"We need all this rope?" Olga asked, her voice dripping with incredulity. Blinking, she hastily added, "Miss Rita," but it was too late. The tone of voice and omission had been noted. Miss Rita had been working with her concerning her use of politeness and proper address when speaking. Olga didn't have to say 'Miss Rita' or even 'Miss' with every sentence, but neglecting it while speaking with such an inflection earned her a penalty.
Indeed, Miss Rita merely pointed at the wooden paddle hanging from a wall hook. Keeping silent, Olga went and fetched it. Offering it respectfully to her Mistress, she asked quietly, "Where would you like me, Miss?"
"I think we'll use the rail," Rita responded.
Naked, Olga padded across the wooden floor of their special room to reach the device indicated. It was a simple horizontal wooden rail, similar to a ballet barre, but positioned out away from the wall, supported by two sturdy metal uprights. Reaching it, Olga bent her upper body forward over the bar, ending up with her head, arms, and upper torso draped on one side, and her legs on the other, her feet firmly planted on the floor. She waited to see if Miss Rita was going to tie her in this position or not. She really wasn't sure which she preferred. If her Mistress tied her, it was likely to be a long punishment. But if she left her untied, Olga would have to hold herself in position with sheer willpower.
Olga knew it was going to sting. The bar would prevent any forward motion of her pelvis when the paddle struck. She knew herself well enough to know that she wasn't an aficionado of pain, so she didn't deliberately disobey her Mistress. She preferred the excitement of humiliation. This would be a mixture of both. The pose was certainly humiliating enough, presenting her bare posterior in this lewd manner. The paddle would furnish the pain.
Before she started, Miss Rita asked, "Do you know why we're doing this, my dear slut?"
"Yes, Miss. I was remiss in using a proper title for you, and my tone of voice lacked proper respect."
"I'm glad you understand, girl. Let's drive the point home a little," Miss Rita said.
The paddle cracked across Olga's ass. She grimaced, but didn't cry out, because Miss Rita's first stroke was given at about one quarter of her full intensity. "One. Thank you, Miss," Olga called out.
Each successive blow with the paddle was performed with a gradual increase of intensity. Olga dutifully counted each one, and thanked her Mistress. By the time that Rita had decided that her submissive had been disciplined enough, Olga's ass was red and hot, and tears had leaked from her eyes to travel up across her forehead and into her hair.
"You may get up now, girl," Miss Rita told her.
The two of them went over to Miss Rita's large, comfortable chair and Olga was pulled onto Rita's lap and into a snuggling embrace. "Thank you for caring enough to discipline me, Miss," Olga murmured softly against Rita's neck. This was a special time for both of them. As she cuddled with her Mistress, Olga reflected on the cause of her surprised outburst. Up until this point, when Miss Rita practiced shibari on Olga, she'd been using lengths of rope from between 30 to 50 feet or so. With such pieces, she'd created many different forms of the 'Hishi Karada', or 'rope dress' on Olga's nude form, and had achieved a level of confidence in creating the proper tension, and tying knots that were reliable.
Today, though, she'd decided to make her first attempt at putting Olga into a harness for suspension shibari. She'd studied several ways this could be done, and for this attempt had decided upon one that looked the least intricate, and yet seemed the most sturdy. The rope, a deep shade of red for aesthetic purposes, was the type recommended. It bent easily, but held the knots well. Together, they'd placed pads on the floor beneath the pulley system. This was just a safety precaution. If something went wrong, it'd be better for Olga to land on these mats, rather than on the wooden floor.
They began with Olga kneeling completely nude, while Miss Rita constructed a rope harness around her upper torso, securing her arms behind her back. Olga enjoyed the feeling of her body being bound by the ropes - being held snugly was comforting, like being in a cocoon. When it was complete, Rita attached that harness to the overhead pulley, with Olga still sitting on the floor. Next, Rita attached another doubled rope just above Olga's knee. Once that was done, she said, "Stand up, girl." Carefully hauling on the pulley rope, she got Olga up onto her tiptoes.
Taking the knee rope, Rita ran it through another ring suspended from the ceiling. Pulling on that, she raised her submissive's leg almost to chest level, and tied it off. Kneeling down, the Domme attached a final double rope to Olga's free ankle, and stood on her own tiptoes to loop it through the pulley ring. The moment of truth had arrived. She began pulling slowly on that rope. Both of them were surprised at how smoothly and easily Olga's foot left the floor, with the weight of her body being taken up by the torso harness and knee rope.
Olga was suspended!
It was a strange combination of sensations for the submissive. The reassuring confinement of the ropes contrasted with the scary sensation of being off the floor, staring down at it. Olga's elevated heart rate created a feeling of excitement, too. She became almost giddy as Rita slowly shortened her leg ropes, because Olga found herself almost upside down! Bound and inverted!