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alastinglight) wrote2012-01-12 11:51 pm
alastinglight) wrote2012-01-12 11:51 pm
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Dirty Vegas > The House of Five Leaves.
The House of Five Leaves
Dirty Vegas' First Gambling Den and Geisha House.
General Information
It Starts With a Dream
Vegas has bars, strip clubs, drug dens, whore houses, baths and a good number of… more conventional, maybe even “respectable” establishments. What it lacks thoroughly in, however, are places that toe the line, and cater to far more Oriental tastes. Oh, and how the hell are there no places to gamble here?!
At first glance, the House of Five Leaves is a traditional izakaya: that is, a Japanese restaurant cum bar that serves fine food and an even finer selection of alcohol, with sake and beer at the top of the list. This is, however, a front for two things: a gambling den, and – of all things – a geisha house. Members of the Five Leaves (and members of the Five Leaves’, ah, business associates) can participate in very traditional forms of gambling: Oicho-Kabu, dice games and mahjong. There are also Western forms of gambling, sponsored by the Lotus Lounge. If that’s not their thing, they can select one of the Five Leaves’ handsome (or beautiful?) party masters to accompany them for the evening in one of the Pavilion’s many private rooms, for a night full of good wine, lovely music and fine conversation.
The man behind the House of Five Leaves is Takasugi Shinsuke: he runs this joint with a razor sharp smile, soft words and a heavy hand. His second is Kawakami Bansai, someone who seems to know Shinsuke very, very well.
Maybe It Will End With Fire
Overall, the Five Leaves is an honest business, but Takasugi’s reasons for establishing it are not. In the Gintama canon, Takasugi is the head of the Kihetai, his own personal army. His goal at the moment is to gather enough money and enough support in order to change the status quo in Vegas by finding a way to take Loki down. The Five Leaves is meant to be his base of operations, and a venue for future meetings and negotiations.
Enough of that, though. For all intents and purposes, most of you will simply know Takasugi has the one-eyed, fairly eccentric gentleman who happens to run this fine establishment.
This Is Where the Road Ends
The House of Five Leaves is a walled two-storey Japanese compound with rock gardens and trees sheltering the buildings itself from the rest of Vegas, and even more koi ponds and gardens at the center. It is located on the south end of the Strip, across the street from the old ruins of the Luxor and overlooking what is left of Las Vegas Airport. Overall, it seems more like an inn than anything else.
The main building and the front half of the first floor of the compound serves as the restaurant and the bar. The reception area is at the front: the bar is located on the west wing, and the restaurant – the main hall, and rooms for more intimate affairs – in the east wing. The back rooms of the first floor, however, are where the gambling dens and mahjong are located.
The second floor is not as large as the first, with private rooms for members and their selected companion of the evening and the Five Leaves’ offices.
They run seven days a week, from 6:00 PM to 5:00 AM.
Amenities and Services Offered
How May We Serve You, Stranger? (For Everyone)
♦ Restaurant fare. The House of Five Leaves offers traditional Japanese cuisine, from appetizers to desserts – we’re talking Kyoto fare, of course, but regional dishes from up north or down south may be available in the future. Tea is on the house, and other non-alcoholic refreshments are available. Dishes and drinks cost 1-2 chips.
♦ The bar. Only serves traditional Japanese drinks (green tea, anybody?), spirits - amazake, Japanese wine, sake, chūhai, shōchū and umeshu - and Japanese label beer, whiskey and the like. The cheaper alcoholic drinks are 1 chip a glass; two chips a bottle. Fine alcohol goes for 3 chips a bottle.
♦ Dice games. Entrance to one round of a dice game (usually a round of cho ka han ka – odds or evens) in the Five Leaves costs 1 chip. 1 chip of whatever you win goes to the house.
♦ Oicho-Kabu. Entrance to one round of Oicho-Kabu in the Five Leaves costs 1 chip. 1 chip of whatever you win goes to the house.
You’re a Familiar Face. (For Members)
Becoming a member of the House of Five Leaves will cost you two chips a month.
♦ Restaurant fare and the bar. Prices for food remain the same, as to the dishes and drinks that are offered, but members get discounts at the bar (first drink is on the house; cheap fare costs 1 chip a bottle; fine fare costs 2).
♦ Dice games. Entrance to one round of a dice game (usually a round of cho ka han ka – odds or evens) in the Five Leaves costs 1 chip.
