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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.
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[personal profile] lastgallifreyan 2012-03-28 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Like the majority of the crew, it was curiosity that had brought the Doctor to the observation deck following the announcement. It was disgust and horror that had kept him there. He'd tried to fight and he'd tried to stop it, but his words had fallen on deaf ears and his actions had only led to him being held in place by one of the Kessak warriors until it was over.

It didn't matter that they'd tried to fight back. It didn't even matter than the punishment had been cut short in the end. The Daligig had forced their hand. They couldn't afford to wait and plan any longer. They had to act now.

As the observation deck began to empty and the injured - the many injured - were led away, the Doctor gave the space where the boys had been hanging a final dark look before turning away and striding towards the TARDIS.

He had work to do.