Questions for slavers!

[KageKamen]

Note: All bulleted lists are suggestions - feel free to give other answers or combinations.

1. Do you only obtain slaves, sell them, or both? (Answer following questions accordingly.)

2. How do you obtain slaves? E.g.

• War captives
• Raid captives
• Debtors
• Criminals
• Breeding farms
• Self-sellers
• Other

3. Are there certain sorts of slaves (age, gender, race, temperament etc.) you prefer? Are there sorts you avoid? If those sorts exist within your captives, what do you do with them?

4. What do you do with slaves upon obtaining them? How do you treat them? Do you restrain them, and if so how?

5. If you do not sell your slaves where you obtain them, how do you get them there? (You may also describe the conditions of the journey) E.g.

• Marched over land in a coffle
• Taken overland by cart or other vehicle
• Taken in the hold of a ship
• Transported by air somehow
• Other/combination

5. How do you prevent slaves from escaping? If a slave does attempt escape, how are they dealt with? What if they just disobey?

6. How are your slaves housed while awaiting sale? How are they fed?

7. Do your slaves generally receive any special breaking or training before sale? If most don't, do a few?

8. How do you sell your slaves? E.g.

• Auction
• Private shop
• Catalogue
• Other

9. How are your slaves displayed for sale? Do they wear anything? Are they restrained?

10. How honest are you about your slaves qualities and skills? E.g.

• Open about both good and bad points
• Emphasise good points while not bringing up bad ones
• Will outright lie about slave's qualities in order to sell them for a better value.

11. To what degree are customers allowed to inspect slaves physically? Are they permitted to question them?

12. What types of slaves do you usually sell. E.g.

• Personal attendants
• Domestic servants
• Field hands
• Sex toys
• Gladiators
• Educated professionals
• Mine/galley fodder

13. Do you have any principles, like not splitting families or not selling to certain sorts of buyer? If so, can a sufficiently large offer override them?

14. Once a customer selects a slave, how is the transaction resolved? Are any tools, such as restraints, included, or do you sell them seperately?

15. What criteria do you look for in your slave-handing staff? Is cruelty a plus or a minus? Kindness?

16. How do you feel about your job?

I know I'm gonna think of more, but...

 

[Eulalia]

Looking forward to seeing responses to these - it's well for us slavegirls to know the minds of our owners and merchants.

 

[KageKamen]

Looking forward to seeing responses to these - it's well for us slavegirls to know the minds of our owners and merchants.

Doesn't seem like many want to share...

 

[Leatherchain]

Hmmm...well, real life has always been consensual BDSM play, and kept for personal amusement.

Writings and drawings...well, then you gotta talk about the various characters in the various fantasy worlds. Speaking of which, I should really get back to that Travel Story slave market scenario I was working on. I'm only about halfway through the drawings. But so many other projects keep presenting themselves.

 

[KageKamen]

Hmmm...well, real life has always been consensual BDSM play, and kept for personal amusement.

Writings and drawings...well, then you gotta talk about the various characters in the various fantasy worlds. Speaking of which, I should really get back to that Travel Story slave market scenario I was working on. I'm only about halfway through the drawings. But so many other projects keep presenting themselves.

So I bet you're also too busy to put a character hat on and answer?

 

[windar]

I seldom answer these type of questions, because I prefer to write stories and let them speak for themselves, since these are fantasy slaves anyway (at least I sincerely hope so). In these stories (written alone or with Barbaria) the slaves have been acquired through debt- "Plantation Plight/Mine Misery", luring unsuspecting young students with promises of paid employment-"Spring Break Slaves- or grabbing them off the street and shipping them overseas "Basement Bound". Also one set in the antebellum Southern US, where the slaves were inherited-"Visiting the Jackson Plantation"

 

[KageKamen]

I seldom answer these type of questions, because I prefer to write stories and let them speak for themselves, since these are fantasy slaves anyway (at least I sincerely hope so). In these stories (written alone or with Barbaria) the slaves have been acquired through debt- "Plantation Plight/Mine Misery", luring unsuspecting young students with promises of paid employment-"Spring Break Slaves- or grabbing them off the street and shipping them overseas "Basement Bound". Also one set in the antebellum Southern US, where the slaves were inherited-"Visiting the Jackson Plantation"

So a mix of "legitmate" and "illegitimate" means.