♦ Oicho-Kabu. Entrance to one round of Oicho-Kabu in the Five Leaves costs 1 chip.
♦ Mahjong. Renting out a room and a mahjong set for the evening costs 2 chips.
♦ Entertainment. Booking an entertainer from the Five Leaves costs 2 chips for every two hours; pay 4, and you’ll have your man (or boy) for the entire evening.
♦ Drugs, tobacco and… other things. Available at the front desk or by request. The Japanese fare - tobacco and cloves smoked with kiseru, opium laced mochi and the like - is available for 2-3 chips. Everything else is sponsored by the Lotus Lounge. For a price list on Lounge merchandise, check this link.
Friends from the Lotus Lounge can enjoy membership-only services of the House of Five Leaves at the cost of an extra chip.
The Rules
For Guests
♦ Check your weapons and your attitude in at the front desk. Any form of violence or abuse will not be tolerated. How can we all enjoy ourselves if we’re trying to kill each other, eh?
♦ Be civil. House of Five Leaves is a place where one is encouraged to be one’s self and enjoy what the Pavilion’s boys have to offer. Be nice; ask and you shall receive. There’s no need to be coarse.
♦ Don’t mess with the merchandise. Sex is NOT what the Five Leaves is trying to sell: it is companionship. The boys who work here AREN’T whores, and AREN’T strippers. If you want to get a little more intimate, however, and your entertainment for the evening is amenable to it, the proprietors of the Five Leaves will turn a blind eye to it.
♦ Suck it up and PAY up. If you lost a game, then you lost. The Five Leaves is an honest business; it doesn’t rely on cheating you to make money. Do them a favor and take it with grace, or Takasugi may have to get one of his men to escort you from the premises. (He may even do it himself.)
♦ Get as drunk or as high as you want, but if you break anything… You’ll have to pay for it. That includes, of course, abusing or marking the Five Leaves’ employees in any way.
For the Family
♦ Smile! The Five Leaves prides itself for its impeccable service and unrivaled courtesy. Everything you say and do represents the entire establishment. Don’t screw up!
♦ The customer may always be right, but you’re in control. Pleasing your patron is the name of the game in this place, BUT the Five Leaves is no den of vice and house of sin. You’re not whores: you’re entertainers. You decide if you want to sleep with your patrons; just clean up after yourselves, be discreet and don’t expect to be paid for it.
♦ Honesty is the best policy. The Five Leaves is as upstanding an establishment as a place in Vegas could be. Don’t cheat, don’t steal, and don’t make under the table negotiations. Trust me: Takasugi can and will find out.
♦ Listen well. If you hear anything that might be interesting (or worrisome) to your boss, report it to him immediately. Expect a good reward for your trouble.
Join the Family
The House of Five Leaves has slots open in the positions listed below. Check the description beside each for details.
If you want your muse to sign up for a job with the Five Leaves, you can either poke me here, or contact me through AIM or Plurk. We can log out interviews or whatever, or handwave as needed! ♥
Bartender
Serve the drinks and chat the customers up as you like. Characters interested in this position need to have at least some experience at bartending. People familiar with preparing Japanese drinks are preferred.
Chef
A lovely establishment needs to have lovely food, right? Characters interested in this position need to be excellent cooks in their own right, with knowledge on how to prepare traditional Japanese food (or the willingness to learn how). Professional chefs preferred.
Servants and Waiters
Every restaurant needs their waiters, and the entertainers need their errand boys. Polite, docile types with a nice smile, a love for service and the propensity to be everybody’s (figurative) buttmonkey are preferred.
Seamstress
In charge of tailoring the clothes that employees and entertainers of the House of Five Leaves wear, and subsequently repairing them when they’re damaged. Professional tailors preferred, but if you’ve an eye for fashion, Takasugi just might take you on.
Party Masters/Taikomachi/Entertainers
The so-called poster boys of the House of Five Leaves. They are meant, in essence, function as male geisha or hosts, meant to entertain customers in much more “sophisticated” ways: through conversation, music, wit and courtesy. Basically, the taikomachi of the Five Leaves sell themselves, but not their bodies – if they want to sleep with customers, it’s their business. If customers want to sleep with them, it’s their call.
Anyone with good looks, a desirable body, a pleasing personality and a ‘unique talent’ (which they will need to show Takasugi in their interview) is eligible. It’s important to note that they’re expected to wear kimonos on the job.
