Quoting Loki-L <loki.laufeyjarson.ffml@gmail.com>:

                 Part 12: The Mistress vs. The Maid


Akane was bolted to the exercise bench. Not really bound or chained
or
anything, Mistress had just secured her ankle-shackles and collar
to the
bench she was lying on  with small metal pins. All she had to do to
free
herself was to pull out the pins.

Of course to do that she would have to have her hands free. Her
hands were
currently occupied with what Mistress called a lying fly. Pulling

fly; pulling

her
stretched arms together in front of her while cables connected via
a
pulley system to counterweights were pulling her arms out and down
to her
sides.

Unfortunately Mistress did not believe in handles on the grounds
that they
encouraged students to let go. She had unclipped the stirrup
attachments
from the cable ends and clipped Akane's manacles directly to the
cables.
Akane could still free herself if she brought her hands together
and
fumbled with the clasps for a bit.

Unless mistress Severa decided to be mean and add another plate to

I'll say this once:

Mistress Severa.

Do a global search and replace on "mistress Severa"7

the
counterweights. Then Akane would be truly immobilized and helpless.
In
fact in Akane's weakened state mistress Severa could achieve the
same
result by pushing lightly on the counterweights with one finger as
she had
already demonstrated, but then she would not have her hands free to
take
advantage of Akane's naked and defenseless body.

Akane was doing her exercises in the nude except for her collar and
the
shackles on her wrists and ankles. To her own surprise she had
rapidly
gotten used to this. It even felt sort of free and refreshing not
having
to wear any clothing. Especially if the only clothing you were
allowed to
wear were liable to contract into bondage devices at any moment.

was liable

But Akane
would master those too.

No Akane felt gloriously unrestricted and when she saw her own
naked
reflection in the mirror during her exercises she had to admit that
she
also felt a bit sexy showing off her body. Akane felt good.

Mistress Severa certainly seemed to think so, as she took every
opportunity to feel and touch Akane. Not in a bad groping Happosai

Not in Happosai's disgusting way

way, but in nice way that was halfway between businesslike and

in a nice

playful. She kept correcting Akane's stances and postures during
exercises by physically moving her body in the right positions.


"You know, little one," Mistress told her leisurely, "you could get
much
the same effect by bench pressing some dumbbells or a barbell, but

True for dumbbells.  Not true for barbells.  Barbells work different
muscles.  

it is
much more fun to do it this way, isn't it?"

Akane gave a noncommittal grunt as she brought her hands back
together in
a hugging motion over her head.

"Those exercises are primarily to build your pectoralis-majors,"
her
trainer explained, "you know what these will do? If you work really

explained, running her gloved fingertips across her student's chest as 
Akane tried to concentrate on the exercise.  "You know what these can
do?  If you work really hard, they will make your breasts look bigger.
Won't that be nice?"

(Including the chest contact in the dialogue makes sense out of 
"these" as Severa is physically indicating what she means to Akane.
Putting the physical contact after the dialogue screws up the
timeline.  She should be doing it at the same time.  )

hard
they can make your breasts look bigger. Won't that be nice?"

With that she ran her gloved hand over Akane's chest. Akane tried
to
concentrate on her exercise.

"If you put a lot of effort in it -- and believe me you won't have
much
choice on that part -- and go on the right diet," mistress Severa
continued as she started to knead Akane's breasts in a very
distracting
way, "you will have a killer figure once we are done. Just imagine
what
your friends will say when they see your new sexy body."

Akane could not help but imagine Ranma's face when he would peek on
her
in the bath the next time. She would have to make sure that he got
a real
good look before she kicked him out. She might even accidentally
neglect
to put on the occupied sign if he took to long to give into his
perverted
impulses to peek on her.

She was rudely yanked out of her daydream of pigtailed perverts
when
Mistress twisted one of her nipples. Still smiling 

Uhm...

Really I think Akane should grimace at this point.  C'mon she just
had her nipple twisted and lost the thread of her nice fantasy.
Severa may be the pervert mother she never had, but making her too
amenable undermines her believability as a character.  
 

she continued

her
exercise as Mistress hands abandoned her breasts.

Mistress'

"Of course" she told Akane while running her hand down Akane's
abdomen and
towards her crotch, "You will have to get rid of this unhygienic
and
ungainly fur for that. It really does spoil the effect and looks
very
unappetizing. Have Ashes shave this for you."

Akane took a slight yank on her pubic hair as a cue to answer
dutifully:
"Yes Mistress, I will."

