Lumbar Feles Servusi

Chapter VI Balneae

"I have brought the new slaves from the market, Master" announced the badger clad in the white tunic as he wandered inside a entrance way to a richly decorated building, closely followed by the nervous and apprehensive pair being led by short leashes of rope tied to their bound wrists.

"Excellent, Meles….excellent, you managed to get TWO with the money I gave you…." cooed an elaborately dressed, middle aged wolf as he swaggered over, hungrily scrutinising the near naked pair with his eyes as he approached.

"Yes, my dear Master…the rabbit came on the auction block shortly after I’d paid for this one, he was SO cheap I thought it was worth taking the chance…. The prices seemed to drop immensely after a particularly handsome white lion went for two thousand, practically putting every other poor slave to shame…. Oh, Master, if only you had seen him…."

"I’m afraid I could only stretch to five hundred silver denarius for slaves at the moment, Meles…but perhaps when the paying customers start coming in once we’re open tomorrow ……" mused the wolf. "What are your names, slaves ?" he added, turning his attention to them.

"Dasypus, Master" replied the rabbit.

"P…P…Paku, M…M..Master" quavered the cheetah.

"Oh, you’re all timid and shy, how delightful…. I’m sure many of my customers will like that!" the wolf broke into a lecherous grin of delight. Paku just swallowed to himself, he knew he was this wolf’s property now, and he held the power of life and death over him. "Has Meles told you anything about me and my business on the way here, then ??" the wolf continued as he paced back and forth in satisfaction before the near naked pair.

"No, Master !" chorused the newly acquired slaves, both of their minds racing with questions they wanted to ask, but were afraid to.

"I felt that was for your discretion, my Master…I simply bought them at auction, and escorted them back here as you ordered" announced the badger in the simple white tunic with the decorative embroidered trim as he bowed his head in acknowledgement to his Master’s superiority.

"I can always rely on you, Meles…..That’s why you are the only slave I’ve kept in my service since I moved my business back here to Rome, rather than that rain soaked country of Britannia you came from".

"Yes, Master….and for that I humbly thank you…"

"Well, Dasypus and…umm…Paku" the wolf committed their names to memory, "I have recently had this small 'Balneae' built, as I sold my previous one overseas as I missed Rome terribly…. Anyway with my limited funds, I’ve purchased you both to help serve my exclusive male clientele….".

"Yes, Master !" chorused the rabbit and cheetah again, noticing the expectant pause, and bowed slightly as they’d noticed the more experienced slave had done.

"You’ve not had Masters before I take it ?….I don’t suppose either of you have, as I instructed Meles to purchase two good looking, reasonably priced, untrained ones….." mused the wolf, as he stroked his chin in contemplation.

"No, Master" replied the pair.

"Well, you should thank your lucky stars, you’ve ended up here…as I am a lot more lenient than most Masters. You will be well fed and taken care of…. Only, displease me and you may find yourself sold to a lot harsher Master or Mistress, ‘find yourselves working in the mines, or even to meet your doom as entertainment to the masses in our great Coliseum". The rabbit and cheetah cast nervous sideways glances at each other, and gulped in fear as they heard that.

"Instruct them, Meles….I have business to attend to…have them remove those tatty loincloths and toss them into the furnace !".

"With pleasure, my Master….may I have them practice using strigils on Karras…as they’ll see him once we go there"

"Of course you may, Meles…I trust your skill and judgement, you’ve purchased on my behalf and trained many a fine Balneae slave in the past !"

"Thank you Master, I do my best !" smiled the badger, his heart swelling with pride.

"Anyway, I must go…I have to get word of our grand opening around town, or I fear we may not be in business very long…." The wolf excused himself as he turned to leave. "I'm lucky in that I still have a lot of infuencial friends here, who can help me spread the word in all the right places….".

"Best of luck, Master…I shall eagerly await your return….." the badger cast a viscous sideways glance to the cheetah and rabbit. "Y..Yes, Master !", "We will both eagerly await your return" they both blurted out, taking the hint.

"Just make sure that our new recruits know what’s expected of them….." replied the wolf icily in Meles’ direction, as he adjusted his toga and headed for the door. Once the thick wooden door closed, and they heard him walking away, Meles casually untied the belt around his waist and removed his simple white tunic. Underneath, he wore a length of black material wrapped around his waist which only reached about halfway down his thick thighs with a decorative, embroidered gold trim around its edge, it was in good contrast to his silvery grey fur. Meles was quite muscular and solidly built, with a slightly rotund belly.

"Right, now if the pair of you would like to remove all that you are wearing and give to me for disposal as the Master ordered !"

Nervously they did what they were told, and Paku's mind flashed back to when Tabansi was ordered to do the same while he was on the slave auction block, he wondered what kind of Master the Chief's son and young Gamba had ended up with.

"Don’t worry about losing your loincloths, I expect our good Master will find you both something suitable to wear upon his return, I wear this as my 'uniform' you might say…..". the burly slightly older badger gestured to his own black and gold trimmed loincloth with a flourish of his right hand as he grudgingly took the others tatty garments in his left. "Now, onto business !" announced the near naked Meles in a theatrical voice as he puffed up his chest proudly. "I am what is known as a ‘Confricto’….." The nude cheetah and rabbit once again cast nervous sideways glances at each other. "Look, you don’t have to be so afraid of me…." cooed Meles, in a gentler more soothing tone of voice. "I’m a slave the same as both of you, remember ?, I’m what’s known as a ‘Badger’, from the land of Britannia…… now, a Confricto is a masseur…. perhaps it would be easier if I just gave you a quick tour of my…I mean 'our' Masters ‘Balneae’…that word means ‘private bath house’ by the way…… There’ll be other names and terms you’ll be expected to remember…."

