FIC Indenture Part 6
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jessara40k_ljTitle: Indenture
Fandom: FFVII Cetra Restoration AU
Rating: PG
Warnings: slavery
“Blake, use your tongue on Elena to help her relax while Nadia takes care of her back.” Nadia had already given her a massage before her bath, but now she opened a bottle of cinnamon scented oil, pouring a bit into her hand as she stepped behind Elena. She’d objected when Scarlet had ordered her to wax all over two days ago, not wanting the reminder of Daris, but now as she realised how much more sensitive she was to the touch of Blake’s tongue Elena almost understood why Scarlet put herself through that sort of pain on a regular basis. And this time it hadn’t hurt as much as she’d expected, not the way it had when Daris would wax her before fucking her, enjoying her pain.
“Could you hold her hair out of the way please Cathryn?” Elena would have done that herself, if she’d thought about it, but she didn’t have a chance to offer before her wet hair was lifted off her back and someone dried her off again before Nadia began rubbing the oil onto her back. But then Willow caught hold of one hand and began to paint a base coat on her fingernails as Cathryn started drying her hair, just using towels, splitting her hair into many little sections and working on them one at a time, presumably at some instruction of Scarlet’s Elena had missed or not been there for.
Blake was almost as good at this as Scarlet was, and Elena was thankful for the way he braced her at the hips with his arms, gripping his shoulders for balance with the hand Willow released. But unlike Scarlet he let Elena push him away after her first climax, and Scarlet just smiled when Elena looked at her, just daring her to order Blake back to his task.
“You can get dressed now Blake. I don’t think you can be of any further use here.” It was a bit early for the others to need to get dressed; almost two hours before they needed to be ready, but Blake didn’t object to Scarlet’s dismissal of him, just nodded and walked away. Nadia had reached Elena’s ass now, and was moving on to her thighs while Willow finished the second layer of base coat.
“Willow, leave her hands for now, come and do my nails instead. And Nadia, I want you to do her arms now, leave the legs for later.”
“Yes Scarlet.”
“Yes Scarlet.” No sooner did Willow release one hand than Nadia took hold of the other, standing on the opposite side to Cathryn and positioning Elena’s arm so she could work more easily. There was no point in protesting the way she was being more or less ignored, and for a moment Elena wished she hadn’t pushed Blake away; at least his tongue had helped distract her while she was being groomed to Scarlet’s satisfaction. Cathryn moved around behind her as Nadia reached Elena’s forearm, and she felt the other woman brushing a hand against the back of her neck, muttering something about ‘not yet’ as she kept on drying Elena’s hair.
When Nadia finished that arm, massaging oil into Elena’s hand briefly she moved to the other arm, and Cathryn brushed her hand against Elena’s neck again, this time skimming down her spine to just below her shoulder blades before going back to drying Elena’s hair. Elena was grateful that she wouldn’t be the one brushing her hair out this time, because she was convinced that it would be badly tangled as a result of the way Cathryn had to keep pinning it up to make sure no oil got onto it.
“The legs now Scarlet?”
“I think so. Then you can do the front of her body after that.” Blake returned, wearing a scarlet tunic, as Nadia knelt in front of Elena to start on her legs. “Thank you Willow. I think Blake can take over on my nails from here. You can get dressed now, then finish off Elena’s fingernails and start on her toenails.”
Nadia had finished massaging oil into Elena’s skin by the time Willow returned, face painted just a little, lipstick and mascara, nothing more, wearing a tunic identical to Blake’s, allowing for the differences in cut needed to accommodate her curves. It had a high neckline that ended just below her collar, and fell to the middle of her thighs, and Elena could see that Willow was wearing a bra underneath, although she probably wasn’t wearing panties, since Blake had displayed his lack of underwear when he knelt to paint Scarlet’s toenails in a shade that matched his tunic perfectly.
When Willow grabbed hold of Elena’s hand she started by wiping the nails with a soft cloth, probably to get rid of any of that oil Nadia had left on them, then she started to paint them with garnet, the same shade as the jewels in her collar. The garnets in Willow’s collar were a little brighter, but Scarlet was the only one of them who had any other jewel in her collar, and she wore rubies.
“Might I go and dress now Scarlet?”