 

[Leatherchain]

I guess I could take a few minutes, before getting back to real work.
We'll go with the slaver from that Travel Story series. It's a fantasy sword-and-sandal type world, where female slavery is the norm. Male slavery is extremely rare.

He's been an independent businessman for some time. You can tell from the yellow tunic with red accents that is a member in good standing with the local slavers' guild. His shop is growing, and is a bit of everything...buy, sell, trade, with a wide variety of customers with various needs.

Like most men, he did some military and independent raiding in his youth, looting the enemy towns he plundered. These days, though, normal commerce is much more profitable...and safer. He mainly buys wholesale from the ships coming into harbour, paying for both war booty and trade ships. In this way, he gets a pretty diverse set of slaves, both in terms of geography and training, but also in terms of quality and type. He will also often buy large coffles from local planters after the harvest season, when many reduce their slave properties. They do not need to feed, house, and keep track of so many slaves, whereas he can buy them cheap, sort and resell to buyers who do not work in the same seasonal cycle. He does not buy from the breeding/training houses. Those slaves are more expensive, and he prefers to buy cheap and sell for a modest profit. He sorts slaves as he thinks work best, separating those with obvious skills/talents (such as musicians, dancers, trained cooks, etc), and creating groupings that he thinks will appeal to certain buyers.

After he acquires groups of girls at the docks (or sellers bring them in), he sorts them with a trained eye. Slaves for manual labour only go to one area, others are separated out and evaluated. Skills and attributes are recorded, and the girls are washed, fed, and put into large open cages. He pretty much wings it, always trying to figure out the best way to configure his shop (a courtyard with the surrounding low buildings). Girls with specific skill sets are often grouped together (with the added benefit that they learn from each other). Other girls are put in groups for buyers to choose from, some with a variety of looks, others with a more homogeneous theme. They are presented to buyers as the merchant thinks will make the best sale.

Most girls are kept in large wooden cages, more as a way to organize them, than as a means of preventing escape. Escape on this world is rare thought. Theft is much more common. Other girls are more like semi-permanent staff, and allowed to roam the grounds to fulfill their duties. A gate locks the courtyard at night, and other doors are locked...again, more to prevent intruders than escape.

Girls are fed well, but not overly so. Happy, healthy girls sell for a better price, and this area is surrounded by plantation and farmland, as well as having a harbour, so basic food is relatively cheap. He is not abusive, but keeps a tight control over his ever changing stock. Girls are naturally more timid and better behaved when in the care of a slaver (they are not all known to be kind), and any disobedience is quickly and harshly dealt with in the open, as an example to other slaves on the consequences of disobedience. He knows how to rough handle a girl, and is practiced with the whip.

His bread-and-butter is labour slaves. He sells large coffles of girls to the plantations and farms on a seasonal cycle, and the mines are always in need of labour. He keeps the oldest and least healthy for the mines, as they only buy cheap, and the girls never come back. The seasonal farm workers may be back year after year. Turnaround is continuous, and he makes a small profit.

Occasionally, girls go to the arena. Their price depends on the needs of the buyer and quality of the girl. Simple execution types come from the mine slaves, while a girl suited to fighting or running will cost more, and a beauty sells the same as she would if being bought for a bed slave or house girl. He is no fool, and won't lose money unnecessarily.

He makes much more profit selling the medium end girls as house slaves, shop girls, etc. Since he buys large wholesale lots on the super-cheap, he can separate out the better girls for individual sale. He knows that men have a variety of tastes, so he pulls from a variety of body types and attitudes. This is where he makes most of his profit.

