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July wandered the casino aimlessly, he still had so much to do and the clock was ticking. With what he had managed to gather, there was still a whole hell of a lot to do. There was also the matter of tracking down Jayson among the tangle of people that moved about. He'd lost track of him after he'd been forced to make a choice on the lives presented. Those with collars he could safely assume were ones who had been inaugurated to the casino from hell requirements. Those without he could only assume they would be next.

It was a pretty safe assumption anyway.

His eyes swept the casino floor, the weight of his collar made it hard to be light hearted in the aftermath of everything that had occurred up until this moment. Rubbing the back of his neck July eyed one of the card tables, contemplating trying to possibly attempting his hand at gambling, or head to the bingo hall. His mall uniform socks seemed ridiculous now that he was running around a casino.

Couldn't they at least use his nickname? Out of the corner of his eye he'd caught the reflection of the number 100 and his name on the LED screen and had almost been angry enough to cry. Instead he'd played slots to start the process of collecting. The feeling of being directionless wasn't exactly making this process any easier.

“Alright July…you can’t fall apart now, just suck it up and go play another game.” He muttered to himself, even if it sounded weird. A confidence booster of any kind was better than nothing. There was still time, and his hope was alive.

July was pretty sick of the casino, whatever excitement he'd had that lead him here had died in that darkroom after waking. It was massive, easy to lose track of someone and the lingering smoke in the air was distracting.

Just as he went up to rub at the spot beside the where the collar was, July's head turned to the direction of someone asking if he was okay. For a split second he almost bolted, although the reaction was pretty stupid. It wasn't like the guy wasn't being considerate. It was easy to be jumpy, he didn't recognize whoever this way.

He was likely from another faction.

His eyes flickered over to the other, pursing his lips ever so slightly. "I..Yeah." July frowned just a bit as he nodded. "I'm as okay as it's going to be given this place." July finally added with a reluctant smile. July's eyes traveled over the other, noting his lack of collar. "I'm slowly getting close..I just haven't hit the exchange table to swap out some cash." He explained, almost numbly. "I was looking for someone important to me while I earned coin along the way." July concluded with a gentle shrug.

"You seem to be in better shape however? What about you..are you okay otherwise?" The young man smiled, genuinely happy for the others freedom. While the question of his being alright was also pretty stupid, he felt obligated to inquire. Helping others was in July's nature no matter how wary he was of strangers.

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