[Canterlot] A Few Cards Short Of A Full Deck [open!]

[Saint Cynicism]

"Ugh, why must everypony in this stupid city be so boring?!"

Oh look, Royal Flush was complaining again, as if it would come as a surprise to anyone. Granted, the Full House Gambling Hall & Games Center had only been open for all of three minutes now, but she was already bored out of her pony mind and convinced that today was going to be the worst day in the long, tragic history of bad days. A little over-dramatic, yes, but she wasn't very good at being patient and never had been. So she was pacing back and forth, her hooves making their own little drumbeat on the hardwood floor that denoted the section of the building reserved for the gambling tables. The games area, for those ponies not entirely willing to risk their bits on cards or dice, was designated by black carpeting decorated by brightly colored dice and cards, so as not to be too gloomy and also to provide a slightly softer surface should anypony playing in the play area fall down.

Some lively pop music was playing over the small network of speakers that filled the building, though it was doing little to lift Royal Flush's spirits. Eventually she gave up pacing, lest a trench appear in the middle of the shop from her wearing through the floor, and instead started playing with her top hat by the hat rack near the front door. "What could possibly be more fun out there than in here?!" she asked, addressing the question to no one in particular, though Ignus would probably chime in eventually. That or suffer a stream of uninterrupted whining until customers showed up. The game of flipping the red and black top hat off her head and onto the hat rack, and vice verse, would keep Royal Flush amused for a while, but honestly it wouldn't likely keep her from complaining for very long.

And it didn't.

"It's like everypony wants to be bored!" she pouted, before moving right on to the prospect of redecorating the whole building, again. "Maybe we just need to spruce the place up! Redecorate everything, and put up a new storefront! Something exciting, with flashing lights and a big, cool looking sign!" She was practically jumping up and down in excitement now, rearing up on her hind legs and waving her front hooves enthusiastically...an enthusiasm likely not shared by her assistant, who doubled as the Full House's official bookkeeper, and no doubt knew exactly how expensive Royal Flush's proposed changes would be...

[Dubstep]

"Oh no! No NO NO! We are NOT doing the place over, it was bad enough you picked black carpet, do you know how expensive that is to clean? But nooooo you just HAD to have black, I still say red would have been just as fine, even cheaper!" Ignus said looking up from his clipboard where he kept various numbers and notes, it's not that he wanted the casino to not succeed, far from it, he was mearly trying to keep his boss from spending all the money they would make, before they even MADE it.

"Think about this, if you set up all new decorations and a new front and a new sign, we'd probably have to sell alot of the game tables. We're working on a tight budget here, and until we get some cash flow in, I'm not letting you let any cash flow OUT." he said sitting down the clipboard before walking over to a small table where a snack bowl filled with gems is setting. Grabbing a handful he began snacking a little bit, "I hate to ask, but you DID remember to turn the open sign on, right?" Iggy asked with a chuckle as he tossed back a ruby.

[Saint Cynicism]

"But it wouldn't properly contrast with the hardwood in the gaming area!" Royal objected, conveniently missing the much larger point of 'we do not have the money for a full redecoration.' A decision that was, in fact, made quite deliberately. "It's all about the aesthetics, Ignus! We want people to play games, but we want them to like being in here, too!" She was certainly excitable when she was trying to get her way, and/or outright refusing to acknowledge that someone else might have a point. And she'd become very skilled in channeling that enthusiasm into new topics of conversation when necessary, as she was prepared to do now.

"Well what about you? Your munchies could probably be used for at least a month's worth of bills," she observed, having already moved over to the table and was now eying a particularly dazzling emerald with a look that seemed to say she was already mentally calculating just how much it could probably be sold for. Of course, she dismissed Ignus' inquiry at the same time, rather off-hoofedly.

"Of course I made sure the open sign was on, sheesh," she confirmed, waving one hoof in the air dismissively as if to shoo the topic away. "It's not my fault if it's so small nobody's going to notice." This was, of course, not entirely true; the sign was already larger than what could be considered modest, and was easily bigger than Ignus. Royal was just disappointed that she wasn't allowed to make a giant billboard-style sign with lots of pretty lights and fancy effects.

[Dubstep]

"The red would have done fine as well if you went for the redwood or cherry wood like I suggested...." Ignus remarked, even though he knew it would get dismissed to, he was used to it by now, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't TRY to get some sense into her. "Hey! I work hard to get these 'munchies', if you want to take the time to head out and sniff down gems, be my guest. Tell you right now it's not as easy I make it look~" he retorted in a singsong voice, if there was one thing Ignus knew, it was how to sniff out a good snack, and he wasn't about to let a tasty treat like this slip from his claws. "No one noti...That thing is bigger than me! And probably cost more too! We've been open a whole, what 15 minuets at the most, give them time. Remember what they say, 'If you build it they will pay'...or something like that, I could be paraphrasing." Ignus said taking a bite out of the emerald Royal had her eyes set on.