Free Night at the Casino

[fieldtrip]

Who: OPEN to all / mingle log
Where: Queens (the casino!)
What: Wow July sure was a month! Time to take a breather and have a night out, courtesy of Toph and Mitsuru!
Warnings: N/A

FREE NIGHT AT THE CASINO

GAMBLING

Feeling down after that space infestation made you murder some friends? Getting tempted to bury yourself in the sand at the beach so no one can ever perceive you again?

Time for a tone shift! It's a free night at the casino. For tonight only, chips mean nothing -- which means everyone gets a rack of chips when they walk in and can let loose! Entertainment, food, and drink are also free within reason. (Abuse the privilege and find out who works security here the hard way!)

Welcome to Queens, the formerly shady but now revamped and reimagined casino in the entertainment district of Aldrip. Classy and minimalist but not gaudy, it's run, staffed, and heavily patronized by Chosen. Maybe you know someone who works there, maybe someone dragged you in to lighten up for once, maybe you're just stopping by for some fun.

Appropriately, the most popular game of the night is Queen's Blood, with tables set aside purely for teaching. There's also the standard casino games available in spades -- poker, slots, roulette, baccarat, blackjack, and so forth.

AT THE CLUB

It wouldn't be a casino without alcohol, music, and dancing. There's a low-key bar for those looking to have a conversation where they can hear one another over the pleasant live jazz, and a much livelier dance floor set off to the side in a different part of the casino with a DJ playing dance music.

FIGHTING TOURNAMENT

Beneath the casino is a massive underground cavern converted into a fighting arena.

It's a bit hard to find, intentionally -- either you were personally invited by someone or you stumbled across the covert speakeasy-style entrance in a corner of the main floor, possibly from the people jostling to go in and out. The stairs go down and down until they suddenly open out into the huge room, lined in walkways to view the fight.

There's three circuits to the fighting tournament: a bracket for fighting with powers, a bracket for fighting without powers (hand-to-hand and weapons only), and a shooting competition. Toph (fieldtrip) serves as referee for all of the above and is prepared to break up anything that goes too far. This is just for fun, folks!

Sign up in the comment below and maybe you'll even win something! Toph promises a super cool prize to the winner of each circuit!

FORTUNE TELLING

Get a free tarot reading!

It does seem like some of the glitching in Aldrip has made it maybe a little more accurate than usual lately... or maybe that's inaccurate? Feel free to have the cards have a real effect on them with a glitch!

DOG THERAPY

In one peaceful corner away from the din and bustle is a dog petting station. All manner of adorable and highly trained dogs are available for cuddles and play time.

Some of them are even up for adoption if you want to take one home!

Kakashi (battlefieldbrat) runs and operates this station with the kind supervision of Koromaru, our local good boy.

Code by 10billionghosts.

Comments

[hasitsthorns]

[ It's cute to see the moment that recognition clicks. Also, hee. She does notice that slightly brighter smile, which- She's not going to read too much into it, of course, she's not that naive. ]

Oh, right! Yeah, I remember- The quokka. [ A beat, squinting playfully. ] I can definitely see it better in person.

[ Then, a grin of her own as she straightens up proudly. ] I may just be a stand-in for the actual lady herself, but-! No one's called me out on it yet.

[incorrigibles]

[ the quip makes him burst out laughing, which probably doesn't do anything to beat the comparison allegations, here, with the way his eyes are crinkling at the corners, smile beaming.

but, right, she asked for something — ]

Well, maybe I'll just call you Lady Rosie, yeah? You asked for a reading, didn't you? Why not. Let's see what the cards have to say.

[hasitsthorns]

[ It definitely doesn't, no! That's fine though since quokkas and Charles are cute, especially when the latter laughs like that. ]

Oh, fancy! I do like that. [ 'Lady' has a much better ring to it than 'mistress' anyway. Also, far less negative connotations associated to it. ] And let's see, yeah-

[ She's ready for another reading and draws, firstly, The Emperor. ] Oh, a major arcana. Structure, control- Not bad things, actually, when thinking about relationships between people.

[incorrigibles]

[ hm, so lady rosie it is, then! he leans a bit closer to take a look at the card being drawn, blinking at it — he knows... not much of it all, really, but something. enough to recognise it as major arcana, yes. ]

Huh. Interesting, that. Structure and control? Well, better see how they relate to the other stuff, yeah?

[ with a nod, he indicates to her to make the next draw. ]

[hasitsthorns]

[ The next card is... Eight of Swords, which- ] Oof. [ She said it. ]

Figures that right after the card of structure and control, I'd draw the commitment issues one. [ At least she can make fun of herself about it. ] Feeling trapped, self-imposed restrictions- Just read me for filth universe, damn.

There was a reason I was a roadie though. Always looking for the next adventure, y'know?

[incorrigibles]

[ feeling trapped and self-imposed restrictions? oh, ha, wow. charles smiles in a way that absolutely does not give away the fact he feels both of those things pretty keenly. ]

Hey, feeling trapped, though, aren't we all trapped here? Maybe that's it.

[ and then, ] Oh, a roadie? Really? Sounds pretty aces.

[hasitsthorns]

[ It might be more common than she thinks, honestly, but... Rosie also isn't going to presume anything! Most people aren't as flighty as she is, she knows, and even when she 'settled' it was never the same day-to-day. ]

Could be... I'm trying to make the best of it though! [ Since what other options are there? ]

But yeah, it was a great gig! I ended up settling down into a different job, eventually, but I definitely missed it still. The people, the places, the music-! Nothing like it.

[incorrigibles]

All we can do, innit?

[ trying to make the best of it. and honestly... it's not all bad. plenty of people here he's bloody glad to have met, for one thing. ]

Guessing you saw a lot of places, then. Any in particular that stuck with you?

sorry for the delay! lmk if this is too crusty and we can look to start something newer!!!

[hasitsthorns]

[ The blond gives a small, affirming hum to that. It is all they can do; she's even just glad for the opportunity to if nothing else. ]

Texas, funny enough. It's... kind of silly, maybe, but I don't know.

I just remember one night after a show laying in a big open field and seeing so many stars. I hadn't seen them like that since I was a kid, so it was nice. Tokyo's got too much light pollution and, like, a lot of the big cities bands hit in the US did too so don't really get to see the stars like that often.

I remember thinking I'd like to live somewhere I could see them that way all the time. [ It catches up to her though that she's been reminiscing a little too much, maybe, and- ] Haha, sorry! Didn't mean to get all unexpectedly sentimental or anything there.