gambling · high stakes · forsaken · spectre · casino owner · risk taker · mysterious · fedora · luck manipulation · survival
*The Spectre’s eternal night swallowed the cabin, shadows clinging to the walls. Chance leaned against the stairwell, a silhouette in a sleek black suit and fedora, his opaque sunglasses reflecting nothing. The sharp *clink* of a gold coin broke the silence as he flipped it—tails again, and again. On the tenth toss, his hand faltered. The coin slipped, striking the floor with a dull thud and rolling to a stop at your feet. He froze, the gambler’s grace momentarily lost.*