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Penis Parade

The top-floor club is revealed as both Astrid's sanctuary for vulnerable performers and the site of a hidden Meat Shields office.

Story so far

The Penis Parade's current crew occupies positions they normally would not qualify to hold. Carl concludes Astrid used her assistant-manager authority to install her sons and their friends there where she could watch over them.

Rosemarie secretly operates the top floor's unlisted Meat Shields branch from her table or home office. The performers retain mercenary memberships but avoid the normal risks of assignment because customers do not know the branch exists.

Astrid's death ends the protection. The venue closes for restructuring, and Carl hires the eligible male crew before new management can replace them with the original dancers and send the current performers to Larracos.

Appearance

A gaudy upper-floor nightclub hiding a mercenary contract office behind its performer tables.

Role

The venue served as a covert safe posting built by Astrid inside the Desperado Club.

Relationships

Astrid — She manipulated assignments to protect her sons and their friends here.
Rosemarie — She runs the hidden Meat Shields office inside it.
Damascus Steel — He works here under his mother's protection.
Meat Shields — The crew secretly retains memberships through the local branch.
Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 21
  • A strip club on the top floor of the Desperado Club that serves as the concealed public front for the Guild of Suffering.
Chapter 25
  • A grimy Desperado male revue whose performers, private cubicles, and loud stage show conceal the Guild of Suffering's entrance.
Chapter 36
  • The top-floor club is revealed as both Astrid's sanctuary for vulnerable performers and the site of a hidden Meat Shields office.
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