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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!
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[ In contrast, as a queen rank Mitsuru had had no problem entering the Oasis. In fact she had been expected to come here. She's not going to complain about having the privilege, particularly with how 168 hours of party attendance is not surprisingly extremely tiring. Getting away from the noise and stimulation of the main casino was actually a welcome relief.
She thinks nothing of sitting beside the other young woman who seems to have picked out a quiet spot. Mitsuru wasn't intending to make much conversation, the stranger probably needs a break from socialisation too but then she speaks to her in between munching those chocolates and the redhead smiles a little. ]
That was exceptionally rude of them to say such a thing. [ Who does that?? ]
Thank you for the offer but... have you started to feel peculiar at all since you started eating them?
[ You know eating stuff offered directly by the house often doesn't end well... Or maybe it does, depends on your point of view she supposes. ]
(that's all texas could do, there is an air to her. something akin to refinement, she never did lose that part of herself. as an heiress, she has manners and other things that went into her educational process. the only thing that was not normal was....well, who would say the expectation of said heiress being mafiosi is considered normal. her father before her, her grandfather too. but that's nothing to think about it while she double-checks what she's eating. so far, the chocolate seemed nothing out of the ordinary.
she would have felt it by now if it were drugged, maybe a small saving grace for a resort so hellbent on forcing anything debauched on its residents. texas is being careful as always (even making sure a small black kitten that was patiently beside her got nowhere near this chocolate) from what she learned downstairs? she didn't dare go near most of the cooked food offered to her, given she can rely upon her senses to tell her a thing or two.
a small perk of having a predator's own for her use, all terran's have similar things in them. lupo just so happen to have senses on a level of wolves themselves.)
I haven't. There's a reason why I was avoiding that buffet and most things that seemed off. Can't pick up on all of it, but I do go with my gut if it seems off enough.
[ Mitsuru hadn't noticed the kitten until now and a small smile tugs at the corners of her lips at the sight of it. She might be more used to dogs due to her circumstances back home but she did consider herself more of a cat person at heart.
Still her attention is back on the other young woman soon enough when she takes in what the other is saying. The wording is a little odd. ]
Nothing on that level, but I was meaning if it has a different scent or a different taste, I can notice it more easily. Lupo have senses similar to wolves, or dogs depending on how you look at it.
(though that also can not work on any sort of drugs that can be hidden by say scent and taste being gone from it. cellinia pushes the chocolate treats back, and an ashtray is brought over for her momentarily. the cigarette she pulls out from her case is lit up by another staff member before they leave. normally texas avoids smoking as often as she used to....issue is sometimes she can't help that more often from the environment. some things drive her to want to smoke, so she uses pocky and other things to avoid the urge by curbing it.
other times, well, now is one such time given the party is stressful enough. she didn't even want to be stuck down there (hell, she would love to be anywhere but the casino) yet there's not a means for escape. which leaves having to deal with it while also trying to avoid anything that so much as seems drugged, the drugs included that the guests were passing around to smoke.)
Obviously it doesn't work if it has no scent or taste to it, so for that I rely on my gut. If it seems too good to be true, I don't eat it or drink it. It's how I avoided the buffet mostly, the champagne and that drug Twig too.
[ Another non-human then? It shouldn't really be a surprise at this point, all sorts seem to end up here after all. ]
That seems like a very useful thing to have in this place. I'm afraid I haven't been so fortunate in the past.
[ Understatement of the year. Even if the results hadn't been unpleasant exactly... She looks contemplative for a moment, as if thinking something over before speaking again. ]
...Well, if you really do insist the chocolate is safe then perhaps I'll take you up on your offer if it still stands?
Truthfully I've been avoiding a lot of the food so I'm rather famished.
Sadly, it won't always work, but it can have its uses.
(for that, it's always best to trust one's judgment when it comes to the house, and it's rather sadistic whims being their reality in the resort. she can offer up her services of being able to track and detect scent differences for the sake of providing more help. someone has to provide it, maybe not everyone would be grateful, but texas isn't going to complain about that. she can deal with anyone who does that on her own time once she reaches to hold out another bowl of chocolate desserts that she had been given.
the bowl cellinia herself had been eating from looks about half finished, she must have been starving as well. candy isn't the greatest of things to eat to help an appetite from being active, but they did have to make things work. somehow.)
I think anyone can agree they'd probably either be cooking themselves or going to see Jin Mingming. Chocolate and desserts isn't the best of meals, but if it's that or risking aphrodisiacs....
