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The Slave Auction Meme

â§ Leave a comment with the character's name, fandom, and whether your character will be playing the part of 'slave' or 'master', plus preferences for scenarios if you have any.
â§ Respond to others with one of the scenarios below or feel free to make up your own.
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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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"Gross."

Yuri returns to shoveling food into his mouth. It disappears at an astonishing rate. As though he's used to grabbing what he can while he can, unsure of where the next meal is coming from. A habit clearly older then the last week of being a prisoner.

"And what if I say I'm not doing it? You just going to sell me back?"

He's pushing. It's what he does. Morrison's claiming to be upstanding, against slavery, but he's in this deal for something. The same as everybody else.

"To each their own."

Jack shrugs at the boy's assessment of his eating habits.

He swirled his glass again before taking a sip as Yuri questioned him. Jack sighed.

"No. I'm not going to send you back there. I wouldn't send my worst enemy there."

He paused, looking up, a questioning eyebrow arched.

"Why not do it? You got something better to do, Yuri?"

He pushed right back.

"Do I have something better to do then let somebody drink my blood?"

You could wring the sarcasm out of that one. In the classic fashion of teenagers, Yuri is just going to let Morrison sit with that idiocy. Goes back to eating in silence.

But honestly... would he trust this guy if Morrison claimed he was doing it only out of the goodness of his heart or some other bullshit?

Probably not.

Jack sipped his glass of synthetic.

He let a few minutes of silence pass between them.

"Well...do you?"

Jack asked, line faced and swirling his drink.

"Yeah. Like dancing."

Yuri stabs viciously at the last of the macaroni. He doesn't remember the last time he went so long without music, without moving, and it feels like having a limb removed. It's impossible to explain how uncomfortable it is.

This is the thing he feels allowed to miss - because if he starts thinking about the rest, Yuri will start screaming. Really screaming. And he's not sure it will ever stop.

Jack nodded.

"Good answer."

It was.

Clearly, that is where the boy's heart lay. His paperwork said he had trained for years as a dancer. It was nice to know it was a passion project and not something more sinister.

"What kind of music do you like for that?"

Jack was sure they could work out something mutually beneficial...perhaps this was the key.

Yuri's eyes flick up to meet Morrison's. Narrowed in suspicion. Clearly getting answers out of him is like pulling teeth, but he does finally volunteer some.

"Tchaikovsky. And Guns N' Roses."

It isn't a joke. Maybe confusing, since it says his schooling is in ballet, but he's dead serious.

"I think I have some of that on vinyl. Def Leppard, too. Some Starship....Tom Petty...Sex Pistols. Oh, and some classical, too. We'll have to see what we can dig up in the library."

Finally.

A small tidbit of information he can work with.

A tidbit that triggers a landmine, unfortunately. Because talking about vinyl just brings up Otabek, and Yuri's hands curl up. He'd go on about vinyl too. How music sounds the best that way, warmer, dark eyes lighting up -

Yuri pushes back from the table.

"So do you want the blood now or what?"

Because that's all Morrison can be waiting for, right? Then Yuri can go back to sleep?

Jack is a little startled at the question.

"Well, I hadn't planned on it tonight. I figured we would do the draw tomorrow after a good night's rest. You've been through a huge ordeal. I just wanted to make sure you were well fed and well rested before we did anything taxing....besides..."

He tapped his wine glass now empty of synthetic.

"I just ate."

"Great. Then I'm going to bed."

It's hard to stomp properly in bare feet.

Yuri manages anyway.

Rage is easier. A barrier against the memories trying to push forward. He's still not safe, they have to stay where they are. If he lets the faces come he's going to shatter. He can only do this by himself, because they aren't here. Aren't coming, can't, and he's alone again.

The door slams so hard it shakes the frame. Yuri collapses on the bed. Curling into a ball and pressing hands to his temples. Of all things, he misses the brush of fur, Potya purring and warm after a bad day. This is what finally breaks through. Brings tears burning down his face.

Yuri muffles the noise in a pillow. Refusing to let any escape.

Jack lets him go.

The boy needs to get this out if they are going to make any kind of progress. He winces as the door slams, but based on what door he hears slam, he knows where to find him in a bit. The vampire makes himself busy, cleaning up himself, putting leftovers in the fridge, washing dishes and putting them on the drying rack...he's a man like everyone else...but not really. His tongue runs over his fangs absently as he works.

God, what an absolute nightmare this must be for Yuri.

He was too old...to old to be introduced to this life in the first place. He obviously has known friends...passions...and freedom to pursue them-all suddenly taken away and sold to a literal monster.

The soldier sighs and looks around the library, managing to find the record player and a small collection of vinyl albums. Digging around in a linen closet , he also managed to at least find some of his old clothes his mother had saved from when he was younger...it isn't much but It'll do. A small black tank top and some tight black jeans. Jack doesn't ever remember being that thin but clearly he must have been. There is an old pair of skull print flip flops, too. He apparently had had a theme and went with it...and Jack supposed he was not so different now.

He carries his small pile of things up to Yuri's room and knocks on the door. He can hear quiet sniffling coming from inside.

"Yuri? I don't have to come in...I just wanted you to know I brought you some music. I'll leave it out here. Found something more your speed for clothes, too. We'll find something better tomorrow. I can come in if you want...but I don't have to."

He technically owned the boy and the law said he could do what he liked...but the same law held him to services he had never consented to...an ancestor had...someone he had never met had signed his life away...and any future Morrisons. While he was otherwise free...he knew what is was like to not be in control and he did not want to extend that feeling more than he had to.

