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medic: NURSE LUSI!

lusi: yes sir

medic: get me a clean towel, cleaning alcohol, a pair of twiezers, my syringes, and a needle and thread STAT

lusi: yes sir!

narrator: someone had come in severely wounded and was in desperate need of mr medic's help, luckily mr medic was able to save him after a few hours of surgery

medic: nurse lusi, please go see if the patent needs anything

lusi: hel-- pimpster?!? what happened

pimpster: I got mugged, eh kinda. this really short guy can up to me and asked about some super personal stuff regarding you, when I refused he beat me up, shot me in the legs and left me to bleed out, luckily my guys managed to find me and bring me here

lusi: a really short guy who wanted to know personal stuff about me huh? I may need to take a few days off

pimpster: like hell you are, I need you to cover for me while I'm healing

lusi: WHAT! why me?!

pimpster: because you're the only one I can trust, you and I bought that place so I know you'll take good care of it

lusi: fine I'll do it

pimpster: great, just a little heads up there is a new girl coming today so you're gonna need to show her the ropes

lusi: alright

narrator: later that night lusi cancelled all her appointments and made herself comfortable in pimpster's office. soon after someone stepped in

???:um excuse me...are you pimpster?

narrator: it was the new girl, lusi eyed her as she stepped into the office, the girl was short, only a little over 5 ft tall, she looked like a human for the most part with only a few stand out features, those being her horns, which jutted from her head and were connected by a chain, her cracked halo that orbited one of her horns, and her white fox like ears, the girl had thick thighs and even thicker breasts, and was wearing all the right things to show them off. she had a belt around her left leg and waist, a short skirt that was torn slightly, a white cropped top with two red Xs showing where her tits were. as for her face it was ordanary as far as demons go with an m shaped mouth, a single pointy tooth sticking out, and eyes that were different colors, one red and one blue, finally there was her hair which had a subtle sparkle to it, it was brown and went down to slightly above her waist, her entire cutesy look was made complete by a big bushy tail

???:excuse me

narrator: lusi snapped out of her thoughts and finally addressed the new girl

lusi: oh sorry, no I am not pimpster, I am lusi, pimpster is in the hospital and I will be taking over for him until he recovers

???: wait you're lusi?

narrator: the new girl then turned on the light to confirm what she said

???: oh my goodness, I'm such a big fan of your work, I watched all your underground movies, hell when I learned that you'd be working here I knew I had to come

lusi: is that the only reason why you're here? to see me

???: no, rent money has been hard to come by and the stuff I was doing before wasn;t cutting it, so I came here looking for something more professional

lusi: so it says here you're name is lulu?

lulu: yes that is me

lusi: I must say you're resume is impressive, definitely ninth floor material

lulu: ninth floor?

lusi: you see how this place works is that people here buy packages, the cheapest one only gets you the bottom floor, and as you upgrade you go higher and higher, where the quality gets better as you go until you reach floor 10 where *chuckles* I reside, usually at least. anyway based on what I have read and seen you are floor 9 material, the elevator is down the hall, your name will be on the board soon, expect a client soon after, they love the fresh meat. oh and if you have any questions use the walkie talkie provided for you

lulu: okay got it, thanks

narrator: and with that lulu left, as lusi said someone rented out lulu mere minutes after she was put on the board

lusi: (into her walkie talkie) lulu you got your first client, they said he's a short guy named austin in a fedora, trenchcoat and black sunglasses

lulu: got it

narrator: lulu then waited in the lobby on the ninth floor for the elevator to open, soon enough someone stepped out

lulu: I assume you are austin

austin: yes, where is lulu

lulu: that is me

austin: what....no that can't be right, lulu is that stage name for lusi right?

