The Chains of a New Life (Paega Anginous)

[Salaza]

Hearing she had no real reading material did make Serah a little upset but it obviously wasn't her place to ask for any actual books or the like. If a magazine was all she could have then she would accept it. At the very least it was something to keep herself occupied when she wasn't tending to [member="Paega Anginous"]. When her mistress, however, told her to join her she went stiff with fear. She wasn't exepcting this, and was caught off-guard when she was gently pulled into the tub. Her arms had instinctivly went over her chest as she felt exposed even with the bikini on. It was so odd that she was the only one clothes and yet felt as though she was the one naked. She stood in the water for a momet before her mistress told how she wanted to clean her, something Serah was suprised to hear. As a servant she was ovsiouly supposed to do all the cleaning, yet her mistress was willing to return the favor. It took a moment for that to sink in before Serah slowly lowered herself into the still warm water in front of her mistress. She tried positioning herself to compensate for how her mistress sat in the tub, avoiding eye contact at first.

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

As the beautiful Zeltron settled down in the tub infront of her, Paega retracted her legs to make room for her. She then grabbed a soap nearby, which Serah had used on her just moments earlier, and leaned forward towards Serah. Her knees bent, and her face inches from the young woman's, Paega reached out to gently lift the Zeltron's right arm, which she began scrubbing away with the soup.

"My name is Paega, by the way. Paega Anginous." the blonde said, introducing herself to Serah for the first time. "You can just call me by my first name, if you'd like." she added, realizing that the Zeltron could grow quickly tired of referring to her as 'mistress'. Having finished with cleaning the right arm, Paega moved onto cleaning her servant's left arm before speaking again.

"You are quite beautiful, Serah. Even for a Zeltron. In the past has anyone tried to... you know...."

 

[Salaza]

A slight shiver went down Serah's body at her mistress' touch. Obviously she'd never been bathed by anyone but her mother, let alone another woman all together. Still the sensation subsided a little as [member="Paega Anginous"] had begun to scrub her arm while introducing her by her real name. It was a pretty name but Serah found it hard to call her by it.

"It will be hard to say, Mist....Paega." she corrected herself. "I am so often use to referring to people by thier titles." After that she looked oddly at her mistress when she'd asked her next question. It had taken her a moment to understand what she meant before saying "Oh! Well no, mistress Paega." she said, trying to reach a compromise between the two. "My master would not allow any of the men to touch my that way. If they did....he would punish them. Ofte punishment involved taking a finger or two. I....was afraid if that was what he did to his men what he would do to me if I failed him in anyway."

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

Paega nodded. "You certainly had an interesting master. Well I'm glad you ended up keeping all of your fingers..." she added with a grin, as she finished up with the Zeltron's left arm and moved onto cleaning her shoulders. "You can rest assured that just like your old owner, I'm not going to let anyone else even touch you without my permission. I take good care of my own property, you know."

She then slowly stood up, reaching for the shampoo that was nearby. Putting an adequate amount into her hands, she then reached forward to start washing Serah's hair. The shampoo had a fresh sweet scent to it, and the scent was strong enough that the blonde was sure that the Zeltron could smell it too. When Paega finished with applying the shampoo onto Serah's hair, she gently laid down the Zeltron's head on her lap, before taking the shower spray and spraying water on the young woman's hair. Paega' hands rubbed the girl's hair, to make sure that her hair got completely cleaned, and also to give Serah a soothing sensation.

 

[Salaza]

With her mistress assureing her she would protect her Serah only said "Yes, Mistess Paega." After that she only kept her timid tone as she was guided by her hands cleaning and massaging her. When she worked on her shoulders Serah could not help but let out a sigh of relief. The feeling was exessential to where she wondered if this was what it was like when she gave her treatments to others. If so she had more talent than she realized. After that she saw as [member="Paega Anginous"] stood, her body in full view. Instantly Serah looked down and away with her cheeks turning color again. This had proven to be more helpful when her mistress started washing her hair. Everything felt so soothing and yet so scary for her. Serah had to remind herself how this was all being done with another woman who was offically her owner. As he head was laid down on Paega's lap she tried thinking back to when her mother would do this with her; both of them cleaning each other after a long days work of serving their master. But it didn't help. Serah kept flashing back to Paega's face even as she closed her eyes while her hair was cleaned. A part of her felt as though this was all some odd dream she would wake from, yet nothing came of it.

