Lore: Destroy all that Binds

Kyosuke · Post by **Kyosuke** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:40 pm

"That's not what she says," Jhaptal replied. With a shard of glass in each hand he threw them both, burying them in each of his pectorial muscles, letting the bone stop their progress. These were followed by another two, which scraped against the elf's ribs. And then another that made a gash across his cheek and buried dangerously closely to the bottom of his pointed ears.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:58 pm

(ooc: you just haaaad to go for the ears.... >_<)

Soran shuddered as the glass dove into him and he felt it grind against bone. He raised his eyes dourly on his captor. "You manipulated my partnership, assaulted my family, and now you dare to pull this bullshit?" he shouted, raw anger scalding his voice.

Kyosuke · Post by **Kyosuke** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:01 pm

Jhaptal picked up the last piece of glass and began to toss it up and catch it. "Of course," the ninja replied. Then, he sunk the last piece of glass into the elf's chest, right over his heart, once again letting the bone stop the penetration of the glass. He wanted to remind Soran that the elf's life was in his hands.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:14 pm

A sharply stifled cry broke from the rogue as the glass jammed into his solar plexus and stuck there, sending hot waves of pain incessantly through his chest. Seeing that there wasn't any way out of this, he remembered to compose himself, and brought his features under rigid control.

It was all beyond his comprehension. Why would this Reya person have met him, and more importantly, why did he care? Judging from the situation, he was certain there was no way he was mistaken in his memory of meeting her; he would recall something important enough to inspire torture. Unless...the thought dawned on him like a winter storm...unless he had known her before.

Kyosuke · Post by **Kyosuke** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:17 pm

Jhaptal noticed a flicker of realization in Soran's eyes, which would have been unnoticeable to him if he hadn't been watching the elf so closely. "Do you remember something now?" he asked. "Or will I figure out what else to use on you?"

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:23 pm

"No," Soran said coldly, tensing his chest to bear with the glass that intruded on it.

Kyosuke · Post by **Kyosuke** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:34 pm

"Very well," Jhaptal said. He calmly picked up a whip from it's place on the wall and cracked it experimentally. With a sharp snap of the wrist, he flicked the whip out and snapped off one of the pieces of glass, leaving part of it buried in his skin. He proceeded to repeat it with the other two pieces that were stuck in him.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:43 pm

Soran ground his jaw tightly and managed to avoid making a sound through the merciless sensation in his chest and stomach. He squinted at Jhaptal willfully, though a cold sweat was breaking on his skin.

Kyosuke · Post by **Kyosuke** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:05 pm

Jhaptal just gazed at the elf stoically, then began to bring the whip back and forth, raising welt after welt on Soran's skin, every once in a tearing into him and causing blood to drip out.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:25 pm

Soran's adrenaline rose higher and higher as he was hit with the full reality that he was in serious danger, and completely incapable of protecting himself. He tried holding still and silent for a long time, knowing it could bring him no relief, but eventually he began struggling against the bindings. His skin, now slick with sweat and blood, slid only slightly in the clamps.

"Damnit, I don't remember anything!" he cried out unsteadily.

Kyosuke · Post by **Kyosuke** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:31 pm

"That's not my problem, is it?" Jhaptal asked. Again and again he brought the whip down against Soran's front. After a while of it, he finally put the whip down. "Do you remember anything yet?"

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:37 pm

"No," Soran strained. His body felt like he'd been lying face-down on open coals. Part of him wondered if this treatment might really be capable of somehow knocking loose his memories.

"So you remember nothing?" a new voice said indifferently as the sealed door to the room opened and a beautiful woman in a blue robe entered. Reya walked up next to Jhaptal and stared at Soran calmly.

Kyosuke · Post by **Kyosuke** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:41 pm

Jhaptal bowed his head slightly to Reya and stepped back to let her have any words she wanted with the elf. As he did this he scanned the room to figure out the next impliment of torture to use on the bound man.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:19 pm

Soran raised his eyes to Reya willfully. "Reya," he took a guess, his voice low and dark as he addressed her.

Reya stared expressionlessly at him, fighting back the shock that threatened to display itself on her face. She had known what she was telling Jhaptal to do, and she'd certainly seen it done more than enough times to be squeamish about it, but she was nonetheless punched back by the sight of him, really him, in front of her, in almost as badly damaged a condition as she had last seen him. She snapped out of her thoughts as she heard him speak her name; looked up at him as though spooked. She knew he had no way of knowing that that was the first time he'd ever called her by her name.

"How are you, Soran?" she said passionlessly. "It seems you don't wish to discuss your acquaintance with me."

Soran was about to retort that he'd never met her, but he was growing more and more conscious that, in all likelihood, he probably had. Not only was it a matter of common sense, but her mere presence in the room seemed to scream out at him, as if she embodied some long-forgotten danger. "I don't remember you," he said, trying to breathe evenly.

"Is that so?" Reya looked unimpressed. "Continue your work, Jhaptal. I'd like to observe this," she said, and walked to the wall opposite Soran. She would confront this - she would destroy everything binding herself to this man, every weakness that forestalled the perfection of her power.

Kyosuke · Post by **Kyosuke** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:30 pm

Jhaptal nodded at Reya's command and picked up a pair of knives from their resting place. With a flick of the wrist, he tossed them over at Soran, but didn't hit the elf, burying them on either side of his head. He then walked over to the rogue and removed a knife. In one swift motion he drove the blade into the palm of his hand, burying it to the hilt so his hand was stuck against the wooden table he was strapped to.