>>579421
...you were the youngest one there, weren't you? And he's much older than you? How do you know he's not just being paid to lure you out? Do you even know his name? Have you even shared more than a few sentences?

Look, if you split up, whoever's left behind is vulnerable. If you have any shred of doubt in your mind of the motives of your "gentleman", stay with her. You know she is strong. You have seen the truth to her heart, that there is good in her. You can count on her. She is bitter and jaded, but together you can survive.

Do NOT, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, go with your "gentleman". I know what you think, but the truth is that he is a grown man and you are a teenager, and no matter what happens he never wanted to have you in any kind of healthy way. You need to accept that.

Don't go with him, and encourage Paris to talk to you. What did she mean to say before? What else might she say now?

Trust Paris, and please be kind to her.

Tell her that she might be right and it might be a bad idea. But we are low on options in a world that could care less. Maybe this guy can help us even if it is for the wrong reasons. But you want to at least talk to him and you would like her to be there when you do. She can help you from doing anything stupid.

Paris has a good point, but you also really need some help. You can't stay here forever and when you leave where do you go?

Go talk to your gentleman and see what he says, but do not go with him. Just talk.

No, do not go with your gentleman. Whether you like it or not you don't know him, or his intentions. Yeah, he's nice to you, and yes, Paris is mean to you, but Paris is honest, and she's being honest right now.

Stick with Paris. She's crass and jaded, but you've seen through that, seen her break down. In this situation where you really can't trust anyone who knows you, you can trust her.

I know, it's frightening. It shouldn't be like this. Your gentleman made you feel good about yourself, when everything around you just made you feel bad, but now it's time to put away how you feel. You need to be serious, if you want to survive this, and anyone who's in any way associated with that club you want to be as far as possible from.

Oh, here's another reason not to go to him. The club wants you back, and they know he's a patron. They might go looking for him to find you. That could put him in danger! Yep, it's for his own good that you can't go with him.

Pause, tear up, and then tell the sheep you'll be staying here.

Then mope silently for a while.

>>579421
gonna have to agree with paris on this one. the woman has a point.

>>579421
This really isn't the best circumstance to start a relationship with a guy. Stay away for now, until you're in a position where you don't have to sleep with one eye open

Go talk to him, but don't let him sweet-talk you into going with him. And try not to be alone with him for too long... you don't look strong, and he could probably overpower you easily if he wanted to. Keep your distance, you don't know if he's trustworthy or not.

Stay. With. Paris.

The Gentleman is nothing but bad news.

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i'm starting to feel my eyes prickle. the more i think about it the more i realize she's right. i'm being stupid. i have no reason to trust him, no matter how much better he made me feel while i worked at the club - because i don't work at the club anymore. her words banging around in my head have made me realize how little i actually know about him. but ... at the same time, we need help. this might be our only chance.

"paris, please listen." i take a deep, shuddering breath. "i think you're probably right."

"thank god for that," she grumbles.

"but -" and here she sits up a little straighter, glaring at me - "i .... i don't think ..." i have to swallow and start the sentence over. "i don't think we can afford to automatically cross off any options. even if we have a lot of reasons to."

she starts to growl, but i take a deep breath and interrupt. "all i'm going to do is go talk to him. through the intercom. and i'll keep in mind everything you just said to me, i promise." she closes her mouth again, but she still looks mad. "paris," i continue, "i trust you. and i believe you. but i have to see for myself."

it takes her a minute to respond, but when she does, she says, "i hate this idea. but ... i don't hate that you're coming up with ideas." she turns her face away so i can't read her expression. "you're learning. you gotta keep doing that. you're being stupid as hell right now, but this ..... this is good."

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"o-okay. i'll ... i'll be back in a few minutes then." i get up from the bed and hurry over to the lamb, who silently leads me through the hallways til i get to the intercom system.

"uhm." i have to press my finger down as hard as i can on the button to stop it from shaking. "i-it's me. loretta."

"oh, thank god." his voice is deep and warm and i feel like somebody's scooped out my insides. "are you alright? are you hurt?"

"i ... i'm okay."

"what about the cat?"

"she's .... resting."

"loretta." i've never heard him anything but relaxed, so to hear his voice straining is weird and scary. "i'm so sorry that i didn't do anything back there. i don't want you to think ... that i didn't care what happened. i'm not a fighter, and i wouldn't have been any help to you or your friend if paula's men had hurt me while i tried to help you."

i can't think of what to say. i guess he realizes i'm not gonna say anything because he keeps talking. "there are still people from the club out here. i passed a few on my way here, but they didn't recognize me. i'm worried that they won't stop overnight, and that they'll catch you leaving if you stay until morning. loretta, i don't know if they'll stop in three days, or a week, or longer." there's a pause; when he starts to talk again his voice sounds a little more like what i'm used to from him. "i don't think it's a good idea to try to hide in the city. if paula is persistent, they will find you eventually. you won't be able to move place to place."

i must've let out a little scared noise, i couldn't help it, bc immediately he's saying "shhh, shhhh." i hug myself with my free arm and try to stop shaking. "loretta, i live outside of the city, about twenty minutes away by car. i don't have many neighbors and the ones i do have don't go to the city often. you could hide there until things calm down. i think it's the safest way. your friend can come, too, if she doesn't have anywhere else to go."

