<div class="floatright">(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2096/elisha0154.jpg)</div><strong>Alicia (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=141400.msg6411489#msg6411489)<br/>With Kurt Brighton<br/>At the Ceremony</strong><br/><br/>Alicia's eyes had caught on a display in the lingerie store, a set of remote-controlled vibrating panties called the Special Kiss 2035.  She seemed to recognize them, and her body quivered in something that seemed to show both absolute longing and absolute hatred.  Try as she might, she couldn't seem to stop staring until her master addressed her and took her hands.<br/><br/>She smiled to him, only slightly exaggerated for the public show of others, but genuine enough that she was much happier to be in his care than that of the others.  "My master is so perfect to me," she said in a rote speech, bowing her head and slightly spreading her legs for what would be a curtsy if her hands weren't held.  "When Master is kind, it's because I've been good and deserve to be rewarded.  When Master is unkind..."<br/><br/>There was a brief pause for anyone listening.  This master had never actually been unkind to her. and she sounded uncertain, as if perhaps she shouldn't repeat that part of the memorization.  In the end, she decided it best to do so anyway.  "When Master is unkind, it's only because I'm a wretched slave and deserve every punishment he inflicts upon me."  The next part came much more honestly, "I'm so lucky and undeserving to have such an exceptional master."