[18:15]	<Zel>	In the dark before the predawn, a lone figure approachs the raucous casino, and is ushered into a side entrance by a white rabbit with a monocle and bowtie. The girl looks around nervously as she is brought into the office of Zel the Magnificent, who turns in his chair to gaze down at her. "May I help you dear?"
[18:17]	<Zel>	"Y-yessir, they'res a legend t-that you could help people escape..." The young girl asks nervously, looking everywhere but at Zel's pumpkin head. A grin spreads across his face as he leans forward on the desk, steepling his fingers. "Why yes, yes I can... but I need you to do something for me first..."
[18:19]	<Zel>	Dawn of a new day rises up on the casino as a girl and a king talk about things... and the day starts.
[18:19]	<Zel>	Game Start.
[18:23]	* Allie	stands adjusting the light red uniform, the very short ponytail sticking out behind her head. Although she has very dark skin, her eyes are sky blue.
[18:24]	* Cassandra	wakes up with a start! "Kyah! Oh geez...it was just a nightmare..." She sighed in relief but then took the time to look around at her surroundings...this wasn't her room was it? Oh wait...hadn't she been hired someplace just the other day? She considers it, sitting on her bed and tilting her head in thought.
[18:25]	<Bire>	The window creaks open and morning mist pours into the room. Cassandra hears a squeak on the floor under the bed and the dripping patter of water
[18:25]	* Allie	walks up to the gates looking around a bit, trying to spot anyone else before pulling them open and walking inside, "H-hello?"
[18:27]	* Cassandra	blinks, "Water?" she lies down over the bed and pops her head down to look underneath, letting her hair drape around her face.
[18:27]	* Bire	hung upside down under the bed, watery blue hair draped over the ground, blank white eyes staring from pools in clammy skin- kappougi drenched.
[18:27]	<Zel>	A tumble weed is blown across the yard, the large Pumpkin Casino's giant sign seeming a bit undermaintained, the door slightly ajar.
[18:27]	* Bire	makes an unsettling sound like phone static
[18:28]	* Allie	wanders towards the front door, and pulls at it, warily looking at the sign to make sure it doesn't fall on her
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[18:29]	<Cassandra>	"KYAAAAAAAAH!!" Cassandra flips out and rolls around to the end of the bed, wrapping herself in her blanket and hampering her escape. To which she responds by trying to suddenly crawl away in a panic.
[18:29]	* Bire	sinks through the floor, leaving a puddle of water on the ground
[18:30]	<Zel>	The sign seems to be stable for now. Inside Allie can see a well taken care of lobby with a giant chandlier and plenty of velvet chairs and benchs all around.
[18:30]	<Zel>	Allie hears a faint scream! What could it be?
[18:31]	* Cassandra	crawls out of her room frantically.
[18:31]	* Allie	looks around for stairs to the upstairs, if there are screams, there are people, unless the screaming was them getting killed.
[18:32]	* Bire	floats down from the ceiling and follows Allie currently undetected.
[18:33]	<Zel>	There are two flights of stairs that spiral up on the other end of the room, two doors on each side of the stairs on the lobby floor. A small white furry thing hops up the stairs and out of sight.
[18:34]	* Cassandra	could scarcely figure out where she was going from ground level, inching her way forward like a caterpillar possessed. Where would she go? Not her first priority right now.
[18:34]	* Allie	walks along up the stairs after the furry white thing, "That's a start at least." She pulls out a handkerchief and coughs into it roughly.
[18:34]	<Bire>	"Excuse you..."
[18:35]	* Allie	turns around, "Thank you-"
[18:35]	<Zel>	Cassandra feels a slight weight drop down on her bundled up form.
[18:36]	<Bire>	"..." stares out from the sea of disheveled blue hair over her face and shoulders
[18:36]	<Bire>	"You're welcome..."
[18:37]	* Cassandra	halts and death rolls in place! "UWAAAAH! GEDDIDAWAYFROMME!"
[18:37]	<Allie>	"Hello. Do you, uhh, work here?"
[18:37]	<Bire>	"Yes...
[18:37]	<Bire>	So does she..." she refers to the screams
[18:38]	<Zel>	The weight disappears, and a furry white thing appears in her line of sight. "I say dearie, are feeling out of sorts? It's like you've seen a ghost, poor dear."
[18:38]	<Bire>	"Are you working here now too...?" it might sound ominous
[18:38]	<Bire>	"...She did see a ghost..."
[18:38]	<Bire>	(retcon)
[18:39]	<Allie>	"I think so, I was just told to come here to see my new residence and presumably work too."
[18:39]	* Allie	coughs into the handkerchief again and looks towards the screaming, "Is that urgent? Should we help?"
[18:40]	* Cassandra	is now upside down, lying on the ground. "E-eh? Oh! I-it's you! The rabbit butler!" I-I did see a ghost and...uuugh..." Cassandra suddenly remembered exactly where she was and the feel of that particular ghost. "...ahh...I got picked on again..."
[18:40]	<Bire>	"If you want. She just scares easy..." she sinks through the stairs
[18:41]	<Zel>	"You poor thing, would you like a spot of tea to cheer you up? Maybe a carrot crumpet? Ah, maybe later after you meet the new girl. Try to be presentable, wot?"
[18:41]	<Allie>	"How are you doing that? Floating around and going through things?"
[18:42]	<Zel>	The rabbit turns and hops away, mumbling to himself as he hops around a corner.
[18:42]	<Bire>	"I'm dead..."
[18:42]	<Allie>	"Well that's not very fun, how do you eat?"
[18:42]	<Bire>	"I don't..."
[18:42]	* Allie	walks after Bire, finally finding someone to talk to
[18:43]	* Bire	floats upstairs ahead of Allie to find Cassandra. "I don't feel hungry at all..."
[18:43]	<Allie>	"What about picking up things? Can you still do that?"
[18:44]	<Bire>	"I swallowed alot of water before I died..." a fixture on the wall spun in place. "Some things..."
