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Post by Shade on Feb 10, 2016 23:20:49 GMT -4
-All Fours
A slave is sometimes put to all fours, which she may move thusly, accompanying masters. In this posture she cannot suddenly run, or dart away. In the situation described the posture was doubtless imposed as a security measure, on an unknown slave, mysteriously arrived from the darkness. In other situations the posture may be imposed upon her as a discipline, to position her for animal usage, to remind her that she is a slave, and so on. Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 63
"To all fours," he said to her. "Yes, Master," she said. This position can be igniting to a female slave, being so positioned by a master. At the least, they are well reminded, so positioned beside a man, that they are slaves. Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 554
-Bara
"Bara, Kajira!" he said. She rolled quickly to her stomach, placing her wrists behind her, crossed, and crossing her ankles, ready to be bound. Explorers of Gor Book 13 Page 77
"Bara," said Mincon to Tula. "Bara," said I to Feiqa. Both slaves went immediately to their bellies, their heads to the left, their wrists crossed behind their backs, their ankles also crossed. It is a common binding position. Mercenaries of Gor Book 21 Page 145
"Bara!" he snapped. I flung myself to my belly in the grass, putting my hands behind me, wrists crossed, and crossing my ankles, too. Dancer of Gor Book 22 Page 415
"Bara!" he said. She instantly responded to his command, as she had been trained to do. She was now on her belly, her wrists crossed behind her, her ankles, too, crossed. Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 196
"Bara," he said. She went to her stomach and crossed her wrists behind her back, and crossed her ankles. Kur of Gor Book 28 Page 317
Hitherto she had been lying on her belly in the straw, her head turned to the side, in bara, her wrists crossed behind her, with her ankles crossed, as well. It is a common holding, and helplessness, position for a slave. In it, of course, she is positioned perfectly for a swift and secure binding. Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 370 When the merchandise had been secured, each item had been placed in the bara position, though they did not know the name for the position as yet, each on her stomach, head facing to the left, her wrists crossed behind her and her ankles crossed, as well. Smugglers of Gor Book 32 Page 3
"Bara!" she snapped. Instantly we turned about in the neck rope, with its three knotted double loops, and went to our stomachs, our heads to the left, our wrists crossed behind us, and our ankles, as well. It is not advisable to hesitate in responding to a command. The bara position was, I suppose the first slave position in which I had been placed. Of course I did not at that time understand it, or know its name. One is quite helpless in the bara position. One is on one's stomach and one's hands are behind one, so one cannot use them to rise, and one's body is extended, with one's ankles crossed. One cannot easily rise from that position. Too, psychologically, one feels oneself submitted, and at the mercy of others. Smugglers of Gor Book 32 Page 296
-Bonds of the Master's Will
She wore the "bonds of the master's will." Grunt had put her in them. She lay on her stomach. Her wrists were crossed behind her. Her ankles, too, were crossed. She was "bound." She could not rise to her feet. Yet there was not a rope or a strap on her body. She was "bound by the master's will." She could not move from this position unless, at the word of a free person, she was freed from it. Blood Brothers of Gor Book 18 Page 248
"Your hands are now bound behind your back," he said. "Yes, Master," I said. I must now keep my hands or wrists in contact with one another, and behind my back. I was now "bound by the master's will." I could not separate my hands or wrists from one another now without permission. Dancer of Gor Book 22 Page 227
-Bracelets
"Bracelets," he snapped. She put her head in the air and placed her hands behind her back. Hunters of Gor Book 8 Page 146
-Brand Display
"Mark?" said a man. Swiftly she rose up on her knees and turned her left thigh to the interrogator, at the same time putting her hands behind the small of her back, as though they might be braceleted there. It is one of the positions of brand display. Mirus smiled. Ellen flushed. I hate him, she thought. But she remained in the position, a common one for brand display. Her wrists, behind her back, were nearly touching. The position accentuates the breasts and, given the position of the hands, is provocatively emblematic; Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 416
I did not give her the "thigh" or "brand" command, but I had little doubt she was now marked. In response to such a command those such as she must kneel on the right knee and extend the left leg gracefully, bared to the hip. The most common marking site on such as she is high on the left thigh, under the hip. Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 55
-Capture Position
He thought she looked well on her back, in what is referred to as the "capture position." In this position, the captive locked in the arms of the captor, the captor can assess and enjoy the least nuance of expression in the captive's countenance. This position, too, is enjoyed by many masters with their slaves. Kur of Gor Book 28 Page 85
