Chapter 15--Stopping the Peak
"You are free Friday?" Dennis had asked.
"Can be." I said, hoping for another night out.
"Come to The Hall as soon as you are finished at work." He said. "Amelie is to feed us. Then we go out."
Dennis did not offer any further information. And I could hear from his demeanour that it was best not to ask. As usual he wanted to be in charge and surprise me.
So on Friday evening I walked to The Hall as soon as I got back from work. I was hoping for a good night. It had been a hectic few days in the office.
It was almost automatic for me to shed my clothes by the main gate and clip the collar and leash on, even though the weather was turning, and it was a bit cooler than it had been when I started doing this back in the summer.
At the main door, Remy answered to my knocking.
"Julie. Come in."
Remy was wearing a deep-crimson, silk, blouse, with a black, studded-leather, collar. She had a below-the-knee, black, leather skirt and high-heeled, black, ankle-boots. Very unlike the grey Chauffer uniform she usually wore. Her hair was tied back in a small pony tail.
"Come. We eat then get you dressed."
"Dressed? Huh? That is unusual." I commented
"Yes. But... well you will see." Remy smiled and had a glint to her eye that meant that she knew
something and I would probably not like/like it, in my usual love/hate of all things Dennis.
Amelie had prepared a wonderful seafood risotto. She was wearing a short, pinkish, cotton, print-dress.
Dennis was helping set out things on the table. He was dressed in leather and silk: Black shining silk shirt, tight, black, leather trousers with a wide leather belt, from which was hanging a riding crop and a leather flogger.
"Bonjour little-one." Dennis stopped what he was doing to step closer to kiss me. He fondled my naked butt as he led me to a chair at the side of the table.
"Sit. Dinner in a few minutes."
It was.
And it was delicious.
It felt a bit odd with me being naked and the other three of them dressed.
Still...
We all made small talk while we ate.
Whenever I tried to ask about what we were going to be doing or where we were going, I was told. "Non. Do not spoil the food. Food is important." By one or other of the three. "L'estomac gouverne l'esprit, The...the stomach rule the mind. You cannot think right or behave right if hungry. Food first."
Well yeah!
When we had eaten and cleared away, Dennis led us up to the room I thought of as 'His Play Room' I had been inside but not seen it until now.
He had a collection of devices that could only be described as kinky. Things for sitting on or in for pain or sex or both. There were various ropes and pulleys hanging from wooden rafters across the ceiling. I recognised ones that had held me all those weeks ago. Along one side of the room were a set of wooden cupboards.
From one of these cupboards Dennis pulled the black, corset that he had bought for me a few weeks earlier. Amelie helped him tighten this around my waist. They pulled the laces until I had a really narrow waist, but could just about continue to breathe. Breathing did make my boobs rise a fall a lot more than I was used to.
I was allowed to wear a sort of skirt that sat snuggly on the flair round the hips of the corset. It was nearly shear, strips of thicker lace and cloth nearly covered my arse crack and vulva, but not much more.
From another cupboard Dennis pulled out a couple of masks which he handed to Amelie and me.
"To be not recognised, unless we wish." Dennis said, by way of explanation.
So we were going somewhere kinky? I guess.
But why Amelie?
"And you too my love." Remy said, "As we agreed."
"I know. I am scared." Amelie said. And she did look scared.
"It is for show. Nothing will happen. We need it for appearances." Remy tried to reassure her.
For show what? For appearances what?
I was still in the dark.
Remy helped Amelie strip off her dress and underwear. Then helped her dress in a sort of costume consisting of leather strips and chains. This lot hid all the important bits. I mean, she was not showing any more skin than she would in typical brief bikini at a beach or pool. But it LOOKED like it did.
I liked it.
Amelie looked terrified.
"I will be near. Do not fear." Remy leaned in to give her a kiss. Then she wrapped her arms around Amelie.
When the doorbell rang, Remy hurried off to answer it.
"What is going on?" I asked
"We are going to some form of party." Amelie whispered. "I'm supposed to pose as Remy's submissive. I'm really not. I'm scared."
A moment later Emma burst into the room. She was as near naked as I was. She had a corset similar to mine, though of different style. Hers pushed her boobs up, to make more of her modest breasts. Her pulsing nipples just visible through the ring of red lace. She wore the tiniest black thong I had seen. I mean, it did cover her pussy lips. Just. But it left no doubt that she was shaved clean as a baby's bottom down there.