Yuri catches his breath. Scrubbing at his face, furious at the weakness.

"No," he mumbles. Disgusted by the crack in his voice. He knows he's got nothing to stand on. Morrison bought him. This is Morrison's house, Morrison's bed, and now Morrison is offering his own clothes and record player. Trying to be kind again.

It doesn't matter that Morrison hasn't forced anything. He could. At any time. This is enough to bring up one last flare and Yuri's voice is stronger this time. Harsh and sharp, clawing back any scrap of autonomy he can by yelling in Russian.

"Go away!"

Jack doesn't speak Russian...something he might need to fix...but he can guess what the outburst means.

"Okay. Well, sleep tight. I'll see you in the morning."

Jack left the boy alone and retreated to his own room. He showered and quickly put on his black silk pajamas and climbed into bed. He took a deep breath and pulled the sheets up to his nose, a childhood sleeping habit he had never broke himself of...and he went to sleep.

Tomorrow was another day.

A day that maybe comes ealier then Morrison expects. Because as soon as the sun comes up there is the sound of dragging. Bangs as Yuri shoves every piece of furniture in his room against the wall, clearing the center.

Then comes the first strains of "Swan Lake "

Yuri's warred with himself. Whether to just leave everything in the hallway. But he's so bored. Even he can't sustain brooding without interruption. And as soon as the music starts... that's all there is. Flowing through his head, washing everything else away as he stretches.

He's shut the door, but the latch hasn't caught. If someone were very quiet, they might be able to catch a glimpse as he rises up. Begins sweeping his legs in longer arcs.

It is the scooting of the furniture that rouses the vampire-red eyes shooting open and glowing as their startled owner comes to his senses. It takes him a few moments to realize it is Yuri is moving the furniture in his room. He eases out of bed, moving swiftly and freakishly silently for someone his size.

When he gets to Yuri's room, he immediately notices that his little pile of offerings is missing...and there's pleasant music playing...and the door is unlocked.

Jack can't help himself, he slides it open just a bit...a tiny crack-to peer in.

Well, the dealer was not lying. The graceful arcs of Yuri's legs-the timing....it is evident he has spent years training and this...this dance is his passion and it warms Jack's heart that the boy is able to enjoy it for the time being. As much as he feels like he's spying...he can't help but watch Yuri's graceful movements as the piece continues. He knows it-Yuri knows it.

The space is too tight for much movement. That's probably for the best. Yuri doesn't have his shoes, and after a week of forced "rest" his muscles are wound into knots. It takes time to work them loose. There is no rushing it. He mostly stays in place, concentrates on pulling them long.

The curtains have been yanked aside, letting sunlight stream in. Every inch of Yuri gleams gold. It suits him somehow, turning him otherworldly as he brings a leg up behind his head. Twisting his body into shapes not meant for most mortals.

If monsters exist, maybe fairies do too.

The boy is impossibly graceful...ethereal even.

How did he end up in an auction house?

Jack is not going to pry. Not now, certainly. He decides to move along and get breakfast started. He can tell Yuri will most likely have worked up an appetite and he himself could actually go for some eggs and coffee, something nostalgic about it.

Within minutes, the smell of coffee and cooking would reach Yuri's room.

The paperwork is frustratingly brief. Only a name, "Alexandra Plisetsky" with "Mother" following it. Even black-market cut-throat slavers are observant of the Minor laws. Yuri's fifteen. If he were kidnapped, international enforcement would come down hard on this.

But this seems to be with parental consent. A grey area, legal at least in this country.

Yuri is not going to part with that story easily. Any more then he's going to part with words. When he wanders down he's quiet. Face flushed from the exercise but only grunting at any greetings. Going straight for the food.

Jack hadn't expected much socialization from Yuri yet, so this is pretty much the morning greeting he expected...but he's seen the boy in his natural element now...he knows at least a fraction of what he is capable of and he's glad they called him...he's glad that this talented young man will not be lost in the system, abused by some other owner and that the world will not be denied someone with such raw talent and passion.

So the vampire sips his coffee and smiles.

"Sleep well? I ah...heard you moving some furniture around. Everything alright?"

There is no smile back. Yuri only rolls his eyes and attacks the bacon. God. Are all adults like this? Asking if things are alright when clearly they aren't? Well, he isn't about to explain himself.

See how Dracula likes that.

He reaches for the coffee. If there is a single comment about it stunting his growth there will be a growl.

"You know, I would be happy to help you move it back." Jack offered, "Drink up. We're going shopping after breakfast."

The vampire went back to flipping through the news on his tablet.

Like it or not, Yuri was going to be social.

"You need clothes and shoes that are actually yours and not ancient hand me downs."

"No. Where else do you expect me to practice?"

It's not enough room, but better then nothing.

Yuri's annoyed Morrison's gotten words out of him. However, he does need shoes. The flip-flops have no support, threatening to trip him with every step. And while they're on the topic...

"Does this hell-hole have a dance supply store?"

Jack shrugs.

"I don't know. The backyard has a lot of open space. I mean the ground isn't completely level, so you might not be able to use it as much, but it is pretty when the weather is nice."

Ah. Finally. Something to work with.

"I'm sure. It is a popular enough hobby here. I'm sure there's one or two. I'll make sure the driver adds it to his route."

Yuri's head snaps up. Teeth gritting.

The memory hits hard. YUri can feel the worn satin of dance shoes in his hand, fraying rough against his fingers. A woman's laugh comes tinkling through a cloud of smoke. Cutting sharp.

I'm not throwing money away on your little hobby -

"It isn't a fucking hobby!" he snarls. Stabbing viciously at the last of the eggs.

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