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

Paega calmly brushed through the Zeltron's hair one last time, before switching off the shower spray. "There you go." she announced gently, before she reached for a towel nearby that she placed on Serah's head for her to dry her hair with. Paega then reached for a second towel, and after standing up slowly from her spot, wrapped around her own lower body. Having done that, the partially covered blonde climbed out from the tub before glancing back at Serah to speak. "Could you drain out the tub please?" she requested as she started walking out. "Join me in bed when you're finished, dear."

With that, she dried herself properly before hanging up the towel in the bathroom. Paega then climbed onto her bed, which was big enough for the two of them, without having bothered to put any clothes back on. It was only nine or ten-ish, but they needed to rest. They had a long day ahead tomorrow, after all.

 

[Salaza]

With everything finished Serah had to take a moment to let it all sink in. In truth she did feel a lot more refreshed from the bath but, of course, had still felt so uneasy about all of this personal cleaning and the like for her mistress. She wondered why she was doing these things to her. Was it out of pity for her being a slave, her own slave in fact? Some other deeper reason. She just didn't understand.

When [member="Paega Anginous"] had told her to drain the tub before eventually walking out Serah gave a small "Yes, Mistress Paega." before standing up and finding a towel for herself. She waited a moment before letting the water drain out, during which time she did her bed to dry herself off while keeping the towel wrapped around her hair to try it off as well. She'd never had this sort of treatment before, and her mother had never shown her how this sort of thing was done.

Serah realized that when her mistress wanted to join her she did not say if it was with the bikini on or her regular attire. At the risk of not wanting to offend Serah had gone back and retrieved her clothes and carried them over her arm, which she held up and foward with her hands folded together. Upon arriving in the bedroom she realized her mistress was naked, something she was still trying to grow accustom to. Not know what to do Serah avoided looking for too long before standing at the side of the bed where Paega was, waiting for her instructions quietly.

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

By the time the Zeltron servant had arrived, the blonde woman had settled comfortably inside the bed sheets. Paega was ready to doze off, when she realized Serah was standing awkwardly beside the bed. She blinked in confusion, wondering what Serah was waiting for her. Then it hit her that the poor Zeltron was waiting for further instructions. It seemed as though that Serah hadn't fully understood Paega, that when she had initially told her to join her in bed, she had meant literally on the bed.

"What are you waiting for? Come and sleep." she instructed, now almost half-asleep. Paega rolled over to make room for Serah on the bed, and put an extra pillow where the younger woman could rest her head upon. "You've got a long day ahead of you tomorrow..." Paega informed her, before turning out the lights in the apartment with the click of a button.

 

[Salaza]

Serah did not expect thig. Or rather she should have expected this but chose not to. Realizing [member="Paega Anginous"] wanted her to hare a bed with her was something Serah had trouble wrapping her head around. She thought she would be given her own room, smaller than this, with a bed and all. That was how her former master had treated her at least. But now to be sharing a bed with her mistress? Not wanting to anger her or anything Serah nodded before putting her clothes aside and slowly crawling into bed under the sheets. She brought them up high and covered all of her body but her head. She laid in a stiff positon with her head resting up on the pillow before her mistress turned out the light. Regardless of how Paega slept Serah had been up for another hour, trying to ease herself to sleep. Today had been like a whirlpool of emotions and experiences that she found it hard to not want things back to what she called normal. Her life with her mother again. But the dark reminder had told her how she was no longer alive. Eventually Serah fell asleep, her body relaxing in her dreamy state.

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

Next morning, Paega woke up as sunlight flooded their apartment room. Distant voices and shouts could be heard from the already busy Zygerrian streets outside. The warm body of the Zeltron lying next to her was a reminder of the events from the day before. The blonde climbed out of bed, and headed to the small drawer full of clothes beside the bed. She pulled out a light grey shirt that she put over herself, before choosing to wear some sort of a short skirt. Moving gracefully, she began to prepare them a breakfast of scrambled eggs, humming softly to herself.

Today would the day for Serah's first training as a Force User.

 

[Salaza]

It had been some time before Serah eventually woke after [member="Paega Anginous"]. When she did it was to the smell of something cooking. It had taken a few minutes for her to fully realize someone was mkaing breakfast. She shot up and gasped, however, when she realized that it must have been her mistress. Serah had thought she had woken up and, wanting breakfast, was forced to make it herself when Serah should have had some prepared. She felt like a fool now, scambling out of bed and looking around for her clothes. She found her dress and only cared to throw it on over the bikini she still wore before running to the kitchen. When she arrived she realized Mistress Paega was already half way done with the food.

"Oh! I'm...I'm sorry, Mistress Paega." she said, dropping to her knees. "I didn't mean to over sleep. I'm sorry I made you make your own breakfast. I won't let it happen again, I swear it!" she said, almost pleading for her life.

