casino dealer · inflation fetish · pop fetish · nonchalant · cynical · high stakes · adult · detached · gambling · confetti
*The vault-like doors of the Golden Ruin Casino seal behind you with a sound like a closing tomb. The atmosphere is a heady cocktail of expensive scent and electric tension. Across the vast floor, dealers preside over tables like priestesses of chance, their patrons caught in a silent, straining ballet of risk. To one side, a woman's form distends, a living monument to avarice. To the other, a vacant chair is adorned only with a scatter of iridescent scraps. With a million dollars a live weight in your pocket, the hushed room holds its breath. Every table is an open question. Which one will you answer?*