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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
As I mentioned before, in Vegas you see slots already in the airport. While we were waiting for our luggage, people already sat at the gambling machines. I, myself, wanted to try slots in a better atmosphere than an LED-lit airport. Anyways, it seemed funny to play games on a big touch screen and I made sure that Vegas is a gambling paradise. We, though, put only so much money in the slots to get the free drinks. After a few hours, I was already walking through the Vegas strip. It was interesting to observe the gigantic hotels, countless lights from slots, cozy Americans and the bewitched tourists that all were just thinking of how to faster spend all of their saved up money in the slots. It was surprising just how many people were heading every night exactly to Caesar’s Palace. Well, it wasn’t a surprise, considering that this hotel was enormous, the casino space was even more enormous, but even all of that was topped by the shopping mall, which, of course, was also full of slots. There were 16 restaurants in the same hotel space. And have I mentioned that the second-largest nightclub in the world Omnia nightclub Las Vegas, was also located here? While I and Dāvis were walking around the hotel we got lost a few times and it was very complicated to talk of a place to meet. The New Year’s party for us continued for two days and two nights. We met the most real American party groups as well as girls with whom we spent together nights. Unfortunately, the fast pace of Vegas meant that all of those people already packed their bags and left by 2 January. But my friend and I wanted to relax a little bit after all of the partying. In the following days, we went to the Grand Canyon with a helicopter. We ordered a helicopter tour, which started in Vegas, flew to the Grand Canyon and flew back to Vegas. This tour made us feel a bit like celebrities, considering that a limo drives you from hotel to the helicopter and then you take off and fly over the whole Las Vegas. The helicopter landed next to the Grand Canyon. We also got to enjoy a glass of champagne and some snacks, which was offered by the tour. The canyon has been created by washing the Colorado River through granite rocks for thousands of years, leaving a unique and glorious memory of the wonders nature can bring. While flying over the I couldn’t take my eyes off of this amazing beauty. By the way, the Grand Canyon is almost the size of Latvia. Truly worth seeing, if you happen to be in Vegas and want to experience something exclusive with a dose of adrenaline. To balance out cultural wonders with scandalous events, on this night we chose to enjoy Las Vegas Titty Time and went to strip club. The easiest way to get there was to go to the Vegas Strip and check out the advertised offers. It wasn’t long before we got offered a good price, as well as a limo that will take us there. Then we got offered an even better price, then a cocktail, then - a private lap dance and in the end, we got offered a meal. At that moment we couldn’t resist their offer anymore and we went to a strip club. We didn’t even know where they were taking us, but we wanted an adventure and we wound up in Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club. The place was just like my expectations of what an American strip club should look like - big neon signs, angry-looking bouncers, a bit dirty atmosphere and a lot of foreign girls. While there we exchanged our money into one-dollar bills and went straight to the dance hall. I haven’t ever seen someone work that hard to earn one dollar. The view was quite enjoyable, to be honest, I had imagined it being a bit different, but striptease is like a delicate choreographic dance - there was nothing vulgar about it, only erotica. Definitely, only a confident woman can show herself off like that. Their feminine bodies helped as well. Their breasts were rarely real, though, mostly it was just some surgeon’s masterpiece. As a big female lover, I can say, that what allures me more is the naturality. We got offered lap dances and when we heard the price, we were surprised. Only twenty dollars. I would even say that that is unforgivably cheap for us just to try it once. We started buying dances for each other, till cash in the wallet was nearly gone. We thought of a challenge to invite all of the girls in the club for the lap dance to get the “full experience”. Personally, my favorite was the only girl who had real breasts. Some of the girls wanted us to take the “private room” for 120 dollars. Some even offered the special “private room” for 500 dollars, but as they implied, it was more than just a dance. I politely declined as I didn’t think I had to pay someone for that. In the following days, we continued to do stuff that is in any Vegas tourist to-do-list. For example, we went to Gordon Ramsey’s famous Hell’s Kitchen restaurant. Dāvis, my companion on this trip, as well as partly its initiator had reserved us a table, but we still had to wait in line. At the start, we just chatted between each other, but it seemed like this hour will be spent in boredom, till girls, who were standing in front of us, turned around. One girl, who later turned out to be a literature teacher for middle schoolers, said that our language seemed interesting to her and asked where are we from. At that moment, the girls' openness didn’t surprise me, all the people in America were unusually nice and ready to start a conversation with strangers. Of course, girls were also intrigued by our unusual language and exotic European charm. Dāvis and I were as well intrigued by the girls’ exotic and alluring American charm. Long story short, two tables for two turned into one table for four. After the restaurant we persuaded the girls to spend the following evening together, going through the smaller Vegas streets and bars. One more adventure was going to Death Valley. We rented a yellow Ford Mustang convertible, to really enjoy this trip. It’s really unbelievably hot there, but the locals say that during nighttime you might freeze. Death Valley is something everyone should see in their lifetime. The Vegas hotels disappeared pretty fast and all we saw was large, vast desert and majestic mountains. I would call it a surreal view, honestly pretty unbelievable that there is something like that on the Earth. While walking through the vast salt lakes you get the feeling like you’re in a “Star Wars” movie on some distant planet. Just standing in the middle of the field gives an illusion that you are somewhere far from civilization because wherever you look, there is no sign of life. When back in the city we again focused on something more worldly, such as going to clubs. Interesting, that even on 7th January, which was just a Tuesday, Omnia nightclub was filled with people. I’m talking thousands. Well, the party wasn’t anything special, compared to the New Year’s party. Maybe I just wasn’t in a party mood. But then I saw a beautiful blonde standing next to the bar and, quite naturally, went to her and we started chatting. We didn’t talk for long, because I took her hand and we went to the middle of the dance floor. We danced all night till the club was about to close. The girl had a very short, tight dress and she didn’t have any panties on. From time to time I checked her dress, which was constantly sliding up, so the whole club wouldn’t see her nakedness. The moment when the music stopped, we were holding each other and making out. After getting back into reality, I realized that I have no plan on what to do with this beautiful girl further. We went to a hotel pool. We started talking about life in the USA and in Latvia and how they were similar but also so different. I didn’t want the romantic evening to end, so I thought of a plan. In American movies, couples always go skinny dipping. I persuaded the girl to jump in the water with me, naked. I hadn’t thought of water being so cold during the night and we froze in a moment. Good, that I could save the situation by offering a warm shower in my hotel room. She agreed. We went to shower together and warmed up so much that we didn’t even get to the bed. The next morning the girl quickly took her things and disappeared. When I checked her Instagram account I understood why - she had pictures with her husband (or boyfriend) and children. Now I have experienced the saying that goes - What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Warning: this story will contain mentions of unhealthy relationships and adult themes. The main character also has some character traits that may differs from your own, please do keep that in mind. Review and comments will be appreciated (Customisation) There once was a dashing bachelor (That looked like )(uses the OH male feces) Face 1 Face 2 Face 3 Face 4 (Hairstyles) James Bond (black slick backed) Don Diego Vega (dark brown wavy hair slicked back long neck) Steve Rogers (Short blonde side swept hair) Agent J (Short kinky curls) Is this him? Yes No (go back to customisation) What is his name? (Default: George) (Surname) (Default: Bishop) There he meets A beautiful woman A handsome man A beautiful woman Face 1 (Asian; has pale skin, dark almond eyes, straight black mid-back hair with a mid-part) Face 2 (Hispanic: has tan skin, deep brown eye and over shoulder-length volumes wavy hair with side bangs.) Face 3 (Afro-American: dark skin, expressive brown eyes with long blackish brown chest-length kinky curly hair.) Face 4 (Caucassian: pinkish skin with freckles, clear blue round eyes, collarbone length layered dirty blonde hair) A handsome man Face 1 (Asian: pale skin, dark almond eyes, straight black hair put up in a pompadour style) Face 2 (Hispanic: tan skin, with slicked back wavy hair that always looks like it is coming undone.) Face 3 (Afro-American: dark skin, expressive brown eyes, with a crewcut with tight natural curls.) Face 4 (Caucasian: pinkish skin with freckles, clear blue eyes, dirty blonde hair in a Taper haircut.) As the two peoples eyes lock across the room. The sensation of a pull drives them to get closer to one another. As the dashing bachelor offered his hand his partner gladly accepted it. Leading into a dance that lasted the rest of the night. The whole world faded away to the sound of the Jazz band, their breathing and their dancing. As their lips moved to meet... ???: “Oh come now Joanna, you know that is no way that would ever happen.” (Record Scratch) Joanna: “Oh for craps sake, George I was getting to the best part.” George: “Forgive me for finding it uncomfortable that you have decide how my love life is going to go.” Lance: “He does have a point there sis.” Joanna: “Way to stand up for your sister Lance.” Lance “Look I’m all for love conquers and all that jazz but it is kind of difficult to make a love life for someone else.” George: “Thank you.” Lance: “I mean he isn’t a completely lost cause. I’m sure some desperate soul will take him.” Lance: “I mean he’s got dads looks, and he managed to get with mom when they were young.” Lance: “That might make up for his zero tact.” George: “Your faith in me is awe inspiring.” Lance: “Oh cheer up. With your upcoming trip to Vegas, maybe you’ll have luck in love and not just on the poker table.” Joanna: “Maybe you’ll meet someone special!” You snort, finding the idea silly. George: “I wouldn’t bet on it.” Chapter 1: One night in Vegas In an underground speakeasy decked out in old decor from the 20th centuries first half. You sit there nursing your drink. After a long day at the office you love nothing more than when you can enjoy your secret fancy. Dressed up in an old-fashioned pinstripe suit and a fedora. You feel like a king, this little piece of haven in Chicago that seemed to be frozen in time. You feel your friend beside you stir, he himself having to relax from work as well as dreading an upcoming event. After his fifth sight you opt to actually talk about it. You take a swing of your drink and decide to talk about the elephant in the room. Or more accurately you decide to talk about the issue in pre 1940’s slang George: “Your bear cat of a sister still giving you a hard time?” Jeremy: “Noneofya.” He mumbled. George: “Look Pally, I known you since we were scrubs and had squat. What's eating you?” Jeremy: “That dame will chisel me out of every dime I own.” George: “Stephie acting like a Big cheese cause she is getting hitched?” Jeremy: “She wants everything spiffy and I’m quite sure her ankle biters will be paying the bills. My folks are on my case regarding my dame.” You think for a moment. Jeremy and Katie had been together for four years. They got one another, they lived together. George: “Stephie’s lucky her guy thinks she’s the Cat's meow.” You said reflecting on everything you ever heard regarding Darren, he was a good guy. Definitely not the smartest but he loved Stephanie like she was the only woman alive. You just wondered why anyone would want to spend time with that woman. Jeremy: “Alright, real talk.” Jeremy said as he dropped ‘the act’, we were no longer hot shots in the prohibition era. We were now just George Bishop and Jeremy Jackson a financial advisor and a computer wizard. George: “In all do honesty I do not see why you need to go there? Aren’t bachelorette parties strictly female?” Jeremy: “They used to be, but I am quite sure I am not going with them to be pampered like the bridesmaids.” George: “Then your function is?” Jeremy: “If I were to guess, fall guy and pack mule.” Jeremy: “I think she is also doing it to brag, that ‘she did it first.’ To rub it in Katie’s face.” George: “You never really care what your sister does. Why now?” Jeremy: “Because they are pressuring me and Katie. Not just my family but next to everyone we know. ‘When is the wedding? What is the venue? How many guests? Are you going to have it this year?’ Look I love my girl, but none of us is in rush to walk down the aisle.” Yeah, you know, you were the first one Jeremy told about his plan to propose. You were happy for him but at the end of the day it was up to Katie and Jeremy. Not you or their families. However the rest of the world seemed to think differently. Mom: “Oh sweetheart, happy valentine’s day! Are you spending it with someone special?” George: “Mom, you know I am not looking for someone.” Mom: “Oh, don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll find that certain someone sooner or later.” Yeah, it isn’t enough your sister is married and your brother is utterly twitterpated with his boyfriend. You need to ensure your oldest is also with someone. Boss: “Mr. Bishop, I must say. I am impressed with your work ethics, but we have decided to go with Mr. Robinson as the face of the company.” Never minding the fact that you worked twice as hard as said college. George: “I understand. May I ask what made you choose him?” Boss: “We did research and found that your college would be favourable, due to circumstance.” Translation: we wanted a man that was married and not the workaholic bachelor. Stranger 1: “You see that guy over there?” Stranger 2: “You mean the one with the RBF?” Stranger 1: “Yeah, probably one of those loners, will never find anyone.” Stranger 2: “I mean who goes to a restaurant like this alone?” Honestly? You can’t have a meal alone? George: “Yeah, I know that feeling.” Jeremy: “Seriously.” Both of you take a sigh. Jeremy: “But in all honesty. Thank you for coming along, I really appreciate it. Would probably loose my mind if I went alone.” George: “Of course.”
It would be a shame to lose my partner in crime.
My boss would be pissed if I didn’t.
Who would turn down free drinks?
