Meilekh

Somehow Aodh didn’t think his punishment was going to be one of their fucking sessions, which was too bad. Aodh learned to like them passionately. One thing the Barbarian was good at, besides cutting him, was pleasing him incredibly in bed! He resisted the temptation to take another punch at him. “If I was lying, Oh Great and Most Worthy Master,” Aodh said, and thought You fucking idiot, “would the vase not still be on the table? But it is not. Therefore, where is it? That is my question to you, Master. That is my proof that I am not lying.” You fucking idiot! Aodh wanted to fight the fucker and see where his life stood then. He was sure he could get at the very least some good shots in and hurt him badly, before the master called for his guards. Or would he be able to put up a good fight himself? That was basically the question Aodh was dying to learn the answer to. It would be a grand death, if he died. It would be a grander death, if he was executed for killing the sadistic bastard! He thought he would die a martyr to all of the Barbarian’s slaves. @[Atrice]

Aodh looked at the Barbarian. He understood that as far as he was concerned, the other man owned him and felt he could do whatever he wanted to him. Aodh didn't understand why the broken pieces of the blue vase wasn't in the garbage, unless someone emptied it. He didn't understand why the Barbarian didn't believe him when the vase was no longer where it once was and was nowhere to be seen. But he needed another idea in case trying to reason with his most sadistic master didn't work. He seemed very intent and happy doling out pain, but could he take it? He seemed to have taken Aodh's punch well enough. "If I'm falsus," Aodh smiled at the Barbarian. He didn't care if he used the word correctly or not. "Why isn't the vase about? It certainly isn't on the table where it once was. Where is it?" @[Atrice]

Aodh fumed as he looked at the Barbarian. How could he get away with doing this to his slaves and not have any bodyguards to make sure the slaves he was abusing didn't fight back? He didn't understand it. He wasn't going to allow it to go on and he couldn't believe the Barbarian said he would let him live if he allowed him to finish what he was writing. "What do you plan on writing on me?" He asked, obviously very angry. He wanted to say more, that the Barbarian was out of his mind for thinking he could get away with this without some kind of reaction. And as he looked at his master, he noticed no understanding of that whatsoever. He was serious. Either Aodh - Germanus the slave - was going to allow his master to actually write something on him, or he would die. He decided to try to keep the man talking and make him think he was deciding on whether to allow him to carve more letters into his flesh. Meanwhile, he would try to figure out what he was going to do to the wretch and how he was going to get out of there alive. @[Atrice]

Aodh was planning on kneeing the Barbarian in his groin when he came close to him. He didn't expect the bastard to go behind him. He thought about trying to kick him in the groin behind him, but then he couldn't be sure he would get him. He also might kick himself in the groin instead, Aodh thought. At first, the barbarian's finger moving on the back of his neck was cold. But Aodh liked it and felt himself become hard. He tried to figure out what he was doing with his finger but couldn't. Then he felt the stabbing of the blade in the lower part of his neck. The barbarian unknowingly helped Aodh by being behind him, so he didn't see the slight grimace upon his face at first. It was gone in an instant. Was the bastard writing on him? What the hell was he writing? As soon as he stopped, Aodh turned around and punched the bastard in his face. This was too much. He didn't care if he died, the bastard was going too far! "What the hell are you doing to me?" Aodh shouted at the man. @[Atrice]

Having not found a blade of any kind, Aodh turned around as he heard his master speak. Lies? Aodh only wanted to help his fellow slaves by admitting blame of breaking the vase himself. He never imagined the foolish barbarian wouldn't be able to find it. How was that possible? He would've looked for it but he was ordered into the chamber. He had no choice really but go. As he removed his tunic, he imagined what he would do once the Barbarian came close enough to him. He wondered how much the Barbarian liked pain himself. He enjoyed giving others pain, but Aodh wondered if he could take it half as well as he was able to take it. Probably not, he thought. Most of them couldn't. Come on, Aodh thought as he stared at the Barbarian. Come closer to me. Come to me and cut me. Then we'll have some real fun! @[Atrice]

Aodh fought his temptation to fight with the Barbarian for digging his fingers into his arm. He wanted to beat him to death with his own fucking arm. If he was able to find a knife, he would hide it and show his master how to cut somebody for real, he thought. As his master let him go, he went into the chamber. As he was looking for a blade of some sort, his master walked in. Aodh tried to make it a game of withstanding pain and that was what kept him from fighting with the Barbarian. But he was losing his patience with him. He wondered how long it would take for him to strike back at him. And then of course, what would happen to him after that. Masters could kill their slaves and Aodh had heard that the Barbarian wasn't one to keep slaves for too long. He would have to see what happened then. Why didn't the slaves rise up against the sadistic bastard? Why didn't they complain to somebody about him? Was there anyone they could complain to? Perhaps Aodh hit on another point that would keep him alive for a little longer. He wanted to see what the Barbarian had in mind for him now. Besides, he was amazing in bed! That does matter to a slave, believe it or not. @[Atrice] [OOC Note: So sorry this is a week late. I'll try to be better in the future.]

Aodh really wanted to fight with his master. How dare he take his arm and pull him to a room? He really had to fight his temptation to fight him. However, he might be able to trip him up a little. Call it an accident. The Barbarian was already angry. He was also a foolish man, Aodh considered. As they entered the sitting area, Aodh desperately fought the temptation to trip the Barbarian. If only they could fight each other, without the master killing the slave. Aodh was sure he would give him a very good fight. Perhaps even kill him. Something that had entered his dreams some nights, as a matter of fact. "It was last night," Aodh explained. "I was tired and I don't remember. I'm sure I cleaned up the mess. It would be in the trash, Master." Inside, he was thinking, if I was lying what? More torture? You haven't hurt me really yet. I'm sure you're incapable of hurting me. So try your worse. Pig! None of this was out loud of course, he wasn't that stupid.

