Upon reaching the bleak and grim place of execution, the Vampire and Demon are allowed a brief respite. The Demon stares at the four upright wooden stipes with a wicked sort of fascination - she is eager to see what the human and the elf will look like once they are nailed to them, and she cannot wait to find out. Moreover, her dark and masochistic sense of curiosity wonders what
she would look like if nailed to one of those crosses
... She dwells contentedly on the fact that she has always wanted to be crucified; she wants to know what it would feel like for
her wrists and feet to be pierced by the rusty nails. It was why she committed her heinous crimes in the first place: she had hoped that the state would publicly execute her in the most brutal fashion known. She was disappointed when the mob did not chose her to be crucified. So she loses herself in her waking reverie, and lends herself fully to her desires. She imagines herself totally naked, hanging from her wrists, writhing in pain, totally helpless, humiliated, and suffering unimaginable levels mental and physical anguish...
The trembling Vampire, on the other hand, has no such curiosity. She is terrified that the vicious mob may lust for more blood after the human and elf are already suffering. As she looks fearfully over her shoulder, she notices that there is a pile of wood off on the fringes behind the pillory - wood that could easily serve as crossbeams if the need arose...
A few transient moments pass while the human and elf scream in fear at what is happening to them. The Demon watches intently as she finds herself wholly aroused. The Vampire only quivers in fear. Then, two guards approach, and take the two hapless onlookers to the pillory that is behind them. The Vampire tries to resist, so the guard only yanks her harder towards the pillory.
One of the guards is unusually cruel to the Demon. Seeing that she is drawing delight from the spectacle, he decides to be rough with her to bring her back to reality. He grabs her by her throat, and pulls her brutally towards her side of the stockade. Once she has been locked inside of it, he plans to do much more with her...