[18:44]	<Bire>	"Cassaaaaandraaaa..." she croaks out in an eerie way
[18:44]	<Cassandra>	"...presentable he says..." Cassandra mumbled, trying to wriggle out of her blanket. "H-hey, don't drip water over me you ghost!"
[18:45]	<Bire>	"..." drip. drop. Bire moved aside.
[18:45]	* Allie	sneaks up behind Bire and pokes at her, trying to see if she can touch or move her at all
[18:45]	* Bire	whips around and flies through Allie
[18:46]	* Bire	dissipated where she was poke briefly like smoke
[18:46]	<Bire>	poked*
[18:46]	<Allie>	"Phoo. That isn't any fun."
[18:46]	<Bire>	"Why am I supposed to be fun..."
[18:46]	<Allie>	"Oh no, it's just more fun when you can poke at people."
[18:47]	<Bire>	"..."
[18:47]	<Bire>	"Poke Cassandra theen..."
[18:47]	<Allie>	"Fine with me."
[18:47]	<Cassandra>	"Don't poke me!"
[18:48]	* Allie	walks over and pocket the handkerchief before pulling Cassandra up, "Need a skip in your step? A pip in your pep?"
[18:49]	<Cassandra>	"Can you take this blanket off of me? I'm kinda stuck." She sighed, having trouble staying up.
[18:50]	* Allie	spins Cassandra around and pulls the blanket off, "Better?"
[18:53]	* Cassandra	spins and spins and spins then stops, kneeling over and coughing delicately into her hand. "Y-yeah...a bit."
[18:54]	<Bire>	"You two both have colds...?"
[18:55]	<Allie>	"Not really."
[18:55]	<Bire>	"...I see. Well...I'll tidy up the theater..."
[18:56]	<Cassandra>	"I-I'll go refill the slot machines I guess..."
[18:57]	<Allie>	"Uhh, what should I do?"
[18:57]	<Bire>	"Allie can make breakfast...I wish I could have tea..."
[18:57]	<Bire>	"But I can't." she frowned
[18:58]	<Allie>	"You could try, well which way is the kitchen so I can get started?"
[18:58]	<Cassandra>	"..." Awwwwkward, Cassandra shuffles away from Bire quickly.
[18:58]	<Bire>	"...I forget...Cassandra."
[18:58]	* Bire	staaares at her
[18:59]	<Bire>	"Do you know where the kitchen is..."
[19:00]	<Cassandra>	"O-oh, yeah I know where it is." Cassandra nodded and quickly shuffled back to Allie and placed the new girl between her and Bire. "R-right this way..."
[19:00]	* Cassandra	leads the way to the kitchen for Allie.
[19:00]	<Allie>	"Alright, thanks."
[19:00]	* Allie	follows
[19:00]	* Bire	sunk into the floor to head for the theater
[19:01]	* Bire	flew around in the theater trying to stir up dust
[19:02]	* Cassandra	shows Allie around the kitchen, "Annnd that's it, the kitchen isn't nearly as weird as the rest of the place at least...guess it's so people like me won't mess up the food hahaha..." She laughs awkwardly while scratching at her cheek idly. "So then...I'll just go take care of my own chores. Good luck!"
[19:03]	<Allie>	"Thanks, bye!"
[19:03]	<Zel>	As Bire floats around stirring up dust, a dust pan and brooms rattle out of a closet and begin to sweep up the dust.
[19:03]	* Allie	looks around and realizes that she can't cook or even make a decent sandwich.
[19:04]	<Bire>	"..." Bire didn't remember willing brust pans and brooms to move.
[19:04]	* Bire	floated center stage confused
[19:04]	<Bire>	dust*
[19:06]	<Zel>	"Hohoho, it seems soemone has joined me in the theater. Good Morning dear Bire, how are you this fine day?" Zel walks out of the shadows, rolling a large, rectangular box out onto stage.
[19:06]	<Bire>	"...Depressed..." she sunk through the stage a bit.
[19:07]	* Cassandra	heads to the slot machines and realizes she didn't have the keys to even open them up...spends a few minutes vainely trying to pick a lock with a cheap toothpick but with no luck. "Ugh...how could I forget..."
[19:07]	<Zel>	"Oh ho, is that so? Tell me more." Zel sits on the large box, pumpkin head alight from inside.
[19:07]	<Zel>	A slot machine suddenly rattles.
[19:07]	* Allie	pulls out a cell phone and calls up a catering service that she knows of, "Yes? Hello? Uhh the delivery for lunch hasn't arrived yet, I'm wondering if it's late or just on it's way."
[19:07]	<Bire>	"...No thank you..." Bire sunk a bit more. "That's none of your business mumblemumble..."
[19:08]	* Allie	grins and talks into the phone after looking up the address of the casino, "Yes, it would be terrible if your name was sullied with rumors that you ignored a customers request."
[19:08]	<Zel>	"Lunchhhh? Ah, hweee hare hmost sorree madhame. Et weel be sent rhight hover."
[19:09]	* Cassandra	blinks, then moves a bit closer to the slot machine and knocks on it lightly.
[19:09]	<Zel>	The hissing voice answers Allie over the phone.
[19:10]	<Allie>	"Thank you, I'll make sure you get a glowing review."
[19:10]	<Zel>	The slot machine knocks back on Cassandra as it spits out 4 chips at her forehead.
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[19:11]	<Zel>	"Hweehwee, hwe prefer a shadowy reeview."
[19:11]	<Zel>	All 4 chips Cassandra dead on the forehead.
[19:11]	<Allie>	"Alright then, that will be done."
[19:11]	<Cassandra>	"O-oww!" Cassandra rubs her forehead lightly. "W-what was that for?"
[19:12]	<Zel>	The slot machine rumbles and flickers its lights at Cassandra before quieting down.
[19:12]	<Bire>	"...Is it clean enough?" she mumbled about the theater now
[19:12]	<Zel>	"Oh? Yes, it is. How has your stay been here so far Bire? Acceptable I hope?"
[19:13]	<Zel>	In the kitchen, a facuet in the sink suddenly squeaks on, and water begins to pour out.
[19:14]	<Bire>	"I don't like it...It's noisy and there are too many lights."
