2019-10-27 - spike - The New Shop 137

Author: spike
Title: The New Shop 137
Date: 27 October 2019

Chapter 137
The tour went as expected. Polson was the only one who hadn’t seen everything but they all now saw it from a human’s eye view rather than a dog’s.

At the sight of the gym, Polson tapped me on the shoulder.

“Yes, Blank?”

“This… This is better than any gym I’ve ever been in.”

“I know. And you’ll be spending a hell of a lot of time in it. I promised your captain you’re all being returned fitter and healthier than you were when you left. You’ll be fitter than you’ve ever been. Oh, check the rear cupboards again. Lots of equipment in there.”

It nodded enthusiastically. “I never get the time. I can’t believe I’m going to say this but”

“You might like it here after all?”

It chuckled and nodded.

“There’s something else too, if you think about it.”

“What, sir?”

“All of you will be able to speak fluently in our sign language by the end of this. As fast as I can. As any of the slaves here can. Picture it. Crowded room, clear line of sight with your partner. You could talk to each other inconspicuously, organise, bust those scum with no need for a radio.”

All five of them nodded at that.

I left them to explore for a few minutes before calling them over again. “Come on, I’ll show you the place Mr Polson’s been dreading.”

Down in the dungeon, this time, they could all get a proper feel for the place. Examine everything. Something they’d been unable to do as dogs. One of them made a beeline to the torture equipment. Didn’t take a genius to work out which one that was.

It returned to me while the rest were studying the place.

“Yes, Blank.”

“Sir. What happens after this demonstration?”

“You’ll be dismissed to your cages to get some sleep. You were on your feet frozen for two days.”

It glanced around. “When they’ve been locked away, could we come back here, sir?”

“What did you have in mind?”

“Now that I’ve experienced some real pain and found I like it… I’d like you whip me, sir. Paddle me. Cane me. String me up, make me utterly helpless and just let loose, sir. I want to see how much I can take.” It looked around and pointed at the wheel. “You said that can turn you upside down?”

“It even has a motor so it can spin you indefinitely.”

It shook its head. “I never liked being dizzy. Makes me throw up. How about that?” It pointed at the St Andrews cross.

I nodded. “I could strap you to that but I’ve got other business to deal with after your colleagues have been caged. You might be there for a few hours before you feel the lash of the whip.”

It nodded. “Might as well see if I’ve also got something for bondage, sir. I did enjoy being a statue, once I got over the shock of it.”

“Maybe you’d also like being on display in the store you were originally meant to meet at?”

“Display, sir?”

“As a shop dummy.”

“I… Think I would. Sounds interesting, sir.”

“I’ll ask my master. I imagine that’s one of the things he has in mind for you after the races anyway. It’s not as easy as walking through a door from here though, transporting a slave there. They are equipped and there are a few of us there right now, so, it might be doable.”

It nodded.

“Artemis.” Alpha’s voice came to me. “Blank is heading down for its suit removal now. I’m with it, coffee in hand. I know how much I needed it when I was released. Wet room one.”

“Gentlemen. If you’d care to follow me, it’s time for the suit removal.”

It took a minute for the elevator to arrive. I led them through to wet room one. Alpha and Blank were already there, standing in the middle of the room.

I pointed at the floor over the gutter that led to the drain. “Stand in a line over this. I imagine you all need a piss after this long.”

They nodded.

“Alpha, once we’re frozen, if you could feed them too...”

Alpha nodded. “I will. Fourteen. Lockdown.”

I froze immediately.

He walked down the line, mouth cap off, funnel on, poured down some food and water and, removing the funnel and popping the cap back on, moved on to the next.

He left my line of sight and returned with a few sealant guns.

“This, gentlemen, is the only substance that can free you. A solvent. The only solvent on the planet capable of undoing what’s been done. Observe.”

He applied it to Blank’s mouth and nose plugs. To the tubes sealed into those plugs and waited a couple of minutes before gently peeling the mouth cover off.

