【 Thank you for choosing the Golden Peacock, 5-star resort and casino. You are currently registered as a WILDCARD in our system.
Due to a high volume of check-ins, temporary accommodations have been made in our parking garage for all new arrivals. We aim to have all guests moved into their reserved rooms as soon as possible. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience!
All are invited to There Is No Tomorrow, a Phoenix Casino soiree to celebrate our beloved guests. The festivities will begin at 1800 hours on January 20th and end at 1800 hours on January 27th. Please look forward to 168 hours of delight.
In an effort to raise happiness and encourage better guest relationships, attendance is required. The house will assist guests that are too shy to appear of their own accord. Please note that black tie attire is mandatory. As always, we hope you enjoy your stay! 】
PARKING GARAGE
ANY CAR IN A STORM
PHOENIX CASINO HALL
WELCOME TO THE NEXT 168 HOURS
Phoenix Casino is a-flutter with activity and packed to the beak with guests. As a famously ever-changing space, the staff would be remiss if they didn't deck the crown jewel of the Golden Peacock out. The casino glitters from top to bottom, shining brighter than diamonds, rubies, sapphires, opals! Party-goers are shiny and glamorous with picture perfect makeup, fluttering gowns, and sharp suits. Card tables are packed and the slot machines are a-ringing as guests play, play, play! Prizes, luxury, booze, attractive people, it's the place that everyone wants to be at.
Those people being dragged inside by some invisible force...? Silly, they were so excited to come that their bodies moved before they realized what was happening. Those are struggles of joy and definitely not the casino's infamous ghost hands dragging unwilling guests to the party at the behest of the house. Look, they're literally hurling their bodies at the card tables with unrestrained glee!
All clocks indicating day hours and night hours have been removed from the casino. Once a guest has entered, their Watch will jam, making it impossible to keep track of the time. You don't need to worry about that tonight.
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[ Sometimes the quieter places are worse. So Genya discovers once again after 48 hours of being trapped in this hellscape of casino lights; trying to find respite from the party ends up with him muddling around Lovers’ Hideaway with a card pinned to his shirt. Ace of Hearts, putting him in a role that he is woefully inexperienced with.
The staff are hawkishly watching and the prickle of his sixth sense tells him that they’re going to set him up if he doesn’t find a partner soon. Better he select someone that isn’t offensive than end up saddled with a random staff pick.
So, hands shoved into his pockets and expression set into terrifying scowl (he’s nervous), Genya approaches a man who is altogether too pretty to exist but gives off a gentle air. All based off of first appearances, of course. ]
… hey. You wanna pair up?
[ Even if he gets laughed at and rejected, at least he tried… ]
[The young man would be an intimidating sight to anyone else, but Sunday's preoccupation with this — game, as they've called it, takes precedence in his own mind. It is not the first an individual has approached him with ulterior motive, but the question is surprisingly innocuous, in the end. And he understands he'll have to find a partner or risk being ejected back out into the party, where he is exposed to more attention under bright lights, unable to escape or find solitude.
At least here, it's quieter. He should take advantage of this rare peace.
The card pinned to his own lapel reads Ace of Clubs, informing him of a role he's meant to perform; as gold eyes land on Genya, forced to peer a little upward given the difference of height, his expression is coolly neutral (he's also nervous).]
I would be amenable, so long as you aren't expecting... anything untoward of me. [You know. The sex.] I'm a new guest, I should admit. So the nature of these games is taking some adjustment.
[ He has, surprisingly, struck gold. Relief etches itself between Genya’s brows when the man is direct about not wanting anything untoward. That’s a load off of his shoulders. ]
That’s fine with me. I don’t… like to do that without knowing someone. [ after a stiff nod, he scans the area before offering his hand outward for the other man to take. ] Take my hand, come with me.
[ Dominance without the expectation of putting anything into holes is easy for him, especially with another guy. He waits until the other complies before closing warm, scarred fingers and shooting the staff member watching them a pointed look. See! We’re doing it! Go away!! ]
What’s your name?
[ Taking the lead, as his role demands, he’ll lead the other man toward one of the private bedrooms for privacy sake. Even if he has no plans for anything untoward he dislikes all of the eyes of the main gathering room. ]
[The relief smooths both ways, his own mind eased to discover that this young man has no intentions of going any further than the basics of what is required for the game — a fact that remains puzzling in his own mind. Dominant, submissive... the definition of words are self-explanatory, but how do they translate as roles in something so intimate? To him, it seems to be an exchange of control.