[19:15]	<Zel>	"Oh? Well it is a casino, so I can't do much about that. Besides, the lights and sounds make the place what it is. Now, I'm going to be teaching you all one of my tricks so one of you can help me tonight. How does that sound?"
[19:16]	<Bire>	"Fine..." her mop of hair on the floor sunk
[19:16]	* Cassandra	blinks and watches the machine with a weary look...and tries putting a token that was tossed at her inside.
[19:17]	<Zel>	It rejects the token, which seems to be a bit too large for the slot. How odd.
[19:18]	<Zel>	In the kitchen, the water runs clear at first, then turns to a tarry black sludge that fills the sink slowly before an arm finally rises up from it, carrying a large amount of food in boxs.
[19:18]	<Zel>	"Someone order the Lunch Special?"
[19:18]	<Cassandra>	"Weird...hey this token came from you! How did it even get inside?!" Cassandra grumbles at the slot machine but gives up, the machines win again.
[19:19]	* Bire	floats up and waits by the rectangular box
[19:19]	* Allie	looks at the sink a bit concerned, "Yes, I did."
[19:21]	* Cassandra	pockets the tokens for now, she'd figure out where they came from later...
[19:21]	<Zel>	"Excellent, would you mind signing here?" A female head made of the same muck raises up, the top of a pair of breasts bobbing on the surface as a hand reachs between them and pulls out a clean clipboard.
[19:21]	* Allie	shuffles over and holds her hands out to take the boxes, "Oh uhh, alright."
[19:22]	* Allie	signs while leaning back a good bit
[19:22]	<Allie>	"So you working later?"
[19:22]	<Zel>	The mucky girl hands over the boxs and smiles at Allie. "No, why do you ask?"
[19:23]	* Cassandra	wanders around the casino area, a bit at a loss for what to do now. Where did the new girl and the ghost go...? To be honest, where did their so called boss go too?
[19:23]	<Zel>	Cassandra spots Sir Fluffington waving at her from the door to the theater.
[19:23]	<Allie>	"Well only met two people here so far, one is dead, and the other is afraid of her own shadow."
[19:23]	<Zel>	"Over here m'dear!"
[19:24]	<Allie>	"Would be nice to get to know some people around here."
[19:24]	<Zel>	"Well according to your logic, I wouldn't be much better seeing as I'm made out of sludge and shadows."
[19:25]	* Cassandra	jogs over as soon as she spots Bunny Butler. "Oh! Hey there Sir Fluffington, need my help for something?" She asked somewhat hopefully...hopeful that it would be something normalish of course.
[19:25]	<Zel>	"But I suppose. I will be by tonight to see m'lords show."
[19:25]	<Allie>	"Wonderful."
[19:25]	* Bire	stares at Cassandra
[19:25]	<Zel>	"Hohoho, no my dear, but you should be here for practicing Magic with the Master!"
[19:26]	<Zel>	He points his nose across the theater at Bire and Zel.
[19:27]	<Zel>	"Anyway, I'm still on the clock! See you later cutie." The sludge drains out of the sink, along with the girl.
[19:27]	=-=	Zel is now known as Zel|brb
[19:27]	<Allie>	"Haha, knew this job would be better than working at the Y."
[19:28]	* Allie	takes the lunches and sets them out, looking thought to make sure they look fine
[19:29]	<Cassandra>	"O-oh? They're practicing a magic trick?" Cassandra peered at the theater stage from a distance, wondering just what kind of tricks Zel could teach them..."W-wait, we're going to be magic assistants!?" Suddenly the image of her dressing up in some kind of bunny suit flashed through her mind. "Eep."
[19:30]	<Bire>	"If it's being sawed in half may as well be me..."
[19:33]	<Bire>	"..." Bire stares some mroe
[19:33]	<Bire>	more*
[19:34]	<Bire>	"Where's Allie...?"
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[19:37]	<Zel>	Zel walks out from behind the curtain, having disappeared sometime in the conversation. "Someone please go fetch the new girl along with lunch."
[19:37]	* Allie	looks around in the Kitchen, "Heh, forgot to ask where everything is."
[19:37]	<Bire>	"Well I might drop whatever I carry..."
[19:38]	<Bire>	"But I'll try to find her..."
[19:39]	<Zel>	"Thank you Bire."
[19:39]	* Bire	floats out of the theater, surfing along the floor to the kitchen
[19:39]	<Bire>	"AaAAlLlieE..."
[19:40]	* Allie	looks up, "Oh, well if it isn't my new coworker come to rescue me from the monstrous Kitchen!"
[19:41]	* Allie	hauls the lunches up and gets ready to head out when Bire arrives, "Well, what next?"
[19:42]	<Bire>	"To the theater..." she turns pace, just her head exposed above the floorboards
[19:42]	<Allie>	"Are we going to watch a movie?"
[19:42]	<Zel>	"Hohoho my dear, if anyone is going to wear such a thing it will be me. You'll be doing the actual trick tonight as a special treat."
[19:42]	<Bire>	"No...Magic tricks..."
[19:42]	* Allie	walks after the friendly ghost
[19:42]	* Bire	heads into the theater, "ZeEEelll..."
[19:43]	<Zel>	He wiggles his whiskers and hops down the walkway to the stage, motioning Cassandra to follow.
[19:43]	<Cassandra>	"..." Now she imagined Fluffington in a bunny outfit...and didn't know wether to laugh out loud or be sick..."Ah!" She follows Fluffington once she was over it though.
[19:44]	<Zel>	Zel looks up from where he's pulling a saw out of his suit. "Oh, you're back! And there is Cassandra and the new girl as well. Welcome to Learning Magic with Zel!"
[19:45]	<Cassandra>	"Mmm..." Cassandra e
[19:45]	<Allie>	"So, Miss Ghost, I don't think I got your name, or the scared girl."
[19:45]	<Cassandra>	"Mmm..." Cassandra eyed Allie and Bire somewhat, wondering if they knew what to expect from this.
[19:45]	* Allie	looks around and sets the lunches down on a table that doesn't appear to be in use
[19:46]	<Bire>	"Bire..."