Bouncers
Customers have the propensity to lose themselves when there are free-flowing drinks, high stakes and enticing company. They may also get… upset, when things don’t quite go their way with the cards, the dice, or the tiles. A place like the House of Five Leaves also needs guards, to keep the thieves away and the nastier types out.
Anyone with previous experience doing security work or is capable of holding his own in a fight is eligible for this position.
Accountants
Someone’s got to keep the books. People with neat penmanship and a good sense of numbers can take this job. Of course, people with prior experience in this department are preferred over someone totally fresh.
Receptionists
Front deskmen with pleasing personalities, a sharp eye for trouble and a heavy hand are needed to run things on the ground level for the boss. Good looks are required.
Game Masters
The games hosted by the House of Five Leaves aren’t done through machines, but people. ANYONE is eligible for this job, for so long as they’re willing to learn how to run the game they’ve been assigned to referee. Of course, people with previous experience would be preferred.
Propositions
It's Business Time.
A free market is nice and all, but let’s face it: given how few customers there are to go around, it’d be best if everyone stuck to their own end of the field. Of course, whenever these areas overlap (and they will), it’d be good to set down some ground rules…
If you’ve got a business in Vegas and you want to strike a deal with Takasugi and the House of Five Leaves, you’re more than welcome to approach Takasugi about it! We can plot it out here, over Plurk or over AIM.
At present, the House of Five Leaves currently has a partnership with the Lotus Lounge. Members of the Lounge get certain benefits when they patronize the Five Leaves.
Something’s Burning
As stated above, the House of Five Leaves is meant to be Takasugi’s front for the rebellion he’s planning on having the moment he has the means to strike against Loki. He isn’t open about his plans at all, and it WILL be hard to discover what he is really up to, but... if you do end up finding out, will you be with him or against him?
If you’re interested in having your muse discover Takasugi’s plans and wish to help him out (or expose him), feel free to contact me here, over AIM or over Pluk. Let’s plot something interesting out. ♪
Dirty Vegas' First Gambling Den and Geisha House.
Vegas has bars, strip clubs, drug dens, whore houses, baths and a good number of… more conventional, maybe even “respectable” establishments. What it lacks thoroughly in, however, are places that toe the line, and cater to far more Oriental tastes. Oh, and how the hell are there no places to gamble here?!
At first glance, the House of Five Leaves is a traditional izakaya: that is, a Japanese restaurant cum bar that serves fine food and an even finer selection of alcohol, with sake and beer at the top of the list. This is, however, a front for two things: a gambling den, and – of all things – a geisha house. Members of the Five Leaves (and members of the Five Leaves’, ah, business associates) can participate in very traditional forms of gambling: Oicho-Kabu, dice games and mahjong. There are also Western forms of gambling, sponsored by the Lotus Lounge. If that’s not their thing, they can select one of the Five Leaves’ handsome (or beautiful?) party masters to accompany them for the evening in one of the Pavilion’s many private rooms, for a night full of good wine, lovely music and fine conversation.
The man behind the House of Five Leaves is Takasugi Shinsuke: he runs this joint with a razor sharp smile, soft words and a heavy hand. His second is Kawakami Bansai, someone who seems to know Shinsuke very, very well.
Overall, the Five Leaves is an honest business, but Takasugi’s reasons for establishing it are not. In the Gintama canon, Takasugi is the head of the Kihetai, his own personal army. His goal at the moment is to gather enough money and enough support in order to change the status quo in Vegas by finding a way to take Loki down. The Five Leaves is meant to be his base of operations, and a venue for future meetings and negotiations.
Enough of that, though. For all intents and purposes, most of you will simply know Takasugi has the one-eyed, fairly eccentric gentleman who happens to run this fine establishment.
The House of Five Leaves is a walled two-storey Japanese compound with rock gardens and trees sheltering the buildings itself from the rest of Vegas, and even more koi ponds and gardens at the center. It is located on the south end of the Strip, across the street from the old ruins of the Luxor and overlooking what is left of Las Vegas Airport. Overall, it seems more like an inn than anything else.
The main building and the front half of the first floor of the compound serves as the restaurant and the bar. The reception area is at the front: the bar is located on the west wing, and the restaurant – the main hall, and rooms for more intimate affairs – in the east wing. The back rooms of the first floor, however, are where the gambling dens and mahjong are located.
The second floor is not as large as the first, with private rooms for members and their selected companion of the evening and the Five Leaves’ offices.
They run seven days a week, from 6:00 PM to 5:00 AM.
