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Nathaniel bid farewell to Cal as he took hold of Kaie's leash and led her out of the shop into the strong afternoon sunlight. He formed a small smile as his wings immediately absorbed the warm rays, causing him to rustle his feathers before turning to face Kaie, the smile widening. "Well, we won't worry about the outfit until we get back, and the harness isn't necessary yet either. We're going to be flying to my residence, so do try not to struggle. It wouldn't end well."

As soon as he began to speak, he moved closer to her, spinning her around to face away from him and grabbed her wings to hold them together. His hands, upon making contact with the soft down of the top arch, began spreading an intensely cold sheet of ice, encasing her wings in an immovable forcefield of harsh frost. When the frost had spread to the very tips of her wing feathers, he wrapped his arms around her tightly and took to the sky in a strong beat of aerial force. His arms held her securely, the ice not bothering him at all as he pressed her safely to his torso and glided in the direction of his oceanside home.

"Now if I felt that I could trust you with flying, this wouldn't be necessary. But I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from." He gave her frozen wings a slightly painful squeeze as the pair grew nearer to his house, the tops of the building just barely visible from the gleaming treetops.

He swooped down in a dramatic nose dive, well-trained from his near infinitesimal years of aerial knight duty, before pulling up just a hair away from the ground meeting Kaie's delicate chin. Landing softly in front of his doorstep with a braking flutter of his wings, he released her from his arm's tight grip and returned her to her feet.

Victor had been tending to the plants in the front room of his Master's mansion when he heard two voices outside of the door, one quite unfamiliar and feminine to him. Master must've finally decided on a slave... good for him, it will keep him more sane... he thought to himself as he set down the watering can and plant food he was holding. Walking briskly to the front doors, he opened them slowly and bowed deeply as his eyes found his Master, backing up and allowing them both room to pass into the house.

"Welcome home, Master. You are just in time, Mika is preparing lunch at the moment. Should I alert her of another head at the table, or..." He stopped speaking as his Master joyously entered leading a winged creature behind him on a leash, her feathery appendages frozen behind her. Oh, it's definitely one of those slaves...

Nathaniel laughed as Kaie began predicting her release from his ownership, a humor-filled laugh at first that trailed into a deep, dark rumble of amusement. He continued his small laughing fit as he slapped her frozen wings, well aware of the pain it would cause her fragile hollow bones from the impact but in a small reprimand at her agitated poking of his chest. "Oh Kaie, if only you truly understood how things worked as my slave... haha, but soon enough, I suppose. Yes, all in good time... oh, hello my Victor!"

Grinning broadly as the doors to the house opened, Nathaniel stepped forward, dropping the bag of harness and clothing on the floor in front of a half-speaking, half-bowing Victor before striding past him, tugging Kaie along via her leash. "Yes yes, Victor. Let Mika know of our new arrival. This is Kaie, by the way. She will be my new personal slave. Take her things to my quarters, I'm going to show her around a bit." He walked towards the middle of the entrance room, keeping a sharp eye on Victor until he nodded and grunted in approval before heading briskly towards the steps leading upstairs.

"Good, good. See, now that's a reliable house slave. So attentive and obedient... but also so very boring... that's where you come in, my little troublemaker." He spoke as if he were addressing an expensive new pet animal, grinning and jerking the leash toward him in a twisted sort of affection. "Victor was also like you at a time, and he has always had interesting weaknesses... and clearly you see that he is completely at my beck and call now. As are the other three of my employees. Everyone of them started out much like you, though my intentions for you aren't so much for household purposes as they are... well... we'll get there." As he stopped in the middle of the front room, he awaited to see her impressions of the place, an odd smile now replacing his purely amused one at the mention of her purpose as his slave.

Nathaniel's brow furrowed darkly as she attempted to tell him how she was going to behave with him, and a personal stab made physical by her prodding finger influenced her opinion of his precious house. A sharp tch sounded from his tongue against the roof of his mouth, one of deep irritation and indignation.

He spun to face Kaie, an aggressive frown on his face as he grabbed her by the throat and held it tightly, clenching his teeth as he spoke very close to her face. "Wrong answers all around, I see," he hissed, staring widely into her eyes. "Walk forward. We will go upstairs so we can clean your filthy mouth and body. No more hospitality from me, you disrespectful b***h."

He threw her from his hands, catching her by the leash as he jerked it tightly to keep her within range, and he wrapped the lead around his hands a few times to keep her walking very close to him. He pushed her from behind, urging her forward and up the stairs.