His best profit, but slowest sellers are those 'diamond-in-rough' finds: The war booty musician or scribe or cook, the sex slave or exotic dancer who was sold cheap because those dancers and types are so common in their own lands. Although rarely seen, he keeps a variety of cheap instruments for them to practice on, and the dancers practice and learn in his care. One of the benefits of being a large scale slave holder is that he owns and can make use of any girl he wishes. So, he dines on various well made exotic cuisines, is serenaded by music, and gets the best massages. Scribes (A rare find), often find their way into his personal staff, and older, experienced slaves often become matrons, keeping the other girls clean, fed, disciplined, etc.

His sales are all private. Most are large groups of labour girls, with little inspection, often sold through contractors or field managers. He spends more time with the individual buyers, where more profit is to be had. They may inspect the girls as they please, with the unspoken understanding that no real harm is done to them until coin changes hand.

When a buyer puts his rope or collar on the girl, the temporary slavehouse collar is removed. Although not offered, he does keep plenty of rope on hand, in case it is needed (he buys used rope from the shipyards. He is very cost savvy.)

He has several men working for him. They are chosen based on even tempers, intelligence, and ability to sell. They are all lower ranking members of the slavers guild. He does not break code and hire non-guild members to sell or care for the slaves. He keeps a couple of guards on staff, as well. None of them are particularly cruel, but he won't hire weak or low intelligence men, either.

He and his men live in the shop's side quarters. They also eat well, and enjoy the music, and get their choice of slaves (within reason) for bed, bath, and servitude. Many of the slaves who work there are there long-term or even permanent, though he will sell any of them for the right price. He also knows how long it takes to train a slave to do those duties, so harder to fill roles rarely change. Particularly talented or experienced girls in those roles typically are kept longer than others. He keeps good business contact with other merchants and tradesmen, and treats them all with respect. He knows where to go for tools of his trade, where to trade certain types of girls, and where to send customers if they need something specific.

This slaver is honest with his customers about quality, and he knows his business well. He will not hesitate to upsell. In fact, that is one of his well honed skills.He knows the relative cost and value of every slave in his establishment, as well as knowing his best customers. He plays the sales game like a pro, and knows every aspect that goes into slave-dealing, how to choose, care-for, enhance and sell his goods, as well as how to court a customer.

Slave-dealing is not just a job. It is a profession. He takes it seriously, and deep down, there is nothing else he would rather do. And he wants his establishment to succeed, long-term.

 

[KageKamen]

I guess I could take a few minutes, before getting back to real work.
We'll go with the slaver from that Travel Story series. It's a fantasy sword-and-sandal type world, where female slavery is the norm. Male slavery is extremely rare.

He's been an independent businessman for some time. You can tell from the yellow tunic with red accents that is a member in good standing with the local slavers' guild. His shop is growing, and is a bit of everything...buy, sell, trade, with a wide variety of customers with various needs.

Interesting... I'm guessing this guild shapes a lot of the slaving practices of the region.

Like most men, he did some military and independent raiding in his youth, looting the enemy towns he plundered. These days, though, normal commerce is much more profitable...and safer. He mainly buys wholesale from the ships coming into harbour, paying for both war booty and trade ships.

So he went from one of those selling to the slavers to a slaver himself.

He will also often buy large coffles from local planters after the harvest season, when many reduce their slave properties. They do not need to feed, house, and keep track of so many slaves, whereas he can buy them cheap, sort and resell to buyers who do not work in the same seasonal cycle. He does not buy from the breeding/training houses. Those slaves are more expensive, and he prefers to buy cheap and sell for a modest profit.

A savvy businessman - it's all about finding the supply and demand. What do people have and not want that others need?

After he acquires groups of girls at the docks (or sellers bring them in), he sorts them with a trained eye. Slaves for manual labour only go to one area, others are separated out and evaluated. Skills and attributes are recorded, and the girls are washed, fed, and put into large open cages.

Very professional.

