Ursa tapped the bowl purposefully.
"The tankard, the pitcher….anywhere…."
"You will need to drink another pitchers worth if you don't drink directly from the bowl." Ursa warned. Kya sighed and poured the drink into the bowl. The thick batter like consistency splashed over the sides. Like a thick white ocean. She bowed her head. Pushing some hair behind her ears. Kya pursed her lips and placed them to the surface. Her chin bumped the edge of the bowl. Her nose dipped into the thick warm milk.
She began to slurp it up. Her tongue darted out once or twice like a cats. She glanced upwards at Ursa. Looking at the royal woman through her eyelashes. Ursa was smiling and nodding. Clearly content with what was happening. Kya sighed and pressed her lips deeper and deeper into the bowl. Until finally it was empty. Her tongue darted out and she licked every nook and cranny, every last inch of the bowl got the attention of Kya's tongue. Until it was empty and clean.
Kya let out a gasp. Her breath was thick in front of her eyes. With some steam dripping out of her nose and mouth. Ursa grinned and clapped her hands.
"Excellent work Kya! That was a very good girl! You see? You are a natural! And was that really so bad? That is some of the finest food in the royal palace kitchens. You could even say that you had the privilege to have a meal with a member of the royal family. Isn't that amazing?" Ursa said with that same overly chipper tone of voice. Kya gulped and wiped her lips again. The flavor, the feeling, the weight of that drink….It would not leave her. No matter what she did, she felt like she would be sitting with that weight forever.
"Y-yes my lady." Kya said obediently. Ursa smirked as she stood up and gestured towards the bed.
"You passed the first test wonderfully. I assure you that future meals will not be as elegant as this one. But we can show you a few other duties. Now normally the maids are in charge of making the beds and tending to the royal bedroom. But I think that you will also have a good head for this work." Kya nodded as she followed Ursa along.
Kya's mind was churning as Ursa showed her the overly large bed. What Ursa had said about the fire nation maids struck a chord with Kya. It raised a few questions.
Such as what was it Ursa expected of her? Why wasn't she being trained with the other maids? This could not possibly be what every new slave to the fire nation had to go through. This was unusual treatment. Why would Lady Ursa be placed in charge of some random Water Tribe captive?
"My lady? Could I ask a question?" Kya asked. Ursa looked at the southern water tribe member in surprise before nodding.
"What is expected of me? What is my work to be around the palace?" Ursa grinned before she lay down on the bed. She rolled onto her side. Like a teenage girl who was about to share some juicy gossip with a close teenage confidant. Ursa patted the bed. Kya leaned down and lay next to the royal. Ursa twirled the chain between her fingers and smiled warmly at Kya.
"You don't know how rare having a Water Tribe woman is. So many of the ones that are taken are placed in the fire nation prisons. Or placed into forced labor camps. You were given as a gift to me and my husband. I am not going to waste you on something as trivial as cleaning up a room we use once a year. Or act as some sort of glorified maid. No you are going to be a personal lady to me. What I order you do. You shall take your meals with me. You shall assist me in raising my son and daughter. You shall wait on me and my husband and us alone. You shall always be below us. But only below us. You shall commit errands in my name. And you shall help me get dressed and undressed and bathed. Along with my children."
Kya blinked a few times. That was it? That was honestly it? She had harder chores back home! She had more difficult time consuming work done by in the south pole! This was summer work. This was work done with friends and family when the alternative was sitting around and twiddling your thumbs! Raising children? She had been assisting in child rearing since she was a teenager! Dressing and bathing? She knew her way around a parka and cold weather clothing, slipping a robe off of Ursa was going to be childs play!
"Now then! Now that those questions are out of the way! Your next duty is to make this bed." Ursa said. She hopped from the bed, gripped a corner and with a smart flick of her wrist undid all of the fine silk sheets. Kya looked at the bed and then at the fire nation woman. Kya then turned and got to work. Within a few minutes the bed was made, the fitted sheet down, the fine upper layers placed properly and the pillows arranged sensibly. Ursa leaned over and studied the bed. She let out a hum before she giggled.
"Almost. But it is still not perfect. Do it again." Kya sighed and nodded. She leaned forward. Starting to smooth out the wrinkles that Ursa had left in the top sheet. A sharp whistle and then a firm crack filled the room. Kya gasped and shot up. Whirling around. Ursa grinned, one hand raised, her open palm faced downwards. Kya rubbed her ass. The stinging star of Ursa's fingers were burning.
"I said do it correctly. Otherwise there will be consequences." Ursa said warningly. Kya gulped and nodded. She then turned back to the bed. She glanced over her shoulder now and again. But Ursa had walked to a short trunk.
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