Nathaniel growled in a loud fit of anger at her continued defiance and borderline insults. He kicked her wings, sending her forward on the stairs and releasing the lead so that she hit the edges front on, holding his foot forcefully to her back and pressing her hard into the architecture. He grinned for a moment, a snarl curling his mouth as he leaned down in somewhat of a kneel, speaking closely to her ear. "How do you like my mansion now that you're up close?" he mused as he laughed coldly in her ear, quite fed up with her attitude. "You are NOTHING as a slave, SIMPLE to push around and command as I will. And you will learn to respect me and accept this fact or continue to cause your own pain. Now get up. NOW."

Stepping from her back and yanking the lead again he jerked her into a standing position, pushing her up the stairs again. It had been awhile since he's had to use such actions with a slave, and it was quite... invigorating. Yes, why he enjoyed it. The smallest sadistic grin peeled over his face as he continued to prod behind her, moving her through the hallways and into the nearest bathroom.

Staring back with a challenging flick of his eyebrow into her defiant gaze, he shut the door and locked it behind them. Once inside, he pushed her right into the tub with all of her clothes on. He walked around the outside of the tub, grinning at her and contemplating how exactly he wanted to go about things, not taking his eyes off her for one moment. As soon as he mapped out the plan in his mind, he began setting it into action.

Bending down by the lip of the tub, he grabbed one of Kaie's arms, coating her hand and wrist with shockingly cool water and freezing it to the metal outer lip. With one hand sufficiently restrained, he went for her other, pinning it in a similar way as the first and fusing it with the floor. Smiling at his handiwork, he stood and went opposite to the steps of the tub, descending into it and kneeling before her, pinning her legs beneath his knees at her thighs. "I didn't assume that you would cooperate, so these restraints are necessary. But these clothes have got to go, of course."

Forming a small dagger of ice in his hand he began tearing at her clothes in symmetrical rough cuts, not paying much mind to whether or not he 'accidentally' clipped the smooth skin beneath. Throwing the tatters of her old clothing out of the tub as he went, he admired her gradually more exposed body. She had a very girlish body frame, not too much curve to it, but just enough to keep the male mind intrigued. When he reached her undergarments, he cut through those too, leaving her completely exposed before him in the cold porcelain of the tub. He stood over her for a moment, taking in the image and smiling as she was so blissfully powerless to escape his restraints, before stepping out of the tub and moving toward the knobs of the faucet.

"So how do you like your bath water, Kaie? Or should I have to choose that as well for you?" he inquired as he switched open the valves, letting a temperate and warm mixture of water begin to fill the bath.

Nathaniel grinned as she voiced her dislike in his ripping of her clothing. He had thought about removing them whole, but actually figured she would be more irritated if he were to ruin them, forcing her to only wear what he could provide. Upon mention of his icy restraints, he smiled yet again, this time in almost a derogatory manner. "Oh no, you see... everything in this house was made specifically for a purpose. The metal lip on the tub, for example. You probably couldn't feel it because I restrained you rather quickly, but the metal is highly conducive to cold. There's an icy current running through most of the metal in the house, aiding me in my elemental actions." He spoke matter-of-factly, indicating that the metal lip branched off from the tub and across the floor to the outer metal beams supporting the room.

He stood straight, peering down at Kaie with a hand stroking along his chin. His eyebrows were raised in amusement, and he smiled as she finished describing her 'perfect bath'. Laughing slightly, he threw his coat from his shoulders and draped it over a low bench by the outside of the tub. "That sounds like a wonderful bath, but this is no fancy resort, I'm afraid. You've given me no reason to treat you how you wish to be treated, and so you'll be washed by the standards of which you've influenced me to use."

As he spoke, he had also removed his shirt, and turned his back to her as he went to put the rest of his clothing in a more secure spot. He flexed his wings and stretched, free of the burden of fabrics around their powerful base muscles, and shook his head as well, clearly feeling more comfortable without his upper garments restraining his impressive wingspan. He stepped out of his pants before turning to walk back to the tub, a confident stride as he was quite proud of his toned body. In his hands were various soaps he would use on her during the bath.

He felt the temperature of the water as it continued to fill up around Kaie's body and twisted the knob more towards hot before stepping in himself, sucking air in through his teeth at the initial few steps from the heat. Once he was in up to his waist, he figured it was a deep enough bath and switched off the faucet, setting all but one of the bottles on the side of the tub. He settled the tips of his dark feathers in the water, making small currents in the water's surface as he approached his restrained slave with a grin, grabbing her tapping foot and pushing it under the water as he walked closer. Her body was submerged up to the middle of her torso, leaving everything else exposed and out of the water. Her frozen wings were already defrosted as the heat and steam of the hot water melted away the icy barricade he had implemented,