(the red cardinal did save texas a fair bit after receiving advice, until she started taking it on herself to learn to cook more. she couldn't just keep eating out to survive her stay in the resort. while they're talking, she did reach to scratch the mewing black cat behind its ears since it was demanding attention from her after noticing the wolf had stopped eating.)
Thank you. [ The redhead gratefully accepts the offered bowl with a smile. Sweet things it is tonight it seems. Although how she's going to last 168 hours total without consuming something a bit more substantial she isn't sure. ]
Unfortunately I'm really not much of a chef. [ She pauses to glance at the sweet looking feline again for a moment before continuing. ]
I've been fortunate enough to be allocated a personal chef who is reliable...
[ Way to reveal what sort of rank she is without actually coming out and saying that it's a high one. ]
They've yet to serve me anything questionable. I trust them as much as I am able to trust any member of staff in this place.
(an actual royal, then. not that texas hadn't thought otherwise, she can tell slightly whenever she's in the presence of someone that is above her pay grade in a sense. she hadn't been surprised to learn weiss was one, she also isn't surprised mitsuru seems to be. that is a detail to remember for herself eventually.
that she can also choose to were she to move up in ranks to get a more personal chef, but they did need to figure out what to do about the food situation. chocolate isn't filling. the overzealous guests at the banquet tables also seem to push too much food on any poor unfortunate soul that goes to try getting something, who knows what they can be stuffed with.)
Admittedly, I did have them when I was younger. After I went out on my own, I spent time trying to learn to cook, since I wanted to be independent more.
(former heiress privileges, but cellinia never truly used her station against others. she could have. being from a famous familiga meant she would have had the whole world in her hands, but she left for a reason. more than that, she'd never admit to anyone.)
[ She's pretty close to being royal back home too. "Modern day royalty" might be the term she'd seen in a trashy sort of magazine once. She had often felt embarrassed to admit things like that to people she met here but it seems she's not alone in having been privileged. ]
You did? [ She pauses. ] My family does have staff back home... So I'm not unused to have someone else cook for me. [ It's the norm for her in fact, hence why she has little clue in the kitchen. ] I think that's why I've struggled with learning so late.
That's admirable of you to want to do that for yourself. I often wish that I'd had the courage to be more independent in my past.
It can take a bit to adjust to, I can't even say that I know everything about cooking.
(which isn't a lie, learning to cook while she lived alone wasn't too hard. there were certain privileges that came from rank and status back then for a girl like texas, but she did see fit to adjust accordingly. truthfully she's also quite the escape artist in general, yet that's not the topic. sometimes conversation like this was better as a distraction for texas.
her dipping ashes into a nearby ashtray and letting the burn of the nicotine go down her throat aside, she did want to not completely rely on her worst habits. tries to, anyway. a pity that she still has yet to quit this one of many of her vices.)
I think the hard part is deciding where to start at. (independence is nice, even for someone like cellinia.) Since it can come with a lot of struggles in itself whenever you're not sure what to do after spending so long living one way. (but that's what she likes about living, people find their way eventually. if they don't, then it's also unfortunate. life is something she'd always gravitate towards in a desire to experience that among many.)
[ Mitsuru smiles at that, a little wryly admittedly. She's fiercely independent in so many ways but on others, particularly with regard to domestic matters... ]
I'm not sure this place has helped me to grow much in that regard. I was served back home and now I'm served here. Everything is prepared for me.
[ She had been made a queen rank the moment she'd arrived after all. Almost as if The House had known that is where she belonged and where she should stay. ]
Not that I'm ungrateful for the privileged position I've been given here compared to some others. [ She had seen where those with a lower rank had been placed and she didn't envy that. ] Just that it can be a tad... smothering at times.
[ The entourages were a lot. Especially when someone is begging you to stomp on them. ]
I think that's understandable, I had seven years to get used to doing things alone. There are some things I can do without, though. Like the opulence reminding me too much of people who tried showing off their wealth in every method they had.
(never mind the debauchery, or texas being someone that gets attention herself given her proximity to the face cards. part of why she entered the lounge is thanks to her friends who are royalty ranks, lying about them giving her access did wonders.
or not so much a lie, they likely would have had her as a plus one to their visitations at any time had she needed it.)