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

Paega stopped humming when Serah suddenly burst into the kitchen, dropping to her knees and apologizing. Apparently because she had cooked her own breakfast. Rolling her eyes, the blonde woman grasped the Zeltron by the arm and pulled her up from her previous position on her knees. "Look, Serah, if I needed you to make breakfast, I would have woken you up. There's nothing for you to apologize for." she said gently, then handed her a plate of scrambled eggs she had finished.

Taking her own plate, Paega sat down on a chair, motioning for Serah to do the same. "Let's eat."

 

[Salaza]

Taken back by this Serah looked dumbfounded. Her mistress truly didn't care? But she thought that was what she was bought for. To serve her needs. Just as with the the bath this was something Serah didn't exepect from her owner to do. But, with nothing else for it, Serah only nodded before following [member="Paega Anginous"] to the table and quietly eating her eggs. She only glanced up once or twice to see if her mistress needed anything but kept a calm enough demenor while enjoying her breakfast. It was odd to have a meal that she didn't make for herself, or finishing the scraps her master didn't want anymore.

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

Clearly, the Zeltron servant was very much used to be the one doing all of the housework. Paega hoped to alter that a bit. As the blonde woman ate, she looked up at Serah before speaking.

"Have you ever felt special, Serah? That you were capable to be more than just be a household servant?" she asked rather casually. "Because believe it or not, you are special." she said before putting more scrambled egg in her mouth.

 

[Salaza]

Serah perked up when asked the question, not really sure how to answer at first. She seemed to struggle with an answer before Mistress Paega had basically done that for her, saying she was indeed special. Serah had the feeling of what she was referring to but didn't say it at first. Not until she mustered enough courage to speak even though she was not asked an actual question.

"Do you mean...that power I had used to kill the men who murdered my mother and master?" she asked. "Is that....what makes me special?"

[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

"It's not your power to kill that makes you special, Serah." Paega clarified, waving her fork around. "Rather, killing those men were merely results of your hatred against them combined with your special power."

"The special power that we're talking about here is what we call 'the Force'. It can be quite dangerous to yourself and others unless you learn how to control it properly." Paega then demonstrated, putting her hands out and using the Force to slowly float her plate through the air, before landing it softly inside the sink. "Would you like to learn more about it?"

 

[Salaza]

Serah watched with amazement as the plate floated up and away before landing in the sink. If this power, the Force, that she posessed, was capable of that along with what she had done before, she was curious to know what else she could do. What would it mean for her though? To have that sort of power to use on a whim? She looked back when [member="Paega Anginous"] had asked if she wanted to learn more.

She gave a soft but sudden "Yes..."

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

Paega grinned, glad that Serah was willing to learn more. "Alright, without getting into too much science, there are these microscopic things inside you called Midi-chlorian. Now if someone possesses a certain high enough level of them, we called the person Force-sensitive. That, is also the case with you. Being a Force User, you can do things that many would deem to be 'magical'."

After explaining that much, the blonde woman placed a cup on the table between them. "Now, I want you to focus, and concentrate on this cup. Try levitating it." she instructed.

 

[Salaza]

Serah barley unstood most of what was explained about being 'force-sensative'. She never heard of midi-chlorians or how they were some type of organism that could live in your body and give you the power of the force. But if this was in fact some type of science at work and not magic, then perhaps Serah was not cursed or the liek as she originally belived. That didn't change the fact she was still worried about trying to improve on these powers, fearing she might not.

When she was told to move the cup Serah looked at it and then glanced back to Paega, seeing the look that confirmed this was what she wanted her to do. With a little sigh Serah nodded before looking to the cup and trying to focus. Unsure of what she meant Serah only looked at the cup, staring intently at it, and trying to imagine it floating. She pushed herself t focus harder and hard, the cup starting to shudder as she did. Instead of lightly going up, however, the cup flung off the table and hit the wall, breaking.

Serah gasped and stood, sayig "I'm sorry, Mistress Paega! I'll clean that up."

[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

[member="Serah"]

Paega looked at the cup, interested to see what Serah could do about it. As the cup started shuddering on the table, she was quite excited, wondering if the Zeltron would manage to accomplish the feat in just one go. She blinked in surprise when the cup suddenly flew off, and hit the wall, and shattered. "Hey, I got it." she said hastily as she got up, replacing another cup on the table for Serah to practice on.

"Try again. This time, put your hands out and see if that helps you stay a bit more in control of the energy." she instructed as she walked towards the shattered cup and used the Force to pick it up and dump the shards into the trash can.