Beckoning them to follow him, the badger proudly led the way to another doorway. "Now, just pretend that you are noble Roman citizens, instead of lowly slaves" he cooed as he opened the door. "Upon arrival here, this is the Apodyterium. A small room in which you’d get undressed, and place your fine clothing into one of these niches" he indicated to many large open ended square wooden boxes, set in rows along the wall. "I expect my Master will have another room set aside for the safe keeping of guests valuables, or visitors may have an accompanying slave to do that for them while they bathe….. Now, onto the next room, assume that you are naked, which you are of course !" the badger grinned to himself at making a joke of sorts, but Dasypus and Paku were too nervous to find it funny. In the centre of the large room was a massive heated sunken square bath set into the floor. The room was richly decorated with homoerotic marble mosaics, and various statues depicting handsome muscular male Roman gods or Gladiators, neither of the two new slaves could easily tell the difference and on each side of the room, three doors could be seen.

"These all lead to various other bathing rooms" announced Meles, reverently as he motioned to the nearest door on the left. "They’ve got signs on them, but I doubt either of you can read, so just remember which one is which !"

"Don’t worry so much about remembering the rooms names for now, what’s MOST important is that you please our Masters customers and client's, especially the ones of high importance…. Either the good Master or myself will tip you off as to whom they might be, and in time you’ll come to recognise them…Oh, talking of ‘Tips’, that reminds me….has the Peculium system been explained to either of you ?".

Paku and Dasypus shook their heads sadly. "No….Umm…."

"As I’m also a slave, albeit a much more experienced one, you may both call me Meles…..although you are to address any customer or client of these baths as ‘Sir’ unless the Master or myself tell you otherwise !…Anyway the Peculium system, is a means by which a slave might eventually buy his freedom"

"REALLY !" gasped the rabbit and cheetah, suddenly invigorated with new hope.

"Yes, a happy customer may sometimes tip you a coin or two…they are yours to keep, save up enough and perhaps one day you could buy your freedom… You’ll then have more or less full citizenship like any Roman citizen except for the right of holding public office and a few other things. I’d advise you to show any particularly large monetary ‘tips’ to the Master first though, just to safeguard yourself against accusations of thievery…although in time I expect our good Master will know who the generous ‘tippers’ are…."

"How much do we have to save up…umm, Meles…." interrupted Paku, eagerly.

"Whatever you cost at auction, plus whatever your value is in terms of experience by that time…..What our Master could well expect to get for you at auction, if he was to sell you on at that point no doubt…. I don’t want to raise your hopes too much, my friends….and I sincerely hope we CAN all become good friends…but remember your freedom is purely the Masters decision of course…..The system came about, so for instance an old slave might buy his freedom, allowing his Master to buy a new young slave with the money, hence that Master wouldn't lose his investment with his slave's eventual death "

Paku shuddered at the word, ‘Death’ as memories of the bound Christian fox being mercilessly burnt to ashes, while the rowdy crowd cheered and applauded wildly came flooding back to him.

"Anyway, listen to me rambling on and on…I’m just naturally talkative" chirped the badger with a certain amount of pride. "That’s another skill, I’d advise you both to learn quickly, it pleases our Master to hear more than just ‘Yes, Master’ and ‘No, Master’…I know you are both new and inexperienced, but you need to come up with more than that !. Flatter our good Master, remind him of how glad you are to be in his service and such like….take note of how I do it. Likewise with customers and clients, some of them may want a degree of conversation with you, others won’t…in time you’ll learn to judge that for yourself, remember to show each of them the same amount of respect as you would the Master….."
"There’s SO much to learn and remember….." breathed Paku, thinking out loud, as he and Dasypus looked around open muzzled at the ornate splendour.

"If it buys me my freedom, I’m all for it !" announced Dasypus, dryly.

"I expect I could buy my freedom, easily" snorted Meles the masseur casually. "But it doesn’t interest me, I am more than happy in our generous Masters service… I’m hoping that one day, the Master’ll open another small Balneae here in Rome, and allow me the honour of running it for him !".

"He obviously thinks a lot of you….." mused Paku.

"Of course, I have always been no less than a loyal and faithful servant to my beloved Master !… I imagine I have been in his service HALF the time you have been alive !" the near naked badger replied resolutely, as though grossly insulted by the observation, and to pointedly remind them how he was a fair bit older, wiser and experienced than them. "Now, we must make haste with our small tour…I promised our good Master that you were to be well informed and instructed upon his return, I’d advise you not to disappoint him, or ME for that matter !!" the last part he said with a snarl.

"Umm, so what are these other rooms then, Meles ?" asked Paku, hoping to pacify him as he sensed the anger in his voice.

"Come, I’ll take you through each of them…."

"This is the caldarium" the rabbit and cheetah wandered after him into a rather hot and humid room filled with steam. "And this is the sudatorium…." he announced as he led them out of that room and into the next, "…..it makes you sweat heavily by dry heated air". "Here we have the tepidarium, which contains a smaller, hotter bath closest to the furnace" he stated as he took them into the third room, closest to the far wall. The trio then wandered to the right hand side of the large room’s central pool.

"….And next we have the fridarium, which is sort of the opposite in that it’s a cold plunge pool for customers to cool off in.." continued the burly badger. "That’s ‘my’ room, he announced proudly, opening the middle door to reveal a large wooden bench raised to waist height. Set in the middle of the tastefully decorated room, along one wall were various jars of oils and perfumes. "We’ll come back to it in a little while….." he blustered, closing the door, "….And the final room is a small Gymnasia, where there are some free weights for exercising or mats for wrestling or whatever ‘activity’ the customers or clients wish to indulge in. Now, I expect you’re wondering how this place is heated, don’t you ?" Meles directed a question to the still overwhelmed pair.

"You…ummm…mentioned something about a furnace….." replied Dasypus.

"That’s right, our Masters bath house, which is called a….." he pointed to Paku.

"Umm..err…umm….." the cheetah desperately racked his brain, "Bal-ne-ae ?"

