Work
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Sugaring & Bearding
Sugar Baby A person who receives cash, gifts or other financial and material benefits in exchange for company. It includes sex or intimacy. The paying partner is typically wealthier and older.
Beard Someone married to or dating a gay person as a cover up can be described as a 'beard'. Explanation: A beard is an accessory often used to emphasise a man's masculinity.
Blood Doll A person who willingly allows a vampire to feed on their blood and or energy. Typically a mutualistic relationship. Traditonal benefits come by way of attentions, protection, or promises to be turned. Some however seek trades of currency or gifts.
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Work attire
Clothing varies during working hours from what she'd wear in her leisure time. She also wears a tailor made enchanted focus object which obscures her heavy scarring and tattoos from clients. I still need to write the lore about this object.
Typical Clientele
Ren's clients vary greatly, but their checkbooks usually do not. There is always the occasional closeted gentleman who needs accompaniment to events, though it is a service mostly relegated to republicans and assholes these days. Sugaring yields a much better result, though not all of her clients have been ones who recieve more than just her time and companionship. Usually she can net the best profit by sugaring for vampires, as they have had time to accrue wealth and appreciate the taste of her blood. While a great deal of them can be considered old, everyone needs closeness.
Why? (This is a collapse)
Initially, it was a way to keep herself afloat. Being alone in the world with no skills meant she couldn't follow muses around forever. Artists always had admirers who had fat pockets. Being an art dealer wasn't in the cards, but after receiving a very generous offer just to have dinner with someone--she saw promise. Gradually, this lifestyle and line of work became something she was quite skilled at. Sugaring afforded Ren the opportunity to travel the world. To have shiny things beyond her wildest dreams. Baubles are nice and all, but escapism is a girl's best friend. Ren fell in love with not being nailed down. In those times, that was expected. It was something she certainly did not want. Spending your time at the precipice of the best thing each decade has to offer has always been a beautiful experience. It's hard to feel lonely, when someone would pay dearly just to drink champagne with you. It's hard to struggle with self harm, when you can dismiss vampire bites as part of a job description. Additionally, it's very hard to put down roots and be tethered to anyone, or anything when you're traveling.
Business Practices
Striving to make sure that her clients always feel valued, adored, and pampered is a paramount objective. Nothing about hiring Ren is ever made to feel transactional. She even has an LLC, just in case the occasional nosey wife wants to look at finances. Comfort is a priority, and professionalism is a necessity for her. Everything is boiled down to a science when it comes to hiring Ren. She embodies whatever role a client would like for her to fill, so long as it doesn't violate her own standards of comfort. For instance if a client has cited a reason for needing her services as feeling a bit lonely, she dotes on them like an adoring, doe eyed admirer. The kind of affection they wanted will keep them coming back for more. Is she in love? No. But, it's hard to tell. If a client wants a quiet little accessory to wear on his arm, she excels at that too. Physical intimacy beyond simple displays of affection incur a higher fee, but are not out of the question. Domination based dynamics are a mildly popular ask.