17 RNG: Texan In Another World - V2.4 - Culture Shock (1/2)

Mike took the time while the girls were performing and serving tea to rush into the back and make a deck of cards. The game was new to the world, so he wouldn't have to worry about cheaters at this exact moment. Cutting the 52 cards to an even length took a little more time than he wanted but the ink too longer. Using his hands to dry the cards a bit, they gained some stiffness and felt more like card paper. It was cheap and thick, but Mike had a little bit of gold left and he had the entry fee if things got really bad.

Always growing up as a 'Go Big! or Go Home!' Texan, Mike knew it was time to try something different. Someone would eventually create a form of gambling, Why not him.

Mike brought the cards out and a table to a side of the room. He cast another light spell to put some light on the table and waited for people to come up. He thought about putting a sign up for the game but only he knew the rules, it was important to keep it simple at first.

'Tonight its only Blackjack against the Dealer.' Mike reassured himself not to try anything complicated unless people complained.

Mike called out to his guests and had them come over. When they sat at the table, another four people decided to come in. The music was loud outside as well, with nothing to balance against it it rang through the evening streets and drew the attention of a lot more people.

Passing out the cards, Mike explained the game.

”The game is called Blackjack.”

”lets see if lady luck is on your side today!” Mike tried to be enthusiastic about it, he was selling himself as a form of entertainment. The girls walked around selling Tea on the spot and the music kept everyone happy while they watched the game.

”Oh! and you bust. And you bust. And you bust. Dealer has 19, can you beat 19”

”21! We have a winner!” Mike passed the pot over to the winner and immediately everyone understood the game and crowded around.

Mike spent most of the night playing, and 80% of the time, no one won. 'Its true what they say, the House never loses' Mike quickly had a whole bag of gold for the renovations they would have to start tomorrow before they opened.

There were a few people that were upset that they lost, but the Lounge gave all players free drinks. It was one thing to come in and watch or listen to the show, but the free teas they could get were refreshing, delicious and served by beautiful women.

”21! We have another Winner!” The stakes could be whatever people wanted.

Mike wasn't worried about paying for most of the bets. soon he had so much gold sitting in storage that people could win for a while before he had to start worrying. There was one man who came over and tried to bet some land he had on the other side of the wall, it was next to the gate.

Mike didn't want to estimate the value of it and create a price hike artificially. Agreeing to pay 100g coins for the land rather than barter back and forth on chance Mike got a large section of the almost adjacent property. If he pressed for it, he might even be able to get the whole block. Mike started to worry if he was doing the wrong thing when.

”Bust, Dealer Wins.” Mike had won another hand against the man. He was a bit annoyed, but he saw others winning and knew it was a game.

”Ante up” Confirming is participation Mike walked out another line of cards and every other hand someone would win against the dealer. He was making gold hand over fist, there was little concern over morals at this point. Even if he wanted to stop, someone would try this and it would just be him creating Casinos.

Thinking he could control the narrative, Mike had the girls grab the attention of the mob of new guests with a dance number. They were completely out of sync, but they moved to the beat showing a rhythm in the song. The girls sang what they remembered, Lip syncing or badly karaokeing to the songs. No one cared, they were all stuck in a trance at the sight.

Dealing again, Mike won yet another round. Winners and losers came and went. Some more happy than others, but almost everyone was pleased with their visit. Vella brought another bag of gold over and passed it to Mike before returning to the door. A few people thought about sneaking in, but when they saw Vella almost everyone wanted to talk to her.

Her collections were impossible to dodge, Vella even ejected a guy who didn't want to pay before he saw the inside. With a heave-ho motion he was sent flying off the steps.

”Pay for entry like everyone else.” Vella was enjoying herself, she got to be aggressive and she really liked it.

March was getting tired, Mike could see it and called Cara over to tell her his plan. When Cara heard what he had to say she nearly started to laugh at how ridiculous it sounded and Mike could only watch as she gathered her courage up.

Jodi, Cara, Rissa and Mona all went to the center of the room and selected the a song on the radio. All of them were standing in a line and the song qued up to play. With arms interlocked they started a chorus line, which was terribly done but no one cared. The entire house started to hoot and holler the did their best to lip sync to 'Girl on fire' before they got off the stage. Mike took his hat from his head and smiled a the girls.

They rarely saw Mike take off his hat when it wasn't time for bed or cleaning up. It was in great condition considering how many times he'd had a narrow miss that would have destroyed it. Passing it to the girls he let them use it to dance around him as they worked through the crowd. Mike pulled out a small pale and had people drop coins into it for a tip to the girls. He wouldn't pull any of the funds from it, that way they could have some money of their own.

Other than a few bum-rushes that had to be given out by Vella at the door, no problems occurred on the Opening Night. When the night got pretty late, Mike called the first day of the Casino a success and sat down with the girls. he was pretty tired, but he had a lot of fun.

Mike and the girls had made nearly 7,000 gold pieces last night and that was opening night without any news of an opening. Mike had more ideas about what he could do and quickly cast the cleaning spell to clear up the garbage that mike soon incinerated.

The girls counted the tip bucket and saw that nearly a thousand gold pieces were inside the bucket. Mike was pretty amazed at their success and left with with the radio for the time being.

”You girls need to practice for tomorrow, Tonight you were all amazing!. I'm so proud of your ability, you've really given this a shot at working.” Mike praised the girls.

Vella was a bit disappointed. She wanted to try dancing too, Mike took note of it and thought about the brawling bears at the bar next door. If he had the luck to see them again, he would offer them a job.