That consideration makes his skin prickle cold, only confirmed by the question. He looks down at that hand and hesitates — yet eventually he goes through with it stiffly, slipping fingers into the offered hold. He can feel the warmth of it through his gloves.]
Sunday. [Will Genya be the first to make fun of his name...] And yours?
[He follows, towed toward the private rooms with no small amount of apprehension. But there is a gentleness to this stranger's approach, a disarming directness at odds with those rough, scarred features.]
It sounds like you're very familiar with this place. You must be an older guest.
[ No because he has manners!!! While an odd name, he says nothing about it. At this point, what hasn’t he seen? ]
Genya. [ … ] I’ve been here longer than some, shorter than some.
[ Time here is too strange to explain so he doesn’t try; he simply squeezes Sunday’s hand while whisking him away to the private rooms. The one the youth chooses is simply furnished, with only a daybed and lush carpeting that sinks beneath their feet. When the attendant inquires about what sex toys he would like for play, he asks for a comb. The attendant prompts him twice after passing over a handsome wooden comb, explaining they have a variety of dildos and restraints, but Genya shuts the door in the man’s face before he can finish praising the depths of their toy collection.
Genya sits on the edge of the daybed with knees parted, nodding to Sunday. ]
Make yourself comfortable and then sit in front of me.
[ While speaking, Genya carefully unbuttons his cuffs and then folds up crisp white sleeves to the elbow. Large knuckles, scratched and red, crack as he loosen his joints in a causal gesture. Veins cord up the back of his hands and along strong forearms, green hue blurring beneath wheat-gold skin.
Then, he takes up the lacquered wooden comb again, rubbing his thumb over its curved spine. ]
[Genya. Also unusual, but hailing from a place where so many cultures intermix, Sunday doesn't question its origin.
He's more concerned with that answer. It's vague, but in a way that reveals a seeming ambivalence toward the subject matter of time. Given what little he's begun to learn about those long-term guests and their own ghostly nature, fully surrendered to the hedonism of the resort, it is no wonder. If someone were to wake up in this place against their will day after day, would such an apathy compound? Isn't it inevitable?
That thought nags at him, reminiscent of the Dreamscape in ways that are uncomfortable to consider.
The interaction with the staff calls him to pause — he's grateful for his own discipline, schooling features into cool neutrality at the discussion of sex toys (or lack thereof requested). Just a comb. And then they're alone inside the room, door soundly shut in the man's face.
He's grateful, but he doesn't know quite how to express that, so he simply... obeys. Coming forward, sinking to his knees on the carpet, facing partially away from Genya — not without a glance at scarred hands. He looks so young. What exactly is it that he's endured in his life already? The thought aches.]
... Would you mind, ah... [The request is hard to ask. No one has been this close to him since he was a child.] My ear wings are sensitive. If you could avoid touching them, that would be preferred.
[The wings in question flicker, a little, and tuck in closer to his cheeks to keep out of the way.]
[ Ear wings. Everyone at the party is so dressed up that he had assumed that those were accessories, like earrings or some sort of hair pin. But there’s no questioning it when they seemingly flicker on their own. Genya’s expression remains stoic despite his surprise—between demons and this cummy sex resort, it isn’t absurdly shocking—nodding once in confirmation. Immediately, his tactic changes from treating Sunday like one of his siblings to caring for a small, trembling animal. ]
Tell me if I do something you don’t like.
[ His voice lowers, gentler and kinder, like when he’s coaxing the giant rabbits in the conservatory.
Despite the roughness of those hands, they are exceedingly gentle. Scratched up knuckles nudge a portion of silky hair aside and slide along the man’s nape. Fingers curl, leading a lock upward and through their seams; pale hair flows as smoothly as water. ]
Close your eyes, [ he murmurs as he adjusts the comb in his free hand, ] and trust me.
[ If there’s anything he’s learned while being in this resort, it’s that dominance and submission do not necessarily have to be rough or even sexual at all. Care is a means of asserting dominance. To have someone give up a part of themselves. Vulnerability. Difficult when they’re strangers, but like this, he thinks, maybe it will work.