Jeremy: “Yeah sounds about right.” *Choice 1* George: “Remember how we got back at Marcus Thatcher?” *Choice 1* Jeremy: “Oh, I remember. Too bad he didn’t check the file we sent, it might have saved him some embarrassment.” *Choice 1* George: “Big tough football star being fooled by ‘two scrawny’ freshmen.” *Choice 1* Jeremy: “And we were hailed as heroes for a month.” *Choice 1* Jeremy: “Wait, don’t tell me HR department has been on your case.” *Choice 2* Geroge: “Yep, too much overtime.” *Choice 2* Geroge: “Never mind I make sure that everything is quality controlled.” *Choice 2* Jeremy: “Geesh. Well glad to know I could be of service.” *Choice 2* Jeremy: “Ah there it is, I knew you had a hidden agenda. *Choice 3* George: “Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy, when have I ever hid something from you?” *Choice 3* Jeremy: “Alright fair, you are honest to the point of insult.” *Choice 3* Geroge: “You asked for my opinion, besides those shoes where ugly as sin.” *Choice 3* Both of you laugh, you had been in each other’s life since kindergarten. You where the odd ducks, most kids and adults always considered you to be cold or judging. Even if neither of you had that intention. Jeremy raises his glass. Jeremy: “To intellectual companions.” George: “To intellectual friends.” You said as you raised your own drink in a toast. The weekend finally arrived for the trip. You arrived at O’Hare airport with a good three hours to spare. You crack open the book you brought with you. It was a supernatural detective story you received as a gift on last birthday a few months back. While you applaud your sister for trying, it was still jarring to follow all the supernatural deus-ex-machinas that discarded real detective work. So that is how a 31 year old was reading a supernatural book in broad daylight. George: ‘ with gun drawn, Duskraven made her way down the basement, the surroundings smelled of blood and muck.’ Geroge: ‘Romano’s empire was now in full display in front of her. Fae, lined the walls, eyes hollow and only the movement of their chest indicating they were still alive.’ George: ‘Duskraven took out her polaroid camera, it was a risky but if this would ever have a chance to justice. Her leads and information would need to be solid if she wanted to take down the vampire cartel. She just hoped the light for the camera would be noticed.’ George: ‘With a blinding light the entire basement lit up temporarily blinding her, when she regained her sight again a new horror met her eyes. Multiple pairs of hungry red eyes.’ Jeremy: “George!” You tear your eyes away from the book in your hand. There is Jeremy and Katie, hand in hand. Seeing them together was always a happy occasion. Katie and Jeremy met at your favourite speakeasy a few years back. You didn’t blame your friend for becoming interested in the ICU nurse. Curly red hair and big blue eyes. Even if the courtship had started out rocky due to both of them being so shy. They overcame that hurdle and found something they wanted. Sometimes however you wished you didn’t feel like you were interrupting them. George: “Good morning, is Stephanie and her friends also here?” Katie: “No they had a sleep over at Daria’s house. So they will be carpooling.” You look at your clock and it was about two hours before the plane would take off, your bags where checked in and you were ready to leave and get to the section where the gates would be. But there was still no sign of Stephanie. As you though you heard a rumbling sound. Both you and Katie looked at Jeremy as a sheepish grim grew on his face. Katie: “Told you, a ham sandwich wouldn’t hold.” Jeremy: “It will hold till lunch, which is a few hours away.” George: “You sure that is a good idea?” Jeremy: “Tell you what, I’ll go if you come with me and Katie.” Katie: “So what do you say?” McDermott's · Sure, I could have a bite. (💎12) · Perhaps we shouldn’t Diamond Choice: George: “Alright, let us have something to eat.” Jeremy: “Good! Airplane food leaves much to be desired.” Katie: “You always think with your stomach.” Jeremy: “Yet you love me.” Katie: “Yes, odd isn’t it?” You make your way inside and stay in line. You look at the menu and order · Breakfast burrito · Bacon and scrambled eggs · Fruit and oatmeal You order your food along with a big coffee. You all slide into the booth, Katie had her yogurt in hand both of you looked worryingly at Jeremy’s breakfast. (Tilting tower of pancakes) (Holy crap!) You swore for a moment both you and Katie was reading each other’s mind. ‘He is going to puke.’ George: “Hey Jeremy, think you can get some napkins?” Jeremy: “Sure.” As he left you plied a few pancakes away, making sure that you saved the top one so he wouldn’t notice. Katie making sure the tower didn’t fall. She gave a thumbs up, thanking you. George: “So Katie, how have you been?” Katie: “There is always a lot of things to do at the ICU, sometime I wonder where humanity is headed.” George: “Really, that bad?” Katie: “How would you explain having a locomotive lodge up your rectum?” George: “How did that happened?” Katie: “They claim they fell on it, if I had a dollar every time this happened I wouldn’t have any student debts.” You shake your head, you have been thinking a bit about what Jeremy said at the Speakeasy. You had also noticed that something was up with Katie, she was on edge. George: “Katie…” 1.“Did you want to go on this trip?” 2.“Has Mr and Mrs Jackson been pressuring you?” 3.“Do you want to get married?” Katie: “In all honesty no, but Stephanie has made me a bridesmaid. I need to partake in these things. Even if I wish I didn’t.” *Choice 1\* George: “Why?” *Choice 1\* Katie: “I wish I could care as little about protocol as you do, but she is Jeremy’s sister, if I say no it might affect my relationship with Jeremy and his family.” *Choice 1\* Katie: “Yes, I mean no, I mean… it’s complicated.” *Choice 2\* George: “How come?” *Choice 2\* Katie: “I’m 30 years old George, time is ticking. They want grandchildren to spoil.” *Choice 2\* George: “And you have to be married to do that?” *Choice 2\* Katie: “Of course I love Jeremy.” *Choice 3\* George: “That wasn’t the question, do you want to get married?” *Choice 3\* Katie: “It is just so big, all those expectations. I… it scares the crap out of me.” *Choice 3\* George: “Listen, I will tell you something.” You said using your stern voice. George: “Jeremy loves you, he chose you. You chose him. That is the truth at the end of the day.” Katie looked at you, a shy smile graced her lips. She mouthed a thank you. Jeremy made his way back to you with a great pile of napkins. You all begin to take part of the meal. During the entire meal Katie and Jeremy’s shoulders touched and they looked as content as they could be. (‘Loving it’ you had breakfast at McDermott) None diamond choice: George: “Let us just sit down and relax, we should be in Las Vegas at 1 am. Knowing Stephanie we will probably eat something there before heading to the hotel.” Katie: “Maybe, I’ll get some water at least.” Jeremy: “Good idea.” (‘Not hungry’ you didn’t have a McDermott breakfast) As all of you wait for the supposed ‘bride’ you hear commotion. Sure enough you see a brunette with a close to permanent scowl on her face. Followed but two very flustered women. “There you are! WHERE have you been?!” Her tone is as pleasant as you remember, nails on a chalkboard. Jeremy: “We have been here waiting for you.” Stephanie: “You aren’t even going to help me with my bags. What type of brother are you?” Jeremy: “Well we are here, we have about half an hour before the plane leaves. So let’s get to the gate.” Stephanie just huffed. Storming away. George: “Wow she is in a good mood.” You state sarcastically. Jeremy: “Yeah she gets like that some time.” Jeremy: “Just try not to set her of, she can be a handful.” Katie: “I mean how bad could it possibly be?” You were never the very superstitious type, but you were quite sure that Katie just opened Pandora’s Box. From the time the plane touched ground in Nevada everything that could set of Stephanie did. Stephanie: “URRGH!!! where is that shuttle! He is LATE!!” Jeremy: “They told us like five minutes ago there is traffic jam.” Stephanie: “Then he should have planned it earlier!” Stephanie: “I will not wait an hour! WE have a schedule to follow!” George:’ This coming from the woman that almost missed the plane to her own bachelorette party.’ Daria: “They say it is only another 15 minutes.” Stephanie: “I DON’T CAREEEEE!” Stephanie: “What do you mean that our suits where not booked?” Receptionist: “You never sent in the deposit for your stay.” Stephanie: “THAT WAS GEMMA’S JOB!” Gemma: “I told you, the suits needed to be paid for by the same person that booked them.” Stephanie: “You are a bridesmaid, you are supposed to make things work!” George: ‘Honetly…’ George: “Sigh…” Stephanie: “THIS ISN’T WHAT I ORDERED!” Waitress: “Yes it is, you wanted a calamari.” The poor waitress looked exhausted and probably wanted to be anywhere but here, not that one could blame her. Stephanie: “NO IT ISN’T! I wanted the pasta with bacon and cheese.” Katie: “A cabonara?” Jeremy: “Stephie we are at a seafood restaurant.” George: ‘IS she ever satisfied?’ All of us where back at the hotel, Stephanie insisting that they ‘needed’ a new set of clothes for the casino and club they were planning on hitting. Jeremy looked ready to just give up. George: “You know, you could simply say no to her.” Jeremy threw an exhausted glair at me. Jeremy: “If it was so simple neither me, you nor Katie would be here right now.” George: “And you wouldn’t be here doing this Sisyphean task, which obviously brings you missery.” Jeremy: “Yeah well, I still want my parents in my life, if I didn’t do this, they would never let me live it down.” What to wear to the casino? · Tuxedo 007 (💎 15) · Basic black Diamond option: Jeremy: “You look like James Bond.” George: “I’ll have a martini, shaken not stirred.” You said and an amused smile spread across Jeremy’s face. None diamond choice “I Think I’ll stick with this.” “Fair enough, I am too exhausted to care anyway.” Jeremy said with a tired smile. You both left the room, making our way to one of the pulsing centres of the strip. There in the golden casinos you thought finally your luck would finally turn for the better. That the glamorous atmosphere would rub off on the soon-to-be bride. Causing her to stop doing her impression of a screeching barn owl and let ALL of them enjoy Sin City. Well it seemed to have worked, for now. Both you and Jeremy where at the black jack tables, enjoying yourself. While the ladies were back at the slots machines. Jeremy folded a while ago, it is just you and one more. You looked down at your cards a jack and an ace. You opponent opposite you had this confident smirk on his face. But you saw how the sweat was running down his face. He was bluffing. George: “Hum…”
Act as if you have a bad hand
Act arrogant and self-assured
Do not react at all and watch the man squirm
You decide to let your brows furrow in what would look like frustration. The man opposite you lets the edge of his mouth turn in a smirk. His confidence boosting with every minute. *Choice 1* You decide to put on the theatrics, giving a smile like the cat that ate the canary you look at your opponent. That is growing more and more agitated by the minute. *Choice 2* You keep your face natural, a lot of people often comment that you look angry whenever they see you. You could only assume it was true because your opponent was practically squirming in his seat. *Choice 3* When he reviles his hand, you pause for a moment before reviling yours. You won. George: “I’ll be taking these.” You said as you dragged them back chips and split them evenly between you and Jeremy. You had started with the same amount of tokens. Even if you did work with money daily, this was one of those occasions you allowed yourself to be a bit more relaxed regarding that subject. Jeremy: “Nice one.” George: “All in a day’s work.” Jeremy: “So what next?” Before you could answer you hear commotion from the opposite side of the casino. The screeching voice meant that Stephanie was somewhere in the middle of it. Both of you sigh, knowing that your happy hour was over. Sure enough there at the era leading into one of the shows where Stephanie and her entourage, all of them except Stephanie wearing baby pink dresses and Stephanie herself wearing a sash reading ‘all hail the bride’ along with a tacky tiara probably worth a five dollar bill at most. She was screaming at a bouncer, while all the others tried in vain to calm the soon-to-be bride. Stephanie: “You are an idiot! What service is this!?” When we had arrived there was already an audience forming. Yeah this was common whenever Stephanie was involved. ‘Drama Queen’ had been your nickname for her during high school for a reason. Jeremy: “What happened?” Bouncer: “Your friend here slapped one of your dancers, something about them stealing from them.” Stephanie: “I am the BRIDE! I am not supposed to have to pay for anything during my bachelorette party.” Jeremy: “Stephanie, what about we get some fresh air, okay?” Jeremy said as he tried to deescalate the situation. He gently grabbed her arm, but Stephanie was having none of it. It felt like it all happened in slow motion, Stephanie turned around and a closed fist and rage connected it with Jeremy’s face. Your friend flew back and hit his head on the floor pretty hard. Stephanie didn’t even care to check what state her brother was in. Katie flew to her fiancés side and the sight of your friend’s bleeding face was enough to make you see red. George: “Alright enough.”
