I have been sitting on this one for years.  One of the first mods in my load order was Riften Torture Chamber.  That mod kind fell short of what I was thinking it would be, but it stayed in my load order nonetheless.  The mod merely placed a cage and a pillory in the basement of Haelga's Bunkhouse.  Eventually I decided to open up the CK and add more.  So I took a dive... and proceded to start 10,000 mods, none of which were ever completed.  But I want to change that by working on this mod first.

 

 

Haelga's Secret

 

Haelga has a secret.. 

 

"Well everyone knows that!", I hear you exclaim. 

 

Well, that is not the secret I am talking about!  We all know Haelga is an enthusiastic follower of the Dibellan arts.  No, I am talking about her other secret...

 

Haelga is part of a very secret society of Dibella worshipers.  She was entrusted with the Bunkhouse by this group after its previous proprietor retired. See, the bunkhouse has beneath it a secret club for those who practice Sanguine's Desires.

 

Welcome to the SD Club! (name subject to change)

 

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The club consists of:

 

Client Entrance - This is where the clients enter.  It leads to a hidden door somewhere in Riften. (location not yet selected)

 

Toy Entrance - This is where the toys enter.  It includes a small preparation area where the toys are magically processed before being sent into the club.  They must be properly attired before they enter.  This entrance leads to some location in the ratway.

 

Note on entrances:  The entrances may likely end up being portals in order to protect the club's true location.

 

Toy selection area - This is where a few of the special toys are put on display for selection.  These toys require a rental fee.

 

The grand playroom - This is where most of the fun happens.  The playroom has many different types of furniture to place the toys in to have fun with.  The community toys are usually kept here.

 

The hallway - Here there is art to look at, some of the art comes in the form of bound toys!  The hallway serves as passage to the rest of the club.

 

The client pleasure suites - These are private rooms the clients can rent.  Each room has a bed and a few peices of fun furniture to amuse themselves with.  Clients sometimes bring their own toys when renting a suite.  

 

The dinning room - This is where Haelga holds banquets for the Clients.  Toys are only allowed in as, well, toys.  They are never served food in this area.

 

The lounge - This is where the Clients gather to chat and enjoy the toys in a comfortable setting.

 

Haelga's Suite - This is where Haelga has her fun.  She often entertains special guests (of both types) in her suite.

 

The kitchen - Where the food is stored and prepared.  Kitchen workers are toys and wear hoods that allow them to see and taste.  They are not allowed to leave the kitchen on their own.  If they require sleep, they do it in the storeroom.  Food is served by designated serving toys.  Their hoods posses a magic that allows them to navigate to a destination, but not really see, nor speak.

 

Isolation cells - This is were some toys are kept in isolation, for, um, some alone time.  This is where involuntary toys are initially kept.

 

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The club has two types of visitors:

 

The toys ...

 

The toys are submissive types and are there to be used.  The reasons the toys submit themselves to the club vary.  Some are there for the thrill, they pay to have their freedom stripped away for a time and to be used.  Others submit to make some gold. Others might find themselves there due to an unfortunate series of events.  Sometimes prisoners find themselves serving a very different sentence than they thought they would.  Sometimes Haelga is asked to "Hold on to" someone for a bit.  Paying toys can set the duration of their stay, and it will (most of the time) be honored.  Paid toys do not get to choose the duration, however, they can lengthen it if they choose.  Involuntary toys have no say whatsoever in the duration of their stay.  Their stays are also longer. Before a toy can enter the club, they must be prepared.  This is a magical process that keeps the identity of the toy hidden from all but Haelga.  Anything they bring in is confiscated, everything, they are stripped bare.  A special hood is locked upon their heads that blinds them and severely limits their hearing.  The hood also has a built in ring gag that prevents coherent speech, but allows access for sustenance and other fun activities.  Only the proper magic can remove the hood.  The toys are also locked into a set of shackles that the clients may remove in order to place the toy in other restraints.  The toys spend all their time in the club restrained in some form.  Once admitted to the club, toys have no say in what happens to them.  Club management makes sure they are not harmed permanently.  Sometimes the toys are loaned out to clients for home entertainment.  Toys may also become "lost", meaning they were secretly sold off to someone who really wanted them.  This is rare, however.  Toys would not volunteer if they knew such a thing was possible.

