Laurence

Basic

►Laurence Demestres◄

【 38 】

【 Female 】

【 Human 】

【 Foreign brothel owner / client 】

【 Chloris 】

On and Off

✓ Well trained women

✓ Relentless dominance

✓ Trade secrets

✓ Surprises...

✘ ...To a degree

✘ Pretentiousness

✘ Unprofessionalism

✘ Unruly clients

Personality

► Laurence is not a gentle kind-hearted soul. Showing an incredible cynicism in all situations, she considers the only way to feel good involve at some point stepping on other's toes. Difficult to please, and easy to anger, most interractions with her almost feel like a test. Laurence feels she knows it all about people, and how they work, and will not hesitate to pry in their privacy beyond their comfort zone to fulfil her curiosity if there is some shadowy areas that intrigue her. But in spite of this inquisitiveness, she hardly, if ever, lets her own feelings come into the open. Hardened and jaded, she has yet to find someone she could trust as a confident, or a friend.

History

► Laurence way born in Bordeaux in 1847. Her mother was a maid, and her father the man she was having an affair with, which obviously led to a somewhat complicated education. She started out as a bit of a street rat, but when her agility reached its limit and she got caught, she considered more legal, if not respectable paths. The logical choice appeared to become a maid as well, however, job was hard to find in Bordeaux, and she ultimately moved to Paris. She only lived there for two years however, before she received the tragic news of her mother's death.

This tragic event, however, had hints of a new beginning, as she was left with a surprisingly important legacy. So, she decided to stop cleaning homes, and start opening a shop. It was clearly apparent however, that taxes were too high in Paris, and moved again to Strasbourg. She considered what kind of thing she could sell, and ultimately found a nice place not far from the river docks, and a product naturally came: pleasure. Thus was created the "Salon pourpre". It was almost as much a meeting point as a place to have sex, and quickly grew to be a reputable place, which brought her a hefty amount of money. Considering the class of her clientele, she invested quite a bit of her revenue in cultivating herself, learning Russian, German and English, the events of the world, history and so on...

This lasted until 1870, when war broke out. Initially an extremely profitable affair, things quickly turned sour when France was on the dramatically losing side. Smelling the wind turning at high speed, she quickly sold the refined establishment, and moved away from the frontier. This proved to be quite a loss however, and she couldn't just retire. So, she opened a house of fine delights again, in Marseille... Except the tone was different. The clientele wasn't the same, for starters. It was both more diverse, and less rich. It turned out quite numerous too. Fishermen, travelers and what remained of the military after the war ended. She managed to make it an even more profitable affair though, but only by using a much different strategy...

Indeed, the "Palais de la Gambette" is a hive, where a very large number of girls work an unreasonable amount of time, for a somewhat unsatisfactory pay. Unused rooms are considered exceptions rather than the rule, and she managed in ten years to outlive several of her employees who ran into illnesses. Plural intentional. But, after ten years forming most of her girls to be hard-working and obedient, she managed to have an assistant she deemed trustworthy enough, and after plenty of consideration, gave her the reign over the palace, temporarily, while she embarked on a travel to Louisiana. Here, she heard an interesting pleasure house made quite a reputation, and wanted to see it with her own eyes, maybe pick up some techniques and employees on her way back, and open a second, higher class establishment, or a high quality option.

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