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       Yana spends her first night in the House of Lycus
   DIR By: Yana{HoL}
       Date: March 22, 2026, 4:22 am
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       Yana
       Property of the House of Lycus
       Restricted to the House
       .:|MPG|:.:|PoD|:..<br><br>
       House of Lycus - Slave Quarters
       -=is somewhere within the extensive slave quarters of the House
       of Lycus, either in the kennels or training rooms.=-<br><br>
       ALL: He had spoken the truth, the naked slave reflected
       ruefully, when he had said that sleep likely would not come this
       night.<br><br>
       Yana
       Property of the House of Lycus
       Restricted to the House
       .:|MPG|:.:|PoD|:..<br><br>
       House of Lycus - Slave Quarters
       -=is somewhere within the extensive slave quarters of the House
       of Lycus, either in the kennels or training rooms.=-<br><br>
       ALL: The he in question was the Man named Marcus Lycus. The Man
       who was now her Master, the Man who owned her. The result of a
       wager, one entered into impulsively, without thought, a trap
       that she had stepped into headfirst, one laid not by him but by
       her own hubris, an ihn's rashness and pride that she would now
       have the rest of her days to reflect upon, one that had cost her
       all that she had fought for, her station, her freedom, her name.
       She had found herself in position where she had gambled
       unwisely. And had lost.<br><br>
       Yana
       Property of the House of Lycus
       Restricted to the House
       .:|MPG|:.:|PoD|:..<br><br>
       House of Lycus - Slave Quarters
       -=is somewhere within the extensive slave quarters of the House
       of Lycus, either in the kennels or training rooms.=-<br><br>
       ALL: But the part that frustrated her the most as she lay naked
       in the straw in a slave kennel deep in the bowels of a now still
       House was not that she had lost, frustrating though that may be.
       But what displeased her more was how close she had come to
       winning. Victory had been practically within her grasp in the
       opening phases of the game. In moments that she had replayed in
       her mind over and over and over again after the barred gate that
       was the kennel door had been closed and locked she had reflected
       upon the very first moves taken, when she had accepted the
       Ubara's gambit, for she was sure that had she declined it and
       went in different direction she would now be asleep in
       comfortable bed in the floors above, a Guest of the House of
       Lycus, under its protection. But she had not played the game as
       she now thought that she should have, she had played it as she
       had. And so the nature of her stay within this House and the
       protection that it afforded her were very different to what they
       might have been.<br><br>
       Yana
       Property of the House of Lycus
       Restricted to the House
       .:|MPG|:.:|PoD|:..<br><br>
       House of Lycus - Slave Quarters
       -=is somewhere within the extensive slave quarters of the House
       of Lycus, either in the kennels or training rooms.=-<br><br>
       ALL: The stakes had been clear, very clear, such that neither
       player could claim they had misunderstood. She had gambled and
       lost. And so the protection that she would enjoy was the collar
       locked around her throat, the brand that was to come. Ydril ze
       Omun was no more. In her place was the slave girl Yana.<br><br>
       Yana
       Property of the House of Lycus
       Restricted to the House
       .:|MPG|:.:|PoD|:..<br><br>
       House of Lycus - Slave Quarters
       -=is somewhere within the extensive slave quarters of the House
       of Lycus, either in the kennels or training rooms.=-<br><br>
       ALL: One life was over. Another had begun. The blonde wondered
       how much the iron would hurt when it kissed her thigh. She
       doubted that it would be as bad as having her belly sliced open
       with a knife. The iron would bring finality, a restating of the
       fact that events that were now in motion could not be reversed.
       The last chance for that had been the conversation that had
       taken place moments before she had entered the Circle, that
       conversation seared into her memory just as much as the brand
       would be seared into her flesh.<br><br>
       Yana
       Property of the House of Lycus
       Restricted to the House
       .:|MPG|:.:|PoD|:..<br><br>
       House of Lycus - Slave Quarters
       -=is somewhere within the extensive slave quarters of the House
       of Lycus, either in the kennels or training rooms.=-<br><br>
       ALL: She lay back in the straw, closed her eyes. Come the dawn
       it would be done. She would in branded. To hope for anything
       less, to cling to notion that this was a cruel joke on the
       Slaver's part and that in the morning he might remove the collar
       and set her free was foolish. She had made the wager of her own
       free will. Now she must accept its consequences.
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