Finger in, he pulled out the first of the tubes and pumped in some solvent.

“The gag and the bulbs holding your throat tubes in place also contain the same adhesive.”

Another short wait and he applied one of the empty sealant guns and drew out the contents of the gag. The next three tubes became available then and he applied the solvent to those too.

Again he left my field of vision, this time, returning with a pallet knife. He walked around Blank, blade in hand and I could see it penetrate the rubber. Of course, the suit, frozen as it was, didn’t move to reveal the skin underneath.

“Cancel Lockdown, Fourteen.”

And I could move again.

“Arms up, Sarge, it’s time to be you again.”

Within seconds, he was out of the top half. He had the widest grin I’d ever seen on him.

His mouth moved, but only a croak came out. He gulped.

“Don’t worry, I know what it’s like. I made you a coffee.” Alpha rushed to the side and returned with a mug.

Sarge took it, took a gulp and then gargled. “Oh god, that was good. I hope Master allows me to take that on permanently eventually.”

One of the blanks pointed at his chest.

“Yes. I’m my master’s slave just as much as they are. If he ordered me into this suit permanently, I’d do it in an instant. Being a dog was fun too. Even the fright you gave me.”

They shrugged.

I chuckled. “Meet the Sarge, as we call him. As you can see from his tattoo though his real name’s Rob, but he is an ex-army sergeant and physical training instructor. He’s the one who’ll be training you to be the best dogs you can be and god, does he push you hard. Now he’s experienced being a dog himself, he might even push harder. He was the dog who ran away to get help when you arrested us.”

Sarge’s grin returned. “Don’t worry, Artemis. I’ll push harder now I’ve been one.”

Alpha held up his hand, in it, a key. “We’re not quite done yet, Sarge.”

He reached down, turned the key in the padlock and the chastity clattered to the floor. Then with the final sealant gun he separated the plug from the suit and yanked down the bottom half. Sarge’s cock sprang to attention immediately.

“Get ‘em off Sarge. And bend over.”

Sarge slipped the leggings off, bent over and grunted as Alpha removed the plug.

“And slap that thing down, it’s time you put that back on.” Alpha nodded at the floor.

Sarge picked up the chastity, put it on, reapplied the lock and snapped it shut. “First time I’ve been out of that in five years. Well, it was when I put the suit on anyway. Might be another ten before I see it again.”

I glanced at the assembled blanks and this time, three of them shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot.

“More of you turned on by it? Excellent. Right now though, you’ve all been on your feet for more than two days. I suggest you follow the orders you hear now or it’ll be more pain, but it won’t be pain from me. Understand?”

They nodded.

“Good. I’ll send you to your cages. Get some sleep. Tomorrow’s a free day as are most Sundays.”

As we were in cell block one anyway, I selected Yarrow first placing it in cell one, cage two. It looked up at the ceiling and jogged over to touch the panel and was gone. I waited a few seconds before selecting the other three. Cell block three, cell one, cages one, two and four. Let two take the middle ones. More chance to talk.

“Practice your signing. We’ll send more slaves to sleep in your cell so you can talk to them too.” I hit activate.

Those three left as well.

Sarge nodded at the last one. “What about that?”

“It’s requested a whipping. I’ll strap it to the cross. I’ve got other things to do first, so, it’ll have to dangle for a while.”

“Really? Which one is it?”

“One of the ones you ran away from. I suppose you’d better get into some kit. Hang on…” I selected Eric. “Is the store clear? Sarge is back and he’ll need to get dressed before he takes over.”

“We’re clear, Arty. Send him up.” he sighed. “I was enjoying this too.”

“Has Q given you any orders? Maybe he’ll let you stay on?”

“He has given me a job to do. Something about copying a laptop’s hard drive.”

I nodded. “The married couple. The one having its kidneys repaired writes. Half way through a novel apparently. Will you need anything?”

