While Lord Black rules supreme over The Black Mirror, an actual legion of servants and sub servants actually make it work in a complex hierarchy of ranks and dom/sub relationships. And on top of that pyramid, right at Lord Black's feet, sits Circ.
As very few try to get an audience with the ever busy and somehow elusive Lord Black, both Doms and Subs know who they need to speak with when they want something done.
And everyone of them is perfectly aware that Circ's word is law inside the halls of The Mirror as if it came from Lord Black himself, turning Circ into one of the most powerful beings inside those walls. The only slave to sit at The Inner Circle with The High Masters and Mistresses. The Housekeeper.
And he is, indeed, a slave. And a very willing one at that.
Very few outside of The Inner Circle would dare to even insinuate to Lord Black's personal slave, and many a sub has been sitting funny from a taste of Circ's skill with a paddle (Many doms go to Circ seeking advice on proper spanking after seing Lord Black's Boy in action).
But the truth is he turns to putty in the hands of his Master.
The most loyal and well behaved of all the slaves at The Mirror (There's a game among the new subs to see who's able to get Circ in even the slightest breach of protocol... None of them know that Lord Black himself abetted this trend.) he's a hungry submissive eager to please and to become a plaything. Of course there's the issue of who would dare make advances on Lord Black's personal slave, but there's always a few daring individuals who want a taste of the forbidden fruit. Not many are worthy of Lord Black's personal Boy's time, but it's not unheard of cases of Circ giving in to The Magpies teasing... Of course it's way more common The Magpies being punished by Circ for misbehaving...
At any rate, the irony remains about the best slave being the perfect master of the house. Proud and happy to be at the feet of his Master, even if that means standing tall among the rest.
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- Although the whole Inner Circle respects and appreciate Lord Black's slave (even if some of them have a weird way to show it), it's not a secret among those privvy to such matters that Lady Ariana is particularly fond of him and that Circ professes but the highest admiration for the High Mistress.
- The Magpies love to walk the edge that is teasing Circ the way they do. One of the reasons is them loving when Lord Black's Boy gives in to their advances... But a watchful eye would notice how they're both extremely excited and, at the same time, terrified, about the idea of the Housemaster catching them in one of their shanenigans. Apparently something about Circ's stern punishments triggers a specific thrill in the twins.
It's ironic that the only master they respect almost as much as Lord Black happens to be a slave.
- Circ has a personal slave of his own. A poshy brattish sub that he trains himself despite it being quite the imp to deal with.