6: Tita’s experiences of bodily pleasure with the Bactrians

Eighth hour (13:27)

“Now, before we meet your friends, I need to know a few specific and important details,” said Elena. “Prepare to be annoyed and embarrassed.”

“Oh.” Tita braced herself for the details she imagined Elena would want to know.

“I imagine you told the dancers that you are a virgin?”

Tita felt slightly embarrassed. “Yes. On the first day, during our lunch together, I told them about my new work here and that I am a virgin.”

“Good. You did the right thing. And I imagine Zarina told everyone not to touch your vagina.”

“Yes…” Tita was amazed. “How did you know that?”

Elena smiled, “Experience… And did the women respect Zarina’s orders?”

“Yes… But I do not understand…”

“If Zarina had let you lose your virginity with the group, you would have become her responsibility.” Elena explained. “Since she knew you were coming to work here as a prostitute, she would not want to be accused of damaging your reputation or your status. It would be bad publicity for her group, and she would not want to risk that.”

Tita looked at Elena. “Zina explained something similar to me. But I do not understand how you could know all that so quickly by yourself.”

“Experience,” Elena repeated. “We deal with many situations here. And I have dealt with similar situations in the past.”

“How old are you?” asked Tita, in awe of Elena’s deductive powers.

Elena smiled demurely. “That is another one of my secrets. I have a few.” Elena grinned. “I will just say that I look much younger than I am.”

“Do you have magical powers?”

Elena laughed. “If you wish to think so, I will not be offended. So, continuing on. Did all of you sleep together in one large tent? Or there were separate sleeping tents?”

“They have a large tent for night meetings and discussions with all the dancers. And then after the night meeting, we go to the sleeping tents. The women with husbands and children sometimes shared their tent with other women, since the husbands are often away. I slept with Zina and Zine. They had their own tent that they shared with me.”

“And the nightly ritual you mentioned-  this happened in the meeting tent?”

“Yes.”

“So you met them on your first full day in Rome. That was when?”

“About two weeks ago. We spent three nights in Rome, then a night in Aricia, in Antium, in Setia, Tarracinae, Formiae, Sinuessa, Capua, and then two nights in Neapolis and last night in Heraculaneum.”

“Very good Tita. You have an excellent memory for places.”

“Well, Claudia says I am kind of like a navigator. But in reality, I wrote down all the names of the places for the whole trip. I wanted to keep a little list of the places, so I would not forget.”

“Aaah. Very, very, very good Tita. You have excellent habits. Keep up the good work!”

Tita smiled at the compliments. “Thank you, maestra.”

“So… Wait, let us stop here for a moment.” Elena turned into a side street on the right side and stood in the shade provided by the walls of the west side of the street. “We are close to the forum, but I still need to ask you a few things. Here, drink first.”

Elena handed Tita the leather pouch and Tita took another sip of orange water, noting it was warmer this time. But it was still refreshing from the hot day and sun. Tita felt a faint breeze blow down the walled, narrow, empty street. Elena took advantage to let the breeze cool her back and arms and face. Tita followed suit, appreciating Elena’s way of taking advantage of small gifts of nature.

“So the nightly ritual happened in the large tent. Zina and Zine would start the ritual? Or Zarina commanded the ritual?”

Tita blushed. “I think the original idea was Zine’s, because she is especially fascinated with my face and skin. So they both asked Zarina’s permission earlier in the day, and Zarina had told them not to play with my vagina. And Zarina gave this order to all the other women too. Zarina even said to them to ignore me even if I got too excited and wanted to have sex. Zina told me that, like you said, Zarina wanted to deliver me intact. But….”

“What?”

“I thought that I would still be a virgin even if I had sex with women.”

“We will discuss virginity another time. This is a very patriarchal society, and sex between women is discounted, or even considered immoral by some.”

“I remember Claudia mentioned this to me at some point, about the immorality. But is it? I thought Sappho’s Ode to Aphrodite shows that it is acceptable…”

“Excellent Tita! You even know about Sappho! Claudia did not say you were so well read.”

Tita blushed. “Well, I have read a little Greek,” she said quietly.

“Good! We will talk about your virginity in the next days. Getting back to the nightly ritual by the Bactrian women. How did they treat your skin? With caresses only?”

Tita blushed more deeply, remembering the nights of fiery excitement she felt with the Bactrians adoring her. “Yes… First it was just caresses. Then in Setia, Zina and Zine wanted to kiss my skin also. And Zarina approved so long as my vagina was left alone. And so they did caresses and kisses in Setia, Tarracinae, Formiae, Sinuessa. And then in Capua, they started licking also. Ahem.” Tita was already hot and now she felt like she was in an oven. She fanned her face, feeling the blood rush through.

“They licked you during the ritual? Or afterwards when you retired to their sleeping tent?”

“In Capua, Zina and Zine licked me in their tent. Then in these last few nights, they licked me during the ritual also.” Tita slightly groaned from the excitement of the memories.

“They were the only ones to lick you?”

“Yes… Oh, and they used olive oil sometimes for massages… Uuf.”

“Very good. Did they have sex in front of you?”

“Yes.”

“All of them? Or just Zina and Zine?”

“Most times it was just Zina and Zine, because I slept in their tent. They often had sex, almost every night. But sometimes the women had sex in the meeting tent. The last night in Rome, the whole group was practicing dancing with olive oil on the skin and the night was a little cold, and Zina, Zine and Roxana, one of the other dancers, got very excited. They started having sex, and then it happened that everyone got excited and had some sex. Some of them also had sex other times. And in Capua everyone enjoyed again.”

“Interesting!” Elena exclaimed. “And did you stimulate yourself during these episodes?”

