Post by Valencia Donahue on Feb 12, 2007 4:27:42 GMT 1
Let’s start up the slideshow, shall we? Both of Valencia’s parents died on the night she was born. Both her aunt and uncle are alive and well. Valencia doesn’t reside anywhere near Hircine High’s campus, but at least a reasonable enough distance away for her to make it to school. She lives in an apartment with her lesbian friend Ruth, whereas Gladys lives in one of those government funded dorms, but sleeps over at her girlfriend’s (Ruth) place every once in a while. Since Valencia and Ruth share an apartment, one can only imagine how much work they both have to do to avoid eating “instant” stuff.
Truth be told, Valencia did more work than Ruth did, taking up all sorts of odd jobs here and there, typically utilizing her skills as a performer. She never got herself a set job that gave her a set pay except for her part-time occupation as a stuntwoman, but the rate never quite compared to whenever she DID do stunts. Meaning, the rate her stunt coordinator (Rosemary) helps manage is alright to get by, but the stunts themselves can pay off debts and bills as long as there were stunts to do. But whenever the entertainment industry didn’t work in their favor, Valencia had to think fast about getting money or bad things will happen. Nobody likes bad things.
This was one of those episodes. Ruth and Gladys went a bit overboard with the spending again and although the three were living well, if they kept it up, Ruth and Valencia may have to move elsewhere. Sporadic incomes do not pay bills. Thank god Rosemary knows how to manage money much more effectively than Valencia, Ruth, and Gladys combined, but Rosemary has a family to watch out for, so… Valencia was on her own and she wasn’t able to book a night at any local nightclubs to sing or perform. Pier 39 was okay since Valencia’s experience as a circus performer helps out, but there’s only so much you can make by giving “free shows”. Few stunts this month, so don’t ask. When you’re low on money, what’s the next best thing to do?
YOU GAMBLE!! YAY!! <-- if you think this is a healthy source of income, you seriously need to see a doctor
Kill the projector. Thank you.
Valencia already got her ID checked, chips in her coin purse, and all that good stuff as she stood off to the side, out of everybody’s way as she took a gander at the entire inside of the riverboat casino (don’t ask about the rivers) dubbed the Halen. She’s been to quite a number of casinos before, especially in Las Vegas, but not one quite like this. She didn’t even know where to start.
Black Jack? Nah… I’m not that good at it… Poker? Likewise… The slots are called “One-Armed Bandits” for a reason… Craps is tempting… Hello, what’s this?
Ladies and gents, may we introduce to you a game called roulette. It’s black and red and spinny and has a li’l ball that goes around, see? Okay, I think you get it now! Valencia stared at a group of players for a while to see how it worked, then set out to play by herself at another roulette do-hickey. Valencia pulled out a $1 chip, polished it against her jacket, then placed it on the table.
“Red.”
((OOC: Expecting someone in this thread…))
Truth be told, Valencia did more work than Ruth did, taking up all sorts of odd jobs here and there, typically utilizing her skills as a performer. She never got herself a set job that gave her a set pay except for her part-time occupation as a stuntwoman, but the rate never quite compared to whenever she DID do stunts. Meaning, the rate her stunt coordinator (Rosemary) helps manage is alright to get by, but the stunts themselves can pay off debts and bills as long as there were stunts to do. But whenever the entertainment industry didn’t work in their favor, Valencia had to think fast about getting money or bad things will happen. Nobody likes bad things.
This was one of those episodes. Ruth and Gladys went a bit overboard with the spending again and although the three were living well, if they kept it up, Ruth and Valencia may have to move elsewhere. Sporadic incomes do not pay bills. Thank god Rosemary knows how to manage money much more effectively than Valencia, Ruth, and Gladys combined, but Rosemary has a family to watch out for, so… Valencia was on her own and she wasn’t able to book a night at any local nightclubs to sing or perform. Pier 39 was okay since Valencia’s experience as a circus performer helps out, but there’s only so much you can make by giving “free shows”. Few stunts this month, so don’t ask. When you’re low on money, what’s the next best thing to do?
YOU GAMBLE!! YAY!! <-- if you think this is a healthy source of income, you seriously need to see a doctor
Kill the projector. Thank you.
Valencia already got her ID checked, chips in her coin purse, and all that good stuff as she stood off to the side, out of everybody’s way as she took a gander at the entire inside of the riverboat casino (don’t ask about the rivers) dubbed the Halen. She’s been to quite a number of casinos before, especially in Las Vegas, but not one quite like this. She didn’t even know where to start.
Black Jack? Nah… I’m not that good at it… Poker? Likewise… The slots are called “One-Armed Bandits” for a reason… Craps is tempting… Hello, what’s this?
Ladies and gents, may we introduce to you a game called roulette. It’s black and red and spinny and has a li’l ball that goes around, see? Okay, I think you get it now! Valencia stared at a group of players for a while to see how it worked, then set out to play by herself at another roulette do-hickey. Valencia pulled out a $1 chip, polished it against her jacket, then placed it on the table.
“Red.”
((OOC: Expecting someone in this thread…))
