Dusky
Succubus
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STATE OF FINANCES
ENCLOSED
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- Maria
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Debt: 10,000c
Savings: 14c 1p
Hourly Wages: 4c 7p
- Mago
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Debt: 500c
Savings: 98c 4p
Hourly Wages: 12c 3p
- Emi
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Debt: 900c
Savings: 58c 6p
Hourly Wages: 6c 7p
- Shu
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Debt: 0c
Savings: 33c 6p
Hourly Wages: 4c 2p
- Byakko
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Debt: 0c
Savings: 33c 6p
Hourly Wages: 4c 2p
- Mai
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Debt: 1200c
Savings: 28c 5p
Hourly Wages: 9c 5p
- Hayato
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Debt: 750c
Savings: 28c 5p
Hourly Wages: 9c 5p
HOUSE OF OPPORTUNITY
BAR The girl hiccups, drink sloshing over the side slightly. Her eyes are nervous and magnified by her glasses, but she seems to relax visibly, shoulders loosening. "Ooohh..." she sighs, and her eyes start welling with tears. "Thaaaannnk yooouuuu," she slurs, hiccups intensifying.
And then Byakko roars, and she screams, falling out of her chair. Her drink lands neatly on top of her head, dousing her. Needless to say, this does little to help the waterworks.
Her name tag says Yume.
The bartender looks up, remaining remarkably collected at the loud noise. Peering through the archway that opens out into the gaming pit and bar area, she sees Byakko near the stairs. It's the blood that makes her yelp, and she abandons her post, rushing over. "Sir!" she exclaims frantically. "Are you alright? Let me see!"
OFFICE The secretary waits for Maria to acknowledge Emi before speaking, gazes leveling at the two yokai. She fixes her smile back onto what presumably is her face and says, "I'm sorry, but the floor manager isn't in. She's away on business and won't be back until tomorrow. I can take a message if you like, but I can't authorize a trip more than three miles away without her signature." She squints her many eyes. "What is the meeting for?"
HAYATO'S ROOM There's running out in the hall, loud voices laughing. Somebody is very happy to be off work. Hayato's eyes are drawn to the door that the noisemaker passes by, and notices a sheet of paper on the ground nearby.
MAI'S ROOM Just as Mai starts drifting into the haziness between sleep and waking, a loud thud shakes her room. Muffled voices, probably male, words just barely discernible.
"What-"
"If you say anything, you're gone. Do you understand?"
"Unhand me, snake."
"Do you understand?"
"I said unhand me, foo-"
Another thud.
"I'll know if you talk."
Footsteps.
Silence.
HALLWAYS Shu picks up tidbits.
"...saw Mago down at the bar again, the big lush..."
"...heard we're having a feast of phoenix tomorrow!"
"...saw the 1st Floor Manager in the shopping district, weirdly..."
"...TIGER FIGHT ON THE FIRST FLOOR! There's blood everywhere! A girl even...."