The Skin Game

(c) 2006 by Artful Dom

This story is intended for "adults" if you are not legally an
adult by your home state or country's definition, stop now, do
not read this


Chapter 3 - The Good Slave (TG, Exh, Hum, FF)

Eventually the party walked down into a hollow and was sure they
were out of sight of the border fortress.  Jesera said to William
as he walked in the back, "Are we out of their sight?"

"Yes, there is no way they can see us now."

Jesera turned to Kaessi and looked at her.  Her eyes glistened
with tears and she stepped forward to hug the darker woman.  Hern
stepped in from anther direction and the two of them encased
Kaessi in a fortress of flesh.

Jesera said, "I'm so sorry.  It's like I remember some things,
but not others.  But you didn't tell me your previous master had
been a criminal.  I couldn't know they would brand you.  I didn't
remember the ring until the officer said something about it.  I'm
so sorry."

Kaessi said, "Mistress may this slave speak?"

Jesera said, "Of course, you may always speak."

"Mistress this slave did not remember either, and she was a
Romarian slave.  The memories that go with these bodies do not
seem to come to us smoothly."

Jesera nodded, "You can say that.  And you don't have to refer
to yourself in third person or any of that crap, you don't even
have to call me mistress."

Kaessi said, "Does it displease mistress?"

Izhak spoke quickly, "Before you speak Jesera remember she isss
compelled to please you. Also remember that others may overhear
her speaking.  I think it best she speak as appropriate for a
slave still she isss freed."

Jesera turned to him and said, "She can't be freed.  A collared
slave can be freed.  Any slave with a ring of obedience is almost
never freed. It takes a powerful mage of the high council to
remove the ring and they typically aren't inclined to bother. 
And any slave that is branded can not legally be freed, period. 
If the slave is involved in a second crime of the same type, they
are executed.

Everyone paused as the impact of what had happened sank in. 
Willam said, "I didn't think this was a good idea."

Kaessi said, "Master William, don't be cross with Mistress.  It
really isn't so bad.  It's not like I'm afraid you will mistreat
me."

William stood up very straight and put his hand on his huge
sword.  He said, "I will see to it that you are not mistreated,
you have my word."

Kaessi turned back to Jesera, "Please Mistress, does speaking as
a proper slave displease you?"

Jesera thought for a moment and said, "In public or dealing with
strangers you should speak in third person as is expected of a
trained slave.  But when we are sure of privacy, you are free to
express youself like a person not an object.  But I think it best
if you continue to use master and mistress even then.  To not do
so, if we are overheard, could cause undue fuss and bother.  I
know for a fact that old family slaves often don't bother with
the third person speech."

"Thank you Mistress."

At that moment Hern bumped into her she made a small sound of
pain.  Hern glanced down and said, "Sweet Jesus!  Izzy get over
here and heal her.  She's got a nasty burn.

Izhak came over and squatted behind her.  Jesera still held her
in her arms.  Kaessi was very aware that her Mistresses barely
concealed breasts were pressed into hers, and that Izhak was
behind her staring at her naked ass.

Izhak said, "If I heal it, the brand may disappear.  Doesss
anyone have some healing salve.  A little bit of that should help
it heal naturally."

Hern said, "Well hell, give it your best whammy.  With that brand
gone we might be able to get her freed."

Izhak looked up at Kaessi and Jesera.  "Am I incorrect in
assuming that the officer of the watch will have recorded that
Kaessi should now have a brand, and that any attempt at
concealing, or magically removing it, is punishable."

Jesera nodded, "You are correct.  The slave is executed, anyone
who assisted is enslaved and branded."

Odan stepped forward and said, "I've got some salve."  Izhak
rose and stepped back.  Odan squatted behind her and began to rub
the soothing ointment into the skin of her bottom.  The pain
faded.  After a few moments he said, "That looks better, how does
it feel."

"It feels much less painful Master Odan.  Thank you."

"You're welcome.  I'll be happy to rub your soft little ass any
time you want."