Most girls are kept in large wooden cages, more as a way to organize them, than as a means of preventing escape. Escape on this world is rare thought. Theft is much more common. Other girls are more like semi-permanent staff, and allowed to roam the grounds to fulfill their duties. A gate locks the courtyard at night, and other doors are locked...again, more to prevent intruders than escape.

Easy when they don't think to run, isn't it? You can focus entirely on finding them the right buyers. Although better safe than sorry...

Girls are fed well, but not overly so. Happy, healthy girls sell for a better price, and this area is surrounded by plantation and farmland, as well as having a harbour, so basic food is relatively cheap. He is not abusive, but keeps a tight control over his ever changing stock. Girls are naturally more timid and better behaved when in the care of a slaver (they are not all known to be kind), and any disobedience is quickly and harshly dealt with in the open, as an example to other slaves on the consequences of disobedience. He knows how to rough handle a girl, and is practiced with the whip.

So basically good girls have it (kind of) good, and bad girls come to wish they'd been good girls quickly.

His bread-and-butter is labour slaves. He sells large coffles of girls to the plantations and farms on a seasonal cycle, and the mines are always in need of labour. He keeps the oldest and least healthy for the mines, as they only buy cheap, and the girls never come back. The seasonal farm workers may be back year after year. Turnaround is continuous, and he makes a small profit.

So the girls go round and around the farms until they're too worn out, then down the mines? That's kind of harsh...

He makes much more profit selling the medium end girls as house slaves, shop girls, etc. Since he buys large wholesale lots on the super-cheap, he can separate out the better girls for individual sale. He knows that men have a variety of tastes, so he pulls from a variety of body types and attitudes. This is where he makes most of his profit.

Yes - labour slaves are good for bulk sales, but this kind make much more each if you can pitch them right. As a unique product rather than just another body.

His best profit, but slowest sellers are those 'diamond-in-rough' finds: The war booty musician or scribe or cook, the sex slave or exotic dancer who was sold cheap because those dancers and types are so common in their own lands. Although rarely seen, he keeps a variety of cheap instruments for them to practice on, and the dancers practice and learn in his care. One of the benefits of being a large scale slave holder is that he owns and can make use of any girl he wishes. So, he dines on various well made exotic cuisines, is serenaded by music, and gets the best massages. Scribes (A rare find), often find their way into his personal staff, and older, experienced slaves often become matrons, keeping the other girls clean, fed, disciplined, etc.

That he can afford to keep a lot of the cream of the crop for himself is proof that business is going well. (And if it it ever isn't, he has some quickly liquidatable assets.)

He has several men working for him. They are chosen based on even tempers, intelligence, and ability to sell. They are all lower ranking members of the slavers guild. He does not break code and hire non-guild members to sell or care for the slaves. He keeps a couple of guards on staff, as well. None of them are particularly cruel, but he won't hire weak or low intelligence men, either.

So guild members do the professional work, but guards are free-hire? Makes sense, if a lot of them (not his, of course) are just thugs.

Slave-dealing is not just a job. It is a profession. He takes it seriously, and deep down, there is nothing else he would rather do. And he wants his establishment to succeed, long-term.

What does he love about it? Just the easy access to slave girls?

 

[Leatherchain]

That he can afford to keep a lot of the cream of the crop for himself is proof that business is going well. (And if it it ever isn't, he has some quickly liquidatable assets.)
It's not that he keeps the cream of the crop. It's more that he makes use of them while he has them. Have 3 trained cooks in your stock? Why keep them in cages when you can keep them in your kitchen until you have a buyer? Remember, the cages are for organization and control. A house girl is used to having general freedom of movement around her owner's home. A trained cook would know her way around any kitchen. She has nowhere else to go, and probably enjoys cooking and not being in a cage. She's special and will not do anything to jeopardize that position. Use that, until you have a buyer. Same with other skills. They are not 'his' personal slaves (unless he particularly wants them), but instead are keeping in practice and of use until they are ready to be sold. And if he likes a couple of them, he can keep them until he gets bored, or someone makes a good offer. And knowing their particular skills well means that he can make the right offer to the right buyer.

