The Tale of a Red Tail

Later yesterday I saw the Master's walking on the hillside looking like they were having a serious conversation.

Master came to my studio to fetch me and tell me The Tale of a Red Tale. Christian has CCTV in all the rooms of the house. A signal tells him when people move from room to room when guests are in the house. He got a signal from Master's office so he decided to check it out. Reggie's boy was in the room going through Master's desk drawers. He found the petty cash box and lifted some of the bigger bills from it and stuffed it into his pocket. He also took a tiny (barely larger than a thumb nail) gold dragon from the book shelf behind the desk. It was petty theft but none the less theft.

Christian quietly called Ian and Reggie to his office and asked them to view the recording. Reggie was torn. This boy was new and he liked him a great deal but there was no way to excuse theft in a family member's home or any where for that matter. That is why they sent me to my studio. If I had known I would have confronted him and thrown him out regardless of Reggie's feelings for him. I would have felt, most of all, that I was protecting Reggie. The Master's know me well.

Master said that Reggie, Christian and he confronted the boy, showing the video on an Ipad. The boy was stunned and humiliated, especially when Reggie voiced his grief over meeting a boy that he really cared for who turned out to be a thief who disrespected him by disrespecting his family. As a result of the Master's conversation out on their hillside walk, Reggie offered the boy two options. Being sent away or taking the punishment that no one wanted to give. The boy was quick to choose the punishment, not knowing what it was. Master said he thought the boy was thinking it was a horny punishment, the kind that goes on when you want to get your rocks off.

Reggie, Christian and Master took the boy to the punishment. The light in the room is blindingly bright. They ordered him to strip and fold his cloths neatly. The ordered him to stand at attention and explained the punishment and that once it starts there is no way out. They also told him that if he were ever to steal again that the punishment would increase exponentially.

"Lay face down on the table. To avoid mistaking this for play, you will not be bound, gagged or blindfolded. You are to lay on the table remaining motionless and expressionless. You remain perfectly still and quiet or you punishment will increase exponentially. This will take all your abilities to control yourself. Christopher will administer the punishment. You will receive ten stroke from this strap and then a minute to rest. You will receive two similar sets of strokes followed by twenty rapid fire strokes. Remember, he is in charge and that any movement or reaction from you will cause the punishment to begin anew but the number of strokes will double. Do you understand? This is your last chance to choose between being sent away, never to see Me again or the punishment".

Master said the boy's eyes welled up with tears. Reggie turned his back to him and Master explained that crying was a reaction that is not permissible. I know this punishment from experience. It is torture, primarily because of the self control that it takes to remain absolutely stoic.

Master said the boy laid on the table without saying another word. Christian punished him with care filled expertise. The boy bounced involuntarily and braced himself as if he wanted to get up but then laid back down. He took all fifty strokes. Christian told him to remain on the table and think about what pain he caused the Masters to see him punished and to come up when he was ready to rejoin the family. He also told him that he could not talk about the punishment experience. "What's done is done". The three Master's left him alone in the room.

Tony made a great meal, as usual. Dinner went on for the evening.

Master took me to the dungeon after dinner and chained me to the wall. Reggie came out a while later to chain the boy to a cot in the adjoining cell.