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"Gah!" Ranma gasped as she peeled herself out of her skintight
leather
costume a little bit later.

She still couldn't believe what she had said and done to Akane.
The
Mistress personality was getting away from her. Or maybe it was
Akane's
meek behavior towards her Mistress that brought on such strange
impulses
in Ranma. She hadn't meant to order Akane to get a hair cut down
there.
She never would have thought about even suggesting such a thing to
Akane
as Ranma. And here just because she had worn black leather at the
time and
Akane had acted all submissive and everything she had ordered, yes
ordered, Akane to get the maid to shave her crotch.

And The maid just happened to be Ranma too. Just that she was not

RaNdom capitaliZaTion

nearly
as dominant and self assured as Severa. Ranma hoped that she would
be able
to deal with this in her other disguise.

Ranma really regretted allowing herself to go with the flow as
Severa, but
that was what Ranma Saotome did. Ranma went with the flow 100% and
when
the role called for being all meek and submissive, then she could
play
the role. It wasn't as if the real Ranma had suddenly allowed
himself to
show some weakness. And when a role called for being an unashamed
pervert
like Severa, then Severa would be unashamedly perverted with none
of the
inhibitions and inabilities that held back Ranma.

Yeeah...rationalisations for Ranma being OOC aside...

The problem with embracing her inner pervert, Ranma reflected, was
that
Akane might end up embracing him too. When Severa had pawed
Akane's
nude body and grabbed her breasts, the girl had barely protested.

She didn't protest at all, and I think she should have, just a little
bit.  

Who knew
where this might lead? 

She would have to build some safeties into the characters she was
playing. Maybe adding a new character that was decidedly
non-pervert and
strong-minded enough to stand up to the likes of Severa.

This doesn't make any sense.  The new character is hardly going to be
able to show up and tell Severa she's getting out of line. 
Ranma needs a clearer line of reasoning for why he's going to be
making up this character.  

For now she would just have to hold off on doing some of the
more...
dangerous activities -- like teaching Akane the technique Ranma
had
borrowed from the Amazons about concentrating your chi into your
breasts
so that you could jump around without hurting yourself or needing
some
stupid bra or sports supporter. Ranma had been really relieved when
she
had figured out that part from watching Shampoo.

A pity really as mistress Severa had already had all kinds of
wonderfully
naughty ideas on making Akane concentrate and focus her attention
on her
breasts.

For that matter she'd better put off the meditation exercises that
aimed
at controlling the distribution of ones body fat, too. Ranma could
see to
many ways how mistress Severa would use such an opportunity for
unwarranted mischief and Akane would never listen to Prince
Wildpferd
talking about her having such a thing as body fat.

Ranma would just have to make sure that Akane ate enough for now
and later
have her do something about the regions where fat was not wanted.

But now, Ranma reflected as she divested herself of the last parts
of
mistress Severa's costume and put on Little Ashes veil, it was time

Ashes'

for
Ashes to suffer the consequences of mistress Severa's lack of
restraint. 


                             * **  ***  ** *


When Akane returned from the shower Ashes was waiting for her in
the
locker room.

"I guess mistress Severa has already told you," Akane commented on
the
shaving utensils that the maid had laid out on a bench.

"Yes, Mistress has already informed me, Miss Akane. Please sit
down,"

down."  Ashes directed her

Ashes directed her towards the towel she had spread out on the
bench in
front of her.

The girl seemed a bit uncomfortable at the mention of Akane's
trainer.

"I have never, you know, done any hairstyling down there. I guess
you are
the right person to show me how to do this." Akane tried to change
the
topic as she sat down.

She was referring to Ashes own shaved crotch that was only very
inadequately concealed underneath her sheer uniform.

"Certainly better than Mistress Severa. She would probably tie you
down
and then wax depilate you from your toes up to your eyebrows. And
she
would enjoy it, too." Ashes seemed to be scowling beneath her veil
as she
muttered this under her breath.

So much for change of topic.

Leaning back on the bench and supporting herself on her elbows
Akane
spread her legs in front of the maid.

"You don't like Mistress Severa much, do you," she asked as much

If she's asking then a question mark is called for.  Otherwise
she's commenting.  

out of
curiosity as to distract herself from the coming procedure.

"Mistress is perverted and sadistic. She likes to tie down and
torment
innocent young girls. She likes to dominate and control. And what
she
likes most is when her victim likes it, too. She makes them act
all
meek and submissive even if they are not normally like that at all.
She
makes them enjoy giving up control." Ashes blushed heavily as she
said
the last part.

