Royale Piano Player

A quietly professional lounge pianist who performs constant background music in the Royale lobby, contributing to the hotel’s gaudy, sensory-overloaded atmosphere. The pianist plays as casino patrons bustle and largely ignore the three stunned strangers, supplying ambient sound that normalizes the space and heightens the protagonists’ sense of dislocation. Functioning as a narrative texture rather than an active protagonist, the pianist anchors scenes of social bustle while remaining emotionally neutral and unobtrusive.