What does he love about it? Just the easy access to slave girls?

No. That is a major perk, of course. But he likes being a business owner. He is gaining wealth and respect within the community. He is gaining position within the guild. He lives a life of relative comfort. And he is good at his profession. He has made a study and practice of it, and takes pride in his knowledge and skill. He has a talent for it that is proving profitable and enjoyable. He eats well, has a wide variety of sexual slaves to choose from, meets all kinds of customers and builds professional and personal relationships with them. He is building a business that he is proud of. It's a good life.

 

[KageKamen]

That he can afford to keep a lot of the cream of the crop for himself is proof that business is going well. (And if it it ever isn't, he has some quickly liquidatable assets.)
It's not that he keeps the cream of the crop. It's more that he makes use of them while he has them. Have 3 trained cooks in your stock? Why keep them in cages when you can keep them in your kitchen until you have a buyer? Remember, the cages are for organization and control. A house girl is used to having general freedom of movement around her owner's home. A trained cook would know her way around any kitchen. She has nowhere else to go, and probably enjoys cooking and not being in a cage. She's special and will not do anything to jeopardize that position. Use that, until you have a buyer. Same with other skills. They are not 'his' personal slaves (unless he particularly wants them), but instead are keeping in practice and of use until they are ready to be sold. And if he likes a couple of them, he can keep them until he gets bored, or someone makes a good offer. And knowing their particular skills well means that he can make the right offer to the right buyer.

So he doesn't get personally attached? Or at least, not often.

What does he love about it? Just the easy access to slave girls?

No. That is a major perk, of course. But he likes being a business owner. He is gaining wealth and respect within the community. He is gaining position within the guild. He lives a life of relative comfort. And he is good at his profession. He has made a study and practice of it, and takes pride in his knowledge and skill. He has a talent for it that is proving profitable and enjoyable. He eats well, has a wide variety of sexual slaves to choose from, meets all kinds of customers and builds professional and personal relationships with them. He is building a business that he is proud of. It's a good life.

So he would feel much the same pride if he was a successful cloth merchant, but not have as many or as good slaves.

 

[Leatherchain]

So he doesn't get personally attached? Or at least, not often.

Not too often. Of course, if he is particularly fond of one, he can certainly keep her for himself. They do belong to him, after all. But, he is a businessman. They are there to sell for profit.

Think about the guy who owns the local car dealership. How many cars does he own? Does he change them out often? He might own a favorite classic, but he also probably changes what he drives regularly. Why keep 50 cars in your garage, when you can pick a new one every six months, and drive whatever is in your lot whenever you want? Doesn't mean he won't keep that 1975 Fastback that he rebuilt with his dad, though.

So he would feel much the same pride if he was a successful cloth merchant, but not have as many or as good slaves.

Probably. He's one of the lucky people who found that he can make a living at something he enjoys and is good at. In real life, I gave up my past professions and learned leatherworking as a trade. I chose it, because I have an interest, and am good at it. I enjoy it, and take pride in it. I like having things that I've made, and I like other people having things that I've made. I was a good linguist. I was a good retail manager. I was an excellent teacher. But I chose this. I have friends who are smiths and tailors and software engineers who feel much the same. If you are lucky, you find your calling. He found his calling. And the fact that he has access to lots of slave-girls is a nice bonus.

 

[KageKamen]

So he doesn't get personally attached? Or at least, not often.

Not too often. Of course, if he is particularly fond of one, he can certainly keep her for himself. They do belong to him, after all. But, he is a businessman. They are there to sell for profit.

Think about the guy who owns the local car dealership. How many cars does he own? Does he change them out often? He might own a favorite classic, but he also probably changes what he drives regularly. Why keep 50 cars in your garage, when you can pick a new one every six months, and drive whatever is in your lot whenever you want? Doesn't mean he won't keep that 1975 Fastback that he rebuilt with his dad, though

Indeed - but then, cars are not quite so unique and personal as slaves, if you get to know them. So I'm guessing he keeps his distance, doesn't talk much beyond orders.

