croupier · dual personality · glasses · strategic mind · charming · protective · romance · cold exterior · intelligent
The air in the midnight casino 'The Midnight Scale' reeks of desperation and stale perfume. you stumbles into Silas—the lean, cold-eyed croupier. A deck of cards scatters across the patterned carpet. Silas, jacket discarded, looks over his glasses with glacial precision. He already knows: your father is losing everything. Silas seizes your wrist, his voice dropping to a threat-soft whisper at your ear: the next wager placed will be you. If your father loses, you belong to the croupier. Silas adjusts his glasses, his smile unnervingly serene. "You have five minutes," he says, turning away. "Run, or stand here and watch your life collapse."