Akane tried to look at Ashes, but the girl would not meet her eyes
and
instead busied herself in her work as she began spreading shaving
cream
over Akane's crotch.

Akane leaned back her head and looked at the ceiling instead
attempting
to keep her mind occupied with what she had just learned and not
think so
much about the  sensations coming from between her legs. 

The prince had insinuated that Severa preferred the company of
other
girls. And Akane had noticed herself that her trainer could come on
a bit
strong on occasion. Had Little Ashes been the victim of Mistress
Severa's
torments and was now embarrassed to actually have enjoyed it?

Somebody would have to tell the girl that this was not actually
something
to be embarrassed about. True, it was unquestioningly perverted.
But it
was not the same sort of perversion as for example the behavior of
Happosai or Kunou or the various little perverts in training at
her
school.

It was more like the little games she played with Ranma sometimes.
When he
had tried to learn his fathers technique and stolen all her
underwear or
when he had to peek on her in the bath because of his mother and
she had
teased him about it....

Akane was interrupted in her thoughts as Ashes had finished her
preparations and was now beginning to apply her razor to Akane's
mound.
What she could see of the maids face was still very red and she
appeared
to fully concentrate on her sensitive work.

Akane watched in fascination as the maid used her little fingers to
draw
taunt her skin and use the razor on it.

She could certainly imagine the little girl being in the grasps of
her
strong mistress.

Little Ashes bound and helpless in Mistress Severa's dungeon --
both
wearing nothing but their veils. Mistress alternating between
tormenting
and caressing her. Whipping her tender body and then bringing her
pleasure
by touching her in intimates places.

intimate

And then when Ashes almost could not take it any more, the mistress
would
take of her veil and bring her head towards the other girls crotch

girl's

-- the
one that she had made her shave. And she would first stroke it with
her
fingers an then she would slowly begin to lick her bare mound with

and

her
cold tongue. 

Tongues aren't cold.  

She would maddingly tease her by not actually going to

her
price, 

To her what?  

but slowly work her way all around it. Only occasionally

inserting
a finger into her to pull her skin taunt so that the cold tongue

taut

could
reach everywhere.

Akane was rudely jerked from her erotic daydream as Ashes splashed
a
bucket of cold water over her crotch.

"Done!" she exclaimed still blushing heavily.

But Akane hardly noticed. She was far to embarrassed herself. She

too

hastily
got dressed in her ribbon dress.

How had that happened? Had Ashes noticed? And most importantly why
during
the end of her daydream had one of the girls suddenly had red and
the
other short black hair?


                             * **  ***  ** *

                           Part 13: Bad Habits 


A new day had dawned for Akane and in the light shinning through

shining

her small
iron-barred window she could see a new addition to her cell.

One of the treadmills from the gym had been moved to her cell while
she
was sleeping. It was rather disturbing to think that she had not
woken up
to notice whoever had moved it here. Akane tried not to think about
the
facts that she was prone to throw off her covers at night and that
due to
lack of sleepwear she was currently sleeping in the nude. She
busied
herself instead with inspecting the exercise machine.

instead,

A note was pinned to it informing her that she would not receive
breakfast
until after she had run a certain distance on it. The distance
worked out
to be about half again the length of her usual morning jog. A cable
from
the odometer lead together with the electricity cable out under her
door.
They could probably tell if she complied from the outside. The note
was
written in harsh clear strokes she presumed that it was from
Mistress
Severa and not an empty thread.

threat

Slowly Akane began to jog expecting all the while spanks on her

jog,

butt to
spurn her on.

Only after she finished and Ashes entered with her breakfast and a
couple
of towels did she realize that she had done the exercise naked out
of
recently acquired habit.

The castle was getting to her, Akane thought as she freshened up
with
water from the sink and toweled of with one of her new towels in

off

full
sight of the maid.

During her surprisingly large breakfast she considered this
revelation.
Nabiki had a book like that from that vampire author. A beautiful
princess
got abducted by a perverted prince to a castle full of perverts
where they
did perverted things to her until she became a pervert herself.
Akane had
hated that book and its two sequels.

But Akane would not give up. As Ashes helped her dress and attach
the
ribbons to her shackles she vowed that she would resist those
perverted
influences.

Once she was dressed the maid informed her, that the first item on
her
schedule this day would be lessons in 'proper behavior' by Sister
Holle.