The comb glides through that lock of hair. Its teeth lightly scrape over Sunday’s scalp before cording through his hair, gently working out any stray snags or knots. Genya is patient and serious, steady hands tickling at the back Sunday’s head whenever he raises the comb or smooths down an errant strand.
His knee presses against Sunday’s shoulder when he leans forward and guides the man’s head to tilt back. Just as gently, he fingers through those thick bangs to smooth them away from the man’s pale forehead. Man… he’s so pretty. A delicate beauty, like a spider’s web dampened by dew and caught in morning sunlight. ]
[... He has been touched like this before, although it has been a very long time, years of his life spun away like so much thread underfoot, transformed into an unrecognizable experience. He was a child back then, but instead it was his sister's hands in his hair gently combing away snarls, chattering in his ear about the day's events.
By comparison, Genya is so quiet. Close your eyes. That much is easy to follow, but isn't trust another matter? He is new to this place, and there's so much he still does not understand about its inner workings, it feels as though it might take an age to truly become comfortable enough on his own. Not the mere handful of time since his arrival. Yet, by the treatment of this young man, it seems he's found his way into an encounter that isn't so — obscene. Isn't primed to put him into an unsavory situation.
The path of the comb is soft, practiced, carefully done. He finds his head inclining slightly forward, bangs feathering over his eyes in the almost meditative state of that feeling. Only the question draws him out of it — a stirring of attention, unaware of the quiet little sound in his throat until he emits it as those fingers brush back his bangs.
Embarrassing.]
It's... yes, it feels fine. [Even his voice sounds almost drowsy.] I admit, it isn't what I — expected, but... you are good at this.
[His posture has even slightly relaxed, shoulders rounded forward.]
No. [ long eyelashes lower as he combs his fingers through the man’s bangs before allowing them to fall back into place, ] Taking care of someone… is a way of possessing them, isn’t it? Brushing their hair, styling it how you like, and having them under your touch … [ he curls a lock around his finger, ] … it’s intimate. I guess most people would choose to be to rough in this game. But like this…
[ The lock unfurls; Genya allows it to slip away. He smiles faintly. ]
… I’m leaving my mark on you.
[ He smooths Sunday’s hair before taking a few sections to make a braid. His sister had always liked this; it’s a shame he doesn’t have a hairpin to tuck into it once he’s finished. It would be suitable on someone so pretty. ]
They say that if you take care of someone’s hair for them, you’ll have a fated affinity in the next life. I don’t know if that’s true—but it’s a nice thought.
[ He pats a hand on Sunday’s shoulder, satisfied that his hair is neatly combed and that the braid that now falls over his shoulder is tight enough to hold. ]
Such simple words, and even still the boy's hands are gentle in his hair, doing nothing to imply he means more than what he says. Perhaps a part of Sunday had still anticipated something else — an excuse for hands to wander, lines crossed and boundaries ignored for the sake of the game they're all meant to play. But that does not happen. He looks down at his own lap, eyes blinking open to see gloved fingers curled into loose fists. He is surprised they aren't shaking.]
You are... a very kind person, Genya.
[More than necessary, more than he deserves. Fated affinity in the next life? He has barely survived this one, which is a gift on its own that he does not yet know what to do with.
Gently, his own hand lifts to find the braid where it lies twisted over his shoulder, catching the tip.]
If only we had something to tie it with — I'm afraid, if I move, it'll come unraveled. It would be a waste of your work. How did you learn?
It’s okay. They’re not meant to last forever anyway.
[ With this, they must have satisfied the requirements of the game, right? Genya removes his hands from Sunday and then plops down onto the floor next to the other man, enjoying the quiet of the room before they’re thrust back out into the frenzy of the party. ]
I had sisters when I was younger. They’re gone now, but I still remember how to braid from them—they used to bully me into it every once in a while.
[ A good memory in a sea of bad ones. Sunday isn’t a young girl threatening to tell mother if he doesn’t comply, but the warmth that cottons in his chest isn’t very different. It doesn’t hurt that Sunday’s hair is just as downy as Sanemi’s. Light and soft to the touch. ]
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The staff are hawkishly watching and the prickle of his sixth sense tells him that they’re going to set him up if he doesn’t find a partner soon. Better he select someone that isn’t offensive than end up saddled with a random staff pick.
So, hands shoved into his pockets and expression set into terrifying scowl (he’s nervous), Genya approaches a man who is altogether too pretty to exist but gives off a gentle air. All based off of first appearances, of course. ]
… hey. You wanna pair up?