[19:47]	* Zel	stands back to wait for introductions, adjusting his purple suit and orange tie, his giant pumpkin head's grin goofy looking at the moment.
[19:47]	<Allie>	"Hrmm, I would have thought with Bire that you died from a fire, or maybe a pyre."
[19:47]	* Allie	bows, "Master I assume."
[19:48]	<Zel>	"Indeed I am, Zel the Magnificent, welcome to my casino. Please join me up here.
[19:49]	<Cassandra>	"Umm, me too?
[19:49]	<Cassandra>	"
[19:49]	<Zel>	"Yes, you as well Cassandra dear."
[19:49]	* Allie	coughs into the handkerchief roughly and puts it away, stepping up onto the stage
[19:49]	* Zel	sets the saw in his hand down on the large box.
[19:51]	* Allie	whispers to Cassy, "So Miss Blanket, what is your name? I'm Allie, as Bire the Pyre already knows."
[19:51]	<Zel>	"Come, gather round my dear maids, and examine this box. Nothing in it yet, but you can easily see there are no seams or special switchs." Zel motions to the box for the girls to examine, a grin on his pumpkin as always.
[19:51]	<Cassandra>	"..." Cassandra does as she's told and hops onto the stage, being careful not to make her glasses fall. "O-oh, I'm Cassandra, but you can call me Cassie." She offers a friendly wave of her hand to Allie and smiles somewhat nervously.
[19:52]	<Allie>	"A good name, and no, don't see any switches."
[19:53]	<Cassandra>	"I don't see any seams on it yeah...so then how do you get out...?"
[19:54]	<Zel>	"You don't my dear, you get sawn in half. Who would like to volunteer first?"
[19:54]	* Zel	eyes Cassandra and Allie
[19:54]	<Allie>	"Well I guess I'll go, since I'm the new one."
[19:55]	<Allie>	"Always got picked last for dodgeball, so this is a nice change."
[19:55]	<Cassandra>	"..." Cassandra stared dumbfounded by Allie's logic.
[19:56]	<Zel>	"Hohoho, so eager are you? Climb on in then, and we can get started!" Zel opens the box for Allie to climb into.
[19:57]	* Allie	coughs into the cloth one last time before climbing in with a grin
[19:58]	<Zel>	"Now put your head through the hole at this end, and your feet through the two holes at that end..." Zel points the holes out before closing the box and picking up the saw in a gloved hand.
[19:59]	* Allie	pokes out of both ends, "So I've always wanted to be sawed in half, then I could make all sorts of jokes. Oh man I've got a splitting headache and the like."
[19:59]	* Allie	sweats a little as Zel brings the saw down in contradiction to the words
[20:00]	<Cassandra>	"Umm...this is safe right Boss?"
[20:00]	<Zel>	"Now, watch as I saw this young girl in half and be amazed!" Zel puts the saw to the box and begins to pull it back and forth, cutting though it with ease, passing the halfway point without a hitch.
[20:00]	<Zel>	"Why of course it is."
[20:01]	<Allie>	"AhhhhhhhH!"
[20:01]	<Allie>	"Naw I'm just kidding, sorry Cassie." :B
[20:01]	<Zel>	The saw cuts straight through the box, and Zel puts it down and lays his hands on each side of the seam. "Now peer close my auidance, and be amazed..."
[20:02]	<Zel>	Zel pulls the box apart into two seperate sections.
[20:02]	<Cassandra>	"Ahhhh, please don't bleed in front of me. That's no fun for my kind." Cassie whimpered, why did everyone love teasing her?
[20:02]	* Cassandra	peers into the box...
[20:02]	* Bire	pops out of the box!
[20:02]	* Bire	stares
[20:02]	* Allie	wiggles her feet experimentally
[20:03]	* Bire	flies to the side, "..."
[20:03]	<Zel>	Allie can see here feet wiggling right next to her head as Zel lines the box up so head and feet are right next to each other.
[20:04]	<Allie>	"Ooooh, I could get twice the amount of work done around here like this."
[20:04]	<Cassandra>	"KYAAAH!"
[20:04]	* Cassandra	is scared out of her wits by Bire and falls back on her butt.
[20:04]	<Zel>	"Hohoho, good show Bire dear, perfect entrance."
[20:04]	<Allie>	"Ahhh, come on Cassie, all in good fun, besides since when were shy girls their own kind?"
[20:04]	* Allie	didn't see Bire pop out
[20:06]	<Zel>	"Now, to put Allie back together!"
[20:06]	<Bire>	"..." Bire stands by, staring.
[20:06]	* Zel	takes the two halves of the box and pushs them back together.
[20:07]	<Zel>	With a florish, Zel opens the once again rectangular box to reveal a whole Allie!
[20:07]	<Cassandra>	"H-huh?" Cassie adjusts her glasses and sighs, Bire got her again...sheesh...she scrambles back to her feet and shoots as sharp a glare at Bire as she can muster. "M-my kind? N-no, I meant I'm a vampire." Cassie explained.
[20:07]	* Bire	claps but it makes no noise
[20:07]	<Zel>	"What do you think girls? Would you like to try it yourself?"
[20:08]	* Bire	thought of being on stage and sunk into the floor
[20:08]	<Cassandra>	"N-no thanks Boss. Sir Fluffington mentionned learning how to do magic though...so we're going to be your willing victims? Is that what he meant?" Cassie wondered out loud.
[20:09]	* Allie	pops out of the box and lands on the stage, "Huh? A vampire?"
[20:09]	<Zel>	"No my dear, I'm going to teach you how to do the trick!"
[20:09]	<Zel>	"Why would I waste a good maid on being the one sawn in half?"
[20:11]	* Zel	eyes Cassandra and Allie.
[20:11]	<Zel>	"Well?"
[20:11]	<Allie>	"Who would we try it on?"
[20:12]	<Bire>	"..."
[20:12]	<Zel>	"Well for now, a dummy just in case you mess it up the first time."
[20:12]	<Cassandra>	"..."