Scold her
Embarrass her
Give her the evil eye
George: “Stephanie, you are way out of line.” *Choice 1* Stephanie: “No I am not!” *Choice 1* George: “You have taken no responsibility during this trip, you have been rude to every member of the party, you have caused a scene at every place we have been to. Do I need to keep going?” *Choice 1* Your voice is like ice, you swear the temperature just dropped a few degrees. As you pointed out everything she has done during the less than 24 hours you been together. *Choice 1* Stephanie looks angrily at her bridesmaids as is she is waiting for them to defend her. *Choice 1* They do not, they know you are just stating the truth. *Choice 1* George: “Your own brother did not want to be on this trip, he begged me to come along. Doesn’t that tell you just how vile you have been acting?” *Choice 1* Stephanie: “You listen here…”*Choice 1* George: “No you listen for once in your life!” *Choice 1* You rarely let your emotions out but Stephanie was a special case. *Choice 1* George: “If this is how you treat people, do not be surprised when Darren leaves you at the altar. He deserve better than this.” *Choice 1* With that as a closing line you left, Jeremy might need to get to the hospital. He was worth more than Stephanie would ever be in your eyes. *Choice 1* As you leave you are quite sure you hear someone applauding. *Choice 1* With determined steps you made your way to one of the waitresses. *Choice 2* George: “Excuse me.” *Choice 2* You hand her a 50 dollar bill as you grab a big jug glass filled with beer and briskly walk back to Stephanie that is still screaming profanities. Because of her back being turned to you she didn’t see you. You saw how people began to take out their cameras and phones. No one made a move to stop you. *Choice 2* With one quick movement you had poured it over her and a shriek of surprise entered your ears. *Choice 2* Stephanie: “What the fuck is wrong with you!?” *Choice 2* George: “Are you done with your little temper tantrum?” *Choice 2* Stephanie: “What!? How dare you!” *Choice 2* George: “You have been acting like a spoiled five year old since the moment we landed. I am surprised no one has done anything until now.” *Choice 2* Stephanie: “You are so not coming to my wedding!” *Choice 2* George: “It isn’t a loss, I was never here for you. Now excuse me I have more important things to deal with.” *Choice 2* You left Stephanie to deal with the people that had gathered for the ‘show’ and she began to scream at them and calling them all sorts of names. But no one was intimidated, they found it hilarious. *Choice 2* You grab hold of Stephanie, until she has no choice but to look at you. She is screeching, calling you every slur and bad name in the book. Your hands are firm on her upper arm, you just hold no squeezing, no pushing. You keep your eyes locked on her, you must have stood there quite a while until finally her defiant stare became weaker and weaker. *Choice 3* You kept hold of her until she burst out into tears. At that point you let her go. Knowing you had knocked her down a peg. *Choice 3* But Stephanie wasn’t your main concern, Jeremy was. You moved to stay with Katie and Jeremy, the crowd parted as the red sea as you walked by. All in stunned silence. *Choice 3* George: “Are you sure you’ll be alright?” Jeremy grimaced at the questing, blood still trickling down his face from where he had been punched. Luckily the nose would heal, the only question was what colour it would be in time for Stephanie’s wedding. Jeremy: “I’ll be fine, Katie is here too. She knows what she is doing.” Katie: “Having your fiancé being a nurse does have its perks huh?” Jeremy: “Yeah one of many.” The two of them smile at one another, before Jeremy turn back to you. Jeremy: “Think you can manage your own?” George: “I think I can stay out of trouble for one night.” Jeremy: “Maybe, see you tomorrow George.” Katie: “Have a nice night.” With that the two of them made their way up to the hotel rooms. You decided to check out the hotel bar. Despite being 10 o’clock it was surprisingly empty. Some people where there, some having already had a few to many. But what caught your eye was a stranger sitting at the end of the bar. There sitting in a knee-length ocean blue dress was a woman, leaning over resting her elbows at the counter. She had a faraway look in her face as she absentmindedly stirred her drink. *♀* There sitting a young man, nursing his drink. His blue vest and slacks combo suited him well with the crisp white shirt. His attention seeming being elsewhere. *♂* You sit down by the bar and is about to call on the bartender when I noticed a man, clearly intoxicated made a move on the man/woman at the end of the bar. Drunk Idiot: “Hello there, did it hurt when you fell from heaven?” The person in question just rolled hehis eyes. Clearly not in the mood to be the object of drunk admiration. Drunk Idiot: “How about you and me go up to my hotel room and get to know each other a bit more.” Haven seen the man/woman in question do every none-verbal que but slapping the idiot you decide enough was enough. He had disturbed you and the rest of the bar enough. With the smoothest and coolest tone of voice you could muster you cleared your throat to get the drunk man’s attention. It wasn’t appreciated to say the least. Drunk idiot: “What the hell do you want prick.” The smell of alcohol radiating off him, one would think he had bathed in vodka. It was surprising no one had tossed him out from being a nuisance earlier. George: “I do believe that you are bothering him/her. Please stop.” George: “Look we are old friends, its noneofya business so bug off.” George: “Oh really, then what is your friends name?” Drunk Idiot: ”What?” George: “What. Is. your. friend’s. name? If you are old friends you should surely know it.” Drunk Idiot: “It’s ummm… Terry.” ???: “That is not even close.” With both of you staring straight into him, mentally cornering him. Drunk idiot: ”Screw this.” The man declared in frustration and with that the idiot stormed off leaving both of you alone. After making sure the guy was out of sight you turned back to the stranger. He/She gave you a grateful smile. ???: “Thanks’ I really appreciate that?” George: “It was nothing.” You said making yourself ready to go back to your seat. ???: “Wait!” The stranger called after you, out of sheer politeness you turned back around. He/she Seemed a bit nervous, what now? ???: “Can I at least buy you a drink?” You thought for a moment. You were on your own, Jeremy was probably nursing the bruise with some painkillers and you did not want to risk running into Stephanie or any of the bridesmaids. It also felt wrong to not take the opportunity to experience Vegas however. So you accepted. ???: “Well What’s your poison?” He/she asked in a joyous tone.
Matrini
Old Fashioned
Red Wine
With a quick wave they called the bartender over. ???: “So what brings you to Vegas?” George: “Bachelorette party.” ???: “Did it have anything to do with that brunette that slapped one of the dancers and had security physically lift her out?” George: “Bingo.” ???: “No one got seriously hurt?” George: “Thankfully no.” With that the bartender served the drink and the stranger slipped a 50 dollar bill. You lift the glass in a gesture for a thank you. And let the beverage slip down your throat. It was nice, it was a good year and the taste was strong but not overpowering. You noticed that his/her eyes were on you, almost as if they were trying to decipher your character. George: “What are you doing?” ???: “Trying to get a read on you, some say what you order is often an indication of who you are.” George: “Really? Then what can you say about me?” You asked, deciding to humour them. ???: “I can say that that you are a man that know what he wants and how you want them.” *Martini* ???: “You are an old soul, you probably know your liquor well. My guess you have a great library at home.” *Old fashioned* ???: “You are quite classy, and you can find a way to get drunk before noon.” *Red wine* With that you give an amused chuckle. George: “Well there is some truth to that statement.” You take a look at the drink they self are nursing. (Dark n Stormy) (Humm...) George: “If I were to do the same to you, I guess you have a sweet tooth and might have wanted to be a pirate at some point.” At that comment the stranger began to laugh. It was the infectious kind of laugh that made someone warm form the bottom of their stomach. ???: “Alright you got me there.” He/she then stuck out their hand. (My name is..) (Default name: Skyler) George: “‘Skyler’ it is a pleasure to meet you.” You said as you shook it. You take in Skyler’s look. You had to admit that they were an attractive specimen of a man/woman. George: “The name is George Bishop.” Skyler: “George Bishop, how professional sounding.” He/ she said as if they were tasting your name in their mouth. George: “Well I do hope so, would be difficult to be an advisor if people believed I was a joker.” Skyler: “Ah, so you are one of those people that look at you and stamp ‘rejected’ on every paper?” George: “I believe that I am fair in my judgement.” George: “How about yourself?” At that their eyes fell. Skyler: “Right now, I’m a 30 year old trying to figure out my next move.” George: “How come?” Skyler: “Lost my job due to relationship issues between my manager and her boyfriend. Apparently, me being friendly was mistaken for flirting.” Skyler: “What, they want a grumpy Greeter at the door?” George: “That is unprofessional.” Skyler: “Yeah, well relationships are messy.” George: “Agreed.” Skyler: “I must say the way you handled that woman, it was surprising.” Skyler said in a genuinely impressed voice. George: “You were watching?” Skyler: “Kind of hard not to, I’m surprised half the hotel didn’t hear her.” George: “Someone had to show her she isn’t the Queen of Sheba.” Skyler: “What are your thought on marriage?” You shoot up a bit, a bit startled by the blunt question. George: “My thoughts?” Skyler: “You seem like a guy that know what he thinks. I want to pick that brain a bit.” It had been a while since someone had so blatantly flirted with you. To be fair you were a bit surprised. Dating had often been a minefield for you. George: “Marrige…”
It’s an institution
It’s a partnership
It’s indescribable
George: “Historically it was a way to ensure land, money and heirlooms where added into a new household.” *Choice 1* George: “It was also a safety for children back in the day, since basterds often faced quite a few challenges from being born out of wedlock.” *Choice 1* George: “It is a symbol of trust, that you do have someone that you can count on.” *Choice 2* George: “But at the end of the day, if you are unfair to that partner hey might not stay.” *Choice 2* George: “To describe marriage is like trying to describe oceans and water. Even with similarities we can see, gathering it all in an explanation would probably not give a fair judgement.” *Choice 3* Skyler: “To me it’s a promise. ‘To have and to hold’ it is silly in this day and age were people divorce left and right for trivial things.” Skylers eyes became dark, falling into deep thoughts. You had never been the poetic kind, but there was a sweet sentiment in Skyler’s view on things. Your parents where still married over 30 years now. Your sister was due some time in December, your brother was off celebrating a two year dating anniversary and your paternal grandmother still loved her deceased husband dearly. To you it just never happened, perhaps it wasn’t for you. George: “That we can agree on, people are so afraid they will settle. At the first sign of trouble they leave.” Skyler: “So that woman form before… how long do you think her marriage will last?” George: “If she acts like she did tonight, I wonder if her husband will even stay for the ceremony.” You looked at your new companion and in an unusual turn of events you called the bartender over. George: “Can I buy you a drink?” With that Skyler smiled, deciding to keep you company. Sometime later you awake to the sound of your alarm clock. You feel a splitting headache, you drag you hand over your face as you do you feel a cold metal band around your finger. Pulling back as your eyes focus you see that it is a plain sliver coloured band. (is that?) · Oh no… Feeling more sober than ever before you realised just what a mess you got yourself into. George: ‘I just got married in Vegas.’ Well, you’re screwed.
The Blackwater Hospital Chronicles - A Gift from Another World
Part 1 The air was filled with these things. Wherever I was looking, worms were floating, alien-like miriapods were chasing other insects to feed on them. Ugly flying fish were slowly moving in front of my eyes, like they were swimming in the air. And from time to time, shadow-like people were passing right in front of me, sometimes stopping and starring at me while grinning insanely. While Lt. Reyner’s face was shifting in a rapid fashion like those slot-machines in Las Vegas, I didn’t even remember he looked like anymore. The shock that I went through was pretty bad and I was getting more and more confused with the passing of time, as to what was I supposed to do next. “Are you alright, Doctor Williams? Your face is all white, are you sure the food was OK? Do you want our nurse to look at you, just to make sure everything’s good?” I hesitated for a few moments, thinking of what horrors I’ll see next. Will every person I encounter from now on will look like a spiral-galaxy of twisted faces? But yet again, I’m not sure of that so… “No, Lieutenant. It’s just that you called me here right out of the blue, to help you with something big, of which I didn’t know anything about. But now I know, because Hotshot told me everything. And you know, as much as I do, that it’s true. Otherwise you wouldn’t have been so desperate for that map. So I did you a service by obtaining in 30 minutes what you couldn’t in 15 years, didn’t I? So I think is fair that you will take me in your team and, implicitly to the desert and then Narmidia. Deal or no deal?” “You seem like an intelligent guy, Doctor. I would advise you to tread carefully now. We know where you live, where you work, we have connections beyond your understanding. But I also admire that you got him to hand you this precious map in such a short time, so you’re on board. You’ll have to sign an NDA and you’ll ve given the rank of military doctor. Now, there’s someone outside waiting for you, go home and get some clothing for the trip and come back. You’ll be spending the night here. Tomorrow our flight takes off at 0600 hours. I will tell you more when you get back.” “Wow, this seemed easy. So easy, in fact, that I feel something’s not right. I mean, not right on top of what’s already not right. Double not right.” I thought. But I decided to play along and see what will happen next, bearing in mind that Reyner will get rid of me when I’ll no longer be needed. Do not think that I was not impressed with the fact that they found another planet and another civilization, but if they planned to obliterate the two, I couldn’t stop them. When I returned to the military base or whatever the name is for that huge facility, Reyner started telling me more: “Narmidia is real and Hotshot went there, but when their leader figured out why he actually went there, he made him crazy and sent him back here. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: how will we get there and will we go crazy as well? The answer to the first question is that we managed to steal a time traveling technology from a Japanese physicist based in Switzerland and we engineered it in a way that allows to travel wherever we like. But before we got him to work for us, he disappeared and has never been seen since, he vanished like he was never here. His lab was emptied out when we got there and nobody has seen or heard anything from him at the CERN, where he was working. Narmidia is hidden somewhere near the Rings of Saturn and it’s the first planet we’ve found containing alien life in the form of another civilization. So much so, that we understood they have the secret to immortality, which we must take it as soon as possible, before others do. And if we go crazy, that’s a risk I’m willing to take. It’s a crazy world as it is already. We’ll go there in full force, guns locked and loaded, ready to make a helluva show.” “Hotshot told me they’re peaceful, so why kill them? Can’t we just ask them nicely?” “Everything we find outside Earth is to be treated as hostile, no exception. If we don’t end them, they’ll end us. Or they might just invade us, making us all go crazy like the man who just died. Imagine a planet of 7 billion lunatics ruled by alien overlords? Does that sound good to you, doctor? No, it doesn’t. So, we’ll meet at the break of dawn here. Goodnight, doc.” I actually have no idea how I managed to stay focused this entire time, listening to him speaking, while his face was contorting in an alien-like fashion. Although, he was right in a way. I mean, how do I know that those aliens are peaceful? I can’t take Hotshot’s word for granted. So the next morning, a bunch of Humvees were waiting for us outside the the hospital, and I’ve seen some people with normal faces at last. The little things in the air were moving in slow motion, some killing each other… I’ve was seeing carnivore plants, some sort of mutated black roses, trying to catch small insects. A fauna and flora that only I could see. We went on the small airport and we boarded in a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and then we went on to the African continent, straight to the site in the desert, following Hotshot’s map. Under the Saharan hot sun and sands, lying dormant was some sort of underground cave on top of which there was a hatch. The military staff that was with us proceeded to opening the hatch and we went inside. The walls were covered in strange words and figures, exactly like those Hotshot was drawing that one time when he looked into that doctor’s shiny pen. “Bring her in, soldiers!” Reyner yelled from inside the cave. I looked in astonishment to what seemed to be a double circular gate, which when Reyner pushed the button the get it started, the circles of the gate began to rotate in different directions, while some strange symbols appeared to light on them. Inside the circles, there was some sort of energy, like light beams. “Alright, boys! Get your suits on, we’re going to fucking space! Hey, Doc, pissed your pants yet?” “No, I don’t scare easily. Let’s go.” Five soldiers, one lieutenant and one psychiatrist are travelling to an alien planet… THE ARRIVAL To a different planet and different world was very fast. We, let’s say, landed in a huge thick forest with amazingly tall trees, and they seemed to have some sort of veins on the surface, visible to the naked eye, with a fluorescent green liquid flowing through them. They had roots underground like a normal tree, but from the base of it and up until the end, these trees were swaying in the air. I’ve seen gigantic mushrooms, most of them were various shades of red, blue, green and purple. But all of them looked exactly like, if you know, the type of mushrooms that we have here on Earth called Frost’s bolete. The whole land was absolutely enchanting and I’ve seen the animals and insects I was seeing back on Earth, so I must have had visions of Narmidia… Then we got out of the forest and we entered some sort of huge city, a mega-structure with a lot of irregular buildings that looked like they were built chaotically, and this construction stood on top of some very soft ground, yet it kept the whole thing intact and in the center of this place there was an obelisk on top of which a snake head was laying. Behind that there was a large building that had the shape of a cone with a metallic silver liquid seeping out of its pores. “Alright, soldiers, let’s move on… I think that’s their HQ. You two take heed, and you three watch our six. Doc, you know how to use that thing?” I nodded, while asking myself why we haven’t seen any of the inhabitants of this planet. Something was off, it seemed very strange and suddenly I felt like we were being watched by someone or something that has been with us since our arrival here. We entered the building. The ceiling had all sort of liquids moving through mechanical tubes, travelling very fast to some specific place. The walls looked like they were made out of bones and they looked alive, with small layers of flesh on them. In the middle of the room there was a large vial placed inside a large light ball that was just levitating in mid-air. “Jackpot! If that’s not it, then I don’t know what it is. God dammit boys, we just hit the mother lode! Hey, Kingston, work your magic!” “Lieutenant Reyner, don’t you think it’s odd that we get to take it so easy? That we didn’t encounter any “hostiles” until now?” “Maybe the shitheads got scared and ran to some other place. Remember what Hotshot said, that they don’t have any kind of weapon. So even if they show up, we’ll tear holes in them and they’ll look like goddamn fishing nets!” But then the snake-like aliens emerged out of thin air… “Stop this and go back to your planet.” Their appearance was repulsive, but they looked harmless so the Lieutenant ordered everyone to shoot “those fucking abominations”. THE MIND CONTROL Has started and before aiming their guns, two of the soldiers exploded into thin air, covering us all in blood. The other two started shooting each other until they were looking like fishing nets… The Lieutenant started dancing like crazy, the blood vessels in his eyes all broken, he was yelling: I am happy! We are all happy here!”. I thought I was gonna die, I’m not gonna lie. Or maybe they’ll just drive me crazy and let me roam free in the forest, with all the animals, insects and plants… However, they all started speaking in my mind with a distorted collective voice: “You… you help your kind. On your planet, you help them and make them feel better. We know you have had visions of our world. Even though you were the only one that did not want to do any harm to us, we will still give a gift for you to take and return with it on your planet. You are what is called a “psychiatrist” on your planet, so we will give you the ability to see inside your patients’ minds. You will heal them, taking their troubles away, thus strengthening their fragile minds. You will see horrible things, you will get scared, but you will make it through. Your mind has a special place now, a storage unit, where you will collect and deposit all the evils that your patients hear and see. With one touch, you will cure their pain. As you can see, we can talk without using words, and that is why, for us, having a strong and healthy mind is very important. We do not use weapons like you do, we use only our mind. Somewhere in the future, we will come and visit you, because we know you are a very destructive race and we need to end that. We would have left you alone, if you did not interfere with us, but now that is not the case anymore. The gate is behind you now, we have brought it here, go home. We will be watching.” Before leaving I watched at Reyner for the last time, he was dancing and grunting, yelling: “I am happy, we are all happy!” LEARNING TO LIVE A NEW LIFE And after I arrived home and no one from the Blackwater Hospital ever contacted me again, nor did I ever had visions of Narmidia, I decided to take up on my appointments and see what this “gift” was, how was it manifesting and if indeed I could heal the patients. Was the power that I was gifted enough to heal minds so twisted? I will gladly take you with me on this journey, if you want to come. A new chapter begins.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms OR Fluffy's Birthday Party
Saturday, December 18th I wake up and my back is fucking killing me. Megan closed the spa last night and she's quitting her (shitty) second job and her last day is Saturday so she's gone in early to get everything wrapped up and her exit interview. I decide to clean up my garage a bit and get some work done around the house. The morning starts off with some eggs and breakfast sausage with a tall glass of simply grapefruit. Life isn't great, but it could be a lot worse. We are all having a little chat about life, weekends and women as I move charcoal and my dads tools around the garage when suddenly my good buddeh u/fluffy_butternut tells everyone that regular women are not damaged enough for me to enjoy. Not only is this HIGHLY insulting to me, but it reflects poorly on Megan as well. rewind to several months before Mrs. Fluffy emailed the whole reddit gang and told us we are invited to a surprise birthday party for the big guy. She gave us instructions/time/place, etc and everything. She did a TON of work to plan this and it shows. I was under the gun at the courthouse with a trial and I wasn't able to commit to the event and all of us have stuff going on so the odds of anyone being able to make it were not good. However, I kept her email, and her cell number on a burner. cut to present https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyLdtG7KZvw Did he really go there? He really went there. It's fucking on like Donkey Kong. I pull out a burner and send a message to Mrs. Fluffy asking her if the plans are still the same. She tells me when he will be arriving at the venue and I tell her I'm gonna make a big fucking scene. She is ecstatic at this idea. I grab my packed bag from the closet and jump in the F350. I grab two organic bean to bar 88% endangered species chocolate bars for Megan and I stop by her work. She's busy, so I leave the chocolate for her at her station. I give her co-worker a note to hand to her when she gets out. "Dear Megan, out for revenge. Back tomorrow - Will." I start driving to MSY and traffic down I-10 isn't bad for a saturday. I phone Delta on the way there and book tickets for the flight. The only thing available is MD88 service connecting in Laguardia. In First. Being no stranger to the slightly elevated service and highly elevated price business model, I book the flight. I'm a little early so I make my way to the nearly brand new Delta Sky Club at MSY. It's new, the gumbo is tasty, the wifi is fast. Life isn't bad. Until I get the phone call from Megan. Me: Hi sweetie Megan: what the fuck does "out for revenge mean?" Me: It means I'm out for revenge. I gotta do some things. Megan: What things? We're supposed to have dinner with my brother tomorrow night! Me: Uh. It's a long story. How was your exit interview? Megan: It was fine. I'm leaving early today. Me: Did you go back to your station yet? Megan: No Me: You should stop there again before you leave. Megan: Why? The airport PA screeches boarding announcement for my flight. Me: They're calling my flight. I gotta run. Megan: Flight? What? Me: Gotta hop. Buy potatoes. See you tomorrow night! I hang up and hightail it for the gate. I pop in and see the pilots before we leave and ask them what are the odds we get 31 via the expressway today. He says he was just loading it into the box. I tell him the last time I did 31 via the expressway into LGA at the Delta Museum sim, it was not good. In fact it was the worst thing to hit new york since a bunch of muslims on a tuesday in September. He laughs. The ride into LGA is smooth as the HMG STG delivery schedule. New York is WINDY as fuck today and bumpy. I peer out the window of the left side of the plane and I get a beautiful close up photo of the statue of liberty and Ellis island. Wait. We're supposed to get 31 via the expressway. We should be on the localizer for LGA runway 4. That puts us right over my aunts place in Bay Ridge looking at the Verazanno. We're not getting 31, they're probably going to take us up over central park, back over da bronx and then in via 22. Sure enough, we land on 22 and I ask the pilots what happened and they said the winds shifted and they had to turn the airport around. Eh, no biggie. I've seen it once, I'll see it again. It's a great approach to fly and if you ever get to experience it, it's fucking magical. We land at LGA a few minutes late and the weather is cold, crisp and windy. I have a short connection but I head to the LGA sky club in terminal D. Life is good. I crack the laptop and do some work and as I close the laptop as they call my flight I see the very beginnings of light snow. I'm from Louisiana. I've never seen snow before. This scares me. I walk to the gate and I board in group 1 and take my first class seat. The plane is half empty. I walk up and chat with the pilots and they tell me that with the snow we are going to deice with type 1 fluid and anti ice with type 4 fluid. We will be a little delayed. As I gaze out the window from my seat, it's snowing and blowing even more. Ten minutes later, the boarding door closes and we start to push back. Conditions have worsened significantly. We can't see the next plane in front of us, things have turned into not quite whiteout but very concerning to this southern boy. The pilots tell us we are number 3 for the deicing truck and I gaze out onto the runway. It's whiter than an Ohio MAGA rally. Fuck me to tears. We deice as I check the weather in Pittsburgh. Rain/Freezing rain/Snow/wintry mix. I've never driven in snow. Fuck. Pucker factor increasing. I pull out my burner and send a message to Mrs. Fluffy and tell her I'm at the deice pad and will be there soon. We have a bumpy ride all the way across Pennsylvania and land about 30 minutes late. Hertz has me in the presidents circle but there is not a single car with local plates. I downgrade to a 2020 white Toyota Corolla since it's the only thing with PA plates on it and I hightail it to the venue. I talk to the waitstaff and tell them I'm crashing the party and ask them to get me a tray and a vest with a nametag. The staff is laughing their ass off at my idea. I message Mrs. Fluffy and she thinks the idea is HYSTERICAL. She can't wait. I tell her I'll be there at 645. T minus 60 minutes until Fluffy Arrival I've never been to this part of Pennsylvania. To be honest, I am a Philly guy. The people there are angry, drunken, profane and love cheese steaks. They're my kind of people. I've never been to a Sheetz or Primanti Brothers. However, fluffy tells me some stories about how he and his wife have a good time over at the meadows. I have NEVER been to a racino before, and ever since I was nearly arrested at Wynn Las Vegas - I've been a little scared. However, it's just down the road and as some of you know, I just came into a shit ton of money. This is not going to end well. I drive down interstate 79 and whip into the north parking garage at The Meadows. My pre-packed bag has four days of clothes, underwear, socks and PJ's, two kruggerands and $10,000 in cash just in case i need to flee the country. I pull out the ten dimes and make my way into the racino. The Meadows is HUGE. I get past the security checkpoint and walk around and I don't see any table games. I see a large well appointed poker room and see two craps tables working at the other end of the hall. I have no idea what table limits or odds are. I saunter up to the table. Me: How's the temperature guys? Degen1: Eh it's up and down. Me: As long as it's not as cold as outside amirte? Degen2: haha yeah yinz been outside today? freezing rain and that! Me: I don't know these words but whatever. The point is on 6. I drop $10,000 on the table. Me: Change only. Gimme 1 small and 9 thousands. Pit Boss: do you have a players club card? Me: never played here before, don't worry about it for now. Pit Boss: Okay! The dice come out, it hits jimmy hicks and the dealers pay out all the bets. I look at the table, the minimums are $5 and everyone has pass line and numbers. NOBODY has true odds. Fuck it. Time to show them how it's done. I drop $10 on the pass line. Dice are out. Point is four. I look up and down the table and nobody is making odds bets. I look down at my rack and drop $100 behind my bet. Dice come out. Six hard. Me: Hey pit boss! How much can I put behind the line? Pit Boss: We'll let you go to 10x, so we can take $100 on your pass line. It looks like you got $100 there but we'd count it out and if you were over we'll give you the extra back. Me: solid, thanks! I look down at my watch. Fluffy is due to arrive at 1900hrs. I told Mrs. I would be there at 1845. It's 15 minutes to drive from the garage to the party which means I need to be on the highway at 1830 which means I need to be out of the casino and cashed out and walking to the garage by 1825. She sends me a message asking me where I'm at. I tell her I'm at the meadows and.....fuck it's 1821. Fuck it. Go big or go home. I take my pass line up to $500 and shove $5000 behind the line. Everyone at the table is looking at me funny. I give $2400 to the dealers and tell them to split me the 6/8. Pit Boss: are you SURE you don't want a players club card? Me: no time! throw them bones! The whip slides the dice over to the fella next to me. He throws. Dealer: Four hard, four the hard way, four. Everyone at the table is looking at me funny. My $500 pass line bet has paid even money. The $5000 behind the line pays true odds on a 4, at 2:1. I look down at my watch. 1829. The dealers are stacking and distributing chips with a fervor. Me: Take down my 6/8 and color me up. Dealer: You got it boss! As they color up my chips, I tell Mrs. fluffy I just won a ton of money at the meadows and I'm cashing out now. I take a $100 chip, hold it up and ask if the dealers want to play it or drop it Dealer: It's up to you man, we don't mind. I plant the chip down on the pass line and tell them put half on the pass line ferda boys, drop the other half. They all LITERALLY clap and thank me. Me: One more thing, where's the cashier? They point me to the cage with the aplomb of a new airport ramper. I leave the casino with a giant wad of cash bulging in my jeans. There's no line and they count out all my cash quickly. I look down at my watch as she's counting out the last of the small bills. 