Judy stared at the dark colored building across the street, noticing what appeared to be neon lights running along its edges. The streets around her were almost completely empty, which was not at all uncommon during this time of day in the Nocturnal District.
Her feet still refusing to move forward any further. She looked down at the pink business card in her paw, then back at the building. Above the entryway was a much larger version of the same silhouetted rabbit that was on the card, helping to further cement something that the rabbit already knew.
She was standing in front of a brothel, and was actually considering going inside to apply.
It had been a little over a week since Judy's intimate encounter with the owner of The Rabbit Hole, and for some reason she just couldn't get the damn experience out of her head. Every time she lied down to go to sleep at night she replayed the memories in her mind, wishing she could re-live every touch, every feeling, every taste again.
For days she tried to put it all behind her, but nothing seemed to work. No matter what she did - whether it be resist the thoughts and take a cold shower, or give in and relieve herself - the memories of that night always came back.
Even in her dreams she wasn't safe, as her mind kept concocting new and increasingly absurd ways for her to run into Nick again before his cock found it's way inside her.
What made it all worse was that despite the fond memories, Judy was still furious at him. For all she knew the only reason he even talked to her that night was because he wanted her to come work for him, like their lovemaking had simply been an application for a job.
It didn't help that her hunt for an actual job was going nowhere, with not a single place she'd applied for in the past week calling her for an interview. Plus her rent was due in just over a week, and she had barely enough to pay that. It made the thought of taking the fox up on his offer all the more enticing.
But was selling herself to complete strangers really something she wanted to do? Judy had never even come close to considering anything like that as a job option before, and even though she was actually thinking about it now, she still didn't like the idea. What if somebody recognized her when she joined the force? What if somebody she knew visited the place? What if her parents found out?
Judy let out a sigh and shook her head. Asking herself 'what if' wasn't going to solve anything, and it certainly wasn't going to help pay her bills, it would just make her worry even more. She just need to think about this in a more objective way.
She needed money if she was going to stay in Zootopia until joining the academy. She could go back to Bunny Burrow and wait out the rest of the year with her parents and siblings, but to her that just felt like admitting defeat, which Judy was never one to do. Plus, she'd be missing out on so many potential experiences that could help her when she became a cop, not to mention the possibility of meeting new friends, and the complete thrill of living in the city of her dreams.
Working at a place like this - depraved as it may be - would give her the chance to stay in Zootopia. Plus, it wasn't like she needed to have sex with anyone. Places like this always had dancers or waitresses who were only supposed to look good and turn heads, but not sleep with anyone. Judy knew she was a rather attractive rabbit, so doing that wouldn't be very difficult for her.
The idea of simply working there as a waitress got put into Judy's head only a couple of days prior, and since then she had tried to find out as much as she could about the club. The rabbit had never built up the courage until now to actually visit the place, previously being content with just finding out what she could online.
There was actually surprisingly little she could find out about The Rabbit Hole. She was able to discover that apparently all the girls that worked at the place were rabbits, which made sense considering the name. The only other information she was able to gather were from reviews mammals had given it, as the club didn't even have a website of it's own.
"No better place to spend a saturday night," read one review.
"Has some of the best whores in the entire city. Highly recommend." said another.
Most of them were praising the place, as well as the quality of the girls that worked there, causing Judy to get a little flustered when she read them. There were only a pawful of negative reviews, mostly complaining either about how expensive it was to get in or complaining about how they got kicked out.
Judy had even managed to find a review from a former employee who wanted to let others know what the club was like.
"Best damn place I ever worked at. Pay was great, the nights were fun, and the security was always there in a snap if you needed them. If I ever go back into that line of work, there's no other place I'd rather be at than The Rabbit Hole."
Judy remembered scoffing at that particular review, as if it was personally egging her on to apply.
The rabbit let out a determined huff. She could do this. It was strange, and something she never in a million years would've pictured herself doing, but she could do it.
"Besides, maybe if you're lucky you can spend another night with Nick…" she idly thought before shaking her head. She needed to focus. The last thing she wanted was to give off the wrong impression by heading inside all flustered.
She quickly crossed the street, her heart beginning to pound as she neared the building. She glanced around the exterior as she grew nearer.
The Rabbit Hole itself was no taller than two stories and seemed to be devoid of any windows, which Judy supposed made sense given what went on inside the building. There was a rather large amount of space between the entrance and the road, leaving plenty of space for mammals to start lining up if need be. The club itself had two doors at the front, the right one marked 'entrance' and the left 'exit'. The doors themselves seemed to be made of glass, but they were so heavily tinted that it was hard to tell from a distance.