“A password would speed things along. If not I’d have to boot into a different OS to image the thing and that can take hours.”

“I’ll have a word with it as soon as Blank’s strapped up.”
* * *
I crouched before the cage. “Blank, I have a question.”

It stirred, rolled over and lay still.

“Blank. Wake up.”

It jerked, looked around in panic and slumped back onto its pillow.

“What?… Sir?”

I nodded. “Don’t worry, waking up like that’ll feel natural in no time. I need some information. My master’s sending someone to your apartment. He won’t take anything, but he does need the password to Blank’s laptop so he can copy across the files to a USB stick. Your husband can continue with its writing.”

It sighed. “Thank you, sir. I know my password but we keep separate accounts. I could give you mine…”

“Does yours have admin privileges?”

“I… I just used it, sir. For the web, videos, the odd game. I don’t know. It was mainly his, sir.”

“I’m not sure how much longer they need with it, but when it’s free, I’ll ask it to write down its password. I want you to think long and hard about yours. Not to your computer, but to your online passwords.”

“I can’t remember them, we got a password manager, sir.”

“And that’s on your computer?”

“Yes, sir.”

I nodded. “I’ll inform the man we send. It may be possible to clone the machine’s drive. It will not have internet access here though, but we will require those passwords. Sometimes it helps in engineering your disappearance. If you wish to do anything specific in that respect, depending on how plausible it is, my master will see to it. I died in storm at sea. I owned a yacht.”

“I still can’t believe this is happening to me.”

“I know, Blank. As I said, you’ll get used to it. For your cooperation, how would you like a reward?”

“More of that up my butt, sir?”

I nodded.

“Please. Yes, sir.”

“When it ends, get some sleep. We’ll give you two free days tomorrow. You’ll have almost unlimited access. We will be doing other things, so, if you get a mild shock up your ass for pressing an elevator button it means permission denied, try later. Don’t press the top button; that will always be denied unless it’s assigned to you.”

I selected one of the pleasure programs, set it for half an hour and left it squirming as I returned to the elevator.

“Sir, how much longer do the doctors need to work on it today?”

“I’ll have to check. I don’t think it should be much longer. You need its password?”

“Eric said he might be able to boot into another operating system and clone the drive, sir. After what blank just said it might be an idea, sir. They’re running a password manager and that’ll grant access to every account they have online, sir. It might still be quicker if Eric has the laptop’s admin password though.”

“Don’t worry, Artemis. I’ll inform you when it’s ready. It’s better for Eric to do it in the dead of night anyway.”

“Is it still Fourteen on duty in control, sir?”

“I’ll just… Ah, no. Fifteen now.”

“Thank you, sir. I still have the slaves Luke forwarded to us to deal with. I’ll ask it to release them and once they are, I’ll send them to the rec room.”
* * *
They sat before me and shifted uncomfortably. I think they were nervous.

“Welcome Blanks. I’ve summoned you to teach you how to sign. Normally, I’d interview you individually, but I’ve had a lot to do today.” I started to sign, slowly as usual. “F.i.r.s.t . o.f . a.l.l . a.r.e . y.o.u . f.u.l.l.y . a.w.a.r.e . o.f . j.u.s.t . w.h.a.t . y.o.u.v.e . g.o.t.t.e.n . y.o.u.s.e.l.f . i.n.t.o?”

All three started mimicking me at once. I held my hand up and pointed at the first one.

“I.m . a , s,l.a.v.e . s.i.r . . O.n . a . t.r.i.a.l . p.e.r..i.o.d . . I.f . M.a.s.t.e.r . Q . d.e.e.m.s . m.e . w.o.r.t.h.y . . p.e.r.m.a.n.e.n.t.l.y . s.o”

“A.n.d . i.f . y.o.u . d.o.n.t . l.i.k.e . i.t?”

