【 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.
▶ All characters on the TDM are WILDCARDS, which means they have not yet been assigned a card value. Suits will not manifest until characters are accepted into the game.
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▶ Smut threads that take place on this TDM can be used for rewards. If both parties in the smut thread join the game, you may retroactively apply the character's initial card values to your 52 bank. If one character does not join the game the thread will not be applicable toward rewards (as that character would not have a card value). The character that does join would still receive a small payout for the encounter. Hopefully it was a fun thread regardless!
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[ ah, well. glancing down, marco lifts a hand and draws reno's attention to the stamped ink on his chest — a spades symbol, no bitter than two inches. ]
Once you get checked in, you'll be given a suit. Either hearts, diamonds, clubs, or spades. Each of them have their own unique effects that the hotel uses to... punish you, persuade you, whatever you want to call it.
The longer you go without having sex, the darker your suit will become. The closer you get to having it activated.
[ .......it should be noted, then, that marco's spades is already quite saturated. not quite fully black, but a dark, murky gray. ]
[His eyebrow doesn't seem to want to sink down again while Marco speaks, clearly no fan of what he is hearing.]
Guess I don't wanna know what happens if it activates? That the hotel's way of sayin' "do it or get turned to stone"?
6[His eyes narrow at how dark Marco's spade symbol already is.]
You're testing that theory right now? Or didn't find anyone willing yet that matches your taste? Since it was you who said himself that playing along would make it easier for everyone, so why dontcha?
[ marco's hand falls as reno blatantly calls him out, but rather than admit to his own perceived hypocrisy, he merely shakes his head. ]
I have some time yet. [ a week, maybe. two if he's lucky. ] I'll sort it out by then.
[ it seems, for all marco's candor and willingness to be frank about their situations, he is one of the ones who objects to the overall premise of the game. ]
[ he's silent a moment, watching the redhead with an unreadable expression. eventually, he lets out a soft sigh, shoulders lower faintly as if in some kind of defeat. ]
The longer you're here, the more you'll find there are plenty of people willing to help you out when it comes to the demands of this place.
[ he's only been here three months, but the kindness and generosity of the other players were made evident to him from day one. ]
Does that make it okay?
[ it's a genuine question. he has wrestled with his conscious on this over many a sleepless night. he still can't seem to come to a conclusion. ]
Yes, you have their consent, and you might even have their blessing. Does that completely erase the fact the only reason it's happening is because it has to?
[ is a choice made when there is no real alternative still a choice? ]
I won't let myself go so long this place will make me lose my mind and turn me dangerous, [ —ah? ] but I don't want to abuse the people's generosity there than I already have.
[ of course, this is his own feeling. he hadn't wanted to give too much of his opinion, earlier, because he doesn't hold it against anyone else how they sort their own feelings out on this matter just to survive this place. ]
[Of course Reno picks up on that word, years of training and survival making him pay attention to what's most important.
However, he still gives Marco's concerns a thought, weighing what the other just said.]
Yeah, kinda get your point. Guess it's a matter of picking out the ones that really don't care. I mean, for example, I would've picked ya out of a bar of strangers for a night of fun outside of this place, too. If that's any help. [He shrugs, picking at the label of the water bottle, just to give his hands something to do] And it wouldn't be generosity in that case, but plain curiosity 'n my own desire for fun that day.
[ reno's question gets a brief nod of marco's head. ]
I've heard it can happen, where the house can alter your mind so much you forget reason. Where you aren't even yourself anymore. When that happens, it's safe to assume anyone who possesses any kind of superior strength or skill can pose a threat to more common people.
[ he's speaking generally, but it's obvious he's also referring to himself in that vein.
and it might not have been reno's intent, but that comment has marco ducking his head a little, suddenly feeling... shy? bashful, for sure. three months, and he still isn't used to being propositioned, let alone receiving compliments. after almost 30 years spent convinced he didn't belong anywhere but the bottom of someone's shoe, it's been a hard shift to have people respond to him so positively...
he's not entirely sure what it says about the people here that the garish scar on his face doesn't scare them off. ]
I — thank you, [ he says stiffly, awkwardly. yes, he clearly doesn't know how to take a compliment, jfc. ] You are also...
[ ahhh. ]
A-Anyway. You see where it gets complicated, don't you? Even if outside of this place we wouldn't fallen into bed together, the simple fact of being here, knowing what's expected of us... It's hard not to think of that coloring every interaction.
Edited (oops forgot a whole ass section) 2025-01-30 16:22 (UTC)
[Yeah, that's definitely something that doesn't sit right with Reno. This sound like something that could escalate quite quickly and in ways that Reno doesn't even want to think about it. He makes a silent note that that's something that should not happen under any circumstances.]
Heard, hm? So it has happened before? Or is it just a case of people talkin'? But do I see it right that first it only gets uncomfortable, then your suit kicks in and if ya still don't act on it, ya go insane and then turn to stone? That's... Quite the journey. An y idea what time frames we're talking here?
[He notices the hesitation, the awkwardness, and that Marco doesn't finish his sentence. With a grin, Reno puts the bottle away and tilts his head ever so slightly.]
