Ramtal Slave Dungeon

14:57Darkram The Great
"Elias and Navin. Warrior and slave. You were blessed to get married. But it's not the end of your test. Follow me into the Cave of Dharba!"

14:58minotaur21560
I look up, hearing this, and suddenly feel ice in my veins. I drop quickly to one knee, not having known that the God-King would be here. Then feel more comfortable seeing the Bear General.

14:59Elias Hyrs
We follow our Emperor and soon get to the big cave, in which is an arch full of jewelry and flowers. We enter there and see two halls. I'm a little confused, but wait the words of Darkram.

15:00Garras
The stoic Bear general, his ear flicks at the mention of the Cave but soon follows, his armor creaking and grinding.. his dark green cape trailing in his wake.

15:01minotaur21560
I also follow, walking beside the great bear.

15:02Darkram The Great
"Left hall is for the warrior and right hall for the slave." With gestures I order Garras and Minotaur to go with Navin. Elias will walk alone through the left hall.

15:03minotaur21560
I enter the right hall, looking up at the ceiling, trying to read what is written in the architecture of the cave.

15:04Garras
The bear, strong, stoic and calm, he walks next to Navin, knowing whatever is going to happen next, that these two men will meet it with courage.

15:06Elias Hyrs
I walk through left hall until I see the pond. It's full of steam. It's hot spring, for sure. Seems, before marriage I need to wash up myself. So I put off my loincloth and go into the pond. It's very warm and refreshing.

15:08Navin Aasha
I walk through right hall with Garras and Minotaur until we get to the pond. Hot spring. I take off my loincloth, but suddenly Garras and Minotaur grab me and bind my wrists with shackles above me. They lift me a little bit high, while I'm struggling, being scared and confused. I don't know, what is happening.

15:09Garras
I know Navin is scared as he resists, but i look him straight in the eyes. He knows I act on behalf of the Empire.

15:09Darkram The Great
In minds of Garras and Minotaur I speak to them: "Slave groom must be purified by whip and by water. That's his challenge."

15:11minotaur21560
I hear the thoughts of our lord and know them to be true. I glance down at the struggling body of the slave, and know it also to be right. "In these caves the old gods watch. They require savage retribution, and I am a TORTURER!!!"

15:11minotaur21560
When the boy hangs bound, I reach to my waist for the whip that hangs there curled

15:15Garras
I check the cuffs once more. Firm and secure. I run my claws down Navins back. I hear the hiss in voice and chuckle gutturally. "You know what your betrothed has been through for you. Now, you give the gift of your pain back to him." The bear murmurs as he leans away once more so he can ready the bucket, a cloth on its handle.

15:19minotaur21560
I have unfurled the tongue of the lash. I stand, legs wide apart, bending back preparing to begin. The sword of Ramtal lengthens as I look upon this one who hangs almost as if he was an enemy soldier taken on the battlefield. "Father Darkram, what is the number deserved by this one?"

15:22Darkram The Great
"48"

15:23minotaur21560
I hear it, and drop my gaze, preparing my mind, filling my spirit with devotion to the society of Ramtal, to its lord, the Effulgent King. I raise my arms above my head, the whip dangling. Then suddenly pull back and begin....

15:23minotaur21560 Edited
1. WHACK!!!!! across the shoulders. The boy's body jerks from the impact

15:24minotaur21560
2. WHACK!!!! the first red stripe is crossed by another on the shoulder

15:29Darkram The Great
In mind of Garras I tell him: "Go through the hall and turn back through the left hall. You must test strength of body and will of Elias through combat."

15:32Elias Hyrs
In a few minutes I get out off the pond and want to put on loincloth back, but it has suddenly disappeared. I don't know how and who did that. But I think, that maybe it's better without it. So I go further through the hall until I get into the big room. On the floor there's circle made of stones. Like the ring.

17:20minotaur21560
24. WHACK!!!! on the upper legs... I lean to the side and return with (25.) WHaCCCKKK!!! leaving a red stripe on his flank and the slave's manhood shakes from the impact of the blows.

17:21minotaur21560
I am covered with sweat in the steaming cavern. Water drips from stalactites above and falls on me... 26. Wha-aa-a-accCCCKK! the boy's slim chest...

17:22minotaur21560
flickering torchlight reflected on the walls .... Whaa-a-ackk! WhacccccK! Wha-aaCCCcccK!

17:23minotaur21560
The boy's head droops over his chest, which is now a tangle of red welts from the lascivious tongue of the bull whip. I narrow my eyes, meditating on OBEDIENCE to EMPIRE and 35 WHAAAaaaCCCKKK! 36 WhaaaccCCKK!

17:24minotaur21560
Pausing again to flick off the sweat that is dripping down my face. 40. WHAAACK! 41 WHACCKK!!

17:25minotaur21560
And below my waist the sword of Ramtal swings as my body moves to deliver the blows (44. WHACK! 45. WHACK!) and all the blades and tools sway with the motion.

17:27minotaur21560
"THIS is the JUSTICE of the EMPIRE!" I spit the words and deliver the final lashes across the boys thin chest and belly.... 47. WhaaaCCCK ... 48!!!! WHAAACCKKK!!!!!!

