Drinking wine

24.63. - Cockslave drinks from her Keeper's glass

An odalisque may only drink wine from her Master's glass and is not permitted to drink from any other man's glass without her Master's permission. A customary manner in which a slave drinks from her Master's glass is as follows:

The slave drops to her knees, sits back on her heels, lifts her face, her hands crossed at the wrists behind her back (as if bound in slave bracelets). She waits until her Keeper feeds the drink to her lips and endeavors to drink without haste or noise and without spilling a drop.

One of the points of etiquette in Code d’ Odalisque is that an odalisque is not to drink wine of her own accord; it is fed to her by her Master. An odalisque has many rights and privileges not enjoyed by low slaves (memlooks), but she is not allowed to drink wine from her own glass. Among her duties are those of “wine attendant” – she is a naked wine attendant to her Master and his guests on “wine nights”. But she is not given her own glass of wine to drink. Rather, she sips from her Master’s glass as he wills.

This means that an odalisque is not permitted the right to control her own consumption of alcohol. It is controlled by her Master. As he wills, a Slavemaster will offer his glass to his slave – she will sip from it as he commands. The Code includes a description of the proper manner in which a well-trained odalisque will do this.

Like the wearing of shoes, the right to have her own glass of wine is a privilege only accorded to freewomen; an odalisque is fed wine by her Master.

(Note that under Code d’ Odalisque “wine” is a generic term. It may mean other alcoholic beverages, or other recreational substances, according to the preferences of the players.)