<em>Old Man Harris - Basement office - 11.32</em><br/><br/>Joshua looked up from his papers and saw a young man standing in front of him, lingering for a bit after he had told him to sit down. Finally the kid did sit down and Joshua now turned his attention to him.<strong>"You're new here..."</strong>It wasn't a question, just an observation.<strong>"I assume Doc will have given you the short version of our rules?"</strong>He lighted a match and brought it to his half-smoked cigar and puffed some life back into it.<strong>"It's pretty simple kid. Remember it all and we'll get along famously. Mess up, and you'll be kicked out... for good."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"First rule... There are no real names to be used in the Gulch. Ask the girls for their stage names, do not address them with their real names, even if you know them personally. Likewise they will not address you with your real name. You will choose a pseudonym and use that to present yourself both to the girls, our staff and any of the other guests. Understood?"</strong>He checked for a moment to see if the kid was paying attention and then continued.<br/><br/><strong>"Secondly, you will pay Bert the standard fee upon your arrival. Fee is 250 bucks. For that you get access to all the public areas and the promise of the company of one of our girls. If you want anything special, that is negotiable with either the girl herself or Bert. But it'll cost extra."</strong>He took another puff of his cigar and continued.<strong>"If you become a regular here, we will give you the opportunity to just hang around the lounge for a quarter of the normal fee. You then only pay extra once you take one of the girls to a room. It takes twelve visits to earn that right though."</strong>He took a marker and readied it to write the new client's pseudonym down in his book.<strong>"So what name will you use, kid?" </strong>