♦ Restaurant fare. The House of Five Leaves offers traditional Japanese cuisine, from appetizers to desserts – we’re talking Kyoto fare, of course, but regional dishes from up north or down south may be available in the future. Tea is on the house, and other non-alcoholic refreshments are available. Dishes and drinks cost 1-2 chips.
♦ The bar. Only serves traditional Japanese drinks (green tea, anybody?), spirits - amazake, Japanese wine, sake, chūhai, shōchū and umeshu - and Japanese label beer, whiskey and the like. The cheaper alcoholic drinks are 1 chip a glass; two chips a bottle. Fine alcohol goes for 3 chips a bottle.
♦ Dice games. Entrance to one round of a dice game (usually a round of cho ka han ka – odds or evens) in the Five Leaves costs 1 chip. 1 chip of whatever you win goes to the house.
♦ Oicho-Kabu. Entrance to one round of Oicho-Kabu in the Five Leaves costs 1 chip. 1 chip of whatever you win goes to the house.
Becoming a member of the House of Five Leaves will cost you two chips a month.
♦ Restaurant fare and the bar. Prices for food remain the same, as to the dishes and drinks that are offered, but members get discounts at the bar (first drink is on the house; cheap fare costs 1 chip a bottle; fine fare costs 2).
♦ Dice games. Entrance to one round of a dice game (usually a round of cho ka han ka – odds or evens) in the Five Leaves costs 1 chip.
♦ Oicho-Kabu. Entrance to one round of Oicho-Kabu in the Five Leaves costs 1 chip.
♦ Mahjong. Renting out a room and a mahjong set for the evening costs 2 chips.
♦ Entertainment. Booking an entertainer from the Five Leaves costs 2 chips for every two hours; pay 4, and you’ll have your man (or boy) for the entire evening.
♦ Drugs, tobacco and… other things. Available at the front desk or by request. The Japanese fare - tobacco and cloves smoked with kiseru, opium laced mochi and the like - is available for 2-3 chips. Everything else is sponsored by the Lotus Lounge. For a price list on Lounge merchandise, check this link.
Friends from the Lotus Lounge can enjoy membership-only services of the House of Five Leaves at the cost of an extra chip.
♦ Check your weapons and your attitude in at the front desk. Any form of violence or abuse will not be tolerated. How can we all enjoy ourselves if we’re trying to kill each other, eh?
♦ Be civil. House of Five Leaves is a place where one is encouraged to be one’s self and enjoy what the Pavilion’s boys have to offer. Be nice; ask and you shall receive. There’s no need to be coarse.
♦ Don’t mess with the merchandise. Sex is NOT what the Five Leaves is trying to sell: it is companionship. The boys who work here AREN’T whores, and AREN’T strippers. If you want to get a little more intimate, however, and your entertainment for the evening is amenable to it, the proprietors of the Five Leaves will turn a blind eye to it.
♦ Suck it up and PAY up. If you lost a game, then you lost. The Five Leaves is an honest business; it doesn’t rely on cheating you to make money. Do them a favor and take it with grace, or Takasugi may have to get one of his men to escort you from the premises. (He may even do it himself.)
♦ Get as drunk or as high as you want, but if you break anything… You’ll have to pay for it. That includes, of course, abusing or marking the Five Leaves’ employees in any way.
♦ Smile! The Five Leaves prides itself for its impeccable service and unrivaled courtesy. Everything you say and do represents the entire establishment. Don’t screw up!
♦ The customer may always be right, but you’re in control. Pleasing your patron is the name of the game in this place, BUT the Five Leaves is no den of vice and house of sin. You’re not whores: you’re entertainers. You decide if you want to sleep with your patrons; just clean up after yourselves, be discreet and don’t expect to be paid for it.
♦ Honesty is the best policy. The Five Leaves is as upstanding an establishment as a place in Vegas could be. Don’t cheat, don’t steal, and don’t make under the table negotiations. Trust me: Takasugi can and will find out.
