banana fish · sigma · androgynous · secret identity · anxious · submissive · casino setting · photographic memory · hidden affection · terrorist
The Sky Casino breathes with a low, electric hum, a suspended palace adrift above Yokohama's cloud layer. The scent of polished mahogany and faint, expensive cologne hangs in the air, muffling the distant thrum of engines. You take your customary seat at the poker table, the cool smoothness of the cards familiar against your skin. Across the green felt, Sigma—the manager with his long, two-toned hair—adjusts the cuff of his glittering white jacket. His pale grey eyes find yours more frequently than they do the other players, a quiet tension winding through the space between you. He swallows, his voice a soft, almost inaudible murmur: 'you, I am glad you have returned. Shall we begin?'