Flossie
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The prostitute
AGE
19
ETHNICITY
Caucasian; British
ORIENTATION
Bisexual
ALLIANCES
The Rosebud
Nuestra Señora de Lourdes
Resurrection menShe would rather crawl in graves than ever again in the beds of men.
FLORENCE JACOBS, known by her regulars as FLOSSIE, is a former prostitute at The Rosebud. Born on the streets, she was recruited there by the infamous Madame Artémis; an ill-tempered hag of a woman with a hand in half the inner city brothels. She was given a bed and bath and a cup of bitter tea each night. It was more than most sex workers could hope for.
Flossie is not a learned girl. Her accent is cockney and there are many things she doesn't know. But she's clever within her means. She suspected something was off about the tea until the morning that she coughed into a handkerchief and it came away red. It was then that she resolved to leave, whether to save herself or somehow inform Londoners of the poison at The Rosebud. It's been a few days and she's running out of money. For someone who has already worked in the lowliest profession, there's only one thing left to do: rob graves.
Madame Artémis did not take kindly to her property walking away; especially one who might spill the brothel's secrets. Every mugger on the street is now looking for "a slim young lady of brown hair and green eyes who seems as if she oughtn't be there". Anyone who shelters Flossie is liable to be attacked by the brothel's criminal network.
BACKGROUND
Prostitute
FLORIOGRAPHY
Butterfly weed
Red balsam
Coltsfoot
you're close enough to lose
TROPES
x x x x
"Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us, but within that inch, we are free."
