Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:53:38 -0300 From: James Fitzhugh Subject: Venturer Scout 15 The Venturer Scout -15 by: James FitzHugh Many thanks to James Suter for his editing and to those readers who very kindly dropped me a note. . Here we go with all the legal stuff. If you are under the legal age; then you really ought to leave now. If, on the other hand, you find the story offensive or illegal according to the laws of your Country, State or Province for you to view this content, I suggest you tune out and go find a good Sherlock Holmes mystery or, better yet, a good novel written about the days of wooden ships and iron men. If you need help to find authors, just drop me a note. If you enjoy this story - or any others on this great site - remember that you can only read them if Nifty remains online. For that they need our cash. If we all give just a wee little bit, the site won't disappear and take our stories with them. No-one is asked to do any more than they can realistically afford but every £, Euro or $ helps... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Meanwhile, Dickie and Aaron were sitting in the large burger joint munching on a container full of fries and their large hamburger all decked out in hamburger, tomato, onion, pickles and dressing. Aaron, for one, hated lettuce on his hamburgers. While they munched, Aaron brought up the subject of the porn shop and asked about all the young guys he'd seen hanging outside the bars. Dickie, ever the tour guide, answered all Aaron's questions about the area at the back of the porn shop including the fact that some guys left their doors partly open so they could look at the passing traffic. Dickie went on to explain that if the guy in the booth saw someone who caught his interest, he would open his door slightly wider so the guy he was interested in could get a better view. If the guy was interested he would ease his way into the booth. The door was then closed behind the guest. "Then what happens?" asked Aaron. " Well", replied Dickie. "Either one gave the other a blowjob or they gave each other a blowjob. I've even heard that some guys fuck their partners in there". "You ever done it?" "Done what?" "Got or given a blowjob or got fucked or fucked someone in there?" "I've got and given a blowjob in there", replied Dickie, "But, I've never fucked or been fucked in there". Of course the now inquisitive Aaron had to ask the next logical question, Why not?" "Because, if I'm looking for a fuck, I want to see my partner", replied Dickie. "Besides, there are better and cleaner places for quickies". "Where?" came the next question "There are a few places around called Saunas", replied Dickie. "And, what are they like?" the ever curious Aaron asked. "Look, Aaron. I could sit here all afternoon and try to explain a public sauna to you or, if you are that curious, we can visit one after we finish our lunch." "Really?" "Sure", came the reply. "The biggest sauna in the city is down below us on Bourbon Street almost near the back of St. Patrick's Cathedral. It's got three floors, with a locker room, a gym, a swimming pool, showers, a sauna, a Jacuzzi, a small diner, TV rooms on the two upper floors and I am not sure how many single rooms or suites there are. But we aren't very far from a smaller sauna called Luke's Place which is almost around the corner". "Do you have to pay to go in one of these places?" "Yes, but the rates are pretty standard. Its ten bucks for four hours and twenty bucks for eight hours. I always pay the 20 bucks because I just never know what is going to happen or who I will meet". "What do you mean when you say, you never know what is going to happen?" "All I mean is I might be tired and fall asleep before I go looking around for a partner so I want to make sure I'm covered. Besides, there've been times I've met someone and we've simply enjoyed each other's company". Aaron didn't say anything for a while and appeared to be watching the traffic going by outside the big window. Periodically he would stir to munch on a few fries, take a bite of his hamburger or take a sip of his pop. But, he was really mulling over his options slowly coming to the conclusion that he'd probably be safe if he visited Luke's Place with Dickie for his first experience in a public sauna. His mind made up he went back to finishing off his lunch. The boys were really in no hurry to finish lunch. Aaron decided he just loved and wanted more of the fries. So! He went up to the counter and ordered another large fries to go. After he came back to the table, Dickie announced he was finished. Aaron drank the rest of his pop and both boys picked up their garbage and deposited it in one of the bins. With his bag of French fries in hand Aaron and Dickie made for the exit. Just outside the door, Aaron asked Dickie if he would take him to Luke's Place. "But before we go in there you have to promise me you won't leave me all alone", said Aaron. "Why would I do that?" asked Dickie. "I don't know. What happens to me if you meet one of your cute college boys with a nice protruding basket?" "Well, since we're going to get a room, I'll take you back there and you can have a snooze, while I go and investigate the cute college boy." "You mean leave me all alone with a bunch of guys all looking to score" "Sure, you'll be safe. The door locks from the inside so no-one can get in to sample your ass while you're snoozing". "I don't know Dickie. I think you should stay with me on my first visit to one of these places". "For gawd's sake, relax Aaron. It's not like I'm dropping you off at the residence of Jack the Ripper. The place is safe. If you want you can take a nap in the room or you can wander around the halls ogling the available merchandise". "You make it sound like we're going to the famous Atwater Market, Dickie". "In a way, I