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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92012-03-16 04:21 pm

Buy a Little Mercy [Open; Potentially Graphic Material]

Less than an hour after the ship leaves Agrestic's orbit, an announcement is broadcast throughout Stacy.

|| Attention, crew. Your crewmates, Howard Bassem and Charles Merriman, have been apprehended attempting to desert. They will now be given Punishment. According to established guidelines, you are all requested to report to the Observation to witness the Punishment. Attendance is not mandatory, but highly suggested. This will serve as a reminder of the consequences of treason and desertion. ||

On the observation deck, Archon Yavek, Archite Rekkti, two other Daligig and a handful of Kessek soldiers stand outside a spherical force field. Inside the bubble, Orc and Howard are suspended by tentacles looping around their wrists. Orc's ceased thrashing around and struggling against his restraints; rust-colored fissures have developed around his shoulders and forearms from the strain, but now he simply hangs there, looking defeated. Howard's nose is bleeding, and every time a drop falls to the bottom of the forcefield there's a small sizzle. He's weeping and begging the Daligig with every plea possible, but they act as if they aren't listening. Instead, they wait for an audience.
catoutofwater: (kitty will EAT YOUR FACE)

[personal profile] catoutofwater 2012-03-26 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Clever. All right, so he couldn't attack them from behind. He could still get around them, though. And it wasn't really the Kessek he needed to stop, anyway... Yavek appeared to be the one calling the shots here. He needed to be the primary target.

Ranulf dodged a powerful swipe, leapt out of the way of another, and retaliated with a lightning-quick swipe of his own, claws bared, before dashing around the nearest group of Kessek in an effort to reach and pounce upon the one Yavek was currently cowering behind.

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-26 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That's when Stacy intervenes. Her tentacles lash out from every surface, pinning Ranulf spread-eagle against the ground. A needle emerges from the tip of one and starts to sedate Ranulf.
catoutofwater: (down for the count)

[personal profile] catoutofwater 2012-03-27 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Damn it--so close! Ranulf struggled against the tentacles, snarling and managing to sink his fangs into the nearest one, but to no avail; their hold on him didn't loosen in the least. He didn't even register the prick of the needle, but the drowsiness that quickly came upon him had him wondering, as his body relaxed against his will and his mind began to fog, if he'd been placed under a Sleep spell.

Ah... I tried... He turned his cloudy gaze to the two youths trapped within the forcefield before his eyelids became too heavy for him to keep open. ...Sorry. And he went limp, reverting to his usual form moments later as he lost any last hold on consciousness.