 

The Clients...

 

The clients are dominant types who come to have fun.  They tend to be people of power and wealth.  The clients are allowed to use any of the toys any way they desire, as long as the toy is not permanently damaged.  They can also make certain requests, for a price.  The clients can rent the club suites for private sessions, or for extended stays.  Out of town clients tend to stay several days in these suites.

 

Everyone in the club must practice anonymity, i.e. hide their identity, at all times.  Clients have the most leeway on this.  Toys are never given a choice as the hoods they wear keep them blind, mostly deaf, and unable to speak.  Even Haelga follows this rule.
(tech note: will probably not hide the names from the player since we cannot use voice.  This might seed a few fantasies :), everyone wants Maven to dominate them, right?)

 

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How the player fits in...

 

The player can be a client, or a toy.  I am not sure if they should be allowed to become a client after being a toy.  Maybe there should be an MCM setting to allow the player decide.

 

There will be an MCM with various settings, I want the player to be able to choose their path in the club.

 

Player as a client:

 

Player just walks up to one of the toys that is not otherwise claimed and plays with them as they see fit.  They can bind the toy how they like, use any of the furniture they have access to, and even have sex with the toy.  The people are not shy here, so sex can happen anywhere in the club, not just in the suites.
    
The player may also approach other clients for fun.  They may not ask other clients to be toys.  They can ask for sex or to participate in fun time with toys.  Players will have the option to ask clients to serve as toys, but if caught the player will suffer consequences (probably forced into being a toy for awhile by Haelga)
    
Player as a toy:

 

Upon entry, the player will be magically prepared like the other toys, then locked into one of the selection cages.  There may be a few other ways the club stay starts depending on how the player ends up at the club.  These will be discussed later.  After a bit of a wait, a random client will be selected to claim the player for fun and one or more scenarios will be selected for the client to put the player through.  After the sessions, the player will be bound or locked in something until they are selected for another session.  Upon reaching the end of the day (if the player stay is longer than a day) the sessions will stop and the player will be allowed to sleep, however, they mush sleep in whatever predicament they are left in, and they will never be left unbound.  This cycle will continue until the club stay is complete.  The player will then be escorted out of the club and released.  Any payment due to the player will be paid at this time.  Depending on what happens in the club, the player may end up leaving while still bound, or maybe given a parting "gift".  (maybe a client paid to have this happen to the player).
   
Note:  At this time I do not plan on developing a path to let male characters to be toys.  This may change, but likely not.  Of course I will not bar anyone from making a patch for this.

 

Player stays will be calculated.  There should be MCM settings to allow the player to determine min and max club stays and session duration.

 

The NPCs...

 NPCs will essentially act as described above.  They will be brought in and out as necessary and placed in scenarios.  Obviously the player gets to be handled a bit differently.
    
Followers

Followers can be brought in as toys, or locked away while the player is in the club.  I suppose that they might even be allowed to be Clients (might be a fun tie in for Submissive Lola/Devious Followers.)  For the toy route, it can be just for the duration of the player's stay, or the player can leave the follower there until the player returns to get them.  If the player does not want the followers involved, they should have them wait somewhere else.  There should probably be some follower settings to determine how the mod treats followers.

 

Haelga

Haelga will act as a client except she will use her own room for suite sessions.  There may be other things she can do since she is the executive manager (owner) of the club.

 

    
Note:  Scenarios are just a Client and toy being assigned an action, and then acting it out until completion.
Toys may be assigned "jobs".  Jobs could be things like cleaning, kitchen, serving, but also include things like being put on display.  The jobs category is meant for situations that the toy might be left in that does not involve Client action (other than the initial placement).  I am sure this will eventually be made more clear.