suppose we are. But, instead of fruit and vegetables, there are boys, boys and more boys. While you are walking around, you might meet a cute college boy with a great basket and want to swap spit with him", said Dickie giggling. "Why would I want to swap spit with anyone?" asked Aaron. "Bloody hell", remarked Dickie, "Are you telling me you've never swapped kisses with a guy before you encouraged him to get on his knees and drain the lizard?" "Nope", came Aarons reply. "I just talk him into it or, as in the case of Josh, I didn't give him an option and before he knew it, my cock was on its way to his throat". "Boy! Have you got a lot to learn". The boys turned East and began to walk. Once again Aaron asked Dickie about the guys who were standing outside various bars. Aaron thought there were some really cute ones. "They're rent boys", replied Dickie. "What's that mean?" asked Aaron clueless but interested in learning all aspects of the gay world. "It means they sell themselves to other men." "So say I came across a really cute guy just standing outside a bar could I walk up to him and ask him to go with me?" "Sure if you had the money and a place to go, like a car, a hotel room or an apartment" "How much money are we talking about?" the ever inquisitive Aaron asked. "That really depends on what you'd want to do. If all you wanted was a simple blowjob, you'd pay about $20 bucks. But it you were going beyond that, then the price is negotiable. Most rent boys have set costs for fucking or being fucked. They also have a cost for spending the night. Now! Enough with the questions. Luke's Place is right around the corner. I am going to rent one room for the two of us. So! Just follow my lead and keep your mouth shut". They turned the corner and walked about half a block. Then Dickie stopped and pulled open a full glass door. He held the door open so Aaron could enter and then closed it after he followed Aaron. Aaron was not all that surprised. There was like a vestibule with a leather covered two seater just inside the door. The room itself was about 8 foot square and on one side facing the door was a sliding glass window behind which a rather cute guy stood waiting for them. Dickie walked up to the window and the guy slid the glass back. Dickie simply said he wanted a room for two and the young guy asked single or double bed. Dickie said double. Then the guy asked how long and Dickie said four hours. Aaron didn't see how much money Dickie put on the counter but the guy handed Dickie two keys. The moment the guy saw Dickie hand a key to Aaron a buzzer sounded and Dickie went over and pulled a regular wooden door open. While Dickie knew the routine and had obviously visited this or at least one of the other public saunas in the area before, this was a whole new experience for Aaron. He began committing every little detail to memory. Aaron followed Dickie through the door. Up to this point in his life, Aaron had been an opportunist. He had taken advantage of Josh when he met him on the bus. He'd met his Newfoundland friend in the house in the woods next to the golf course. His Newfoundland friend had introduced him to Nicholas who, on occasion, used his throat as a depository for his baby makers until he loaned him Josh. He and Nicholas had two timed Auggie in that same house. Aaron had inducted Rob into the cocksuckers union and had his eyes set on Rob's new boyfriend, Michael. So, all in all, Aaron was really a neophyte when it came to the gay world. Little did he know that by the end of his first visit to a public all male sauna, his education would be much improved. Following Dickie through the door, Aaron immediately noticed the change. Whereas the entry vestibule was somewhat cool, it was considerably warmer on the other side of the door. Another thing Aaron noticed was a few guys walking around with nothing but a white towel wrapped around their middles and extending down to their knees. Dickie led him down a corridor leading off to the left and then stopped to show Aaron a very large locker room where several guys were in different stages of undressing or redressing.. Not bothering to ogle, Dickie took him by the arm and led him down to the end of the corridor where there was a very wide staircase leading up to the next floor. Halfway up the staircase was a fire door and when they arrived at the second floor there was another fire door. Dickie told him that they had room 221 and instead of rushing to the room, Dickie slowed down to glance into some of the rooms whose doors had been left slightly ajar. No doubt Dickie was checking out what was on offer. It took a little while for Aaron's eyes to adjust to the darkness of the rooms before he realized that behind every open door was a guy either laying or sitting on a bed. Some had their towels draped over their private parts and some did not. Some were simply laying on their backs, middle section modestly covered and some were laying on their stomachs with no covering over them at all. As they passed one slightly ajar door, Dickie stuck his head in but Aaron didn't hear what was said. Finally, they came to the end of the corridor and turned to the left. A few doors down, they came to room 221. Dickie slid his key into the door handle, opened the door, reached in and turned on the overhead light. As he stepped into the room, he removed his winter coat and walked around to hang it on the back of the door. Dickie encouraged Aaron to do the same which he did. "Not so bad", said Dickie as he sat on the double bed. As Aaron noticed, the room was sparsely furnished. The bed was fixed to the floor and was about a foot from the back wall. There was a night stand on the doorside of the bed and a small hooded light over the head of each bed. There were four clothes hooks on the doorside wall for the room occupant or occupants, as the case might