I had just entered the casino when - my oh my! I saw something that defied my very eyes!

I saw giraffes who were gambling and hippos who were high and elephants juggling and dogs that could fly!

I saw dolphins with maracas and bulls chugging beer and, whoah, who knew chimpanzees could cheer!

I saw kittens on stilts and motorcycle moose and a very festive karaoke goose!

I saw hysterical toucans...

LUKE

When they say California isn’t anything like Tennessee, they aren’t kidding. I’ve driven past more palm trees in the last thirty minutes than I ever thought possible. Money is reflected back in their elaborate buildings, manicured lawns, even the trees. But I have yet to see anything fun here. More specifically, anything that Clay and I can agree on. 

“Ugh,” Clay says, scrunching up hi...

The bright lights light me up on the inside. You can hear the scrolling, scrambling, and tearing of games and tickets. Everyone here is acting like an animal, I just have to get out of here, but I just got here. I can stay for a few.

“Excuse me sir, do you know where I can find the poker table thing that spins around in a circle” A random lady approached me asking. I could smell the Ice Seltzer o...

I’ll be gambling my existence on a single poker game. But first, let me calm my nerves.

I was currently clutching my stomach and my head was bowed low. Tears laced my golden eyes and my mouth twisted into a deep frown.

Ugh…out of all the times for a stomach ache. My stomach was doing flips, and I was biting my lips to prevent any saliva from dripping down.

‘Last game?’ Asked a man.

I lifted...

“Remember agent, we do what we need to do and we leave. Get in, get out,” Ida whispered, yanking me toward her.

I glanced around. I couldn’t believe this was my first day on the job and I was already getting such a high-stakes assignment.

“What kind of people play here?” I asked nervously. I eyed a shady man in the corner playing blackjack, bowler hat pulled down low over his eyes. A woman opp...

“ID please,” the man standing outside the door was tall, lines crisscrossing his ghostly face. Will pulled the plastic card from his wallet, and handed it to him. He studied the picture on the card, then moved his gaze to Will’s face. He placed the plastic on his desk and slid it back towards him. Then he grabbed Will’s sleeve and pulled him forward.

“One of the main rules of the Casino: don’t m...

“Greetings, contestants, welcome to the second to last game. You three find yourselves in identical chambers, shaped as the colorful casinos of Las Vegas. Slot machines, lights, entertainers, bars, anything you can think of. You will have 20 minutes to interact with the characters around the casino, find the clues, solve the mystery and escape. If you fail to escape within the given time allotted,...

The neon red lights of the Terra Daemonium sign shone down on me like the bright lights of a danger sign.

Stay back.

Don’t enter.

Just walk away, Sawyer.

But I ignored the little voice at the back of my mind that warned me to turn around. Instead, I squared my shoulders and tossed my hair over my shoulder, attempting to look older and more confident than my seventeen years. But even I had to adm...

Rings of machines. Cheers of triumphant patrons. Groans of disappointed ones. It’s the same every time she enters the Bellagio, and these sounds have made up the symphony of her life for the past five years. Hopping behind the bar to start her shift, she spots her regulars already at their favorite machines and tables. Retired Gladys is nursing her vodka martini (based on the time and the chips in...

Jonna went to the casino by her older sister’s, Maria, request. Maria wants her sister to have fun especially after the fight with dad about her pronounces. “It was kinda the dumb fight, to begin with,” Jonna thought.

Jonna’s dad disapproved of Jonna changing her name and gender. Jonna’s dad's beloved it was due to Tik Tok that brainwash his son into thinking he is a girl. Jonna got to argue wit...