“I.m . a . s.l.a.v.e . . I . h.a.v.e . n.o . c.h.o.i.c.e.s . a.n.y.m.o.r.e . s.i.r . . I . k.n.o.w. . i.t.s . u.p . t.o . M.a.s.t.e.r . Q . i.f . h.e . a.c.c.e.p.t.s . m.e”

I nodded and pointed at the next one.

“L.u.k.e . e.x.p.l.a.i.n.e.d . i.t . s.i.r . . I.m . i.n . a . t.e.m.p.o.r.a.r.y . s.u.i.t . i.n . c.a.s.e . M.a.s.t.e.r . Q . d.o.e.s.n.t . w.a.n.t . m.e . . I .h.o.p.e . h.e . d.o.e.s”

“A.n.d . i.f . y.o.u . d.o.n.t . w.a.n.t . t.h.i.s . a.f.t.e.r . y.o.u.r . t.r.i.a.l . p.e.r.i.o.d.s . o.v.e.r?”

“I.l.l . a.s.k . y.o.u . t.o . r.e.l.e.a.s.e”

I held my hand up and pointed at the third.

“I.t . d.o.e.s.n.t . m.a.t.t.e.r . w.h.a.t . I , w.a.n.t . s.i.r . . M.y . o.n.l.y . d.u.t.y . i.s . t.o . p.l.e.a.s.e . m.y . m.a.s.t.e.r . . I . d.o.n.t . k.n.o.w . w.h.a.t . i.d . d.o . i.f . h.e . s.a.i.d . n.o . s.i.r . . I.t.s . b.e.e.n . a . d.r.e.a.m . f.o.r . a . l.o.n.g . t.i.m.e . s.i.r. . . I . b.u.r.n.e.d . a.l.l . m.y . b.r.i.d.g.e.s . b.e.f.o.r.e . I . w.e.n.t . t.o . t.h.e . c.l.u.b . s.i.r”

“Same question. If you find you want out?”

“I.t.s . n.o.t . m.y . p.l.a.c.e . t.o . m.a.k.e . s.u.c.h . a . d.e.c.i.s.i.o.n . s.i.r . . I.l.l . f.o.r.c.e . m.y.s.e.l.f . t.o . l.i.k.e . i.t”

“G.o.o.d . . U.n.d.e.r.s.t.a.n.d . t.h.i.s . . “ This was going to be a long one, so I paused between each sentence to let it sink in. “M.y . m.a.s.t.e.r . u.s.e.s . t.h.e . t.e.m.p.o.r.a.r.y . s.u.i.t.s . a.s . a . p.r.e.t.e.n.c.e . . I . d.o.u.b.t . h.e.l.l . e.v.e.r . r.e.j.e.c.t . a . s.l.a.v.e . w.h.o . w.i.l.l.i.n.g.l.y . g.i.v.e.s . i.t.s.e.l.f . t.o . h.i.m . a.n.d . y.o.u . h.a.v.e . . W.h.e.n . w.e . d.e.c.i.d.e . y.o.u.r.e . g.o.o.d . e.n.o.u.g.h . y.o.u.r . s.u.i.t.s . w.i.l.l . b.e . r.e.p.l.a.c.e.d . w.i.t.h . p.e.r.m.a.n.e.n.t . o.n.e.s . w.i.t.h.o.u.t . y.o.u.r . k.n.o.w.l.e.d.g.e . . Y.o.u.r . t.u.b.i.n.g . w.i.l.l . b.e . l.o.c.k.e.d . i.n . p.l.a.c.e . p.e.r.m.a.n.e.n.t.l.y . t.o.o . a.n.d . y.o.u . w.i.l.l . b.e . o.n.e . o.f . u.s . f.o.r . l.i.f.e” I looked at the middle one. “I.t . d.o.e.s.n.t . m.a.t.t.e.r . i.f . y.o.u . l.i.k.e . i.t . o.r . n.o.t . . T.h.e . c.h.o.i.c.e . i.s . o.u.t . o.f . y.o.u.r . h.a.n.d.s . a.n.d . I.m . w.a.r.n.i.n.g . y.o.u . n.o.w . . Y.o.u . w.i.l.l . g.i.v.e . m.y . m.a.s.t.e.r . y.o.u.r . b.e.s.t . . T.h.a.t . p.l.u.g . u.p . y.o.u.r . a.s.s . i.s . a . v.e.r.y . g.o.o.d . p.u.n.i.s.h.m.e.n.t . d.e.v.i.c.e . i.f . y.o.u . u.n.d.e.r. p.e.r.f.o.r.m.”

