[Fitness trackers: currently jewelry versions are all the rage. The Lanterners have a whole set of mystical associations with different gemstones, which are highly divergent from the default heptarchate versions (largely aligned with faction colors); this can sometimes lead to hilarious cultural missteps and innuendo.
There are separate gyms for Lanterners and visitors due to some kind of notion of ritual purity that gets triggered by exercise but, strangely, not by brothels. Bars and brothels near the docks are open to anyone who has station clearance. One of the bars appears to cater to...that can't be right. Non-humans?
As for the brothels, Lanterner attitudes toward sex work are pretty similar to the heptarchate's: it's legal, but they tax it for the revenue and regulate it for health and safety reasons. The brothels are doing a roaring business right now because exploring different time periods'/places' sexual kinks and customs is all the rage right now. There's even an underground newsletter about it.]
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Re: miscellaneous reconnaissance - paging Iawa and Sulen
Date: 2018-12-22 11:20 pm (UTC)There are separate gyms for Lanterners and visitors due to some kind of notion of ritual purity that gets triggered by exercise but, strangely, not by brothels. Bars and brothels near the docks are open to anyone who has station clearance. One of the bars appears to cater to...that can't be right. Non-humans?
As for the brothels, Lanterner attitudes toward sex work are pretty similar to the heptarchate's: it's legal, but they tax it for the revenue and regulate it for health and safety reasons. The brothels are doing a roaring business right now because exploring different time periods'/places' sexual kinks and customs is all the rage right now. There's even an underground newsletter about it.]