[20:12]	* Bire	had said it earlier but hated repeating herself
[20:13]	<Allie>	"Come on Cassie, you try it. I was never good at tricks."
[20:13]	<Zel>	"Bire is also quite willing to volunteer herself, as she is a ghost. No harm there if you mess up."
[20:13]	* Cassandra	really wasn't sure if she wanted to try or not. Sounded like it could go wrong though.
[20:13]	<Zel>	"Don't worry, once you get it right you won't forgot how to do it."
[20:13]	<Cassandra>	"Well I guess...so what do I do?"
[20:14]	* Bire	floats into the box
[20:14]	<Zel>	"Come on up here with me and take the saw."
[20:15]	* Cassandra	walks over to the box with a lost look on her face and seeming especially weary of the Bire in the box. She accepts the saw and waves it around for a second, making it rattle.
[20:15]	* Allie	sits down by the lunches, watching this go on
[20:15]	<Zel>	The saw wobbles a little but is otherwise quite sturdy and sharp.
[20:16]	<Zel>	"Now, place one hand on the box and the saw about in the middle..." The cut from before seems to have disappeared.
[20:16]	* Bire	staares
[20:16]	<Zel>	A bunny hops up into the seat next to Allie, munching on a carrot.
[20:16]	<Zel>	It is wearing a monocle and a black bowtie.
[20:16]	<Allie>	"So, Sir Rabbit. Are things always this interesting?"
[20:17]	<Zel>	"Sir Fluffington if you pleae, and no, not until recently when the master hired maids. Things have certainly livened up."
[20:17]	<Cassandra>	"One hand on the box and the saw in the middle..."
[20:17]	* Cassandra	repeats what was said, "Like this?"
[20:18]	<Zel>	"And when you're ready, saw her in half. If you do it right, you should seperate Bire into two halves." Zel eyes Cassandra's position, and nods approvingly. "Yes, very good. Now begin."
[20:18]	=-=	Gorby|VidyaGaems is now known as Gorbash
[20:19]	<Allie>	"Hrmm, met someone who mentioned something about a show? Is it going to be a big magic show?"
[20:19]	* Allie	coughs into the handkerchief and frowns before pocketing it again.
[20:20]	<Zel>	"Oh, you met someone? And who did you meet, no one should be here other then the maids and the Master and I."
[20:21]	<Zel>	The bunny twitchs his nose at Allie.
[20:21]	* Cassandra	blinks and begins sawing slowly, watching Byre's reaction from where she stood but still trying to focus regardless of the creepy ghost girl's stares. "If I do it right huh...just saw her in half and bam, it'll be okay? This is gonna end up badly..."
[20:21]	<Zel>	"But yes, it is indeed."
[20:21]	* Bire	SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER
[20:22]	<Allie>	"Uhhh. Just someone, you don't need to worry about it. By the way, is Cassie always so withdrawn? Need to figure out how to get her to loosen up."
[20:22]	<Cassandra>	"Gyaa---*bites her lip and keeps going.*" She tries her best to ignore the screams and pushes on! She wasn't going to be fooled again!
[20:22]	* Zel	watchs on with his ever present smile, hand behind his back.
[20:22]	<Bire>	"..." Bire staares, disappointed.
[20:23]	<Zel>	"Yes, she is a bit of a shy one, wot? Don't worry, I'm sure the master will help her with that."
[20:24]	* Cassandra	makes her way through and sighs in relief! "There done!" There was no need to worry after all! Not like she could kill Bire any more than she already was! She gives Bire a defiant smile that said 'I did it! Hah!'.
[20:24]	<Zel>	"Excellent! Now pull the two new boxs apart with a flourish to show that the two halves have been seperated!"
[20:25]	* Bire	frowned like a young child who had candy stolen from her...
[20:25]	* Cassandra	splits the two boxes apart and takes a peek inside...
[20:25]	* Allie	claps, magic is indeed strange, but it's quickly losing its charm, ghosts, vampires, and shadow delivery girls.
[20:26]	<Zel>	Bire's lower half come apart as is approriate! Cassandra had done it!
[20:26]	<Bire>	Water spills out of the box, hard to see inside.
[20:26]	<Cassandra>	"Ehh? W-why is she leaking so much?"
[20:26]	<Bire>	"..."
[20:27]	* Bire	sinks through the floor
[20:27]	<Zel>	"Hohoho, you managed to do it right! Congragulations Cassandra. Ah, that shouldn't be a problem."
[20:27]	<Zel>	Bire's upper half sinks through the floor, her lower half still seperated.
[20:27]	<Zel>	"Ah, Bire, you might want to stay in the box until the trick is done~"
[20:28]	<Cassandra>	"Done?"
[20:28]	* Bire	floats back up, disgruntled
[20:28]	<Allie>	"Ooooooh! Can I see if I can touch her feet?"
[20:28]	<Zel>	"Indeed Cassie dear, you must put her back together now."
[20:28]	<Allie>	"Don't put her back together yet!"
[20:28]	<Cassandra>	"Eh?"
[20:28]	<Bire>	"..."
[20:28]	* Cassandra	blinks, like a deer in the headlights.
[20:28]	<Zel>	"Just push the two halves back together."
[20:28]	* Allie	hurries over and pokes at the ghost feet
[20:29]	* Bire	isn't touchable really, being a ghost
[20:29]	<Cassandra>	"O-oh! It's that easy h-huh? T-then..." Cassie moves forward and pushes the boxes back together..."That should do it...right?"
[20:30]	<Allie>	"Phooey. I'll get you yet Bire."
[20:30]	* Allie	slinks back over to Sir Fluffington
[20:30]	<Bire>	"...Get...?"
[20:31]	<Zel>	"Silly girl, you can't poke ghosts, wot."
[20:31]	<Allie>	"There has to be some way though."
[20:31]	<Zel>	The boxes halves come back together... and the line magically seals together somehow! Bire is now back togther!"
[20:31]	<Bire>	"Maybe if you were a ghost..." she stared
[20:31]	* Bire	floated out of the box
[20:31]	<Cassandra>	"That sounds ominous..."
[20:32]	* Cassandra	inches away from Bire again now that she was free.