The one in the middle froze. Finally, it signed. “S.o… S.o . t.h.i.s . i.s . i.t? . I.m . a . s.l.a.v.e? . F.o.r . t.h.e . r.e.s.t . o.f . m.y . l.i.f.e?”

Now they were getting the idea, I switched back to my armband “Yes, you’re a slave. You’re all slaves, just as you always hoped. Always dreamed. But you’re not sex slaves. Put those thoughts behind you, now. Your only purpose in life from this point on is to work. With everything in and on you, sex is impossible.”

“W.o.r.k? . W.h.a.t . a.b.o.u.t . p.l.a.y?”

“Oh, you’ll get plenty of opportunity to play, don’t worry about that, but there’s no way out. No escape.” I held up the fob. “This controls every aspect of your life. It and every exit to this place are protected with the most severe punishment my master could concoct.” I placed it on the table. “Take it. Each of you. It’s important that every slave experiences just what happens if you try to snatch it or get near an exit. Hold it for ten seconds.”

The usual result. Curling into a ball, sliding off the chair, twitching, sobbing.

Once each had taken their sample, and had recovered, I took their levels.

“And that’s what happens if you do well, here. We have pleasure programs just as varied as the ones to deliver pain. Pleasure that would reduce you to a blob of jelly if you weren’t frozen when they activated. That is how you receive payment now.. Master provides everything we need to live so you’ll never see money again. As you experienced the fob, for the next two days, you’re free to explore. Free to play in the dungeon, workout in the gym or relax here in our rec room. The only place forbidden to you is the top button of the elevator unless we put you to work in the store.”

One of them pointed up.

“Yep, and work in the store does include standing as a mannequin. If you love bondage, you’ll love that.”

It was the one on the right’s turn. “T.h.a.n.k . y.o.u . s.i.r . . Y.o.u.v.e . g.o.t . n.o . I.d.e.a . . I.t.s . a . h.u.g.e . w.e.i.g.h.t . o.f.f . m.y . m.i.n.d . . I.m . n.e.v.e.r . g.o.i.n.g . t.o . b.e . f.r.e.e . a.g.a.i.n” It sagged.

“Now, I’m not one to even pretend to know my master’s mind. I’ll say in all probability, you’re slaves for life. You are still in temporary suits, though. They can be removed.”

“S.o . y.o.u . w.o.n.t . e.v.e.n . t.e.l.l . u.s . w.h.e.n . i.t.s . b.e.e.n . m.a.d.e . p.e.r.m.a.n.e.nt? . H.o.w . d.o.e.s . t.h.a.t . w.o.r.k? . S.u.r.e.l.y . w.e.d . n.o.t.i.c.e . s.o.m.e.t.h.i.n.g?”

“No, you’ll just fall asleep when frozen during your washing cycle. When you wake up, it’ll be permanent. I imagine you slept a few times while frozen over the past two days, didn’t you?”

All three of them nodded.

“The only clue you’ll have that your suit is permanent is when you’re placed in a pod for shipping.”

“S.h.i.p.p.i.n.g?”

“Delivery to our master, of course. You can’t just hop on a plane in that suit. You’re sent as freight. You’re not considered human anymore and you never will be. Your personal pronoun is it and all of you now have the same name. Blank. Forget your old ones. Forget everything, your home, family, friends, loved ones. Only your skills prior to enslavement matter now and sometimes, not even them. You’re as faceless and identical as each other, so, you might as well all share the same name. Just objects.”

