DAY FIVE
Chapter Nine: Automaton
The tight PVC material of my dress creaked as I shifted my weight in shiny black five-inch heels. Master Aries reached his hands around my neck to buckle a tall posture collar, the finishing touch on an outfit comprised of the tight mockery of a french maid's dress that barely skimmed the top of my thighs, sheer black stockings, and a short white crinoline and ruffled apron worn overtop the black PVC. The outfit's tight under-bust corset made me conscious of my breathing. My breasts were covered only by a bit of gauzy white fabric tucked into the bust, and my nipples rubbed lightly against light material each time I inhaled.
Yesterday, although I'd extricated myself as quickly as I could from Domina Velvet's lap, Oscar had vanished by the time I reached the spot I'd seen him. It was beginning to bother me that we hadn't seen each other since we'd been separated on the first day... other than the thing I shouldn't have seen. I'd spent the remainder of the day wandering the hills north of the chateau, alone and pensive, and while the respite from all the pageantry of Eros House had felt soulful, my heart had raced with excitement when I returned to find a note detailing the time and place of my next rendezvous with Master Aries.
Olive and I had both been summoned, this time, and found ourselves now standing in the library of Eros House's library, an airy space with vaulted ceilings and two open floors containing rows of books on dark wooden shelving. Olive was dressed up in a lace-and-fishnets iteration of the maid costume I was wearing, and behind us, a domme-y librarian crossed her arms over a polished checkout desk, watching with a lazy smile as Master Aries gave us his instructions.
Standing back, Aries surveyed our appearance while the two of us stood at attention.
"Today, I thought we'd try something a little different," he said, glancing from us to the librarian. "The two of you are to play the part of pretty maids, here under the supervision of my head librarian, Mistress Stacks, to dust the bookshelves. After all, some of the patrons of Eros House enjoy these quieter forms of leisure in addition to our more immediate charms, and we must take good care of our collection..."
I shifted my weight in the improbable heels once more as I listened, and Aries stopped what he was saying and focused his attention on me.
"Does your footwear cause you trouble, Perdita?"
"No Sir. They're just a little higher than I'm used to."
Aries smiled. "Well then, I expect they may become somewhat uncomfortable by the end of the afternoon. If the shoes are truly harming you we'll get you something else, but otherwise, perhaps you might endure that little bit of pain as proof of your dedication and enjoy it, as I will enjoy the knowledge of your service. Do you think you might be able to do that, Perdita?"
My eyes felt heavy as I blinked, unaccustomed as I was to the false eyelashes I wore to compliment my blood-red lipstick and the rest of my ensemble.
"Yes, Sir."
"Very good. Now, where was I... Mistress Stacks here will direct your work while you are in her library, and I expect you to follow her instructions. Of course, since you are not merely maids but also whores of mine, she will inform library patrons that you are available to them should they seek something more diverting for their entertainment.
"Now that I've gotten to know the two of you a little, I'd like to make this game a little more interesting by giving each of you a particular character to play. Olive, you are henceforth Fifi, the slutty maid. I want you to feel free to flirt with and seduce browsers by any means you can devise, so long as Mistress Stacks allows it."
"Yes Sir," smirked Olive, fluttering a feather duster in front of her face and batting her eyelashes.
"Perdita." Aries locked his eyes on mine, and the little scar on his lip pulled slightly as he smiled.
"You are not a Fifi."
"No, Sir?" I swallowed.
He shook his head, a hint of amusement showing in his features.
"Today, you are an android service maid, an automaton programmed to dust and clean. Your programming for human interaction, sadly, is a little on the spare side. You can understand commands and answer direct questions, but otherwise, you are oblivious to the normal rules of social interaction. So if, for example, someone were to come up to you and begin fondling you while you worked, or decide to take advantage of the fun parts of your anatomy, I imagine you would simply continue whatever it was you were doing—unless, of course, that person required something more of you. Does this sound like something you can do?"
The persona he proposed for me was utterly dehumanizing, denying me not only responsibility for but even basic identification with what happened to my body. I had never entertained a fantasy like this before, and felt embarrassed at the thought of doing it. Could I do it?
