Queen
@Barbaria1 dangles naked from the cross.
For a brief moment she had managed to grip the upright with her feet and relieve the dreadful pain emanating from her nailed wrists.
However, sweat and blood trickling along her legs, combined with her general weakness, have made this a slippery endeavor and she soon loses her grip, again hanging from the cross. She howls in pain.
Besides the atrocious suffering, she finds it harder and harder to breathe.
Abruptly, the pain eases somewhat - someone has grabbed her flailing feet and is supporting her.
As she gulps in air, she hears her executioners arguing.
"Hold her steady you arsehole, I need to nail her feet!", one soldier yells as he approaches with two rusty nails and a mallet
"Did you bring the rope? Where is it? We need it to tie the bitch's feet to the cross!", the other exclaims as the rebel queen struggles in his grip
"Here is a piece of hemp. Now get on with it, you arseheads!", says another
And the crowd jeers and mocks their half-crucified queen...