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Latest revision as of 07:32, 20 August 2025
| Location Creator | Terzho |
|---|---|
| Archetype | Brothel |
| IC Owner | Mr Yu |
| Metroplex | Seattle |
| Neighborhood | Tacoma |
| Faction | Octagon Triad |
Description
The Velvet Trap is a low-class brothel owned and operated by The Octagon Triad. Nestled in a rundown section of Tacoma, where the industrial zones meet the fringes of low-income residential housing, it caters to a wide range of clients from dock workers and factory hands to off duty KE officers and other desperate souls looking for cheap companionship. The place isn’t fancy, with flickering neon signage, dim red lighting, and a haze of synth-smoke in the air but it does steady business and, most importantly, doesn’t attract the kind of attention high-end establishments do.
Distinctive Features
The building used to be a warehouse, abandoned after the collapse of a local shipping outfit. A few years back, the Octagon picked it up cheap through shell companies and quietly converted it into a brothel. As you enter through the door under a neon sign, you are greeted to a reception area flushed with dim red lighting. The air smells of perfume, cigarettes, old leather and incense with something just faintly chemical.
The front desk is staffed by Mr Yu, a stoic Triad frontman who greets customers, takes bookings and ensures no trouble occurs under his watch. At his desk are discreet AR overlays for patrons to view and book available "escorts". Past the front desk is a corridor filled with individual booths, covered by red velvet drapes, offering patrons privacy while they wait to be collected. Further in are barely soundproofed rooms with slightly worn beds and stylised mirrors where business is conducted.
Triad soliders act as security, ready to react at any sign of trouble. They blend in rather than stand out, dressed in streetwear common to the Tacoma docks—leather jackets, hoodies, and work boots hiding their reinforced armor and sidearms. There are usually four to six on-site at any given time, rotating between front-of-house, perimeter patrols, and informal surveillance from unmarked vehicles nearby. Two typically linger in the entry corridor or smoking near the alley, looking casual but watching everything.
While the front-facing operation provides companionship, hidden away backrooms tucked behind a false wall and shielded with noise baffling and wireless signal supressing technology are kept available to be used as saferooms for triad members and other select few who are vouched for by Mr Yu. Beneath each saferoom is a trapdoor leading to a prohibition-era smuggling tunnel that can be used as an escape route which leads to a delivery hatch behind a noodle stand two blocks away.
IC Information
Notable Associated Characters
Matrix Search Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | An abandoned warehouse in Tacoma, formerly owned by a now bankrupt company. |
| 3 | Matrix site for a brothel, with rates and escorts advertised. |
| 6 | Octagon triad owned and operated. |
Area Knowledge:Seattle Table
| Threshold | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | An abandoned warehouse in Tacoma, formerly owned by a now bankrupt company. |
| 3 | A low-class brothel |
| 5 | Octagon triad owned and operated. |
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