I looked at the neon sign in the window of the shop and then over at Liam, not quite able to figure out what to say or ask. Liam just smiled at me.
"Don't worry, Crissy. Remember, these decisions are not your burden anymore," he said. "Come with me."
He got out of the truck and I followed him inside the shop. He gave the receptionist his name and we were quickly ushered back into the studio. A very attractive and thoroughly tattooed woman was waiting for us at her station.
"It's good to see you again, Liam. I was sorry to miss last night, but I heard everything went very well," she said.
"It's wonderful to see you again too. Yes, I think everyone had a great time. Don't worry though, there were lots of photos taken," he said.
"Thank you, but it's not quite the same. I'll hope to be there for the next one. So, this is our canvas today?" she asked.
"Yes, this is Crissy. This will be her first, but she will be very good for you."
"Excellent," she replied.
She stood and pulled a curtain closed around her station.
"You can go ahead and strip," she said to me.
I took a deep breath and then started to remove my clothes. No one said a word once I was down to my lingerie, so I kept going until I was wearing nothing but the toys.
"Take a seat up here," she said to me.
Her table was adjustable and she had brought the back up, so I could sit at one end and lean back.
"Good. Now, this is going to take a little bit of time, so Liam has arranged for me to secure you to the table. You brought your cuffs?"
"Yes, Crissy brought her cuffs," I replied.
I hadn't thought to carry the bag with them from the car, but Liam had, and he helped her lock them onto my wrists and ankles. My wrists were lifted up and over my head and then secured to the top end of the table I was leaning back against. My legs were spread to either side of the table and clipped to rings out of my sight below me.
"I'd like you to relax fully, Crissy, so I've brought along a little something for you," Liam said.
He pulled out a silk blindfold and slid it in place over my eyes. I fell into darkness behind them, feeling now even more helpless and exposed.
"Open your mouth, Crissy," I heard him say, and so I obeyed.
I felt a small pill placed on my tongue and then a glass of water brought to my lips. I swallowed the pill down.
"One last thing," Liam said, and then placed a pair of noise-cancelling headphones over my ears.
I hadn't really been aware of the ambient noise of the shop until the headphones replaced it with silence. In a few moments, soft classical music started to play. I breathed slowly, trying to relax but very soon I didn't have to try at all, I felt so peaceful and tired, and I just let the music carry me away.
I slowly felt my consciousness drifting back to me. Once I became aware of myself again and remembered where I was, I realised that, while I was still cuffed to the table, I was not laying on my belly. I felt a strange tingling at my lower back and felt a gentle rubbing across my flesh. I tilted my head but I still couldn't hear anything but soft music.
They must have noticed my movements as I felt the headphones lifted off me and then felt the blindfold removed. I blinked away the brightness and saw Liam standing in front of me.
"The artwork is just now complete, Crissy. It looks perfect," Liam said with a smile.
He released my cuffs and then helped me up off the table. He guided me to a full length mirror just beside the table. My vision was clearing now and I looked at my naked reflection. Under a clear temporary bandage I could make out my new tattoo clearly. There was an arch of script above my caged cock that read simply "Property of Master Liam."
I felt weak in the knees. I was somehow proud and honoured and terrified all at once.
"That's not all," said Liam as he turned me around.
I had to crane my head to look over my shoulder and see it, but there was another. Across the small of my back I was now marked with a literal tramp stamp. Surrounded by a pattern of pink ribbons and roses was the name "Sissy Crissy" in flowing script.
My mouth fell open but I couldn't form words.