I lifted my heavy lashes to look into his face, and as a familiar frisson of excitement and arousal prickled my skin, I knew I wanted to do as Master Aries asked. For him, yes, but not for him: my own capacity to envelope this challenge with my arousal, to let the humiliation of it into me, and to get off on it, fascinated me.
"With pleasure, Sir."
He stared into my eyes a moment longer, seeming to enjoy the way I looked at him, the way I stood before him, challenging and yearning all at once.
"Very good," he said. "Now, let's get to it, shall we? I have business elsewhere but I'll check back within the hour. I expect to be impressed when I hear the report from Mistress Stacks on your performance."
Wobbling in the impossible heels, it was easy to imagine a little bit of mechanistic stiffness into my gait as I headed for the nearest row of shelving. I began to dust the books, my cunt tingling as I wondered what the afternoon might bring.
Somewhat to my disappointment, the library's collection seemed to be filled not with rare erotic writings and sex manuals, but dusty antique treatises on chemistry and physics. I supposed at least I wouldn't be tempted to stop working and read the books. The soft, repetitive action of sweeping the duster over rows of leather spines lulled me into a peaceful mindlessness, but the constrictions of the corset, heels, and high collar kept me physically aware and present. Instead of bending naturally at the waist as I worked, I found myself extending my body at exaggerated angles, thrusting out my ass to counterbalance a low forward bend.
Nonetheless, I had almost forgotten the real reason I was in the library by the time I heard the sound of voices drawing near.
"I think I may have what you're looking for," said a female voice.
"Great," a man replied. "I just find reading more relaxing if I've gotten off first."
Out of the corner of my eye, I spied Mistress Stacks and the man coming down the aisle toward me. I thought perhaps I might have seen the man around the chateau, but couldn't be certain. I kept dusting the shelves, pretending to be oblivious to their arrival. Mistress Stacks rested a hand lightly on the horizontal surface of my lower back.
"As you can see, she's very lifelike, though we did just get her in today, so her functionality has not been fully tested yet."
The posture collar prevented me from turning my head even if I'd wanted to, so I kept running the feather duster over the shelf in front of me. I felt their eyes on me as I waited, and my cheeks grew hot.
"An android, hey? That's kinda hot. And I can stick my dick in it?"
"Oh yes," replied Mistress Stacks. "She would be useless to me otherwise."
I felt the woman's hand reach between my legs, caressing my cunt through my underwear.
"These things do tend to function better when well oiled; let me lubricate her for you."
I heard the sound of a cap snapping open, and then the Mistress pulled aside the crotch of my panties and inserted first one, then two fingers, slippery with lube, inside me.
Oh, the shame of it! I squeezed my eyes shut, stifling a moan. "Enjoy," said Mistress Stacks, and she withdrew her fingers, standing back to let the young man have his way with me. He bent down by my face, curious.
"Do you speak, little android? Stand up," he instructed, and I stood tall, staring straight ahead.
"Open your mouth."
My jaw dropped obediently, and the man hooked a finger over my lower teeth and tried to turn my head toward him. The collar prevented my neck from turning easily, so I shuffled my feet to realign my body in the direction he led me. Still I kept my gaze unfocused in front of me, passively waiting for him to give me further instructions or manipulate my body.
"Cool," the man said, releasing my jaw and examining my face up close. "Bend over again, like you were."
I efficiently complied, and the man shoved the crotch of my panties aside once more and pushed the head of his cock inside me.
I gasped, and my hands reached out reflexively to steady myself against the shelving.
"Hold still," the man said with mild disapproval, and I bit my tongue, braced my hands over my knees, and kept my posture as rigid as I could while he pounded into me, taking his pleasure as if I were an inanimate object.
"Fuck yes!" he exclaimed when he came, slamming my hips hard against himself. I had to stop myself from moaning once again as he withdrew his dick, readjusted my underwear, and rubbed his thumb where his cock had just been, soaking my underwear with his come as it seeped out of me. He shuddered audibly, satisfied, and I closed my eyes and savoured the red-hot wrongness of our interaction, my tongue between my teeth.
"Hey, open your mouth again."
He came around to stand in front of me, his hips at my eye level.
"You're a maid, right? Clean off my dick."