<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/03/Innocenza1mug.jpg)</div>Whether she intended it or not, Harriet had just volunteered.<br/><br/>Ms. Castellesi's fingers cupped the badge from the student's modest chest to read her name. "Harriet." She didn't let go, and instead tugged the tag like a leash to lead her out from her seat and into the open. When they stood together, teacher and student, Innocenza was so tall that Harriet only came up to her shoulder. Squeezing Harriet close to show her in front of the class meant literally rubbing her assets in the underdeveloped student's face. "We're going to do a little exercise to help you get into the character of O."<br/><br/>There was a black mask in her hand, a domino mask bordered with lace, but with no eye holes at all. Without warning she drew the blindfold mask across her student's eyes, and fastened it behind her soft raven hair. It was a real blindfold, which hugged the contour of the student's face and left no room to peek through. "O is like Alice in Wonderland. She stumbles into an undreamed of world of bondage, domination, and submission, and offers herself as an object for the pleasure of others."<br/><br/>"She does not know who she is pleasuring. Her partners are anonymous." She hadn't forgiven Ember for coming in late just yet. Long fingers grasped at the bunched pleats of the petite student's uniform skirt, and clutched at something nicely fat, not quite hard. She tugged slow but insistent to bring Ember in close, and placed Harriet's small hands around the flesh that strained to escape Ember's thong. "And you," she purred into Ember's ear, "our mystery volunteer, will fill the role of one of those partners. Try not to speak, lest our O realize who you are. Get into the moment. I want you both to identify with your characters."<br/><br/>Ms. Castellesi was smiling brightly as she stood with her two volunteers, but now her interest was under the classroom tables, at what was happening in the seated students' laps. The drama teacher was<em>always </em>on the prowl for eager talent. "Now, I want you to watch the reactions of our two performers, and think about what their characters might be feeling. What could they be doing differently?"