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[knifedances]

[He'd been keeping out of the way during the recent chaos for the most part, his strong sense of self-preservation leaving him disinclined to take up an active roll - that, and he may still have been sulking just a little over the results of a run-in with a certain detested someone while under the influence of the contaminated water - but that doesn't mean he hasn't been watching. On the contrary, he'd quite enjoyed witnessing the turmoil produced by recent events, and has been keeping a careful eye on the DEMISE network just to make certain he doesn't miss anything that might be useful to him, later.

But now all the chaos has died down and he's feeling a little bored, so he deems it time to re-engage with Death City society]

Ah well, that was certainly a baptism by fire! So much has happened, and all in the last ten days since my arrival. Witches and kidnappings and chaos in the streets, even potential serial killings on top of it all; enough to unnerve or at least unsettle most people, I would have thought. Is this the level of danger we'll be facing on a regular basis, I wonder? I'd been led to believe otherwise.

How many of you did the attacks convince to fight as we've been brought here to do? How many were dissuaded? I myself am still undecided.

The list of deaths and casualties was fairly high, so my condolences to anyone who's experienced a recent loss or disappearance. It's strange and perhaps a little disorientating to find ourselves in a situation like this, and that must be made significantly worse if the people you know - either those you've met since arriving here or those you might have known from home - are lost or threatened. Unless those people were ones you found threatening, I suppose, which is always a possibility.

Which leads me to another question! Have many people here chosen to locate partners amongst those they knew before coming to Death City? Or is it more common to pair off with those you've only just met? I suppose I'm feeling a little curious.

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[erostripperella]

And I'm no philosopher. Practical definitions fit me the best.

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[knifedances]

Practicality certainly has it's purpose, though sometimes I'm inclined to believe lateral thinking is required. But that's just my opinion, of course.

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[erostripperella]

I'm quite sure it is. I'm just not that good at it.

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[knifedances]

And that's okay. Things would become dull pretty quickly if everyone thought in exactly the same way, don't you think?

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[erostripperella]

Yes, I agree! Different points of view make the world interesting.

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[knifedances]

I'm glad you see it that way ☆

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[erostripperella]

Yeah.

May I ask you name?

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[knifedances]

It's K-chan. And could I ask yours?

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[erostripperella]

Stripperella. Or Erotica Jones, whichever you prefer, K-chan.

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[knifedances]

Interesting names! Either you parents were particularly eccentric or you were hoping for a career in the sex industry before arriving here. I haven't decided which one I like best, yet ☆

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[erostripperella]

My parents didn't name me. I don't have a name, technically, those were just given to me so people could call me something.

And I'm not in sex industry, just a step down. I'm an exotic dancer.

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[knifedances]

Isn't that what all names are, though? Something given to you by someone else so they'll have something to call you.

And I always thought exotic dancing was considered part of the sex industry, just on the periphery of it. But I suppose you'd know more about that than me.

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[erostripperella]

They are, but I can't say those are my names. If I had to change them, I'd be fine with it.


Sex industry involves sexual acts. Body industry doesn't. In a way it means prostitutes and pornography with sexual acts are part of the Sex Industry and strippers and erotic models for magazines are part of the Body Industry.

By law, it's all in the same bag, but it's very different for those who work in it. I don't have sex with my clients, nor I perform sexual acts alone for them. There are strippers who do, though.


[ooc: I... actually researched this on the Internet. MY LIFE ._.]

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[knifedances]

So how is it you don't have a name you consider to be yours then? If you don't mind me asking, that is.

I see! You learn something new every day ☆

[Lol!! That's correct though! I've had psychological papers published on exotic dancing...what is MY life haha ;_;]

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[erostripperella]

It's fine. I'm part of an Agency of Superheroes/Secret-Agents who defend my world. We don't exist, we don't have names.

Erotica Jones is my "daily life cover" as an exotic dancer, and Stripperella is my Superhero name. In the end I'm just and agent, and if required, I might be placed somewhere else and give a new Superhero and daily life name.


I'm glad I could teach you something.

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[knifedances]

That sounds dramatic. I'd be hard-pushed to believe what you're saying if it wasn't for the fact that I'd already been transported to an entirely different world and requested to participate in a war against magical beings. It's all a little surreal, if I'm honest.

I guess you must have had a name at one time though, before becoming a Superhero/Secret-Agent?

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[erostripperella]

It's fine if you don't believe, truthfully. But I don't have a reason to lie, either. Still, it's ultimately up to you, if you believe or not.

Perhaps I had, but I don't remember it. I was recruited young, since my mother and brother also worked for the agency.

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[knifedances]

It's dramatic, and yet it's hardly the most unusual thing I've heard or witnessed since arriving here. I have no real reason not to believe it, at this point.

Well. It sounds as though the world you came from was far more interesting than mine.

[Not entirely true, but there's no reason to divulge any of that and risk giving himself away to certain people he'd much rather not have to deal with. It's bad enough that the protozoan already knows he's here :|]

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[erostripperella]

I don't think it's dramatic at all. It's just the way i lived, and I did enjoy it.

I suppose. There were... unusual things that made our days exciting, I guess.

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[knifedances]

I suppose anything can become routine if you live it for long enough.

Unusual things?

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[erostripperella]

Women with six arms, Werebeavers, machines that brainwash people. That... sort of thing.

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[knifedances]

Ha ha, well, that certainly does count as unusual as far as I'm concerned!

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[erostripperella]

It's not common in my world either, but when things like that show up, we aren't that surprised.

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[knifedances]

Whereas it'd cause quite a stir in my world, I think.

[Though perhaps less than he's letting on, given the supernatural beings occasionally present on the Ikebukuro streets]

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[erostripperella]

Ahah, I can only imagine.