1835. Fuck. I'm going to be late. I hate being late. I jog out to the north garage and hightail it back up interstate 79. I have never driven in snow, at night, or for that matter driven in Pennsylvania before until now. It's snowing, it's dark, the speed limit is 55 and I am the SLOWEST guy in the right lane at 80 and people are passing me going WTF ARE YOU DOING GET OFF THE ROAD judging by the horns and the flashing headlights. I am HAULING ass back up to the venue and I park the Toyota in a handicapped spot as I race into the venue. I find Harriet, the party planner she hands me a vest with a nametag. My transition from Will the gun dealer to Mario the waiter will completed as soon as he arrives. I get fluffy's favorite drink and a plate of some food set up on a tray and I hide in the back waiting for his arrival. Here's a photo. https://imgur.com/yZP2FuI As if it were choreographed to the minute, Mrs. Fluffy walks him in the front door at 7PM to a room full of people as a birthday surprise. He had not seen it coming. He begins making the rounds seeing everyone and saying hello. It's a big party so it takes some time. I hang back for a few minutes and let him do his thing and I give my phone to one of his friends and tell them to get this next part on video as I put on the vest and adjust the nametag. Friendo: Sure thing "mario" Me: shut up and just do some good camera work! I take the tray of beverage and minature charcuterie plate over to fluffy as he's greeting the party guests and sneak up behind him. He's taking his grand old time working the room. In my best italian Pittsburgh native accent I can muster, I'm holding the tray and I walk in front of him and put on a great big smile. Me: Can I get yinz something to drink? Or some charcuterie and that? Fluffy: ....... (I now feign anger) Me: OR IS THIS FOOD AND BEVERAGE NOT DAMAGED ENOUGH FOR YOUR LIKING?!?!?!??!?!?! YOU FAT DIABETIC OLD FUCK! Fluffy: What.....are you.........doing here? Me: Mrs told us about it and I figured I should give you a hard time after your comments this morning. Would you like some food? You know, airplane noises make the food taste better. Or are you a little too old for that? Lets give it a try! (I grab a carrot stick and fly it into his face by making very loud airplane noises in a ballroom full of fluffy's closest friends and family making a gigantic scene with people wondering is this a joke or what horrors are about to come next. No, this is not a joke, this really happened. Ask anyone who was there.) Fluffy: I'm good thanks Me: you sure? (more airplane noises followed by a carrot slice raping his mouth) Fluffy is shocked and awed. I tell him to go work the room and to have a happy birthday party. There's an open bar and I help myself to a double ginger ale, neat. I find some millennials and we chat about Hawaiian shirts and stuff and they think my comedy is HILARIOUS. Unlike most of reddit. Fluffy saunters over and we chat some more and he's wondering WTF. I told him the wife planned it all months in advance. Fluffy: You know u/xxxwirtydhorexxx is here. Me: That's really funny. Fluffy: No, he's really here. Me: Bullshit. Then where is he? Fluffy: He's right in front of you, 12 o'clock. I don't see him. Then I look down and there's a guy in a boonie hat. I didn't recognize him without the dress. Me: Oh dear god. He's really here isn't he? Wirty gets up and walks over and he's like HI! I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU! We have a bunch of really really awkward conversation that involves him inviting me to sit next to him and me running over to Mrs. Fluffy asking her to save me from wirty. She finds a spot at her table by her kids for me. I forget his present, even though his wife said no presents and there's a table full of booze, scratchers, and gun stuff. I drive back up to the hotel to grab it and give it to him. He has no idea what it is. You all should ask him about it. I give it to him and Wirty starts complaining about normies. Fluffy: Where are you staying? Me: The Hilton just down the street Fluffy: Oh, the one on the top of the hill? Me: That's why it's the HILL-ton. Everyone groans. Me and wirty talk and he weirds me out and demands to stand next to me in the group photo. I tell more jokes and the millenial group loves me. We close the place down and head back to fluffy's hotel. BOY HOWDY LET ME TELL YOU.........if you thought MY stories were longwinded and pointless you have not met some of fluffy's friends! His local raconteur buddy was telling us at 145AM his story about being fucked by the Virginia state police for speeding. Yeah. I dump him off at his hotel and I head back up to my room. It's 3AM by the time I shower and sleep. SUNDAY JANUARY 19TH 2020 My alarm wakes me up at 9AM. My back is killing me. My head is pounding. It's 21 degrees outside. Fuck this noise. I go back to sleep. The hotel phone rings. Me: Go for Hayden Operator: I have a fluffy butternut on the phone for you. Me: Go ahead and connect us Operator: Thank you (sound of dial tone) I'm not making this up. I grab my phone and call fluffy and we have brunch at the meadows with the mrs. It's fun, we talk guns, life, liberty and the pursuit of extra sides of marinara. I hang out with them at the slot machines until it's time to head to the airport. I gas up at the sheetz next to the racetrack and I fly back home in coach since my status on delta is radioactive dirt. The incoming flight is late from Atlanta which means we leave late for Atlanta and i get back home 2.5 hours later than I expected. Laundry is running and I am unpacking as Megan walks in the door. Me: Hi! Megan: Hi. Back from revenge so soon? Me: Yeah. I'm actually late. How was dinner with your brother? Megan: Good. He took me to olive garden. So tell me what was so important you had to go out for revenge and come back the next day? (I tell her the story) Megan: Wait a minute. Your friend insulted you as a joke, so you bought a last minute first class ticket to new york and pennsylvania to fly to his surprise birthday party to yell at him in person, in january in 21 degree weather? Me: Yeah. Megan: Why would you do that? Me: Well he said that you're damaged goods. He wasn't insulting me, he was insulting you. I didn't like that. Megan: You cannot be serious. Me: I am serious. Megan: and don't call you Shirley? Me: You're weird. Megan: I'm not the one that just flew across the country to go "out for revenge", and I'm the weird one? Me: (goofy smile) Megan: (goofy laughter) Have a lovely holiday weekend everyone!
List of Las Vegas casinos that never opened Over the years there have been several casinos and resorts planned for the Las Vegas Valley that never opened. The stages of planning may have been just an announcement or groundbreaking.[1][2][3] Asia Resort and Casino Where the Palazzo Casino and Resort currently stands (adjacent to the Venetian Hotel and Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center), an Asian themed casino was proposed but was rejected for the present Palazzo project.[4] Alon Las Vegas A proposed luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip on the former site of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, announced in 2015.[5] The project was put in doubt after Crown Resorts announced in late 2016 it was suspending its involvement in the development.[6] Crown announced in December 2016 that it was halting the project and seeking to sell its investment. The remaining partner Andrew Pascal announced he was seeking other partners to proceed with the project. However in May 2017, the land went up for sale.[7] The land was later purchased by Steve Wynn. Beau Rivage Steve Wynn, who had purchased and demolished the Dunes hotel-casino, had originally planned to build a modern hotel in the middle of a man-made lake. He later built the Bellagio with a man-made lake in the front of the hotel.[citation needed] The name was later used by Wynn for a resort built in Biloxi, Mississippi. Caribbean Casino In 1988, a sign for a proposed casino was erected on a fenced vacant lot on Flamingo Road. Standing near the sign was a scale model galleon. For several years, that was all that stood on the property. The empty lot was the source of many jokes by the locals until the ship, which was later damaged by a fire started by a homeless person, was torn down in the 1990s and the lot became the site of the Tuscany Suites and Casino co-owned by Charles Heers, who has owned the property since the 1960s.[8] Carnival In 1990, the Radisson group proposed a 3,376-room hotel next to the Dunes, with a casino shaped like a Hershey's Kiss.[9] Cascada A proposed resort that was to have been built on the site of El Rancho Vegas. The parcel is now partially taken by the Hilton Grand Vacations Club and Las Vegas Festival Grounds.[4] City by the Bay Resort and Casino A San Francisco-themed resort was proposed for the site of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino. The project was rejected in favor of the Swiss-themed Montreux, which was also eventually cancelled.[4] Countryland USA A country music-themed resort was planned for construction of the site of the former El Rancho Hotel and Casino. For some years, the El Rancho sign stood with the words "Coming Soon - Future Home of Countryland USA."[10][11] Craig Ranch Station Main article: Craig Ranch Station A Mediterranean-themed hotel-casino for North Las Vegas, proposed by Station Casinos in March 2000.[12] The project faced opposition from nearby residents,[13][14][15] which led to the proposed location being changed to a vacant property on the nearby Craig Ranch Golf Course.[16] Residential opposition to the new location led to the project being rejected by the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee in March 2001. Station Casinos still had the option to develop the project on the initial site,[17][18] but the project was cancelled entirely in July 2001, following a weak financial quarter for the company.[19] Crown Las Vegas Main article: Crown Las Vegas Formerly known as Las Vegas Tower, the Crown Las Vegas was to have been a supertall skyscraper built on the former site of a Wet 'n Wild water park. In March 2008, the project was canceled and the property was put up for sale.[20] Desert Kingdom In 1993, ITT Sheraton purchased the Desert Inn casino, and had announced plans to develop the large parking lot into a Balinese themed resort to complement the Desert Inn. The project was never developed and the site is now the location of Wynn Las Vegas.[4] DeVille Casino After building the Landmark Hotel and Casino on Convention Center Drive and selling it to Howard Hughes, developer Frank Carroll built the DeVille Casino across the street from the Landmark at 900 Convention Center Drive in 1969. Chips were made for the casino (and are sought-after collectibles), but the casino never opened.[21] The building was renovated in 1992 as a race book parlor named Sport of Kings which closed after nine months.[22] It became the location of The Beach nightclub, which was demolished in 2007 to make room for a planned 600-unit tower[23] that was never built.[24] The land sits currently empty. Echelon Place Main article: Echelon Place An announced project by Boyd Gaming planned to have a hotel built on the property of the former Stardust Resort & Casino. Construction was suspended on August 1, 2008 due to the Great Recession. In March 2013, Boyd Gaming sold the proposed site for $350 million to the Genting Group, which is redeveloping the project as the Asian-themed Resorts World Las Vegas. Fontainebleau Las Vegas Main article: The Drew Las Vegas Located on the Las Vegas Strip and originally known as Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Construction began in 2007, and the resort was to include a casino, 2,871 hotel rooms, and 1,018 condominium units.[25] Construction on the $2.9 billion project ceased in 2009, the year of its planned opening. Investment firms Witkoff Group and New Valley LLC purchased the unfinished resort in 2017.[26] In 2018, Witkoff and Marriott International announced a partnership to open the renamed project as The Drew Las Vegas in 2020. The resort will include a casino and three hotels totaling nearly 4,000 rooms, with the condominium aspect removed from the project.[27] Harley-Davidson Hotel and Casino A resort themed after the motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson was proposed, complete with hotel towers shaped like gigantic exhaust pipes, but was never built.[4] Jockey Club Casino The Jockey Club is a condominium and timeshare resort at 3700 Las Vegas Boulevard South. It was planned to have a casino, and chips were made for its use, but the casino was never opened.[28] Kactus Kate's By April 1994, Gold Coast Hotel and Casino owner Michael Gaughan was interested in building a hotel-casino in North Las Vegas,[29] at the northeast corner of North Rancho Drive and Carey Avenue. In January 1995, the city planning commission approved the rezoning of the land for use as a hotel-casino. The resort, to be named Kactus Kate's, would be built by Gold Coast Hotel/Casino Limited. The hotel would include 450 rooms, and the casino would be 105,000 sq ft (9,800 m2),[30] later decreased to 102,000 sq ft (9,500 m2).[31] The resort would be located directly north of the nearby Fiesta and Texas Station resorts.[31] In December 1998, Coast Resorts, Inc. received approval from the planning commission for a use-permit relating to the undeveloped property. In November 2000, the planning commission unanimously approved a two-year extension on the permit, giving the company more time to decide whether it would build Kactus Kate's. Because of a 1999 Senate bill that placed restrictions on casinos in neighborhoods, Coast Resorts had a deadline of 2002 to build the casino. The hotel would measure over 100 feet (30 m) high, and Coast Resorts was required to notify the Federal Aviation Administration of its final plans, due to the site being located less than 1,000 feet (300 m) from a runway at the North Las Vegas Airport.[32] In January 2001, Station Casinos purchased the 29-acre (12 ha) site for $9 million. Coast Resorts president Harlan Braaten said, "As we saw the competitive nature of that area intensify, in terms of the size of competing facilities, we just felt we would have to build something much bigger than we had intended to compete with Texas Station and Santa Fe Station. It was just going to be a very expensive project, and we didn't feel the returns would be that good." Station Casinos planned to sell the property as a non-gaming site.[31] Las Vegas Plaza Main article: Las Vegas Plaza Not to be confused with the Plaza Hotel & Casino. This was to have been modeled after the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The project was announced shortly before the demolition of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, where the new hotel would be built. Las Vegas Plaza was cancelled in 2011 due to the Great Recession. London Resort and Casino This announced project was to have been themed around the city of London, and featuring replicas of the city's landmarks. The project was to be built on land across from the Luxor Hotel and Casino. A second London-themed resort was to be built on the former land of the El Rancho Hotel and Casino. Neither project ever began construction.[4] London, Las Vegas This was a proposed three-phase project using London as its design inspiration. When completed, the 38.5-acre (15.5 ha) property would have featured 1,300 hotel rooms, a casino, a 500-foot-tall (152.4 m) observation wheel named Skyvue (partially constructed), and 550,000 square feet (51,097 square meters) of restaurants and shops — all of which would be architectural replicas of various British landmarks and neighborhoods.[33] The project was to be constructed on land across from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, where — as of November 2019 — the partially-constructed Skyvue still stands. The wheel was to be "Phase I of London, Las Vegas". Montreux Resort This Swiss-themed resort was to have been built on the property of the former New Frontier Hotel and Casino, but was ultimately cancelled.[34] Moon Resort and Casino Proposed by Canadian developer Michael Henderson, this is a planned 10,000-room, 250-acre (1.0 km2) lunar-themed casino resort.[35] Gaming experts doubt it will ever be built in Las Vegas, simply because the space planned for it is too large for the Las Vegas Strip.[4] NevStar 2000 Further information: Craig Ranch Station § NevStar 2000 Proposed by NevStar Gaming in 1998, the NevStar 2000 entertainment complex in North Las Vegas would have included a hotel and casino,[36] but the project faced opposition from nearby residents who did not want a casino in the area.[37][38] The project was cancelled when NevStar Gaming filed for bankruptcy in December 1999.