Chapter 9 “Protocol” (1/8)

Greetings, Gentle Reader, it is I, Ubasa, taking a small moment out of this chapter to remind everyone that in “Her New Life” some characters will express opinions and commit actions that Yours Truly does not not condone, but may be necessary to advance the narrative. Thank you for your readership, support and understanding.

Things between Jerri and Roxy haven’t changed too much, at least on an official level. Much of what the pair has is unspoken. Jerri certainly feels closer to her new friend and while they have no physically intimate portion in their relationship, she can feel changes in how they interact. It’s subtle. They spend most of their free time together with a lot of incidental contact: they sit a little closer to each other with normally an arm or a leg touching. There is still teasing and playful banter, but the girls look at each other with a softness and understanding.

Today the girls sit and chat after giving the already spotless baths a thorough cleaning. It’s idle conversation, light and meaningless, but a necessary escape from the day to day duties of being a harem girl. The pair are a bit startled at the sudden arrival of Piglet, who normally bounds into the baths full of energy and excitement. The Russian slave stands rigidly as if at attention.

“Oh wow... uh hey there Piglet’s V!” Roxy says a bit startled a the appearance of the Sultan’s favorite.

“Cock-Sheath, I have very good news for you,” Piglet says coolly to Jerri who is beginning to understand that ‘good’ is a very relative term in the harem.

“Great” Jerri answers hesitantly, “what is it?”

“His Magnificence feels you have performed your duties adequately,” the words seems to stick in Piglet’s throat.

“Oh, ‘adequate’?” Roxy snarks, “That’s about as close to a compliment as you’re going to get around here, CS.”

“and,” Piglet continues, still rigid and unusually formal, “His Magnificence has decided to make you his protocol slave.”

“Hey,” Roxy’s mouth curls into a mischievous grin, “Isn’t that what you used to do, Piglet?”

The Russian completely ignores Roxy’s statement.

“Perfect,” thinks Jerri half trying to convince herself, “I’m not going to get anywhere serving drinks at birthday parties and being the Sultan’s occasional masturbation aid. Here’s my chance to get out a little more, see the lay-out of the place a little better and, Hell, Piglet seems to have the run of the place. Perhaps this position will come with a little more freedom. I got this.”

“Excellent,” Jerri says, brushing aside a nagging feeling that something is not quite right, “Sounds great.”

“You talk like you have a choice, slut” Piglet narrows her eyes at the blonde, “this is a command from your owner.”

“Wow promotion already,” Roxy smiles, faking like she’s impressed rather than concerned, “See, you can still fuck your way to the top in this place.”

“NO PROMOTION!” Piglet snaps at the New Yorker, finally recognizing the slave’s presence, “we are all equally worthless whores, just with different duties. You will do well to remember that, slut.”

“Jesus! Calm your tits, Piglet,” Roxy shakes her head, “I was just joking around. I would say don’t get your panties in a bunch, but...yeah.”

Piglet reaches her hand to Jerri, “Come, slave. Your duties begin immediately.”

Jerri does her best to hide her disappointment at having to cut short her time with Roxy, but she knows for the better. As much Roxy makes the time here a little easier to swallow, Jerri’s goal is get them out of here and she’s going to do everything she can to archive this goal.

She smiles at her friend and puts on her best 'game face', “See ya, Three.”

Roxy offers back a quick, sad smile, “See ya… be careful. I mean it.”

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Sorry to have to break the fourth wall there for a moment, but this is a fairly pivotal chapter as we begin to move the main plot forward. As you can see, this chapter is a bit longer than others. In fact, we will actually end this chapter by dipping our toe into the next one. I'm not quite finished with this chapter, but I should have enough time to cross my T's and dot my I's in time to get everything finished without disruption.

Also, I've started numbering the chapters. The titles will remain the same, but I think having marked chapters may make things easier to swallow. I'm in the process of marking past episodes accordingly.

More to come tomorrow.

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