Very clearly, this meant a lot for Wyne. I was happy for him. "Is this what we can expect everyday, David!?" he asked with a smile on his face. I nodded my head. "This is our home. We have two jobs here to help sustain ourselves. As long as we continue to guard the brothel and cook at the restaurant on our days, we will be fine." I said. It would work out as long as we were together. As time went on, we learned a bit more about the girls as we continued to protect them. They opened up to us because we were genuine about their safety. None of us hit or yelled at them. We were not trying to fuck them. Sometimes, the girls would make jokes that we were gay. Those remarks would fly over the heads of my squad mates. I would be the one to tell them that they were wrong. At the restaurant, we were taught more complex recipes for a lot more dishes. Sometimes, we would also go with the owner to the fish market. It was the perfect time to buy fish for the rest of us when we got home. Now that they all knew how to cook, they liked to season it differently. Raw was still their favorite way to eat.
Personally, I was having fun. Due to our great skills as warriors, we were able to run a very tight ship. Businesses had a scale of 0-5 stars. It was based on the 4 really important criteria: Service, Staff, Security and Atmosphere of the place. The 5 of us were a 5 star crew when it came to Security. The 3 whores were all Plain Janes. The girls were only 2 stars in the Staff side. The massages they did for customers were pretty basic, but effective. The same could be said for the sex. That was also 2 stars for Service. To access our hole in the wall of a shop, you had to walk halfway down an alleyway. There were no real decorations on the walls. The paint was chipped. It only got a 1 star for Atmosphere. We did not have bugs. And all the sheets were clean. That was the only saving grace. When we gave the girls extra money from the rejected patrons, they slowly but sure began to invest in some small decorations here and there. That brought the Atmosphere up to 1.5 after the first in-game month of working there. All in all, that was 10.5 out of a possible 20. This averaged out to 2.6 stars.
This was a marked improvement from the 1.5 establishment it had been when we started working. Jumping up whole star was a feat. Because of that, the pimp that was in charge of the place was given some funds to fix the place up. Not only would the place be fully renovated, the pimp would bring in a new girl. This one would probably be able to do better massages or be more beautiful. It was an investment the gang was willing to make. In order to treat everyone while the renovations were taking place, we were all given a ticket to the aquarium. I had to explain it to my squad mates. "Humans really want to learn about every silly thing. There's not much to it. We catch fish and eat them." Nabo remarked. "Well, humans can't breathe underwater. They can't help being curious, so they do their best to figure it out. We might learn something." I said. They were unsure of that. It all changed when they saw all sorts of exotic fish. They did not know about different climates. One thing that surprised me was that there was a huge merman show. My squad pointed it out. Merfolk were not secret.
