Slom was dragged down a hallway the smell was the first thing that hit him and he remembered another hallway smelling the same, as they drew near he could hear a whip cracking followed by cries of pain and the smell of blood and sweat was heavy when they neared the open door.
Two Ratmen were standing guard outside the room, the first thing he noticed when he entered were the row of NPCs tied naked to the wall, "again" he heard a man say in a quiet voice and the whip cracked, followed by a whimper.
His captors took him to a second room and there he saw a naked girl holding a whip, a short man standing to the side said "again" and the girl whipped an NPC that was tied to a bed standing against the wall "ahh our guest of honor has arraived"
The whipped NPC is released from the bed and thrown into the other room, Slom is tied in his place and the man walked over, "welcome captain scarface", he ripped off the eyepatch and threw it on the floor, "our tests are finished and we are at last ready for you".
"My name is Devo and I am the reason you are here", he scratches his chin, "you ruined our fun", a slap flew across 210m's face making his head turn, "took over our ship", a punch to the stomache, "stole our stuff" another slap, "who the hell do you think you are?"
"I am captain Slom and you are blocking my sunlight" he picked one of the options from his list.
"Oh?" surprise sounded in Devo's voice, "a funny man" he punched him again "who the hell do you think you are?"
"I'm not that guy" Slom picked one that came with a gesture and spit out a tooth.
"Whip him girl" the man was obviously not amused anymore as he shouted in rage, the whip cracked and Slom fealt a burning slash across his chest "who the hell do you think you are?" Devo shouted again.
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"That's a personal question, do you really like me that much?" another high yield retort that gave 210m some good credits for active participation in his own torture
"I know your secret", Devo whispered in his ear, "I know there is a person inside there", he grabbed Slom's chin, "and i know how to drag you out", he waved at the other men standing to the side, "this little thing removes your blocks", he held up something that looked like a remote control tied to a needle, "we already used it on your little torturer", he pointed at the naked girl, "and boy did we have some fun with her then".
Allen couldnt stop himself from staring at the device in horror, "are you crazy?" he payed credits to say a line out of character, "you can't do this"
"Oh but we most certainly can", he said and shoved the needle into Slom's neck, "i would say you wont feel a thing" he laughed, "but in just a few seconds you will feel everything"
Slom thrashed in his ropes while Allen tried to think of ways to escape, he tried to force a log off sequence but all he got was a maintenance error message, he pushed his avatar to the max burning credits like they were coals in a steam engine combustion chamber but nothing seemed to work until he suddenly fealt a jabbing pain in his neck whn Devo yanked the needle out.
"Now you will learn about sticking your nose in other people's business", a slap burned through Allen's face, "whip him", and the whipcracked was followed by pain such as he never fealt before, "again", and by the fifth lash he was whimpering and begging them to stop, he could see tears in the girl's eye but for some reason she couldn't resist the commands shouted at her.
Slumping over Allen could feel nothing beside the pain, he was broken and bleeding, the whip only a beginning to torments he never knew existed, they cut his flesh, maimed him, stabbed his arms and legs, all the while talking about how this was a lesson.
They moved the bed so he was layed over it, he heard some shouting and a fight broke in the other room but he could feel only pain, unable to log off, unable to act, his very being was enslaved to the pain, "it seems some of your friends snuck in on us", he heard someone other than Devo, "killed our girls and ran off", he fealt something heavy smash into his chest, "but we still have you", another smash "i wonder if they died for real without blockers on", Sloms' ribs cracked with the third hit "our plan was to heal you before letting you log off", his shoulder broke with another hit "but now it seems we shouldnt worry anymore".
A silent ship found harbor under a mountain while her captain was drowning in a sea of pain and darkness.