For a few brief seconds Judy paused in front of the door, still anxious to go inside.
"Come on, Judy. Just walk inside and ask to talk to the manager. It's that easy."
She reached her paw up and pulled open the entrance, but she raised a brow when she took one look at the inside.
The front door led into a rather small room, surprising Judy as she had expected something more along the lines of a long hallway that lead directly to the club itself. Straight ahead of her was a connected set of booths that protruded several feet out of the wall. Looking around she saw two black windowless doors on each wall to her left and right, as well as one to the immediate left of the booths that read 'employees only.'
Judy took a few steps inside, somewhat surprised that nobody was there.
"Um… hello?" she asked, ears perked high as she listened for any sounds.
"Yeah, yeah, gimme a second," A low voice replied, seeming to originate from one of the booths at the end of the room. After a few seconds a fennec with large tan colored ears appeared in the leftmost booth, a rather annoyed looking expression plastered across his muzzle. His eyes stayed locked on Judy as she approached.
"Hi…" Judy replied timidly, unsure of what to say. "I slept with your boss and now he wants to give me a job here," didn't seem like it'd give a great first impression.
"You here for a job?" the fennec asked, eyes quickly moving from her head to her feet, then back again.
"Yes, er… kinda…" Judy replied, now conscious of the fact that her ears were going limp. She pulled the business card out of her pocket and stood on her toes so that she could just barely reach the opening of the booth.
"Your boss gave me this card. I think he wanted-"
"You Hopps?" the fennec suddenly interrupted.
"Yes… how did you-"
"He told me you were coming. Never bothered to say when, but he was sure you would eventually." the fennec said, his paw reaching for a speaker inside the booth.
"Yo, Wilde?" he said, his expression remaining the same. After a brief delay, a voice spoke up.
"What is it, Finn? I'm a little busy here." she heard Nick say on the other end. Simply hearing his voice again somehow managed to make Judy shiver slightly.
"That Hopps girl is here to see you."
The speaker remained silent for several seconds before Nick spoke up again.
"Alright. Go ahead and bring her back."
The fennec turned back to Judy simply stared at her with an unamused look. He hopped down from whatever platform he was standing on, making it so only the tips of his ears were visible before opening a previously unseen door on the side of the booth.
"A'ight, rabbit. You ain't never been in this place before, right?"
Judy nodded, causing the fennec to let out small huff.
"That leads to the private rooms upstairs," he said, pointing to the leftmost door on the right side wall. "The other one leads to the club. If you get the job, don't come in through the front. We got an entrance in the back so nobody gets their paws on a doe before she's ready for it."
Judy gulped, trying and failing to prevent any lewd images from suddenly popping into her head.
"This way, rabbit," the fennec suddenly said, snapping Judy back to reality.
"Come on, keep it together Judy. Get those kinds of thoughts out of your head."
The fennec unlatched a set of keys that were resting on his belt and unlocked the door to the left of the booths. He lead her through the door, revealing a short hallway with another yet door at the end.
"We gotta go through the main floor to get to Wilde, a'ight?" the fennec said, barely turning his head to her as she walked. She simply nodded while trying to keep a cool head.
The two mammals walked through the door, revealing to Judy's surprise that not only was the club completely empty, but it was rather well lit too.
The left side of the large room was dominated by a raised stage with three extended platforms leading off of it. Each of those platforms had a long pole at the end of it, leading all the way up to the ceiling. Even though the place was supposed to be a club, Judy was suprised to see that there didn't seem to be a dance floor anywhere in sight, with the majority of the room appearing to be filled with tables and other furniture. Booths, armchairs, and couches were neatly scattered around the place, every one seemingly made of a black vinyl or leather material.
"So… I'm kinda surprised at just how… empty this place is," Judy said as they walked.
"You forget what district you're in?" the fennec said. "The club is only open during the night, and the private rooms are only open during daylight," Judy couldn't help but find the fact that they kept the two floors as almost separate entities a little odd.
Judy's ears suddenly perked up as her sharp hearing detected the faint sound of feminine moaning coming from somewhere above them. She had to fight the urge to imagine what was going on upstairs.
"So, ya ever work at a fuck-club before?" the fennec suddenly asked, causing Judy ears to droop behind her head and her cheeks to redden.
"No! No, no, no. I had never even considered doing something like this until… recently."
"Really?" the small fox said, giving her another quick look up and down. "Never even worked the streets?"
"No!" she replied, beginning to feel offended. "I… I'm not that kind of rabbit."