>>580082
Hm.
On one hand, we don't have terribly many options. On the OTHER hand...
http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/447054.html#i484119 We should probably try to avoid this.
I'm not saying that going with a strange man with a taste for underage women to a secluded house on the edge of nowhere is a bad idea, but...
We might want to explore other options with our friend, before we make any plans RE: going with him.

Ask him why he has been coming to see you. You want to believe in his good intentions but you have learned some painful lessons tonight.

If you are going to talk to Paris about this option you need to know more about him. Sure getting out of town will help part of your problems but you could be walking into a worse situation.

>>580082
Thank him for the offer.
You'll think about it.
But you're also sure they'll think to check his place as well. He's left his own mark on the city and they'll track him down. He knows people here, probably made friends. Any place we know they could know about isn't safe. And then he'll just end up dead.
If he really wants to help and be effective, report what might be useful to the police, they won't care about a couple of girls like us, but they might care about the man who almost killed Paris. He was almost certainly killed by Paula and moved somewhere. They'll care about a murder of a random joe, especially if he turns out to be someone important. He could have been anybody. Someone the police might really care about. He could have been a corrupt cop for all we know, and they care about dead cops regardless. If gentleman can find out who that man was in anyway, like he'll probably show up on a missing person's list in a few days, just report him anonymously.

while it may seem appealing and all, this obviously could be very dangerous. you have no real reason to trust him and you need to let him know that. even if he *seems* like a nice guy, it's extremely easy to fake that kind of thing.

>>580098
This is a good idea, Gentleman seems like he could at the very least make for a useful go-between to get us out of this mess.

>>580082

ask him if he can take you outside of the city to a hotel or something rather than to his house? something about the whole 'underage girl who can't say no' makes this guy seem more than a bit sketch to me. paris might respond better to a hotel than his house, anyway.

>>580082
Ask for more information about where he lives. We COULD just take a taxi. Also tell her that the other girl thinks he's just a pervert who wanted to seduce a teenager, and we need some way to convince her he's legit. He also needs to tell you why he sought you out. What does he like about you?

How did he know you were here, anyway? Why doesn't the club know, if he knows?

>>580082

If he really wants to help, what you need is money. Better disguises. And people unrelated to the place you just came from.
He's suspicious, and even if he says he's not a fighter, it might be a lie. He's a wolf. He's dangerous. If he really wants to help, he'll gladly give you some money to help and back off.
Better, give him your and Paris' old clothes, let him dump them somewhere in plain sight to create a wrong track for the pursuers to follow while you get away.
Don't go with the wolf!

tell him.... You need to talk to Paris and ask if he can come back in the morning????

DON'T GO WITH HIM DON'T GO WITH HIM DON'T GO WITH HIM

he seems like he genuinely cares, but it feels off. he feels like hes hiding something.

ask him why hes helping you. then go back and talk with paris about the plan.

Okay, your gentleman is nice... but from what you've said so far it doesn't seem like you ever talked much with him, right? You just went to the back room with him. So, why does he care that much about you? And how did he know where to find you? Ask him. In the situation you are in you can't afford to just believe people because they look nice. Question everything.
And... you're young, but you sure must have heard stories about murderers/kidnappers/whathaveyou who feign kindness to lure in their victims. Kind manners don't equal a kind heart, and kindness isn't the hardest thing to fake.
House-almost-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-with-a-john-twice-your-age doesn't seem like a great plan. You're really not in a position to trust others blindly.

Only go with him if Paris will go with you. Go relay everything he said to Paris and talk about your options and if any of them are safer than your gentleman. Don't let Paris put you down and remain firm that you both need to chose what you both are going to do. Tell her you will not go with him without her.

Also, the club you used to work at doesn't seem like the most classy place. As you said earlier, your gentleman doesn't behave like most of the other customers, he tips well, and all of the girls like him. And let's not forget he wears visibly expensive clothes! He could hardly go unnoticed. Yet he says that "there are still people from the club out here. [he] passed a few on [his] way here, but they didn't recognize [him]". I find that hard to believe.

do not go with him omg that is the worst idea that ever happened

tell him to come back in the morning. go back to your room, talk about it with paris, and then get some rest. talk about it more in the morning, make your decision, and then relay it to him. do not take this lightly, make sure you and paris are on the same page, and do not let your infatuation with this gentleman blind you.

A SECLUDED HOUSE IN THE WOODS? NOOOODONT
DON'T DO IT
TELL HIM NO
at least then you will see how he is like when you deny him!

