Chores

Chores are expected to be done by every slave, being boy or girl.  Chores are not a punishment in any way, but are a chance to show your loyalty to your home and to build your character. Remember to still have fun while you are doing them and put your own touch to each chore you do. Also remember to post your chores on the message board.

Rules for chores

1. Chores are to be at least 6 lines long and at least 5 posts, the more the better.
 
2. Chores are not to be done outside of the room. The point is that you are to be in the room.

3. Copy your chore, including the time stamps and paste it to the Home's Message Board.
 
4. Try and perform one chore per week, if not more.
 

Some useful tips

•  As you would do with a serve, explain your movements.  The more descriptive the better. Explain how you move, what you are doing, how things feel against your body, how you are cleaning something, how you feel, etc.

•  Developing your character can also work well while doing chores. You can portray your character’s mischief, funny, cute, seductive, etc. side when doing chores.

•  Remember as well, that these chores are going to be read by Masters and Mistresses so work hard on them as well.

•  Try and use things that they would have used back in that time period. For example, we use Windex, they used soap and water. We have washing and drier machines, they had to use their hands and buckets of water to wash and everything was hung out to dry.

Some examples of chores that can be done

Of course there are many others things that could be done as well. You don’t have to do what is simply upon these lists, come up with your own things that you would enjoy doing. Have fun with it.

Inside the Home

•  Masters/Mistresses rooms and chambers must be cleaned completely twice a week. (Sweeping/scrubbing floors, washing of all linens, washing windows, dusting, etc.)

• Slave quarters and chambers have to be cleaned weekly.

•  The kitchen and servery must be cleaned once a week. (Sweeping/scrubbing floors, all shelves, counters, cupboard doors wiped down, fireplace cleaned out, etc.)

•  The main Hall/Room must be cleaned weekly. (Sweeping/scrubbing floors, washing of all linens, rugs and carpets taken out to be beaten free of dust and then washed, walls and windows washed, chairs and divans dusted, etc.)

•  All floors are to be swept and washed once a week.

•  All fruits and vegetables are to be checked daily for freshness.  As well, wine and other beverages are to be checked daily for freshness.

•  Gathering dishes, goblets, etc. that have been left throughout the Palace and washing/drying them.

•  All lanterns are to be filled with oil every day before nightfall.

•  Candles need to be made.

•  The bathing chambers are to be checked weekly to make sure everything is in stock. (Soaps, towels, bath oils, etc.)

•  The sparring and dancing pit will be raked once a week.

•  The mending and sewing of linens, rugs, Masters and Mistress’s clothing, etc. must be attended to.

•  All linens (Towels, sheets, clothing, etc.) must be washed.

•  Prepare meals. (Meals can be copied and pasted to the Message Board.)

•  Polishing of your Master/Mistresses armor/boots.

Outside of the Home

• The gardens must be attended to. (Plants watered, gardens checked for weeds and raked, benches cleaned, paths swept, etc.)

• Flowers can be picked and be placed in the Main Hall or in the Mistresses and Masters chambers.

• Clean out the sheds if it is needed.

• Clean and tend to the tools that are needed to work on the gardens.

• The horse stalls need to be cleaned one a day. (Sweeping the stalls, cleaning out the hay and replacing it with fresh hay, getting fresh water and food, etc.)

• The horses need to be groomed once a day.