Kaessi looked back at him shocked.  He was flirting with her. 
She turned back to her Mistress and looked into her concerned
eyes.  It occurred to Kaessi that this sort of situation was ripe
for manipulation.  That, were this just a game and were Casey in
control, she would milk all the sympathy for whatever she could
get.  She would flirt shamelessly with Odan, or any of them if
she thought it would get her somewhere, or some good swag.  But
this wasn't the game.  This was real.  Her pain was real, the
compulsions she was experiencing as part of the obedience ring's
enchantments were effecting her feelings and thoughts.  And it
was clear that these people were experiencing genuine concern for
her.

She looked into her Mistress' eyes and said, "This slave's ass
belongs to my Mistress.  I'm sure she'll let you rub when it
pleases her to do so."  Kaessi noticed that Mistress' hands where
not still.  They were slowly running up and down her bare back. 
Kaessi had noticed that Jesera looked at her the same way the men
did.  Or least William and the soldiers.  Odan and Hern seemed to
have different vibe.  And Izhak was very difficult to read, but
he had demonstrated this morning that lizard man or not, he liked
what he saw.

There was a long pause and the Hern said, "Well, we've gone
through a lot to get this far.  Day's a waisting.  Why don't we
get moving."

Odan and Izhak both agreed and began to walk down the road. 
William said, "Wait a minute.  Hern does Kaessi's bag have any
spare clothes in it?"

Kaessi answered first.  "Master Hern you need not look.  I
foolishly did not have any spare clothes.  But that is okay, I
don't really need any, the weather is quite nice."

Willaim said, "Well I'm sure somebody has something for you
wear.  I've got a blanket here.  We can cut a hole and you can
wear it like a poncho."

Jesera still held Kaessi and she realized that she might not
want the boys to know she had the hots for her naked slave girl.
She leaned in close and whispered.  "Mistress forgive me if I'm
speaking out of place, but I'm wondering if it might not please
you to keep me naked.  If you would keep me naked give me a
signal."

Jesera said nothing, but she squeezed Kaessi in her arms. 
Coming as close as a rather dainty woman could come to a bear
hug.  Kaessi said, "Please Master William, don't damage your
blanket.  I have often been nude before by my own choice."

He stopped, the blanket half pulled from his pack.  He said in a
surprised tone, "You'd rather be naked?"

Hern said, "I think K is a bit of exhibitionist, her previous
outfit didn't leave much of anything to imagination anyway."

         Kaessi said, "It is certainly true my clothes didn't
hide much.  Does my naked body displease you Master William?"

         He slowly pushed the blanket back into the back pack. 
He said, "No.  You're quite possibly the sexiest thing I've ever
seen.  I just though you'd...  Never mind."  William almost
angrily threw the back pack up onto his shoulders and took off
down the road.  Soon he was leading and the others followed along
behind.  In the rear were Jesera and Kaessi.  Jesera kept her arm
around Kaessi as though protecting her.  But when she was sure
none of the men were looking, he fingers would dart in and tweak
a nipple or her hand would slide down her back and cup a buttock.

The group walked for hours.  Stopping for brief cold meals twice
before nightfall.  As the sky started to fade toward dark William
pointed off the road at a structure made of three simple log
walls and wooden shingles.  He said, "Look there is a travelers
shelter.  We should camp."

Hern said, "Why don't you all see what you can find to make a
fire.  I'd stay in pairs.  Leave your packs, K and I will see
what we can whip up for dinner."  Everyone agreed.  William and
Izhak headed off in one direction, Odan and Jesera in another. 
As Hern started rummaging through things he started talking.

"Let me guess.  You're an ugly duckling, a two bagger, a frog
princess.  You play the slut and tease in the games, as a way to
vicariously live out your slutty little fantasies."  Kaessi
stopped looking through her bag and turned to Hern surprised at
his monolog.

Hern continued, his voice increasingly sarcastic.  "Look, if you
really want to find out what it's like I'll help you.  I don't
mind setting you up, but don't try your shit on me, it wont work.
 Hern stood up and walked over to her.  The armored warrior
towered nearly a foot taller and easily weighed twice what she
did.  Hern tapped himself on his chest and said, "Back home, I
was a woman.  I know what you're doing.  And it can poison any
sort of working relationship we might all have.  Unless, you're
willing to be the group slut.  In which case in short order
everyone is going to treat you like an appliance.  Something to
be used for their personal pleasure and passed along.  That's the
route you're headed down.  If you try to flirt and tease everyone
I'll personally see to it that you get what's coming to you.  I
want to get home, and you're not going to fuck it up.  Do you
understand me?"  The last sentence was delivered in a voice that
was very nearly a shout.

