<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/4VWfLsv.jpg)</div><br/>Ruby seemed much at ease,<strong>"Thank you mistress, but please, do not use that name.  The eyes and ears of the harem are much keener than you might suspect.  I might be able to escape punishment if I were to say that you, a free woman, used the name from my prior life.  For it is not the place of a slave, a pleasure slave, to question the whims of a visitor to these harems."  </strong><br/><br/>She bit down on her lip, and looked into Tialyn's eyes and then dropped her voice into a barely audible whisper,<strong>"look behind me, notice the tattooed girl?  That is Ink.  She was the master's favorite until I arrived.  She is always on the look out for any slip up in decorum that I show.  I have received several... punishments... because of her whispering mouth.  I need not even turn around to know she is watching even now, listening.  There is no doubt she has already heard you say the name other than Ruby."</strong><br/><br/>Ruby grimaced,<strong>"But as I said, it is not the place of a pleasure slave to question a free woman.  I think I can escape punishment but I'll need your help."</strong><br/><br/>Tialyn nodded, of course she wouldn't want to see Liandra... Ruby... punished for her use of her real name.<em><strong>"What can I do then?"</strong></em>the paladin asked.<br/><br/>Ruby stroked hands nervously along her thighs, almost as if afraid to speak it.<strong>"There is one reason that a free woman would make use of the master's harem.  More so, one which would be an acceptable reason to speak as long as we have to one specific slave girl.  You must use me, somehow.  Maybe you wish to punish me, blame me for us being taken captive months ago?"</strong>She shook her head suddenly, negating that idea,<strong> "No no no, forget I said that one.  It again brings up the past too much.  But if you could make it seem to any spying eyes and ears as if you wished to use me, use my body, because you desired the woman that Liandra had been in the past.  Now you have the chance.  Certainly even if I am called out to be punished, i could claim that I was only fulfilling the desires of a free woman and guest of the master?  You'd have to be... dominant, maybe even rough.  But certainly anything you could do would pale in great comparison to the punishments for breaking the master's rules again."</strong><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">I left this very open ended for you.  Tialyn could of course deny Ruby's request, or you can take things as far as you like.  She won't be able to leave the harem, but she is a free woman in name at least, and as a guest of the harem has the right to command any of the several women around however she likes.  Ruby will trust and do whatever she says, others might be hesitant however, and won't accept any punishments that they feel are unwarranted or excessive.  Like, you couldn't just call over Ink and beat her.  But she would obey commands that might be typically given of a pleasure slave.  Feel free to kind of gloss things over and move forwards quickly if you like.  The only thing of note is that towards the end of whatever she does (assuming she does choose to 'make use' of ruby) the muscular fighting slave Anara will enter the harem and stand by watching until Tialyn is done, before inviting the woman to come to the courtyard to begin training.</div></div>