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Character: Madame Neith Acquarone
Area: The Siren's Call (a "Ladies Establishment" downtown)
Interacting with: Her brother and various courtesans
Owner of Other Character: N/A
Neith floated about her huge bathing tub. Dupion silk trailing behind her like an oil slick of purples, blues and black hues. The water felt nice on her scales and tail, her awkward human legs had melted away and she felt at ease in her more natural form.
The warm stone-tile floor was littered with an army of bunny rabbits hopping about merrily and she watched them with mirth. Dauphin let out a disgruntled sigh and shooed away a rabbit which was sniffing at his patent leather shoes. Unlike his sister who looked as though she'd travelled from Renaissance France or perhaps a reinactment group, Dauphin wore a tailored suit that fit the current modern period and looked every bit as expensive as it was.
"Do cheer up my darling brother, scowling makes your scales turn sour" she giggled, slithering out of the large tub, her tail melting away replaced with human legs as water streamed and trailed from her hair and dress. She stumbled and giggled as her land legs returned to her, making a bee-line to her large antique armoire to pull out a new dress to wear as she went about her tasks, fully rehydrated.
"Have you seen the chaos down the street?" Dauphin asked seriously, he never indulged in fun and games as she did.
"No silly. I've been in my bath with my bunnies, well ... my bunnies weren't in the bath the silly little mites can't swim" she laughed, dancing her way to the dressing screen beside the armoire so she could change.
"Have your girls told you anything?" he asked, scooping up the sopping wet ball gown Neith tossed aside as she changed.
"They tell me lots of things, but they don't tell me how to teach bunnies to swim. Cheese?" she reappeared, wearing a sea-green gown with an absurd amount of beading and ruffles. She twisted her coiling hair up into a series of wild plaits and curls, plopping a jewelled headband on her head, noticably more toned down from her usual crowns she liked to dance about in. Dauphin was used to the ritual of course. Being a Madame granted her tremendous wealth because men always needed sex and they were willing to pay and she was willing to provide girls to meet those needs. Something more valuable than sex was secrets, and Neith was also a purveyor of secrets too, not that many would think she had the wit for such a task.
"No thanks" Dauphin replied, ignoring the platter of expensive cheeses on her dresser.
"These ones are from that man with the ghastly moustache" she said, plucking up a piece of cheese that had been shaped into a seashell. "You know the one, he has a beachside villa and says he's outrageously wealthy" she laughed and hurled the piece of cheese out the window. "I'm not quite mad enough to believe him you see. Now, I must go work. Go on, hoppity-hop Dauphin, you have your own things to do and unless you want to become one of my Ladies you are no use to me here"
Dauphin let out a disgruntled sigh and walked out onto the street to see if he could find out anything suspicious.
Neith breezed into the main lobby of her brothel, patrons and her ladies alike smiled at her, bowed their heads respectfully. THe princess act she played was all part of the charm of her establishment. One of her ladies, Odette, hopped up to get Neith a glass of expensive wine. Neith's Ladies were dressed in much less modest ruffled gowns, some of them were scarecely dressed at all, but the mood was that of old French court, but without all the trechery and poisoning.
"Talk to me Odette" Neith said in a hushed voice.
"Theres been some talk of murder, no one has said much of interest yet, just little trickles here and there, the girls and I will pay close attention to anyone that may be of interest to you."
"Good, I want to know more. Hold the fort, I am going walking" Neith announced, flouncing through the lobby.
"Madame!!!" one of the other girls called, waving frantically after her, she wore a short floaty dress that left little to the imagination and revealed plenty of her ample bosom. "You shouldn't go out alone, let me come with you"
"Very well Poppy, I could use the company, do walk with me"
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