17:28minotaur21560
I stop, drop my head and upper body at the end of a great performance. Hanging from the bonds, the boy still unconscious. The cavern filled with steam venting from the pool

17:32minotaur21560
This cavern not fitted out with the latest cranks and pulleys, the device to lower the boy into the steaming water requires the torturer to don a leather harness. He straps it across his chest.

minotaur21560: He is like an ox pulling the plough.

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Navin Aasha: "Ugh... Is it over?.."

minotaur21560: I shake my head as I lean forward. Pulling one way so that the suspended body of the boy begins to lean and droop forward towards the steaming water.

17:34minotaur21560
The naked torturer in his belt pulls forward and the body of the slave begins to be submerged into the scalding water.

17:40Navin Aasha
After a few moments being in hot water you pull me out of the pond. My body feels renewed. No scars and bruises. Like my body was rebuilt.

17:42minotaur21560
I look at this, not without surprise, since I know of the occult powers of Ramtal and its rulers. But I see that this has been given to one who is a slave. In a low voice, I say, "It is a mark of divine favor."

17:42Navin Aasha
"Favor... For me?"

17:43minotaur21560
"or for the one who weds you, slave." I stand, slowly unstrapping myself from the harness. My muscles are sore from the ordeal I have visited upon this victim.

17:48Navin Aasha
"So... Can you put me down, please?.."

17:49minotaur21560
The slave hangs again out of water, his arms stretched overhead in a V. I reach to untie first one and then the other wrist, letting him free.

17:49Navin Aasha
"Thanks. So, we go further through the hall, right?"

17:50minotaur21560
"It will join the other eventually, but something tells me there is more to come." I put a hand on the boy's shoulder, suggesting that he stop and wait.

17:52Darkram The Great
"Lead him further, Minotaur. Lead him to the altar."

17:53minotaur21560
I hear the words in my mind, and urge the boy forward again... There is a strange play of phosphorescence on the walls of the cave... blue light almost as if reflected from water yet the pool is nowhere near large enough...

17:54minotaur21560
We make our way around a few large boulders and then encounter the altar which my mind told me should be here. I look upon it, mouth open in amazement.

18:05Navin Aasha
I come to the altar. Golden statue with jewelry stands there. Statue of Kilani, Goddess of Love and Virtue. Above her there is arc, which is made of pearls and malachites. Red beautiful flowers hang on it. So beautiful. "I believe, Elias is okay..."

