The Casino of Namiatek [1x1]

[Mayiamaru]

Las Vegas, the city of gambling. It's all about fun and games here, but sometimes, it can be a dangerous game filled with cheaters and liars. You have to be strong, you have to fight. Now, I think I know what it is that you're probably thinking right about now. "Why do I need to know how to fight?" Well, if you want to survive in this casino…

A sign attached to a big, beautiful building reads, "The Casino of Namiatek," lit up in but, white letters. It was a strange name for a casino, but interesting enough to attract people to enter its walls. That isn't what has attracted you, though. No.. You're here for the money. As much as you could dream of. The beautiful carpeted floors and the games that surrounded you disappear in time, and you find yourself in a dark, unfurnished room with a few others who are just as confused as you are. You listen carefully as a screen that covers an entire wall lights up, and before you was just a shadow… It's hard to identify the person on the screen as female or male, but by the background, it is easy to tell that they were wealthy. The oak desk they sat behind and the large leather chair that they sat on were more than enough to show just how tasteful they were.

"Welcome, to the Caraban Kematian. Or known in Malaysia as the Challenge of Death." A deep voice echoed through the screen, a slight accent coming through while the person spoke. "You have been chosen to entertain us. Just as you came to this city for amusement, we brought you here for that reason. Don't even try to escape us, because your freedom can only be earned."

A woman in a crimson silk dress walked out from what seemed like the walls and walked to each person in the room, wrapping and fastening a watch around their wrists that tightened the second that they were snapped into place. They almost seemed to be attached to that person's wrist. It was a golden watch with silver along the mechanical strap.

"A token. This little bobble is yours now, and you will be able to do as you wish with it, but only if you win our games. If you fail, I think that you can guess what your fate will be." The smooth voice soothed softly, the person speaking still unidentifiable by their voice. "And I don't suggest trying to run away, because I am the only one that can loosen it from your wrist. Of course, unless you want it to explode."

Tension sank into the room. Within the wristwatch was a little bomb, powerful enough to blow the wearer to pieces. It was also equipped with a tracking device, just to make escape that much more difficult.

"Here, you will win, or we will do away with you as we wish, so play, and survive. That is all."

With that, you were led out of the room and to your first challenge.

[Mayiamaru]

A cold night in Vegas. The streets were alive with lights and laughter, and all throughout the city, there were games and shows all throughout the city, and at the end of one of the least busy streets was a lively little casino. Little compared to all the other casinos in Vegas. It was an unusual little place, some of the people walking in looking nervous and scared, shaking. Even so, it attracted new customers day after day. Brand new customers that would appear from what seemed like nowhere. The exterior was extravagant, absolutely beautiful, with fountains mounted against the big eggshell coloured wall of the casino that stood over twenty stories high. There were lights planted by the sidewalk, whining towards the casino and there was a wide parking lot just across the street where many people were coming from. There wasn't a line into the casino, and not a soul seemed upset while playing their little games against the dealers or the machines.

Within the sandstone walls of the casino, was a carpeted room. The walls and floor coloured in dull reds, greens and yellows, the ceiling checkered with lights and everywhere, there would be some kind of game. Slot machines lined up to the far right, betting chip machines everywhere, scattered throughout the casino and other betting games here and there. A bar at the back of the casino was as empty as a loser's wallet, and stairs to the second floor was not too far away from that. On the second floor, it was decorated in a dark red, the lights dimmed, and a much more elaborate bar that stretched along one entire side of a wall, tables for playing poker and blackjack dotted the floor, and at the back of the dark room was a pair of black doors, two men in suits watching over that door as if the fate of the world depended on it. That was the door in which you had to enter, every night, for ten nights, and tonight would be your first.

Entering those doors, you find yourself in a big black room. And from there, your challenge begins. Everyone in the room receives the following items after their brand new watch is strapped to their wrists. The woman who had placed the watch on your wrist speaking with a smile on her face. It was one that she was not allowed to slip away. She started to read off a card in her hand.

"Tonight, you will be in a challenge of wits. Tonight, you will fight against each other with your wits. Today, you will be in an escape act. Come with us." The woman said in a voice smooth as velvet. She turned, her red dress waving with her while a few Suits -casino workers in suits- led you through a door that you have never seen before, blindfolds placed over all of your eyes and earmuffs over your ears to keep you from knowing where it is that you will be taken.

Though you all may be unable to see or hear, you can still feel. The feeling of walking up a few steps and the feeling of wind created by sliding doors comes over you. Your weight being pressed down over your legs alerts your to that you are on an elevator. The ride wasn't longer than a minute, but it could have been like hours were ticking by with the loss of two senses.