“Yes, and you can help me with my bra as well.” Scarlet left with Nadia, and this time when Cathryn ran her fingers down Elena’s back they went all the way to her ass.
“Willow, check her thighs every so often please, and tell us when she can sit down without getting oil all over.”
“We could put a towel on the chair, so that she can sit down now. I don’t really think it’s going to be that much of a problem if some of the oil is wiped off onto the towel.”
“No, neither do I, not really. Do you want us to do that for you Elena?” Elena hadn’t expected them to actually address her directly, all of the harem, even the recently purchased Cathryn, seemed to start thinking of her as some sort of sacrifice as soon as Rowan announced her intention of giving Elena to the Planet’s Weapon as an espousal gift. And you didn’t really talk to a sacrifice, you groomed her and made sure she was presented as perfectly as possible, but Elena’s sense of isolation from the other concubines had started then.
“Please, do.” Cathryn let Elena’s hair fall down her back then as she moved to prepare a seat for her, and Willow kept on working on her nails, letting her sit down once the first coat of colour was on. Cathryn started using a comb on Elena’s hair then, detangling it as she finished drying it, then running straighteners over it once Willow moved on to working on Elena’s feet. Willow had just finished the two layers of base coat on Elena’s toenails when Scarlet returned, wearing a lace bra and panties that matched her nails, with Nadia beside her carrying burgundy and garnet clothes over one arm.
“Willow, Cathryn, you can leave that for now. Elena, if you’ll stand up we can help you into your clothing for tonight.” Elena stood when the other two women gave her room to move, and stepped forward, before stepping into the silk undergarment Nadia was holding open for her. Elena couldn’t quite remember the name of the swimsuit-like garment, but she co-operated, positioning her breasts correctly as Nadia laced it up behind her, relieved that there was no boning to alter her shape, and that the lacing was merely to make sure the silk lay tight across her skin. She noted almost absently that the silk matched her nails perfectly, as did the embroidery on the burgundy tunic Cathryn was helping her put on, fastening the buttons at the back of her neck.
Then Blake returned, carrying Elena’s collar and cuffs, polished to the shine they’d had when new. Elena wouldn’t have thought of requesting that, and it had been Scarlet who ordered her to remove them and give them to her just a day ago, but she could see just how much they had benefited from it. She put them back on as she sat down, on a different seat this time, at Scarlet’s direction, and she was surprised when Scarlet came to do her make-up while Willow finished off her toenails and Cathryn began putting her hair up. Now more than ever she felt like a prize chocobo being groomed for parade, but she didn’t say anything, in case it displeased Scarlet, and distracted her from what she was doing.
“Cathryn, how close are you to being finished?”
“Just another five minutes.”
“Good. Elena, can you think of anything else we should do?”
“I...” Elena blinked in astonishment at finally hearing her opinion called for, then lifted her hand to her ears, checking that they weren’t hidden by her hair. “In my jewellery box there’s a pair of garnet stud earrings, as well as a pair of garnet teardrops. One of those might be appropriate.” She didn’t personally like the more elaborate earrings in her box, but she wore them to please Rowan, and had always intended to sell all but the simplest earrings when she was sold, or given away, as it transpired.
“Hmmm. Yes, I think with this hairstyle you need simple earrings. They are yellow gold aren’t they?” But Scarlet didn’t wait for an answer before she continued; it had probably been a rhetorical question anyway, Rowan only really gave yellow gold jewellery to her concubines. “Nadia, go and get both pairs of earrings. We can decide which look better on.”
Nadia didn’t acknowledge the command with more than a nod before leaving in search of the earrings Elena had described. When Cathryn had finished with her hair Scarlet pulled Elena to her feet and led her to inspect herself in the mirror. Elena gasped in surprise, noting the gold combs set with garnets that held her elaborate hairstyle in place almost absently, focusing instead on the bold make-up Scarlet had applied with a flare Elena knew she could not match. Left to herself Elena would use only the lightest of make-up, almost always subtle, shades of brown on her eyes and peaches or dusky pinks on her lips, and she normally stuck to arranging her hair as simply as she could get away with.
“Well, what do you think so far?”
“Your skill is nothing short of breathtaking, yours and Cathryn’s. These combs...” She trailed off, trying to find a polite way of asking if someone was lending them to her, or if they were hers to keep.