-Collar Position
"Collar!" I snapped. Instantly she faced me, holding her hands slightly behind her, and lifted her chin. . . . In this position the collar may be conveniently read. Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 17
-Common Position of Obeisance
"Common position of obeisance," he said. Immediately, kneeling, she put her head to the floor, the palms of her hands on the floor, beside her head. In this position the knees are closed. It is a position commonly assumed by a slave when a man enters a room. To be sure, this varies from city to city. In some cities all that is required is the common kneeling position, instantly assumed. In other cities, a complete bellying, instantly assumed, is required. Such things may differ, of course, from master to master. Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 86
-Examination Position
"Have that one stand, to be examined," said a man. "Cotina, stand, examination position!" snapped Targo. Cotina stood, her legs widely spread, her head back, her hands clasped behind the back of her neck. It is hard for a woman to move from this position and she must be concerned with her balance. The subtle adjustments and tenseness required to maintain her balance keep her even more helplessly in place, and these adjustments and this tenseness will also be expressed in her posture, providing body-language cues bespeaking obedience and servitude. Too, obviously this posture bares her vulnerably, and her hands cannot interfere with the examination. The position of the arms, the hands clasped behind the back of the neck, or, sometimes, behind the back of the head, lifts the bosom, exhibiting it beautifully. Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 247
"Assume the standard position for the examination of a standing slave," said Portus Canio. Ellen, in her tunic, puzzled, stood then before him, her legs widely, painfully spread. The split hems of the tunic, slit at the sides, permitted this position. Ellen clasped her hands behind the back of her head, and held her head up and back, in this position looking rather at the height of the great portal, leading into the barn area, from the platform outside. In this position it is convenient to examine the slave. She cannot easily move without losing her balance. The position of her hands prevents her from interfering with the examination. The raised head, held back, makes it difficult for her to know, or guess, the position of the examiner's hands, where they are, and what they might do, for example, how and when she might be touched, caressed, or tested. Needless to say, this position is normally assumed when the slave is nude. Prize of Gor Book 27 Pages 309 - 310
Several of the slaves were standing, in examination position, legs widely spread, hands behind the back of their neck, or head. Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 333
-First Obeisance Position
"First obeisance position," snapped Barzak. "Beg his forgiveness!" Instantly Ellen went to the first obeisance position, head down, palms of her hands on the cement. "Please forgive me, Master," she begged, frightened. "Kneel up, first position," said Barzak. Ellen went to first position, with all its revelatory delights. Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 255
In first obeisance position, often assumed by a slave in the presence of a free man, she kneels with her head to the ground, and the palms of her hands down on the ground on either side of her head. Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 195
"First obeisance position," I said. She put the black wine to the side on the deck, and put her head to the boards, before me, her hands beside the sides of her head. Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 141
"First obeisance position!" I snapped. Moaning, frightened, the six girls went instantly to first obeisance position, kneeling, their heads to the deck, the palms of their hands beside their head. Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 245
"First obeisance position," I informed the slaves. Both then went to first obeisance position, kneeling, head to the floor, palms of the hands down on the floor, at the sides of their head. Mariners of Gor Book 30 Pages 428 - 429
-Forty-Third Position of Joy
"What is the forty-third position of joy?" asked the man. "I do not know, Master," she said. "What is the sixth delight of the hair of a female slave?" he asked. "I have no idea, Master," she said. "What is the title of the eighteenth love song of Dina, the slave poetess?" he asked "I do not know, Master," she said. "Do you know anything?" he asked. "Very little, Master," she said. Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 213
-Gagged by Her Master's Will
There are many varieties of slave gags, and such. The simplest device for attaining this end is when she is "gagged by her master's will," which simply means that she is prohibited from speaking until given permission to do so. Vagabonds of Gor Book 24 Page 321
"I did not allow her to speak," said Callias. I nodded. She had been then, as it is said, gagged by the master's will. Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 562
-High-Harness Position
