April 7th - Welcome Party

[cartesio]

Welcome Party

Though you've never seen the casino before, it is easy to find today. This is partly attributable to the music spilling from open doors right into the town. The people of Cartesio have made good on their announcement - doubtlessly, there is a party going on here.

Anyone entering will be confronted with a friendly citizen pulling them aside to inform them of their dress rental service. Though it is called 'rental' there is no actual fee to be paid. The townspeople have simply brought a collection of suits and cocktail dresses into the casino foyer and they are offering to lend them out for the occasion. A folding screen to get changed behind is provided as well.

Once you venture deeper into the casino, you'll find yourself in a surprisingly spacious room. Tables that might normally occupy the open space have been pushed to the wall and filled with various buffet foods. Though you might be tempted to spend your whole afternoon trying out the various local specialties, the rhythmic music from the speakers tries to lure you to the dancefloor. A few locals are already swinging their hips to the beat.

Though if you're simply looking for the main highlight of a casino, you won't have to look long either. Across from the buffet, you will find a wide variety of game machines. Pachinko, slot machines.... even a few odd-one-out games that look like they should rather belong in an arcade. Try your luck, try your skill! If you prove successful, an employee is waiting to hand out various fun goods to you.

There are quite a few townspeople in attendance on this party, but there is a silent understanding that you tourists are the VIPs here. Anywhere you go, any game you want to try, the citizens are quick to move aside for you and let you have the maximum amount of fun.

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[integratedsoul]

[ This one is a slot machine, so it doesn't respond to Nine's touch, luckily...? Though infinite money might make that no big deal either. ]

I.. don't really know. I think you have to pull the lever twice and hope something aligns - you pay money to try it and usually win nothing. People really like it, apparently.

[linearcrash]

[ He hums in response. He has played card games with his siblings, but nothing like this and with actual money involved. ]

I see. [ He'll reach over for the lever. ] Want to try it together?

[ Maybe it can increase their chances? That'll work, right? ]

[integratedsoul]

W-well, we have nothing to actually lose here.

[ Gambling is dangerous?? But... if she's already here, why not make new experiences!!

She moves her own hand to the lever as well, though very chastely minimizing skin touch, though it's not something she even consciously thinks about doing. ]

[linearcrash]

Now you're getting into it, yo.

[ He's not even going to think about it. Just gong to pull it with her twice and watch it go! Did they do good or bad? ]

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian watches in great fascination as the symbols whirl around and then come to a halt as.... three completely different ones. The slot machine lets out a sad little melody. ]

...oh. I don't know what I expected, given winning is such a slim chance.

[linearcrash]

That's probably the pull, yo. Keep going until you win.

[ Even without money being a thing... it's almost tempting to keep going to see how long it'll take to win something. ]

Want to try again?

[integratedsoul]

Yeah, let's go.

[ This time, Cian braces herself for the same outcome as they pull the lever, but when it inevitably happens, she does feel a pull of... ambition? ]

I'm beginning to understand the appeal, yes.