kneels, leaning back on her heels, her arms extended, wrists crossed, her head between them, down.
Master:
Repeat after me. "I, once (her name) of (her home city or town, or of Earth)..."
kajirae
repeats this
Master:
"..herewith submit myself, completely and totally, in all things..."
kajirae
repeats this
Master:
"...to him who is known as (his name) of (his city)..."
kajirae
repeats this
Master:
"...his girl, his slave, an article of his property, his to do with as he pleases."
kajirae
repeats this
Master:
produces the collar. If it is engraved with his name or an inscription, he reads it to her, making sure that
she understands what it says and means. He places it about her neck and snaps it shut with a click.
Master:
"I am your, Master."
kajirae
"i am yours, Master."
At this point, any freepersons in attendance will typically congratulate the Master on his new slave. When this is done, the new
Master will usually ask the slave the following three questions:
Master:
"Who were you?"
kajirae
tells him her former name.
Master:
"What are you?"
kajirae
"I am your slave, Master."
Master:
"What is your name?"
kajirae
"Whatever Master wishes."
The Master will then, if it pleases him, give the girl her new slave-name, which can be taken from her or changed at any
time,according to his whim.
Master:
"You are (new slave-name)."
kajirae
"Yes, Master. I am (new slave-name)."
The ceremony is now over.
Branding
The Master secures the slave in the branding rack (shaped rather like an X-shaped table, with either snap-bracelets (manacles)
for her wrists and ankles at the ends of the X, or metal rings set into the wood so her wrists and ankles might be secured with
binding fiber. A removable vise-like clamp fitted with spinning twist handles to adjust the tension can be attached to the left leg
platform, to hold the slave's left thigh motionless during the actual branding).
The Master holds up the heated branding iron, white hot, for the slave to see and says, "You will soon be branded, girl."
When the brand is ready, he holds it above here left thigh and says, "You are now to be branded, slave girl."
He then brands the slave, pressing it firmly into her skin for five full Ihn (seconds), then swiftly and cleanly removing it. He
examines the mark closely, hoping that it was clean and deep enough to create an excellent brand.
It is common Gorean practice to allow the slave the luxury of screaming, since it is in effect her final act as free person.
Sometimes assistants are standing by with small vials of oil and salve, which they then dab onto the brand to reduce chance of
infection and promote faster healing.
The Master then frees the slave from the rack.
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