"That’s correct, well done….you’ll both pick it up in no time, I’m sure!" beamed the badger. "Now, the ‘Balneae’ is heated by what’s called a Hypocaust, that is the floor is raised off the ground on pillars and spaces have been left between the walls so that the hot air from the furnace can circulate around. The rooms that need the most heat are closest to the furnace, if we need more heat our stoker slave can add more wood, he keeps the furnace burning day and night you know…come, I’ll take you to meet him….." Leading the pair back out the way they came in, he led them down a small passageway down the left-hand side of the building. The air was stifling, and smelt heavily of smoke. A huge figure clad in just a tatty old loincloth was hard at work feeding logs into a roaring furnace. "Karras, I’ve brought the Masters latest slaves here to meet you….." the profusely sweating figure turned around upon hearing the badger's voice. He was a rather tubby mountain gorilla. "This is Dasypus, and this is Paku….." Meles politely introduced them.

"Huh, pleased ta meet yer both….." snorted the great ape, wearily. "Hey, you from Numidia ??" he asked Paku.

"Yes, Sir…..I’m from Chief Panja’s tribe….."

"He’s not a ‘Sir’…he’s just Karras…." Meles patiently reminded the nude cheetah. "Another slave remember ?, my Master had me purchase him about a week ago, as it takes a long time to get the Balneae properly heated up…Then it’s simply a matter of keeping the fire burning !".

"I think Paku did right to call him Sir…I wouldn’t want him mad at me !" quipped Dasypus.

"If y’ want to swap jobs, long ears…dats fine with ME !" rumbled the sweaty gorilla, glowering at the rabbit with his beady eyes.

"I’ve got a bit of a treat for you in fact, Karras…" announced Meles, stepping in between them. "Our Master has been gracious enough to allow you upstairs so the attendant slaves can practice their ‘craft’ on you….Now, is the fire stoked up well enough that you can leave it for a little while…??".

"Yeah, it’ll do….I got busy chuckin' in a few logs when I ‘eard you comin’…..I wus afraid you might be da Master".

"I’d advise you not to take such a casual attitude, Karras, our Master doesn’t suffer fools gladly. You could have done FAR worse, as I only told these two earlier….". As he spoke, Meles casually tossed Paku and Dasypus's dirty old loincloths into the open door of the roaring furnace.

"Yeah, yeah…I know, an’ I’m thankful an’ all that…. Let's just go upstairs, huh?" Karras gushed, eager to get out of the claustrophobic smoky environment.

"Very well…." replied Meles, a little wary of the lumbering primate, as he led them all back into the main bathing room.

"Now, which is the caldarium ?, can either of you tell me ??" the badger addressed both the rabbit and cheetah.

"It’s one of those three over there, I think…." mused Dasypus, pointing to the left-hand side of the large room.

"The middle one !" Paku eagerly pointed.

"That’s correct, Paku….you’ve got the makings of a fine slave, don’t be disheartened Dasypus, you were half right…." beamed Meles, kindly.

"Are we just ‘ere t’ play guessin’ games….." complained Karras. "I’ve got to keep an’ eye on the furnace y’ know, an’ the Master…..".

"It’s alright, Karras….you just go into the caldarium with your ‘attendants’, for the sake of this exercise, you are playing the part of a Roman customer of our Masters Balneae, alright !?"

"Huh, I’ve been set FREE…." replied the great ape with a hint of sarcasm as he walked into the steamy room, closely followed by the others.

"I’ve just got to fetch a few things from ‘my’ room…." they heard the badger call out as Karras sat wearily down on one of the wooden benches inside. They where about to sit down either side of him, but the silverback mountain gorilla held up a massive right hand and gestured for them to stop. "I don’t think either o’ you would be allowed to sit on this ‘ere bench meant for da Roman customers….’better stand or kneel instead….."

"I’m back…." cooed Meles happily, as he returned laden with various bottles and instruments. "You’re both standing, that’s good…..that’s what would be expected of you, or knelt at the honoured customers feet !" Paku looked at Karras, who just smiled and cheekily winked at him in return. "Now, like I said imagine Karras is one of our clients and wishes to be oiled…umm, can you remove your loincloth please, Karras….". The silverback gorilla nodded as he stood up and untying it's waistband, let it drop to the floor, exposing his ample cock and balls. "You pour a little of the oil of the customer's choice over your hands and gently rub it into his fur like so….." Meles began with the ape’s right arm, then worked his way upto his broad shoulders. "You take some, and do his left arm, copy what I’m doing" Meles addressed Paku. "And Dasypus, you kneel down and do each of his legs in turn, start at the feet and work your way up…don’t miss a spot!. You may have to do a client all on your own or other slaves will assist you depending on the customers needs or wishes, he may wish to engage you in conversation, or he may not. Remember speak only when spoken too, and treat each and every customer with the same reverence and respect as you would our own Master!". The three of them worked in silence then, concentrating on the task for a short while. "What’s the matter ?" asked Meles, as he was lathering a handful of oil onto the gorilla’s rotund belly, noticing the rabbit was getting hesitant at the ape’s groin.

"Do I….?" quavered Dasypus nervously.

"Of COURSE you do !" replied Meles resolutely, pouring another large dollop of oil into the palm of his hand and tenderly rubbed it into the gorilla’s genitals, before returning to working on the great apes podgy waist. "If he asked you to take his maleness in your muzzle and suckle upon it like it’s your mother’s teat, you do that too…WITHOUT HESITANCY !!".

"You’ve GOT to be jokin’…." The rabbit screwed up his face in disgust as he recoiled back in horror.

"This is an exclusive 'males only' Balneae, remember…..what DO you think goes on here, and is expected of us, Hummm??" snarled Meles, as though it was his turn to be shocked and disgusted.

"But it’s what you piss through….." whined the rabbit.

"Look, long ears, you obviously ain’t been ah slave long ‘ave you !" snorted the oily gorilla. "You do as yer damn told, or you end up DEAD !…or wishin’ ya soon were !"