[12] North Coast/Boyd Gaming project In May 2003, Coast Casinos had plans for the North Coast hotel-casino, to be built at the southwest corner of Centennial Parkway and Lamb Boulevard in North Las Vegas. The project would be built on approximately 40 acres (16 ha) of vacant land, surrounded by other land that was also undeveloped. At the time, the North Las Vegas Planning Commission was scheduled to review requests for zoning changes and approvals for the project. The project was not scheduled to be built for at least another four years, after completion of a highway interchange at Lamb Boulevard and the nearby Interstate 15, as well as the completion of an overpass over nearby railroad tracks. Bill Curran, an attorney for the land owner, said, "We're going through the zoning changes now so everybody knows what's going to be out there." The North Coast would include a casino, a 10-story hotel with 398 rooms, a bowling alley, movie theaters, and a parking garage.[39] In June 2003, the Planning Commission voted 6 to 1 to approve preliminary applications necessary to begin work on the North Coast.[40][41] Boyd Gaming, the owner of Coast Casinos, announced in February 2006 that it would purchase the 40-acre site for $35 million.[42] Jackie Gaughan and Kenny Epstein were the owners at the time.[43] Boyd Gaming had not decided on whether the new project would be a Coast property or if it would be similar to the company's Sam's Town hotel-casino. At the time, no timetable was set for building the project.[42] In March 2007, the project was put on hold. At the time, Boyd Gaming had been securing construction permits for the project but decided to first review growth in the area. Construction had been scheduled to begin in mid-2007.[44] In August 2013, Boyd Gaming sold the undeveloped property for $5.15 million.[43] Palace of the Sea Resort and Casino This was to have been built on the former Wet 'n Wild waterpark site. Conceptual drawings included yacht-shaped towers that housed suites, a casino resembling the Sydney Opera House and a 600-foot (180 m) tall Ferris wheel-type attraction dubbed a "Sky Wheel". It never left the planning stages.[4] Paramount Las Vegas A casino and hotel and condo resort with more than 1,800 units that was planned by Royal Palms Las Vegas, a subsidiary of Royal Palms Communities.[45][46] The project was to replace the Klondike Hotel and Casino at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip,[47][45] beside the Las Vegas welcome sign.[48] The resort was approved in October 2006,[45] but an investor pulled out of the project in August 2007, and the land was put up for sale in May 2008.[46] Pharoah's Kingdom Pharoah's Kingdom was planned as a $1.2 billion gaming, hotel and theme park complex to be built on 710 acres (290 ha) at Pebble Road and Las Vegas Boulevard, five miles south of the Las Vegas Strip.[49][1] Construction was approved in October 1988,[49] with Silano Development Group as the developer.[50] The project would have an Egyptian theme, including two 12-story pyramids made of crystal, with each containing 300 suites. The hotel would have a total of 5,000 rooms,[50] making it the largest in the world.[51] The 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m2) casino would include 100 table games and 3,000 slot machines, while an RV park, mini-golf, a bowling alley, and a video game arcade would be located beside the casino area.[52] Three of the project's various pyramid structures would house the 50-acre (20 ha) family theme park. Other features would include sphinxes, man-made beaches, waterways resembling the Nile river, an underwater restaurant, a 24-hour child-care facility, a 100-tenant shopping promenade, and a repertory-style theater that would be overseen by actor Jack Klugman.[52] Additionally, the resort would feature an 18-hole PGA Championship golf course,[52] and a monorail located within the theme park.[50] The project would have one mile of frontage along Las Vegas Boulevard.[52] Frank Gambella, president of the project, stated that financing was in place, with groundbreaking planned for March or April 1989. Gambella said the project would be financed by several entities, with the money coming from a Nevada corporation, suggesting the entities would be grouped together as an umbrella corporation. Gambella stated that the project could be opened by Labor Day 1990. The resort was expected to employ 8,000 people. Following the completion of the resort, Gambella said a complex of 750 condominiums would be built on the land along with 900 retirement-care apartments.[52] The project was cancelled shortly after it was announced, as authorities became suspicious of developer Anthony Silano's fundraising efforts for the project. It was discovered that Silano and his associates hacked into the Switzerland bank accounts of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos following his death in 1989. Silano pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges. Another Egyptian-themed resort, Luxor Las Vegas, would open on the south Las Vegas Strip in 1993.[1] Planet Hollywood Resort (original plans) Not to be confused with the current Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. Originally planned to open in the late 1990s on the site of the Desert Inn, it was to be one of the largest hotels in Las Vegas. Because of the bankruptcy of Planet Hollywood Restaurants, the hotel was never built. However, in the 2000s, a group of investors bought the new Aladdin Hotel and Casino and remodeled it with a modern Hollywood theme.[4] Playboy Hotel and Casino A proposed casino resort themed after Playboy magazine was rejected in favor of a nightclub and suites built at the top two floors of the new Palms tower.[4] The planned location for the Playboy Hotel and Casino, on the Las Vegas Strip, was later used for the Cosmopolitan resort.[53] Santa Fe Valley Main article: Santa Fe Valley Santa Fe Gaming, which owned the Santa Fe hotel-casino in northwest Las Vegas, had plans for a second Santa Fe property in 1996.[54] The Santa Fe Valley would be built on a 40-acre (16 ha) lot[55] in Henderson, Nevada, adjacent to the Galleria at Sunset mall. The start of construction was delayed several times because of poor financial quarters for Santa Fe Gaming,[54] and because of the company not yet receiving financing for the project.[56] Site preparation started in July 1998, with an opening date scheduled for December 1999,[57] but construction never began. In 1999, the property was sold to Station Casinos,[58][59] which sold the land a year later for use as a shopping center.[60] Shenandoah Hotel and Casino A project by Wayne Newton. Although the hotel operated for a short time at 120 E. Flamingo Road, the management was unable to get a gaming license. After years of floundering it was sold to a Canadian company and became Bourbon Street Hotel and Casino. Silver City proposals By January 2000, Luke Brugnara was planning to build a San Francisco-themed resort on the site of the closed Silver City Casino.[61] Brugnara intended to give Silver City a multimillion-dollar renovation, with plans to have a fully operational hotel-casino by 2002.[62] In March 2001, Brugnara's request for a gaming license was rejected.[63] In May 2002, it was announced that Brugnara had sold the casino while retaining six acres located behind the building.[64] In 2003, Brugnara was planning to build a 24-story, 304-room hotel and casino resort on a portion of the Silver City property. The resort, to be named "Tycoon", was to be designed by Lee Linton, with an expected cost of approximately $100 million.[65] Starship Orion International Thoroughbred Breeders (ITB) announced plans to demolish the El Rancho and construct Starship Orion, a $1 billion hotel, casino, entertainment and retail complex with an outer space theme, covering 5.4 million square feet (501,676 square meters). The resort was to include seven separately owned casinos, each approximately 30,000 square feet (2,787 square meters).[66][67] Each potential casino owner was to contribute up to $100 million to own and operate a casino within the complex.[68] The complex would have included 300,000 square feet (27,871 square meters) of retail space, as well as 2,400 hotel rooms and a 65-story hotel tower. ITB hoped to begin construction later in 1996, with a planned opening date of April 1998.[67] Sunrise This was to have been located at 4575 Boulder Highway. Property developer Michael Mona Jr. built the hotel-casino and stated that he was going to break tradition by starting a "casino without a theme". He failed to get an unrestricted gaming license when suspicions arose concerning his associations with alleged organized crime figures. Chips were made for the casino, but were never used.[69] The building was opened as Arizona Charlie's Boulder. Titanic In 1999, Bob Stupak was planning a 400-foot-high (122 m) resort themed after the RMS Titanic, to be built on a 10-acre (4 hectares) property he owned near downtown Las Vegas. The resort would have included 1,200 rooms, 800 of which were to be used for timeshares to help finance the project. That year, planning commissioners rejected Stupak's request to change the zoning to allow for a hotel.[70] The project was later planned for the former site of the El Rancho Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip, but was rejected by the Las Vegas City Council.[4] W Las Vegas Main article: W Las Vegas W Las Vegas was proposed in August 2005, as a $1.7 billion joint project between Starwood and Edge Resorts, with a scheduled opening in 2008. The project would include a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) casino and approximately 3,000 hotel, condo hotel, and residential units.[71][72] The project was cancelled in May 2007, after Starwood pulled out of the deal.[73] Wally's Wagon Wheel Wally's Wagon Wheel was to be developed by Walter Weiss through his company, Magna Leisure Partnership.[74][75] The project was proposed for 2200 South Boulder Highway in Henderson,[76][77] between Wagon Wheel Drive and Roberts Road,[78] near Henderson's Old Vegas western theme park. Manga Leisure Partnership purchased the 15.5-acre property in late February 1988. Weiss, at that time, had tentative plans for a western-themed, 112-room property known then as the Wagon Wheel Hotel and Casino. The Wagon Wheel was expected to cost $15 million, and financing had yet to be obtained for the project, which Weiss expected to open in early 1990.[74] The project, which would include a 55,000 sq ft (5,100 m2) casino, was to be built in two phases.[79] By October 1991, Wally's Wagon Wheel remained unbuilt due to difficulty obtaining financing.[80][76] That month, the Henderson Planning Commission voted to give Weiss more time to make progress on the project. At that time, the project was to include 204 hotel rooms and would be built on 13.30 acres (5.38 ha). Weiss noted that the nearby successful Sam's Town hotel-casino opened with 204 rooms, and he believed his project would be successful if he opened with the same amount of rooms for good luck.[76] By the end of 1992, Weiss had still not acquired financing for Wally's Wagon Wheel. At the time, the project was the largest of five casinos being planned for Henderson. The three-story project was to include 200 rooms, two restaurants, a theater lounge for country and western entertainment, and a large bingo room. Weiss stated that groundbreaking was scheduled for May 1993, with an expected opening in June 1994. The hotel-casino would employ approximately 600 people upon opening.[81] Weiss met with nearby residents to discuss the project, and he had the original design changed to include a larger buffer zone between homes and the hotel-casino. In November 1994, the Henderson Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of Weiss' requested zone change as part of the redesign. The project, at that time, was to include a one-story casino and a four-story hotel with 400 rooms.[82][83] In December 1994, the Henderson City Council rejected Weiss' plans for a 200-foot (61 m) buffer.[84] In July 1997, the unbuilt project received its sixth extension from the Henderson Planning Commission for a use permit and architectural review.[85] In August 1997, the Henderson City Council approved the sixth extension, but denied Weiss' appeal for a one-year extension, instead giving him six months to make progress on the project.[77] Up to that time, $1.7 million had been invested in the project by Magna Leisure Partnership.[86] As of 1998, the project was expected to cost $80 million and employ at least 1,200 people, and the proposed site had increased to 19 acres (7 ha). At that time, Weiss stated that he was close to obtaining financing for the project from a casino operator.[87] The project was never built. Wild Wild West Not to be confused with Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel. As of 1993, Station Casinos owned a 27-acre (11 ha) site on Boulder Highway with the potential to be developed as a casino. The site was located across the street from Sam's Town hotel-casino.[88] In January 1998, Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. announced plans to purchase Station Casinos, which had intended to sell the land prior to the announcement.[89] By March 1998, Station Casinos was planning to develop a hotel-casino complex on the land, which was occupied by a vacant strip mall. The complex would be known as Wild Wild West, with local residents as the target clientele.[90][89] Crescent's purchase of Station Casinos failed in August 1998, and Station Casinos subsequently slowed its plans to build the project.[91] By the end of the year, the project had received approval from the Clark County Planning Commission for a 273,000 sq ft (25,400 m2) casino and a 504-room hotel.[92] No timetable for construction was announced,[92][93] and Station Casinos had already decided by that point not to start any new projects prior to 2000.[92] Station Casinos sold the undeveloped land for $11.2 million to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in April 2004.[94] World Port In 2000, Howard Bulloch, David Gaffin, and their partner Tom Gonzales transferred ownership of the Glass Pool Inn property to their group, known as New World, with plans for a megaresort.[95] New World purchased several other nearby motels to accumulate a 77-acre (31 ha) parcel located on the Las Vegas Strip and east of the Mandalay Bay.[96] In January 2001, plans were announced for World Port Resorts, a megaresort consisting of hotel-casinos, a convention center and a fine arts facility. The project was to be built on the 77-acre (31 ha property, a portion of which was occupied by the Glass Pool Inn.[96] World Trade Center To have been located at 925 East Desert Inn Road. Leonard Shoen, co-founder of U-Haul truck rental, purchased the property of what had been the Chaparral Hotel & Casino in 1996, renovating it into the World Trade Center Hotel. A gaming license was applied for, but when it was discovered that two of Shoen's closest partners were convicted felons, the application was denied in 1998. He withdrew his application, and died in a car crash in 1999 that was ruled a suicide. Cards and gaming chips were produced for the World Trade Center Casino, but were never used.[97] The property has since been demolished and is now a parking lot, part of the Las Vegas Convention Center Annex. World Wrestling Federation A casino resort themed after the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was proposed for a property near the Interstate 15 freeway across from Mandalay Bay. The project never went past the proposal stage.[4] The land where it would have stood is now Allegiant Stadium. WWF also proposed to open the project on the property once used by the Clarion Hotel and Casino, which was demolished in 2015 to become a parking lot. Xanadu In February 1976, the Clark County Commission approved the 23-story Xanadu resort, to be built on the Las Vegas Strip at the corner of South Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue. The resort would include approximately 1,700 hotel rooms and a casino, as well as convention facilities, a showroom, dining, and indoor tennis courts. The resort was to be developed by Tandy McGinnis – of Bowling Green, Kentucky – and his Xanadu Corporation, and would be built on 48.6 acres (19.7 ha) owned by Howard Downes, a resident of Coral Gables, Florida.[98][99][100] The Xanadu would feature a pyramid design, and was expected to cost $150 million.[100] It would have been the first themed mega-resort. Much information and many artifacts of the project are housed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas library. The Excalibur Hotel and Casino ultimately opened on the property in 1990.[101] See also Category:Defunct casinos in the Las Vegas Valley List of Atlantic City casinos that never opened
My first LAN as a caster *LONG, TLDR @ BOTTOM* (R6USN) - Stoax
This past weekend was the United States Nationals and I was lucky enough to have my shot at casting at LAN. In this post I will cover everything across this weekend and how it felt casting for the first time in front of so many people.