[20:32]	* Bire	twists her head around 360 degrees to stare at Cassandra
[20:32]	<Allie>	"Sorry Bire, but you'll have to wait for your turn~"
[20:32]	<Bire>	"..."
[20:33]	* Cassandra	staaares at Bire, backing away just a few more steps again.
[20:33]	<Cassandra>	"...!"
[20:33]	* Zel	claps his hands together and smiles. "Excellent job girls, it seems Cassie will be running the first act of the show tonight. Now how about we eat?"
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[20:34]	<Zel>	Walking over to one of the lunch boxes, Zel sits down and pops a box open, pulling a fork out of his suit as he eats the eerie, misty meal.
[20:34]	=-=	Gorbash is now known as Gorby|Sleep
[20:35]	<Allie>	"They good?"
[20:35]	<Zel>	"Indeed, souls of the damned are always delcious."
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[20:36]	* Allie	fidgets
[20:36]	<Allie>	"Uhh, yeah."
[20:36]	* Cassandra	joins Zel to one of the lunch boxes as quickly as she could but blinked and stared. "What's this?"
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[20:36]	* Zel	puts another of the misty balls into his mouth, making it disappear.
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[20:37]	<Zel>	"I believe Allie must have ordered from my favorite caterer, I usually don't have such delicous souls except when I order them."
[20:37]	<Zel>	"That, or she's an amazingingly skilled cook."
[20:38]	<Allie>	"I have to admit, I can't cook, so you were right."
[20:38]	<Cassandra>	"...souls? Umm...I think I'll pass..." She politely declined on the meal, wasn't she being picky?
[20:39]	<Zel>	"Ohohoho... good choice in ordering Allie. Ah, the boxs have your favorite food. I just prefer souls."
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[20:41]	<Bire>	"..." Bire floats outside to go sulk by her well.
[20:42]	* Cassandra	decides to get some real food ordered to her via delivery and just eats on her own in the kitchen in the meantime.
[20:43]	* Allie	searches out the box with pasta and chows down
[20:45]	<Allie>	"So Cassie, what do vampires eat."
[20:45]	<Zel>	Time flies by, Zel disappearing as Fluffington begins to prepare the stage for that night. As night falls, monsters of every kind dressed in court finery begin to file in and gamble, the crowd noisy and jovially.
[20:45]	<Cassandra>	"This vampire eats pepperoni pizza." Cassie mutters while chewing on her pizza and offers a slice for Allie before the inevitable timeskip.
[20:45]	<Zel>	The maids are summoned to the backstage area.
[20:46]	* Bire	floats up behind Cassandra
[20:46]	<Allie>	"Oh ok, that's cool."
[20:47]	* Bire	meows
[20:47]	* Cassandra	arrives to the backstage area and..."Oh? A kitty?" She smiles and turns to look around for the non existant cat.
[20:48]	* Bire	stares at Cassandra
[20:48]	* Allie	adjusts the uniform and looks out at a few of the people
[20:48]	* Cassandra	stares back at Bire.
[20:48]	<Bire>	"..." she frowns again and sinks halfway into the floor
[20:48]	<Allie>	"Huh? Cassie what cat?"
[20:48]	* Bire	heads backstage
[20:49]	* Cassandra	blinks, "I dunno but...w-well we got a show to put on anyways!"
[20:49]	<Zel>	The "people" have all taken a seat in the theater chairs, murming as a whole they are quite loud.
[20:49]	* Cassandra	turns back and tries to calm her nerves for the show they were about to put on.
[20:50]	<Zel>	"Ah, there you are girls, come over here. Allie, Bire, you will help me backstage while Cassandra does the first act."
[20:50]	<Bire>	"BbReAk a LlEgG..."
[20:50]	<Allie>	"Hey, don't worry Cassie, you'll do fine."
[20:51]	<Zel>	Fluffington is wearing a black suit and mask that covers up most of his white.
[20:51]	<Cassandra>	"Oh sheesh...w-well alright." Cassie sighed taking a peek out to the stage from backstage and wondering when was her cue.
[20:52]	<Bire>	"I'll get the curtains..."
[20:52]	<Allie>	"Bire, you sure? I'm not that good of a stage presence."
[20:52]	* Bire	floated up to the ropes near the catwalk to wait and draw the curtains on cue
[20:52]	<Zel>	"Cassandra dear, come over here and change into your outfit."
[20:53]	<Cassandra>	"O-oh...and outfit?" Cassie walks over to Fluffington, wondering what she was going to wear...
[20:54]	* Allie	heads over to the box and makes sure the wheels work fine
[20:54]	<Zel>	Fluffington hops up onto a chair and points at a magicians outfit hanging on a rack next to it, a black and white tuxedo with a top hat and white gloves.
[20:54]	* Bire	didn't want to be seen on stage. Pulling the curtains would do.
[20:56]	<Zel>	"Put it on now dear, and don't be shy, they'res a changing room right over there."
[20:56]	<Cassandra>	"Oooh, I like~" Cassie loved the look of the tux, it really made her feel like a professional! She grabs the suits and quickly heads to a changing room to get changed and returns to Fluffington with the uniform on, placing the top hat on last. "T-there! I feel great with this on!"
[20:57]	<Zel>	"And now you know why Master always wears one. Now get on out there!"
[20:58]	* Bire	raises the curtains quickly and smoothly on cue
[20:59]	<Cassandra>	"R-right!" Cassie takes a deep breath and steps out onto the stage.
[20:59]	* Allie	takes the box and smoothly spins it onto stage on cue sliding to a stop in the middle of the stage and bowing to the magician Cassie
[21:00]	* Bire	watched from the shadows
[21:00]	<Zel>	The box is empty for now.
[21:02]	* Cassandra	runs on stage, waving her arms to the crowd. "Hello there everyone!" She greets loudly to the audience before coming to a halt before the microphone, placing her hands infront of herself somewhat sheepishly and rubbing the fingers together. "W-we got a great show ready for you tonight! Plenty to make you gasp in awe and reel back in your chairs in surprise!" She declares. "To begin,
[21:02]	* Cassandra	I-I guess I'll start by performing a little something for you all..."