"Karras is right !" agreed the badger masseur, "I’ve known Masters who own slaves exclusively for that task, or who have had all of a slaves teeth forcefully pulled out, just because he scratched his Masters maleness with them, or so that he might suck better". Dasypus shut his eyes and winced at the thought.

"It’s something you get used to…." mused the badger, as he continued anointing Karras with the oil. "If it helps you, just imagine you’re a newborn and it IS your mother you’re suckling upon. Now, I expect you’re wondering what the purpose of all this oiling is….".

"Umm, are you expected to do that, umm ‘sucking’ too…..?" Dasypus asked Meles with trepidation.

"Of course I am, what do you think is expected of me when a client rolls onto his back on my Massage table and he has an erection ?, I’m also expected to take it ‘under the tail’ too, but we’ll come to that in due course…..". The trio looked suitably shocked and surprised. "It’s not something you’ll have to worry about, Karras…your sole purpose is to keep that furnace burning hot !" the badger added.

"Do either of them ‘ave ta suckle upon ME then ?" cooed the great ape suddenly appearing to come over all shy, "I wouldn’t mind tryin’ that…. when in Rome do as the Romans do, an’ all that !" he added with a wicked grin.

"Perhaps later….Now, Paku and Dasypus you take this metal instrument, which looks like a bent metal stick ‘called a strigil, and you reverently scrape the oil away from the fur at the top around the neck and shoulders, and work your way down". He handed on each to the naked pair and taking one for himself started demonstrating what he meant.

"The oil picks up all the dirt which the customers sweating from his pores and so, when it is scraped off, it leaves him perfectly clean and does wonders for the condition his fur".

"An’ it not smellin’ of smoke…." quipped Karras, beginning to relish the attention he was getting from the trio once he’d got over his initial surprise at being the sudden centre of attention.

"Well, well, quite the little beehive of activity we have here…." came a silky smooth voice, as the door opened to reveal…..

"MASTER !" gasped the four of them in surprise, instantly stopping what they were doing, and bowing deeply in reverence to him.

"Why, Karras I hardly recognise you…the attendants have obviously learned their craft well, judging by that bemused, contented smile on your face".

"Y…yes, Master…I..I..made sure da fire was well stoked before Meles summoned me up ‘ere to ‘elp upon yer instruction…." gushed the massive nude gorilla, fearfully.

"Let me take your Toga, Master…you’ll get it all steamy" offered the badger eagerly dashing over to serve his beloved Master.

"It’s alright, Meles" mused the noble looking wolf, as he deftly removed it and let it fall to the floor, much to the badgers surprise as he was about to help him disrobe "It needs a wash anyway, so don’t worry about it so much for now…..one of you can take it later". Meles just bowed his head, and nodded his acknowledgement to his Masters wishes.

"Perhaps you should be going back to the furnace now, and check upon it!" the bath house owner turned his attention back to the oily naked ape once again, who stood dumfounded with the cheetah and rabbit still gamely using their strigils on him, not having been told to stop.

"Yes Master…." replied Karras, unable to disguise the sadness in his voice as he stooped to pick his raggedy loincloth up from the floor.

"On second thoughts perhaps you’d better stay in here for a little while longer…with all that oil on your fur, if a stray spark should hit you, no doubt you’d go up in flames like a Christian in the arena, ….." mused the now naked bath house owner. Paku shuddered upon hearing that, having witnessed such a spectacle first hand. "Oh, and talking of stray sparks, Karras… I brought a little treat for you while I did a little shopping for these two on my way back…A length of soft suede so you can make yourself a more suitable 'fire and spark proof' loincloth or apron more suited to your working environment….".

"F..f..fer me, M…Master….umm, thank you very much, dat’s very kind of you t’ think of me !" gushed the great ape, as the two trainee attendants carefully hurried to finish scraping the oil from Karras’s wiry black fur, under their Masters scrutinising watchful gaze, and that of the badgers.

"It looks as if you’ve trained these two quite well, Meles…they seem to be taking to it like ducks to water, so to speak" mused the wolf, as he watched.

"I was about to train them in the ways of sexual service my Master, when you returned" fawned Meles.

"Then it appears I returned at a most opportune time !, pray tell what were you about to have them do…." the rather well muscled, almost statuesque naked wolf fawned with interest, as he wandered over to the wooden bench and elegantly sat down.

"I was about to have one of them suckle upon Karras’s maleness, or upon each other Master, before moving on to….".

"Excellent, Meles…Excellent, how delightful….." the handsome middle aged grey wolf lathered his hands together in delight, "It wouldn’t be fair to deny our one and only stoker that little bit of pleasure, now would it ?". The wolf looked to the puzzled trio, "As I’m feeling generous, Karras…I’ll even let you have first pick !".

"Are y’ sure Master?….really, I don’t mind which…..".

"You’re more polite and democratic than I gave you credit for. Very well, you have the long eared one and I’ll take the spotted one, remind me of your names again, slaves ?".

"Paku, my Master"

"Umm, Dasypus M..Master" replied the rabbit, sounding more hesitant than usual as he saw the way Karras was glowering at him with his beady amber eyes, it was pretty obvious the great ape had took a bit of a disliking to him since they first met.

"Paku and Dasypus…. Paku and Dasypus" the now gently sweating naked wolf repeated their names, committing them to memory. "I need not remind you of what fate may awaits you, if you perform poorly or don’t learn quickly…serve me well, and you’ll be well looked after…but FAIL to serve me well, and…..".

The cheetah, rabbit and gorilla all nodded their understanding, "Yes, Master !".

"Good, very good… I don't like to have to constantly threaten and such like, you can see how happy Meles is in my service, I see no reason you three can't be the same…..now…..". Spreading his legs expectantly, the sweating wolf nodded down towards his groin.

"MASTER, he has never had a maleness in his mouth as far as I know, what if he……" gasped the horrified badger, "Please allow me the honour of pleasuring you in order to ……" Meles raced to kneel at his Masters feet.

