
I had gone to the Inn as I usually do when my chores are finished at the Tavern and my Master is busy, keep me busy and out of trouble. Besides... such interesting people visit that place, the drama always unfolding, the freewoman. Usually the freewoman that enter the Tavern aren't the most pure of creatures and sooner then later end up in my Master's furs. What I thought was turning out to be a peaceful night, swiftly went downhill. It was my fault, I just wasn't thinking when the man said a bota and I foolishly brought him a bowl. A mistake... a grave mistake. The paga was poured over my head and once I was finished serving his mate I was allowed to fetch him a replacement bota. It came as a simple request, to beg a beating from my Master. So when I was dismissed and cleaned up the spill I went to my Master's boots to beg punishment. In my ear, he whispered, a plan hatched. I touched his boot, a sign to being the performance. It happened so quickly, I was yanked up onto my knees and soundly backhanded across the face, before I was forced back down upon the floor. He twisted my hand behind my back and withdrew his dagger. Oh the touch of cold steel, dull or not, against my flesh made my blood freeze. Now the game truly began, which finger would I lose for my slip up? The right index finger would be the victum. But it was not my finger. With a broken vial of blood and the finger of a dead man I am sure, my Master put on a show and I, the performer that I am played my part. I could hear them shuffling out, but I kept my head low, my Master's laughter not from the cruel punishment they thought he dealt but from how easily we could make them believe... I assume. When we return home to the Tavern, I could not help but cry. I am a shameful slave for allowing such a mistake.... but I know I am a wicked one as well for playing my part well, letting them believe I am now a 9 fingered slave.