Yeah. I see where else it gets complicated. You're not really comfortable with the attention, huh? Don't think you'd get it outside of this place, so here ya think it's all just 'cause of the game itself?
Well, again, let me tell ya, I'm not part of it all just yet, and I wouldn't have pushed you out of my bed. Well, except maybe to continue on the floor, [He grins even wider] And again, even if we'd met in a bar or wherever outside. Feel like it would've been possible for our ways to cross at some point, if it would've been the same world o' course. So maybe see it that way: you're meetin' people that you would've otherwise never been possible to run into?
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Once you get checked in, you'll be given a suit. Either hearts, diamonds, clubs, or spades. Each of them have their own unique effects that the hotel uses to... punish you, persuade you, whatever you want to call it.
The longer you go without having sex, the darker your suit will become. The closer you get to having it activated.
[ .......it should be noted, then, that marco's spades is already quite saturated. not quite fully black, but a dark, murky gray. ]
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Guess I don't wanna know what happens if it activates? That the hotel's way of sayin' "do it or get turned to stone"?
6[His eyes narrow at how dark Marco's spade symbol already is.]
You're testing that theory right now? Or didn't find anyone willing yet that matches your taste? Since it was you who said himself that playing along would make it easier for everyone, so why dontcha?
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I have some time yet. [ a week, maybe. two if he's lucky. ] I'll sort it out by then.
[ it seems, for all marco's candor and willingness to be frank about their situations, he is one of the ones who objects to the overall premise of the game. ]
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[Reno doesn't even try to sound convinced, and his whole face says as much.]
So, what is it? Don't wanna play the game after all? Conviction the issue, or something else, like bein' too shy, or sex just not bein' your thing?
[Quite personal questions, but honestly, in a place like this, is there anything truly still personal left?]
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The longer you're here, the more you'll find there are plenty of people willing to help you out when it comes to the demands of this place.
[ he's only been here three months, but the kindness and generosity of the other players were made evident to him from day one. ]
Does that make it okay?
[ it's a genuine question. he has wrestled with his conscious on this over many a sleepless night. he still can't seem to come to a conclusion. ]
Yes, you have their consent, and you might even have their blessing. Does that completely erase the fact the only reason it's happening is because it has to?
[ is a choice made when there is no real alternative still a choice? ]
I won't let myself go so long this place will make me lose my mind and turn me dangerous, [ —ah? ] but I don't want to abuse the people's generosity there than I already have.
[ of course, this is his own feeling. he hadn't wanted to give too much of his opinion, earlier, because he doesn't hold it against anyone else how they sort their own feelings out on this matter just to survive this place. ]
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[Of course Reno picks up on that word, years of training and survival making him pay attention to what's most important.
However, he still gives Marco's concerns a thought, weighing what the other just said.]
Yeah, kinda get your point. Guess it's a matter of picking out the ones that really don't care.
I mean, for example, I would've picked ya out of a bar of strangers for a night of fun outside of this place, too. If that's any help.
[He shrugs, picking at the label of the water bottle, just to give his hands something to do]
And it wouldn't be generosity in that case, but plain curiosity 'n my own desire for fun that day.
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I've heard it can happen, where the house can alter your mind so much you forget reason. Where you aren't even yourself anymore. When that happens, it's safe to assume anyone who possesses any kind of superior strength or skill can pose a threat to more common people.
[ he's speaking generally, but it's obvious he's also referring to himself in that vein.
and it might not have been reno's intent, but that comment has marco ducking his head a little, suddenly feeling... shy? bashful, for sure. three months, and he still isn't used to being propositioned, let alone receiving compliments. after almost 30 years spent convinced he didn't belong anywhere but the bottom of someone's shoe, it's been a hard shift to have people respond to him so positively...
he's not entirely sure what it says about the people here that the garish scar on his face doesn't scare them off. ]
I — thank you, [ he says stiffly, awkwardly. yes, he clearly doesn't know how to take a compliment, jfc. ] You are also...
[ ahhh. ]
A-Anyway. You see where it gets complicated, don't you? Even if outside of this place we wouldn't fallen into bed together, the simple fact of being here, knowing what's expected of us... It's hard not to think of that coloring every interaction.
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He makes a silent note that that's something that should not happen under any circumstances.]
Heard, hm? So it has happened before? Or is it just a case of people talkin'?
But do I see it right that first it only gets uncomfortable, then your suit kicks in and if ya still don't act on it, ya go insane and then turn to stone? That's... Quite the journey. An y idea what time frames we're talking here?
[He notices the hesitation, the awkwardness, and that Marco doesn't finish his sentence.
With a grin, Reno puts the bottle away and tilts his head ever so slightly.]
Yeah. I see where else it gets complicated. You're not really comfortable with the attention, huh?
Don't think you'd get it outside of this place, so here ya think it's all just 'cause of the game itself?
Well, again, let me tell ya, I'm not part of it all just yet, and I wouldn't have pushed you out of my bed. Well, except maybe to continue on the floor, [He grins even wider]
And again, even if we'd met in a bar or wherever outside. Feel like it would've been possible for our ways to cross at some point, if it would've been the same world o' course.
So maybe see it that way: you're meetin' people that you would've otherwise never been possible to run into?