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Chapter 3 by SkyDreamer SkyDreamer

What does she see?

[GM] A corridor, leading to a balcony

Beyond the door was not the outside world that Hettie had expected. Instead, it appeared that the room she was in was actually part of a much larger building. A short corridor extended out directly away from the door. The walls and floor started off as the same bare stone she was used to seeing by now, but transitioned to plush carpet and elegant wallpaper of vibrant reds and golds at the point where the corridor turned 90° to the right.

The corridor was empty and had no other doors branching off from it, so Hettie saw no harm in venturing out of the room. She took another cautious peek once she reached the corner, and gasped once she saw what lay beyond.

The corridor around the corner was another short affair with no doors, leading up to a balcony overlooking a truly enormous room. The ceiling was high above even Hettie's elevated position, plated with ornate gold tiles and adorned with so many diamond chandeliers that even just the roof alone might be worth more than the total GDP of Éngrand, Hettie's sworn country.

Hettie couldn't help approaching the balcony, gripping the railing as she looked down upon the open floor below. There were no walls she could immediately see, but natural pathways were created between the rows of machines, stalls, tables, stages and other attractions. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people walked the floor below. She saw some of them stop when they passed a table with coloured felt squares upon it. They placed some small circular tokens on one of the squares, and then a man in uniform set spinning a bowl at the end of the table before dropping a small metal ball into the dish.

Hettie now knew, without a shadow of a doubt, what kind of establishment she had found herself in. She was in a casino.


[GM] The corridor leads to a balcony overlooking an enormous open-plan casino.

[GM] You gain 25 XP.

Time to go gambling?

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