The Artist’s Eye VI
The whip whispered as it curled through the air before landing upon Mulau’s bared skin with a resounding crack, curling around her ribs and under her arm its end caressed a nipple with a bite like a stinging wasp. “Aieee, I’ll cut your balls off when I get down from here,” Mulau called.
“Patience girl,” Replied Botticelli, which was a lot easier name to remember than all those di di fel bits and pieces, “Cardinal Sciurido is a good Christian and always demands that the models for hs artworks are paid fair trade prices, you and your mother will be well remunerated.”
“You leave my mother out of this!” Snapped Mulau sweat beading her skin, her back crisscrossed half a dozen times with red stripes, including a very tender one across her buttocks.
“I assure you no harm will come to her only His Eminence likes to watch beautiful woman, ah, entertain each other…”
“Your breasts are so ripe, could kiss your breast’s all evening,” Said Not Lucrezia as she swirled her tongue across the underside of first one and then the other of Paskai’s heaving bosoms.
“I have other parts to kiss,” Husked Paskai.
“So true,” Agreed the other woman, her mouth working its wanton way across Paskai’s belly while hands stroked flanks and legs, “I must kiss all of you,” She turned Paskai onto her front and kissed between her shoulder blades. Paskai moaned and heaved back into her companion’s touch, she caught and thrust the woman’s right hand to the damp spot between her legs.
“Argh yes, oh yes, there, there I need it there,” She gasped and shuddered.
“I will cut off your balls if you don’t let me down and take me to my mother right now,” Mulau shrieked as her turn to face Botticelli resulted in the guardsman’s whip striking across her belly, “And I’ll cut out your eyes and stuff his ball in your face if you don’t stop whipping me!” She yelled at the Swiss.
“My Lady, my dear Lady calm down, you are creating art, most sacred art that will be appreciated by the highest Cardinals of the Vatican,” Botticelli assured her, “In addition you will be paid a most princely sum for your time and effort, oh worthy woman, I shall immortalise your fire in tempura!”
“I’ll still cut off you balls,” Mulau told him, though she felt a little intrigued about the idea of becoming art.
“Well how about we first stop whipping you and then I will show you my drawings and then then,” Botticelli was in the middle of this conversational gambit when the door flew open Doretja and Little Fox bounded through swords bared, “Ah welcome ladies, please wait a moment we were just about to release your charming friend.”
“And then we shall cut off your balls,” Doretja told him sweetly.
“What is this Turkish week, why is everyone so obsessed with making me a eunuch?” Asked Botticelli sounding vexed.
“Perhaps because you are busy kidnapping their young daughters for unsavoury purposes?” Huffed da Vinci who was bringing up the rear of the rescue party, a sword held with perhaps a little less certainty than the others, further doubt crept into the man’s eyes as he took in the uniforms of the guards and the fact they had yet to go for their swords.
“Nonsense, I am kidnapping no one, I merely detained and restrained the beautiful Princess Mulau for erotic and artistic effect in order to create a work worth of a Prince of the Church, come look at these drawing, see the line of her shoulder, the turn of her spine, truly God’s artistry made manifest.”
“I say these are actually rather good and I had heard you were just a daubing hack,” Said Da Vinci leaving Botticelli looking unsure whether to be pleased or insulted.
“Hey let me look,” Demanded Mulau.
“Oh yes, set her down and cut her loose,” Botticelli waved at a guardsman. The man did so and as soon as she was free was rewarded by a Mulau extra-special kick in the balls. He was wearing a leather codpiece so she hurt her toes but he crumpled up with a very satisfying whimper.
“I do say, those are rather good,” Said Mulau after she had looked over them a moment.
“So I can keep my balls?” Asked Botticelli.
“Hum, well,” Mulau punched him in the face, “That depends how much gold there is and how well you paint.” She grinned and then kicked him in the delicates for good measure.
“Oh you taste so wonderful, yes such a beauty,” Paskai told her lover as now her own lips delved the parting petals surrounding that woman’s sweetness.
She did not expect to hear some man say of a sudden, “They did what?”
With that Paskai leapt and tore down the intervening curtain. Sat in a throne was a little man in a red cardinal’s habit. Paskai uncaring of her nakedness strode over and grabbed him by the throat. Instantly a half dozen swords were at hers and more were shining in the hands of a platoon of Swiss Guards.
“What is the meaning of this outrage?” Asked Paskai uncaring of the danger.
“Well I enjoy beautiful women getting it on, beautiful Princesses even more so, it seemed too good a chance to miss,” Replied the man sweating a little, “By the way since I am a Cardinal you are supposed to kiss my ring on being presented to me.”
“I should kick your arse,” Roared Paskai and shook him a little, he waved away the guards.
“Cardinal Sciurido at your service Your Highness, now if you would calm down and observe the formalities I can explain how I intend to make you modestly wealthy,” The priest smiled.
“Since your behaviour has been so rude that had better be immodestly wealthy,” Paskai glared but released the man’s throat.
“I say mother have you seen these pictures the Cardinal ordered made of me, aren’t they amazing?” Mulau no somewhat better dressed came bounding up, a thoughtful Da Vinci and a wincing Botticelli following in her path.
“You did what?” Paskai had her hands around Cardinal Sciurido’s neck again and was shaking him for good measure.
“I think God means for this to be a long night,” Said Sciurido provoking an amused but slightly enigmatic smile from Mulau.
“I wonder if I could capture that smile in a painting?” Though da Vinci assessing Mulau properly for the first time with his artist’s eye.
To Be Continued