 

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Starting the mod:

 

 Vanilla Tie-in:
   

Taking Care of Business
        
Haelga may offer the player a free trial membership to the club to serve as payment for her debts.  If the player refuses, then the quest will follow the vanilla path.  If she is visited last, she may offer the player a trial membership on top of the gold she owes.
            
Caught Red Handed
            
Some options (These options would be available if the player has been to the club or not):
            

• The player can always refuse the quest. Maybe they can also tell Haelga about Svana, which will cause Svana to be officially enslaved by Haelga.  (probably just a new outfit befitting her slave status, and she now sleeps in the cage in the basement and is made to be a toy once in awhile).  Haelga would offer the player a reward.

                

• The player accepts the quest, but tells Haelga about it.  Haelga then enslaves Svana as described above.  The player will be offered a reward.

            

• The player accepts the quest, and completes it.  When confronting Haelga, she acts as if she is frightened, and asks the player to follow her to the basement to discuss things.  Once at that spot in the basement, Haelga will capture the player and they will serve time as a toy.  At the end, Haelga will demand that the player agree to keep her secret.  The player can say no, which will force the player into another stay.  At the end of the second stay, the player will automatically agree (just for a bit of role play.  The player will have no options to tell anyone about Haelga's secrets.  In fact, everyone already knows as most of them are secret patrons.  Perhaps this could be expanded upon so that if the player tells anyone, there would be a chance that the player would be captured and taken to Haelga by the person they told.)  Of course, after this, Svana is enslaved as above.

                
(yea, one of the goals of this mod is to get Svana enslaved by Haelga, because, well, why not?)
                
The rewards would be gold, or a client membership to the club.        
            
For those players who do not wish to be toys, they will be given a club membership.
                
Dialog
        
If the player does not want to play through the vanilla tie-ins, the mod can be started via dialog.  The player would ask Haelga if she has a room.  She will say no several times.  Eventually she will say that she may have something available.  Then one of two scenarios would play out determined by dialog choices to determine how the player leans:

 

• Haelga will tell the player about the secret club and offer a trial membership.  At the end of the trial the player will pay for a full membership.  The goal here is to get the player into the club for fun, otherwise why would the player install the mod?  This does not prevent the player from becoming a toy later on.

                        

• Haelga will suggest a spot in the basement the player can use.  After accepting and paying the required fee, the player is lead to the back part on the basement to what seems to be a stone wall.  The player will ask a few questions about the spot and maybe be a bit upset.  Haelga will then strip the player of all items, and prepare them as a toy.  The player will spend 24 hours as a toy in the club.  After their stay, Haelga will allow the player to return as a toy anytime they want.  When returning the player will have the choice of paying or get paid.  Paying toys get a few perks.

       

SD+ tie-in
    
When sent to Haelga's place by Sanguine, the player will end up in one of the selection cages, or in an isolation cell.  Haelga will comment on how thrilled she is that Sanguine gave her a toy to play with.  The player will spend at least two days as a toy and then be released.

 

Alternate Start
        
Player wakes up in one of the isolation cells.  They have no idea how they got there.  All the player knows is that they belong to Haelga until they pay off some debt she says is owed to her.  The player serves as a toy until Haelga determines that their debt is payed.
    
Simple Slavery
    
Player is sold at auction, and one of Haelga's agents purchased them.  The player ends up in one of the isolation cells.  The only real difference between this one and the alternate start is that the player knows how they ended up in the cell.
        
Death Alternative
    
Player was found unconscious and left with Haelga.  Of course she cannot refuse such a gift.
        
Player was found unconscious and sold to Haelga.
    

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Status

 I am almost finished laying out the club.  Doing some decoration.  I will probably release a teaser here in the blog to get some feedback.  A screenshot will be added when i get a bit more decorating done.

    

The path forward:

 

I have a lot to learn to do the things I want to do in the mod.  Obviously I will be taking it a bit at a time, so don't expect a completed mod in a week.   I have a day job working with computers and get tired of computers easily these days.  Hopefully the experienced modders out there are willing to hear some stupid questions and help me along my path.