"Oh no, heh, I still have work to get to<em>that</em>stage.  But with every successful job like this we're going to do, is a better review and chance of auditions."<br/><br/>It would take over an hour to walk the various bridges, stairs, and small vertical lifts across to Cliffside quarter, and down to the district sprawling across the western edge of the city.  There were a few skycoaches still slinking through the night, little dinghies that could carry one several miles for a few silver.<br/><br/>Eventually reaching Sharn's Welcome, it didn't quite live up to its name.  Granted, small groups of sailors seemed cheerful enough, staggering from bordello to bar, but it was forced merrymaking, and fights were just as common.  A few were passed out in alleys, whether from drink or fighting, and usually didn't wake up with their money.  The narrow district had plenty of cheap lodging, restaurants, pawnshops, and of course, bordellos, being a low-quality red light district.  But it catered mostly to sailors, so poking around for a small group of adventurers shouldn't be too difficult.  Especially compared to Clifftop, the adventuer's district in Upper Dura.<br/><br/>Jax has some specialized local knowledge, and leads them to a larger bordello with a sign promising the most beautiful and skilled burlesque girls.  "The Green Mermaid, one of the few places that bothers to mention their girls can dance.  They actually have a few good girls, thanks to Jalia.  Or 'Starflower' as she goes by..." Jax grinned as they entered.  The evening was still going strong with a small band playing and a lively bar.  A few patrons turned to grin at a couple women entering, but they quickly turned to the stage at the announcement of the next number, "Gentlemen, good sirs," an MC called out for attention, "The moment you've been waiting for, the Green Mermaids, featuring our very own Starflower!"<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://halloweencostumesworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Burlesque-Can-Can-Costume.jpg)</div>There is much cheering, slapping of tables, and stomping of boots as some curtains pull aside on a rickety stage, revealing a chorus line in green or blue dresses (http://thekaraokeplace.co.uk/karaoke/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Fever___Lady_Ele_4f15965dead14.jpg), and in the center, an elf girl in red and black.  She claps her hands to a quick beat, which the band quickly takes up, and leads the girls across the stage in a strut, all of them given the sailors smoldering looks as they flounce and flirt.  The girls appear to have rehearsed, but they can't keep up with Starflower's twirls, sudden dips, and sashays as she shows off her thighs.  They sing along with the music, but the cheers and thumping of tables drowns much of it out.  All in all, its a fair performance, but Jalia has managed to shape up the girls into a semblance of an organized production.<br/><br/>They go through a second number, this time the girls stepping off stage to strut and sing among the tables between patrons, grinning as they slap away wandering hands, but also flirting from here to there.  They finally all trot back onstage for a big finish, flashing their bottoms as the curtain falls to the eruption of the audience.  Many drinks are spilled, thrown, and reordered, bringing more business along with it.  Jax smiles and winks, picking her way through the large hall to the door that leads backstage.  A bouncer stands there, and doesn't seem yielding, though his eyebrows to raise a little to the sight of women approaching.