bakerstreet | The Slave Auction Meme

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Warning: Be aware that this meme deals with dark subjects like slavery and may also contain non-consensual/dubiously consensual sex, violence, and kink.

SLAVES

1. The Newbie - This is your very first auction and you don't quite know what to expect. Hopefully you remember your training and don't disgrace yourself in front of your new master. Hopefully someone thinks you're worth buying at all.

2. The Oldtimer - You've been bought and sold and bought again so many times. You've seen it all before and don't think this time is going to be much different. In fact, the only real anxiety you've got is whether or not someone's going to pay for a more than slightly used slave.

3. The Pet - You're a pleasure slave. A bed warmer. A decorative piece of artwork. You're meant to look pretty and be pleasing and not much else.

4. The Guard - Your master hired you because of your ability to swing a sword or shoot a gun, not your looks.

5. The Escape Artist - Somehow you always manage to squirm out of your master's chains. Too bad you seem to get caught after a while. Maybe your next daring escape will be permanent. Then again, maybe your next master has special ways of keeping you locked up.

6. The Undercover - You aren't a slave at all, you're just pretending to be one. Why? Well that's up to you. Either way, your cover is blown if you don't act the part.

7. The Specialist - You have a skill that no one else has. Something rare and valuable. Something your master needs more than anything else.

MASTERS

1. The Customer - You've owned slaves before and this trip to the market is nothing new to you. Still, you're hoping to find something worth your while.

2. The Gift - Someone bought a pet for you, isn't that nice of them? Or maybe it isn't so nice. Did you even want a slave in the first place? Well you're stuck with one now.

3. The Giver - You're selecting a slave for someone else, and they need to be perfect. Perhaps you'd better test them out first to make sure you're getting your money's worth.

4. The Trainer - You specialize in taming unruly slaves and making them over into perfect, obedient, well-trained pets.

5. The Rebel - You hate the idea of slavery, but the system isn't going to go away any time soon, so the next best thing is to buy up any slave you can get your hands on and free them, right?

6. The Companion - You want someone to be with you always, someone you can talk to and depend on, someone who will never leave your side. It's a good thing that money can buy that these days.

7. The Undercover - You're not actually a Master. You're at the auction for an entirely different reason. Maybe it's special policework, maybe you're trying to hunt down a certain someone. Either way, your cover is blown unless you act the part.

As always, feel free to use a combination of scenarios or make up your own if you have other ideas.

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[He smiles ruefully as he unlocks the door to the office. It's...slapdash, Ukitake would have said, if he was being polite. Administration was not among his skills, clearly. He chuckles ruefully.]

I'm afraid your management abilities might get a bit of a workout...

[He sighs, and sits down at his desk in seiza, motioning her to sit as well.]

What do you know about this estate and its lands?

[She promptly kneels down in seiza, folding her hands in her lap. Her eyes sharpen as she concentrates, recalling her study sessions.]

Well, master --

[She rattles off a quick summary of the estate's basic boundaries and holdings, before going into details on its major trading goods, both basic and luxury. She even has the details on the brands of sake and shochu that the estate produces, both the good quality stuff and the raw spirit, and the probable impact of the fact that another noble family close by has recently started expanding into the fermented spirits trade.]

But of course I haven't had a chance to really look into it in detail, master.

[She's quite apologetic about it.]

[His eyebrows shoot up as she rattles all that information off from memory, and he finally shakes his head in honest amazement.]

That's very impressive, Nanao-chan. I'm quite sure I couldn't recite all that--though Jyuu always said I should have paid more attention to those lessons.

[Well, that settles that.]

At the moment, my holding lacks a matron. I'd like you to take over those duties here--overseeing the land, records-keeping, and household administration, if you've no objections. [As a slave, she had no legal right to object, but he found that you got better work when the person was at least nominally willing, and his tone indicates he really is asking her. Being a matron or steward of a house was a highly prestigious position, as well--one that even a freeman could hold without shame (although it was more commonly given to a slave in reward for long and loyal service).]

[She flushes, quite taken aback by the magnitude of the honor he's conferring on her.]

Of course, master - Kyouraku-sama - I'll be honored to serve you in any way that you may request, and I will do everything I can to serve properly as your household's matron. Thank you for your great kindness.

[She bows her head in deep gratitude. Then a thought strikes her.]

Ah - about other duties, master...

[Oh. Maybe he already has a favored concubine. Or maybe she's too skinny. Or...]

[He chuckles ruefully.] You may want to wait to thank me until you've seen the state of the records. This holding has lacked a matron since I took over it. [And he never claimed to have any talent for administrative work. This holding was given to him in no small part because his family believed it would keep him out of trouble.]

[As to the honor itself, Shunsui prided himself on his intuition. He was quite sure Nanao would be very, very good at the job--and likely quite strictly ethical, despite the minor graft that was an expected perk of the position. But as to the other matter... His voice is gentle--kind, but not condescending.]

Nanao-chan, you're a very beautiful young woman. And I have no doubt that you are quite talented in all sorts of ways. But I do not sleep with those who cannot refuse it.

[He considered it an abuse of his position. It just wasn't the kind of man he was or wanted to be.]

I'll look on it as a challenge, master.

[After all, how confused could the holding's records really be? Right?]

[She flushed. Bright pink. Almost as pink as his over-robe.]

Kyouraku-sama, surely you aren't - you can't be -

[She had to work to get the words out, they shamed her so much.]

... turning me down.

The Slave Auction Meme

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Sorry to be slow, work's been crazy

Same here, I'm afraid

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