The Slave Auction Meme (Continuation from Bakerstreet and Other Starters)

[chaneystarr]

SLAVES

1. The Newbie - This is your very first auction and you don't quite know what to expect. Hopefully you remember your training and don't disgrace yourself in front of your new master. Hopefully someone thinks you're worth buying at all.

2. The Oldtimer - You've been bought and sold and bought again so many times. You've seen it all before and don't think this time is going to be much different. In fact, the only real anxiety you've got is whether or not someone's going to pay for a more than slightly used slave.

3. The Pet - You're a pleasure slave. A bed warmer. A decorative piece of artwork. You're meant to look pretty and be pleasing and not much else.

4. The Guard - Your master hired you because of your ability to swing a sword or shoot a gun, not your looks.

5. The Escape Artist - Somehow you always manage to squirm out of your master's chains. Too bad you seem to get caught after a while. Maybe your next daring escape will be permanent. Then again, maybe your next master has special ways of keeping you locked up.

6. The Undercover - You aren't a slave at all, you're just pretending to be one. Why? Well that's up to you. Either way, your cover is blown if you don't act the part.

7. The Specialist - You have a skill that no one else has. Something rare and valuable. Something your master needs more than anything else.

MASTERS

1. The Customer - You've owned slaves before and this trip to the market is nothing new to you. Still, you're hoping to find something worth your while.

2. The Gift - Someone bought a pet for you, isn't that nice of them? Or maybe it isn't so nice. Did you even want a slave in the first place? Well you're stuck with one now.

3. The Giver - You're selecting a slave for someone else, and they need to be perfect. Perhaps you'd better test them out first to make sure you're getting your money's worth.

4. The Trainer - You specialize in taming unruly slaves and making them over into perfect, obedient, well-trained pets.

5. The Rebel - You hate the idea of slavery, but the system isn't going to go away any time soon, so the next best thing is to buy up any slave you can get your hands on and free them, right?

6. The Companion - You want someone to be with you always, someone you can talk to and depend on, someone who will never leave your side. It's a good thing that money can buy that these days.

7. The Undercover - You're not actually a Master. You're at the auction for an entirely different reason. Maybe it's special policework, maybe you're trying to hunt down a certain someone. Either way, your cover is blown unless you act the part.

( Meme ganked from Bakerstreet and copied here for more explicit content. Enter/Read at your own discretion. )

Comments

[battlebesties]

And who knows what someone nefarious would have made you do?

[ Which is certainly not him at all, nope. ]

They could have even used you against your beloved Liyue. At the very least, you know that I'm interested in you only for you.

[ And he just playfully bats his eyes at him. ]

[moraxiom]

You are the definition of nefarious, Tartaglia.

[battlebesties]

[ He takes a moment to look absolutely scandalized. Hand over his chest in a dramatic fashion and everything. ]

That hurts, Zhongli.

[moraxiom]

[ He reaches over to pull his hand away from his chest. Stop looking like you're about to clutch your nonexistent pearls. ]

Yet you offer no rebuttal.

[battlebesties]

[ Too late. ]

Hmm. Well, if I'm going to be the nefarious one here, I should probably take advantage of that, right?

[moraxiom]

[ His brows quirk in some question. ]

You are the nefarious one here. [ A small, pointed correction. ] My plans have long since ended.

[battlebesties]

I am completely assured you are capable of thinking up new ones in the meantime.

[ He's ignoring that correction entirely, as it's inconsequential at best. ]

So. If I were to proposition you to see how much you remember, how hard am I going to have to bargain to get you to bend?

[moraxiom]

[ A brief moment of thought passes - Zhongli puts a hand against his lips as he thinks, as is his trademark style, but just as easily lets his hands fall to his sides after. ]

I see no outstanding reason to refuse.

[battlebesties]

[ He'd actually expected more of a hassle than that, so he takes a moment to blink at Zhongli in astonishment. ]

What? You're just agreeing?!

[moraxiom]

This was what I was sold for, wasn't it? I would be fulfilling the expected terms by saying yes.

You expected more fight, it seems. A pity I'm not living up to your expectations.

[ He is smirking the entire time. ]

[battlebesties]

It's fine. I happen to enjoy surprises. It keeps things interesting.

[ And bad things happened when Childe actually got bored. ]

So. You're going to offer your body to me? Just like that? [ He may be smirking at that, his gaze playfully trailing over Zhongli from head to foot. ]

[moraxiom]

I have other forms if this one is unsatisfactory.

Though you have already seen one. [ He seems still a little teasing, smirk at the corner of his lips. ] No matter the form, my agreement is not permission for all you wish.

[battlebesties]

[ He'd known of one of those, yes, but he hasn't been aware of others. Interesting. He's certainly intrigued, but... ]

Oh, so you're adding restrictions to our deal now? I don't think that's how this contract works, Zhongli.

[moraxiom]

I'm simply alerting you that you may find me not as agreeable to all of your demands.

[battlebesties]

And what do you plan to be disagreeable about?

[ He cocks his head to the side, truly curious. ]

[moraxiom]

I am wounded you would think I plan to be disagreeable. Did my previous contract with the Fatui cause such suspicion?

[ Sidestepping that question. ]

[battlebesties]

You're avoiding the question.

[ He shakes a finger in Zhongli's face, because yes, he'd noticed that and no, you're not getting away with that so easily. ]

But for the record, plotting behind my back when I was already plotting behind yours was just unreasonable, really.

[moraxiom]

Ah, but your plotting was simply natural?

[ He curls his fingers into his palm, looking contemplative. ]

I have said enough in the open.

[battlebesties]

We're almost at where I've been staying here in the city. I have rooms up there I rent. [ He points upwards to a terraced balcony across from the tall bank. Somewhere close to his work but also far enough away to give him all the privacy he could desire. ]

Come. We'll get you settled. And perhaps order something to eat. Are you hungry?

[moraxiom]

[ He closes his eyes briefly. ]

Yes.

... I believe. [ There's that contemplative gesture again, his brows furrowed. ] I believe I haven't eaten in days. Curious.

[battlebesties]

[ Childe just huffs out a breath and gives a very long-suffering sigh. ]

...Why is that curious, exactly?

[ And he starts tugging Zhongli up the stairs with him. ]

[moraxiom]

[ Oh, stairs. He follows, though not as closely as he probably should. ]

It has been quite a while since hunger was a concern for me. Dining was a treat with you, as always - but never a necessity.

[ And then, he laughs, as if amused. ]

Curious.

[battlebesties]

[ He just looks baffled at that. ]

Why is that curious? And it's a necessity now? Or is it still a... did you just say dining with me was a treat?

[ Were those literally the words coming out of your mouth right now, Zhongli? You realize he's never going to let you live that one down. ]

[moraxiom]

This is where you live?

[ He gives pause as he looks over the stairs, actually taking a glance at the view. It's nice - and one he doesn't usually see. It's closer to the ground than something on high like the adepti.

... it's nice. ]

Quite a vantage point.

[battlebesties]

I like being in the center of the city like this. It's busy, even at night. And you're avoiding the answer again.

[ But he just sighs and stops in front of his door, unlocking it and sliding it open before gesturing Zhongli inside. ]

Welcome to my humble abode.

[ It's not that humble. Zhongli is right about the view, though, which is why he'd chosen it. Inside is an open chamber that serves as the main greeting room, holding a table off to one side and a small kitchen to the other, while straight ahead were several low couches clustered about a heater, for when nights got chilly. A closed door off to one side leads towards the bedroom and washroom, but he evades that for now. Or mentioning that his small rental only has one of those. ]