Michelle had dressed in a bright blue crinoline floor-length gown, cut low on the chest as directed so that her nipples hung over the edge. She had found that her basque was ideal, supporting her breasts without concealing them. Consequently her boobs were sticking out in the most immodest fashion, the nipples reddened with lipstick. To her mind it looked ludicrous but Derek was fascinated. She had a black wig, curled and piled high. A stringed pearl necklace nestled into her cleavage.
Derek wore black ladies' yoga pants standing in as period leggings, black shoes and a cod-piece emphasising his crotch with a coat and long curly black wig.
Louise travelled with them, in a similar under-boob crinoline dress to Michele's in red, with matching red nipples.
When they arrived at Bernie's, they were admitted by a gentleman in a long coat and wig, who took them to the function room. Anastasia greeted them all, wearing a dress cut all the way down to her stomach. There was a light gold chain joining her enhanced breasts, threaded right through her rouged nipples. Michelle had never noticed the piercings before; she wondered if they had been done especially for the night.
Bernie was sporting a pair of tight white leggings with a huge gold cod-piece, black shoes with gold buckles, a gold-buttoned coat and long curly wig.
Drinks were distributed by serving girls, who were wearing dresses open to below the waist.
There was a lot of bowing and curtseying, 'forsoothing' and 'miladying' and the evening proceeded as could be expected. The male servants flourished white lace sleeves, the females flourished their bare breasts as they swung freely out of the material of their dresses. Several of the women guests had rings through their nipples, all had rubbed some sort of reddening into them.
One female guest stood out, wearing a translucent white dress loosely over the shoulders and wide open to the waist. Otherwise she wore nothing, her pert tits with painted scarlet circles free to the world.
Michelle recognised her as Charlene, the girlfriend of Jade who had been arrested for the stabbing of Mike. According to Anastasia she was apparently playing the part of Bonne, the mistress of 'The Sun King' - who was obviously being played by Bernie.
Anastasia sat next to Michelle and inspected her dress. "I see that you've done your research tonight, excellent job."
"Yes, I didn't want to be caught out like last time."
"That was a good night wasn't it. There were some good touches; did you see the girl with the lipstick?"
"I think I saw a girl, she seemed to be keen on blow jobs."
"That was the point with the Egyptians, red painted lips were a sign that they were an expert in fellatio. It's supposed to be the origin of lipstick. She was deep-throating everyone she could, a good effort I thought.
"Anyway, tonight. Look out for the guard", she warned.
"Who?" Michelle was puzzled.
"He was on the door tonight, vetting the guests for assassins. If he sees anyone plotting against Bernie, they'll be tortured. I don't give myself much of a chance. There are lots of women waiting to depose me. I'd better look to my duties, offer him a mΓ©nage a trois with my sister. "
With that she skipped across the room to Bernie.
After a while there was a loud shrieking; Charlene was being dragged to the stage by two men.
Amid cries of 'Spy, Traitor!' her dress was ripped from her body and her feet were tied to a wooden pole so that her legs were wide apart. Her wrists were also bound to a rope hanging from a hook so that she was raised upright, immobile and defenceless. She looked puzzled at first, then anxious.
The 'guard' produced two egg shaped devices and one was inserted into her vagina. The device was adjusted and Charlene started yelling. The guard announced that the egg was being opened inside her, expanding in size to stretch her internally. Her voice changed to a screaming, ever louder and her head was thrown back.
As she screamed, a ball-gag was placed in her mouth and secured. She was shown the other egg and as she shook her head violently with muffled screams she was bent over double to allow it to be inserted into her anus. It was similarly expanded. Now her eyes bulged and her head was thrashing from side to side but she was unable to resist.
Nipple clamps were applied, then she was dragged to the poolside. The rope was attached to a hoist hanging from the ceiling and she was raised into the air, spun around like a top and ducked repeatedly into the pool.
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Louise was with them in the taxi as they returned home. "That was some performance with the torture routine, those sadomasochists really look as if they take it seriously." She was drunk and not bothering to hide her breasts from the driver.
Michelle had her hands across her chest but she was tired and couldn't really be bothered. In the end her hands dropped. The driver could have an eyeful, whatever, she didn't care. Count it towards his tip. Her tips for his tip. She giggled.
Louise continued, "Have you seen Angie since the funeral?"
"No, why?"