Part 2
Rosie’s thoughts…
I can’t see the clock tower from the cross but its bell tolls only once. I have been crucified for an hour; just eleven more to go. I can make it. I wonder what I look like. The cross is painful but I expected that even if I didn’t know what the pain would feel like. What bothers me more is the inability to move. My nose itched since before I was raised and it still does. I can’t even reach my bicep to rub it against much less scratch it!
I had talked with Professor Barbaria Moore before I signed up for the contest as she is the foremost expert on female crucifixion, rivaled only by Messaline who has been crucified in more places.
(Ed. note: Astute readers of the Crux Forums would note that by all logic Prof. Moore should be quite dead by now. You must remember she has not been executed in this thread!)
I asked should I eat the morning of my crucifixion. She said I would need my strength and advised me to do so if I were selected and to drink as much water as I could.
‘But what if I would need to… you know… purge?’ I asked. She said ‘Rosanne, you are a prisoner of the cross. It is both unforgiving and relentless in its torture of you. But it is also if not aware it is quiet about what you do while you are in its care. You will resist the urge to purge as you say it but you won’t be able to for twelve hours. Don’t waste the energy trying to hold it back.’
What seemed like sage advice haunted me. I desperately need to use the bathroom yet the cross will not let go of my arms and legs. I don’t like using public restrooms and I am not about to crap with a thousand people watching me. Maybe a fart will ease the pressure.
DAMN… That had to echo off the next hill!!! And damn if my ass isn’t wet! I will not take a shit before this crowd!
And then he is back. I forget what he told me his name is but I remember the ‘Rodent’ thing.
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“How are you doing, Rosie?” he asks as he snaps a series of pictures in rapid succession.
“I’ve had better days” I reply most honestly. “I would appreciate if you didn’t take any more pictures.”
“You already gave your permission and I have already sold the rights.”
I hear the shutter click again and again. I am so screwed. The clock tower marks two o’clock. I remember the professor’s words:
“It is a simple thing- just two pieces of wood and few lengths of rope- that becomes your prison and tormentor. It presents you to the crowd which watches you with varying degrees of attention from intense to indifference. Some will lust your naked body and others mock it. Some will look on wondering what it is like to be you and others will look on knowingly having tried the cross themselves, though I doubt anyone will have done for as many hours as you will.
“People will come and go as they wish. They will use the restroom, get food and drink. They will be in no hurry. You will be there when they return. The cross will not let you go. You are free to look about but the scenery will not change. You are free to breathe yet each breath that sustains you becomes more laborious than the last one. If you need to relieve yourself you may but within the confines of your cross. People will come and go but the pain never leaves. It is with you the whole time.
“Be sure you want to do this, Rosanne, before you sign up for the contest.”
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I thought I was sure. I am not now but the cross will not let me go.
Tree
Yeah, that Rodent is a true gentleman....
The image of Rosie hanging naked on her cross, with her whole life narrowed down to the extent of her movements on the cross is so incredibly erotic I cannot describe it!!! Tree, you hit all of my fantasy buttons with this...the helplessness, the nakedness, the visibility, the pain of hanging, the duration, the whole damn public nature of crucifixion, the inevitability of having to perform bodily functions form the cross, the boredom of hanging (what do I do with all this free time???), and the watching of daily life proceed around me as I hang. Egad man!!!...you've completely entranced me!!!! This is brilliant writing! I'm so excited, sooooo turned on!!!!!!!! Aaaaargh!!!