"Perhaps later when I go to bed, and it'll help me to get to sleep….now, Paku…." The bath house owner curled his finger gesturing the nude cheetah to approach him and take the place the badger was eagerly about to take between his spread legs. "Karras, I suggest you get yourself sat down and comfortable as well……." added the wolf, playfully patting the space further down on the bench to the left of him.

"Yes, Master….." gulped the oily ape, lumbering towards it as the attendant slaves stepped back away from him nervously.

"Come along, Paku……" cooed the bath house owner with a 'come hither' expression on his face as he patted his inner thigh to encourage the cheetah as though he was a cub learning to walk towards him.

"Yeah, you too 'long ears' !" snarled Karras, relishing his moment of power. "An' I better NOT feel those two front teeth of yours or I'll snap 'em out of yer mouth……" The sweaty wiry furred ape suddenly realised he was talking above his lowly rank, and nervously looked to his Master for retribution.

"That's alright…umm, Karras…you 'talk' like a 'customer'..I want both of them to know just what to expect when we open tomorrow !" replied the suave nude wolf casually, as Paku approached full of trepidation and apprehensively knelt where he was supposed to. He humbly bowed his head as he was now in eye level with his Masters plump sheath and balls.

"Please Master, let me 'tell' him !!" pleaded Meles, terrified Paku might harm the Master's wolfhood.

"Oh, very well….but you really must learn to be a little more trusting…."

"Now you listen to ME !" snarled Meles as he knelt on one knee so his pointed muzzle was close to the cheetah's ear, "If you so much as scratch my beloved Masters maleness with those teeth of yours, I'll…..".

"If it makes you feel any better, Meles… I'll hold his head in my hands while he suckles upon me…then, it's a simple matter of putting both my thumbs over his eyes and crushing them into his skull until they pop like eggs, if he should do the unthinkable….." added the naked wolf.

"That would put my mind at rest, my dear Master" replied the badger nodding his satisfaction, as he folded his arms defensively in front of his broad chest.

"But of course, I WON'T need to do that with you…will I, Paku ??" the wolf asked in a kinder tone.

"N…No..Master…." quavered the nervous cheetah, looking up to meet his gaze.

"I have every faith that Meles knows how to 'SPOT' a good gay slave…" he smirked to himself, as he playfully pressed a fingertip onto one of the nude cheetah's markings, illustrating the duel meaning he had given to the word 'spot'.

"Truth be told, Master…he told me himself as he was about to be put up for auction" smiled the badger.

"There's a tale you can regale me with later, Meles…but for now let us concentrate on the task in hand…Paku !"

"Yes, Master….." gulped the slender feline.

"Cup my sheath and balls in your hands, fondle them gently and get me erect and excited…. !"

" 'Master….." swallowed the cheetah, mechanically raising his hands to the wolves groin as he was ordered to.

"You 'eard, long ears…that's your cue…you do JUST THE SAME as Paku !" rumbled Karras, who'd seized hold of both the rabbits ears and forcefully brought him to his knees in front of his own spread legs and ample stomach.

"Ahh, yes……. You're doing an excellent job there…." encouraged the gently sweating nude wolf as he slumped back in contentment and closed his eyes as he enjoyed the felines gentle ministrations, confident that Meles was keeping a sharp eye on the cheetah from where he was stood like an ever vigilant statue. "I'm sure you've done that to yourself MANY times in private, Paku haven't you?, now, as soon as you see the pink of my maleness emerging, you are to seal your short muzzle around it and gently suck…".

To the left, Dasypus was gamely trying to do the same to Karras, but it was obvious the rabbit's heart wasn't really in it, and the grimace of disgust on his face was barely concealed. "You'll be tastin' my 'banana', soon enuff…..", gloated the mountain gorilla, folding his massive arms behind his head and leaning back slightly as he relished the sight of the bunny's discomfort with his beady eyes as he looked down towards him.

"Enjoying yourself…??" asked the bath house owner.

"Oh, YES MASTER, thank you once again fer allowin' y' humble stoker slave such pleasure……" replied the sweaty gorilla, earnestly.

"You're welcome, enjoy it while you can…..Now, Paku, I believe it's time…..".

"Hollow your cheeks and breath through your nose, the Masters maleness or the erection of ANY bath house customer is to be the most delicious and sacred thing you have ever held in that short muzzle of yours, understood !". instructed Meles from where he stood, with his arms still folded sternly across his silvery-grey furred chest. "Be sure to use your tongue as well….".

Swallowing to himself, and licking his thin lips, the cheetah's muzzle moved over the canine sheath and slowly lowered down to engulf it.

"MmmmmMMMMM, that’s it, tease the tip with your tongue…." encouraged the delightfully surprised wolf, as Paku performed far better than he had anticipated for his first attempt.

"Get SUCKIN' !!" snarled Karras as Dasypus was stalling and wincing at the though of taking the gorilla's thick cock in his muzzle.

"Oh, for goodness sake….." sighed Meles, impatiently as he wandered towards them and seized hold of one of the rabbits ears. "Do I or Karras have you use these to yank you down upon it, show some willing…this is your 'livelihood' now, you understand…..!!"

"Please, it's not easy for me….I…I just….I can't…."

"There's NO SUCH WORD as 'Can't' !!" roared Meles furiously, "You get suckling on Karras as you've been instructed to, or do I have to ask the Master to deal with you as he sees fit ?. It was HIS money that brought you remember, he OWNS you, puts a roof over your head and feeds you….do I need to go on ?!".

"N..No…" trembled the frightened rabbit as the angry badger scolded him.

"Do as you're told then, no more hesitancy !" snorted Meles, refolding his arms in front of his chest.

Full of trepidation, Dasypus opened his short muzzle wide and let the gorilla's shaft slowly slither into it as he lowered himself down upon it. A couth and a splutter as he gagged and it was spat out again. Karras and Meles looked at him aghast !. "Please…please, I'm sorry….I didn't mean to…" gushed Dasypus apologetically.