"She can be a bit strict," Ashes warned on their way to the
lessons.

"Like Mistress Severa?" Akane asked not really feeling up to
handling
another instructor like her trainer.

"Er, no. Not like Mistress Severa at all. In fact it might be best
not to
mention her name in Sister Holle's presence. The two don't see eye
to eye
on many issues. Sister Holle thinks that Mistress Severa is a
pervert. She
thinks that about a lot of people...." Ashes mumbled her
explanation.

Akane felt that this was very good news indeed. Finally somebody
sane in
this mad-house. Somebody who would agree with her on the
pervertedness of
the people and going's on around here.

She was so happy that she calmly waited in her classroom after
Ashes left
her. The room looked like it was a repurposed meeting room. There
was a
big desk with a comfortable chair in front of a blackboard, that
Akane
assumed would be the teacher's place. Opposite it in the center of
the
room was a low table with a cushion in front of it. She guessed
that she
would spend the lesson kneeling not sitting, but she was still so
glad
about finally finding an ally in her fight against the perversion
of this
place that she took that in stride.

Finally Sister Holle entered the room and Akane's savior from
the perversions of this place turned out to be a veiled
woman wearing a nun's habit and horn-rimmed glasses.

"Hello my girl," she introduced herself in an overly friendly tone,
"my
name is Sister Holle and I am going to be your tutor. My main
function
will be to teach you about your future home and ensure that you
will learn
proper behavior for a Lichtenburger lady. I also aspire to serve as
a
counterweight to balance out the influences of certain other
persons who
shall remain nameless. I hope that despite everything here, I will
manage,
when it is time for you to be wed, to present you to your groom and
his
people as a proper, decent and throughoutly moral young lady fit

thoroughly

for our
prince."

Despite her appearance and somewhat irritating voice Sister Holle
appeared
to be exactly what Akane needed. She was going to keep her save
from all
those perverts.  Akane thought that what she had said sounded
pretty good
-- except for that marrying the prince part of course. Akane would
not
loose, but she would not tell the woman that. No need to antagonize

lose

her
prospective ally. 

"Akane," the nun continued, "I hope you will think of me not just
as your
instructor and spiritual mentor, but as a friend -- someone you
can
confess to."

A confidant would be nice, thought Akane.

"Because child I think that you are clearly in need of someone you
can
turn to with your problems." Sister Holle explained. "I have taken
the
liberty of having someone obtain your files from your former
school. And
it seems that you are in serious need of moral guidance."

A file was opened on the teachers desk. Judging by the pineapple
seal on
its back it was authentic. Somebody must have broken into Akane's
school
to steal it for the nun.

"I understand that it is seen as 'cool' by the young to rebel
against
established norms and a young girl your age is exposed to all kinds
of
temptations, but you really can't go on like this, Akane," the nun
told
her earnestly.

Slowly shocked realization began to dawn on Akane's face. She could
not
possibly mean...? Akane did not want to believe it.

"I fear for you Akane. But I will help you, because I think that
your acts
of moral turpitude are just a silent cry for help from a confused
young
woman," Sister Holle promised. 

This could not be true. Out of all the people in the castle, out of
all
the people at Furinkan this woman had the nerve to accuse her?
Akane could
not take it any longer.

She jumped up from her cushion and screamed: "I am not a pervert!"

But she was just as soon jerked down again by her rapidly
contracting
bonds. She had forgotten to unclasp the ribbons when she felt like
she was
about to loose control and before she could remedy that fact she
was
kneeling bound and gagged on her cushion again.

She tried to calm herself down, but the fact that she could not
defend
herself against these baseless accusation made her just angrier.

OK, so what the hell is Ranma trying to accomplish here?  Yes, yes,
it's another excuse for a bondage scene but what does Ranma have in
mind?  

The alternatives I see are:

Ranma is trying to instill shame in Akane so she'll protest when
Severa gets out of line.  In which case the start of the scene needs
to be rewritten.

Ranma is badgering Akane about how she secretly likes being fought
over so she'll fold and call him so he can fight over her.  

Ranma is just pissing Akane off for the hell of it or for revenge, and
to give her some more practice at keeping calm.  

selling
them. Perhaps you appreciated knowing to the Yen how high you

yen

                             * **  ***  ** *

During gym and against her better judgement Akane breached the same
topic
with Mistress Severa.