The fennec paused for a moment and raised a brow. "You do know what kind of place you're trying to get a job at, right?"
"I… I do."
"Then maybe ya should start to consider that ya might be that kind of rabbit."
Judy glared at the fennec, but didn't give him any other response.
The two mammals continued across the main floor in silence before the fennec stopped her again.
"That there's the bar," the fennec said, pointing to the long bar table situated in the very back of the room.
"Good to know," Judy thought. If she ended up being a waitress rather than a dancer, she would likely be going there a lot.
"That," he continued, pointing at a hallway tucked behind a corner. "Leads to the glory holes. Wilde will-"
Judy's eyes widened. "The what?"
"The glory holes. Ya do know what those are, right?"
"I… you… yes, I know what they are!" she blurted, trying hard to keep herself from getting too flustered. "It's just… I don't know, it seems odd to have some in a place like this."
The fennec let out a chuckle. "Rabbit, I don't think you know nothin' about this place. Some guys just really like the… what's the word… animosity or whatever. Anyway, like I was saying, Wilde will probably start you off there, just to start making sure you know how to-"
"W-what!? E-excuse me!?" her cheeks reddening again. "You… that's not what I'm here to do."
"Really, rabbit?" the fennec said, with just the slightest hint of a smirk on his muzzle.
"Yes! I'm fine being either a waitress or a dancer, but not… that…"
"Is that what Wilde told you?" he asked.
"No, that's what I'm going to tell him."
The small fox simply let out a huff, before leading her towards a red door that rested at the very end of the large room, the word 'manager' written on it in black text.
As the two approached, the door opened. Judy expected to see the same fox that was the source of her lust and curiosity, but what she saw instead caused her to freeze and her eyes go wide.
A brown rabbit leaned against the doorway completely naked, the lighter fur on her belly and breasts clearly visible for all to see. Judy could see what looked like cum plastered on the nude bunny's mouth and chin. The brown doe smiled and slowly began to lick her lips, clearing them of any cum that still remained.
The doe locked eyes with Judy for just a moment before she turned her attention to the fennec.
"Hey Finny," the doe said, her voice laced with seduction. "Who's the new girl?" The small fox spoke up before Judy could even think to reply.
"Name's Hopps, but she ain't got the job yet." The fennec turned to face Judy, then pointed at the brown rabbit. "This here's Jewel. She's one of our does."
The nude rabbit gave a brief wave as she continued to lick her lips.
"...Hi…" Judy sputtered after staying silent for several seconds, her eyes scanning every inch of the female in front of her.
"There ain't nobody else in there with Wilde, is there?" the fennec asked.
"Nope, just him. Perfect timing though. The two of us just finished up." Jewel said, her blue eyes locked with Judy's
"Good, Hopps here has to see him. Why don't you head upstairs and get cleaned up before more customers get here?"
"Can do, Finny." the doe said, moving out of the doorway and letting it shut behind her. She began heading towards the front of the club, but stopped next to Judy and placed a paw on her shoulder. From this close, Judy could smell the cum that still rested on her face.
"You're gonna love it here, honey." she whispered, gingerly moving her paw from Judy's shoulder down to her forearm before continuing on her way. The stunned rabbit couldn't help but turn and watch, her eyes now locked onto the rabbit's firm ass as she swayed her hips.
"Hey!" the fennec suddenly said, snapping Judy's attention back to him. "Go on and head inside. He's waitin' for ya."
Judy gulp and cleared her head, slowly making her way towards the red door. Her heart was practically pounding out of her chest.
After what seemed like an eternity, the rabbit reached up a paw and knocked on the door.
"Come in!" she heard Nick say, the sound of his voice once again almost making her swoon.
Judy opened the door and saw Nick in that same tacky floral shirt and tie as when she first met him. The fox was currently wiping down a mahogany desk as he stood behind it. Two leather armchairs were situated in front of the desk, and she could see that hee had the same cocky smile as before sewn across his muzzle.
"Good to see you again, Carrots. Why don't you take a seat?" he said, hiding the rag under his desk and pointing to one of the armchairs. She obliged him slowly moving and taking the leftmost armchair.
The room was thick with the heavy musk of sex, forcing Judy to fight the urge to think about what Nick and that doe were doing in here just moments ago.
"You know, I gotta admit," the fox began. "I was starting to think you wouldn't show up. I'm glad to see that's not the case"
"Yeah, well I uh… um..." Judy stammered, the smell of the room almost overpowering her.
Nick seemed to notice this, lightly shaking his head and letting out a small chuckle.
