3rd Not-my-kink
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Dorothy Notus knocked on Emilia de Mon's office and waited for permission to enter with nervous anticipation; was her request going to be accepted. When her entered she queried, "Ma'am, you asked to see me?"
From behind her desk Emilia look across at the young woman. "So Miss Notus you applied to become my new personal assistant, I know my rep with the gopher pool, so tell me why."
"Ma'am, you're a senor partner, and while you do have reputation for demanding standards, those that made it are now at least junior associates. Even those that did not make it were merely released back to the pool. From my point of view I have nothing to lose and everything to gain."
"The other partners don't let me fire personnel the worse I can do - without Human Resources signed off on it - is dismiss you back to the pool. But as you seem to have done your research, you already know that. Keep that in mind as I continue your induction to the position. I'm glad to see you're wearing a skirt. We are businesswomen not men with bumpy chests. My assistants have a dress code; you will wear a skirt or dress suitable to see clients in, but they must be loose enough to raise above your waist, do so now."
"Ma'am?"
"I will take that as a question for clarification, those are always welcome, and not questioning me on something I tell you to do, those are never welcome. I mean you're to raise you skirt so all of it is above your waist."
Everything Dorothy knew about Emilia was she was an extracting boss but a proven mentor, so she did as she was told.
"I see your research skills need improving. Your dress code is not completely followed," Emilia said stand gracefully in her feminine power-dress, drawing a crop from under her desk as she approached her new assist. "You're not to wear any panties, If you wear some again while working for me, you will wear them below your hemline. Now bend over my desk," she commanded pointing with her crop.
When Dorothy nervously complied, Emilia ushed her new protege's pantie's down with her crop 'till the fell on their own. Stepping into position she brought the crop down across Dorothy's pale bottom like a cane; twice in parallel.
Dorothy yelped in pain but kept position and listen as her boss continued. "I will punish you like that for such mistakes, not dismiss you. Now stand."
"Leave your panties on my desk and take this note to Human Resources, so they may process your promotion. Or you may back to the pool. We will continue your induction if you choose to return."
Emilia returned and sat behind her desk as Dorothy left the room, and smiled as she flexed her crop between her hands, and thought to herself this new challenge will be fun.
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My kink is focused on ageplay, especially where I can identify with one of the roles. This story being F/F adult D/s outside both my preferred gendered combination and my preferred relationship roles.
Crimson Kid email
IMHO the best thing about this story is that didn't try for some sort of twist ending that would make Dorothy's decision RE her dilemma largely meaningless--like that she's secretly a spanko-bottom and would actually be enjoying the stinging pain of her ass-whippings and the embarrassment of being bare-bottomed at work under her easily liftable skirt. Instead, the woman has to make a genuine choice: whether to endure being corporally corrected by her prospective new boss in order to enhance her chances for promotion and advance her career, or to decline the position offered and return to the safer (but careerwise less successful) confines of the lower-echelon workers' pool.
It's also a nice touch that Emilia ended up looking forward to the "new challenge" involved, presumably both developing her new assistant's professional capacity and taking the riding crop to Dorothy's bare derriere when the young woman makes mistakes--as she obviously will. And it's obvious that Emilia plans on granting Dorothy no slack at all RE any mistakes she may make, that's been demonstrated by the two lashes to her (Dorothy's) bumcheeks for violating a dress code that the younger woman couldn't have fully known about beforehand.
Well, assuming (as Emilia does) that Dorothy will accept the promotion, it should be an interesting time for both ladies and a fun time for one of them--and this story made me anticipate that strenous teaching/learning experience...
sarah nada email
This work-centered F/F scenario seems like something Alex Birch would have gotten a kick out of. The author includes some nice descriptive passages and does a good job conveying the corporate culture. I would have liked to know a little more about what the junior employee, Dorothy, expected to get out of her promotion. I appreciated the end note about why the story fit into this category (Edge / Not-my-kink).
Dyke Grrl/Jigsaw Analogy email
This story did a great job of setting the scene of an office executive challenging a new assistant. It is easy to see the power that Emilia holds over her personal assistants, and it's clear that the young people in the company understand that she's a good mentor who has exacting standards.
Pablo email
Some nice dialogue here. The casualness with which kink demands are thrown into the conversation - did I just hear that? - works really well, and sets up the dynamic perfectly. The story itself doesn't feel like it exists in anything like the real world - and the characters are drawn with simple, bold lines - which leans towards fantasy rather than drama, but that's okay. It's a very plausible attempt to capture someone else's kink, and a fun read.