Or how suffocating the spotlight can feel again, I can agree with that. I'm not ungrateful, but it feels like it's too much on occasion. (given her own low rank friends (the ones in the basement that is or adjacent) texas has seen it herself.) ....and I guess me getting stared at by staff a lot also doesn't help.
(her ears and tail definitely do not help.)
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Staring like that is exceptionally rude and not acceptable under any circumstances. Particular from staff are who are supposed to be professional.
[ But then when has the Peacock ever been run like a real resort by the "people" manning it? Her dubious expression says as much, but still, yes ears and a tail are unusual by most standards but hardly the oddest thing that's ever been sighted here of all places. ]
And speaking of rude... I realise I never gave you my name. My apologies, it's Mitsuru Kirijo. I am of Queen rank, not that it should matter but apparently it gives me some sort of sway around here if you are ever in need of assistance.
[ Or you know, someone to give the staff a piece of her mind. Because she's definitely good at that. ]
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She thinks nothing of sitting beside the other young woman who seems to have picked out a quiet spot. Mitsuru wasn't intending to make much conversation, the stranger probably needs a break from socialisation too but then she speaks to her in between munching those chocolates and the redhead smiles a little. ]
That was exceptionally rude of them to say such a thing. [ Who does that?? ]
Thank you for the offer but... have you started to feel peculiar at all since you started eating them?
[ You know eating stuff offered directly by the house often doesn't end well... Or maybe it does, depends on your point of view she supposes. ]
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(that's all texas could do, there is an air to her. something akin to refinement, she never did lose that part of herself. as an heiress, she has manners and other things that went into her educational process. the only thing that was not normal was....well, who would say the expectation of said heiress being mafiosi is considered normal. her father before her, her grandfather too. but that's nothing to think about it while she double-checks what she's eating. so far, the chocolate seemed nothing out of the ordinary.
she would have felt it by now if it were drugged, maybe a small saving grace for a resort so hellbent on forcing anything debauched on its residents. texas is being careful as always (even making sure a small black kitten that was patiently beside her got nowhere near this chocolate) from what she learned downstairs? she didn't dare go near most of the cooked food offered to her, given she can rely upon her senses to tell her a thing or two.
a small perk of having a predator's own for her use, all terran's have similar things in them. lupo just so happen to have senses on a level of wolves themselves.)
I haven't. There's a reason why I was avoiding that buffet and most things that seemed off. Can't pick up on all of it, but I do go with my gut if it seems off enough.
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Still her attention is back on the other young woman soon enough when she takes in what the other is saying. The wording is a little odd. ]
Pick up on it? You mean you can sense it somehow?
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(though that also can not work on any sort of drugs that can be hidden by say scent and taste being gone from it. cellinia pushes the chocolate treats back, and an ashtray is brought over for her momentarily. the cigarette she pulls out from her case is lit up by another staff member before they leave. normally texas avoids smoking as often as she used to....issue is sometimes she can't help that more often from the environment. some things drive her to want to smoke, so she uses pocky and other things to avoid the urge by curbing it.
other times, well, now is one such time given the party is stressful enough. she didn't even want to be stuck down there (hell, she would love to be anywhere but the casino) yet there's not a means for escape. which leaves having to deal with it while also trying to avoid anything that so much as seems drugged, the drugs included that the guests were passing around to smoke.)
Obviously it doesn't work if it has no scent or taste to it, so for that I rely on my gut. If it seems too good to be true, I don't eat it or drink it. It's how I avoided the buffet mostly, the champagne and that drug Twig too.
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That seems like a very useful thing to have in this place. I'm afraid I haven't been so fortunate in the past.
[ Understatement of the year. Even if the results hadn't been unpleasant exactly... She looks contemplative for a moment, as if thinking something over before speaking again. ]
...Well, if you really do insist the chocolate is safe then perhaps I'll take you up on your offer if it still stands?
Truthfully I've been avoiding a lot of the food so I'm rather famished.
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(for that, it's always best to trust one's judgment when it comes to the house, and it's rather sadistic whims being their reality in the resort. she can offer up her services of being able to track and detect scent differences for the sake of providing more help. someone has to provide it, maybe not everyone would be grateful, but texas isn't going to complain about that. she can deal with anyone who does that on her own time once she reaches to hold out another bowl of chocolate desserts that she had been given.
the bowl cellinia herself had been eating from looks about half finished, she must have been starving as well. candy isn't the greatest of things to eat to help an appetite from being active, but they did have to make things work. somehow.)