"Ok, Carrots. I know how this looks. I take it you met Jewel outside?"
She nodded.
"And I also gather that you've taken notice of our… activities?"
Again she nodded, a blush once again growing on her cheeks.
"Good. Then let me tell you right now that I didn't make her do anything. Jewel came down here because she needed to let me know that she was going to take a couple of days off next month to go to her sister's wedding out of town. Not because I asked her to."
"So… why did you two…" she began, her paw twitching as it rested on her leg.
The fox let out another light chuckle and looked away from Judy for a brief moment. "If I'm being honest with you, it just kinda... happened. Jewel is… well, she's very eager about her work. As for me, I had a beautiful bunny standing in my office and couldn't help but get a little excited. She was actually the one who initiated the whole thing, truth be told. If you'd like I can have Jewel tell you herself."
"No, I… Look," she began, her voice becoming a bit more serious. "I don't really care what you were doing with her, that's not what I came here to figure out. Before we do anything else, I just need to know one thing."
"Go ahead."
"I… I really enjoyed that night we spent together. But I have to know: was all of this planned from the start?"
Nick cocked his head slightly to the side, seemingly confused.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"I mean, I want to know if you bought me those drinks and talked with me all night just so you could get in my pants and try to get me to come work at a damn brothel!" she barked, spewing forth all of the anger she had been feeling the past week. "Did you sleep with me because you wanted to, or because you thought I might make a good whore?"
The fox remained silent, his expresion now much more serious than before. He leaned forward and rested his paws on his desk.
"Look Carrots, I can see why you'd think that, I really can. But please, just look at me and listen when I tell you that I didn't have any ulterior motive when I came up to you that night. I saw a girl walk into a bar alone who was clearly not in the mood to talk to anyone. I saw her take a seat at the bar and begin to poison herself with cheap vodka, and thought at the very least I could give her some interesting conversation."
"Oh sure, and when you asked me if I was having 'troubles at work' you were just curious about my career choices." Judy said coldly.
Nick glanced away briefly. "I know how it sounds. It probably sounds a lot worse now that you know what kind of business I run. Still, I'm not lying when I say that I had absolutely no plans to give you my business card that night."
Judy sat still in her chair with her arms crossed, letting the fox continue with what he had to say.
"I wasn't thinking about it when we were drinking, I wasn't thinking about it in the cab, and I certainly wasn't thinking about it when we were in your apartment. How could I think about anything other that the beautiful young bunny I had wrapped up in my arms?"
Her angry expression faded slightly.
"I didn't start to think about leaving you my card until after you had already fallen asleep. By then I'd heard about your money troubles and knew more than enough that you had a knack for this kind of work. I almost didn't even leave it with you before I left because I knew that you'd have the exact reaction you're having now. But I did it anyway, because I thought I could help you out."
He took a deep breath, then let out a sigh.
"I wanted to help you, Judy. I'm sorry if it came off as something else, but it's the truth."
Judy let out a soft sigh as she pondered over his words.
"Okay. Thank you… I'm sorry I bursted out like that, but… I needed to know." she said.
"I understand, Carrots." he said, smiling warmly at her before once again leaning back in her chair. "So, now that we've cleared the air a bit, can I ask what you think of the place?
"It's…" she began, struggling to find the right words. "Certainly something… I didn't really know what to expect to be honest, but… it seems nice."
"I'm glad to hear you think so. This place cost me more than a pretty penny to get up and running, but it's been well worth the trouble. I hope Finnick didn't give you too much trouble by the way."
"No, not really… though, he was a little rude."
Nick let out a huff. "Yeah, that's Finnick for ya. Don't hold it against him though, he's just doing his job. He's the one that has to make sure the does are safe at all times."
Judy looked at him in shock. "He's a bouncer? But he's smaller than me!"
The fox chuckled. "Yeah he may be small but believe me, he's a lot tougher than he looks, especially when he's angry. And he's just the head bouncer by the way. We've got plenty of other guys working security during the night."
"Oh. Good to know," she said non-committedly.
"So, why don't we get down to business?" Nick said. "I want to know why you're here, other than to yell my ear off, of course."
Judy let out a very non-convincing laugh. She stayed silent for another few seconds before letting out a cough.
"Well, I'm here because I wanted to take you up on that job offer."
"Oh really?" Nick asked with a raised brow. "No luck elsewhere in the past week I take it?"
"Nope. Rent is due next week and after that I'll barely have enough money for a trip to the grocery store, so… here I am. But can I make one thing clear?"
