[ WP ] You are the luckiest person on Earth . Everything you make an attempt for works in your favor . However , there two catches : you are absorbing the luck of those around you , and anyone who tries to profit from your luck ( even with your help ) is met with the worst luck immediately .

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 Jack had been lucky from the moment he was born. It was his gift, a fortune wrapped around his person as robes worn by kings. The symbol of his prosperity was a necklace holding a gleaming gold coin. All he did was met with success, and every moment of every day brought new opportunities and wealth to his door. 
 
 Perhaps the only unfortunate detail of Jack's life was that he died at the tender age of twenty-six. By human standards, this was unfortunate, but Lady Luck had decided that that was quite enough of that. 
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 As Jill sat alone, still wearing her bridal gown and looking very much out of place in the empty hospital waiting room, Tyche appeared in human form before Jill and looked down on her disdainfully. 
 
 Jill looked up with a start. `` Who are you?'' 
 
 Tyche scoffed and snapped her fingers. `` Stand in my presence, mortal. Do you not recognize a goddess when you see one?'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` You humans are all the same.'' She waved her hand, and at that moment, Jill's chair buckled and fell apart. By fate, Jill had chosen to sit in the oldest chair in the room; all the chairs were due to be replaced but the manufacturer of the new chairs was dealing with a truckers' strike, and the Pandora Research Hospital would n't receive the shipment until tomorrow. Fortunately the room was empty, as emergency department visits in the city of San Diego were at an all time low, and no one was there to see her fall. 
 
 Jill was forced to stand, her dress ripping as it came into contact with the jagged metal legs of the cantilever chair. Her pulse raced and her eyes widened in fear. But then a thought came to her. 
 
 `` Can you bring back my husband?'' 
 
 `` Your husband?'' There was a mocking tone of laughter in Tyche's voice. 
 
 `` Jack! Jack Chrysanthos. He had a stroke the moment we finished our wedding vows. Is that why you're here? Can you save him?'' 
 
 `` I will do no such thing.'' 
 
 `` Please!'' She clasped her hands and knelt at the goddess' feet. `` I'll do anything!'' 
 
 Tyche smirked and examined her nails. `` It has been many centuries since I have been paid fealty. But I will not do as you ask. Giannis is my betrothed, and he is not to return to this world.'' 
 
 `` Your... betrothed? You mean engaged?'' Jill stood again. Her dress was now covered in grime from the floor. `` But I was engaged to him.'' 
 
 `` You were.'' Tyche's eyes narrowed. `` And now you are not. I lay my claim on Giannis despite his infidelity. My love is his, and his will be mine. I have blessed him with the fortunes of a thousand men, and my time will not be wasted by mere mortals such as yourself.'' 
 
 ``... You're Tyche.'' 
 
 The Lady of Fortune wrinkled her nose in frustration. `` How is it that you have heard of my name, yet failed to recognize me when I entered?'' 
 
 `` Jack told me about you. He said you made his life miserable. That you were an evil witch.'' Jill began to clench her fists. 
 
 `` How dare you speak to me in this manner.'' It was n't a question. 
 
 `` I was never sure if I believed him. But it's true, is n't it? You give him luck by taking it away from everyone else. You curse everyone around him who tries to get close to him.'' 
 
 `` And am I to defend myself against these accusations? To cower before you as a subordinate? Fortune must be given to be received. That is the way the world works.'' 
 
 `` His family *died* because of you! And so did all the firefighters that went in after them!'' Jill grew more indignant with each word, her fists turning white and her face becoming a deep shade of red. `` I was the only friend he had! No one could even come near him because of you! I lost everything just by being around him, but I loved him. And he loved me, not you.'' 
 
 `` Do not flatter yourself, child. What is your love compared to mine? I have already done more for him than you ever could.'' 
 
 `` You cursed him.'' The goddess was taken aback by Jill's boldness, but then, so was Jill. `` You thought you were helping him, but you took away everything that mattered to him. He'll never love you.'' 
 
 `` **Enough. **'' Tyche's voice boomed with all the energy and intensity of a lightning strike. She grew taller by the second, and the room warped and shifted around them until they both stood suspended on a vast, empty plane. Jill was locked in place by an otherworldly force, her shredded bridal gown twisting out around her like a cloud of lace and silk. 
 
 `` **I entered into your world to curse you. You were to be punished for daring to wed a man marked by the gods. But it is clear more must be done to ensure you show me proper respect. **'' She outstretched her hand. `` **Hereby I grant the blessings of fate upon Jillian Tiffany Argyris, to be exempted from harm and granted the fortune of a thousand men. **'' 
 
 A silver choker necklace appeared around Jill's throat, a silver medallion emblazoned with Tyche's likeness centered perfectly on the band. She lay on her hands and knees, struggling to breathe. Her dress was reformed as though freshly sewn, but she felt broken. 
 
 `` Why are you doing this?'' 
 
 `` **This is your lesson. **'' Tyche's voice was a peal of thunder in Jill's ear. The goddess stooped down, grasping Jill by the chin so their eyes met. `` **You will have all the fortune Giannis had on this planet, and you will learn to appreciate it. Then, when you are happy, I will return and bestow upon you fates worse than death. **'' 
 
 The goddess stood, and began to fade away from the world. `` **I assure you, you will know what it means to be cursed by Tyche. **''
