"I'm with the lovely Sasha on this one.  Support staff such as cleaning personnel and security are among the last things we should get.  Hell, if you don't feel like cleaning this place ourselves, I can spend the next few days using my magic to do it for us.  It's a relatively slow process compared to getting our hands dirty with the chore, but it's free if we do it ourselves."<br/><br/>Rayne turned in his seat to look around the ground floor.  Even amongst the mess, he could see the potential it had.  "No, the first thing we need to focus upon is the product."  His head swiveled back to the others.  "We're still going with the casino idea, right?  It's relatively low overhead, so it'd be a great start as long as some super lucky bastard doesn't clean us out in the first week of course."  He hoped down from his stool and wandered around the main room, taking stock of the space they had at their disposal while being careful about what he stepped in.  "We easily have the space for it, this place his huge!  I vote we do some remodeling.  This floor, the entire ground floor, will be our casino.  All living spaces on this floor, kitchen included, will be moved upstairs.  The second and third floors will be our house proper while this one is our business.  Obviously this main room will be the central gambling space where we have all sorts of tables and games to draw in customers.  The storage rooms in the back can be changed to private gambling quarters for those who wish to reserve it.  You know how nobles are, the more reclusive their table, the more they're will to put on the line.  Perhaps have one as a cigar lounge where we can charm the high rollers with ample amounts of cleavage and booze.  Speaking of, since our current kitchen has all the fittings we need, it would be a relative snap to convert it into a fully stocked bar!  And since it'd be foolish making the room leading to our hidden basement public, we should designate that as our security office."  He shot a wink towards Sasha.  "I'm sure you wouldn't mind spearheading that department."<br/><br/>"What do you think?"  He gestured to himself.  "We got the brains."  Gestured to Aramil. "We have the know how."  Gestured to Sasha.  "We've got the power."  Then finally gestured to Ryoko, blinking once and making sure he didn't have any drool seeping down his chin.  "And we've got the allure."<br/><br/>"I'm confident we can pull this off!"