And so the days and nights passed for Nadia. Nadia submitted willingly and obediently to the Mistresses of Imperium. Nadia, like all of the other slaves, was naked at all times. She at first anticipated that the act of being nude would be humiliating, but she soon found it empowering, especially whenever she was the object of a male servant's gaze. She was permanently branded with the number 111, made to wear a black leather collar, and claimed as a slave of Imperium.
Nadia continued working at the razorblade workshop. That was the life of an outsider who had emigrated to Imperium. She worked her days and weeks and months away and still didn't break even, still eating the slop in the mess hall, drinking cheap wine, and sleeping alone. The nights were like static when she came home to the slave quarters. The winds outside would spit and murmur and sigh. She would drift off to sleep, staring at the walls, only half there. Then she would do it all over again the next day; the dissonant beats of the slaves' tools clanking and pounding throughout the entire workshop, the rattling of the razorblade cases being dumped into the shipping barrels as she filled case after case after case. She was lost in the sluggish, monotonous complacency of it all, taking venom with a smile and her head down; just tune out and drift. And all she got was overtime and under time and down time and no time at all.
On most days, Slave 004 was assigned the task of transporting the shipping barrels which Nadia filled. Once Nadia finished filling the barrel with the razorblades that she had placed in the cases, Slave 004 then carried the heavy shipping barrel over to the weight station. Occasionally, Nadia would purposely fill the barrel with a few too many extra razorblades' cases, not too many as though to arouse his suspicion, but just enough to make certain the barrel would end up weighing more than the acceptable one hundred pounds. She wanted to have control over whether or not he would be inflicted with pain, even if she wasn't the one who would actually be inflicting it. She just loved having the control over him and his suffering. As she watched him carry the barrel, knowing the fate that awaited him, knowing that he would be beaten for the barrel's weight going over, her pussy ached with wetness. And even though she knew that they would never be together, as they both were slaves, she enjoyed toying with him nonetheless.
General Callisto frequently oversaw the slaves in the razorblade workshop. The slaves there knew better than to maintain eye contact with the General; all of them with the exception of Nadia. Nadia caught herself staring at the General quite often, and on one occasion, Callisto caught Nadia doing so as well.
"Back to work, slave," Callisto commanded, and Nadia quickly focused on her work, not quite able to suppress the growing smirk on her face.
Later that day, Nadia confronted Callisto. Callisto was appalled by, and somewhat inquisitive about this new slave's boldness.
"What is it that you want, slave?" Callisto asked.
"I would like to know, what is it like, the life of a Mistress?" Nadia inquired.
"Do not be so presumptuous, slave," Callisto said as she furrowed her brow.
"My apologies, Mistress. I only ask because I wish to be a Mistress myself someday," Nadia said.
"An outsider cannot be a Mistress of Imperium," Callisto responded, scoffing at Nadia's notion.
"I only wish to learn, that is all. I seek a mentor, a Mistress who will train me to be a Dominatrix," Nadia said before Callisto abruptly interrupted.
"Outsiders cannot be Mistresses, period. You best forget that idea," Callisto said.
"I shall leave this city, then," Nadia responded.
"You have submitted as a slave of Imperium. You may not just come and go as you please. We have given you a home here, you ungrateful little brat. You are not permitted to leave. You're ours, now," Callisto said.
"Then I shall escape from here," Nadia said, her hazel eyes filled with defiance.
"And how do you plan on escaping the city?" Callisto asked, scoffing at Nadia once again. "The gates are impenetrable and are guarded day and night; the walls are high and impossible to climb. And if you were to escape, where are you going to go? What are you going to do, stroll right into another city completely naked?" Callisto asked, then gestured Nadia away with her hand. "Now, off with you."
Nadia continued to stare at Callisto day after day as she worked at the outdoor workshop. Callisto supervised the slaves with a strict hand, whipping them for even the slightest infraction. Nadia admired Callisto as she walked along the line of slaves with her riding crop in hand; a cruel, authoritative Dominatrix.