<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">A Status-2 Mortalis NPC - A Debt Owed</span></span></div><br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/3a/4e/8d/3a4e8dfe0adba3f05a202c846826be69.jpg)</div><br/>Shortly after Blaine had established some order in the Moors, she was contacted by a certain someone. Or rather she was contacted on behalf of that certain someone about a woodcarving commission. A limousine arrived at her house. And she was brought to an establishment that looked like a cross between a boudoir and a speakeasy. And its proprietress was dresses very much to match the style of her establishment. Madam Francine Beaumont, as it turned out, owned and operated the '<em>No Men Allowed</em>House of Lady Favors' that catered to the mortal and supernatural alike. Madam Beaumont's staff was not unlike the Japanese Geisha - cultured, refined and highly educated. Differing only in the providing of that last bit of extra service. The establishment was clearly classy and high-end. Even if it was a private, invitations only affair, where one couldn't just walk in off the street for some bit of debaucherous fun.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://www.hiddenlibations.com/wp-content/uploads/le-boudior-secret-bar-brooklyn-3.jpg)</div><br/>Madam Beaumont had informed Blaine that she'd been summoned to receive a commission to create a series of carvings which would serve not only to decorate the establishment, but also to set the mood. With the first one of the series specifically commissioned to commemorate the establishment's anniversary.<br/><br/>Blaine had been nearly done with the piece. As she had left the most poignant detail in the work for last. An urgent call, however, had pulled her away from Las Vegas in the very last moment. In connection to tracking down the errant pieces from Gruesome Gertie. As a result she'd been late in delivering the very first piece of the series. Madam Beaumont had graciously agreed to let the affront slide in the face of Blaine's urgent personal matters. However, since there was no such thing as a free lunch, the two women had agreed on a debt owed. Which the Madam could call upon at her discretion. And Blaine had delivered on the rest of her commission in due time and with no further delay.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Anniversary Piece, Life-size, in Soft maple</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://www.art-bronze-sculptures.com/media/image/fd/58/8e/713_0593009f0e401f_600x600.jpg)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">2nd Piece, Life-size, in Cocobolo</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://www.art-bronze-sculptures.com/media/image/d0/24/c9/75_159300a302f45f.jpg)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Final Piece, Life-size, in Bloodwood</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/264059054784_/Bronze-Sculpture-Art-Deco-Modern-Marble-Base-Woman.jpg)</div></div>