(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b3/Conan-the-barbarian-2011-movie.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Konin</span></span><br/><br/><em>"I am capable of removing my garments myself."</em><br/><br/>Konin's eyes narrowed, then he took his hand away.<strong>"Fine, do it yourselves.  You will find it easier for you to collar each other and bind each others' ankles and wrists, rather than do it to your own body."</strong><br/><br/>This time, he watched the two girls now dressed as slaves add the finishing touches.  By the time it was done, both slaves had metal bands locked around their necks, arms and legs.<br/><br/>Konin himself put the chains between their ankles, which would prevent a slave from running away too quickly.  Next, he added chains to their wrists so that they were bound behind their back.  Another chain was added to their collars, connecting the two women together.<br/><br/>The last accessory was a matching headband for each of them, mostly to cover the pointed elven ears of Tori.  Konin thought that the charade would be most complete if Lina wore a similar headband, marking them both as slaves of him.<br/><br/>He took the chain and led them out to the market square.  Despite wearing rags, the pair of women garnered much attention from passersby.  But Konin's relatively gentle treatment of the women was a bit out of the ordinary.<br/><br/>At one point, he tugged the chain, stretching the links taut in dramatic fashion but doing little to actually harm either of the women.<strong>"Stop dragging your feet, slaves.  Keep up with me or I'll sell you off right here."</strong>He gave each of the women's bottoms a wack with a riding crop.  It sounded worse than it felt, but if the trio wanted to get away completely, they would have to keep up the charade.<br/><br/><strong>"How much?"</strong>It was a voice of a slave trader.<br/><br/><strong>"What say you?"</strong>Konin asked.<br/><br/>The trader approached Konin.<strong>"You said you will sell them right here.  How much for the slaves?  The lot of them?"</strong><br/><br/>Konin raised an eyebrow.<strong>"You wish to purchase these two?"</strong>It would have been unusual for Konin to walk away from the interaction, so he decided to go with it.<strong>"Make an offer."</strong>said Konin, nudging the pair of women toward the trader.<br/><br/><strong>"May I... peruse the merchandise?"</strong>asked the trader.  He licked his lips as his hands started reaching toward the breasts of the women.<br/><br/><strong>"Of course you may.  In fact, you can examine them all you like..."</strong><br/><br/>The trader smiled, but then frowned when Konin suddenly pulled them away.<br/><br/><strong>"... <em>after</em> you purchase them.  Otherwise, you may only use your eyes.  Still interested?"</strong><br/><br/>The trader took a deep breath, and nodded.<strong>"Very well.  At least turn them around for me."</strong><br/><br/>Konin turned to the women, nodding toward them while twirling the index finger of his free hand, the hand not holding the chains to their collars, in the air, silent commands to spin in place for the trader.<br/><br/><strong>"That is all you will show me?"</strong><br/><br/>Konin smirked, then took one of the slaves and stood behind her.  He reached around her bound arms to her breasts, then pulled the top open, revealing her breasts.  Then he lifted and pulled aside her loincloth, showing the trader her bare sex.<br/><br/>Konin covered her up, then did the same to the other slave, baring her most intimate places to the trader, who took a deep breath, both at the wonder of two fine specimens of females and in contemplation of what to offer.<br/><br/><strong>"400 gold for both of them."</strong><br/><br/>Konin laughed, and started walking away, slaves in tow.<br/><br/><strong>"500 gold!"</strong><br/><br/>Konin paused.<strong>"<em>Each</em> of these slaves is worth <em>more</em> than that."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"You drive a hard bargain.  Fine, 500 gold for one of them!"</strong><br/><br/>Konin's eyes narrowed.<strong>"Which one?"</strong>The trader eyed both of them up and down, trying to decide.  Konin interrupted his thoughts.<strong>"Actually, they... are a set.  One thousand gold for <em>both</em> of them."</strong><br/><br/>The trader's brow went up.<strong>"Eight hundred for both."</strong><br/><br/>Konin was firm.<strong>"One thousand."</strong><br/><br/>The trader actually went into his coin purse.<strong>"Nine hundred!"</strong><br/><br/>Konin was getting annoyed.  He raised the price!<strong>"One thousand, two hundred."</strong><br/><br/>The trader was at his wit's end.<strong>"Nine hundred and ten gold.  That's... all I have."</strong><br/><br/>Konin looked at the women, then at the pile of gold the man was offering.<br/><br/><br/><br/>