Guide to slave etiquette: behaviour

Another thing I have been asked to do is provide a bullet-pointed guide to formal etiquette. This can be the toughest part of a slave’s training as it requires concentration, obedience and awareness of the environment around them. As I am fairly demanding when it comes to this I suppose I had better lay it out for bois, prospective bois and the odd curious Master to read.

Not all Masters are the same, if fact differences abound. What I am going to set down here is both an ideal and an approach that will not set a slave wrong, emphasising greater formality than is usually required, so a Master can ‘row back’ on some of the more onerous requirements as He sees fit.

The Guide

• When standing the feet should be at shoulder width with hands resting behind the back, chest out, head up. A slave should always look friendly and open. This communicates an image of both submission and self pride.

• Use ‘Sir’ when addressing all men, at least initially, unless they are obviously a slave. A fellow slave will soon correct a mistaken boi. For Old Guard Masters they will often insist on junior slaves calling the Alpha or a senior slave sir as well.

• Sir or Master should always be used at the beginning and end of every sentence and at every pause for breath, or in the case of written communication, before every comma.

• Questions from a Master are to be answered briefly with the minimum necessary speech.

• When approaching an unknown Masterget one of his bois to make the introduction. If he is unaccompanied and there is no Master to make the introduction then “Sir, excuse me sir,…” is the accepted form.

• When approaching a Master the slave does know and has been introduced to, “Master, Sir!” is an acceptable method of gaining His acknowledgement.

• Never interrupt a Master unless it is in the direst of circumstances.

• Never join a scene uninvited.

• When walking with a Master always remain on the left rear just behind but within His peripheral vision.

• When a Master stands his slave stands unless instructed to the contrary. Equally a slave should never take a seat before his Master does unless instructed to do so.

• If a slave is fondled or touched in any way it should not attempt to avoid such contact but must defer comments or action to its Master.

• If a slave is out without his Master, or the Master is not obviously in view, the slave will respectfully say “Sir, this slave is the property of Master _____, please obtain His permission to use it.” The slave should in no circumstances indicate interest or discouragement.

• In written communication the slave will always spell its name in lower case and any other self references. Likewise Masters should be capitalised: Master, Sir, His, Your etc.

• Masters should be thanked for every verbal command, instruction, correction and so on.

This is a brief, bulleted and pretty stringent behavioural pattern. Not all Masters will enforce all aspects all of the time. I certainly expect slaves I train to know this pattern but will often let it lapse in some cases, for example, the generic stance adopted. Nevertheless, when I instruct slaves to be on their best behaviour, I expect all the above forms to be observed.

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