[21:03]	<Zel>	The audience falls silent when the curtain comes up and look like they were about to clap until they saw it wasn't Zel. They all seem to lean in a bit as one, eyes fixing on Cassandra.
[21:03]	<Cassandra>	"To begin! I'm going to pull...something out of my hat!" Cassandra pulls off her top hat and spins it around in her hand and stopping to show that it was empty to the viewers. "Behold, it's 100% empty! Or so I've been lead to believe when they gave me the suit 5 minutes ago!"
[21:04]	<Zel>	The audience is silent as all eyes turn torwards the hat, then back to Cassandra. Some even chuckle at Cassandra's banter.
[21:06]	* Cassandra	flips it again in her hands, placing it...down on a table...weird, she couldn't reach into the hat like this...Cassandra coughs and begins tapping the hat. "Now then, don't be shy little buddies...I know you're in there, so come on out..." She smiles proudly, the hat shakes a bit.
[21:06]	<Cassandra>	"Aww...c'mon now!" Cassie grinned and quickly pulled the hat up, suddenly a whole army of bats start flowing out of the hat and flutter all around the room!
[21:07]	* Bire	was affixed watching.
[21:07]	<Zel>	A bated silence falls over the audience as they all lean in. A few gasps can be heard as the bats fly out! And a a few people clap enthusiastically.
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[21:09]	* Cassandra	whistles loudly, the bats all come crashing back into the hat and she twirls it again, this time tossing it into the air and leaning forward for it to land on her head. She gives the audience a content wave, "I hope you enjoyed their friendly greeting, they all think you look like a deliciously great audience!" She cheers, was it time for the trick now?
[21:10]	<Zel>	Fluffington gives Cassandra the thumbs up from behind the stage. Trick is go!
[21:12]	<Cassandra>	"R-right! Now then! I'll be performing the first magical feat of the night." She looks back to the crowd, "And for this, I'll be needing a willing assistant to help me out!" She grabs the saw from nearby and waves it around, "Anybody?"
[21:12]	<Zel>	The crowd falls silent, almost everyone shrinking in their seats. There is silence for a moment, then a pale hand goes up slowly. "I-I would!" A female voice calls out.
[21:13]	* Bire	never got picked for audience help at stage shows...
[21:13]	<Zel>	From the middle row, a girl looking two or three years younger then Cassandra herself gets up and approachs the stage.
[21:14]	* Allie	stands back and watches
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[21:14]	<Cassandra>	"W-well then! I'm glad to see we got a lovely assistant tonight!! What's your name Miss?" Cassie asks, moving towards the box and hoping she'd get this right.
[21:15]	* Bire	figures she'll play with the lights some to set the mood...
[21:16]	<Zel>	"Um... it's Racheal." The girl smiles and bows to the audience, then gets into the box and puts her head and legs through the holes.
[21:16]	* Allie	heads for the smoke machines, trying to set up the mood
[21:16]	=-=	Zel is now known as Racheal
[21:16]	<Bire>	Bire accidentally turns off all the lights...
[21:16]	<Bire>	<Bire> "..."
[21:16]	<Bire>	* Bire flails and tries to turn them back on
[21:17]	<Racheal>	The room goes dark, and the audience gasps.
[21:17]	<Cassandra>	"Right Racheal! Well my name is Cassie if you'd like to know but anyways...this is totally safe! Really! It really is! I'm serious!" Cassie begins but as the room goes dark she suddenly screams, "Kyah! Who turned off the lights!?"
[21:18]	* Bire	switched more random lights, eyes wide
[21:19]	<Racheal>	"W-what's going on?"
[21:19]	* Allie	hurries up to the scaffolding above and starts twirling the smoke in a bottle around to form a descending twirl of fog
[21:20]	<Racheal>	Suddenly, a single spotlight turns on! Bire managed to find a working one! Center stage with the box and Cassandra all light up.'
[21:20]	* Racheal	blinks in the light and chuckles nervously.
[21:21]	<Racheal>	On the box is an odd symbol, which wasn't on the practice on.
[21:21]	<Racheal>	*practice one.
[21:21]	<Cassandra>	"U-uwah...phew..." Cassie sighed in relief when the lights came back on. "N-nothing's wrong folks! All part of the show! Now then...let's get down to business! Are you ready Racheal?" Cassie waggles the saw a bit...huh, what's that symbol about? Must not be that important though...
[21:22]	<Racheal>	Cassandra can feel the audience hold it's breath as the fog swirls down around the box and magician, the light focused right on them for the big moment.
[21:23]	<Racheal>	"P-please take care of me..." Racheal murmers to to Cassandra with a smile, closing her eyes.
[21:23]	* Cassandra	begins sawing through the box with all her focus set on not screwing up. 'C'mon Cassie...you can do this...' she thinks to herself as she cuts up the box.
[21:24]	=-=	Racheal is now known as Zel
[21:25]	<Zel>	Cassandra can feel as the saw easily slices through the box and as she cuts through the last part, she hears something snap.
[21:26]	=-=	Zel is now known as Racheal
[21:26]	<Cassandra>	"..."
[21:26]	<Racheal>	"Ah-" Racheal's eyes open for a moment then they close again as her feet and head go limp.
[21:26]	=-=	Racheal is now known as Zel
[21:27]	<Cassandra>	"U-uwaaaaah!!"
[21:27]	<Zel>	The audience hold their breath, waiting for Cassandra to pull the girl apart.
[21:27]	* Cassandra	quickly rolls up to the front and opens the box up.
[21:28]	<Zel>	Inside is a girl, cut in half, blood pooling in the box and dripping onto the floor below. Cassandra can smell the coppery tang of blood, the dress cut cleanly.
[21:29]	<Zel>	She is dead.
[21:29]	<Bire>	"..."
[21:29]	<Zel>	The audience gasps.
[21:29]	<Cassandra>	"..."
[21:30]	<Zel>	The lights suddenly flicker for a second, and behind the box Zel appears, his grin jagged and a rictus of laughter.