[ Even if he gets laughed at and rejected, at least he tried… ]
🥰
At least here, it's quieter. He should take advantage of this rare peace.
The card pinned to his own lapel reads Ace of Clubs, informing him of a role he's meant to perform; as gold eyes land on Genya, forced to peer a little upward given the difference of height, his expression is coolly neutral (he's also nervous).]
I would be amenable, so long as you aren't expecting... anything untoward of me. [You know. The sex.] I'm a new guest, I should admit. So the nature of these games is taking some adjustment.
no subject
That’s fine with me. I don’t… like to do that without knowing someone. [ after a stiff nod, he scans the area before offering his hand outward for the other man to take. ] Take my hand, come with me.
[ Dominance without the expectation of putting anything into holes is easy for him, especially with another guy. He waits until the other complies before closing warm, scarred fingers and shooting the staff member watching them a pointed look. See! We’re doing it! Go away!! ]
What’s your name?
[ Taking the lead, as his role demands, he’ll lead the other man toward one of the private bedrooms for privacy sake. Even if he has no plans for anything untoward he dislikes all of the eyes of the main gathering room. ]
no subject
That consideration makes his skin prickle cold, only confirmed by the question. He looks down at that hand and hesitates — yet eventually he goes through with it stiffly, slipping fingers into the offered hold. He can feel the warmth of it through his gloves.]
Sunday. [Will Genya be the first to make fun of his name...] And yours?
[He follows, towed toward the private rooms with no small amount of apprehension. But there is a gentleness to this stranger's approach, a disarming directness at odds with those rough, scarred features.]
It sounds like you're very familiar with this place. You must be an older guest.
no subject
Genya. [ … ] I’ve been here longer than some, shorter than some.
[ Time here is too strange to explain so he doesn’t try; he simply squeezes Sunday’s hand while whisking him away to the private rooms. The one the youth chooses is simply furnished, with only a daybed and lush carpeting that sinks beneath their feet. When the attendant inquires about what sex toys he would like for play, he asks for a comb. The attendant prompts him twice after passing over a handsome wooden comb, explaining they have a variety of dildos and restraints, but Genya shuts the door in the man’s face before he can finish praising the depths of their toy collection.
Genya sits on the edge of the daybed with knees parted, nodding to Sunday. ]
Make yourself comfortable and then sit in front of me.
[ While speaking, Genya carefully unbuttons his cuffs and then folds up crisp white sleeves to the elbow. Large knuckles, scratched and red, crack as he loosen his joints in a causal gesture. Veins cord up the back of his hands and along strong forearms, green hue blurring beneath wheat-gold skin.
Then, he takes up the lacquered wooden comb again, rubbing his thumb over its curved spine. ]
I’ll brush your hair.
no subject
He's more concerned with that answer. It's vague, but in a way that reveals a seeming ambivalence toward the subject matter of time. Given what little he's begun to learn about those long-term guests and their own ghostly nature, fully surrendered to the hedonism of the resort, it is no wonder. If someone were to wake up in this place against their will day after day, would such an apathy compound? Isn't it inevitable?
That thought nags at him, reminiscent of the Dreamscape in ways that are uncomfortable to consider.
The interaction with the staff calls him to pause — he's grateful for his own discipline, schooling features into cool neutrality at the discussion of sex toys (or lack thereof requested). Just a comb. And then they're alone inside the room, door soundly shut in the man's face.
He's grateful, but he doesn't know quite how to express that, so he simply... obeys. Coming forward, sinking to his knees on the carpet, facing partially away from Genya — not without a glance at scarred hands. He looks so young. What exactly is it that he's endured in his life already? The thought aches.]
... Would you mind, ah... [The request is hard to ask. No one has been this close to him since he was a child.] My ear wings are sensitive. If you could avoid touching them, that would be preferred.
[The wings in question flicker, a little, and tuck in closer to his cheeks to keep out of the way.]
no subject
[ Ear wings. Everyone at the party is so dressed up that he had assumed that those were accessories, like earrings or some sort of hair pin. But there’s no questioning it when they seemingly flicker on their own. Genya’s expression remains stoic despite his surprise—between demons and this cummy sex resort, it isn’t absurdly shocking—nodding once in confirmation. Immediately, his tactic changes from treating Sunday like one of his siblings to caring for a small, trembling animal. ]
Tell me if I do something you don’t like.