♦ Listen well. If you hear anything that might be interesting (or worrisome) to your boss, report it to him immediately. Expect a good reward for your trouble.
| Men of the Night | |||
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Takasugi Shinsuke OWNER alastinglight |
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Kawakami Bansai OWNER bangtothebeat |
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Katsura Kotaro TAIKOMACHI japansnewdawn |
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Kazuki Fuchouin TAIKOMACHI ofthestrings |
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Gokudera Hayato TAIKOMACHI stormflames |
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| The Restaurant | |||
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Li Shengshun [Hei/BK-201] CHEF teravolting |
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Rin Okumura CHEF flamingprick |
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Lyall Randolf MASTER OF THE RESTAURANT flamingprick |
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Nikita "Nika" Arlovsky [Belarus] BARTENDER bielynozhshliub |
| The Gambling Den | |||
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Fai D. Flourite GAME MASTER bait_me |
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Kurogane GAME MASTER bait_me |
| Concierge and Night Watch | |||
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Miles Edgeworth ACCOUNTANT/FRONT DESK cocky_brat |
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B ACCOUNTANT beyond_birthday |
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Noah Stein [Liechtenstein] SEAMSTRESS jungen_rhein |
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Toshiki Uryuu BOUNCER hellsownknight |
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Kakei Juubei BOUNCER flyingneedles |
The House of Five Leaves has slots open in the positions listed below. Check the description beside each for details.
If you want your muse to sign up for a job with the Five Leaves, you can either poke me here, or contact me through AIM or Plurk. We can log out interviews or whatever, or handwave as needed! ♥
Bartender
Serve the drinks and chat the customers up as you like. Characters interested in this position need to have at least some experience at bartending. People familiar with preparing Japanese drinks are preferred.
Chef
A lovely establishment needs to have lovely food, right? Characters interested in this position need to be excellent cooks in their own right, with knowledge on how to prepare traditional Japanese food (or the willingness to learn how). Professional chefs preferred.
Servants and Waiters
Every restaurant needs their waiters, and the entertainers need their errand boys. Polite, docile types with a nice smile, a love for service and the propensity to be everybody’s (figurative) buttmonkey are preferred.
Seamstress
In charge of tailoring the clothes that employees and entertainers of the House of Five Leaves wear, and subsequently repairing them when they’re damaged. Professional tailors preferred, but if you’ve an eye for fashion, Takasugi just might take you on.
Party Masters/Taikomachi/Entertainers
The so-called poster boys of the House of Five Leaves. They are meant, in essence, function as male geisha or hosts, meant to entertain customers in much more “sophisticated” ways: through conversation, music, wit and courtesy. Basically, the taikomachi of the Five Leaves sell themselves, but not their bodies – if they want to sleep with customers, it’s their business. If customers want to sleep with them, it’s their call.
Anyone with good looks, a desirable body, a pleasing personality and a ‘unique talent’ (which they will need to show Takasugi in their interview) is eligible. It’s important to note that they’re expected to wear kimonos on the job.
Bouncers
Customers have the propensity to lose themselves when there are free-flowing drinks, high stakes and enticing company. They may also get… upset, when things don’t quite go their way with the cards, the dice, or the tiles. A place like the House of Five Leaves also needs guards, to keep the thieves away and the nastier types out.
Anyone with previous experience doing security work or is capable of holding his own in a fight is eligible for this position.
Accountants
Someone’s got to keep the books. People with neat penmanship and a good sense of numbers can take this job. Of course, people with prior experience in this department are preferred over someone totally fresh.
Receptionists
Front deskmen with pleasing personalities, a sharp eye for trouble and a heavy hand are needed to run things on the ground level for the boss. Good looks are required.
Game Masters
The games hosted by the House of Five Leaves aren’t done through machines, but people. ANYONE is eligible for this job, for so long as they’re willing to learn how to run the game they’ve been assigned to referee. Of course, people with previous experience would be preferred.
A free market is nice and all, but let’s face it: given how few customers there are to go around, it’d be best if everyone stuck to their own end of the field. Of course, whenever these areas overlap (and they will), it’d be good to set down some ground rules…
If you’ve got a business in Vegas and you want to strike a deal with Takasugi and the House of Five Leaves, you’re more than welcome to approach Takasugi about it! We can plot it out here, over Plurk or over AIM.
At present, the House of Five Leaves currently has a partnership with the Lotus Lounge. Members of the Lounge get certain benefits when they patronize the Five Leaves.
As stated above, the House of Five Leaves is meant to be Takasugi’s front for the rebellion he’s planning on having the moment he has the means to strike against Loki. He isn’t open about his plans at all, and it WILL be hard to discover what he is really up to, but... if you do end up finding out, will you be with him or against him?
If you’re interested in having your muse discover Takasugi’s plans and wish to help him out (or expose him), feel free to contact me here, over AIM or over Pluk. Let’s plot something interesting out. ♪