Milliways Dossier: Master of Ceremonies

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History

• Owner of the Kit-Kat night club in 1931 Berlin, just pre-WWII
  
• Elaborate makeup
  
• Cigarettes
  
• Seemed happy that I spoke German
  
• His name is a title, which he has chosen for himself for freedom to reinvent himself based in anonymity - fascinating!

Impressions

• Threat Level: LOW - This man is more interested in unsettling me--primarily for a reaction, secondarily to get me to examine myself and why I'm having that reaction
  
• Tries to remind people that there is beauty in the world
  
• Endearments: "Darling"
  
• That smirk is horrible
  
• "Jazz" from a Victrola phonograph -- I like Duke Ellington
  
• Re: "jazz" - Prominent meter, improvisation, unique tone colors
  
• "someone has to provide that pleasure ... as it is often taken from us"
  
• Met soldier from 1944-1945
  
• "your horizons could be broadened"
  
• "you must put up quite a resistance if so many are trying to corrupt you. Why is this?" <- good question!
  
• Salacious is the perfect word for him
  
• "If being corrupted means letting go of even a little bit of your uncertainties, then my job is done"
  
• Learned English from Americas, whom he prefers
  
• Speaks French, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish
  
• Raised in whorehouses and entertainment establishments - wow
  
• Never stepped foot in an educational facility in his life
  
• "I sing, I dance, I introduce the acts, I make the customers laugh, I talk to the customers, flirt with the customers, and get the customers to buy more alcohol"
  
• Favorite part of the job is meeting people
  
• But his least favorite part is that people want attention all the time
  
• Doesn't bother with keeping a room here
  
• Interested in masks
  
• Knows about Miss Kuriyama, augh!
  
• Gives great advice when it comes to relationships
  
• Left him a peach
  
• Knows Jay very well - eep!
  
• Kissed me at the mistletoe - tasted like peaches and sin, oh, wow
  
• "Oh, I don't know. It's not the first time I've found myself stuck under a twig and pair of berries" - ahahaha, oh, my gosh
  
• Has wild dreams about Eric Northman - oh, goodness
  
• Plays piano a little, but damn, he can sing!
  
• Interested in mine and Joly's theater - had excellent advice!
  
• "But I still get excited about it. Feeling the heat of the spotlight, hitting all my cues, hearing the audience respond. It keeps me going"
  
• Protected me from Father Harman's inquiry - interesting
  
• Demonstrated proper hair-pulling technique with Katya and then left to go have relations with her - okay, then!
  
• Has had several stormy relationships
  
• "Other people. They remind you. Just by being people, they remind you to stop, and to remember how to feel"
  
• Doesn't blush visibly!
  
• Didn't know Jay's name until after they'd made love - oh, my
  
• Would rather make people smile than weep
  
• Thinks I'm like a sparrow, huh!

Weaknesses

• Oh, he has plenty, I'm sure. Seems squishy, but why bother?

Scabs

• Nothing specific for now, but I wouldn't mind talking to him again.

Opportunities

• Learn about 1931 pre-war conditions
  
• Learn about jazz
  
• Learn more about his representation of a subculture projecting a certain image of beauty
  
• Learn about underworld connections of the era--and how to make them, which may apply to other times and places?