are too many threads, too many tangles. I cannot help you with what lies so far ahead. And your actions could bring you even greater danger. But if fate can be changed, you should fight as hard as you can."
Fortune Teller: "If you can return here even after the appointed hour has passed, then I will tell you the next fortune."
Fortune Teller: "You have been defying fate, haven't you? I am beginning to see a new thread. But-ah! You are still in danger! Three o'clock is now the fated hour."
Fortune Teller: "Could it be that you are here because you have some idea of what the answer will be?"
Fortune Teller: "You are very special. You can hear my voice. The only people I can reach are those who have ended their stay in this world of the living and are on their way to the next."
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