Rarity

[petal_storm]

Who: Orchid, Any
When: Several years in the future in a baaaad dystopia but not quite as bad as some.
What: Medical debt is a killer.

Some days living was a pain.

Hell, most days honestly, especially when you were delicate. She was in hospitals more than out as far back as she could remember and eventually, like most longer term need people, debt got to a point there was no way for her family to pay it back. Her father had been lost when his plane went down on a mission out of states, and the nannies she'd been left with, well...

...they found employment elsewhere when the 'care' fund was drained due to medical.

She hit eighteen somehow which meant her debt officially went on the market, and, well, a lot of businesses ran on debt contracts.

Luckily she was...interesting. Visual appeal, much less textural, meant higher end places were willing to take on her whole debt instead of several having to group together, and that was how she ended up a headliner at 'Rarity', one of the more exclusive gentlemen's clubs. They didn't ave a cover charge, they didn't sell nickel peeps, no. Rarity had a yearly membership fee that was terrifyingly high and tips were more in the high end jewelry and vehicles range than bills in stockings.

She was lucky she supposed; it was high end enough her rooms met her needs and she spent less time in the hospital but...

...just like those in lower clubs they had a high drug use and burn out rate. How not?

Drugs were cheaper than medical care honestly.

"Ilya I told you not to let anyone slip you things," Orchid sighed, petting the poor girl's hair as she rested her head on the bar. They were were a twenty four hour business but they closed every six hours for a few hours to let people rest and the like.

"Didn't..." Ilya whimpered softly. "I don't know when, or how..." But she was drugged, her friend Orchid was like a living drug test, if she wasn't drugged Orchid would be touching her skin instead of her hair.

"Water," Orchid winced, "I'm sorry. I'll check your clothing and makeup, that's the last things that were delivered to you right? How close are you to debt free?"

"Two weeks," she sobbed softly. "I was doing so well..."

Damn it all. Orchid patted her hair again, "I'm sorry. I won't send you to the hospital, nor will the bartenders okay? You just have to fake it if the boss comes in while I'm gone okay?"Please?

"Try," she agreed, shivering. God she felt nauseous and numb now...

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Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"I can do it. Please. I'll take another punishment. Please."

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

"Begging? That's new," he laughed. "Fine, I'm a sucker, you get one chance to talk to her. She misbehaves again I sell you both. No questions, no excuses, I already have buyers."

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"Okay." He nodded slowly. "I don't fail."

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

He smirked and passed the chain, "get her under control."

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"Not going to need that either." He growled.

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

"It's the door key," he smirked

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"How the fuck is that a door key?"

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

"Talking back to me already?" he growled softly.

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"No, I'm just trying to figure out how the hell its supposed to be a key."

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

"Just go," he sighed, "before I change my mind."

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

He turned and left yes. That was fine. He was going to go and find Elora yes.

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

The answer to how the chain was a key was there was a hook by the door he needed to use it to pull down on? Several of the 'private' rooms had quirks like that, this one caused a bolt inside the door to slide clear yes.

Inside was a...lot of flashing lights. Over stimulation was a great punishment for a crow (usually they shot advertising commercials in there but hey).

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

Jaeger snarled going and draping his shirt over Elora's head. "Elora.…"

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

she twitched when he did, hand lashing out to wrap around his wrist before she flt up his arm slowly. Ah. "...Jaeger." She knew that arm at least?

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"Elora, you've got to stop attacking her. Its not getting us anywhere but closer to being sold. This is the last chance and then we both get sold. No more seeing Ixi, no more seeing Orchid. We'll probably end up in one of the breeding houses... Please Elora…"

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

Elora shivered convulsively hearing that but..."I can't help it. I can't. There's always someone with her scent before she comes that wants me, I think they drug me, it's so hard to think when they leave..." She'd tried to tell their owner that but the woman always screamed so loud...

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"Then we have to tell him now while they're not here." they had to try at least.

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

She shivered, nodding, "like her to...force sale..." Utterly like her but yes. Would he even listen? She drew a few deep breaths, trying to still herself, hooding helped but..."this smells like Orchid." More obviously yes.

"...and Markux."

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"What?" he froze.

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

"...smell him on this shirt. Faint, was it his?" she asked softly, churring.

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"No.... this is … new." He frowned. "I... thought I saw him yesterday..."

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

"....maybe imagining. Want it to be him," she sighed quietly, slumping.

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"So do I...." He sniffed. "Let's go talk to him."

Re: Rarity

[petal_storm]

"Help me up, I'm stiff," she groaned, "Don't think I've moved since I got in here..."

Re: Rarity

[code_jaeger]

"I'm sorry..." He nodded picking her up.