Intellectually, Carla knew the image wasn't a still. The woman was breathing, even trembling slightly as she sat naked on the bed, upright, her face a mask of intensity and focus. She tapped at the controls, freezing the live feed for a few seconds, then resuming it. The image barely jumped.
"So today's the day?" she asked.
Mel nodded. "I watched her get out of the restraints last night. She was quick with it, too. Since then, she's been like that -- just waiting."
"Poor dear," Carla said. "She must be so tired by now. Who's the buyer?"
"I thought we might keep this one in-house."
"Oh," Carla smiled. "You think she'll work with you?"
"I don't know," Mel said, zooming in on the woman's lap where her hands were resting. "Maybe."
The captive had positioned her hands very, very carefully to hide the looseness of her medical cuffs. To an experienced professional like Carla, it was obvious; her position was too posed, and you could see the shadow where the restraints hung loosely at her wrists. But a newer trainer might miss it entirely. The two watched the woman clench her fists until they were almost shaking, then slowly release them.
"Anyway, a mind like that would be wasted on another blowup doll," Mel continued.
"Well maybe," Carla said, "but on the other hand...." She panned up over the woman's soft belly and prodigious chest to a face that, even exhausted and stressed, was adorable. "I'm not convinced her mind is her most exceptional attribute."
"I guess," Mel said, doing a terrible job at feigning indifference to a body she'd been practically drooling over moments before. "It's not like you and Joey aren't bringing in, what, three more just as good this afternoon?"
Carla raised her eyebrow.
Clever, Mel.
The woman knew perfectly well that Carla would probably bring in twice that many, if not more. Now she was waiting nonchalantly for Carla to make her point for her.
Carla responded by gesturing towards the pet kneeling on a cart beside Carla, eyes closed in bliss as she absently fucked herself against an embedded dildo.
"Would you call her a loss?"
"Fifi?" Mel asked.
The pet looked up at her slowly with sharp hunger and dull interest, burying the dildo deep inside herself almost as if to hide it.
"Nah, Fifi's a good girl," Mel said, bending over and scratching her head, affectionately. "But how many Fifis do we need?"
Fifi looked up as Carla clicked her tongue. The pet immediately disengaged herself from the dildo with a little whimper, turning around to give it a peremptory cleaning with her tongue. Then padded over on all fours.
Carla extended her leg and tapped her shoe on the floor. She smiled as the pet blushed, nibbling her lip for the briefest moment of hesitation. Then she pressed against Carla's leg, lowering her sex submissively against her Mistress' Shoe. Carla looked down the empty adoration in her eyes for a moment. Fifi was one of her favorites, and a perfect baseline for how a slave should look at you.
When she turned back to the screen, the contrast was striking.
"Look at that expression," Carla said, as Fifi gently purred and rubbed against her. "She's thinking about killing you."
Mel licked her lips, openly leering again.
"That was meant to discourage you, Mel."
"I'm a big girl, Carla. Give me a chance."
Carla sighed, looking at her watch. "I'll drop in on her before I head out and see what I can do. If she's as smart as you think, I'll sign off on it."
Mel burst into a great big grin.
"Thanks, Carla! You're the best. Do you want some backup? If she's as dangerous as she seems-"
Carla waved her off, looking down at the pet quietly purring and rubbing against her. The creature was programmed to bring herself to the edge, then wait for a command to cum, but these days, she lost track sometimes, helplessly fucking herself to oblivion. Carla pulled her fool back sharply.
Fifi whimpered and looked up with big, beautiful, sad eyes.
"I think she just need a friend who can give her some perspective about how roles and responsibilities work here," Carla smiled.
"Oh... Damn," Mel said, gently pressing on Fifi's back with her boot. The forgetful pet got the message, and began licking Carla's shoe. "Power move."
"I'll get you what you want if I can, Mel," Carla said, briefly crouching in front of Fifi's mouth and making a quick adjustment. "You deserve beautiful tools to work with."
"Thanks C," Mel said, her tone almost a little shy.
Carla smiled as The petgirl panted beside her, tongue now hanging from her mouth, piercings glistening in the overhead light.
"Heel, Fifi."
* * * * *
Francine clenched her fists. They'd underestimated her -- she knew that much. For the last five days, she'd bowed and scraped, giving in to their sexual torments, even responding to the obscene name they'd given her as she quietly biding their time.
She let out a long breath, slowly releasing the tension. She'd seen a few of the other girls in passing. Some of them were bound in the most absolute, dehumanizing costumes she could imagine. Others were covered with tattoos or pincushioned with piercings, or had their lips and breasts expanded to almost cartoonish proportions.
Her treatment had been less extreme so far, and her bondage was comparably light. Her hands or arms had been restrained in some fashion almost continuously. Sometimes they'd keep her in bondage mittens. Other times, they'd attached her wrists or elbows to a body harness, or chained her wrists behind her back. Compared to some of the slave girls she'd seen, it had been quite mild.
So she'd played the meek submissive, waiting for them to make a mistake.