New Experiences/Lulu Vale

Lulu is Spanky's girlfriend in New Experiences. She is mentioned in the first book of the original trilogy, A New Experience, as Spanky was talking to Master while waiting for a date with her. But she didn't appear in the story until Mixed Blessings, which occurs some time later.

She identifies herself as a panther or a leopard; although the 'race/ethnicity' section on her passport says Homo felis silvestris (common cat). If anyone finds this out, she'll brush it off, saying that the complex politics and debates about breed certification aren't worth dealing with. The name on most of her documents is L S Metrovski, but that's not actually her legal name (which is Lulu Bunny Vale).

She does have a panther-like coat pattern; pale pink with puce and violet rosettes.

Almost everyone she meets tells her how sexy she is; she's never found it hard to get what she wants. But she dreams of being recognised as an apex predator, not just a cute girl. She finds Spanky interesting because he doesn't seem particularly driven, and he'll do whatever she tells him to, but his demeanour and body language makes it clear he's the leader of the pack. Lulu has studied psychology enough that she recognises all his friends automatically defer to him, even though he never seems to notice and never has any interest in making decisions.

Lulu initially met Spanky at university, and was curious about him. Then he started dating her roommate and sometimes-lover (though not really a girlfriend, as she's still in the closet) Paper Tiger; and she found out enough about him through her to pique her interest. She suspected that Spanky had other girlfriends, because he was so comfortable lying to Paper "so she doesn't get upset". But in chapter 6, she asked him during a torture scene and found out about both Dawn and Master, which did surprise her.