Role

Chapter 1

Winter was heavily upon the Imperial Lands as the Yule Tide season had
begun. Snow was falling and the days had shortened. Nobles began the
first day of the Yule Tide only hosting small get togethers with a friend
or two. The more elaborate parties to come days later.

A fine carriage, flanked by Imperial soldiers finds itself stopped before
a lavish manor house. A small cart follows close behind, transporting a
steel cage, and in it a woman. The woman is beautiful, dressed in fine
slave silks and makeup. With little clothing, she shivers in the cold
winter evening, her teeth chattering.

A woman dressed in a fine evening dress and furs steps from the
carriage, looks to her guards, "Get my gift inside and cover it. If anything
happens to it, you lot will find yourself working the roads."

The woman hurries to the manor entrance and is escorted inside while
the guards get the cage and slave from the cart, cover it with a tarp and
takes it inside.

The afternoon turns to evening as the imperial nobles enjoy each
other's company, dinner and entertainment, then it came time for gifts.
The host gifted the visiting noble woman a very expensive jewelled
necklace and matching set of earrings. Seeing that she was pleased with
his gift, he waited in anticipation to receive his.

The woman motioned for her servants to roll in her gift. The noble
man's eyes grew as something large and covered was wheeled in. He
looked to the woman, greed twinkling in his eyes and he lept up to the
covered gift. With a quick pull, the gift was unveiled and he gasped in
excitement.

He reached a hand between the bars of the cage to stroke the slave
girl's exposed thighs only to be annoyed when she pulled away. He
looked back to the noble woman with a questioning gaze.

"Oh my dear Hubert, the girl is still a girl. But she's not here as a toy for
the bedroom." she pauses before continuing, "How did that old yule
tide song go again? Ah, yes!" She grinned to herself before singing
(badly) "On the first day of Yule Tide my true love brought to me, A
Songbird in a Steel Cage."

The nobleman grinned, looking back at the slave girl. "A songbird! Oh
girl, you must sing to us! Go on, sing!"

The girl looked back at the noble woman, who in turn nodded. The
room was filled with an enchanting song as she lifted her voice to fill
the room. When she was done, she sneezed a few times and tried to
warm herself with her hands. The nobles didn't notice, only laughing
with each other at how wonderful the gift was.

The night's festivities ended and day came. The noble woman bid her
farewells and each other wished one another a Wonderful Yule Tide.