Author's Note: Let's wrap this story up! The characters in this story are inspired by my various tabletop game characters and campaigns. This chapter contains magical blinding, mentions of past prostitution, and Tecryd's final decision to what to do with his captives.
Enjoy!
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So. It would finally be his turn.
Sakal twiddled his thumbs, laying on his bench as he heard the door open and the sound of Tecryd's voice.
"I summoned you."
He sounded pissed.
"I turned down your summons."
Sakal didn't give a shit.
"You can't just..." Tecryd sputter briefly before he entered the cell, slamming the door behind him. "You do realize you're a prisoner, correct?"
Sakal nodded.
"And that means you can't turn down a summons!"
"I just did. And hey, you came down here, how convenient for the both of us." Sakal grinned as Tecryd glowered. Sakal hated being summoned or told where to go, it tended to make him do the opposite of what people wanted.
Tecryd marched up to Sakal, grabbing the thin sylph by the shirt. "Are you aware how easily I could
kill
you?" He snarled.
"You're not gonna though." Sakal briefly grinned. "Not until you get to break me."
Tecryd lowered Sakal slowly. "Meaning?" He asked.
"Sylphs love to hear gossip. Your hobgoblins love
to
gossip." Sakal tapped his ear and smirked. "I heard all of it. Herra, Ecra, Alur, Thola, Braizra. You took each one, on your throne or in your bed, whatever you felt like. I did the math and that's five out of six of us you violated. So..." He pointed to himself. "Math adds up you're doing me next."
The fact that he took the surprise out of seemed to take the wind out of Tecryd's sails. He released the sylph and Sakal dashed to the opposite corner. What, just because he knew it was going to happen didn't mean he didn't want as much distance between the drow and himself before he did. "I'm not afraid of you. I know how it goes. You'll scare the crap out of me, drag me back to your room, plow me until I beg for mercy, and then it'll be over. I sure as hell won't like it but damn if you're not predictable."
Tecryd was clearly grumpy, his crimson eyes narrowed in anger. Sakal shrugged before he sat down on his bench. "Whatever. Do your worst with your 'toothpick'." His pale eyes glinted mockingly. It wasn't exactly a toothpick, but damn if Sakal wanted to destroy Tecryd's sense of esteem.
However, he didn't expect Tecryd to laugh.
The drow shook his head, his lips split into a grin. "So, you really are the smartest one, aren't you?" He asked.
"Eh, that might pushing it." Sakal just had great common sense. "Listen. Just get it over with and I promise I'll act scared."
"Act. Scared." Tecryd glared before his smirk returned. "On second thought, I think I'm not in the mood. I'll be back when I am."
"Hey! Don't even think-"
Tecryd was gone. Sakal ran forward, waving his arms back and forth to make sure the drow just wasn't invisible as his heart dropped into his stomach.
Fuck. He really shouldn't have put all his cards on the table at once.
Sakal was alone for approximately a day. His guard was on high, he had to be ready so that Tecryd wouldn't shock him. He needed control over the situation.
But even Sakal needed to nap.
His eyes flickered open and closed, he was so tired... maybe just a few minutes... ten, twenty. Hell, an hour, and he'd be recharged and ready to deal with Tecryd when he came back.
He didn't know how long he was out until he woke up with a start.
There was only darkness in front of his eyes.
"Fuck!"
Sakal stumbled to his feet, throwing his arms about as he tried to figure out where he was. This wasn't the cell. Too much space. Or was there... Sakal tripped over something hard and landed on his face.
Blind. He was blind.
That bastard took his sight.
Screaming in anger and pounding his fist against the ground, Sakal got back up and continued to fumble about, trying to feel something,
anything...
his hand brushed up against someone's chest and Sakal gulped.
"A... Alur?"
"Guess again."
Fuck.
Sakal backed away only to end up tripping over something and landing on his ass. Several ropes shot out from nowhere and wrapped around his ankles and wrists. Trapped. Well, wasn't this a fine mess his stupid mouth got himself into him.
Tecryd chuckled darkly as he approached, Sakal could hear his boots echoing on the floor. Just where the hell was he?
"So, did I do a good job of scaring you?"
Sakal swallowed the lump in his throat. "C... close enough," He managed to force out. Damn, Ecra was always the brave one. He never shied away from something that fucked with his head. Sakal was the opposite.
When something scared him, he
ran
.