“A parting gift, from our lady, and from myself.” From Scarlet as well? She hadn’t given Grace a parting gift when Rowan sold her, nor to Elena’s knowledge had Rowan given her a parting gift. Scarlet laughed, probably at the confusion Elena knew showed in her eyes. “This isn’t like selling a concubine back to the market. The circumstances are unique, and we are closer than I was with Grace.”
“Thank you then. I wish I had thought to arrange a parting gift for you.”
“You don’t need to. I’m happy to see you so adorned. Nadia, we’ll try the teardrops first. Cathryn, you can go and get dressed now if you want.” The teardrops worked, but Elena had forgotten that she owned two pairs of garnet studs, and one pair was unusual, the garnets carved into the shape of a coiled serpent and Elena pressed that pair into Scarlet’s hand.
“Please, keep these as a parting gift from me. I know they aren’t much, or evidence of any great thought, but I've never worn them, and...”
“And you made them yourself, I remember how pleased Rowan was to see what you did with the garnets she gave you. I am flattered and honoured. And in fact I will wear them tonight.” Scarlet fastened the earrings into her ears as she spoke, to Elena’s relief, dismissing Nadia to get dressed, before leaving to dress herself. When Scarlet returned Elena could see how well the earrings worked, the same shade as Scarlet’s tunic, even if the embroidery matched her nails, and then it was just a matter of waiting to be summoned.
Fandom: FFVII Cetra Restoration AU
Rating: PG
Warnings: slavery
“Blake, use your tongue on Elena to help her relax while Nadia takes care of her back.” Nadia had already given her a massage before her bath, but now she opened a bottle of cinnamon scented oil, pouring a bit into her hand as she stepped behind Elena. She’d objected when Scarlet had ordered her to wax all over two days ago, not wanting the reminder of Daris, but now as she realised how much more sensitive she was to the touch of Blake’s tongue Elena almost understood why Scarlet put herself through that sort of pain on a regular basis. And this time it hadn’t hurt as much as she’d expected, not the way it had when Daris would wax her before fucking her, enjoying her pain.
“Could you hold her hair out of the way please Cathryn?” Elena would have done that herself, if she’d thought about it, but she didn’t have a chance to offer before her wet hair was lifted off her back and someone dried her off again before Nadia began rubbing the oil onto her back. But then Willow caught hold of one hand and began to paint a base coat on her fingernails as Cathryn started drying her hair, just using towels, splitting her hair into many little sections and working on them one at a time, presumably at some instruction of Scarlet’s Elena had missed or not been there for.
Blake was almost as good at this as Scarlet was, and Elena was thankful for the way he braced her at the hips with his arms, gripping his shoulders for balance with the hand Willow released. But unlike Scarlet he let Elena push him away after her first climax, and Scarlet just smiled when Elena looked at her, just daring her to order Blake back to his task.
“You can get dressed now Blake. I don’t think you can be of any further use here.” It was a bit early for the others to need to get dressed; almost two hours before they needed to be ready, but Blake didn’t object to Scarlet’s dismissal of him, just nodded and walked away. Nadia had reached Elena’s ass now, and was moving on to her thighs while Willow finished the second layer of base coat.
“Willow, leave her hands for now, come and do my nails instead. And Nadia, I want you to do her arms now, leave the legs for later.”
“Yes Scarlet.”
“Yes Scarlet.” No sooner did Willow release one hand than Nadia took hold of the other, standing on the opposite side to Cathryn and positioning Elena’s arm so she could work more easily. There was no point in protesting the way she was being more or less ignored, and for a moment Elena wished she hadn’t pushed Blake away; at least his tongue had helped distract her while she was being groomed to Scarlet’s satisfaction. Cathryn moved around behind her as Nadia reached Elena’s forearm, and she felt the other woman brushing a hand against the back of her neck, muttering something about ‘not yet’ as she kept on drying Elena’s hair.
When Nadia finished that arm, massaging oil into Elena’s hand briefly she moved to the other arm, and Cathryn brushed her hand against Elena’s neck again, this time skimming down her spine to just below her shoulder blades before going back to drying Elena’s hair. Elena was grateful that she wouldn’t be the one brushing her hair out this time, because she was convinced that it would be badly tangled as a result of the way Cathryn had to keep pinning it up to make sure no oil got onto it.