Kaessi looked up at the irate warrior and said, "You were a
woman?"

"Yes!"

Kaessi stopped and thought about it.  Casey had only had sex
once with a very drunk girl who had basically given him a mercy
fuck.  It had been pretty cool, but frankly he hadn't thought it
was that much better than what he could accomplish with his hand.
 Kaessi had memories of sexual practices he had only read about.
But they were, like all of Kaessi's memories, vague, foggy and
indistinct.  But Kaessi knew what it was like having sex with
men, women and creatures not human.  She remembered often
enjoying it.

         Unlike Casey at home, here in this world as Kaessi, she
could walk, she was attractive, in all probability she could have
all the sex he would ever want.  The problem was, it would quite
possibly be with men.  If she wasn't wrong about her Mistress she
would likely get to find out what girl on girl sex was
like...First hand.

She really didn't quite understand Hern's tirade, or what she
had done to bring it on.  She considered sharing that she had
been a man back on Earth.  But she already felt deeply humiliated
by what had happened with the Romarian soldier Novans.  She felt
herself blush as the fuzzy memories of her time with the Warrior
standing in front of her floated ghostlike through her mind.  It
was quite likely she would get fucked sooner or later by
somebody.  If they all thought she was, and had always been a
woman, that might make her a slut, but it wouldn't make her a
fag.  At least in their eyes.  And somehow that was less
humiliating that coming clean.  After all these thoughts passed
through her head she looked up at Hern and said, "Master Hern, I
don't want to cause any problems.  But I also wish to please my
Mistress.  She indicated to me that she likes me naked.  To tell
you the truth, I do find it a turn on.  Especially when I'm the
only one naked.  I will tell her about your concerns, and I'm
sure she will make the right decision."

"That's a cop out.  You're just playing up the slave thing."

"No master, I'm not."  She reached up and touched her nose ring.
 Hern raised and eye brow.  He said, "You're a 21st level
character.  Don't tell me that you can't ignore an enchantment,
at least temporarily."

Kaessi's eyes opened wide, her mouth made a perfect O.  "Master,
you're right."

"Go ahead, do something that you don't think you might Mistress
would approve of."

Kaessi wondered what that might be.  A devilish thought occurred
to her.  Kissing Hern would mean even though she was kissing the
body of a man, she would be kissing a woman.  And it was sort of
like they had kissed before.  In fact they had done much more
than kiss.  And in all probability Mistress would not be happy
with her smooching on Hern.  She gathered her will and started
toward him.  Hern jerked back.  Kaessi slowly put out her hand
and took a handful of his hair.  Then she raised herself upwards.
 It was as if her weight doubled.  A cold sweat broke out on her
forehead from the effort, but eventually she gave Hern a light
kiss on the lips.  She dropped back and looked up at him.  Her
eyes were shinning.  "You were right Master, I can fight the
enchantment.  Not all the time, but if I really need to do
something contrary to its compulsions I can."

Hern rubbed his lips, "Well, that wasn't what I was thinking
about."

Kaessi nodded.  "Master, we are all new born to this life,
despite our foggy confused memories of lives in this world.  I
mean no harm.  And I mean it, the best way to control my behavior
is through my Mistress.  I can fight the compulsions, but it is
easier to go along with them.  If I know it is not only what she
wants, but something good for the party, good for reaching our
goal and returning to Earth, it will be doubly so."

Hern nodded and they went back to prepping dinner.  Shortly the
others returned with a small amount of firewood.  Apparently this
shelter was frequently used and the area was picked pretty clean.
 But there was enough to make hot tea and some soup for dinner. 
And to sit around and chat for while afterwards.  Hern picked on
Odan to do clean up this time, leaving Kaessi sitting next to
Jesera.