“But you”

“I was promoted. If you want a name, that’s your first advancement. Silver does place some responsibility on you though. Mastery over other blanks. Another promotion, to gold and you’re subhuman. That’s as high as you’ll get according to my master. I’m an exception. I’m back to full human status, but I can be blanked again. I like it.”

Two of them shook their heads.

“Blanks for life, then?”

They nodded.

“I almost envy you. I often wonder what it’d be like. I have spent a few months as one though. Oh, and… How deep were you in the fetish scene? How many slaves do you know? And how many of them are likely to visit the store?”

The first one shook its head. “I.m . f.r.o.m . N.e.w . J.e.r.s.e.y . s.i.r . . I . s.u.p.p.o.s.e . i.f . t.h.e.y . v.i.s.i.t . N.e.w . Y.o.r.k . t.h.e.y . m.i.g.h.t . p.a.y . t.h.e . s.t.o.r.e . a . v.i.s.i.t . b.u.t . Q.u.e.e.n.s… I.t.s . n.o.t . e.x.a.c.t.l.y . c.e.n.t.r.a.l . . T.h.e.y.d . b.e . m.o.r.e . l.i.k.e.l.y . t.o . v.i.s.i.t . o.t..h.e.r . o.n.e.s . . s.i.r.”

I pointed at the next.

“I . k.n.o.w . a . f.e.w . s.i.r”

“One way to get into my master’s good books, so to speak, is to indicate any slaves you know. They can be enticed into a suit and sealed in before they know what’s happening, if you’re willing to give them to him.”

It sat bolt upright. “K.i.d.n.a.p?”

“If you like. If they’ve always wanted to be slaves, consider it doing them a favor. Many chicken out of full time commitment and if you do perform that service for my Master, it can lead to a very quick promotion. Often silver the moment the offer is made and gold when a slave is captured. You would be the one assigned to its training. Gold also includes one of these.” I waved the armband.

The third puts its hand up.

“Yes?”

“I.l.l . d.o . i.t . s.i.r . . B.u.t . I . d.o.n.t . w.a.n.t . p.r.o.m.o.t.i.o.n . . I . d.o . k.n.o.w . a . f.e.w . w.h.o . a.l.w.a.y.s . c.o.m.p.l.a.i.n . a.b.o.u.t . i.t . t.h.o.u.g.h . . N.o.t . f.i.n.d.i.n.g . a . g.o.o.d . m.a.s.t.e.r . . N.e.v.e.r . g.e.t.t.i.n.g . m.o.r.e . t.h.a.n . a . w.e.e.k . . I.t.l.l . b.e . t.h.e . s.h.o.c.k . o.f . t.h.e.i.r . l.i.v.e.s . . s.i.r . i.f . t.h.e.y . f.i.n.d. t.h.e.m.s.e.l.v.e.s . l.i.k.e . u.s”

“Any you point out will be permanent from the start, Blanks. No temporary suits for them, they’ll know too much to be allowed freedom again.”

The second one nodded too. “I . w.a.n.t . t.o . b.e . n.a.m.e.d . s.i.r . . I.l.l . d.o . i.t . t.o.o”

“Excellent. Now, follow the orders you hear. I’ll send you down to your cages to get some sleep. When the day is over, experienced slaves will join you to help with your signing. You’ll be quick in no time. One blank won’t respond though. It was one we took from the club. It requested time unable to speak once it realised its situation. Its goggles are blackened.”

“Y.o.u . m.e.a.n . l.i.k.e . w.h.e.n . w.e . t.o.o.k . t.h.e . f.o.b? . I . c.o.u.l.d.n.t . s.e.e . a . t.h.i.n.g!”

“That’s the idea. You can talk, it can’t see you. It’ll pick it up if it does.”

It nodded.

I selected them and sent them on their way.