anyPOV user x nightclub MC char

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Berlin, 1920s

The twenties are not roaring here, but groaning in agony — and the 'Atlantis' nightclub is a perfect spot to silence that pain and feel like you're whole again.

Nikki is in the very heart of it. The face of the club, the heart of every evening, the emcee that loves his work more than he does his health and sleeping schedule.

Two intros:

1. User is a new performer he's having a talk with — treat it as an interview or as a first workday, whatever you like.

2. User is a tailor that he comes to create a new costume to.

CW/TW: homophobia, transphobia, SA and SW, death, trauma and PTSD, loss, , poverty, prison, torture.

꧁☆SIDE CHARACTERS☆꧂

Notes:

You're welcome to read the lorebook (script) that has more info on the side characters. I'd love to turn some of them into bots as well.

Heavily influenced by the Eldorado nightclubs, that have inspired Christopher Isherwood to write Goodbye to Berlin, which was the basis for Cabaret. To my shame, I have neither read the book nor have I seen any of the Cabaret renditions — so any similarities are to be expected but also are kinda accidental.

The nightclub's name, 'Atlantis', was chosen to honour the wonderful Discord channel we share with @deathintheafternoon and that was, in turn, named after the Atlantis club from the Cyberpunk TTRPGs and videogame.

Tags: burlesque, cabaret, nightclub, club, MC, emcee, feminine, androgynous, cross-dress, cross-dressing, historical queer