"Well said, my dear! And that is absolutely the whole point of these demonstrations. Yes they titillate and excite, they are designed to be erotic and catch the imagination, but ultimately they are there to demonstrate what<i>can </i>be done, and by implication, what<i>cannot. </i>Notice that there is no rope around Marcus' neck? And that the bulk of the ropes taking his weight are around his chest and hips? Dangling someone from their wrists is a quick way to dislocate their shoulders!" She giggled at that and blushed, sending a glance at the bartender that went unnoticed.<br/><br/>That gave Sam chance to get get next question in and Mikie nodded. She turned her hand over so that she was now holding Sam's hand in hers. "It's not for everyone. Some people have panic attacks if they so much as look at a pair of handcuffs, some folks are completely incapable of even thinking about raising a hand to hit a loved one, even if that loved one is begging them to." She paused again, thinking back to her earliest experiences. "A lot of people start out with self-bondage. That has it's own perils of course: You have to leave yourself a way out. And there is a school of thought that the best dominants start out as submissives."<br/><br/>Louise snorted at that., but Bobbie nodded. "I did,  and so did Mikie, briefly. It gives you a perspective on what it's like to be a sub. To have that wonderful feeling of helplessness when you deliberately give control to your dominant..."<br/><br/>Mikie rolled her eyes "Once a switch always a switch! But the point is that if you know what it feels like as a submissive you know how best to be a domme. Doesn't always work like that of course. But ..." A pause to gather her thoughts. "The thing to do, really, is try it. I mean, how do you know if you like ice cream if you've never tried it? I swear that people who hate Brussles sprouts are cooking them wrong! I tried to have sex with a guy once and was nearly sick..." She chuckled and added, "Fortunately he was very understanding about it, weren't you, pet?"<br/><br/>Rickie promptly launched into the well worn tale of how he'd agreed to be Michelle's male experiment when they were younger and how he hadn't even got his pants all the way off when she grabbed her clothes and ran from the room in tears.<br/><br/>Mikie didn't even blush. She just replied, "Laugh it up, stripy ass. That was your one moment of dominance ever!" Then turned back to Sam. "So, what do you think, do you want to have a go? There are private rooms at the back here, that we can use for a small fee, which I'll pay. It's a safe place, there are cameras in the corridor recording who comes and goes and when, the doors can't be locked from the inside and they only open from the outside with the room key or the master key. And there's different levels of equipment and toys, so we'd use one of the pale pastel rooms."<br/><br/>The room erupted in applause at that moment and Mikie jumped. She'd almost forgotten the stage show. She turned to the stage too and clapped as the clubs owners, still clad in latex, removed their hoods and came towards the group. "Long time no see, Mikie. How've you been?" Marcus scooped Mikie into a crushing hug, then offered a bear-sized paw to Sam "Hi, welcome to the club. I hope you enjoyed the show and that these four reprobates have been keeping you entertained?" He hugged the other three in turn. "Andy not with you tonight?"<br/><br/>Bobby shrugged. "They're on a business trip, won't be back 'till tomorrow. I kinda miss them which is why we all decided to drag sulky sue here out from under her black cloud. And it seems that we did exactly the right thing."<br/><br/>Mikie poked her tongue out at Bobby ten turned to Marie. "Do you happen to know which of the pale rooms is free? We've been discussing the theory, but you never know unless you try, right?"<br/><br/>Marie shrugged and waved at the employee in charge of the room keys, he trotted over and she repeated the question. "Um, Predator Pete is in apple-green with a cute red-head, Donny Gee has his new guy in peach. So sky blue, lemon and lilac are all free."<br/><br/>Mikie reached for her purse, "Sky blue then... Um... If you're up for it, Sammy?"<br/><br/>"On the house!" Marcus didn't exactly bellow it, in fact he was all but whispering, but his voice had a deep booming quality that matched his bear-like physique dark brown hair and bushy beard. "First time is always on the house!"<br/><br/>Mike, Bobbie and Louise all said in unison: "Since when?"