"Split your knees," he said. "More widely." . . . "Lift your head," he said. "Higher. Higher!" She looked up at him, her head far back, the leash on her throat. . . . "You need not now keep your head in high-harness position," he said to the girl. She moved her head. Mercenaries of Gor Book 21 Pages 309 - 310
-Heel
"You will be well taught to heel and obey," said he. Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 118
The Forkbeard turned about and, one arm about Pudding, the other about Gunnhild, started from the dock. Hilda followed him, to his left. "She heels nicely," said Ottar. The men and bond-maids laughed. The Forkbeard stopped. Hilda's face burned red with fury, but she kept her head high. Pet sleen are taught to heel; so, too, sometimes, are bond-maids; I was familiar with this sort of thing, of course; in the south it was quite common for slave girls, in various fashions in various cities, to heel their masters. Hilda, of course was a free woman. For her to heel was an incredible humiliation. The Forkbeard started off again, and then again stopped. Again, Hilda followed him as before. "She is heeling!" laughed Ottar. There were tears of rage in Hilda's eyes. What he said, of course, was true. She was heeling. On his ship the Forkbeard had taught her, though a free woman, to heel. Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 123
The Forkbeard said nothing to her, but, the next day, when the sun was hot on the deck, and he released her for her exercise, and he walked about the deck, she, though a free woman, heeled him perfectly. The crew had roared with laughter. I, too, had smiled. Hilda the Haughty, daughter of Thorgard of Scagnar, had been taught to heel. Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 125
"My Jarl," said a voice. We turned about. Hilda knelt before Ivar Forkbeard, her hair to his feet. "May I not follow my Jarl?" she begged. "A lowly bond-maid begs to heel her Jarl." "Then, heel," said Ivar, good-naturedly, turning away. "Thank you, my Jarl!" she wept, leaping to her feet, falling into step on his left, two steps behind him. Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 258
I now carried his shield. I walked behind him, and to the left. I suppose I should have minded. I knew, of course, that I was heeling him. Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 31
He turned about and, with his weapons, strode from the camp. I followed him, at his heel, where a slave girl belongs. Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 109
I strode toward the market. I must leave soon. The girl stumbled after me, weeping. "Please, Master!" she wept. I did not tell her to heel. It was not necessary. She was slave. Beasts of Gor Book 12 Page 140
After being led on a leash it is not unusual for a girl to beg her master to be permitted to heel him, following him deferentially in her proper place. Fighting Slave of Gor Book 14 Page 367
I extended my hand. I would snap my fingers. When I snapped my fingers she would rise to her feet and follow me, heeling me, like the sleek domestic beast she was, to her master's lodge. One of the first things a girl is taught to do is to heel. Blood Brothers of Gor Book 18 Page 108
A man's slave usually heels him, following behind him, or behind him on his left. Blood Brothers of Gor Book 18 Page 299
When he left the pit she followed him, a bit behind him and on his left, heeling him. Kajira of Gor Book 19 Page 113
"Do you know how to heel, Feiqa?" I asked. "Yes, Master," she said. She was a Gorean woman, familiar at least superficially with the duties and obligations of slaves. To be sure, as a recently free woman, she might perhaps find herself astounded and horrified at some of the things that would now, even routinely, be required of her. I did not know. Certain things which are not only common knowledge to slaves but even a normal, familiar part of their lives seem to be scarcely suspected by free women. These are the sorts of things about which free women, horrified and scandalized, scarcely believing them, sometimes whisper, fearfully, delightedly, among themselves. Some Earth-girl slaves, brought to Got, incidentally, do not even know how to heel. Incredibly, they must be taught. They learn quickly, of course, in the collar, and subject to the whip. Mercenaries of Gor Book 21 Page 14
I then turned about, again, and hurried even more rapidly after my new master. I did not want to lag too far behind, outside the normal heeling distance. Dancer of Gor Book 22 Page 290
"You, Claudia, slave girl," she said. "Kneel behind him and to his left." A slave girl, in heeling her master, commonly follows on the left. That she follows indicates that she is subservient, that he is master and she slave; that she follows on the left is a cultural matter probably indexed to the fact that most Goreans are right-handed. Her presence on the left, thus, is not likely to interfere with his draw or the movements of his sword arm. Renegades of Gor Book 23 Page 214
"Heel," I said. "Yes, my captor," she said. I turned to regard her. She would follow me, behind and on the left. In this way the sword arm is not likely to be encumbered. Vagabonds of Gor Book 24 Page 381
He called Teibar then waved to the men about, and turning about, took his way from the area of the circle. The slave rose to her feet and hurried after him, to heel him. Magicians of Gor Book 25 Page 56
Marcus and I stopped, and Phoebe knelt beside Marcus, back a bit, in close heeling position. Magicians of Gor Book 25 Page 113
