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Red Light Diplomacy
(Crimson Rose)

Sitting on a bench a safe distance from the Red-light District's eastern entrance, a young green-eyed brunette woman watched several trucks pull up, unload their cargo outside of the 20-foot tall wall, and then drive off while local traffic skirted the district at all costs. Not even the three patrolling police cruisers dared enter Sapphire City's most perverse district. Eyes going to the numerous cameras atop the wall monitoring activity inside and out, she wondered if there were any blind spots that would allow her to sneak in unmolested. Having already lost three friends to the district in the last seven months, she did not want to become just another statistic, but at the same time she really wanted to pay them a visit if only because she was offered immunity once she reached the property her friend Mikayla shared with her wife Sophia. 

The sun setting well into her fourth hour of watching, the woman took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Having spent half a year committing as much of the Red-light District to memory as humanly possible - including every street she would have to take to get to her desired location and the buildings and lighting along the way, she got up off the bench, put her backpack on, and then cautiously approached the four-lane entrance on foot and when no one was watching, she slipped passed the massive wall, heart pounding so hard it was the only thing she could hear. Jogging to an alleyway between a convenience store and bank, she stopped at the opposite end, looked both ways, and then darted across the street where lighting was fewer and further between. Sticking to the shadows as best she could, she fast-walked three blocks and then made a left onto Harcourt Avenue where she saw a young blonde woman being triple penetrated by three black men right there on the sidewalk. Stepping back into the shadows, she patiently waited for them to leave.

Five minutes. Ten. Twenty. The men going to town on the woman showed no signs of slowing down. After more than half an hour, the woman heard two of the men grunting and knew they were coming. Finally! she thought as the men in the blonde's mouth and ass walked away - their sexual desires sated at least for the moment. Mostly free to move around, the blonde made a break for it. Hopping to her feet, she attempted to kick the man's family jewels into the next neighborhood and then sprinted as fast as her feet could carry her. I'm sure that's the least that bastard deserves. When the man eventually got to his feet, dressed, and disappeared into the night, the woman slunk from the shadows and cautiously made her way down the street.

Making a right onto Vicgross, she literally ran face first into a petite brunette that looked as scared as she did. "I don't want any trouble so be on your way and I'll be on mine."

"Yeah right," the brunette said as she reached for a wad of cash in her pocket - earning from being used by a group of seven men. 

Knowing what was coming and not about to get caught up in something she knew she would regret, the woman took several steps back right into another person. Spinning on her heels, she saw another woman - this one a fair-skinned redhead. "I just want to be on my way so are we really going to do this?"

"We're definitely doing this," the redhead said as she shoved a wad of cash down the front of the startled woman's pants. "I'm Ellie. And you are?"

"M-Melissa. Please, I'm just trying to get to a friend's place. I'll give you the money back and we can just go our separate ways."