Lady Sally's airship powered away from Essen. It was the first occasion Captain Wyndham had tested her acceleration, and he was not disappointed. She easily reached a cruising speed of 80 mph and sped away, leaving the smoke and grime coated Ruhr receding in the distance.
They were many miles away before the embarrassed man from the Ministry was discovered and untied from the mast.
"I must take my frustrations out on my slaves," announced Lady Sally. "I fear I've rather neglected them today. Set the course for Vienna, my next stop."
Captain Wyndham looked anxious, "Have you seen the weather forecast, your ladyship? Thunderstorms and lightning are forecast!"
Victoria looked terrified, "Please madam don't go through lightning."
"Really, just because you had an unfortunate experience with lightning." Lady Sally explained to the captain, "I tied her onto a tree with iron chains once, and whilst I retired to the summer house for a cup of tea, there was a freak storm, so the poor dear got struck by lightning. She got a bit of a shock."
"It singed my pubic hairs off," added Victoria.
"Madam, I would strongly advise against taking
The Corseted Domme
through a thunderstorm. It's very risky."
Captain Wyndham recalled recent history of airship travel, and the cases of dirigibles brought down by lightning strikes with no survivors: the German Zeppelin,
von Cockenberg
, crashed into the North Sea in '02; the
USS General Dick
, crashed into the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in '04; the British
R-101,
exploded during a test flight above Windsor in '05, and the Italian airship,
Il Phallusini
, caught fire in mid-flight in '07 after being struck by lightning, with all crew and passengers burnt to a frazzle.
To be honest, the captain had to admit airship travel was not particularly safe; in fact, with the hydrogen bags on board, they were pretty much floating explosions. Although the duralumin frame of
The Corseted Domme
didn't conduct electricity, and was safer than other metal-framed airships, it was nevertheless a hazardous business taking an airship through a storm.
But Lady Sally was having none of it, "Don't be such a wimp, captain. Besides, I have an appointment for tea in Vienna. Let it not be said Lady Sally Rudston-Chichester would ever be late for tea!"
With that she left the control room to go and punish her submissive gentlemen, taking Victoria with her. Talk of lightning had given her an inspired idea, and she went via her private quarters to get changed and pick up one of the devices from the chest secreted there.
Lady Sally had the men assembled in her playroom. She had changed into one of her corsets, a fetching, turquoise, satin one with whale bone stays, which left her breasts exposed. She decided to give the men a treat as she had spent much of the day occupied with her business in the Ruhr, and the unfortunate incident with the man from the Ministry of War.
She carried a teak wooden box with brass fittings. This was the first of the devices she had brought on her travels from the Rudston Hall workshop. She would test it on Victoria first; as her maid was used to being the guinea pig for any new toys she acquired.
The group of men gathered around the object, gazing upon it with curiosity, which on Lady Sally opening the lid and pulling down its drop-sided front, turned to alarm. The box contained an object like a metal rattle with wires attaching it to a battery cell contained within the box. It was an electro-vibrator. Devices of this kind had been on the market for a while, ostensibly as a cure for female 'hysteria' but, in reality, to give women a rip-roaring orgasm. Lady Sally's ingenuity in developing the basic model was in the variety of attachments she had made for it. These were designed to stroke or probe different parts of the male anatomy and inflict a new and exciting style of discomfort on them.
Lady Sally turned a brass handle to charge the battery and send the current to the hand-held device in which the various attachments could be inserted. She charged the battery for several minutes before pausing. A humming noise emanated from the box. She couldn't have the current wane in the middle of her play so she wound the handle furiously to charge it more. The hum turned into a buzz. She hesitated. Best be on the safe side, she thought, as she cranked the handle again. The volume of the buzzing increased so that it now sounded like a swarm of wasps.
"There, that should do it," she announced. "Now Victoria, pull up your petticoats and pull down your underwear. I want to give this toy a test run."
Victoria looked apprehensive. He had been on the receiving end of Lady Sally's experiments in male torment before, sometimes with disastrous results. Nonetheless, he did as he was told. He gathered up the layers of petticoats with one hand and pulled down his lacy, frilled knickers with the other. His cock dangled invitingly. He was too anxious to get an erection.
Lady Sally selected an attachment; it consisted of long copper wires. The box buzzed expectantly. As she held the device in front of Victoria's eyes the thin wires vibrated and throbbed.
"You could perhaps test it on the back of your hand, madam," suggested Victoria tentatively.
Lady Sally gave him a hard stare, "Certainly not. Besides, I want to test the effect of the current on a penis."
She lowered the device and brushed it against Victoria's cock. When it made contact, blue sparks shot out form the copper threads. The effect was instantaneous, and dramatic. With a loud yelp, Victoria was propelled across the room by the force of the current. When he eventually sat up, he had a glazed look in his eyes and his hair, formerly tied into a tight bun, had sprung out of its binding and stood on end. The other men looked on in alarm.
"Oh. I think I may have the current just a tad on the high side. But, other than that, the effect appears to be most agreeable," said Lady Sally in a tone exhibiting complete indifference to Victoria being electrocuted.
"Is it safe?" asked the judge, demonstrating a concern for the legalities of knowingly using a dangerous machine, and momentarily forgetting he was there to submit to his mistress.
"But, of course. After all, I only gave my maid the tiniest shock, I didn't actually kill her. Besides, there's no damage done. It's even aroused her; she's got a hard-on." And remarkably it was true, Victoria had a massive erection as a result of the experience. "And for questioning my judgement, I will try it out on you first."
She ordered him to stand underneath two brass rings hanging from the ceiling and proceeded to tie his wrists to them with rope. She secured his ankles to a corresponding set of rings set in the floor. As a result was left suspended with every part of his body exposed to Lady Sally's ministrations.
Having worked out the charging mechanism, she did reduce the current by winding the handle in an anti-clockwise direction. She was pleased she could control the flow of the electricity as this would make the wielding of the electro-vibrator far more interesting.
She decided to keep the same attachment on. She brushed the copper wires against the judge's cock. Blue sparks shot out from the tips of the wires. The judge squealed in response to the sharp pain, like pins being pressed into his sensitive flesh. Lady Sally turned the current up. The wires touched the swollen tip of his prick, and this time the shock waves caused him to writhe against his restraints.
"Well, here is a curious thing," said Lady Sally, taking his cock in her hand, "this device appears to have a stimulating effect on the male member. I wonder if it will get harder if I increase the current?"