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利根川幸雄 // Tonegawa Yukio ([personal profile] 12second_orz) wrote in [community profile] sirenspull_logs2012-06-04 09:14 am

a lady doesn't wander all over the room [POKER GAME]

Who: Tonegawa and anyone who wants to come play poker or just mingle!
When: Evening of June 5th, from around 6-9pm (travel home included, etc)
Where: Ukyou's teahouse
Summary: Tonegawa's hosting a poker evening (see here); hope you've got a good hand, because not everyone is going to play fairly. It should make for an interesting game.
Warnings: Probably language.


[Rather than nominating his own apartment as the spot for their game, Tonegawa has chosen to opt for more of an open house- in more ways than one, now that he’s allowing most people in provided they don’t make any trouble for him. The late Ukyou’s teahouse, while not quite in line with his usual sleek, modern affairs, seems a fair compromise, and better than renting something so serious as a conference room in a hotel- this is, after all, to be a casual game.

That said, he’s still had Western tables and chairs moved into the room- not perfectly in keeping with the décor, but to hell with having to sit on the floor for the entire evening- and made sure it opens onto a small private courtyard for the smokers. Drinks are served by a couple of the house’s geisha. Casual doesn’t have to mean sloppy, after all. He takes care of his guests.

They’re due to start at around seven, but there’s plenty of time to take in the spring rains with a cold drink and a little pre-competition conversation. Chat. Doubtless, the company will be varied- not too varied, if Laforet-kun is doing her job properly, but certainly worth a word or two.]

vinovidivici: ([side-eye)

[personal profile] vinovidivici 2012-06-05 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The whole atmosphere of this place makes for a different set-up to the games Claire is used to playing in the back room of the Coraggioso, or in the Martillo's casino. It's supposedly casual and it's small enough to be considered intimate, sure, but it's still a formal and heavily controlled occasion, if the prowling of Tonegawa's (radiant and charming) security staff is anything to go by.

He's never really been able to pull off the classy look of wandering around with a drink: it's partly to do with gesticulating too much to be able to safely carry liquids around, and a lot to do with lacking class in general. So the few drinks he has in the midst of mingling are glasses of whiskey taken, downed and handed back to the geisha in a single motion. The alcohol intake has no noticeable effect. ]