18:06minotaur21560
"He is brave and virtuous but he also must pass through trials, boy."05:45 Elias_Hyrs: After a few minutes big figure enters the room. Big bear figure. "Grand General?" I kneel to him, being confused. I don't understand, what is happening.
05:54 Garras: The bear lumbers forward, his face a careful mask of neutrality as he looks down at the kneeling human. The boys words struggle to leave his lips, and in the bear's silence, they slowly wither and die, dusting to ash as the bear comes up between Elias and the exit. "I am your test now Elias." The bear says folding his arms. "And it's my job, to make sure you never see your Navin ever again." The bear snorts and then hocks a wad of spit to the ground. "You will not leave this room Elias. I forbid it."
05:57 Elias_Hyrs: I stand up and get into the fighting stance. "I will not lose so easily, Grand General! That you taught me well!"
06:00 Garras: The bear allows himself a slight crack in his stoic demeanor with a flicker of a grin before all too suddenly turns his shoulder and charges at the boy, his cape swirling in the air behind him.
06:02 Navin_Aasha: I hear some noises. I wonder, if Elias is okay...
06:03 Elias_Hyrs: I jump back off, dodging his sudden attack. After that I dash and hit with knee into Garras' chest.
06:04 minotaur21560: In the darkness of the central altar, the space between caverns, the echoing sounds are deceptive... as if they whisper words, ("DEFEATED!") or perhaps it is merely the shuffling sound of the bear's leather against stone
06:07 Garras: The bear is just starting to slow down when the boy leaps up to slam a knee into his chest and he's forced to take a step back, hacking wetly before raising up his claws to aim a slash at the boy's face, his massive paw blurring, his dark brown oaken eye glaring, his fangs bared.
06:11 Elias_Hyrs: I dodge the slash and send a kick into General's jaw. Sweat starts to spill on my body. Didn't have such good feeling from a fight for too long. Like I'm once again an athlete, that now wrestles for the great reward and fame.
06:17 Garras: The bear's slash slices through the air, but finds no flesh. When the kick slams against his jaw, the bear's head whips aside with a spray of spittle and this time, he doesn't stagger. Instead, he holds his ground and snorts as he slowly stands upright, turning back towards the boy. "You will not defeat me Elias. You are too weak. Too powerless to be reunited with your mate. You're going to die here if you continue to rail against the impossible." The bear letting out a thick guttural chuckle as he cracks his neck from side to side. "All I need is a single blow..." The bear murmurs as he suddenly launches a kick out aimed at Elias' gut.
06:21 Elias_Hyrs: Your sudden kick pushes me back, yet I do not fall. "I went through so many things to get here, Grand General. So I won't turn back!" With that said I dash and send knee into Garras' guts and then an uppercut into his lower jaw.
06:30 Garras: The General is an imposing tower, and despite that, you attack head on, speed and power aiming your knee into his broad torso before that uppercut clacks his teeth shut and knocks his head back with a loud CRACK that earns a snarl and suddenly has the bear clamping the boy in a harsh hugging grip, a true bearhug that compresses the ribs, traps the arms, and makes it hard to breathe. The bears head slowly comes down and blood drips down his jaw for a moment and then he whips the boy across the room.. the bear grunting and snarling as Elias lands near the exit to the room. "Believe me Elias.. There is no turning back.." he growls as he starts to walk towards you.
06:35 Elias_Hyrs: "Ugh... I know... And I won't hold back!" I stand up and rush to him. He expected, that I will ram him, but at the last moment I lay on the floor and kick into his crotch, after which, while he is distracted, I jump and hit with knee into his lower jaw. Garras falls on the ground. This is my chance, while he's still on the floor, I run through the next hall, until I get to the other room. I see Navin and Minotaur there. Seems, it's an altar.
06:44 Garras: The bear goes down with a surprised grunt and he's suddenly got a very dangerous look in his eye as his hand lashes out to grab Elias by the ankle but the boy wisely turns to run through the exit, the bears claws barely whiffing as the boy reunites with his husband. It takes a little bit, but the bear follows up behind, no longer attacking, looking at Darkram and nodding, a slight smile on his lips. Letting him know Elias has passed.
06:45 minotaur21560: I turn, hearing the slap of quick bare feet against the smooth stone... "Elias!"
06:46 Darkram_The_Great: "You have passed the test, Elias! Now! Come to the altar!"
06:47 Elias_Hyrs: I come to the altar, where Navin, being as naked as me, is already standing. He looks different. Like he was refreshed. He smiles to me and me to him.
06:48 Darkram_The_Great: "Bring the clothes for our couple, Minotaur!"
06:49 minotaur21560: I walk forward, holding the robes. I step with great dignity at a slow pace, just enough to make the tools at my belt swing. At last I extend my arms, holding them out.
06:51 Elias_Hyrs: Me and Navin take the robes and put them on ourselves.
06:53 Darkram_The_Great: I bring the big cup. It's full of water from Makala spring. "Hold the cup!"
06:54 minotaur21560: I stand, solemn, in witness of the high rites.
06:55 Elias_Hyrs: I and Navin come to this cup and hold it high. Minotaur comes to us with golden chain which he binds round our hands. A new bond is made. Me and Elias.
06:56 minotaur21560: I speak: "Within these sacred grounds, revenge and anger end: A way to peace is found, and injury can mend. With friendship's kindness as our guide, the soul's made glad and satisfied. "
06:56 minotaur21560: "Amidst this band of brothers, a loving wisdom lives: All honor one another, and freely we forgive. For one deserving human birth, there is no greater joy on earth."
06:57 Darkram_The_Great: "Garras. Your speech now."
07:06 Garras: The bear looks down at the two men, their trials, being merely that. Trials that prepare them for the real world where there are true consequences. He snorts softly and unfolds his arms. "I do not truly know the ways of men. I hear these words of joy and promise and they fall deaf on my ears. The world is a cruel place, where the strong devour the weak." The bear's grizzled muzzle wrinkles for a moment as he hackles softly. "So what then to say of your union? What is there to say, that can guide your steps into the cold uncertainty of the future?" The bear gives a slight shrug. "Know that every second is precious. That the dark and the beasts that inhabit it are watching. Waiting for signs of weakness." The bear snorts softly. "Know, that in these halls, the pain.. the blood.. they are a taste of what is to come. So stay hungry, little predators. Keep your eyes keen and your snouts cast upon the wind. Live as if your future is not gauranteed.. and know that you are never truly alone...
07:07 Garras: ....So long as you remember that we stand beside you. As you stand beside us. Eternally brothers, under the hallowed eaves of the Ramtal Empire."
07:08 minotaur21560: I bow my head, moved by the bear's speech.
07:08 Darkram_The_Great: "Your speech, Minotaur."
08:08 minotaur21560: "I am only a torturer, mere naked servant to the Crown of Darkram. How could I speak words as epithalamium? Instead in remembrance I quote an ancient song:

Every year have you married
The lyric lark, and the grave whispering dove,
And the sparrow that neglects his life for love…
Where motion kindles such fires as shall give
Young phoenixes, and yet the old shall live
Whose love and courage never shall decline.
Come forth, come forth and as one glorious flame
Meeting another grows the same…
These two united with clear water,
Steam, and the magic of a secret cave. "

08:09 minotaur21560: And the Torturer bows to both young men, separately and together.
08:11 Darkram_The_Great: "LET YOUR BOND BE ETERNAL!" Water from the cup begins to flow around the couple, blessing them in eternal love. The chains fall.
08:12 Elias_Hyrs: Our love was tested and now we've got a great reward. Eternal bond. We kiss each other's lips and hug.

Published: 2022-10-12, viewed 0 times.