"By all means," he replied.
"The only thing here that I'm… willing to do is either waiting tables or dancing, and I'd prefer waiting if that's an option."
Nick looked almost confused, his head tilted to the side.
"Uh, okay… let me ask you something, Carrots. How much do you know about the club?" he said, causing Judy to raise a brow at him.
"Well, uh... I know that all of your girls here are rabbits. And I know that as far as places like this go, you've got some pretty good reviews online."
"Okay, but do you know of any other reasons why The Rabbit Hole might stand out to other clubs in the district?" Nick asked, once again leaning forward in his chair.
"No…" Judy replied as she shook her head. "It was actually surprisingly hard to find any info on this place at all."
"You see, we're do things a little bit… differently here at The Rabbit Hole. I'm guessing you've never been to any of the clubs here in the district, have you?"
The rabbit shook her head.
"Well, for most clubs a guy has to pay very little -sometimes nothing - to enter the place. Once inside, he'd find a girl he likes and pay her directly for her services. That's not exactly how we do things."
"What… what do you do?" she asked timidly.
"We don't charge guys to get with our does once they're inside, but we charge them a much higher fee to actually get in. This lets them have their fun with as many does as they can handle, and it also gives them more options when it comes to what they want the girls to do."
Judy let out an annoyed sigh. "What does any of this have to do with me? I already told you I didn't want to do that kind of stuff."
"I'm getting there, Carrots. You saw how Jewel was naked, right?" he asked.
"Yeah, it was a little hard to miss…" Judy thought, nodding at the fox.
"You see, she wasn't just like that because of what we had just finished doing. That's just how we have all the girls here dress. That is to say, we don't have them dress."
Judy stared at the fox for a moment, her mouth partially agape.
"You… you mean everyone? Including the waitresses and dancers?" She asked.
"Well yes, but that's another thing. We don't exactly have any does that are just waitresses or just dancers here. They just do… all of it."
The rabbit was frozen in place, completely lost for words.
"Let me explain." Nick said, getting up from his chair and moving to the other side of his desk. "Every night when the club opens, we have a certain amount of does that are set to work on the main floor. Some of them will start of as waitresses, some of them will start off as dancers, and some of them will start off servicing customers. And yes, that means the does do what the customer wants right there, in full view of everyone. It's another thing that makes The Rabbit Hole unique. As the night goes on, some of our girls will inevitably get tired, so we switch out some of the does and let them get a bit of rest."
"So, you're saying I wouldn't have a choice!? That I'd have to be a whore?" Judy said, anger and confusion apparent in her voice.
"Not at all, Carrots. The does here always have a choice in the matter. They can always walk away, and if somebody doesn't respect their choice then our security will be on them in two seconds and throw them right out the front door."
Judy looked down at the floor, then back to Nick, then down again. While the things the fox was saying were making the rational part of her mind more and more convinced that she should find a job elsewhere, the more primal part was getting caught up in the cent that still lingered in the room, wondering just how much pleasure she could receive if she worked the main floor for just one night.
"I… I don't know…" she finally said, still looking at the ground. "I don't think I can do this…"
"Hey, come on." Nick said in a soft, reassuring voice as he moved forward leaned down so that his head was level with hers. "I get that this is confusing for you, I really do. I've seen more than a dozen does have this exact same reaction, and I've seen dozens more walk straight out the front door and never came back. This kind of work isn't for everyone, I know, but I want to help you, Carrots."
She lifted her gaze from the floor and saw him looking straight at her, his green eyes giving her a bit of comfort.
"You're down on your luck, and that sucks. But I want to help. You can start working here, for me. Yes, you'll need to walk around nude, but you don't need to have sex with anyone if you don't want to. All you need to do is go out there, look good, serve drinks and maybe dance on stage if you're feeling up for it. Ask any doe here and they'll tell you that the money is more than worth it."
"...How much?" Judy asked.
"One hundred bucks for every shift you work. That's the flat rate for each and every doe that works here, whether they have sex with anybody or not."
The rabbit's eyes went wide. With a paycheck like that, she could only work here only a few nights a week and have more than enough to pay her rent. Was she seriously about to do this?
"The choice is your, Carrots. Like I said, I get it if you don't want in, but you could make a lot of money working here. What do you say?"
Judy stared at the fox, studying him for any sign that this was all an elaborate trick to get her to start selling herself. She searched his features, finding no hint of malice or deception on his muzzle.
She almost shivered as his mouth curved into light smile, as if to tell her that everything was going to be alright.
"...Okay… I'll do it."