Jesera said, "I've got to visit the lady's shrubbery.  She
looked at Kaessi, "What about you?"  Kaessi nodded.  It came to
her that on the few occasions when Casey had been around women in
groups, that they usually went to the restroom together.  So they
rose and walked around the rear wall of the three sided shelter.
Jesera kept walking till they were some distance away.  Then she
turned to Kaessi and said, "Kaessi I want you understand that it
would displease me greatly if I accidentally forced you to do
something you don't want to do."

"Yes Mistress."

"I mean specifically sexually."

"Yes Mistress."

"Kaessi, are you a lesbian?"

"Mistress that is difficult question to answer.  If you mean, do
I think you are beautiful and attractive here and now.  Yes. 
You're touch makes me wet."

"But is that the obedience ring, or you?"

"Both I think.  I want to please you, at least some of that,
maybe a lot of that, is the ring.  But I am a 21st level thief. 
I can fight the compulsions when I really want to do so.  And
when I examine my feelings, I can honestly say that were I to see
you back home, I would be sexually attracted to you.  Here and
now, I am at least as attracted to you.  So far here my sexual
experiences with men have been a mixed bag and I'm not sure I
want to go there.  But by the same token, the idea of being with
a man excites me on some level.  So Mistress, I think you could
call me a lesbian, or very safely call me bisexual.  Whichever
pleases you more."

Jesera sighed.  "That's the problem.  I want you, I want to eat
your little bald pussy till you scream.  I want to suck on those
perky little breasts.  But if you're only doing it to please me
because of the ring, it's rape.  I don't do rape."

Kaessi summoned her willpower and said, "Listen you stupid cow,
the idea of eating your pussy makes me so hot I'm dripping. 
That's not the damn ring."

Jesera blinked.  "I guess not."  Suddenly she gathered Kaessi in
her arms.  Her lips closed over Kaessi's and her tongue probed
into her mouth.  She stepped back and slipped out of her wispy
gown, then she pressed herself to Kaessi again.  The sensation of
their breasts rubbing and pressing against each others was
fantastic.  Their hands were in each other's hair.  They had a
deep long soul kiss, then Jesera slid downward dropping to her
knees.  Something about her Mistress kneeling at her feet seemed
wrong to Kaessi, so she too dropped, but then eased back into the
grass, spreading her legs eagerly and putting her hands under her
butt to help raise and expose her pussy.

Jesera slowly eased forward.  She paused over Kaessi's moist
slit so long that Kaessi began to make small needy sounds.  Then
Jesera reached out with a finger.  She ran it up and down
Kaessi's juicy slit till it was very wet.  She paused to rub
Kaessi's clit, and to gently pull and twist at the ring in there.
 The sensations had Kaessi moaning softly.  Then the finger
slipped inside.  It began to move around and the sensations were
again wonderful, but different.  Than at last Jesera lowered her
mouth to Kaessi's mons.  She ran her tongue up the slit licking
her juices.  Her other hand came over the top and began to play
with her clit as her tongue dove in and out and around.  The
finger inside pressed and rubbed.  Then Jesera hooked the finger
inside her upwards, pressing on her G spot.  As she did this she
used two fingers to hold her clit in place then she began to
alternately lick her, nibble her with her teeth, and take her
clit into her mouth and suck.  As she pressed upwards with her
finger against the G spot, she sucked Kaessi's clit into her
mouth against her teeth then beat a rapid tattoo with her tongue.


Kaessi had never imagined such a sensation.  Anything Casey
might have ever felt was a pale shadow.  It felt like her entire
body was riding the wave of the climax.  She slowly became aware
of a high pitched wailing, then she realized it was her.  As the
orgasmic waves began to fade into delicious tingles pulsing out
from her clit, the darkness of the night was illuminated by a
bright blue light.

Izhak stood over them with a ball of light cradled in his claw.
William and Hern stood arrayed behind him with bared weapons. 
Odan stood slightly off to one side, a smirk on his face.  As the
scene registered on them, each of the men relaxed, those with
their weapons out sheathed them.  They all stood for a moment,
then Izhak said as if for all of them, "It figures."