So he would feel much the same pride if he was a successful cloth merchant, but not have as many or as good slaves.

Probably. He's one of the lucky people who found that he can make a living at something he enjoys and is good at. In real life, I gave up my past professions and learned leatherworking as a trade. I chose it, because I have an interest, and am good at it. I enjoy it, and take pride in it. I like having things that I've made, and I like other people having things that I've made. I was a good linguist. I was a good retail manager. I was an excellent teacher. But I chose this. I have friends who are smiths and tailors and software engineers who feel much the same. If you are lucky, you find your calling. He found his calling. And the fact that he has access to lots of slave-girls is a nice bonus.

Darn, I should have said leather!

So part of it is his pride in his skill at "matchmaking", so to speak? Since his product is one of the most unique out there.

 

[Leatherchain]

So part of it is his pride in his skill at "matchmaking", so to speak? Since his product is one of the most unique out there.

I suppose that's one way to look at it, yeah. I think he would probably think of it more as 'product', but yeah. Finding the right match. Making the customer happy. Building a good reputation. And making money, all at the same time. There is an art to it.

Some fantasy worlds are all about brutal. There's a fair amount of that in mine, but I try to think about the day-to-day. How would someone focus on a career? Probably much as we do. How would we react in that situation (after the initial shock)?

 

[KageKamen]

Some fantasy worlds are all about brutal. There's a fair amount of that in mine, but I try to think about the day-to-day. How would someone focus on a career? Probably much as we do. How would we react in that situation (after the initial shock)?

I love looking at such day-to-day aspects. (For instance, what facilities do the slaves in his shop have for their bodily needs?) I think there are a few others on this site too...

And brutal can be good, but it's not the only face of slavery. (Just the one that makes it work.)

 

[Servus Venandi]

Note: All bulleted lists are suggestions - feel free to give other answers or combinations.

1. Do you only obtain slaves, sell them, or both? (Answer following questions accordingly.)

As a "gray market" entrepreneur, I'm frequently engaged in both.

2. How do you obtain slaves? E.g.

• War captives
• Raid captives
• Debtors
• Criminals
• Breeding farms
• Self-sellers
• Other

Criminals by far are the primary source of merchandise, though desperate self-sellers are perhaps more common than one might think.

3. Are there certain sorts of slaves (age, gender, race, temperament etc.) you prefer? Are there sorts you avoid? If those sorts exist within your captives, what do you do with them?

There's a market for everyone, though I'd estimate females aged 18-45 comprise 95% of our business.

4. What do you do with slaves upon obtaining them? How do you treat them? Do you restrain them, and if so how?

New captures are immediately stripped and restrained, and remain this way for the duration of their training. Upon arrival at our facility, the average slave spends one month in isolation and corporal training, prior to being socialized with other slaves and subjected to sexual reeducation.

5. If you do not sell your slaves where you obtain them, how do you get them there? (You may also describe the conditions of the journey) E.g.

• Marched over land in a coffle
• Taken overland by cart or other vehicle
• Taken in the hold of a ship
• Transported by air somehow
• Other/combination

It's the 25th Century. We move slaves via starships and jump gates, of course.

5. How do you prevent slaves from escaping? If a slave does attempt escape, how are they dealt with? What if they just disobey?

Brain chips are the most effective means of ensuring slave compliance, though my preference is to break slaves the old fashioned way. We install brain chips only upon buyer request.

I've never had a slave escape, but it's not uncommon for fresh meat to try. Let's just say even the most spirited lady is open to suggestion while her nipples are clamped, her ass is whipped, and she's forced to orgasm while robotic dildos give her a trifecta. Some women might even enjoy this, you're probably thinking, and you're right, but only for the first few hours. By day's end, 99% are hot, blubbering messes and ready to be good girls.

6. How are your slaves housed while awaiting sale? How are they fed?

In cells for the first month, in a dormitory thereafter. We use a supplier on Devon for delicious nutrient rations. Call it a mutually beneficial arrangement. Our slaves love them.

