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“The Patriarch
The
Outer Planets, the Lost Terran Empire
Published
in Year 8024
Jenny
was ready for culture shock. When the space transport entered hyperspace, she
was ready. When the transport entered Planet Thordaw, she was ready. When she
first saw the sun baked land that was to be her new home, she was ready. When
the male and female passengers of the transport were separated, she was ready.
When she first entered the arrival hall of the spaceport…Jenny knew she was in trouble.
The
spaceport was full with people. Noise filled the arrival hall she entered as
people were shouting out greeting to old family and friends. A buzz of
excitement was in the air as everyone was eagerly waiting for the arrivals. A
very typical spaceport…except that all the people shouting were men. Jenny did
not see a single woman. Then she looked over the men and saw the women of
Thordaw. The few of them she saw were standing behind their men looking at the
ground before them. She almost wished she hadn’t.
“Hey
beautiful,” Jenny found an arm wrapped around her waist. Startled, Jenny looked
beside her and saw the man responsible for her current problems. Boris Frings
was a student she met in the
“I’m glad you’re here,” the
sound of relief was evidenced in Jenny’s voice.
“
“You said it. I thought that
all that research I did would have helped.”
“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine.
Look like I found our ferry service.” It was then that she saw the 2 people
beside Boris.
“Jenny, this is my oldest
brother Alfred and his first Zhang. Alfred, this is Jenny.” One look at Alfred
and Jenny knew that they were related. A short, slim body shape with black hair
black eyes and a face that scream Korean…which is kind of ironic considering
they were called Frings. Alfred was smiling. Wearing a yellow long-sleeved
shirt with light blue pants, he looked just like Boris except that he was about
half a head taller. This meant that he was about half a head shorter than
Jenny.
“You didn’t say you were
bringing a friend, Boris.”
“She is not my friend
Alfred,” a short pause and a look to Jenny later, “she will be my first.”
Surprisingly, Alfred’s face became blank. He stood ram-rod
still, the woman behind him however lifted her head. Zhang was dressed just
like every Thordawan woman Jenny saw in the spaceport. She was wearing a
grey…robe would be the best word. The robe was similar to those wore by monks
in the 15th century, it was long sleeved but the length of the robe
only reached her knees. There was also a hood, but unlike the hood of the
ancient monks which covered only the top of the head, this hood covered the
whole face with a mesh in front. Jenny couldn’t even see the eyes. This means
that all Jenny could see was a grey, faceless person whose only visible body
parts were her hands and lower legs. She couldn’t even see the shape of her
tits as the robe was big and very non-hugging. Oh, she was also barefooted. If
Jenny didn’t know that this was the way every married Thordawan woman dressed
in public, she wouldn’t even be able to tell that it was a woman. Just like
every Empire woman she knew, Jenny thought that the robe/uniform looked
ridiculous.
The way I’ll look in the future
The thought when it came was not a comforting one. Zhang
then lowered her head and looked straight down at her bare feet. Jenny knew
what the look from Boris was for. Feet together, legs straight, Jenny bend
over. With her legs still straight, Jenny then put her hands on her knees and
looked straight at the floor. This was how a Thordawan woman greeted a man she
was just introduced. “The Greeting Position” as Boris called it. Boris was very
adamant that she knows some basic laws and positions before she arrived in
Thordaw. She was still not very happy about some of the positions she will be
forced to do but Boris, with some pain and threats, made sure she practiced the
position and memorized the basic laws of womanhood. “If you want to come home
with me, you will need to live like a Thordawan woman,” Boris said on more than
one occasion.
“Father knows?” Alfred asked.
The question was for Boris.
“No” Boris said.
“He will not be happy.”
“No, he will not be happy.”
Jenny would like nothing better than to look at the two men and explain to
Alfred why she was here, but this it Thordaw. “Not a cow’ place” as Boris put
it. So Jenny looked at the floor and waited.
“She’s from Earth?”
“Jenny is from Talon
exactly.”
“In the Catrim system.”
“That’s right.”
“Still part of the Empire.” A
pause in the conversation. Jenny was exactly scared now. She and Boris knew
that there would be some resistance from his family but she just got there and
haven’t even left the spaceport yet.
This is from his favorite brother…what will his father
be like.
Again, not a comforting
thought.
“She is mine,” Boris said.
“You sound determined,” this
was from Alfred. Jenny wasn’t sure but she almost heard a voice of bemusement
in the statement.
“I am”
“What if the old man says
No?” Good question.
“His problem, not mine.”
Alfred chuckled at this. “By
the books, you have changed Boris.”
“It has been 5 years.”
“You are a man now. Not like
when you left.”
“I’m 24 now and you are
right. I’m not like the person that left to see the home world.”
“Your bags will be in the
truck by now. Come on then.”
With that, the two men walked
away. Jenny was surprised as no one told her to follow. The men were just
ignoring her. She ran and caught up to the two men. She was about to give them
a piece of her mind when a hand stopped her. She saw Zhang was behind her. In
her robes, Zhang put a finger to her lips. The universal human sign of ‘keep
quiet’. Zhang then signaled her to walk beside her and behind the two men.
A cow’s place. Of course, walk behind the men, keep your
head down and mouth shut. That’s the way things are done here. This must be a
test.
The fact that she would have
failed a test within an hour of landing was again not a comforting thought. She
nodded her thanks to Zhang. Zhang nodded back. “Do not speak until spoken to,” another rule of Thordaw. Following
silently behind the men, with head bowed of course, Jenny left the spaceport…
and was immediately hit with the extreme heat that a desert planet would have.
Jenny looked up at the city, she couldn’t help it. She was in a
Outside
the spaceport, she saw more variety of people. She even passed a few aliens and
a few human who dressed like aliens. She saw 2 women walking quietly behind 2
men. The men were talking to each other like friends. The 2 women however
couldn’t look more different. One of the women was wearing a sport bra with short
shorts, looking as if she was going for a jog except that there was a thick
black collar around her neck; while the other women was totally hairless! She
was bald, even her eyebrows were shaved. Jenny could even see that her pussy
was hairless. How could she see that you asked? It was because the woman was
totally naked, wearing only a thong. Both women were looking at the ground
while walking. They too were walking barefoot.
The
men led Jenny and Zhang to a parking area and were walking towards a
hovercraft; or as Alfred will say, ‘a hover-truck’. The front could seat 2-3 people
including the driver, but it was the back that caught her eye. There was an
open cage where the deck should have been. Alfred opened the cage and Zhang
immediately climbed onboard. A look from Boris and Jenny knew that she was to
enter the cage as well. She could see that their bags were already inside but
she froze. There was no seating and Zhang was sitting on the floor of the
truck. She had had her knees towards her body and wrapped her hands around her
legs. As if trying to be as small as possible.
Like an animal. I can’t do it. I won’t do it. I’m a
free woman, not a bloody animal. This was a mistake.
A scowl from Boris told Jenny
that she was taking too long. Looking at his face and another thought came to
her.
That is your man, your future husband. You are to be
his wife and he is taking a big risk bringing you along. Do you ready want to
disappoint him… can you bear to???
Only one answer to that. She
entered the cage…and into her new life.
End of Part 1
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