【 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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[The effect of that whistle is immediate. A chill moves into the room with lowered temperature, cool on his skin, eyes darting to the slight gap beneath the door where a dark shape slips inside. He doesn't experience fear, exactly — and perhaps a large part of that is how cavalier this man, Wei Wuxian, is in response to it. It should be strange to trust someone he's only just met, but he suspects if he was meant any harm it would have happened by now. And... part of his desire to begin his journey was exactly this — an opportunity to experience a world he does not control.
So there's still some tension in him, that malevolence unlike anything he's felt in the shadow of either the Harmony or the Order, but it eases as soon as black-smoke hands reach to pour them tea.
Such a miraculous sight. A ghostly phantom bent to this man's will as one might coax a puppet. Naturally, his mind wonders how this could be abused, and if so... how would a deceased spirit experience that wrong?]
Oh. [It takes him a minute to stop staring in awe once addressed, lashes flickering. First, to the spirit, mirroring Wei Wuxian —] Thank you. [And he gathers the cup of tea into his own hands, feeling its pleasant warmth.]
Does that mean it could be dangerous if it becomes corporeal? Is it... more of a person, aware of its past life?
[ Sunday's got the right of it, especially wondering how power like this can be abused. Wei Wuxian doesn't, of course, because his approach to demonic cultivation is different but when it comes to his peers...
There's a tilt of his head as Sunday asks the right questions and Wei Wuxian considers how to answer, sipping his own tea in the process. ]
It depends on how much resentful energy it carries. Most dead have resentful energy, it's just the nature of being dead. It could be a more malevolent ghost or more of a playful ghost. That definitely is dependent on its past life, yeah!
So far, I haven't seen any dangerous ghosts here at the resort. [ No cannibalizing creatures of terror, for instance. ] I'm not sure they haunt this place. But I wouldn't count it out either, I just don't know enough to say yet.
Which is why I've only summoned the more energy focused ones since I got here, like this one. I've kept my cultivation low, trying not to overextend myself because if I call for something too malicious, there's a chance I won't be able to control it.
[He makes a small, thoughtful sound at those words. Much of it is still beyond him — but Wei Wuxian explains it well, and he can grasp why a person might be affected by their lives before, whether toward benevolence or darker behavior.
And it's reassuring to know he hasn't come across anything truly dangerous so far.]
Thank you for sharing with me. Though I can't fully comprehend this... cultivation you speak of, I feel better knowing that you're among us here at the casino. Your affinity for the dead is certainly more useful than anything I could do.
[Just being honest.]
It's not how I thought I would spend the morning, but I find myself grateful to have woken up with someone so companionable.
[ It's... nice being told that and Wei Wuxian can't help the smile that pops up on his face when Sunday says he feels better knowing he's among them, that his affinity for the dead is useful. People usually don't say such things about him but this, this is nice. ]
Thank you!
[ He's not going to ignore that compliment, no. He gives his thanks and sips his tea and then laughs a little, cheery. ]
Sunday-gongzi, I feel the same! You could've kicked me out the moment I teased you about your feathers and it would've been within your right, but I am glad you decided to have breakfast with me anyway.
[ A pause and he gives a short, quick whistle. The ghost that's been lingering gives a final laugh before fading away, leaving them in the bright light of the hotel room once again. ]
I hope we're able to continue to get to know each other during our time at the resort.
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So there's still some tension in him, that malevolence unlike anything he's felt in the shadow of either the Harmony or the Order, but it eases as soon as black-smoke hands reach to pour them tea.
Such a miraculous sight. A ghostly phantom bent to this man's will as one might coax a puppet. Naturally, his mind wonders how this could be abused, and if so... how would a deceased spirit experience that wrong?]
Oh. [It takes him a minute to stop staring in awe once addressed, lashes flickering. First, to the spirit, mirroring Wei Wuxian —] Thank you. [And he gathers the cup of tea into his own hands, feeling its pleasant warmth.]
Does that mean it could be dangerous if it becomes corporeal? Is it... more of a person, aware of its past life?
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There's a tilt of his head as Sunday asks the right questions and Wei Wuxian considers how to answer, sipping his own tea in the process. ]
It depends on how much resentful energy it carries. Most dead have resentful energy, it's just the nature of being dead. It could be a more malevolent ghost or more of a playful ghost. That definitely is dependent on its past life, yeah!
So far, I haven't seen any dangerous ghosts here at the resort. [ No cannibalizing creatures of terror, for instance. ] I'm not sure they haunt this place. But I wouldn't count it out either, I just don't know enough to say yet.
Which is why I've only summoned the more energy focused ones since I got here, like this one. I've kept my cultivation low, trying not to overextend myself because if I call for something too malicious, there's a chance I won't be able to control it.
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And it's reassuring to know he hasn't come across anything truly dangerous so far.]
Thank you for sharing with me. Though I can't fully comprehend this... cultivation you speak of, I feel better knowing that you're among us here at the casino. Your affinity for the dead is certainly more useful than anything I could do.
[Just being honest.]
It's not how I thought I would spend the morning, but I find myself grateful to have woken up with someone so companionable.
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Thank you!
[ He's not going to ignore that compliment, no. He gives his thanks and sips his tea and then laughs a little, cheery. ]
Sunday-gongzi, I feel the same! You could've kicked me out the moment I teased you about your feathers and it would've been within your right, but I am glad you decided to have breakfast with me anyway.
[ A pause and he gives a short, quick whistle. The ghost that's been lingering gives a final laugh before fading away, leaving them in the bright light of the hotel room once again. ]
I hope we're able to continue to get to know each other during our time at the resort.