Master Henry smiled and went behind him with the whip. He uncoiled it, and swung it around a few times. He kept count of the words. His new acquisition had spoken a total of forty-three words so far, which meant 430 lashes. He would naturally carry on the lashings over the course of several days. He never whipped anyone more than 150 times a day. It was too dangerous to risk more than that.

His usual claiming beating lasted 50 lashes on the slave's back. Then the penalty would commence.

So, fifty for the claiming, and one hundred more in penalties. Master Henry swung forth and landed a blow on his right shoulder blade. The beauty of the way he was secured, with his arms hanging relatively loose, was that he could lash him even after his subject was too exhausted to stand. He could just collapse and hang by his wrists.

The beating lasted almost two hours, just for the fifty lashes. Master Henry would not do one lash right after the other. He waited until his slave calmed down before lashing out once more. He lashed him from his shoulders to the small of his back and back up again.

Once the claiming lashing was finished, Master Henry set aside the whip and looked to his slaves.

"How many words did he speak?" he asked them.

Neither slave made eye contact, but the Latino answered, quietly, first.

"Thirty, My Lord..."

Master Henry looked over at the Caucasian, who looked between the other slave, and Mike.

"I counted twenty, Lord..."

Master Henry glared at them.

"I counted forty-three," he said. He looked at the Latino. "You will receive eighty lashes, with 40 pounds on your balls. And you..." He looked at the white slave. "You will receive two hundred and thirty lashes, with 115 pounds on your balls."

The white slave choked back a sob as Master Henry went to the wall and pushed a button.

Nothing happened at first, and Master Henry went to the wall and selected a thick braided whip which had knots every so often in the whip, and it ended in a small steel ball.

Master Henry took some practice swings with this, and lashed forth with more fury to his swings this time. After all, this was a punishment. His lashes also came in slightly faster increments. After fifteen minutes, there was a buzzing sound. The Latino slave opened the door and two more slaves came in.

"Forgive us, Lord Henry," one of them said. "What is your will?"

These two slaves were adorned identically to the other two slaves, including the same scars from whippings. Both slaves were white and in their mid-twenties. One had dark brown hair and green eyes, while the other had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Secure them to the post," Master Henry demanded, gesturing to a metal pole in front of Mike.

One of the newly-entered slaves took one of the slaves who had just been condemned over to the post. Both slaves who were condemned were secured by their wrists above their heads. One of the newcomers went over to Master Henry and bowed.

"What would you require next, my Lord?"

"You may leave."

Master Henry opened a drawer and pulled out something Mike couldn't see. He secured this to each of his slave's nipple rings. It was a set of two chains. When he was finished, both slaves were secured to each other's nipples. He went back to the drawer and picked up some other things that Mike couldn't see.

In about fifteen minutes, both slaves were groaning and pulling against each other. Master Henry was stroking their cocks, one at a time. Once they were aroused, he secured their balls with parachutes. Then, he began to gradually add weights to each of them.

Once he had everything arranged, Master Henry went once again to Mike, and picked up the whip. He lashed Mike's back once more. After several lashes, he moved on to his butt and legs.

He lashed the two slaves, one at a time, savoring the two of them basically torturing each other by flinching and moving. Every jerk of one body tortured the nipples of the other. After each lash, Master Henry went to Mike and gave him a lash. By now he was working on Mike's front, from his ankles to his shoulders. After each lash, he returned to his two slaves and lashed them, and again, and again, until finally Mike had received the full 150 lashes. Master Henry was now able to focus on the two slaves, whipping the one slave a total of 80 times, and the other slave 150 times.

Once this was done, Master Henry left the room. After twelve hours, a slave came in and removed the weights from the parachutes, but did not do anything else before he too left the three men alone.