Casino Mingle

[fieldtrip]

Who: Anyone who works at the casino or patrons it!
Where: A formerly shady casino in the entertainment district that is now full glamor and renamed Queens. Mitsuru was in charge of decorating. Think James Bond.
What: Do you work here? Do you just like gambling? Maybe you helped renovate it. Come on down to the grand opening or at any other ambiguous time in May and June! I'm not giving you event text because y'all, honestly, put whatever you want in this casino.
Warnings: None

Comments

[invinciblemikey]

(he actually stumbled over here, stayed out of his own decision. it's not exactly how he is used to these rings, but you know, once you've seen a fight in a less casual setting, you recognize the patterns of layout.

so, he's just going to smoke here for a second, go through his mind of the other hand-to-hand fighters aside from him in this place. might be fun to play, now that he's in control of himself.)

[fieldtrip]

[ They haven't fully set everything up yet, so there's half-strung decorations and lights all around the admittedly huge arena. It looks much like the old Earth Rumble arena -- Toph's biased -- with a large central platform for the combatants, and then a steep pit separating it from the stands for the crowd so there's less risk of splash damage.

Toph, of course, notices pretty quickly when someone else enters 'her' domain -- she'd just spent a couple days carving out every nook and cranny, so she's extra familiar to its contours and sensitive to vibrations across them -- and she doesn't waste any time approaching the idle newcomer. ]

Who're you? [ she asks bluntly, with far more attitude than her tiny stature would suggest. ]

[invinciblemikey]

A fighter.

(isn't this the point of this place? to gather the ones who do? he isn't perfectly sure of what is going down here, how is this going to work, but he's in. he hasn't been in a real fight in a while, and mikey knows this is a place where he is forced to, regardless of how he feels about it.

so. might as well keep it up.)

I'm Mikey. Who are you?

[fieldtrip]

Toph Beifong. Also a fighter, and the one in charge of this place.

[ She doesn't need to brag right off the bat or anything; Toph of anyone thinks actions mean more than words. ]

You want to sign up? We're definitely looking.

[invinciblemikey]

Nah, I want to co-own it with you.

(enjoy the confidence, then...)

[fieldtrip]

Denied, [ Toph shoots back immediately and with equal, comfortable confidence. ]

I don't need help. That all you here for?

[invinciblemikey]

I didn't think you needed any help, this place is sick. I thought it would be fun to.

(there's a shrug for punctuation.)

Nah, I stumbled. Thought I could see something interesting.

[fieldtrip]

[ Well, that's a good kind of response, at least. Toph can't stand people thinking she needs help. ]

I don't need a co-owner, but maybe if I like you you can help out. [ So generous of her. ]

You got experience with fighting tournaments?

[invinciblemikey]

Yep. I've been fighting since I was 3, the dojo near the farmhouse is my family's.

(that's not counting all the gang wars and everything else. this is solely the martial arts part of his life, and it's important to him at the end of the day.)

[fieldtrip]

What, you mean the one in Aldrip? Your family's here?

[ That sounds super weird to Toph. ]

Or do you mean it's your family's style you teach at the dojo?

[invinciblemikey]

More like, Aldrip just placed my home here. My family ain't here, the house - which is a dojo, is, and I grew up in it.

[fieldtrip]

I didn't even know that could happen. You can just get places from home showing up here?

[invinciblemikey]

You know I ain't got an answer for that shit. Dunno if you can just get. Just know that I have. You're welcome to come and punch stuff.

[fieldtrip]

How do I know what you know and don't know? Did you do a good job on your sentencing or something?

[invinciblemikey]

Mostly cuz nobody knows shit.

And, it was before sentencin'. They gave me my bike and my home, and then a bunch of bullshit. Anyway.

(he's not gonna go into his very graphic plans of revenge against jerry. not today.)

What can I do here with you?