Solo [Towery's Casino] Freedom

[Muue]

Muue

Fall Day 1, 514 AV

Her attention shifted from the lazy dance of light across the blue stone in her palm, to the rapid, staccato step bouncing across the brick of the halls. It was the woman, arriving to release her and the other girls. The card dealer was not a timid woman, though she spoke little, it was rather a preference of action that kept her taciturn. Muue had discovered such quickly, in her excitement one morning to be released.

She had learned, though, that there was anger to be felt at coming too quickly towards the open portal of her room, concern that she would not allow the thin choking metal band to clasp around her neck as they desired. So now she was careful to be patient even in her excitement to be released from the small room where she spent her nights.

She tucked the stone beneath the palate where she slept, setting it away for safety, and crouched over the mat. She was all together too excited to be free of the small room to sit properly, so she hovered with tension in every muscle, waiting for her turn.

Muue was not the first girl to be let out, and the sounds of the other girls joined the dealer's steps, coming closer then moving past as they sought the casino proper.

Her door opened with little caution, and the woman gave a sharp look towards the waiting girl. She appeared mildly amused to find her properly dressed and waiting, but still she beckoned Muue forward with a gesture of her hand, a flick of the wrist.

Weight shifting slowly, Muue moved to stand, rising directly upwards out of her crouch. Downcast eyes and slow steps showed her best behavior, and when she stood before the woman she tipped her head to allow the band of metal to clasp around her neck. She shook away the unnatural feel of the metal against her skin, tossing uncombed locks around her shoulders as she settled into the cool embrace.

Properly contained now, Muue had her freedom. With movements of a dancer she slunk past the woman, joining the other girls in the larger building of the casino. She knew that people would be about soon, and there was fun to be had in such a circumstance.

[Muue]

Muue

The casino floor quickly filled with people, some with collars around their necks similar to her own, others with glinting metals peaking out from beneath coats or more obviously strapped to their hips. Those people were different, standing still near doors and taking turns walking through the room at large, it was a curious practice, though Muue supposed it made sense. She would get bored standing in place for so long too, so it only made sense that they would take turns walking around.

Before the doors opened and others from the outside entered there was a third set of people who roamed the not yet darkened casino, accompanied by the loudly clacking steps of the woman who opened the doors for the other girls with metal around their necks. They were the ones who ran the odd group activities at the tables, some with flat papers with pictures, others with many sided squares that counted. They sometimes had girls sit at their tables until there was a crowd, or asked them to bring the drinks from the counter.