Loretta bby, listen to me. Please. Very, very carefully
Your gentleman probably does care about you and want you to be alive.
YOUR GENTLEMAN IS NOT A GOOD PERSON. The people and the johns especially who frequent that place aren't. Your gentleman's affection is NOT good, and NOT healthy.
DO NOT TRUST YOUR GENTLEMAN. We do not know what he wants, or why. And he is a wolf. I would even say to use that affection he has for you to your advantage if he wasn't a wolf.
Be very, very careful. Ask him how he found you.
Do not make him angry, under any circumstances, but DO NOT FOLLOW HIM.
DO NOT TRUST YOUR GENTLEMAN.
And as soon as you can, keep as far away from him as you can, and make sure he can't find you. Your gentleman is dangerous, Loretta, no matter what he feels for you.

He could be the nicest guy in the world but you never start any sort of a relationship in a situation like this. If he is truly a gentleman he will understand and will be willing to help you in other ways.

NO LORETTA NO DO NOT GO WITH HIM THAT IS A FOOL'S PATH

Plus, as of right now, Paris needs you. You know you can trust her, and she might not be able to make it out without you.

Only go if Paris goes, if she doesn't then just tell him you need time to sort things out.

>>580082
Honestly as bad an idea as going with him is I'm not sure what choice you two have. Ask Paris what she thinks and when she inevitably says no ask what other options you have. Tell your gentleman to wait while you talk it over with her.

LORETTA NO

ask him why he's come here and what he expects from you

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i'm quiet for a really long time.

"loretta?"

"i'm still here." i take a deep deep deep breath and it makes me shake a little. "you know, paris doesn't trust you."

"paris?"

"the cat."

he chuckles softly. "she's not wrong, loretta." my eyes widen, but before i can ask for an explanation, he continues. "it's good that she doesn't, loretta. i'm glad you're with someone who's looking out for you. i'm glad you're with someone who knows how to take care of you." i hear him sigh. "and i would understand if you didn't trust me, either. but i hope you will, so that i can help you get out of this."

"w..." thinking this way makes my head hurt, i don't like distrusting him, i don't like to think about the worst case all the time. but i think about paris. she's kept me safe and i have to keep her safe. i have to keep us safe. "w-why...."

"hm?"

"why are you helping me? why did you come to see me so much?"

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now he's quiet for a long time. i can feel my nails digging into my arm. when he finally speaks i almost jump. "i can only be honest with you, loretta."

"it started out as just. loretta, you know." i don't say anything. "sex," he says, firmly but carefully, and i flinch. "it's the reason anyone goes there. you're an intelligent girl, loretta. you know that."

i'm crying now, struggling to keep it quiet enough that he can't hear, but i'm clinging to that one word he said. started. started, started, started, started

"but you were, ah. this is going to sound really cliche." i can hear that he's smiling in his voice and a tiny laugh bursts through my tears, i love him, i love him i love him, i love him so much - "you were different - i'm sorry, this can't sound convincing at all, it's so. trite. but really, i was just charmed by you, and i wanted to see you. i wanted to know more. and, ah ... maybe i'm wrong, but i felt like it made you happy too."

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"yeah," i burst out without thinking, "yeah, yeah -"

"are you okay, loretta?"

"yeah, i just -" i wipe my eyes frantically on the back of my hands, hiccuping. "it's okay. i'm okay. sorry."

"if i don't help you," he says slowly, once i quiet down, "i'll probably never see you again. i don't want that."

i'm nodding weakly, even though i know he can't see it. something suddenly occurs to me. "u-uhm," i begin shyly, "i just, uhm. i think .... you said you want to know more about me ..."

"yes."

"i think .... i want to know more about you, too." i swallow and it's so hard to do that it hurts a little. "what's your name?"

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"ah ... of course. of course." he's laughing and it sounds warm and deep and i feel like he'd smell like trees. "it's ridiculous that i've never told you til now, isn't it?"

"it's ulric."

chapter 2: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/580760.html

NOPE NO LORETTA DON'T GO

Ulric?
"Name of german origin, used to describe a kind hearted man. Tranlsates, to man of the wolves."

Seems legit, at least thematically. This is a difficult choice. I don't want to abandon Paris but this guy seems like our best chance. Also it looks like Loretta is absolutely not going to stop trusting him because she's blinded by love(or what a 17 year old thinks is love anyway).

I wonder if the religious nurse has any connections that would help, if Paris refuses to come along. Best case scenario, Paris goes to live in a covenant and visits Loretta and Ulric periodically (with protection, perhaps) to ensure she's alright.

stick with the previous plan. tell ulric you need to talk to paris, ask him to come back in the morning. get some rest, think it over, do not make this decision without thinking of the consequences.

nopenopenopenopenope

WHY FUCKING ULRIC.
WHY.

Do it loretta you love him

BUT WHY

...I'm honestly not sure if knowing it's Ulric makes him more trustworthy or less.

Don't even fucking think about it you dumbshits.