Trying On a Collar, Pt. 03
(This is a fantasy set in a world where legalized, non-hereditary slavery is common-place for serious crime, unredeemed debt, or voluntary self-indenture. Eighteen years of age is the minimum for anyone in this world to be enslaved or be involved in slave business operations. In reality, slavery and forcible sex are NEVER acceptable.)
What's a shy upstate New York girl (OK, woman, age 19) like me doing in Houston, Texas, walking stark naked across a parking lot, collared with my hands bound behind me, about to be turned over to the Longhorn Slave Market to spend the night and tomorrow morning being slave-graded? Subject to electric shocks, sexual exploitation, or whatever else the staff thinks it needs to discipline me?
I could blame my college roommate, blonde beauty Pamela Foster, who was grinning while holding my leash and leading me towards the building. I'd hardly even thought about slavery until Pam, a very assertive Texas woman, showed up at college and introduced me to the fascinating topic.
I could blame my boyfriend, Pam's soft-spoken and muscular brother Jessie, who was the night manager at the Longhorn and has threatened/promised to treat me like a real slave slut tonight.
Sigh. The truth is, it was my own damn fault. I had such a poor self-image that the idea of temporarily surrendering all rights to become a sex toy for Jessie, and for anyone else Jessie felt like giving me to, gave me an indescribable sexual thrill. I had and have no desire to be a real slave, of course, and even pretending to be one in a place where, legend has it, some free women just disappear, made me nervous. But I was so submissive that I jumped at the chance to live out my fevered fantasies for one night. How I got here didn't matter, now anyway—Pam had control of me, and if I tried to back out she'd just ask the slave wranglers to spray devox down my throat, so I couldn't protest. Not that she's cruel, but she's convinced herself as well as me that this was what I wanted!
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As we approached the entrance, a couple in their late 20s or early 30s got out of another car. They appeared to be on the same errand as we were—getting slave graded. The guy, a black-haired, slightly-out-of-shape Caucasian, was stark naked, and dropped to his knees so that the very pretty woman could collar him. He seemed to be enjoying the situation, as he had a considerable erection. Next, he stood and, obviously responding to her instructions, crossed his wrists behind him. She zip-tied them together, then fiddled with his hand and came around, smiling, holding something metallic up for him to see. By this time we were close enough to hear her speak, in a teasing tone.
"You forgot your ring, Jimmy—remember, no jewelry on slaves." I heard him mumble "Yes, Mistress" in response. She kissed his cheek affectionately, then said "heel, Asshole." Even that traditional insult used to refer to male slaves came out in a teasing tone, as if they were playing some elaborate bedroom game. Then she led the naked man into the building.
Pam followed them into the huge front desk area, lined with many computer stations and large screens, presumably to announce auctions and viewings. On a Sunday afternoon, however, the screens were dark, and there was only one attendant standing behind a station. That meant that I would have to wait until she processed the couple in front of us, so Pam ordered me to kneel on the hard concrete floor. "Jimmy" knelt in front of the processing station.
The one attendant—a slave wrangler, based on her jeans, boots, equipment belt, and "Long Horn" logo T-shirt, was huge. Not fat at all, but BIG. she was tall, well-muscled, and magnificently-endowed in the chest. She must have been 8 inches taller and 90 pounds heavier than me, not to mention that she wore a belt studded with various weapons while I was naked, kneeling, and zip-tied. At the same time, this woman's self-confidence and statuesque shape made her both imposing and attractive in her own right—she reminded me a great deal of Pam, if Pam had been taking steroids and lifting weights! I eventually noticed that her shirt carried a nametag that read "Florence."
I suddenly realized that something odd was going on with the couple in front of us. Pam and Jessie had both told me that, when people were dropped off the day before they were actually slave graded, they usually weren't devoxed (sprayed with a compound that paralyzed the vocal cords) unless they caused a disruption. Yet, the woman in front of us immediately asked Florence to devox Jimmy. She looked at the paperwork the woman presented, shrugged, and shook up a can of devox. Surprised, Jimmy didn't want to open his mouth, so the handler just pinched his nose hard, immobilizing his head and forcing him to open his mouth so she could spray him.
Next, Florence very courteously said, "Excuse me, Ma'am—I need to photocopy this power of attorney." She walked ten feet away to a copier, ran the copy with no wasted motion, and returned, all while Jimmy was still trying in vain to talk. Florence returned the original to the woman, asked her to sign some form, and then pulled out what looked like a notary public self-inking stamp, which she applied to the form and added a signature herself.
"There you go, ma'am, all set for his auction tomorrow."
Jimmie erupted off the floor, obviously distraught about being sold when, by all appearances, he had expected to be slave-graded. Almost casually, without a change in her expression, the Black slave wrangler flicked forward a shock baton, discharging it perfectly into Jimmy's knee so that he collapsed in silent agony. She stood over him, saying calmly but loudly,
"You're a slave now, and slaves don't get to throw temper tantrums. You gave this woman power of attorney to dispose of you, and that's just what she's done. Are you going to behave, or would you like another charge?" she asked, menacing his half-erect cock with the baton. He vigorously shook his head in the negative, and resumed the kneeling stance. She calmly wrapped a large leather collar around his neck, then stood back and gave him the standard lecture:
"You are at The Longhorn Slave Market in Houston, Texas. You are here for processing and auction as a labor slave. I am required by law to tell you that the slave collar you are fitted with can deliver a powerful and extremely painful electric shock if you attempt to leave this building without permission. Additionally, all Longhorn employees are authorized to use any means deemed necessary to compel you to comply with all orders given to you, and those means include BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO electrical shock and whipping. If you follow my instructions you will not be hurt AGAIN. Do you understand?" He nodded vigorously.
Florence looked up at the woman. "Something you want to say to him, Ma'am?"