"Find yourself doing that tomorrow, and I'd not be surprised if the Master sends you straight to the arena or stone quarry….." glowered Meles. "Learn quickly, and develop the 'skill' swiftly if you want to do well…Paku doesn't seem to be having a problem with it….." he admonished the rabbit.

"Oh, yes, Meles…. He's quite the expert, you'd almost think he was a spotty blood sucking leech from his eager muzzle !" crooned the bath house owner, "He's taken to it like a duck to water you might say….".

"It makes my heart glad that he is pleasing you, my Master…although THIS one….." the badger added pointedly, glowering at Dasypus. The rabbit was gamely trying to take the gorillas length down his throat without gagging on it, but it was obvious his heart still wasn't really in the task.

"Uggghhhhh…." groaned the bath house owner, "I'm getting close, get ready to swallow all that your Master has to offer you, slave !". Paku nodded slightly and felt the hot salty cum spurting into his muzzle, which he obediently swallowed. The wolves body rived in pleasure from the powerful orgasm which eventually waned, and he slumped his shoulders back against the wall in satisfaction, and ruffled the cheetah's headfur with his right hand. "You've made your Master proud, Paku….do that to all the customers tomorrow and forever more and you'll be fine….".

"Th..Thank you…Master…" gasped the cheetah, sitting back on his heels looking up at the seated nude wolf.

"Remember you are to always thank whoever's used you as a vessel for their seed….." added Meles, "Whether that’s been down your throat or under the tail or both at the same time if you are lucky…..".

"I'm getting a little sick of this ones efforts….." harrumphed Karras withdrawing his thick length from the rabbits short muzzle and began idly stroking it, intending to bring himself to orgasm by hand.

"NO, KARRAS !!" snapped Meles, "A slave is NEVER allowed to pleasure himself unless ordered or allowed too by the Master or a paying customer".

"But I thought I wus playin' the part of a Roman……fer a demonstration……" protested the nude gorilla.

"He's got you there, Meles….." smiled the bath house owner, still bathed in afterglow and patting Paku's head as though he was a pet as he remained obediently knelt at his feet. "Let Karras have his moment of pleasure, if the rabbit isn't a willing mouth, Dasypus will learn soon enough tomorrow…..or suffer the consequences !"

"But my Master, I was wondering if Karras might keep his maleness stiff, in order to help me train these two to take it under the tail, or I could fetch the ivory dildos by which to train them if you prefer".

"How about it, Karras ?" asked the bath house master with a rye knowing smile, "I am hazarding a guess that you are as gay as my dear Meles here, in that you prefer sex with other males…..".

"Umm, yes Master…I guess….although I had ta keep it a secret when I lived with my tribe…through fear…." the naked gorilla suddenly came over all shy and hesitant, it was a forbidden thing to him, not usually spoken of so candidly.

"My congratulations, Meles….You've even managed to buy me a gay stoker for my baths furnace, you certainly have an eye for them!".

"I live only to serve and please you, my beloved Master" replied the badger humbly with a slight bow, "Now, if you'll permit me, I'll…..".

As the stocky slave was talking, Karras pushed the snivelling Dasypus aside and getting up scrambled over to kneel next to Paku at his Masters feet.

"Errm, dear Master, please wud you allow me t' become a bath house slave instead of a stoker…I'm sure Dasypus could do my ol' job fer me…..ain't that right long ears ??" he added with a menacing snarl as he glanced back over his shoulder at him.

"I'm afraid that won't be possible…." the sweaty nude wolf shook his head resolutely.

"But why, Master….?" gasped the aghast gorilla, open-mouthed.

"I had Meles purchase these two attendant slaves for me of a kind and type that patrons of my establishment would find attractive and pleasing to the eye, and well…..".

"I'm not pretty enuff y' mean, Master….." swallowed Karras, looking sadly down at his knees.

"Quite so, Karras…if you had been a different species, I expect perhaps I might have said yes, but as it is…..".

"But Master, PLEASE let me prove my worth t' you…I can suck a maleness much better an' willingly than that Dasypus can an' EVER could…."

"Very well, assist Meles by mounting the rabbit as Meles mates with the cheetah, make the rabbit's teeth rattle in his skull as you pound his tail hole hard and unmercifully and maybe I'll consider you for a attendants job, but I make no promises, you understand ?"

"Yes, Master !" invigorated with new hope the great ape furiously tugged his thick penis back to full hardness, if he didn't get the job he'd at least have a darn good time venting his jealous frustration on the rabbits rear end.

"Now, Paku you are to kneel on all fours over there and lift you tail high and out of the way allowing Meles easy access to your tailhole !"

"Dasypus, you are to do the same although you only have a small stub of a tail like a bears, which would hardly get in the way…..".

"Master, please…I've never…." squeaked Dasypus trembling and close to tears. Obediently Paku was already shuffling into position.

"I don't want any nonsense now, Dasypus…I've been patient with you upto now….." snorted the nude wolf, "By the gods, it's getting hot in the caldarium now, outside all of you, we'll continue out there….". The small band of slaves obediently followed their Maser out of the small steam room and into the main marbled area outside of it with its central square pool.

"Master, allow me to bring some dry towels to wrap yourself in, lest you catch cold".

"I'm fine Meles, really, you fuss like a mother hen sometimes…. Besides you have to train these two before morning time !". the nude wolf got comfortable on a marble bench ready to watch the sexual 'floor show', "With Karras's help of course….." he added as an afterthought.

"Yes, my beloved Master…although, if you'll allow me…perhaps the ape's thickness might be a little too much for Dasypus's virginal tailhole…perhaps it should be opened up by fingers first….?".

"Quite so, Meles…we don't want it all cracked and bleeding before he's even done his first day, do we…??, If a customer does it tomorrow, then it's understandable but hopefully we'll have broken him in enough tonight that it won't come to that. He'll still be nice and tight, so that it won't be too noticeable".