“The legs now Scarlet?”
“I think so. Then you can do the front of her body after that.” Blake returned, wearing a scarlet tunic, as Nadia knelt in front of Elena to start on her legs. “Thank you Willow. I think Blake can take over on my nails from here. You can get dressed now, then finish off Elena’s fingernails and start on her toenails.”
Nadia had finished massaging oil into Elena’s skin by the time Willow returned, face painted just a little, lipstick and mascara, nothing more, wearing a tunic identical to Blake’s, allowing for the differences in cut needed to accommodate her curves. It had a high neckline that ended just below her collar, and fell to the middle of her thighs, and Elena could see that Willow was wearing a bra underneath, although she probably wasn’t wearing panties, since Blake had displayed his lack of underwear when he knelt to paint Scarlet’s toenails in a shade that matched his tunic perfectly.
When Willow grabbed hold of Elena’s hand she started by wiping the nails with a soft cloth, probably to get rid of any of that oil Nadia had left on them, then she started to paint them with garnet, the same shade as the jewels in her collar. The garnets in Willow’s collar were a little brighter, but Scarlet was the only one of them who had any other jewel in her collar, and she wore rubies.
“Might I go and dress now Scarlet?”
“Yes, and you can help me with my bra as well.” Scarlet left with Nadia, and this time when Cathryn ran her fingers down Elena’s back they went all the way to her ass.
“Willow, check her thighs every so often please, and tell us when she can sit down without getting oil all over.”
“We could put a towel on the chair, so that she can sit down now. I don’t really think it’s going to be that much of a problem if some of the oil is wiped off onto the towel.”
“No, neither do I, not really. Do you want us to do that for you Elena?” Elena hadn’t expected them to actually address her directly, all of the harem, even the recently purchased Cathryn, seemed to start thinking of her as some sort of sacrifice as soon as Rowan announced her intention of giving Elena to the Planet’s Weapon as an espousal gift. And you didn’t really talk to a sacrifice, you groomed her and made sure she was presented as perfectly as possible, but Elena’s sense of isolation from the other concubines had started then.
“Please, do.” Cathryn let Elena’s hair fall down her back then as she moved to prepare a seat for her, and Willow kept on working on her nails, letting her sit down once the first coat of colour was on. Cathryn started using a comb on Elena’s hair then, detangling it as she finished drying it, then running straighteners over it once Willow moved on to working on Elena’s feet. Willow had just finished the two layers of base coat on Elena’s toenails when Scarlet returned, wearing a lace bra and panties that matched her nails, with Nadia beside her carrying burgundy and garnet clothes over one arm.
“Willow, Cathryn, you can leave that for now. Elena, if you’ll stand up we can help you into your clothing for tonight.” Elena stood when the other two women gave her room to move, and stepped forward, before stepping into the silk undergarment Nadia was holding open for her. Elena couldn’t quite remember the name of the swimsuit-like garment, but she co-operated, positioning her breasts correctly as Nadia laced it up behind her, relieved that there was no boning to alter her shape, and that the lacing was merely to make sure the silk lay tight across her skin. She noted almost absently that the silk matched her nails perfectly, as did the embroidery on the burgundy tunic Cathryn was helping her put on, fastening the buttons at the back of her neck.
Then Blake returned, carrying Elena’s collar and cuffs, polished to the shine they’d had when new. Elena wouldn’t have thought of requesting that, and it had been Scarlet who ordered her to remove them and give them to her just a day ago, but she could see just how much they had benefited from it. She put them back on as she sat down, on a different seat this time, at Scarlet’s direction, and she was surprised when Scarlet came to do her make-up while Willow finished off her toenails and Cathryn began putting her hair up. Now more than ever she felt like a prize chocobo being groomed for parade, but she didn’t say anything, in case it displeased Scarlet, and distracted her from what she was doing.
“Cathryn, how close are you to being finished?”
“Just another five minutes.”
“Good. Elena, can you think of anything else we should do?”
