from my current mp100 wip for au roulette! i'm very excited for the approach i've taken to the au prompt it's based on, and i think longtime enjoyers of my fic will recognize some of the inspirations when it's finished
Unlike the vast majority of his social circle, Reigen is not psychic. (He is also, unlike the vast majority of his social circle, an adult, but that’s not relevant to the problem at hand.) Telekinesis is a mystery; spirits are a phenomenon much like the weather, inalterable. He is the furthest imaginable thing from an oracle.
All that said, in this one specific instance, he can see all possible futures lain out cleanly before him with prophetic certainty.
Reigen snaps his laptop closed. He leans forward, smiles his salesman’s smile, and says:
“Would you look at that, a very special guest spot just opened up.”