I flew in on Thursday (Dec. 13th) where I landed in Vegas for the first time since I was 14. After exiting my plane and walking into the Las Vegas airport it finally hit me that I was going to be in front of thousands listening to me cast my favorite game. My stomach started to twist as my face started feeling hot. Part of me wished they had picked someone else and the other half kept repeating the same thing over and over again “They believe in you, they picked you didn’t they?” They feeling quickly subsided as I went to go get my bags. I arrived at the Rio and had no idea where to check in. After a little while I finally found out it was the registration line and quickly got into line. While messaging the Talent group chat for the event, I hear a man say with energy in his voice “is that the Samuel Stewart?” I was scared for a second as I looked up my phone to realize it was Velly, the community contest winner for the analyst position. I let out a sigh of relief and shook his hand. We talked for a while in line to check into the hotel. We immediately hit it off as Velly started cracking jokes like we were friends that hadn’t seen each other in years. After some friendly banter we both got checked in and started heading towards my hotel room. The scene on the main floor of the Rio is a mixture of cigarette smoke and arcade noises as hundreds of people put their money into slot machines hoping for something in return. I finally found my elevator for my hotel room. Quickly I went to my floor, changed and headed to the lobby to meet Flynn for the first time in person. I ran to the elevator and headed for the main doors of the hotel. As I approached the main lobby I see a young guy with an evil geniuses jacket on with his hands in his pockets. It’s Flynn talking to Avian and a few others. Flynn looks over to me as I walked up and smiled slightly, shaking my hand. “How was the flight?” He asked. I said it was good then began talking to the rest of the group and introducing myself. After a quick conversation, Flynn and I met Bil (Jump) at a bar in the lobby for some drinks. Jump is ridiculously tall, like he should be playing point guard not hosting video game tournaments. I shake his hand then get a drink while we wait for Velly to meet us here. After Velly met us at the bar we bumped into Stuart and another Ubisoft employee then went to a near restaurant. All of them were extremely welcoming and we had a good conversation talking about favorite games and the competitive scene. We finished our meals and decided to go look at the stage for the tournament.
After this, the rest of the day went by extremely fast. I met a lot of people in the players lounge. The next big thing for me personally that happened that day was I finally got to meet everyone from Cloud 9. MarktheShark messaged me after we tweeted at each other and told me they were all hanging out in their hotel room. He invited me up so I took him up on the offer and headed that way. I knocked on their hotel room door and after a few seconds the door opened to Goddess. She smiled at me and I smiled back as I gave her a big hug. Goddess and I had been friends for a long time as we are both from Iowa and my grandparents live very close to her hometown. After walking inside with Blu and Flynn, I was greeted by Lax, FoxA, Crux, Tifa, and Viirus. All of them were extremely welcoming and we had a good conversation about the up coming weekend. Then the night ended with a few drinks over Mexican food. Friday we began rehearsal decently early and I met z1ronic and Interro for the first time. Z1ronic is legitimately a Viking, the man loves to hangout and have a few beers. He immediately made me felt comfortable making jokes with me and laughing. Then there was Interro. As I walked into the the group of people talking in the green room backstage, Parker looked me up and down. He met my eyes and said “Samuel” in a friendly tone and shook my hand. I was nervous as all hell. These are the people that I watched everyone time I turned on an r6 lan stream for the last year. My throat tightened up as I spoke to both of them and I saw that Parker took notice of my nervousness. After mic checks the talent crew went to go get breakfast at a nearby restaurant. The portions were massive and the food was decent but I was more invested in trying to get as much information as possible out of everyone at the table regarding how to improve my skill in casting and what it’s like to talk in front of thousands of people at once. Later on that day my girlfriend arrived. Ester isn’t into video games in the slightest but she didn’t even hesitate when I asked her to come with me to Vegas. After I dropped off a room key for her I spent the rest of the day in and out of rehearsal and meetings, learning about exactly what was expected of me. Later on that night we went to a buffet down the strip and had a good meal with new found friends and some old in the likes of Maverick and RaMz. That capped off Friday as I wanted to get in bed for the the next day which I was ridiculously nervous for. The start of the USNR6 Tournament. A couple of people I missed in this so far: Lycan and all of the SSG boys are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I also ended up getting to meet most of the players at the tourney thanks to Interro introducing me to them in the player lounge. Also I finally got to meet PeterChau (Evil Geniuses Manager) we had been friends for around 6 months and it immediately showed. I can promise you that every single person in the R6 scene as a player or close to a team is extremely welcoming. (I’m going to just cover my casts after this point. I’m not an author and I don’t want to to have to take 40 years to read this lmao) Finally, saturday. I woke up at 7, got dressed as fast as possible then headed for the Penn & Teller Theater where the event was being held. The intro for then event was nice and the bassist was pretty cool. Finally Orgless v EG goes live after some analysis from the desk. It’s Blu and Flynn on call for this one. I have never watched so intently on a match in my entire life. After what seemed like a blink of an eye I was in front of a camera with lights shining into my eyes with Parker standing next to me. My throat felt like I was swallowing stones and I thought I was going to get sick, but as soon as I was about to go to the bathroom the timer hit zero and C9 v Elephant Gang started. Parker takes the initial through from the analyst desk. My nervousness went up by 10 fold as Parker looked over at me talked about this being my LAN debut. I started to sway back and forth to try and bring myself back to earth which only partially worked. The rest of the cast was a legitimate blur all except for one single part. Laxing’s 3k on Consulate garage. That’s the moment I knew I wanted this esports dream of mine more than ever before. The crowd exploded as Parker patted me on the back and fist bumped me on my first big play by play call on LAN. The rest of the match went by fast with C9 winning 2-0.
Next match of the for Parker and myself was SSG v Rise Nation. I was starting to get a little more comfortable in front of the camera. I traditionally try to balance education and entertainment when I cast and I had the perfect person to do that with having Parker as my duo for the weekend. The match ended up with a pretty quick 2-0 due to rise falling flat on the second map. After spending the night talking to Parker and the others I had my eyes set on Sunday with my goal to show everyone that I didn’t get here by chance. I had what it takes to do this.
Our matches for Sunday were the branch battle show match and Rogue v SSG. The branch battle was one map that was dominated by DaddyMike of the Air Force practically running through the Army. I used it as a practice to apply the notes that everyone had given me the previous day. I still had some slip ups but overall I was happy with the end result. After Cloud 9 lost to Evil Geniuses 2-1, it was my last cast of the entire tournament. SSG v Rogue was up next. I read over every player ten times and was set on making this my best cast of the event. I walked up to the casting desk with Parker and right before we began our cast he looks over at me and says “are you ready?” As he put his fist out. I bumped it and said “let’s kill it.” I will forever remember this series especially with Club House going the full distance. I felt like myself the entire cast. Making jokes with Parker and focusing on breaking down strats to where everyone could understand the strategies being used. I still had a few mistakes and stumbled over my words but I did not get nervous the entire time. I would either poke fun at myself or fix it quickly and move on. The single moment of all of these casts that I will remember for the rest of my life is ThinkinNade from SpaceStation gaming completely flipping Rogue on their head as he had a massive ace on Coastline Attack. After the match finally ended 2-1 in favor of Rogue who would later go on to win the tournament and become the inaugural Team USA, edging out Evil Geniuses 2-1, the camera finally comes back to myself and Parker where he then thanks me for casting with him and has the entire crowd cheer for me as I finished out my debut LAN as a caster. I damn near cried. After that the rest is history. I spent the rest of the event watching Blu and Flynn killing the final with some amazing moments. I can now truly say I have made some amazing friends and had one of the most impactful experiences on my life all thanks to a video game. This has been a dream of mine since I was 10 and now I get to chase it all because of everyone that loves this game as much as I do. So if you made it this far, thank you for bearing with me over this weekend. I will never forget this for the rest of my life. Shoutouts: TyTangles, Tim (Producer), Chau, Stuart (Ubisoft), aFactor, Judge, Yeti, Krazy, MoDigga, Cashflo, Sternab, My parents back at home throwing a house party to watch the event, Bryan, Aust1n for waking up and thinking I was Krazy, SinatraGG, Stefan (Ubisoft), all the people I met from the ESL, Ghxst, Oasis, Doodle, Ranger, Skittlz, Mikey and his girl, Fooya, KellyGz, and Retro. All of you made this weekend one for the books. If I missed your name I’m sorry! TLDR: This weekend was insane and I loved every moment. I was nervous at first and it showed but I progressively got better throughout the weekend and learned a lot of new things from the very talented crew for USN. I will have these memories for a very long time. Also yes I did get a hug from mark cause that dude is amazing as well as the rest of the players. Special shoutout to C9 cause they are some of the most welcoming people I’ve ever had the honor of meeting as well as Parker (Interro) McKay for teaching me a million things about casting and taking an interest in me as a whole. I truthfully hope to do this in the future god willing. Thank all of you. Oh and yes, I am the blitz main with these eyes ;)
Summer 2019 - The Swimsuit Swordmaster Seven Colored Showdown: Start - Part 1
This is the first real story entry for the event, where you enter Vegas proper. If you see any typos, let me know! Prologue
[THE GRAND CANYON]
??? (Musashi, Saber): …I can’t believe things wound up like this. It makes sense since I’m a traveler, and I did anticipate a dilemma like this, where I wound up who knows where with nobody around… Actually--- Oh man! Ha ha ha! This is just like how I thought it’d go! Winding up flat broke and starving in my eccentric travels would happen eventually! Ah, no. Stop laughing, me. I sense something strange past those mountains, but I can’t tell if I’m misremembering something there, or if it’s just because of my headaches. This really might be my newest, most unprecedented event in my entire history! It wouldn’t be an exaggeration for the Heavens and Earth to start shaking now! I gotta do this with just my power and sword! I’ll trust in my power as a tactician, no, I’ll have to use my hero’s quick wit! But in times like this, aghhh--- ---If they were here with me now, I’d feel totally reassured. Aaaargh!!
Back in Chaldea, we’re investigating the mystery of Hokusai.
Mash: Out of nowhere, Hokusai-san’s Saint Graph changed--- And we don’t know why. It doesn’t look like Scathach-san and the others are involved either.
[There’s been a lot of people changing on their own lately too] / [Will she go back to normal once summer ends?] Option 1:
Mash: That’s true…
Option 2:
Mash: Oh, probably! There’s a lot of examples like this, so hopefully this is the same… Katsushika Hokusai: Truly, I’m about done with this. I’ve no idea what’s going on, but even I know ye art going in circles! It matters not what transpired with me! Whats matters right now is what I’m here for! But, fufu. This is an ideal location to face them. For here, heroes and great minds gather from all times and places, correct? I feel that bein’ around here will gather them to me in no time--- Mash: W-well. People tend need to come to the cafeteria… Wait, was that preserved in your memories? It can’t be a coincidence that you remembered the thorough connections Chaldea has… Yagyū Munenori: Hoho. ‘Lo and behold. Katsushika Hokusai: Nn…? Yagyū Munenori: I had heard that it need be summer for such chances to present themselves, yet only now do I see. This is the chance spoken of. I pardons you for your True Name. I do so as though art a fellow Sahvant to my Lord. Thou assume the appearance of a new Swimsuit Swordmaster, yet--- Mash: ---Uh. Err, Yagyū Munenori-san? Yagyū Munenori: Apologies. This is not in regards to you, Mash-dono, but to this young woman present. For she hast arrived with that sword on her belt, and in an outfit thus… There is no mistaking it. She is another Swimsuit Swordmaster.
[Swimsuit] / [Swordmaster]
Yagyū Munenori: Umu.
He smiles.
Yagyū Munenori: In present times, it is a strange term to catch whispers of. It goes as thus: Once a year, in the West of North America, in these wuestahn lands… A large convocation opens its gates to decide who the world’s best Swimsuit Swordsman is. And it is called--- THE SWIMSUIT SWORDSMASTER REVERED BOUT! ALTERNATIVELY: THE SWIMSUIT SWORDSMASTER SEVEN COLORED SHOWDOWN!
[! ! ! ! ! ! ! ] Mash and Hokusai are dumbfounded. Yagyū continues to smile.
Yagyū Munenori: Said even only allows suitable entrees; I speak of none other than Swimsuit Swordmasters --- or so it goes.
[Yagyū…san…!?] / [This isn't a joke?]
Yagyū Munenori: I would never bring a deception upon my Mastah. I speak with utmost sincerity, sparing ill truths. I implore you…this woman has the form and capacity of a Swimsuit Swordmaster.
Hokusai remains in awe.
Yagyū Munenori: Certainly, with that outfit. Certainly. It is no different from the aforementioned Swimsuit Swordmasters that gather from all times and places. Katsushika Hokusai: Swimsuit…Swordmasters… O-of course --- I am, totally one of them Swimsuit Swordmasters! Naturally my swimsuit matches just what ye be talkin’ about, not even mentionin’ the sword I bear, which is standard for a Swordwielding Swordmaster of Swords like me. B-but I’m afraid that when it comes to battle experience…I am lacking… In this matter, I have a trifling knowledge of the bout you mentioned…and entering is just...it be a little… Uu…uuuu…
[Hokusai-chan?] / [You OK?]
Katsushika Hokusai: W-what are ye looking at? I am Katsushika Hokusai, a special Ukiyo-e Artist who'll quit not to the likes of this! I am an Artist Swordmaster, a-and a budding Nymph in the makin’! I care not what ye say as my Mastah at all! I am a swordsman through an ancestral rite of another Swordmaster! So I see no issues with enterin’ this! Harumph! … ---Quite right! I will be the Swimsuit Swordmaster among all Swimsuit Swordmasters! Mash: Uhh, I’m still a little out of the loop… Hokusai-san is one of these, “Swimsuit Swordmasters”? If she really is, then I guess we can work it out! Right Senpai!?
[Brain – still - catching up ] / [Well, it is Summer] Option 1:
Mash: I-I'll give you some time...
Option 2:
Mash: Yeah! …Huh? Um, Senpai? Isn’t that reasoning…just a little too simple…? Fou: Fou… Da Vinchi (Transmission): W-wait just a minute! S-T-O-P! What the hell is a Swimsuit Swordsman!? I don’t have anything on file about this at all… Err, actually, lemme search through our databases…nothing…nadda…nope…zip…zilch… … … …Oh. Mash: Da Vinchi-chan? What is it? Da Vinchi: I found it… I found it. It’s real. It’s real!
