Ming's Packaging and Shipping

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Description

There are some people that talk about how slavery was abolished in the South after the Civil War. These people are ignorant fools, who have no idea of what traffic still passes beneath the radar of law enforcement. Slavery is still very much alive in the Deep South, but its character has dramatically changed.

In front of a small warehouse tucked between a boarded-up pawn shop and a derelict gas station in Forest Park hangs a poorly-lit sign that reads “Ming’s Packaging and Shipping”. To say the building had seen better days may not even be a true statement – from looking at it one might think that it sprang out of the earth in its current form, seeming to swallow the light around it and serve as that place that no one wants to see.

This is just fine with Chan Ming, the owner, an aging Chinese widow of the original owner, and carrier on of his unwholesome business. There is actually some packaging and shipping that goes on in the warehouse, but it is almost universally contraband – everything from guns to drugs to exotic animals, all brought in through various channels and redistributed to their appropriate recipients. Chan Ming never allows a shipment to be late or damaged, and anyone looking for the perfect under-the-table shipper is always satisfied with the service.

For those in the know, however, Ming’s provides a service even rarer then quality contraband delivery. Understanding the value of the flesh trade, Chan Ming began trafficking in slaves some time ago. To those with the considerable resources to pay for it, she can sell virtually anything asked for. Still, the vast majority of her business revolves around the kidnapping and resale of prepubescent white females, who are sold to older men with more money then morals.

Chan Ming is hardly one to keep her hands out of her business, and more then a few of the slaves gathered serve to do the work of packaging and shipping the other part of the business, under the watchful eye and whip of a giant of a Chinaman known only as “Lao Shu”, roughly translated as “old rat”. He has killed several slaves in his time for disobedience, and his whip rarely passes a night without cracking over someone’s back. The small slips of paper crying for help that occasionally find their way into the packages are wisely ignored by patrons who know better then to press Chan Ming.

Size, Location, and Security

Size 3 (large building, underground areas, large parking lot next to it), Location 0, Security 5

Benefits

Minor

Lao knows you and trusts you enough to let you in to the back room. You occasionally grease his palm or do a small favor for him, and he is willing to let you observe what is happened, and even look at some of the “merchandise” before it is shipped.

+1 Intimidation, 5 points worth of vitae once a month

Sizeable

After helping out Lao enough, the boss finally wants to meet you. You have developed a working relationship with her, and in exchange for some help from you she is willing to let you in on some of her business.

+1 Intimidation, 5 points worth of vitae once a month, one 9 again roll allowed on a Transportation Allies use

Uncontested

When you walk into Ming’s, heads look down fearfully to work faster, and Lao smiles at your presence. Chan Ming is grateful for your arrival every time, and you find your pick of the very best slaves for “testing” available.

+2 Intimidation, +1 Streetwise, 7 points worth of vitae once a month, one 8 again roll allowed on a Transportation Allies use, and one 9 again roll allowed on a Street Allies use.