“Oh…” Tita said breathlessly, feeling her excitement from the memory make her heart race faster. “Yes. I had touched my vagina before, but not for long. I mean I had never achieved much except some mild pleasure. I guess I did not really feel the need for it. Before the trip, I mean. But that night in Rome, I was very, very excited. So very excited. So I really wanted to continue. Whew.” Tita fanned herself. “That was the first time I felt something different.”

“You had your first orgasm?”

Tita felt even more flushed in the face, and she used her shawl to fan herself. “Yes,” she whispered.

“Good!” Elena smiled broadly. “Congratulations!”

“Yes?” Tita looked at Elena, surprised by her enthusiasm.

“Certainly! Everyone is free to enjoy their own bodies as much as they please and everyone should experience orgasms. Orgasms are good, healthy, positive experiences. They can replenish you in many ways. Did you stimulate yourself and have orgasms the other times they had group sex?”

“Most of other times I or we, I mean Zina, Zine and I, just watched. In Capua, I watched and touched myself and got to orgasm because Zina and Zine wanted to be with the group. But with Zina and Zine, in their tent, I did touch myself a little more and occasionally got to orgasm. But I much preferred it when Zina and Zine excited me a lot, then I only had to touch myself for a little bit to get to orgasm.”

“Excellent Tita! Very, very, very good.”

“Yes?”

“Certainly!” And they both chuckled. “You have already understood your orgasm process. That is good! Now, I am sure Zina and Zine let you caress their skin.”

“Yes.”

“And their genitals?”

“Eh…” Tita kept fanning herself, feeling terribly embarrassed, and also excited to be with Elena, smelling the earthy citrus scent of Elena’s skin. But Tita saw Elena had a neutral, unwavering look. “Ahem….” Tita tried to keep calm.

“Just be honest,” said Elena quietly.

Tita hesitated. “Yes… Is that bad?”

“No, that is good!” Elena smiled. “It seems Zarina did you a big favor, by keeping your genitals off limits while letting you explore the genitals of others.”

“But… I so wanted to... be explored,” said Tita, as she felt her heart pounding against her chest with fiery excitement, her neck and face ever more hot.

“I am sure you did. And that is normal and good. You would be surprised how many women might not feel that urge, for many different reasons. So, it is all good. Excellent. Now, four more details. Did the women encourage you to touch yourself?”

“No… Zarina told everyone not to encourage me to do so.”

“Perfect. Then we owe Zarina a beautiful gift for keeping you ‘intact’.” Elena smiled.

“Could I have touched myself more often?”

“Certainly! Zarina probably did not want you to be tempted, so she told the others not to encourage you. In this way, if you touched yourself, it would be a private choice by you, thereby reducing the risk of accidental sex. I am sure that is what Zarina was trying to avoid. She wanted to minimize your exposure to temptations with others. We will practice the vagina in a few days without affecting your virginity. So do not worry Tita, you will get plenty of experience with your wonderful, lovely vagina.” Elena grinned and Tita felt even more blood rush to her face.

“Now, the second detail. Did you caress your skin during your time with them?”

“A little. But not much. They did most of the caressing to me. And I wanted to caress them.”

“I can imagine.” Elena smiled. “But you did not have much desire to caress yourself?”

“Well, I loved how they caressed me. They gave me a lot of pleasure.”

“Understood… And the third detail. Did you kiss them?”

“Yes.” Tita continued fanning herself.

“Only Zina and Zine? Or also some of the others like Roxana?”

Tita cleared her throat. “Mostly Zina and Zine kissed me, and they let me kiss their skin. A few times Roxana would join them and sometimes she would kiss me also, especially on the neck and back…” Tita had difficulty trying to keep calm. She realized it was very exciting to talk about her memories with Elena. She had an overwhelming desire to kiss Elena. “Ahem...” She noticed Elena did not smile but looked at her quite intently.

“And the last detail. Did you lick their skin or vaginas?”

“Uuuuh…” Tita exhaled deeply, fanning her face as she felt her blood rushing through her. “Their skin, mostly. And a few times Zine’s vagina. But most often I licked Zina’s vagina. Zine liked to watch me lick Zina…. Uuf.” Tita felt jumpy and her nerves were on fire. She fanned herself furiously.

“Understood. It sounds like you enjoyed a lot of pleasure and gave pleasure to others. Excellent!” Elena smiled broadly, squeezing Tita’s shoulder. “Good for you, Tita! You chose well and did well! You did some good training already, which I had hoped you would. Thank you! My job will be easier.”

“Um…” Tita was still enthralled by her memories. “Yes?” she replied absently.

“Certainly! So, what did you learn with all your touching, kissing and licking of others?”

Tita paused, feeling like she was going to explode from her excitement, embarrassment and heat. She looked at Elena, half smiling. “That I very much love women.”

Elena laughed heartily, putting a hand on Tita’s shoulder. “As you should! Loving women is wonderful, as you have learned. I can confirm this, speaking from long experience!” Elena continued laughing.

“Yes…” Tita felt like she was melting as she fanned herself quickly, the sweat pouring down her face. She realized she had done well not to put on any face decorations.

“Here.” Elena gave Tita the leather water pouch again. “Drink before you are consumed by sensual fire. Any more sensuality from you and Vesuvius will get jealous.” Elena nodded in the direction of the volcano.

Tita giggled and agitatedly pulled out the stop on the pouch and drank with gusto. Elena let her drink some more and they stayed in a shade for a bit longer. Tita wiped her face with her shawl and exhaled deeply to calm her breathing. After a while she felt calmer and cooler and recovered her face with her shawl.

“Good. Your fire in your belly has quieted down?” asked Elena.

Tita sighed with relief. “Yes maestra. Thank you.”

“You have excellent appetite Tita. You passed an important test. Now, let us go quickly to find your friends.”