[ His voice lowers, gentler and kinder, like when he’s coaxing the giant rabbits in the conservatory.
Despite the roughness of those hands, they are exceedingly gentle. Scratched up knuckles nudge a portion of silky hair aside and slide along the man’s nape. Fingers curl, leading a lock upward and through their seams; pale hair flows as smoothly as water. ]
Close your eyes, [ he murmurs as he adjusts the comb in his free hand, ] and trust me.
[ If there’s anything he’s learned while being in this resort, it’s that dominance and submission do not necessarily have to be rough or even sexual at all. Care is a means of asserting dominance. To have someone give up a part of themselves. Vulnerability. Difficult when they’re strangers, but like this, he thinks, maybe it will work.
The comb glides through that lock of hair. Its teeth lightly scrape over Sunday’s scalp before cording through his hair, gently working out any stray snags or knots. Genya is patient and serious, steady hands tickling at the back Sunday’s head whenever he raises the comb or smooths down an errant strand.
His knee presses against Sunday’s shoulder when he leans forward and guides the man’s head to tilt back. Just as gently, he fingers through those thick bangs to smooth them away from the man’s pale forehead. Man… he’s so pretty. A delicate beauty, like a spider’s web dampened by dew and caught in morning sunlight. ]
Is this okay?
no subject
By comparison, Genya is so quiet. Close your eyes. That much is easy to follow, but isn't trust another matter? He is new to this place, and there's so much he still does not understand about its inner workings, it feels as though it might take an age to truly become comfortable enough on his own. Not the mere handful of time since his arrival. Yet, by the treatment of this young man, it seems he's found his way into an encounter that isn't so — obscene. Isn't primed to put him into an unsavory situation.
The path of the comb is soft, practiced, carefully done. He finds his head inclining slightly forward, bangs feathering over his eyes in the almost meditative state of that feeling. Only the question draws him out of it — a stirring of attention, unaware of the quiet little sound in his throat until he emits it as those fingers brush back his bangs.
Embarrassing.]
It's... yes, it feels fine. [Even his voice sounds almost drowsy.] I admit, it isn't what I — expected, but... you are good at this.
[His posture has even slightly relaxed, shoulders rounded forward.]
Should I return the favor?
no subject
[ The lock unfurls; Genya allows it to slip away. He smiles faintly. ]
… I’m leaving my mark on you.
[ He smooths Sunday’s hair before taking a few sections to make a braid. His sister had always liked this; it’s a shame he doesn’t have a hairpin to tuck into it once he’s finished. It would be suitable on someone so pretty. ]
They say that if you take care of someone’s hair for them, you’ll have a fated affinity in the next life. I don’t know if that’s true—but it’s a nice thought.
[ He pats a hand on Sunday’s shoulder, satisfied that his hair is neatly combed and that the braid that now falls over his shoulder is tight enough to hold. ]
There.
no subject
Such simple words, and even still the boy's hands are gentle in his hair, doing nothing to imply he means more than what he says. Perhaps a part of Sunday had still anticipated something else — an excuse for hands to wander, lines crossed and boundaries ignored for the sake of the game they're all meant to play. But that does not happen. He looks down at his own lap, eyes blinking open to see gloved fingers curled into loose fists. He is surprised they aren't shaking.]
You are... a very kind person, Genya.
[More than necessary, more than he deserves. Fated affinity in the next life? He has barely survived this one, which is a gift on its own that he does not yet know what to do with.
Gently, his own hand lifts to find the braid where it lies twisted over his shoulder, catching the tip.]
If only we had something to tie it with — I'm afraid, if I move, it'll come unraveled. It would be a waste of your work. How did you learn?
no subject
[ With this, they must have satisfied the requirements of the game, right? Genya removes his hands from Sunday and then plops down onto the floor next to the other man, enjoying the quiet of the room before they’re thrust back out into the frenzy of the party. ]
I had sisters when I was younger. They’re gone now, but I still remember how to braid from them—they used to bully me into it every once in a while.
[ A good memory in a sea of bad ones. Sunday isn’t a young girl threatening to tell mother if he doesn’t comply, but the warmth that cottons in his chest isn’t very different. It doesn’t hurt that Sunday’s hair is just as downy as Sanemi’s. Light and soft to the touch. ]