punished. The sheer joy of the punishment, the bindings, the blows: as
if to say, here: you are bound to your task and you shall never escape
it until you are brought every drop of pleasure from it.
Sie watched the dark sky change to white ceiling as sie entered
the small house where sie would undergo hir transformation. The four
masters laid hir upon a series of cushions, and began to unstrap hir.
And then, they moved back from hir, leaving hir naked upon the bed of
hir leather encasement and the cushions, and moved out by the foyer
through which sie was brought into another part of the house.
And, sie became aware of his stare: a young master, dressed very
casually in a bright pink t-shirt and jeans, well shaven, with long
brown hair strewn around his neck and chest. Sie felt his eyes watching
hir every small motion, watch hir as sie nestled back upon the restraint
and allowed him to absorb hir appearance. Sie remembered: be silent
until you are given the words to speak. Sie stared back, reaching hir
mind outward to him as if to welcome his stare, to let him explore hir
and understand hir.
"It is good," he began, "to see you so open to your
transformation. I cannot sense any fear upon you. Some masters upon this
first entrance fear the simplicity with which we open. But what you see
around you here is little more than you should ever need to put a slave
into bondage. So we shall begin your first lesson.
"I believe in openness, so I would like to explain to you what you
should be expecting. Tonight you will not be permitted to speak, but
after listening to me and having time to meditate upon the story of how
I've brought all of this together, and time to sleep for tomorrow, you
should be very clear on the proper tones of speech and familiar with any
language necessary to communicate the questions and statements you will
need to finish this transformation.
"Tomorrow, we will start with your choice of name, and allow you
to give meaning to that name. Your story, as everything occurring this
weekend, is recorded for our records.
"There are then four questions which must be answered for your
training. First, you need to know the source of your own power as a
master, and how to keep yourself focused within such power. Second, you
will be informed about how we effect gender flexibility in our masters.
Third, we will discuss rules concerning slaves and other people in your
possession, and how they should be taught to express themselves.
Finally, we will discuss the nature of our politics, and other issues
around representing our views and beliefs to the rest of the world.
"Once we have answered these questions, you will be allowed to
practice what you have learned. The remainder of the weekend will be
devoted toward readjusting you to the changes in your situation and