Between exercises when Akane was for a short time not tied, bolted
or
weighed down she asked her trainer if she thought that Akane was a
pervert. Mistress laughed.

She grabbed her shoulders and turned her towards the mirror
covering one
of the walls in the gym.

"Look at that Akane," she told her, "and tell me what you see."

Akane saw a girl wearing nothing but shackles and a collar with
another
one clad in skintight black leather standing behind her. In short
she saw
two perverts, but she decided not to give voice to that
observation.

Severa answered for her: "I see a beautiful young woman who has
nothing to
be ashamed of. You are desirable, you are sexy and there is nothing
wrong
with going out and making people realize that. There is nothing
wrong with
taking it as a compliment when people fight over you. And for all
that
other crap about you wanting to be beaten. You would not be here

As for all that other crap about you wanting to be beaten, you would
not be here

training
to become a better fighter if you wanted the prince to beat you,
would
you?"

Akane relaxed. That made sense... she hoped. At least she was not
going to
question it to closely as long as it meant that Sister Holle's
accusations
were completely unfounded.

"Except perhaps," Mistress slowly continued, "if you did not want
to have
just anyone beat you. Perhaps that boy who would not acknowledge
your
beauty, who has shown that he would be capable of taking you if he
wanted,
who has won you in uncounted challenges where you were the price,
but
never claimed what was rightfully his, perhaps you would not mind
so much
loosing to him?"

losing

Akane blushed deeply. She wanted to deny this ridiculous theory.

"But that wouldn't make you a bad person either, would it? If that
was
what you really wanted and what he wanted -- and let's be frank
here, how
could he not want you -- then there would be nothing really wrong
with
this, would there?. Don't let others tell you what is right for
you, it
is none of their business. Understood, little one?"

Akane took a slap on her bare behind as her cue to dutifully
answer: "Yes,
Mistress."

What had she expected from someone like Mistress Severa? She was a
pervert
after all and had the same sort of perverted ideas about her
relationship
with Ranma as Sister Holle.

Only she did not condemn her for them, but instead cheered her on.
And
again she could not put the record straight, just this time it
wasn't
because of a gag blocking her mouth, but because she had no idea
how to
put into words how she really felt about Ranma.

The worst part was that the two of them had now put those perverted
images
and ideas into Akane's head which had most certainly not been
there
before.

That night Akane dreamed about Ranma fighting Prince Wildpferd for
her.
She would watch from the sidelines chained naked between two posts
as
Ranma's clothes got shredded during the fight. And then when he
had
finally won and beaten the prince, Severa would hand over the key
for
Akane's chains to Ranma. He would go to her but instead of freeing
her he

her,

would pocket the key and smile.

And Akane would also smile.

                             * **  ***  ** *

While Akane was dreaming of Ranma claiming his prize, Kodachi was
staying
up late in her room, brooding.

They had not called her. The others must surely have started to
organize
a rescue for the Tendo girl by now. But nobody had thought to
invite her.

She had intercepted Sasuke delivering some intelligence to her
brother
and had now a hint where to look for Akane.

<wince>  Please, not Sasuke.  Can't it just the family lawyer or 
something?  

She could just go there tomorrow and join the gang if she spied
the
others. If they asked her why she would want to help a rival for
her
Ranma's affection she could always make up some excuse.

But what if they did not want her to tag along? What if it had not
just
been an oversight not to invite her but a deliberate snubbing?
Could she
risk the public rejection and humiliation?

Kodachi's normal reaction would be not to ask in the first place.
Just announce she intends to find her Ranma-sama and nobody is going
to stop her.  

Was it not perhaps best to give up on those silly dreams and become
a
normal respectable girl with a normal and traditional future. 

Her sanity was not yet as far gone as her brother's and she could
still
turn around, become a sociable schoolgirl with normal friends, get
good
grades and not question or poison her teachers, 

I think actually, Kodachi does get good grades.  

go to a

prestigious
university befitting her wealth and intellect, end up a traditional
and
respectable housewife like million others.

Was that what she wanted, a live more ordinary?

life more ordinary

What did she want?

She wanted her knight in shining armor.

She wanted a handsome prince and a majestic man-eating dragon.

She wanted to be a femme fatal and a damsel in distress.

femme fatale

She wanted to take that kitchen drudge to the ball and put that
castle to
sleep under a thicket of roses. 

She wanted to save her kingdom and risk her life by trusting on
her
abilities in the bedroom and the powers of a thousand cliffhangers.

power



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