Odward

## Odward, the finest procurer in the 'Plex

*Never call them a 'pimp'....*

* **Name:** Unknown (but it sure as drek isn't "Odward", "Edward Odd" "Ida No" or any of their other *nommes des ombres*)
* **Position:** Is that an offer? Hold on a sec' and I can hook you up with someone...
* **Metatype:** Human (*Homo sapiens sapiens)*
* **DOB:** Don't you know better than to ask that?
* **Education:** Obviously.
* **Family:** Estranged

When the Great and Good, the biggest of the Big Dogs, corp execs, archmages and mafia dons need their itches scratched in the MSPlex, they can't just go out and pick up a Fire Girl from the Camps or a joyboi from the corner of 9th and Hennepin. They need discretion and professionalism, they demand quality and showmanship. Its not enough just to cum, the rich and powerful (or weird and desperate) need to cum in style. And when they need to that, those in 'the Know' call on the services of Odward to connect them to people who will meet those needs and wants.

So, and this is just good advice for a friend, if you want to do business with Odward, the top procurer of sex workers in the MSPlex, do NOT call them a "pimp". They find the term offensive, they find it vulgar and, perhaps worst of all to them, they find it inaccurate. They do not 'own' or 'manage' the sex workers they work with, acting more in the capacity like that of a Fixer to Shadowrunners. The 'Johnsons' in this model (OK, you can just shorten it to 'Johns') know that Odward is the quickest, surest and most discreet method to get their needs met, and go to them with offers of work, which Odward then forwards to their massive network of high-end workers to connect them to the clients. For a healthy cut both ways, naturally.

Understand, Odward doesn't represent your run-of-the-mill sex workers. This is the creme-de-la-creme of the profession in the 'Plex. Generally, Odward represents two kinds of workers: the very, very Elite and the very, very "Niche" (you know, the weird stuff, no, not that, I'm talking about the REALLY weird stuff...). The Elites are precisely what you think. These girls, boys and otherwise are all supernaturally/super-scientifically beautiful, mind-blowingly skilled, dazzlingly charming and supremely discrete. They combine the more physical aspects of their jobs with a mastery of psychology and conversation that almost reaches professional levels (in fact, its rumored that several of the more successful and attractive therapists in the area may have paid their student loans taking calls from Odward). These expensive companions naturally service the most wealthy and powerful people in the city. 'Its good to be the King' indeed. The other part of Odward's network of contractors (the term Odward prefers), are the Niche. This is the weird stuff, people who provide services that are very specialized indeed. I'm not talking about just 'kinks' here, a little bondage or amputee play or furry yiffing here. I'm talking Specialists with a capital 'Special', and no, I'm not going to go into what they are. 'Cause if you know, you know. And if you don't, you don't need to. Needless to say, they don't come cheap, either.

*tl;dr - if you got to ask what it will cost, don't bother calling Odward...*

Naturally, the heart of Odward's business is contacts so they have contacts in every theater. From quality shadow-clinics to do the work that needs to be done, contacts in both Minneapolis Knight Errant and St. Paul PD, pays their taxes to the Don and has influential friends inside the Combination (including me, BTW, don't *ntaus* with Odward omaes). And of course, about half the boards of the city's megas owe Odward favors or at least inclined to look favorably on them. But its not just at the upper crust that Odward does business, Odward is considered a fixture of the local 'avant garde' art scene, with contacts from the Guthrie to the Children of the Little Mind. They have also been known to scout for talent at the New Deja Vu Club, among the Fire Girls and even occasionally go to the Raindogs down on Hennepin when they need something NOBODY else can provide. I've personally never been with Odward in anywhere where they didn't seem to have at least one old friend, client or contact. Consider yourself warned.

Very little is known of Odward's past and they have gone to a lot of trouble, spent a lot of nuyen and likely spilled no little blood to make it that way. This is a business based on absolute discretion and what kind of trust would the (usually paranoid) clientele have in them in if they couldn't keep their own secrets first. What little is known is that they seem to have a history with the NuVu, and a decker friend of mine has claimed to even found a pic of NuVu playing on a stage with international superstar Tommy Gnosis, with someone who looks suspiciously like Odward playing drums...

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