Mojito and don't be stingy on the rum! Fight a gladiator or get eaten by a tiger?

Aodh looked at Marcus, searching for any hint of the anger he must have in him. Was it going to be a very painful punishment he wanted to give him, or was it not? Aodh wondered. He thought he heard annoyance in his master’s voice. That was good. “It was in the living room, I believe.” Aodh said. He wanted to annoy his master and he hoped the “I believe” at the end would do the trick. Aodh was having extremely dangerous fun annoying his master, the Barbarian. But then he was so easy to annoy. “Yes Master, I know.” Aodh said, definitely with a smirk on his face and a strange tone he hoped the Barbarian would catch. He wondered where on his body the Barbarian would cut him. Would it be in his chest or arms or somewhere else? It would also tell him just how annoyed he was. He couldn’t really cut him too deeply if he cut Aodh in his chest, but he could cut him very deeply if he cut his arms. @Atrice

I would think Aodh, aka Germanus, and Aculia would know one another being Barbatius' slaves. Aodh probably tries to protect Aculia from Barbatius the most because of her demeanor. It would be interesting to see if they like each other or not. Would Aculia think Aodh is a conceited bastard or like the way he protects the other slaves from the Barbarian, his nickname for Barbatius? Perhaps Aculia takes advantage of Aodh and manipulates him? just suggestions and plot ideas.

Hi @Chevi. I hope Aodh, more commonly known as Germanus, gets to know Azarion. They seem to be kindred spirits. They both want to keep their own culture and not abide by their forced enslavement. Perhaps they could meet after Azarion or his master went to Barbatius for a haircut and Aodh is tasked with getting the money owed to Barbatius for services rendered? Or perhaps they could meet at the public baths? Perhaps Aodh could help Azarion if he saw he had trouble with fellow slaves or other people on the street? I should think everybody loves horses. They are the most beautiful animal on the face of the planet!!

Aodh was not surprised at all that the Barbarian was muscular. He was still young, and, as far as Aodh was concerned, very handsome. He actually liked going to bed with him the few times they did. He enjoyed caressing the Barbarian’s muscular abs. The Barbarian was as good in bed as he was with a knife. Aodh actually began to like his master, much to his trepidation. He still despised his sadistic whims, however. As soon as the Barbarian entered the room, Aodh realized he was annoyed with him. As his master had told him, masters were supposed to summon their slaves, the slave was not supposed to summon their master. But he merely asked to see him. He didn’t see what was wrong with that. “My apologies, Master.” Aodh said, showing him total respect. “I wished to see you because had you found out another way, you might have punished the other slaves and it’s not their fault. It is mine. I have trouble walking as you must have noticed when you bought me. I ended up stumbling into a table and broke your light blue vase. I wish your forgiveness, Master.” And know you have no concept of the meaning of the word, thought Aodh to himself. Aodh had no idea how much the vase was worth, he hoped it wasn’t too expensive that his life was now forfeit. But he knew that the Barbarian wouldn’t be happy by its destruction. And whenever the Barbarian was unhappy, someone usually got hurt. And that was why he decided to sacrifice himself to the pain the Barbarian would decide to inflict upon him for such a transgression. He was strangely getting used to the pain inflicted by a knife. @Atrice

Aodh had been a slave to his new master for just a month. He never accepted being a slave and certainly never accepted his name Germanus, which was given to him by a rather ignorant and uncaring slave trader. He was and would always be Aodh Fylani of the Arnati tribe in Germania. His first master punished Aodh for his own wife’s transgression by killing Aodh’s mother. His second master flogged him the first time he attempted to escape him and broke his right leg the second time. The worst punishment for Aodh was his mother’s murder. Flogging hurt, but in a weird way you learned the flogger’s rhythm. It hurt but he bore the pain. It hurt more than the broken leg. He walked now with a limp, but it wasn’t due to any pain he felt. It was due to the leg having been set incorrectly, making it a little shorter than the left leg. Now, his current and third master, the Barbarian – as Aodh thought of him – was a bona fide sadist who liked to cut his victims, er his slaves, whenever they angered him. At first, the sting from the Barbarian’s blade being inserted into his flesh bothered Aodh. But he was able to bear the pain. So much so in fact that when anything went wrong in the household, Aodh took the blame for it. He felt he had to protect the other slaves from their master's sadistic whims. And he was about to do it again. Someone – Aodh knew not who – had broken a vase. Aodh requested to see the master to confess to doing it. He had tried to come up with some stupid story, thinking the dumber it was the worse the punishment the Barbarian would give him. Aodh had scars on his chest from the cuts he received from the Barbarian when he first arrived. You can’t cut deeply into a person’s chest due to the bone underneath. The wounds on Aodh’s arms were deeper and one or two had yet to fully heal. There seemed to be an ongoing rivalry between the Barbarian and Aodh. The former would try to hurt the latter and the latter would try to bear the pain as much as possible and not show that it bothered him. And by doing so, not allow the Barbarian to quite enjoy his sadistic hobby as much as he might like. @Atrice

I usually see the film first and then I'm disappointed if/when I read the book. Chocolate or vanilla?

@Atrice Germanus has been accepted. Therefore, let's have some sick fun with Germanus and Marcus. I'm sure Germanus got used to being flogged so Marcus really surprised him by cutting him. But he was able to deal with the pain. He was fine until he saw his blood and then he fainted. He refuses to accept being a slave.