be, and that was it. The bed was covered with a white fitted sheet and there was one pillow at the top of each bed. There was no blanket but then, Aaron thought, it was really warm and there was probably no need for a blanket if someone decided to take a nap. "So what happens now?' asked Aaron. "Well the routine usually is, we get undressed, drape ourselves in our towels and go back downstairs to take a shower". "Then what happens?" "Then we can sit in a hot tube for a bit or maybe go into the sauna and then we'll come out and take another hot shower to wash off the sweat. Then we'll dry ourselves off and walk around looking at the sights for a while. We'll see where it goes from there". "So! How many rooms are there?" "Honestly, I don't know. There's the row we came up to get here, and then if I'm not mistaken there are three other rows". "That's a lot of rooms", said Aaron. "Yeah", replied Dickie. "But if you think this is big you should see the one on Bourbon St. That one is three floors with a swimming pool, gym and small diner. I don't know how busy it is during the week but I know that it's full from Friday afternoon until Sunday night. And, remember, just like here, there is a large locker room". "I see", said Aaron as he began to follow Dickies lead and started to unbutton His pants and remove his sweater. Slowly, since they were in no hurry, they completely undressed and hung their clothes on the hooks provided. Following Dickies lead he wrapped the white towel around his waist but, for some reason he was still a little nervous. "Do you think our money is safe just being left in our pants hanging on the wall?" Asked Aaron "Well, I have never had anything stolen"' came the reply. But Aaron wasn't comfortable thinking, perhaps, someone could simply swipe their pants. While Dickie watched him Aaron took his bills and his wallet and tucked them into a secret pocket inside his winter coat. "Are you happy now?" asked Dickie. "Yes, thank you," replied Aaron much more comfortable than he had been. "Whatever you do", said Dickie. Never leave the room unlocked. Always make sure you listen for the click of the lock when you close the door. Some people are always gently pushing on the door when they pass and if the lock has not been engaged, that's when you could be robbed. Even if you decide to lay down, that's fine. But! When you close the door from the inside, again, make sure you hear the click. Then no-one can bother you during your nap. "Thank you", replied Aaron. "What are you thanking me for?" asked Dickie. "For explaining the rules of the road as it were", replied Aaron. "Now if I had ventured into a place like this on my own, I would never have known what to do". "That's only some of the things you have to learn", said Dickie putting Aaron's key on his wrist. Once he was assured that the elastic holding Aaron's key was secure, he opened the door and the two boys stepped into the hallway. Aaron watched Dickie as he closed the door and heard the click of the lock for himself. "Now there is something else you should know. While not all saunas have them, this one does. It's called a dark room. There are lights in the ceiling but they only come on in an emergency. Other than that, the room is darker than the Pitch Black room of the Dark Hole of Calcutta. You've heard of that, haven't you?" "Of course, I have", said Aaron. "We took that subject in History Class last year. So what's the purpose of this dark room?" "It provides for total anonymous sex. There is a leather bound bench that goes around the wall. People sit on this bench and anonymously have sex with the person who sits down beside them or feels if there is a face or an ass directly in front of them. Of course, you can't see the person sitting on the bench so you don't know whether it's a young, cute, well built jock or an elderly man. In that room you do as the Newfoundlanders do according to one of their favourite sayings." "Which is?" asked Aaron "Yous throws yer money. Yous takes yer chances". said Dickie giggling. " If you're in a hurry, you can always find a willing mouth to suck you off in there". "Remind me never to go in there", said Aaron also beginning to giggle. The boys went down to the ground floor and Dickie showed Aaron where one of the TV rooms was; where the small snack room was; where the sauna was, where the small Jacuzzi was, all the while leading Aaron to the large shower room. Dickie leading the way whipped off his towel, hung it on an outside wall hook and bare ass naked walked into the shower room. There were very few customers enjoying a shower which Dickie suggested might mean there were not that many patrons in attendance yet. Aaron followed Dickie. After putting his towel on the hook he stepped into the shower room and took a shower on the back wall. He realized he had not brought his own shower jell and neither had Dickie, Dickie pointed to a small device on the wall almost next to him. Watching Dickie walk over to such a device on his wall, he saw him put one hand under and with the other pushed what looked like a lever. Showing his hand to Aaron, Aaron saw that his hand was full of jell. Even before he was back under his shower Dickie was spreading the jell around his body. Aaron followed Dickie's action put one hand under the device near him and with the other pressed down on what appeared to be a lever. In seconds his hand was covered in a thick jell. Aaron wasted no time in spreading the jell over his body particularly around his crotch area. The two of them took their time enjoying their shower. After about ten minutes or so Dickie turned off the water and Aaron did likewise. Both boys stepped out of the shower, grabbed their towels and began drying themselves off. When that was done both boys wrapped their towels around their waists. Dickie then continued to take Aaron on his tour. He