Martin Barstien was in charge of doling out the pay for the performers and waitresses at the Alley Cat Club every Tuesday. The pay for the dancers was decided based on the numbers that that each girl brought in for her shows, and lately one of the girls was bringing down the house. That new musician she had brought in drew his own crowd as well, for the first time in months there were as many women lining the dance floor as there were men. And thirsty dancers bought drinks, thus the system of splitting the profits with the dancers.

Today the piles were quite hefty. Last night one of the Kittens had gotten on the dance floor with the Vixen and her guitarist, and the crowd had gone wild. So this morning there was a bonus waiting for each of them. An extra hundred silver each for Sheyleigh and Dark, and an extra seventy five silver for Uriko.

Sheyleigh wandered down from the apartment she and Dark shared behind the club just before supper time, rubbing her eyes sleepily. The first thing she did was steal a snack from Mellani in the kitchen, stopping to check on Kramer, who was once again napping in his box by the fire. Then she headed to the bar.

Martin grinned spotting the foxling "Hey Vixen, it's payday. Got a nice bonus for you and your man, and one for your little Kitten friend. Everyone loved last nights show."

Shey grinned and took all three packets "Thanks Marty, I'll make sure these get delivered. Dark and I have some shopping to do tonight!"