[21:30]	<Zel>	"Well my dear Cassandra, you must finish the trick, must you not?"
[21:30]	* Zel	pushs the box closed.
[21:30]	<Zel>	"Pull her apart."
[21:30]	<Cassandra>	"W-what...?"
[21:31]	<Zel>	"Then put her back together."
[21:31]	<Zel>	"Or you will be fired."
[21:32]	* Allie	is trying not to retch all over the stage from above
[21:32]	* Zel	looms over Cassandra, waiting for her to put the girl back togehter.
[21:33]	<Cassandra>	"R-right!!" Cassie quickly pushes the boxes together again and prays that she gets this right this time!!
[21:33]	* Bire	hangs over Allie's shoulder
[21:34]	<Zel>	As Cassandra pushs the box back together, the symbol on it flashs blindingly white, lighting up the theater briefly. The audience is revealed, a horrible menagerie of monsters that are all leering at Cassandra, before the split second ends and the faces disappear. The cut in the box has sealed.
[21:36]	<Zel>	Stepping in front of the box, Zel holds up his hands as the inner light from his pumpkin blazes. "Nightmares and Monsters, I give you our newest member. Cassandra, open the box."
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[21:37]	* Cassandra	does as she's told slowly and almost mechanically, almost too far gone from panic to do anything else.
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[21:38]	=-=	Bire_ is now known as Bire
[21:39]	<Zel>	From inside the box, a pale, greenish hand grabs the side and hauls the upper half of the girl's body up with a jerk, Racheal's head turning to show a lopsided grin. "Thaaaaank yooou for haaaaving meeee." She groans as the audience bursts out into applause and cheers.
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[21:39]	<Cassandra>	"..." Cassie blinked, "S-she wasn't like that before..."
[21:40]	<Zel>	The girl looks over at Cassandra and gives her a doopy grin, or maybe it's a thankful one? It's hard to tell, the muscles in her face are having trouble working. "Thaaank yoou for raaaaising me as a zzzzzombie."
[21:40]	<Zel>	The girl is still cut in half, for sure.
[21:40]	<Bire>	"..."
[21:40]	<Zel>	But she's talking. What?
[21:41]	<Allie>	"I- uhh, oh."
[21:41]	<Zel>	All the lights come back on, revealing the same audience as before. "Thank you my dear court, and have a good night."
[21:41]	<Cassandra>	"..."
[21:41]	<Zel>	The audience stands up, giving Cassandra a standing ovation.
[21:41]	* Bire	claps in front of Allie's face but it doesn't make any noise
[21:42]	<Zel>	They all begin to file out after.
[21:43]	* Cassandra	falls to her knees, "..."
[21:43]	=-=	Bire is now known as Daichi
[21:43]	<Zel>	"Are you alright my dear?"
[21:44]	* Allie	hurries back to the stage and goes to Cassie
[21:44]	<Cassandra>	"N-NO I'M NOT!!"
[21:44]	<Cassandra>	"I JUST...YOU TOLD ME IT WAS SAFE! I-I JUST..."
[21:44]	<Zel>	"It is safe my dear. The plan was to revive her as a zombie. She wanted it."
[21:45]	<Daichi>	Bire floats down, "I'm going to my well."
[21:45]	<Zel>	"Y-yeahhhh... Lord Zelll is k-known for his generosity.."
[21:45]	* Cassandra	gets up and yells at Zel, revealing the light tint of her fangs through her angry and hurt face. "BUT I DIDN'T WANT IT! YOU TRICKED ME INTO KILLING THAT GIRL FOR YOU!"
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[21:45]	<Zel>	"Ah. That's because I can't do it myself."
[21:45]	* Allie	stumbles over to Cassie, "What? What was that?"
[21:45]	<Zel>	"No soul, you see."
[21:46]	<Cassandra>	"I-I'm out...I can't handle this...t-the ghost girl at least was just teasing me...but she never hurt me or anything...that girl with the small sword was suicidal but she was nice all the same...and Allie is nice too but...I-I didn't want to do bad things at all!"
[21:46]	* Cassandra	freaks out entirely, crying her eyes out.
[21:46]	* Zel	looks rather surprised and saddened.
[21:47]	<Zel>	"Ah... well then my dear, you may l if you wish."eave
[21:48]	<Zel>	Leave is you wish*
[21:48]	<Cassandra>	"I--..." Cassie didn't bother saying another word, she threw the top hat down to the ground and simply ran out the door and into the night...
[21:48]	<Daichi>	"...I can't scare Cassandra anymore...So I don't want to stay either..."
[21:48]	<Allie>	"That, that wasn't right. You should have told us, at least asked if she wanted to do it Zel."
[21:49]	<Zel>	"... wait... but..."
[21:49]	<Zel>	Zel now looks completely and utterly shocked as the maids begin to leave.
[21:50]	<Daichi>	"A girl's innoncence is cherished...So what you did was..." Bire shook her head and floated out into the night
[21:50]	<Allie>	"Why didn't you just ask?"
[21:50]	<Zel>	"I thought it would be a good show..."
[21:51]	=-=	Zel is now known as Kit
[21:51]	<Allie>	"So it wasn't the girl you were helping, it was the show."
[21:52]	<Kit>	"Well the show was the way she payed me for the service!"
[21:52]	=-=	YOU are now known as Happymancer
[21:52]	*NickServ*	This nickname is registered and protected. If it is your
[21:52]	*NickServ*	nick, type /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password. Otherwise,
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[21:52]	*NickServ*	Password accepted - you are now recognized.
[21:53]	<Kit>	As all the maids walk away one by one, Zel is left grasping at straws, trying to figure out what he did wrong.
[21:53]	* Happymancer	walks out after the others, she'll figure out where the next job will be in a while
[21:55]	<Kit>	The casino falls silent, and for years to come the court would not reconvene, the only residents of the casino a distraught Zel, his loyal butler Fluffington, and the new maid Racheal.
[21:55]	<Kit>	Will the casino ever light up once again?
[21:56]	<Kit>	For now, it is silent.
[21:56]	<Kit>	The End.