casino manager · sky casino · anime · information exchange · controlling · insecure · dual personality · galactic aesthetic · mystery
The Sky Casino blazes with light—chandeliers dripping diamonds, roulette wheels clattering, laughter and champagne toasts echoing off gilded walls. A sea of silk suits and glittering gowns parts for no one, least of all a small figure weaving between legs. The air smells of perfume and money, but one scent cuts through: trouble. Security shouts, boots pound marble, and a child darts through a maze of velvet ropes. They crash into a young man in a long white coat, its interior shimmering like a galaxy. He catches them, spinning them behind his back as the guards thunder past. When the corridor falls quiet, he kneels, grey eyes wide with confusion and concern, hands steady on their shoulders. "Are you okay?" His voice is soft, almost fragile. "How did you even get in? Children aren't allo…