His light went out and all the men moved off back to the
shelter.  Jesera and Kaessi lay under the stars hugging.  Jesera
kissed Kaessi and she could taste her own juices.  They were
almost sweet, musky, pleasant.  Jesera said, "Now it's your
tongue's turn.  By the way, how come with all the piercings your
tongue isn't pierced."

"It wasn't an option in the game.  I guess there wasn't an easy
to show it, so why program it."

"Well, you'll just have to do the best you can with an
unaugmented tongue."

"Yes Mistress."

Kaessi crawled between her Mistress' legs and began to work her
tongue over her wet little mound.  Surrounding it was a light
dusting of blond hair that just turned her on more.  She kissed
the soft down, then went back to Jesera's clit.  She worked her
finger inside and began to fuck her, first with one finger, then
with two, then with three, finally working up to four.  As she
did this she was lapping at her clit like a mad woman.  As she
pounded her fingers into her she began to go over the alphabet
one letter at a time using her tongue like a pen, and Jesera's
clit like paper.

Jesera moaned, "Oh my god!"

Kaessi continued.  Somewhere around "W" Jesera began to chant
"Oh god."  Then as Kaessi pressed inward with her slender fingers
her entire fist popped into Jesera.

        Jesera just began panting and saying "Oh" over and over.
Kaessi started the alphabet over while pumping her hand back and
forth.
The knuckle bone of her thumb was bumping against the G spot as
she stimulated Jesera's clit.  The friction of her wrist moving
back and forth was like a huge penis forcing its way into Jesera.
 As Kaessi reached M for the second time Jesera exploded into a
screaming thrashing orgasm.  A clear musky fluid squired out
around Kaessi's wrist.  Kaessi kept licking, enjoying the taste
of the fluids as she lapped at her Mistress.

Once Kaessi felt the contractions on her hand stop, she tried to
gently extract it from her Mistress.  Jesera put both of her
hands on Kaessi's arm as she withdrew it, reflexively urging her
to be gentle to her now highly sensitive privates.  Kaessi slowly
withdrew her hand moving as carefully as she could as Jesera made
small sounds of pleasure tinted with anxiousness.  Finally they
were disengaged.  Jesera pulled Kaessi's face to hers by grabbing
a handful of hair and yanking.  They kissed, tasting each other
and smearing their faces with their combined juices.

As they lay in the quiet darkness Odan's voice came to them. 
"If I could see just a bit better in the darkness I bet that
would have been a hell of a show."

Jesera spat, "Peeing Tom!"

Actually I drew the short straw.  With all the noise you too
were making we were worried somebody, or something, other than
us, might hear you and come to investigate.  So I got to come out
here and guard you while you had some fabulous girl on girl sex.

Jesera said, "Oh.  Well, we're done, you can go back to the
shelter now."

Odan's voice came drifting from some deeper place in the
darkness, "Way ahead of you.  By the way, we decided you to get
second watch.  So you might want to catch a nap first."

Jesera called out, "How did we get picked?"

"You weren't at the meeting."

Jesera pulled Kaessi to her and said, "That was phenomenal."

"I'm glad you enjoyed it Mistress."

"Yeah, but we should get back to the boys."

         "As Mistress wishes."

         "Mistress wishes she and her slave girl could do that
again and again until they couldn't stand up."

         "Your wish is my command Mistress."

"Oh, stop it.  We had an eventful day, you especially.  We've
got a long way to go.  Don't you feel like sleeping."

         "No."

         Jesera said, "Me neither, but we should.  Come on." 
Jesera picked up her gown and started to walk nude back to the
shelter.

         Kaessi said, "Mistress aren't you going to get dressed?"

"Kaessi, am I wrong or can you pretty much see through this
thing."

         "Yes Mistress, it is nearly transparent in good light."

         "And all of them saw us a few minutes ago.  Let them
look."

         "Yes Mistress."

         The two girls walked hand in hand back to the camp. 
They used a little water to wash their faces, then they snuggled
together in a sleeping mat.  Odan and Hern looked amused. 
William looked distressed, and Izhak just made a loud long
theatrical sigh as he too rolled over and went to sleep.