Borghild's movements were a tad mechanical, which was only to be expected. Indeed, she marched in a military style goose-step, which contributed strangely to her kinkiness.
Lady Sally asked Victoria to summon the captain to the playroom, on the grounds he would be fascinated by the technological advances manifested in her new automaton.
Her slaves gazed upon the pair in awe at the gleaming, scarlet rubber in matching outfits. Lady Sally's elegant and shapely legs were on full show in the short dress alongside the shiny, brass ones of the automaton.
Lady Sally proceeded to introduce her, "This is Borghild. She has been especially designed for me by Ernst von Siemen, the renowned automation manufacturer. I made the diversion into the industrial wastelands of the Ruhr to pick her up from the manufactory. She will be my accomplice in punishment for the rest of my travels and has been designed specifically with my needs for sadistic domination in mind. I expect she will play a full part in assisting me. Remember, though, there will be no point pleading for mercy from her, as she'll take no notice. This will mean more fun for me and double the pain for you!"
The springs and sockets behind Borghild's eyes clicked and whirred, swivelling her sockets from side to side with a gaze of disconcerting perspicacity as her photographic cells took recognition of the images of the four men.
Captain Wyndham made an appearance before this announcement.
"Ah, there you are captain. I trust things are quiet in the control room."
"For a change, madam, yes."
"I hope my adventures are not too exacting for you, captain?"
"No, not at all Lady Sally; it was intended as a compliment not a complaint."
"Excellent. There's no point asking the opinion of this bunch of miscreants: bankers don't know about anything useful, bishops have no appreciation for technological achievements, judges are hopeless, except for contesting an argument..."
"I say, that's unfair," interrupted the judge, "I believe I can make a strong case for arguing for the intellectual capacity of a judge. The evidence is very strong..."
Lady Sally gave him a withering stare.
"And as for dukes, well they are useless."
"Fair comment mistress," acknowledged the duke with a nod of his foppish lock of hair.
"But I know you, captain, will appreciate the technological marvel of Borghild."
Captain Wyndham inspected the automaton with considered curiosity. He looked into her eyes to examine the photographic cells, he examined the construction of her joints, and studied the control panel that operated the automaton.
"Truly remarkable," Lady Sally. "She's a work of art. I've worked with Clarissa and she's marvellous, but the quality of the brass moulding and engineering of the limbs are more sophisticated in this model. And her eyes... it's as if she's alive. Can she talk? Has Herr Siemen mastered that technology?"
"No, regrettably not captain, though that's just as well. I couldn't put up with anyone who contradicts me, not even an automaton."
"No, indeed not, I can see that," the captain concurred.
"You must stay and watch her in action. Right, let's get to work. I doubt if Borghild is ready to master knots and buckles yet but, if she observes me closely, she will learn."
Lady Sally set to work putting her submissive gentlemen into bondage. She mentally divided the protagonists into those who would receive pain, and those who would receive pleasure. The bishop and judge were chosen for the former, strapped face forward onto the wall boards with their arses exposed, the latter selected for interrupting her earlier. The banker and duke were tied on their backs, the former on the bench, the latter on the rack. It was important Borghild learn the essentials of delivering corporal punishment first.
Lady Sally selected two identical floggers, each with a piece of leather in the shape of the ace of spades at its end. She placed one in the hand of the automation. Her photographic eye cells registered how Lady Sally gripped it, and mimicked her by wrapping her brass knuckles around the black, leather handle.
Lady Sally set about flogging the bishop with the implement, leaving the judge to Borghild. The automaton's mechanical eyes swivelled around to watch Lady Sally deliver a dozen or so strokes to the bishop's backside, starting gently but blossoming into a crescendo of ferocity. Borghild recorded the behaviour in the photographic cells, goose-stepped over to the judge and began to flog him. Her actions were staccato as she could not mimic the graceful, fluid movements of Lady Sally; after all she was an automaton. Nonetheless, Lady Sally was most satisfied with the results. Being an automaton, her actions were hard and unforgiving. Borghild soon had the judge whooping in pain.
Lady Sally went through several implements, a whip, a leather strap, a wooden paddle and a cane so the automaton gained experience of handling different objects. Whether she could ever develop the instinctive affinity with them a skilful and experienced dominatrix like Lady Sally had was doubtful; sadistic punishment was an art form in which she excelled. Nevertheless, the results were evident in the glowing, red backside of the judge.
Lady Sally was in a dilemma. She wanted to put Borghild to full use, and that meant bringing her rubber lips and vagina into play. This meant the automaton had to learn the right behaviour... from herself. It was an extraordinarily lucky slave who got to have sexual contact with her. But when the mood took her she was not averse to getting pleasure from her slaves, especially loyal and obedient ones who understood she was using them to satisfy
her
needs. There was nothing for it. If Lady Sally wanted Borghild to put her rubber labia into action, she needed to show her how. Luckily, she was feeling horny herself. She'd experienced a couple of stunning orgasms from masturbation already, but
sometimes one just needed a cock in one's cunt.
It simply could not be avoided.
In any case, she had singled-out the duke's elegantly curved, hard cock for such attention, and there was no time like the present. She stepped across to the rack where he was strapped by wrist and ankle cuffs, deliciously helpless.
When Lady Sally's lips touched his, he was surprised. He was able to raise his head slightly to meet her sensuous mouth. She was a woman of extreme passions, and when it took her fancy to have sexual contact with one of her submissive men, she did so without restraint.
Captain Wyndham was an observer on the activities. He admired the flawless moulded construction and technical wizardry of the automaton, but this latest development had an unsettling effect on him. Of course, he was acquainted with Lady Sally's nature by now and was not shocked by anything she said, or did, anymore. But the captain always considered her relationship with her slaves to be one purely of domination. To see her kissing one of them, and with passion and pleasure, aroused strange feelings. He could not help it, but he was jealous. How he would like to be the recipient of such a kiss. This unsettling feeling was about to get worse.