Dasypus winced at the way they discussed him as a sex object, as though he wasn't even there. Karras was knelt beside the rabbit awaiting his Masters instruction, and rubbed the rabbits back and sides with a lecherous evil look on his face. Paku, was in the same position and shuddered as he heard the badger getting down on his knees beside him in readiness.

"How about you, Paku….you seem to be quite forthcoming about this…have you ever been mated with in the tail hole by another male ?……used like a female, more or less, in other words".

"N..N..No, Mas-ter…Although I sometimes dreamt of it at nights…. I think I was in a similar position to Karras in that I had to keep those feelings secret and to myself, or the rest of my tribe might……" his voice trailed off but was drowned out as the wolf laughed uproarishly. "Ha ha HAAA….It seems we are in the business of making at least two of our new slaves 'dreams come true', a pity Dasypus isn't so enlightened though…..".

"Yes, Master and I can only humbly apologise for my error in judgement when I brought him at auction for you…" the burly badger hung his head in shame. " I was under the impression rabbits are generally 'sex crazed', perhaps I was swayed by his cheap price as well…" he mused.

"It's a little late for that now, Meles…so, pay it no mind….perhaps some of my customers will find his squealing like a little piglet appealing, but if he frightens off or offends any of my customers…..and….well, I really don't need to remind you again do I, Dasypus ??" sighed the wolf wearily.

"N..No, Master…" choked the trembling rabbit, close to tears as Karras continued stroking him all over his naked body with his big black leathery hands, eager to get his thick maleness rammed into him. "I'm doing my best…only I don't have the same feelings for males…..".

"Yer soon will, once I give ya a bone shaking FUCK like OUR Master ordered…." sneered Karras, evilly, as he glowered at him through his beady amber colored eyes.

"Steady Karras, I know you're eager to prove yourself, but I believe Meles knows best in that both of our trainee attendant slaves should be 'fingered' first….." advised the Master as he sprawled out comfortably on the marble bench as though it was a day bed. Meles was already knelt behind the apprehensive Paku and the badger stuck his first finger into his own muzzle and suckled upon it to help lubricate it.

"You do the same, Karras….." advised the Master.

"Yes, Master…" the ape complied, eager to get on with it.

Paku whimpered invontenterily as his long spotty tail was brushed up and draped out of the way as the stocky badger caressed the cheetahs rump with his hands, gently spreading it wide. Paku felt the badger's first finger tracing upwards until it found it's target and he steeled himself in readiness, awaiting the penetration.

"RELAX, it's less painful that way…you need to learn to relax, 'you understand ?" Meles hissed impatiently in his ear, disappointed as the feline had been showing a lot more promise than the rabbit.

"Aaahh…uggnngghh….aaaaccckkkk" groaned Dasypus pitifully as Karras was nudging his thick finger into his anus as though it was a quarry slave's chisel.

"Are you DEAF in both of those big floppy ears of yours ?" snarled Meles, scarcely able to believe the rabbit hadn't taken the advice he'd just given Paku, "RELAX, I said…..". As he spoke, the badger slowly but determinedly forced his first finger deep into the kneeling cheetah in front of him. Paku gasped a little in discomfort at the intrusion but did his best to control his sleeve of anal muscle as best he could, as the slave from Britannia started slowly rhythmically pushing and pulling his finger in and out.

"Now, I think you are ready to take two, you do the same Karras if you think his tail hole is opening up nicely enough….." announced the badger after a little while.

"No, please…he'll split me in half……" cried Dasypus, with a languid expression on his face "I..I…don't think I'm ready yet…..".

Meles rolled his eyes in disbelief and impatience and cast a weary look over to the Master, who gave him a curd nod of approval. Withdrawing his finger from the cheetah, Meles shuffled over on his knees to have a look. "If you'll allow me, Karras…." he asked the gorilla.

"Err, yes…sure, umm Meles, Sir…." The great ape withdrew his finger and heavily muscled left arm with he had curled around the rabbit to keep him in position.

"I'm not a 'Sir', I'm not worthy of such a title as I told these two earlier…I am a humble slave the same as the rest of you, albeit a more experienced one" announced the badger earnestly, as he took a look at the complaining Dasypus's tailhole. "Now, lets see…" he mused thoughtfully, as he gently caressed the rabbits puckered anus with the finger he'd previously used on Paku.

"I'm sorry….I'm….." whined Dasypus apologetically, but as he started talking, Meles rammed his two fingers into him, HARD and without warning and brutally nudged the prostate gland a few times as he savagely thrust his twin fingers in and out a few times. Dasypus desperately tried to relax as his anal muscles spasmed against the brutal intrusion, he bit his lip against the pain and valiantly tried not to cry out, whimper or complain.

"YOU SEE !" snarled Meles angrily, "You CAN take, 'two fingers', now lets hear NO MORE of your nonsense. The Masters honourable customers start coming here tomorrow, and the Master had me BUY YOU from the slave auction to provide a willing mouth and tail hole for THEIR pleasure and amusement, remember !!".

"The sooner you get used to that, the easier and better it will be for you…" added the naked wolf in question, from where he was sat overseeing the 'training', idly stroking his still half hard maleness.

"Yes, Master….." winced Dasypus, screwing his eyes shut as the mountain gorilla shuffled back into place and seized hold of him, tucking him under his formidable left arm in readiness as Meles wiped his fingers clean on the rabbits rump and returned to the still knelt Paku.

"Be grateful, I didn't have Karras just bend you over and take your tailhole DRY…..I'm benevolent enough to allow you both some 'experience' first to get you slowly used to what tomorrow will bring, so just you be grateful for that…my patience with you is REALLY starting to wear thin, Dasypus…why can't you be more like Paku ??".

"Yyyyyessss, Master…."gasped the rabbit breathlessly, as the great ape shoved his two thick fingers into him with a poorly hidden evil look of delight, at who he saw as his rival's discomfort.

