2. The Paradox
The week slowly passed by. As a software engineer it had become a drag. I was working from home and, while it was an easy thing to do thanks to modern communication software; I missed all the social life of being in an office with colleagues. Waiting for a message from Christopher and Catherine made the week seem even longer.
It took four days for the workshop to fix my car and five hundred dollars more than I expected, but, at least I now had freedom. I had not heard anything for five days and I was beginning to think things had not gone okay with them. On the surface everything was perfectly polite but, with the history of the email and chat trail to look back on, some things were missing. I read them again. There was a something in the way they communicated; never spelling out what I was to do or how they wanted me to behave. I had to want to do things I didn't want to do. I kept going over the statement. I had to want to. Not that I had to do them but I had to want to.
On the Friday I got an email from Christopher asking me to attend their home again. Perfectly polite, they gave me the time of 7pm on Sunday evening and Christopher told me they realized that there were a lot of questions on my mind and expected things to be a little more open and that they hoped to start my introduction.
I arrived at just after 7pm as requested, this time in my own car and in much finer weather.
Catherine answered the door in a short flowery dress which allowed just a glimpse of her cleavage. Christopher was in his familiar pole shirt and shorts sitting in his chair.
"Sorry I'm late." I said. "Traffic was so bad."
"Don't be." Said Christopher.
I laughed. "Don't be sorry or don't be late?"
"Late." He said flatly. "Don't be late."
He seemed to have the ability to switch moods, one minute perfectly pleasant and the next, domineering. Something else I would think about when trying to sleep later.
I sat at the end of the of the sofa facing both Catherine and Christopher; we went through the usual chit chat about the weather and cars breaking down and how all mechanics seem to be ripping us off.
"I'd like to get started." Catherine said after the small talk. "There are some things we need need to introduce you to which may or may not be to your liking, but understand that, and everything else we get up to is very important so remember; To stop and go back at any time, use the key word 'paradox'. Do you understand? And don't worry, things will stop if you use it and we can discuss it.
"Yes, Mistress."
Catherine raised an eyebrow. She seemed half expecting me to respond but didn't give any time for one before continuing. "Look, we don't really care if you like this or not." Again she looked at me for a response. All I could do at this point was nod that I understood her, even though I didn't understand how she could contradict herself. I could stop any time with my keyword but they didn't really care if I liked what was being asked of me.
She leaned over the sofa, exposing her thighs as she did, and brought back two clear plastic bottles. They were about half a pint each and had a golden liquid about three quarters full.
"This, is your first introduction."
I of course knew what it was.
"You want me to drink it." I said.
"You have to want to do things that you don't want to do." Christopher reminded me.
"Yes please." Catherine said, casually. "This one is me and this one is Christopher." She lifted each bottle. "These are from a few minutes before you arrived, so they are still." She paused. 'Fresh'" She smiled. "We'll start slowly to get you used to us."
She turned to the side of the sofa again and produced a small conical plastic medicine measure.
"This can't be rushed." Christopher said. "For you to do this to make it real, you have to get acquainted with the taste." Catherine poured a small amount of the urine into the measuring cup and handed it to me. There was about a teaspoonful of the liquid in the bottom from the 'Catherine' bottle.
"Try it." Catherine watched me as I eyed the small triangle of gold in the transparent plastic measure.
I put the cup to my nose. The smell was unmistakable. Slowly, I lifted it to my lips and threw the liquid into my mouth. I'd tasted something similar before when I had been down on a woman and she had let the slightest amount out so I knew a little of what to expect. This was not mixed with the wetness and lovely taste of the woman; this taste was raw undiluted urine.
I coughed, and slightly gagged at the new taste. Grimacing.
"Don't pull your face." Catherine poured some more into the cup, doubling the amount.
"Drink it with reverence. I want you to think of this as something precious to you. You have to get into the mood of wanting something that you don't want because it pleases your owners. Pleasing us, and member of 'The Code' has to be your number one priority."
There it was again. It was a total paradox and now I understood why my keyword was exactly that. How can someone want something that they don't want?
Oh well, here goes, I thought. I took a deep breath and again threw the liquid into my mouth. This time the taste hit me harder. Salty with fumes of ammonia that also infected my smell. I swallowed it as fast as I could and tried to reach for my wine.
"No!" Catherine instructed. " You need to keep it in your mouth longer to get used to the taste." Another measure, This time it was a half full cup. "Drink it like you would wine. And when you drink it, think of it as... my nectar and something you are honored to drink. But remember, it will be warmer when it comes directly from me."
This should have been insanity but for some reason, it all made sense to me. I accepted the plastic cup and allowed the liquid to nestle on my tongue. It was much harder. I took short sips, then longer, allowing the liquid to roll around my mouth before swallowing it. I noticed that the swallowing part had got slightly easier and I wasn't gagging on it.but the taste was hard to take.
"Thank me." She said, replacing the cap on the bottle.
"Thank you." I offered.
She uncapped the 'Christopher' bottle and poured a similar amount to the last one.
"When you've finished this, make sure to thank Christopher." She smiled at me.
A different taste this time, stronger and it took me some time to swallow it. When I had finished, I gave her the cup back and said "Thank you." to Christopher who just nodded. I could see a hardness in his crotch and for some crazy reason, my feelings were accepting of what they were asking of me to do.
"Good." Catherine smiled. "Now let's try that again."
The cup was filled four more times and I slowly, very slowly, consumed the bottles.