opened the sauna for him to step in. Aaron watched as Dickie took a ladle of water from a container sitting next to a box containing rocks and watched as Dickie poured the water over the rocks. Then taking Aaron by the arm, he led him over to the series of step benches opposite the door. Sitting on the bottom level, Aaron could feel the sudden burst of heat settle on his shoulders. Sitting there in the empty sauna, Dickie explained how the sauna worked. Dickie was just finishing his monologue when the door of the sauna opened and two nicely built young guys entered. Dickie figured they had had enough so taking Aaron's arm, he led him out of the sauna. Aaron asked Dickie if he knew the two guys who had just entered the sauna. Instead of answering the question, Dickie looked at Aaron and asked, "Why? You interested." Aaron said he wasn't interested. Dickie just walked on not bothering to answer his original question so Aaron assumed that Dickie knew at least one, if not both, of them. After they stopped to look at what was on offer in the small canteen, Dickie led Aaron back up the stairs but, instead of stopping on their floor, Dickie led them up to the third floor. Actually, it was the second floor given that the locker room, showers and sauna were all located on the ground floor. Arriving on the third floor Dickie, with Aaron following close behind, slowly began walking down the corridor. Dickie told Aaron there was a corridor along each outside wall. Aaron counted 12 rooms on one side of the corridor. Dickie informed him there were 48 rooms on the top floor and some 36 rooms plus the infamous dark room on the second floor. There was also a TV room or, as they called them, a lounge on each floor. Dickie informed him that only one corridor on each floor contained two cots which meant 24 rooms were double occupancy while all the rest were single rooms. "Compared to the one I told you about down the street, this is small", Dickie informed him. "That one is four floors, with a large locker room, a shower room, a Jacuzzi, a sauna and a lounge, all on the ground floor. There's a gym and a swimming pool in the basement. It's like grand central station on Friday and Saturday nights. However, I usually go there on a Sunday afternoon when it is fairly busy but not too busy". "You'll have to take me there next time", said Aaron. "I will", said Dickie, "On condition that we have separate rooms". "You're on", giggled Aaron. "Does that one have a dark room, too? "Not only does it have a dark room but it has a room with slings and other restraining devices". Instead of asking, Aaron just followed Dickie as they slowly toured the floor. As Aaron followed Dickie he saw that periodically Dickie would slow down to get a better look at what he saw in a particular room. Aaron knew better to ask Dickie any questions when he felt that Dickie was on the hunt for a partner. But not all the looking was being done by Dickie. Aaron was getting an eyeful too. The nice thing about the doorways was that they all opened to the right. That simply meant you could walk up one side of the corridor and at the top, turn around and walk back down looking at the rooms on the opposite side. Aaron thought the idea was intended to encourage cruising. However, Dickie told Aaron that leaving the door open meant someone could be charged with soliciting if undercover police raided the place so, every so often, an employee would walk down the corridors closing the doors. But, mere seconds later the doors were open again. The game of closing and opening the doors went on all night. As Aaron followed Dickie, he noticed that Dickie would periodically push a door open a little further. He said he usually did that when the guy in the room did not put the small head light over the bed on. In that way Dickie would let enough light in from the corridor so he could better see the room's occupant. Aaron got the distinct feeling that Dickie was memorizing the room numbers so that when he got Aaron safely back to their room, he could go check out the memorized rooms looking for his potential partner. Actually, although Aaron saw some young, well-built men both laying on their cots and walking the corridors, he wasn't really looking for a partner. Rather, he was furthering his education while watching Dickie's cruising technique. Eventually they covered all the rooms on the third floor and Dickie then led him down to the 2nd floor where their room was located. After wandering down both outside corridors, Dickie led him back to their room. On opening the door, Dickie walked over to the cot on the back wall and sat down. Motioning to Aaron to sit on the other cot, he started another monologue by saying, "I'm going to cruise for a bit". "Yup, I guessed that", replied Aaron. "So, here are the rules", intoned Dickie. "If you decide to take a nap, make sure the door is locked. `Cause, my friend, if you don't, you might find someone with a big cock just about to sink his cock up your rear end. Now, if you decide you want something from the canteen, don't take any more than $5.00 with you. You can get a pop and a sandwich for about $4.50. If you decide you want to walk around on your own to look at the goodies on offer, have at it. Just make sure you close the door behind you. It's a self-locking door so be sure you hear the click of the lock. And, for Gawd's sake, make sure you've got your key on your wrist. Any questions?" "Not really", replied Aaron. "I think you've covered it all. So, tell me. Have you selected your partner already?" "Not yet", came the reply. "But I've seen a few interesting prospects". "Well, don't let me hold you up", giggled Aaron. "T'aint ever gonna happen", replied Dickie getting up and making his way to the door. "Have fun", said Aaron. "You too", replied Dickie never expecting that Aaron might do anything but take a nap.