[It’s real!?] / [It it’s real then I guess we gotta do it]
Da Vinchi: Ehehee, sorry. Swimsuit Swordmaster and similar nicknames definitely sounded like derivations to history. I even went and checked past legends throughout all of history, and was relieved when nothing came up. But. …I did a quasi-scan, and there it was. Mash: Da Vinchi-chan, just what did you find…? Da Vinchi: Located in the Western part of North America, near the Grand Canyon… There’s a microscopic singularity. Mash:
>! Siegfried walks into the room, wearing a fresh new suit with glasses and a designer watch.
Siegfried: I see…then this must be why my body began to mysteriously ache. Katsushika Hokusai: W-who’s this big boy. Nn…he’s makin’ me get pins n’ needles…could he be one of the… Yagyū Munenori: Jikufurito-dono. Siegfried: I don’t recall donning this outfit as well, but perhaps I am also--- Yagyū Munenori: Indeed. Jikufurito-dono. You have likely been chosen to be a Swimsuit Swordmaster as well. Thus, you must go wuehstahn wards, join in the Seven’s Revered Bout, and compete in the Seven Colored Showdowns. Thus is the reason behind your bequeathing of a Spiritron Outfit. Siegfried: … Despite having little knowledge pertaining to Swimsuit Swordmasters, I will accept this offer. So, I must go West. My words are modest, but my heart is pounding. Mash: S-siegfried-san’s another Swimsuit Swordmaster!? B-but, please, hold on! Siegfried-san doesn’t…! He doesn’t, have a sword on his belt…! Yagyū Munenori: Mash-dono. Siegfried: Mash. I’m gracious for your heartfelt response. But there’s no need to fret. This Spiritron Outfit I’ve obtained hasn’t changed my Noble Phantasm. I am a warrior dressed in a swimsuit, in other words, a Swimsuit Swordmaster. It’s amazing.
Mash doesn’t have words anymore. [………] / [He’s made quite the atmosphere…] Option 2 only:
Siegfried: Ah, you’re too kind, Master.
[Actually, I didn’t mean it in that way…?]
Siegfried continues to think you were complimenting his sophistication, and smiles.
[Damn…I can’t say no to that smile…]
Katsushika Hokusai: ……….. ………Swimsuit Swordmasters, are profoundly destined. … Get a good look at my face, big boy! Remember me well, for we shall battle in future come! You can come at me with arrows, guns, cannons, lightning, or whatever ye may have! Because, in the Swimsuit Swordmaster Seven Colored Showdown! I shall be the victor! I shall be the one who claws their way to the top!!
With the decision made, we move over to the Command Room to begin the reyshift.
Gordolf: So long as you’re here, I’d love to learn what this reyshift is all about. What was it? Swimsuits? Swordmasters? Something like that? I wish that stupid jokes like this would only happen every two months. Is this because of the heat waves that Japan gets? But what I really don’t get is why you want to do this on summer vacation. As a higher up who doesn’t get one, I understand that a subordinate would want to use their employee welfare around now. However. How. Eh. Ver. Right now! We’re in a state of emergency! I keep saying this! The surface of the Earth is white as a sheet! There aren’t even any blue seas, so how can there be swimsuits!? Don’t you get it!? There can’t possible exist some dreamlike resort where we can go “Woo-hoo!” for our summer break!
[I know.]
Gordolf: No, you don’t! You clearly don’t! Wouldn’t it be great if you stopped this now, instead of reyshifting to Western America for some Swimsuit Swordmaster thing you apparently need to go to!? Just stop! I’m questioning your sanity as my subordinate! Da Vinchi: Alright Director, settle down. There there. Gordolf: You’re saying that so casually while light punching my belly. Please stop… Da Vinchi: C’mon, isn’t this what usually happens anyway? Some Quasi-Holy Grail’s mana has been used as a resource towards a wish, and now there’s a Singularity. And this time it just so happens to be about Swimsuit Swordmasters in Western America. What’s so strange about that? Gordolf: ………….. …Is it just me? Is it just me being weird right now? Holmes: Hahaha. Can we take that as having your approval, Director? Gordolf: When our operations advisor laughs like that with a straight face…I always get scared. Laughing with that face gives me chills!
Holmes gives a real laugh instead.
Holmes: ---Moving on, there are 3 important goals with this reyshift. One, ascertaining the origin behind Katsushika Hokusai’s Saint Graph conversion. Two, stabilizing Siegfried’s Spiritron Outfit. Da Vinchi: And three, eliminating the microscopic singularity that’s appeared in Western America! Keep these three things in mind once you guys reyshift outta here. Members this time will be: [Guda], Mash, Hokusai, and Siegfried. Can you really not come, Yagyū Munenori? Yagyū Munenori: It is unfortunate. For this Singularity needs a swimsuit befitting it. Da Vinchi: Hmnm. Can’t go if you don’t have one, huh?
She looks at Holmes.
Da Vinchi: …I get it. Sure, it makes sense. I wanted to take a lil’ peek at him in one though… Gordolf: …… ….Cough. Holmes: Da Vinchi. Da Vinchi: Muu, I know, I know. I’ll get back on track. Mash. Your Ortenaus is in maintenance, so you should avoid direct confrontations. With all that squared away, is everybody else ready? Alrighty, Reyshift program --- commence!
Katsushika Hokusai: HeEeEEEeE----! What the heck’s goin’ on here! There’s a pyramid near Himeji Castle, and these Western castles are like skyscrapers! Everythin’ be so excessively dazzling that its hurtin’ my eyes! It really is somewhere for all times n’ places! There’s dignified towers all over, dazzlin’ with great taste like the heaven’s bestowed it upon ‘em! Whew, I’m blown away! To think this kinda town could exist in these oversea lands! Mash: Senpai, this place is--- It’s not the desert land that should actually be in the West here. What’s more, the feeling of this town is…it’s kinda… Doesn’t it…resemble that huge town in Nevada: Las Vegas…?
Mash: Yeah! Right from when you land at the airport there’s slot machines to welcome you, along with must visit casinos on the ground floors of famous hotels, and you can enjoy yourself with pachinko and shop around if you feel like it, right here in this town of thrills and excitement: Las Vegas!
[But…there’s also…this he-----at!]
Mash: I’d heard about this insane heat from the real Las Vegas. It is located in the middle of a desert, after all. “It’s like there’s an enormous hair dryer about 1 kilometer outside of town, constantly bathing the town in intense heat” …So says the info packet we got from Chaldea. For now, I have to say I agree with it! Fou-san must be really feeling it because of his fur too! Fou: Mufou….mufa… Siegfried: Las Vegas…the singularity here’s made it a model town… It doesn’t feel like it got this way from the power of civilization alone. It’s more like this huge city popped up in the middle of the desert somehow. However, it does significantly resemble Las Vegas. That we can say with clarity. Mash: It’s easy to guess this was all made by a Holy Grail. With a quick glance, it does seem that the real Las Vegas’s landmark buildings are scattered around, but… You can see that the size, locations, and relations between them are all irregular. What’s more, this city is surrounded by an enormous pool, something that definitely isn’t in the real Las Vegas. It might be that because of that pool that this insane heat isn’t completely unbearable, and actually makes the sunlight feel comforting instead. Siegfried: …A pool. Probably for bathing… (I don’t have any good memories of bathing, so I’ll stay quiet) …My Spiritron Outfit is making me flustered. This isn’t a decent town to be in. Everything in this town was…created in order for the Swimsuit Swordmasters to do battle.
[The Swimsuit Swordmaster City, Las Vegas (False) …]
Katsushika Hokusai: All’s well n’ good. The one thing this city’s gotta do is let others show off! Siegfried: So the city is a fit to be an arena? It’s unsettling, but…it’s also making my heart race. It’s less because of my own body…and more because of my Spiritron Outfit getting me excited… Katsushika Hokusai: ……. (This great hero…what a guy, to speak such a line in sobriety) (And doin’ so that easily…I wanna do it too, but not copy ‘em like that) …I, I feel it too, ye know. Quite so. Not from mine body either, yet from these four blades I wear. They’re rarin’ to go. All to fight. To slice ‘em all down. For I to become the strongest Swimsuit Swordmaster --- yeah. Siegfried: Ah, so you too… Your blade is already boisterous. Yet you remain steadfast. Katsushika Hokusai:
>! ! ! ! !
(This man! He struck right back!!) (This lout…it might be hard to get him to slip up) (Calm thineself, you still have you chance, and have not lost yet) (I-I can do it! No matter whom, be they strong, be they great swordsmen, I can beat ‘em!) (O, Great Ancestor! Lend me thine strength!) ……. Mash: Hokusai-san? You’ve been really quiet… Siegfried: They seek to confront their own fate dead on. Give them peace. Mash: O-okay.
[Fate…] / [By the way, are these Casinos real, or what?] Option 1:
Siegfried: Yes. Katsushika Hokusai: ….. (Trembling) Mash: Hokusai-san! Siegfried: I understand. In the East, they call this “Trembling with excitement”. How noble. Katsushika Hokusai: (This man…! H-how far will the flattery go!?) Heheh. Siegfried: A fearless laugh? Why, that’s as amazing as the four blades you possess. Katsushika Hokusai: ………. (Trembling) Mash: Hokusai-san! Siegfried: You continue to tremble with excitement---
Option 2:
Katsushika Hokusai: Ah, I meant to ask more about ‘em, these “Cajinos”? What are they? Mash: Actually, you probably know them as gambling halls. Katsushika Hokusai: Hrrrm, a gambling hall?! For it to be open midday as this, the market here must be great! Siegfried: Gambling, huh… Mash: Yes. Usually, gangs and mafias manage them and influence them as sources of their money. If you want to go somewhere safe, the hotels and standard enterprises are safely managed, as are performance shows and the like. Katsushika Hokusai: Gamblin’ and the Yakuza are seperate? Ahahaha, no way. Be careful when ya joke around like that! Mash: Uhh, actually they count as---
A bird suddenly caws out loudly from above.
Siegfried: A hawk…? ???: …M-made it… …I thought I saw a city around here, but to think it took me about a half a days walk… I had to walk, and walk, and walk, without any udon or burgers to eat… But, but… I made it…! I’m finally here!
[That voice!] Very sexy, American Musashi appears!
Musashi?: I did it, yeah! Lucky, lucky, lucky! I thought my legs would give out, and I wouldn’t be able to move--- This is a miracle! And I even get to meet you guys here again!
She stops, embarrassed.
Musashi?: (Wuh, wait wait wait, calm down, me! It might be bad to be “Musashi” this time! L-lemme correct myself! I dunno you, but nice to meet ‘cha! Buenos Dias and Konnichiwa to all you tourists! I am, American Heroic Spirit, meetin’ you by chance! Siegfried: An American…Heroic Spirit? Musashi?: Yeas! This, Western Bikini, make me look like stylish, like, Western gunman, yes? I had yearned to do this for a while now! My Two Sword Style, Katana & Pistol combo! Oh Yeas!
Katsushika Hokusai: Oho Yeeas? However ye speak, yer a beautiful lady boistin’ some specialized weapons, and ye ain’t a sight for sore eyes either. Uhaaa, I’m gonna make a picture of ‘em! Mastah, do ye know her? Siegfried: Master, isn’t this woman---
Suddenly, more hawks begin to gather and scream!
Musashi: Look out! It’s a surprise attack! Siegfried: Those hawks are…swooping in!? Kuuu--!!
He manages to block one of their attacks, but gets pushed back.
Mash: Siegfried-san! Katsushika Hokusai: W-what’s all this ruckus! Hawks are attackin’ in daylight like this!? Musashi?: Ah, now the time, do like this! Be careful, these magic beast-ish things look kinda strong! C’mon --- come at me! Katsushika Hokusai: A-ahahaa, f-fun! I-I, I, I shall take c-care of them too! For I am a Swimsuit Swordmaster, one of the swordsmen of Ras Vegahs! This is precisely what I came to do! Face mineself, and my four blade mastery, as I send you boorish fools towards Sukvahti! (That…that was cool! That resolve, was quite cool!) Siegfried: Here they come!
--------------------------------------------------------------------- You fight back the strangely aggressive hawks with Sieg and mUSAshi.
Katsushika Hokusai: Just a bit more… Ive seized hold of your movements now! Soorya! This is a show of mine talents!
Hokusai makes a singular, decisive strike.
Katsushika Hokusai: Alright! Musashi?: Ahh – don’t stop now! Stay alert! They can still move! Katsushika Hokusai: Huh?
The hawk dives towards Hokusai!
Katsushika Hokusai: Uhyyaaaaahhh!?
Musashi rushes in, and manages to finish it off before it can get to Hokusai.
Katsushika Hokusai: That was close…fuuuhhaaaaa…. Siegfried: All enemies have been disposed of. Master, this battle is ours. Mash: Yes! All traces of the enemy have been eliminated! They didn’t seem to be normal creatures of the ecosystem here. They were so violent… They must’ve been fabrications created through the mana of the Holy Grail here. You’d think they were golems with how they were! Katsushika Hokusai: ……. ….By the by, umm, you, well. Err. Ye saved me. A-and ye had quite the talents to ye too. Musashi?: Fu fu fu. Don’t worry about it, that was nothin’. I’m still exhausted from that half a day’s walk after all, which made even a Heroic Spirit like me get tired. But hey! My Niten Ichi-ryū still works fine! Katsushika Hokusai: Niten Ichi-ryū! I-it can’t be! T-then ye true name must really be Miyamoto--- Musashi?: Oh yeah! I’m an American Heroic Spirit caught up in some things, but I'll start with a temp identity for now! I’m just a nameless westerner, one you can know as a friendly bodyguard! I’ll keep protecting you guys so long as I can get some meals in repayment! Yes, I’m just a perfect beauty gone adrift! The flawless, Shinmen Musas… … Actually, a novice put in check by another flawless person! I am Iori-chan, of Musashi-san’s clan! Yep! Nice to meetcha!
[HUH!?]
Miyamoto Iori: Woo, Heyhey! Good on ya’, people that I have definitely never met before ever!
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