I think anyone can agree they'd probably either be cooking themselves or going to see Jin Mingming. Chocolate and desserts isn't the best of meals, but if it's that or risking aphrodisiacs....
(the red cardinal did save texas a fair bit after receiving advice, until she started taking it on herself to learn to cook more. she couldn't just keep eating out to survive her stay in the resort. while they're talking, she did reach to scratch the mewing black cat behind its ears since it was demanding attention from her after noticing the wolf had stopped eating.)
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Unfortunately I'm really not much of a chef. [ She pauses to glance at the sweet looking feline again for a moment before continuing. ]
I've been fortunate enough to be allocated a personal chef who is reliable...
[ Way to reveal what sort of rank she is without actually coming out and saying that it's a high one. ]
They've yet to serve me anything questionable. I trust them as much as I am able to trust any member of staff in this place.
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(an actual royal, then. not that texas hadn't thought otherwise, she can tell slightly whenever she's in the presence of someone that is above her pay grade in a sense. she hadn't been surprised to learn weiss was one, she also isn't surprised mitsuru seems to be. that is a detail to remember for herself eventually.
that she can also choose to were she to move up in ranks to get a more personal chef, but they did need to figure out what to do about the food situation. chocolate isn't filling. the overzealous guests at the banquet tables also seem to push too much food on any poor unfortunate soul that goes to try getting something, who knows what they can be stuffed with.)
Admittedly, I did have them when I was younger. After I went out on my own, I spent time trying to learn to cook, since I wanted to be independent more.
(former heiress privileges, but cellinia never truly used her station against others. she could have. being from a famous familiga meant she would have had the whole world in her hands, but she left for a reason. more than that, she'd never admit to anyone.)
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You did? [ She pauses. ] My family does have staff back home... So I'm not unused to have someone else cook for me. [ It's the norm for her in fact, hence why she has little clue in the kitchen. ] I think that's why I've struggled with learning so late.
That's admirable of you to want to do that for yourself. I often wish that I'd had the courage to be more independent in my past.
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(which isn't a lie, learning to cook while she lived alone wasn't too hard. there were certain privileges that came from rank and status back then for a girl like texas, but she did see fit to adjust accordingly. truthfully she's also quite the escape artist in general, yet that's not the topic. sometimes conversation like this was better as a distraction for texas.
her dipping ashes into a nearby ashtray and letting the burn of the nicotine go down her throat aside, she did want to not completely rely on her worst habits. tries to, anyway. a pity that she still has yet to quit this one of many of her vices.)
I think the hard part is deciding where to start at. (independence is nice, even for someone like cellinia.) Since it can come with a lot of struggles in itself whenever you're not sure what to do after spending so long living one way. (but that's what she likes about living, people find their way eventually. if they don't, then it's also unfortunate. life is something she'd always gravitate towards in a desire to experience that among many.)
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I'm not sure this place has helped me to grow much in that regard. I was served back home and now I'm served here. Everything is prepared for me.
[ She had been made a queen rank the moment she'd arrived after all. Almost as if The House had known that is where she belonged and where she should stay. ]
Not that I'm ungrateful for the privileged position I've been given here compared to some others. [ She had seen where those with a lower rank had been placed and she didn't envy that. ] Just that it can be a tad... smothering at times.
[ The entourages were a lot. Especially when someone is begging you to stomp on them. ]
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(never mind the debauchery, or texas being someone that gets attention herself given her proximity to the face cards. part of why she entered the lounge is thanks to her friends who are royalty ranks, lying about them giving her access did wonders.
or not so much a lie, they likely would have had her as a plus one to their visitations at any time had she needed it.)
Or how suffocating the spotlight can feel again, I can agree with that. I'm not ungrateful, but it feels like it's too much on occasion. (given her own low rank friends (the ones in the basement that is or adjacent) texas has seen it herself.) ....and I guess me getting stared at by staff a lot also doesn't help.
(her ears and tail definitely do not help.)
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[ But then when has the Peacock ever been run like a real resort by the "people" manning it? Her dubious expression says as much, but still, yes ears and a tail are unusual by most standards but hardly the oddest thing that's ever been sighted here of all places. ]
And speaking of rude... I realise I never gave you my name. My apologies, it's Mitsuru Kirijo. I am of Queen rank, not that it should matter but apparently it gives me some sort of sway around here if you are ever in need of assistance.
[ Or you know, someone to give the staff a piece of her mind. Because she's definitely good at that. ]