7. Do your slaves generally receive any special breaking or training before sale? If most don't, do a few?

Absolutely, every slave gets corporal training followed by sexual reeducation. That said, I have personally handled a couple of Class Y's that were just lost causes. We can still sell these unbreakable abominations, but they aren't worth as much unless you can find a buyer who wants them as lab rats, or who just enjoys having a slave who constantly resists.

8. How do you sell your slaves? E.g.

• Auction
• Private shop
• Catalogue
• Other

We follow an interstellar trade route that sees us hitting about a half-dozen auctions a year, though it depends on product volume. Occasionally, if we nab a high-profile or otherwise exceptional catch, we might arrange private showings for established clients.

9. How are your slaves displayed for sale? Do they wear anything? Are they restrained?

They stand at attention, naked and bound, on whatever platform or other space is available at the venue. Ballgags are also standard equipment, but we remove these upon request from prospective buyers. Sometimes we dress slaves in certain attire deemed appropriate for a given situation, but nudity is the default.

10. How honest are you about your slaves qualities and skills? E.g.

• Open about both good and bad points
• Emphasise good points while not bringing up bad ones
• Will outright lie about slave's qualities in order to sell them for a better value.

Slavery is ubiquitous across most of the galaxy, and lying alt-market slave traders don't stay in business (or alive) very long.

11. To what degree are customers allowed to inspect slaves physically? Are they permitted to question them?

We allow hands-on inspection, and prospective buyers can ask slaves anything they wish. The only line we draw is at sexual contact and inflicting physical damage. If you want to do that, you're buying first. Full medical and training records are provided for every slave prior to purchase.

12. What types of slaves do you usually sell. E.g.

• Personal attendants
• Domestic servants
• Field hands
• Sex toys
• Gladiators
• Educated professionals
• Mine/galley fodder

We train and sell slaves. We're not a vocational school. If you want a slave with a certain skill set, you'll have to find one who had that background before getting collared.

13. Do you have any principles, like not splitting families or not selling to certain sorts of buyer? If so, can a sufficiently large offer override them?

We have a short list of entities with whom we refuse to do business under any circumstances.

14. Once a customer selects a slave, how is the transaction resolved? Are any tools, such as restraints, included, or do you sell them seperately?

Slaves are bought through a standard electronic funds transfer (syns and select crypto-currencies). We typically send them off in whatever restraints they were wearing when bought, unless the buyer requests otherwise.

15. What criteria do you look for in your slave-handing staff? Is cruelty a plus or a minus? Kindness?

The less emotion, the better. It's a tough line of work, especially for trainers, and being too soft and too hard are equally undesirable.

16. How do you feel about your job?

If not me, somebody else would do it. I prefer those syns funneling in my direction.

Do I ever feel bad? Sure, but so does your average banker, plumber or librarian. Bad days happen. I've made mistakes, maybe some occasional regret. On the whole, though, the sort of slavery I practice is a service to the slaves, because most of them are criminal scumbags who would have wound up in a syndicate prison or worse without my intervention.

That's not to say slavery is all sunshine and rainbows for the enslaved, but look at it like this. When you're in prison or headed for the gallows, you know what you're getting, and it's nothing good. When you're collared and headed home with a new master or mistress, there's at least a chance your lot will improve.

 

[Leatherchain]

Yeah. I spend way too many hours per night going over stuff like this. Playing out scenarios in my head. I can't tell you how many post apocalypse plans have formed in my head over the years. How things work in historical or fantasy world. I know many things are best left unexplained, but damnit, I wanna know. That Travel Story I've been working on for so long...there really should be a tent in there somewhere. Light, yet durable and keeps out the weather, folds small, easy access...I have actual plans for that, and historical evidence. Do I need that kind of detail for the story? Nope. But, my brain has to have it.

