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[color=silver]“Ladies, ladies, let’s not fight in my club~”[/color]

Time seemed to stop for just a moment, a sensation Akiko was probably used to by now. Only, a closer inspection of the Casino around them showed time wasn’t paused but, rather, every patron and customer halted where they were. Then motion returned to their muscles and frame as if nothing had happened. And nothing did. Except [url=https://i.imgur.com/oEdta6n.jpeg]Harley[/url] was here. The bunny waitresses backed away from the Jester pair as their owner made herself known, sent off to attend to other guests.

[color=silver]“Good to see you tall, dark, and brooding,”[/color] the Jester’s Vassal said to Kanbaru. [color=silver]“And you. Well just look at you. Aren’t you just green behind the cat ears.”[/color] Harley turned right to Akiko with a too wide grin and too wide eyes, one pupil mismatched to the other. [color=silver]“Girls, let me level with you. Let’s not make a mess of my Casino just because we have some unresolved tensions. Especially you,”[/color] she continued, gaze unblinking as it peered into Akiko’s core. [color=silver]“Just cause we think you [i]might[/i] be useful doesn’t mean we’re not below taking away your fancy clothes again. So let’s not stir the boat, kk?”[/color]

She’d have left it at that, the maker of the Casino and progenitor of this world knowing the two could get along if pushed to the right circumstance. But something Akiko said stopped her and the Vassal turned her full attention to the girl now. [color=silver]“You think you’re…? Ah…ahaha..ahaahahah! Oh man that’s rich. That’s classic. You’re classy.”[/color] Harley jokingly and lightly punched Akiko in the shoulder followed with a, [color=silver]“You kidder! Don’t tell me you didn’t even notice? Oh yeah you’re totally still a complete noob. I know Kanbaru picked up on it~”[/color] The Vassal sneered with crossed arms before reclining back into a convenient monochrome chair manifest behind her.

[color=silver]“Look around you dear. You still think this is the Tower? We’re on a [b]FLOOR[/b]? Hahaha! But no. This is all real. You’re in [b]MY[/b] dimension now so let’s not do anything rash to upset [b]ME[/b].”[/color] Harley waved a hand to visualize her point. There was no data here, no replications of people or beings, only the poor patrons who found themselves wandering this maddening Casino for eternity’s end and them some. They were no longer inside the Tower. [color=silver]“Oh yeah you’re free to leave. You’re one of us now so I don’t care. But why do that when you can kick back and relax~? Play some cards in my refuge~?”[/color]

Further away, Katie already came to such revelations. It was the basis of her conversation with Erika anyway, the both of them sensing the difference and change. But some of them were less guided than others. Some of them actually embraced this mad atmosphere with no care for danger. Some of them were Riku. Katie blinked as her drink was replaced with….another milkshake. She supposed she was running low but Riku’s appearance was still surprising.

[color=indianred]“Where did you get that outfit?”[/color] Katie said, immediately suspicious. [color=indianred]“If you stole it, the security will be on you in a heartbeat. They’re probably just waiting for the right moment too.”[/color] It did little to really lessen Katie’s sour mood but her frown did loosen a bit from Riku’s presence. Especially when she sampled her milkshake. Katie almost perked a grin at the bunny girl’s reaction though kept it in lest she do so in front of Erika. [color=indianred]“It’s not as bad as it tastes. You’ll get used to it. As for Thomas, I think I can hear him screaming nearby. This place has a tendency to smack people meant to be found into each other so he’ll come to us eventually.”[/color]
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