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[domesticised]

BASICS

• current timeframe: ~ 1740, France
• a miller's daughter, Victoire Moulin, b. 1718
• married to baker, Gerard Leblanc less than half a year ago; considered a marriage of convenience
• he works at a bakery in Marseille
• meanwhile, she has sought a position as maid at the Château Velaux thirty kilometers north of Marseille to contribute to their living expenses
• comes to work for the mysterious composer, Rosalie Du Roc, Duchess of Velaux
• Rosalie lives alone at the château, seeing as her husband, Army General, Duke Maurice Du Roc is away at war
• Victoire finds out over time, their marriage is a lavender one
• writes all her observations down for her 'sister', her old friend and former lover, Hélène Garnier, back in Paris
• both she and Hélène had to marry for the sake of their families, but they retain a close relation
• as she gets more accustomed to the life at the château, Rosalie takes an interest in her and begins dressing her up as a noblewoman, teaching her the proper manners and speech, being very strict with her when she makes mistakes
• as these games progress, Rosalie begins undressing her gradually during their lessons together, in the end keeping Victoire naked as she returns to completing her chores and duties
• begins receiving lessons at the harpsichord and studying music with the duchess
• realises she's just a stand-in for the duchess' close friend, Prudence Le Roux, a soprano the other woman harbours an unrequired love for
• Victoire sees her husband every weekend but doesn't tell him anything about what's going on
• slowly she submits to the duchess and starts enjoying getting praised and guided by her


PERMISSIONS

• backtagging is good
• no ooc triggers or warnings
• warning for period-appropriate homophobia etc. plus d/s dynamics, abuse of power and similar
• open to timey-whimey jamjar interaction, historical scenarios and pretty much whatever, minus straight-up modern au
• shipping is f/f only, but love gen interaction and especially queer friendships!
• pm for contact, cest/cet time zone


BACKGROUND

Victoire, who has recently moved from her home in the Parisian suburbs to Marseille in order to marry baker, Gerard Leblanc, applies for a position as maid at Château Velaux, the Duke Du Roc’s estate, to make ends meet. At the mansion, the Duke’s wife is living on her own while he is away at war.

His wife, Rosalie Du Roc, is a lesbian (and her husband is gay; they’re living in a mutually beneficial lavender marriage) who devotes most of her time to music and composing, playing the harpsichord. She pines for her best friend, the soprano, Prudence, but seeing as Prudence is happily married to another composer, a male competitor, Rosalie sets out to seduce Victoire instead.

Soon she begins dressing Victoire up as a noblewoman and correcting her manners as well as teaching her music, being very strict with her when she fails, making it a point to gradually undress her during these sessions until she can make Victoire serve her in the nude.

This is the story of how Victoire is slowly devoured by these games, writing to her friend (‘my sister’), Hélène Garnier, about it in explicit detail, seeing as the two girls used to be lovers themselves.


NOTES

If you think this character was made as an excuse for smutty historical femslash writing, you wouldn't be wrong. If you think this means I RP smut, you'd also be wrong. FTB is preferred in this house.