 

[KageKamen]

Yeah. I spend way too many hours per night going over stuff like this. Playing out scenarios in my head. I can't tell you how many post apocalypse plans have formed in my head over the years. How things work in historical or fantasy world. I know many things are best left unexplained, but damnit, I wanna know. That Travel Story I've been working on for so long...there really should be a tent in there somewhere. Light, yet durable and keeps out the weather, folds small, easy access...I have actual plans for that, and historical evidence. Do I need that kind of detail for the story? Nope. But, my brain has to have it.

Oh yes - details that add to the feel are key. (Although i will ignore things that would ruin the parts of the setting I like.) So I'll ask again - how and where do his slaves do their business?

 

[Leatherchain]

Oh! That was an actual question. Sorry. The ones in the front have buckets or pots in the communal pens, emptied several times a day. There are buckets and pots around the establishment for the men and free roaming slaves. Some of the lower end slaves in the back have larger pens, with troughs in the stone floor that lead to gutters. These get washed out daily, to avoid overwhelming stench and sickness.
Essentially, what an average person in the Middle Ages had to use.

 

[KageKamen]

It's the 25th Century. We move slaves via starships and jump gates, of course.

A sci-fi take, eh? Quite unique.

Criminals by far are the primary source of merchandise, though desperate self-sellers are perhaps more common than one might think.

Do I ever feel bad? Sure, but so does your average banker, plumber or librarian. Bad days happen. I've made mistakes, maybe some occasional regret. On the whole, though, the sort of slavery I practice is a service to the slaves, because most of them are criminal scumbags who would have wound up in a syndicate prison or worse without my intervention.

That's not to say slavery is all sunshine and rainbows for the enslaved, but look at it like this. When you're in prison or headed for the gallows, you know what you're getting, and it's nothing good. When you're collared and headed home with a new master or mistress, there's at least a chance your lot will improve.

I guess selling desperate crooks helps with the whole ethical aspect - no innocents involved. Or do you have any tales of times some were?

There's a market for everyone, though I'd estimate females aged 18-45 comprise 95% of our business.

So male crooks are just out of luck, I guess...

New captures are immediately stripped and restrained, and remain this way for the duration of their training. Upon arrival at our facility, the average slave spends one month in isolation and corporal training, prior to being socialized with other slaves and subjected to sexual reeducation.


Absolutely, every slave gets corporal training followed by sexual reeducation. That said, I have personally handled a couple of Class Y's that were just lost causes. We can still sell these unbreakable abominations, but they aren't worth as much unless you can find a buyer who wants them as lab rats, or who just enjoys having a slave who constantly resists.

So no rushed turnarounds from you guys.

And yeah, there are always no-hopers born for the bargain bin. Props to you for not dumping them out an airlock.

Brain chips are the most effective means of ensuring slave compliance, though my preference is to break slaves the old fashioned way. We install brain chips only upon buyer request.

I've never had a slave escape, but it's not uncommon for fresh meat to try. Let's just say even the most spirited lady is open to suggestion while her nipples are clamped, her ass is whipped, and she's forced to orgasm while robotic dildos give her a trifecta. Some women might even enjoy this, you're probably thinking, and you're right, but only for the first few hours. By day's end, 99% are hot, blubbering messes and ready to be good girls.

Honestly, both a little disturbing methods to me... but I guess you can't succeed in this trade without getting your hands dirty.

We train and sell slaves. We're not a vocational school. If you want a slave with a certain skill set, you'll have to find one who had that background before getting collared.

Fair enough. Do you at least keep records of this?

Oh! That was an actual question. Sorry. The ones in the front have buckets or pots in the communal pens, emptied several times a day. There are buckets and pots around the establishment for the men and free roaming slaves. Some of the lower end slaves in the back have larger pens, with troughs in the stone floor that lead to gutters. These get washed out daily, to avoid overwhelming stench and sickness.
Essentially, what an average person in the Middle Ages had to use.

Interesting - thanks for the answer! Besides sating my interest in such matters, this reveals a hierarchy that wasn't obvious in your above description. So the large pens with trenches are for common labourers, while the cages with pots are for more individually marketable sorts?