lulu: no sir that is not, and even if that were the case lusi is out of commission for now

austin: BLOODY HELL! can I at least get a refund

lulu: sure, I'll call the manager and we can meet her downstairs

austin: thank you

lulu: (into her walkie talkie) hey lusi this apparently thought I was you and wants a refund

lusi: alright, send him down

lulu: okay

narrator: lulu and austin then headed down the elevator to lus's office

lusi: thank you lulu, you are excused

lulu: okay

lusi: so you want a refund

austin: yes please

lusi: alright give me a moment

narrator: lusi then looked through a book of passwords looking for one in particular, she didn't realize that austin had closed the door while she looked

lusi: here we go

narrator: lusi led austin into a room connected to the office, in the center of the room was a large safe, lusi punched the code into the safe and pulled out a wad of cash and began to count

lusi: I'm terribly sorry for the inconvinence

austin: oh its fine after all...

narrator: "austin" then took off his duiguise

benjamin: an eye for an eye

lusi: what? AHH!

narrator: benjamin jumped onto lusi's head from behind and dug his claws into her scalp, lusi pulled out her walkie talkie and yelled

lusi: SECURITY SECURITY!

benjamin: NO ONE IS COMING FOR YA LOVE!

narrator: benjamin jumped off of lusi's head, on the way down he dug his claws deep into lusi's rear, leaving visible bleeding marks

benjamin: ooh that's never gonna fade is it

lusi: don't...touch....my...ASS!

narrator: lusi's toenails then extended to a sharp point, her eyes turned red and she charged at him

benjamin: ah ah ah

narrator: benjamin then pulled a shotgun out from his trenchcoat

benjamin: STOP RIGHT THERE!

narrator: lusi's stopped in her tracks and put her hands up

benjamin: hehehehehe, ya know lusi, I thought you'd put up more of a fight, but in the end

narrator: benjamin walked closer, and pulled out a melon bawler

benjamin: that eye is coming ou--AHH!

narrator: someone tackled benjamin from behind and pinned him to the floor

benjamin: WHAT THE BLOODY HELL!

lulu: you alright boss

lusi: yes, how did you know I was in trouble

lulu: I heard your call for security on the walkie, when nobody came I came here to hel-AH!

narrator: benjamin bit lulu in the calf and jumped at lusi's face, lusi raised her leg and slashed benjamin's chest with her claws, sending him flying

lulu: lets take care of him once and for all

benjamin: you shoulda stayed upstairs love

narrator: benjamin ran at them once more, lusi reached onto her thigh and pulled out a butterfly knife while lulu grabbed a gold bar from the vault, benjamin jumped over lulu only to be met with a knife in his chest, lulu smacked him in the face with a gold bar rendering him unconscious

lusi: I'm getting mighty tired of this guy

narrator: lusi took her knife and put it to benjamin's throat when both she nad lulu felt a surge of electricity go through them

echo: wow benjamin, you couldn't even do this correctly, I give you all the tools you need yet you still muck it up, come on now, I have to put you back together...again

narrator: echo then teleported away with benjamin

lulu: you alright boss

lusi: well aside from my worth going down by a bit, I'm... okay, what about you?

lulu: my leg is...bleeding

lusi: I'll drive us to the health center

narrator: lusi and lulu got in lusi's car, while they drove they decided to chat for a bit to try and ease the pain

lulu: who was that guy

lusi: benjamin, he got me killed in the living world, when we met down here I kicked him as hard as I could I guess he landed on his eye because the impact blinded him and he's been going after me ever since

lulu: oh

lusi: what about you, how did you end up down here

lulu: I did sex work in the living world too, although according to the guy...what's his name, the guy you meet when you first come here

lusi: brooklyn satan?

lulu: yeah, he told me my biggest crime was my abor---nevermind I don't want to think about it

lusi: I get it that's a pretty difficult topic to discuss, but it explains why you're down here

lulu: hey, I uh need a favor

lusi: what?

lulu: I'm going to have to cut into my rent money to pay off these medical bills and I'm gonna get evicted, can I uh live with you for a bit

lsui: well I'm not very stable in my home situation either, my apartment was blown up a few weeks ago and I've been staying in brooklyn satan's castle while its being rebuilt

lulu: does he charge rent

lusi: nah, he says that I pay him enough in sexual favors, but I think he just likes me

lulu: could I work out a similar arrangement

lusi: I dunno, I kinda have the whole "sex for rent" thing covered, but we can talk about that when we get to the castle

lulu: thanks

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