In moment or two Marcus was again beside me, and Phoebe behind him, on his left. The girl normally heels a right-handed master on the left, that she not encumber the movements of the weapon hand. Magicians of Gor Book 25 Page 117
I knelt behind the pit master, to his left. That is the common heeling position. Witness of Gor Book 26 Page 321
That woman now, perhaps, with Laura, heeled her master in Brundisium, some paces behind, and to his left. Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 222
"Master?" asked Ellen. But already he was threading his way through the crowd, and the fires. Swiftly she fell into place behind him, heeling him, behind his left shoulder, but, given the press of the crowd, much more closely than would normally be the case. A slave girl's heeling distance is a function of a particular situation, of local circumstances, so to speak. In an open area a girl will normally heel three to five paces behind, normally on the left. Whereas following on the left, which is usual, may be a simple matter of gratuitous custom, it might also be noted that this arrangement may have a darker origin. If objects are to be handed to a man, say, a warrior, such as a buckler, or barbed war net, this transfer of articles from the left is not likely to discommode or encumber the most common weapon hand which is, of course, the right. On the other hand, it is thought that following on the left is generally a position of less dignity, and thus appropriate for animals, including slaves. A consideration favoring this possibility is that left-handed Goreans will also, commonly, have their sleen, their slaves, and such, follow on the left. A free woman walks proudly beside a free man or, if the press does not permit this, is often accorded the privilege of preceding him. One of the most humiliating things for a Gorean free woman, after she has been enslaved, other than the loss of her name, is that she must now follow, and neither walk beside nor lead. Prize of Gor Book 27 Pages 428 - 429
Cecily had heeled me into the pavilion. After entering with me, she had gone, as was proper, to first obeisance position, beside me, a bit back and to my left. Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 194 - 195
Commonly, the slave heels the master, usually behind him on his left, as his sword arm is usually the right arm. In this way her presence is not obtrusive, and is unlikely to either distract or encumber him. Also, in this way, he is usually between the slave and other males, possible danger, and such, that she, unarmed and half naked, may be shielded. This also tends to protect her from free women. Too, of course, the position is one of subordination, and is thus fitting for a slave, and domestic animal. For example, a domestic sleen is also likely to heel the master, and also on the left. Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 415
"Heel us," I snapped. Dutifully the girls fell in behind us, on our left. Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 487
Normally the slave remains behind the master, commonly on the left, as she would in heeling him. The free woman, of course, either walks beside the free man, or precedes him. The slave walks behind, for she is a slave. She heels on the left, by custom, as most men are right-handed, and their weapon arm is not to be encumbered. On the other hand, these arrangements are not without value to the slave. In walking behind him, for example, she is protected, sheltered from danger by the wall of his arm and steel. Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 568
She increased her pace, to close the gap between herself and her master, that she might follow in prescribed heeling position. Conspirators of Gor Book 31 Page 141
Interestingly, the Lady Bina was, in many ways, rather different from the typical Gorean free woman. She had observed other free women, with serving slaves, and so she had me heel her, at the proper distance, on the left, appropriately, head down, but she was not at all strict about my looking about and I frequently did so. Conspirators of Gor Book 31 Page 207
I rose to my feet, and tied up, as I could, the torn tunic, and replaced the kerchief. I then, carrying the suls, heeled my Mistress from the market. Conspirators of Gor Book 31 Page 216
"May I not heel Master?" I said. "No," he said, "the trail is too narrow." One heels on the left side, usually a little behind. Much depends on the master, the terrain, the crowding, or such. Conspirators of Gor Book 31 Page 417
I shall now speak of him simply as Grendel. I heeled him into the large room, and, when he crouched down, at ease, before the broad dais, I knelt behind him, on his left. Conspirators of Gor Book 31 Page 492
His slave, Donna, was behind him, kneeling, on his left, a common position in which a slave heels her master. Smugglers of Gor Book 32 Page 389
-Injection Position
"Lie down there," said Tutina, "on the rug, before his desk, on your right side, with your knees drawn up." Awkwardly, and with unsteadiness, and some pain, the older woman, tears in her eyes, humiliated, went to her hands and knees, and then to the position to which she had been directed. "Hereafter," said Tutina, "when you hear the command 'Injection position', in whatever language, you will instantly, and unquestioningly, assume this position." Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 41
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