Dressing the part

Ayame opened the door to Damien's room, and she was greeted by no one. The room was completely empty which was the worst-case scenario for her. It only meant that he was most likely in the entertainment building and she would need to get him back to his room.

'Looks like I am playing a bit of dress up tonight.' In order to even get Damien back to his room she needed to get into some proper clothes and find him.

'Urgghhh it's going to take forever to find him. At least I started this one a little early.' Thankful she started this mission earlier than she should have, she had plenty of time to look for Damien.

'Alright, let's set up a detection spell so if he returns while I look for him I can rush straight back.' Going up to the wall by the door, Ayame drew a kitsune circle that Tomoe taught her. Putting in engravings on the outer rim of the circle that reads detection, the circle then lit up once she wrote the last character. She then put the picture of Damien she had in the circle so it did not accidentally activate because of any maids.

The circle then slowly faded and left a small mark that told Ayame that it was set.

'With that ready, I need to find some clothes.' Needing to dress the part to not look suspicious, she took a look into the closet to see if Damien had a partner with clothes. Finding nothing other than suits, she got a little worried.

'Well let's put my things in here for now.' Taking off her bag that was filled with tools for torture, she only grabbed the dagger out just in case things go wrong.

'Let's go into the other rooms and see if there are any spare dresses.' Ayame didn't have much of a choice, so she hoped that no one would notice a stolen dress.

Exiting the room, she began to break into the other guest rooms in search of clothes appropriate for a high-class casino.

After searching a few rooms, Ayame found one that was clearly owned by a woman. Clothes were scattered all over the floor with some of them being rather raunchy and something she can't imagine someone wearing.

'They are all so… revealing.' Ayame couldn't believe some of the clothes and was getting embarrassed by just looking at them. However, curiosity was getting the better of her and she picked up some white lingerie.

Putting it over herself she looked in the mirror that was in the room and surprisingly it would fit her.

'...' She stood in silence as she looked at herself and wondered what the hell was she doing.

'I'm on a mission! Enough playing.' Ayame slapped herself in the face to get her to concentrate back on the mission.

'Okay, maybe I'll take some for myself.' However, she had a prime opportunity to take some clothes, so she ended up picking up a few for herself.

After exploring a new avenue of clothes, she found a black dress that was laid out on the bed. It was also accented with orange which matched her eyes.

Picking up the dress, it was rather smooth and gave her a gothic feeling which she liked.

'I'll use this one.' Deciding that this would be the dress, she got changed in the bathroom. Once it was all on, it turned out to be the perfect fit like the woman she was stealing from had the same proportions.

'Damn I look good.' Ayame did a twirl in the mirror and was really happy with the results.

'Alright, now I need to put these clothes away and prepare to enter the casino.' Having grabbed her usual clothes and the extra pieces she decided to borrow, she made her way back to Damien's room where she left her bag.

Placing them inside the bag, she grabbed the dagger and aimed it at her own chest.

'Hope this works.' Pushing on the dagger, the crystal lit up and began to enter her skin, but it wasn't actually stabbing her. The handle submerged into her body and once it was fully in, a tattoo appeared on her chest right where there was a gap in the dress. The tattoo was that of a kitsune and looked cool and fit her whole aesthetic.

'Phew, always feel like I will stab myself.' Not being a fan of inserting knives in her skin it was the only option she had since she didn't have any pockets.

'Wait where will I put my phone?' Encountering another problem she looked down at herself and a thought occurred. Grabbing her phone, she started to put it in between her chest, but as soon as she let go, it fell down to the floor.

Picking up her phone she just stuffed it inside her bra instead, now left feeling insecure about her chest. Ayme had read a lot of manga where it was used as a second storage place, but never really had a chance to try it.

'Tch surely no one can anyway, just some fantasy world powers.' Blaming the fact that it wasn't real, made her feel better about just having an average-sized chest.

'I should probably keep my mask on, at least it will be fitting, if not, it will be more alluring.' Ayame wanted to keep her identity hidden and having to dress up meant she would be exposing herself a little too much, but if she could keep her mask then it won't be a problem. Hiding her kitsune traits, she double-checked if she had everything that she would need.

Now ready to head out, she cleaned up the room to how it was before and entered the hallway. She then made her way down following the signs that led to the entertainment building.

*

Arriving at some security check, Ayame freaked out as she didn't know if there were IDs or anything needed. However, when she got a closer look at the security guards that were doing the checks, she noticed something on their wrists.

It was a watch that was only worn by government officials. To any person, it was just a normal watch but Ayame was able to recognise the design that told her or anyone doing work with them to identify their men.

This put her heart at ease and she got in line confidently, although she still felt extremely nervous as she was surrounded by a class of people she wasn't familiar with. It also didn't help that she could hear every conversation and occasionally heard people talk about her.

"Who is that woman with the mask? Looks like she doesn't belong at all."

"She does look good though, so maybe she hides her face on purpose."

"Maybe we should approach her."

Many different people with different intentions spoke of her, which made Ayame very uncomfortable, but she had to put up with it for the mission. She also mentally prepared herself and tried to get herself into a fake persona.

She wanted to be like Kasumi, having overbearing confidence in herself and an air of superiority. She also felt this would fit the theme of the place and let her get by without anyone trying to approach her.

'Okay… Just be like Kasumi.' Ayame took a few deep breaths and tried to get into the right mindset. For her, it was her way of hiding herself which gave her the confidence needed to talk to people. Without it, she would be a nervous wreck that would hardly be able to speak since she is quite self-conscious about herself. This has gotten better, but in a high-pressure situation, she needs to do this in order to keep going.

Readjusting herself, Ayame finally got herself into the right mindset and put on the fake persona she wanted. Carrying herself like she was an empress, she walked up to the security guard since now it was her turn.

The guard noticed the tattoo on Ayame's chest and pretended to check on her. He then let her through with no issues and the people around her were not suspicious, but were more impressed.

'I can't stop moving, I need to find him quickly.' Finding herself in a hub that led to different places, she looked at the entryway to the casino. Her first guess was the casino as Damien was a rich man and wouldn't be surprised if he was spending money at a casino while getting hammered on drinks.

Walking through with no issues, she was greeted by groups of people around tables and a bar that was located in the middle. To one side were rows of slot machines and on the other side were a bunch of small rooms for poker as well as lounges for resting.

'Let's hope it doesn't take long.' Not looking forward to searching for Damien, she had no other choice unless he returned to his room.

Taking a step forward it hadn't even been a second before someone approached her.

"Hey there madam, I would like to see what's under that mask~."