Miriam yawns, stretching lazily in her sun lounger. She has her sundress back on, and her hat and sunglasses.
Ellie sweats. She is still completely naked, holding a plank position at Miriam's side -- resting on her forearms and toes, muscular body perfectly horizontal, head bowed, sweating. To make sure that Ellie holds her position, Miriam has placed a very large, very cold glass of water on her back, between her shoulders. If she moves, the glass will tip over, spilling about a pint of ice water all over her.
It is a baking hot day in Miriam's garden, and Ellie can feel her skin tanning. Condensation is running down the exterior of the glass, and then down Ellie's spine to pool in the small of her back. It makes her shiver a little, but when the glass inevitably tips over, that's going to be the worst. Her only chance is to hold her position until the water warms up in the sun. She doesn't know how long it's been. It feels it's been like most of an hour.
"Fisting?" Miriam asks her.
"Yes, ma'am," Ellie says.
"Anal play?"
"...Yes, ma'am."
Making things worse, there are heavy metal clamps on both of Ellie's nipples. Each clamp consists of a circle of stainless steel and four adjustable screws pointing inward. Miriam carefully adjusted them until they were just tight enough to make Ellie's eyes water.
"Anal fisting."
Ellie coughs. "Um. No, ma'am. I mean... Not right now. Maybe..."
Miriam says, "That's a 'No'. Anything less than an enthusiastic 'Yes' is a 'No'." She makes a note in her paperwork. "Needle play."
"...Yes, ma'am. That would be... I'd like to give that a try. Slowly. But... yes, yes please."
"Hot wax play."
"Oh... How does that work?"
"Pretty much the way you'd guess. I light a candle, and drip hot wax on your skin from a height. Your belly or ass, maybe. You get sudden, hot, painful sensations, then the wax cools off almost immediately. Then we peel it off."
Ellie thinks this sounds fun. "Yes, please."
Miriam makes another note, and reads on. "Pony play. That's a kind of role-playing. You would wear a pony costume. A hood, a bit and a pony tail butt plug, to start with. Leathers. You would be made to pull a trap."
"Is it hard work?"
"Yes," Miriam says. "For you, I would make it very hard indeed."
"...Would you whip me?"
"Oh, yes. Definitely."
Ellie clenches her fists. "Yes, ma'am. I think... I'd like to try that."
Miriam nods. She has been trying to avoid guiding Ellie's responses, but she was really hoping Ellie would say "Yes" to pony role-playing. Ellie would look amazing in pony tack. And she is strong and athletic enough that she needs driving hard, if only to burn off all of her energy. It's something to look forward to.
Miriam goes through another half-page of fetishes.
"...Rope suspension. And inverted rope suspension, with your head down."
"Yes. Yes," Ellie says, predictably.
"Wearing rope bondage under your clothes, while at work or out in public."
"Oh, gosh. Yes. Is that a thing? I'd love to try that. That sounds so hot."
"Oh, everything is a thing, young lady," Miriam informs her. "Everything. I've seen it all." She checks another box, and turns to the next page.
The list goes on for pages and pages. Ellie says "Yes" to most things, especially to most forms of novel and extreme bondage. But not everything. She is disinterested in medical fetishes. And revolted by the basic concept of urine play. No matter. Miriam turns another page. Here come some important ones. "Sex with another dominatrix," she says.
"...Would you make me do that?"
"Yes. It could be a threesome, where you entertain me and another domme together. Or I could send you away with her, and let her have her way with you. Out of my sight. In her power, instead of mine. Maybe in another room, for an hour. Maybe at her home, for a weekend."
"What if she... did something I didn't want her to do?"
"That's what the rest of this list is for," Miriam says.
"Would it be someone I know? I know you're friends with other dommes..."
"It would always be someone I know. But, to you, she could be a complete stranger. If she keeps you blindfolded for the whole session, you might not find out who it is at all. Ever."
Ellie gulps. That, in particular, would be quite a fantasy for her. "Yes."
"Yes?"
"Yes."
"It won't be for a little while," Miriam adds. "You still have quite a bit of submissive training to go through before I'd be happy loaning you out. As my sub, you are an extension of my will. Your behavior reflects on me. So that behavior needs to be properly refined... Let's move on. Sex with another sub."
"A female sub, ma'am?"
"Yes. I'm not interested in men right now, which means you're not either. In this scenario the other sub would be submitting to me, just like you are. Perhaps temporarily. Perhaps loaned. Again, this could be a threesome, or I could order you to pair off--"
"Yes," Ellie gasps.
Miriam makes a note. Then she takes an ice cube out of the cooler, and places it on Ellie's back, in one of her dimples of Venus.
"Aah, that's cold!"