Topic: Blacklight in the Redlight District

Black Lantern Media

Date: 2008-10-30 16:52 EST
Three weeks ago, the offices of Black Lantern Media.

?Our new sponsor wants us to do what?? Bryce couldn?t quite grasp what he was hearing. It felt like Paul was speaking another language to him.

?They want us to open an ?Adult Entertainment Center.?? Paul chuckled and placed the letter from the mysterious benefactors responsible for the stations recent popularity in front of the CEO. ? A porn shop if we leave out the fancy talk, Bryce. Catering to a pretty wide variety if I?m reading this list of suggested stock right. They?ve included everything we?ve got the rights to, and a few high quality items that they promise to make available to us if we meet their deadline.?

?I don?t think we can risk not meeting their deadline. These are scary people Paul. So scary they make Dad on his bad days look like kittens and puppies.? Fingers followed track marks worn into his hair since he had made his deal with the devil. ?Give it to me straight, how long do we have??

?Four weeks from the date of the letter. That means until the Fifth of November.?

Black Lantern Media

Date: 2008-10-30 17:27 EST
Two weeks ago, Redlight District.

?I think you?ll enjoy the building fellows, It used to be one of the city?s most infamous bordellos back before the watch started taking a bigger cut. The Madam?s name was Solanum Le?Fluer. Her girls serviced princess and kings on special occasions.? The real estate agent showing Bryce and Paul around the decrepit building seemed so much a part of the redlight district that the men could easily imagine the building when it was still in use.

?Madam Le?Fluer refused to pay the watch their cut, and was shot right upstairs on that balcony.? A painted fingernail pointed.

?This is great Bryce. We can make it part museum part shop. Draw in all sorts that way.? Paul didn?t seem half so concerned about this whole situation as his boss, in fact he seemed to be enjoying it.

?I need some antacid. Bottom line it for me Miss. How much is this place going to run me?? Bryce was looking more and more stressed every day. He doubted that he?d make it to opening day without medical intervention at this rate.?

?Oh it?s a real steal Sir. A real steal.?

Black Lantern Media

Date: 2008-12-05 15:43 EST
November 1st, Grand opening of Blacklight five days away.

The building had cleaned up better than expected. Paul had personally supervised every step of the project. The bottom floor of the adult entertainment complex would open right on schedule. The upper floors would take some extra work.

Without telling Bryce, Paul had decided that the upper floors would once again be put to their original use. The decorating of each of the rooms was almost complete, as was the staffing. The "Madam" chosen to run the rooms was a petite blond thing, with a voice like a whip crack, who chose to go by the name Cecily Stark. What her real name was didn't really matter to Paul. She was just another fixture to him.

Cecily was touring the upstairs rooms while a pair of girls wearing skimpy t-shirts with boobs printed over their own breasts in ink that glowed under the shop's blacklights were loading the shelves with every form of media imaginable. And even a few that Paul had never even dreamed of before, sent by the mystery backer.

Things were looking well indeed.