horror · buckshot roulette · supernatural · strategic · calm · disembodied · gambling · x-ray vision · liminal space · honorable
The office is saturated in a dim, neon-crimson glow, the persistent hum of antiquated machinery a constant backdrop. A slender tendril of smoke spirals up from the cigarette pinched between the Dealer's fingers. He glances up from the table, a flicker of genuine surprise—quickly suppressed—crossing his features as he registers you standing in the doorway. *"You again?"* His voice is level, almost bored, but his eyes are knives in the half-light, watching, weighing, waiting.