"Jeez! Your very own playroom dungeon. Wow. Oh hey you're all coming too?." She stopped and damped her enthusiastic outburst when she saw Dennis scowling and Amelie trying to cover her near-naked body. "Oh Sorry." She hung her head in contrition.
"Hi Emma." I said, giving her a brief hug. "This is Amelie. She is Remy's wife. You've just met Remy. I have no idea what is going on, but I hope somebody does."
Remy followed Master Mike in to the Room.
"I can help explain." Mike said. "Though the less you all know the better. You are all to accompany Me and Slut Em to one of the quarterly Parties at 'Locked-Up' in Manchester. It is a member's only play party for people in the Fetish and BDSM scene."
"I know a little about Mr Dennis and what he likes." Remy said. "But this is a time for us all to learn more about ourselves and each other. We all need to try to understand. I know I do. I think this will be good for us all."
"In order to register us all as members." Mike said. "I have had to specify all of our positions and favoured fetish or BDSM orientations. For the moment, Amelie will be going as Remy's submissive. The rest of you will be who you really are anyway."
"I am not really a Dominant or Dominatrix." Remy added. "And Amelie is not really a submissive, but for tonight it will not matter. We will still watch and enjoy. We just will not be participating in anything. Master Mike, Slut-Emma, Mr Dennis and Slut-Julie may be taking part. It will be up to them. Though from what I know, it may be difficult for them not to want to get involved. Master Mike and Slut-Emma have been before and talk highly about it."
"It's great fun. It is just so kinky and even perverted. Anything you have ever thought of. Anything that you may have fantasized about, I bet someone there will be doing it. I bet you will feel pretty straight. There will be loads of spanking and whipping. All sorts of bondage. Latex, Leather, Nylon, Lycra, even Metal--heads showing off their piercings and tattoos. You will see some folks who are completely covered from neck down in tattoos or maybe piercings. Like, in normal clothes you would probably have no idea. They are amazing."
"Oh. So like that Maison de whatsit face place you talked about in Birmingham?" I said
"Yes sort of. Maybe a bit smaller. A bit more cosy. Being member's only there are fewer stalls selling stuff. Though there were a few last time. And the specialities are a bit wider. It's just great to meet like-minded people."
"Anyway we do need to get going." Master Mike said, indicating his watch.
He held up three black capes towards Amelie, Emma and me.
"To cover you until we get there." He said. "It will be warm enough inside, but we don't want you lovely things to freeze to death now. Do we?"
Ha, bloody, ha.
Still I was grateful for the covering and quickly took the cape to warp around me.
There was plenty of room in Dennis's car. With Remy driving, and Amelie beside her, Master Mike and Emma, Dennis and me in the back.
Emma told me a bit more about 'Locked-Up' and her previous visit, before we drifted into small talk and more questions about my trip to France.
The hour's drive passed quickly.
.
It was cool and a bit damp walking the streets of Manchester to find the party site. Ahead of us was the main-line railway into the city on an elevated viaduct. There was a wall of red brick. The arches
and hollows beneath the viaduct had been filled in with various businesses. Each one seemed to have filled the curved arches with different style facias, and were different sizes where the road sloped down and up, as the arches kept the rail level. We even passed a glass fronted arch that held a brewery.
The next couple of arches were bricked in by more modern red bricks similar to but different from the original bridge structure. At street level in the middle of each arch were small red doors without even door handles.
The next arch had a pair of large glass double-doors.
This was apparently a common party venue. There were loads of posters on the walls, advertising events for dozens of concerts and parties. I guess it was useful because there were few if any houses nearby, so any noise did not interfere with local people's lives.
At the door were two Sumo wrestlers.
Well OK. They were white guys in Tuxedos and Bow-ties. But jeepers! They were huge. Maybe they were from the local rugby team of something.
Their whole demeanour shouted 'Don't even think about arguing.'
Mike, Dennis and Remy showed their invitations, which included the other three of us.
The giant smiled, nodded and waved us in through the glass door.
Just inside on the right wall were a load of lockers.
Mike opened one, then turned to us and said "Capes"