Once on the fifth floor, everyone is lead out and taken to a room, a large empty tank for each vic- erm… player… lined up against the wall. Each of you lose your earmuffs and are locked into one room for each of you, and finally, someone says, "Remove your blindfolds."

The room is empty, and you can see all of your opponents. There is a path all around the room for you all to leave, but in the little cells that you are locked in, there is a padlock on the plexiglass door, a mat, a chair, and a rope in each of your cells. At the top of the cell is a light, so seeing anything up there now was impossible.

"This is your challenge. Now solve it."

[Mayiamaru]

Mayia Arakai Hikamaru
"Casino of Namiatek… huh?" She uttered softly, her eyes travelling over the sign with her bag clutched to her shoulder. She knew that there had to be some kind of risk that came with a game that would give you money for nothing, and the way she heard it was nothing less than questionable… It was fine, though… She needed the cash. Being only twenty-four and living by yourself really wasn't the easiest thing in the world to do. Not to mention that she took care of a lot of shelter animals… She needed this money. She was just struggling to get all the bills paid, and was under a mountain of debt. That was what got her to step past the threshold of the large establishment. As beautiful as it was on the inside, she knew that something had to have been going on.

Mayia stepped lightly, eyes scanning the grounds cautiously as she padded across the floor, dodging people and heading up the stairs. She knew the route well enough, having come here the night before to look around and being told that a new game would be starting today. It was only a matter of time before things panned out. She could feel it in her gut. Normally, Mayia would have turned around and shot back out of this place in an instant, her glimmering blue eyes expressing her fear of the people around her, not that her bangs would let that be known, but there was a lot on the line with this one. There was no turning back, not once she got to the door of the games room and stepped through it into something that she didn't know could cost her her very life.

The dimly lit room had the small girl unnerved. She stood just over five feet, so she was looking up at everyone around her… She could only see three people around her, being wedged in the back against the wall… A middle aged woman dressed like a teen going to a club, a big, burly man with a rough beard and thick sunglasses on despite it being so dark, and someone who looked around her age, staring up at the ceiling like a dunce. With shimmering sky blue eyes, Mayia stared down at the watch around her watch and marvelled at it… This thing looked like it would cost a fortune! Maybe she didn't have to play this game to get what she needed.

The nervousness at the pit of Mayia's stomach started to get worse, keeping a straight face while someone put a blindfold around her eyes and earmuffs to make her deaf and blind… She started to tug at the sleeves of her denim jacket and did as she was supposed to, following after everyone as she was supposed to, not that she knew where she was going. She had pulled her hands from her sleeves and shoved them into the pockets of her black jeans, hoping not to seem like she was scared. In truth, this alone was enough to frighten her terribly. Not only that, but when she had taken off her blindfold, what she opened her eyes to was a little less than comforting.

It was a challenge, right? So then why were the others beating at the glass? If it was a challenge, then there had to be some kind of trick to it. She looked down at what she had, and thought for a moment, cocking her bag on her shoulder. She was shivering fro the fear, but she wasn't going to let that stop her, her light brown hair swaying with her as she shifted her weight from foot to foot, the movement making waves in her hair right down to the tips by her waistline. "A Chair… A Mat… And a Rope…" She murmured to herself, trying to think, but there really wasn't anything that she thought that she could do, now wringing her hands nervously before she grabbed the rope and trying to see how she could use these things.

With a light smirk, the Narrator waited for the players to try something. Many were trying to beat down the door, and of course, that wasn't going to work. Calling the workers from the room, the Narrator folded their fingers together. "This should be interesting…" They said smoothly before silently pulling themselves back in their chair in wait.

[How this will work is that every time you try something, the Narrator will say if it worked or not in a small paragraph at the end.]

[vetiverandclove]

-- Sounds cool!

[Mayiamaru]

[X3 No rush on the reply, kay? It's still a system that's in progress, so it might get confusing.]

[vetiverandclove]

-- Oh goodness! I must be back later in the morning to type. I cannot focus on the challenge because I am so tired ^^; Goodnight! :3 Thank you for starting this 1x1 with me!

[Mayiamaru]

[lol No problem X3 See ya in the morning.]

[vetiverandclove]

-- I will be poofy for a few hours or such, I'm working on my novel.

[Mayiamaru]

[Shweet :D I'm too lazy to write anything outside of school that's not for ranting or for RP X3]