"Ugggh". It was Paku's turn to be impaled on the badger's two fingers, but he was starting to get used to it and even beginning to learn to control his spincter muscles. Even beginning to enjoy it, in fact, which both Meles and the Master could see from the slightly euphoric expression on the cheetah's face.

"I can see you are just about ready to move onto the final lesson, in which I mount you, mating with you almost as though you were a female" cooed Meles, as he rhythmically pistoned his fingers in and out of him.

"Yessss…" groaned Paku, what seemed like torture to Dasypus seemed like exquisite 'torture' to him, it was momentarily taking his mind of his plight and thoughts of his friends Tabansi and Gamba. 'How could this be wrong?', he thought to himself. To mate and be intimate with another male was a forbidden passion, resulting in banishment from Chief Panja's tribe or even death, perhaps the same was true for Karras's tribe ?. But here in the Balneae it was welcomed and positively encouraged, he resolved to maybe ask Meles or even the Master about that later. Paku could sense Meles stroking his own badger maleness to a full erection as he was thinking to himself.

"With your permission, Master….", the badger looked to his Master for approval.

"By all means, Meles….you too, Karras…..and as the saying goes 'Don't spare the horses' !" smirked the bath house owner as he shuffled about getting comfortable where he lay.

"Are you ready then, Paku…believe me, you’ll thank me for this later….." whispered the badger masseur as he knelt behind the cheetah and aligned his maleness with the apprehensive big cat’s tailhole. Dasypus whimpered involuntarily as the great ape roughly pulled him into position ready to squewer him on his member, which was already oozing pre cum in anticipation of what was to come. Chewing his lip a little in fear, the rabbit screwed his eyes tightly shut and tensed up again in fear.

"Someone has NOT been listening !!" sneered Meles as he happened to glance across at them, "Relax…don’t do it"

"When are we gonna, ‘get to it’….?" rasped Karras.

"Meles is right" quipped the Maser as he eagerly watched. "Relax, don’t do it, when you want to cum", and with that he gave an aloof nod to signal they where to begin.

"Uuuurrrggghhhh" grimaced Dasypus, as Karras seized hold of the frightened rabbits hips and pulled him onto this thick penis as he trust forward at the same time. Meles surged forward with a bit more style and panache having been more experienced, although he himself was more used to being on the receiving end. Both the badger and gorilla started thrusting into the trainee attendant slaves pinned underneath them.

"Oh, yessss… how I’ve missed seeing male on male sex……" sighed the Master blissfully thinking out loud as he continued gently stroking his own still half hard wolfhood.

"If it pleases you, Master….." gasped Meles between trusts, "Please feel free to use my tailhole or muzzle for your pleasure, while I’m teaching Paku here how to ‘take it under the tail’……"

"A Roman Orgy ?, why, Meles what EVER are you suggesting ?" cooed the rye wolf pretending to sound shocked, as he licked his thin lips at the delicious thought.

"Yes, Master…Please come an’ join us…." grunted Karras, invitingly.

"You really are fishing for promotion, aren’t you, don’t think I’m not noticing, Karras..and it’s appreciated believe me. But as I said before I really don’t think you are the type, so don’t go getting ideas above your station…."

"Yes, Master…but my mother always told me manners don’t cost nuthin…" sighed the sweaty great ape as he continued pummelling the rabbit’s ass mercilessly. "You’d LOVE to take my stokers job, WOULDN’T you, long ears" he snarled to Dasypus who was close to tears pinned on all fours beneath the muscular, tubby ape who was brutally raping him. The rabbit just squeaked some sort of response.

"Y’ ear THAT, Master ?" gasped the gorilla with a salacious grin, "He said, YES MASTER !" seizing hold of the rabbits long ears near their base with a large black leathery hand, Karras pushed his victim’s head forward and back to indicate agreement. "Please Master, let me take his job, oh pleeeesseeee !!" Karras mimicked Dasypus’s voice as best he could.

"Cute…."smirked the nude bath house owner, as Dasypus choked up and the tears he had been fighting to keep back started to flow. "It’s no good crying, this is all your life is going to consist of from now on as I said earlier, so you might as well resign yourself to your fate!" sighed the wolf, knowing the rabbit was troublesome. "Paku doesn’t have a problem with it…" he added as though chastising a small cub.

"No, M..Master…..Meles is an expert….." called out the cheetah, blissfully.

"Save your compliments….." the badger snarled from between gritted teeth, "there are noble Romans who are infinitely better and more experienced at this than I am or could ever hope to be".

"As humble as ever, you three couldn’t hope for a better teacher than Meles here…you be sure to listen to everything he says or tells you!".

"Master, I’m about to……" gasped the badger in question. The wolf just nodded his consent, knowing what his long time slave meant. Meles gave a few extra savage trusts and shot his thick vicious spunk deep into the cheetah’s bowels.

"I’m about gunna, an’ all, Master….." added Karras. The wolf gave another curt nod, and the great ape snarled as his large balls shot their contents into the rabbit’s tailhole. Grabbing hold of his victim under the belly Karras made a show of rocking back, lifting the rabbit upright into a standing position and made a show of him fully impaled on his maleness. "Yes, how’d you like THAT, long ears… ?!" roared the gorilla, after his long satisfying orgasm. Swiftly he withdrew his already softening penis from inside the rabbit, and the weakened Dasypus slumped to the marble floor at his Masters feet. "Bet yer feeling pretty FUCKED now, huh !?". Karras was about to seize hold of the snivelling rabbit by his lengthy ears and pull him up to his feet by them, but the Master motioned for him not to. Meles had withdrew from Paku, and stood beside the still kneeling cheetah, both awaiting further instruction.

"Excellent, you’ve both performed well for your first attempts…I just hope for your sake Dasypus that my customers find your whining and whimpering appealing or amusing. As has been said you need to learn to relax, and to accept your lowly position as little more than a hole for my customers to use for their pleasure".

To be continued / Grates Agere Lionus Artifex

Are you all interested in reading a series set in a ‘furry’ ancient Rome ??

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