Rika

Rika's got dark skin that photographs with the kind of richness Dubai's lighting can't help but make dramatic, and she spends her off days restoring vintage watches she buys broken from souks and online auctions. The watch thing started as boredom management between bookings and turned into an actual skill. She's got steady hands and the patience to sit with tiny gears for hours, which apparently translates well into both hobbies. Clients who've been to her incall apartment mention the workbench covered in watch parts more often than they probably should. Her skin tone sets her apart in a market oversaturated with pale Eastern Europeans and light-skinned Latinas. She's not African, not Arab, somewhere in between that she doesn't bother specifying unless asked directly. The ambiguity works in her favor—different clients project different fantasies onto the same complexion.