“I...” Elena blinked in astonishment at finally hearing her opinion called for, then lifted her hand to her ears, checking that they weren’t hidden by her hair. “In my jewellery box there’s a pair of garnet stud earrings, as well as a pair of garnet teardrops. One of those might be appropriate.” She didn’t personally like the more elaborate earrings in her box, but she wore them to please Rowan, and had always intended to sell all but the simplest earrings when she was sold, or given away, as it transpired.
“Hmmm. Yes, I think with this hairstyle you need simple earrings. They are yellow gold aren’t they?” But Scarlet didn’t wait for an answer before she continued; it had probably been a rhetorical question anyway, Rowan only really gave yellow gold jewellery to her concubines. “Nadia, go and get both pairs of earrings. We can decide which look better on.”
Nadia didn’t acknowledge the command with more than a nod before leaving in search of the earrings Elena had described. When Cathryn had finished with her hair Scarlet pulled Elena to her feet and led her to inspect herself in the mirror. Elena gasped in surprise, noting the gold combs set with garnets that held her elaborate hairstyle in place almost absently, focusing instead on the bold make-up Scarlet had applied with a flare Elena knew she could not match. Left to herself Elena would use only the lightest of make-up, almost always subtle, shades of brown on her eyes and peaches or dusky pinks on her lips, and she normally stuck to arranging her hair as simply as she could get away with.
“Well, what do you think so far?”
“Your skill is nothing short of breathtaking, yours and Cathryn’s. These combs...” She trailed off, trying to find a polite way of asking if someone was lending them to her, or if they were hers to keep.
“A parting gift, from our lady, and from myself.” From Scarlet as well? She hadn’t given Grace a parting gift when Rowan sold her, nor to Elena’s knowledge had Rowan given her a parting gift. Scarlet laughed, probably at the confusion Elena knew showed in her eyes. “This isn’t like selling a concubine back to the market. The circumstances are unique, and we are closer than I was with Grace.”
“Thank you then. I wish I had thought to arrange a parting gift for you.”
“You don’t need to. I’m happy to see you so adorned. Nadia, we’ll try the teardrops first. Cathryn, you can go and get dressed now if you want.” The teardrops worked, but Elena had forgotten that she owned two pairs of garnet studs, and one pair was unusual, the garnets carved into the shape of a coiled serpent and Elena pressed that pair into Scarlet’s hand.
“Please, keep these as a parting gift from me. I know they aren’t much, or evidence of any great thought, but I've never worn them, and...”
“And you made them yourself, I remember how pleased Rowan was to see what you did with the garnets she gave you. I am flattered and honoured. And in fact I will wear them tonight.” Scarlet fastened the earrings into her ears as she spoke, to Elena’s relief, dismissing Nadia to get dressed, before leaving to dress herself. When Scarlet returned Elena could see how well the earrings worked, the same shade as Scarlet’s tunic, even if the embroidery matched her nails, and then it was just a matter of waiting to be summoned.
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Date: 2007-10-15 11:58 am (UTC)This chapter made my skin crawl...
I don't know why, because it was beautiful and soo...sensual and sad nonetheless
I really loved it
*give cookies*
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Date: 2007-10-15 01:25 pm (UTC)Well, I consciously ploanned the ritualistic way the other concubines prepare Elena to reflect how a sacrificial victim might have been treated before being killed over some gods altar. Perhaps you were picking up on that?
I don't know why, because it was beautiful and soo...sensual and sad nonetheless
I'm glad you thought it was beautiful, and I guess the sadness comes from the fact that Elena is losing a woman she loves, even if I haven't dwelt too much on her relationship with Scarlet.
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Date: 2007-10-15 01:31 pm (UTC)Most probably
But I hope that she'll make friends with Tseng and also Cloud and Seph and Cloud's spouse (forgot her name, sorry)
I think she needs a female there
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Date: 2007-10-15 01:37 pm (UTC)I think she needs a female there
Sephiroth and Cloud mostly ignore her to be honest. Sephiroth because she's a 'rival' for Cloud's attention, and Cloud because he doen't want to hurt Sephiroth and so he doesn't know her. But Tseng's pretty nice to her (he even teaches her how to use a knife) and she falls in love with Brangwen, Cloud's spouse.
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Date: 2007-10-15 01:55 pm (UTC)Now I'm even more curious about the story~
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Date: 2007-10-15 02:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-15 02:05 pm (UTC)*smile*