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Ryptid: Sadistic to the bone
I wake up in the most violent of shocks.
Where am I ? That... ? I'm tied... It's dark here... I'm digging into my ties like crazy, but nothing to do : I'm stuck in a chair. What is this place ? ...Okay, pull yourself together. What happened ? I don't remember... 'Chu-ta...
Outside a clap of thunder resounded. That's when I remember the beginning... Dromund Kaas. Yeah, I'm still on Dromund Kaas.
These ties really hurt...too tight...I won't have any more blood in my hands if this continues. I must have closed my eyes for a long time, and yet I still haven't got used to the dark, but it's coming... much too slowly but it's coming...
Another clap of thunder explodes behind my back, and since the room doesn't light up a bit, it shouldn't have any windows. How am I gonna get out of here ?...
Bhilk ! Constable Bhilk Teeneava ! My teammate will get me out of here ! … That's it. He will find me, free me and we will have won.
I scream. I scream as loudly and as long as possible, until my lungs and throat hurt. Nobody... There, I begin to despair. That's not good. I scream for a few more minutes but it's not too much trouble, I have more voice. It's been what, an hour or two since I've been awake ?... I should see a little better there ! … They must have drugged me... Inserted something into me that made my eyesight blurry, or took longer to get used to...
Hmmm...ahah, they're doing it again. Yes yes yes, it's still a test. To see how long I'll last... ...no ?...
Pfff... it's getting cold in here. And my heart is racing a little. Uh... meditation. It doesn't hurt to try... If those crazy lightsabers do it, it must work. I close my eyes...I believe...and breathe out slowly. Very slowly... there you go...
Hey, looks like it works ! I feel better. I even manage to see a little more clearly in this darkness. There's something shiny next to me, I can't see what it is yet... and a little bright line in the distance, on the ground in front of me. A door !
I keep screaming, in doubt. So much for meditation...
I've been here for three or four hours...maybe more. If it's a test, it's madness. Otherwise, I'm in the poodoo.
I squint my eyes to try to see a little more... Yes, there is a trick. Something lying on the ground to my right...
Oh K....
It's a body... I believe it's Bhilk... His head is covered by a bag, but there mustn't be much left of it, given the small volume of the bag.
I've seen a lot of stiffs in my job, why does it shock me so much ?... Maybe because that's what might happen to me soon.
Yes, it's his stupid bracelet, it's Bhilk...
I'm still trying to untie myself. I am agitated in all directions, I force as much as I can. Futile. The chair is screwed into the ground, and these links are indestructible. I shake my head, out of fear or madness, and stop at that little table to the left...those shiny, silvery things...they're tools...of torture !
" Beautiful, aren't they? ? »
wow ! Who said that !? There is someone right behind me. He was there from the start !? He could not have entered so discreetly.
Footsteps and a faint shadow move behind my back, circle, and come in front of me.
" This is my... personal collection. My best friends... Don't worry. I will introduce them all to you, one by one. »
The figure has stopped and leans towards my sweaty face. My heart rate is accelerating like never before, my fingers losing all control and clinging to the chair, hurting me. It's not a damn test. It's a terrible nightmare !
I'm crying, sobbing like a baby, my lips are quivering, and chances are I've peed myself.
" Shhhhhht... Save that for tomorrow... I haven't even started. »
I look up, and I see what all the kids see in the wardrobe at night, what wounded soldiers see after a good decade on Balmorra, what Jedi see when a Sith lightsaber ends their life. ..
I see a pair of red eyes, filled with the sadism of the world, eyes that have seen hundreds of souls extinguished, greedy eyes that are just waiting for my most total suffering. And underneath, I see a sly little smile.
" I'm sure you and I will have a great time... I'm Agent Ryptide, Imperial Secret Service. »
