oldben94
Spectator
Something I started a long time ago and finally finished.
Naked. Alone. Isolated. Scared. Samantha sat on her hard bed in her cell, her arms wrapped around her chest. How long have I been in here? She lay back on her bed and stared up at the light that never turned off. Would her captors ever come to question her? What of her sisters? Were they safe? Samantha stood up and started pacing front to back in her 7’x4’ cell.
The only sign of time passing was an unknown guard dropping Samantha’s next meal into her cell. She did not even get human contact when fed. Yum, two pieces of stale bread, a cold piece of meat, and an unpeeled carrot to be washed down by water from her sink. She knew she had lost weight in her cell, just not how much. Eat. Pace. Sleep. Repeat process.
In two other cells 19-year-old Katrina and 18-year-old Ellen were enduring the same treatment as their 20-year-old sister, Samantha. They were all within ½ an inch of 5’8” with golden blonde with hourglass figures. Ellen was a 36B where her sisters were both 36C.
They waited separately for something, anything to happen. When would it? Why am I here? When? Why? What? The judge had just sent an order to the jail: BRING SAMANTHA, KATRINA, AND ELLEN TO COURTROOM #3 AT 2PM.
Her door opened; Samantha turned to see a guard enter. He pushed her to the bed and cuffed her hands and feet. He then picked her up and blindfolded her before pushing her out of her cell to the foyer of the jail. On arriving a metal collar was cuffed around Samantha’s neck. A tug and the command “March!” moved Samantha forward. A door opened; she could hear people as she was led outside. The chain at the back of her collar told her that at least one other person was in the procession.
Samantha felt the sunshine on her skin for the first time for who knows how long; it felt good. The paving stones felt rough on her bare feet; at the same time Samantha was glad to be walking more than 7 feet in a direction. Samantha was led into a shadow, up a ramp, through door, across a cold tile floor, down a ramp, across a carpet, and commanded to “Halt!” Her guard’s hands turned her right and pulled off her blindfold. She quickly looked right and saw her sisters. They looked quickly, too, clearly glad to be with each other even naked and chained in public.
“All rise for the Honorable Chief Judge Henry Noose!” shouted the bailiff.
Judge Noose entered, “Be seated, accused remain standing.” The Judge sat in his high seat behind his bench. “Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, you stand here accused of aiding and abetting enemies of the city, treason and espionage against the city, and high conspiracy. What do you have to say for yourselves?”
Ellen looked to Katrina who looked to Samantha and nodded. Samantha responded, “Judge, what evidence does the court have and who can help us with these absurd charges?”
“You may plead guilty and be at the mercy of the court or innocent and hear the City’s evidence.”
The sisters leaned toward each other and talked quickly. Samantha turned to the judge, “Innocent, the charges are absurd. We did not help enemies of or spy on or conspire against the city.”
“Fine. For your convenience, you will be tried together, today. City Advocate, begin.”
“Your Honor, these girls were seen by the police lurking near East Gate just before dawn the morning of the September attack. As the rebels started their attack a soldier noticed damage to the gate. That damage could have allowed the rebels to enter the city. Two days prior to that the three accused were seen near the tavern by the East Gate. At about the same time, a rebel spy was killed as he ran out of the East Gate. Sabotage and spying both involve Conspiracy.”
“Accused, what is your response?”
Samantha spoke for her sisters, “Your Honor, we were delivering laundry to some guards at East Gate that morning and fresh aprons and towels to the tavern. Our family runs a laundry service; my sisters and I pick up and drop off laundry for our customers. We travel all over the city doing this.”
“City Advocate, any rebuttal?”
“Your Honor, the accused offer a plausible alibi. Laundry delivery is a great cover for spies and saboteurs. City police did not see the accused carrying laundry to or away from the soldiers nor were they seen carrying laundered aprons and towels into the tavern.”
“Judges of the City, you have heard the evidence read and accused offer an explanation. You will now vote to convict or acquit the accused of their charges. Bailiff, collect the ballots.”
“Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, rise and face the Judges of the City for determination of guilt or innocence.” The girls did as they were instructed. The Chief Judge continued, “Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, you have been guilty of aiding and abetting by unanimous vote of the panel. Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, you have been guilty of treason and espionage by unanimous vote of the panel. Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, you have been guilty of high conspiracy by unanimous vote of the panel.”
The three looked at each other, Samantha and Katrina moving to comfort Ellen.
“Order in the court!” the judge shouted. “You have been found guilty of three capital crimes against the city. Punishment for any of these crimes is serious and harsh. Do you have anything to add before determination of sentence?”
“Sir, we three sisters have never been in trouble. We work hard with our family. We contribute to the improvement of our city.”
“The panel may consider this in sentencing. Panel: sentence for aiding and abetting is death by painful means or as the court determines; sentence for treason and espionage is slow and public death or as the court determines; sentence for high conspiracy is 100 lashes at Market Square or as the court determines. This panel shall now decide your sentence.”
Ballots were passed to the bailiff and carried to the High Judge. “Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, having been found guilty, are you ready to receive sentence?”
Samantha spoke for the group again, “Yes, Your Honor.”
“Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, shall receive the same sentence. You shall be returned to the jail to be cleaned and shaved. You shall then be taken to Market Square where you shall be publicly whipped each receiving 80 lashes. You will be taken to South Market Jail where each of you will be given a patibulum to be placed on your shoulders and your arms tied to it to hold it in place. You will be led to South Gate, be taken out of the city, and be nailed to die by crucifixion. Court adjourned.”
“All rise!” shouted the bailiff.
The guard put blindfolds over the eyes of the sisters. “Come on,” he ordered, and they returned to the jail.
He led them into a large room with multiple, evenly spaced columns. He took each girl to the space between two columns, removed the cuffs from her hands and feet replacing them with heavy chains pulled tight forcing each girl to stand spread-eagled. Lastly, he removed their blindfolds.
“To be shaved and cleaned for crucifixion,” the guard instructed three teams.
Immediately, the teams got to work. First, the long blond hair was cropped. A buzzing noise from electric razors accompanied the removal of body and pubic hair. Non-electric razors ran over their bodies in search of any hair left behind. Next, their bodies dampened, covered with powered soap, lathered with stiff brushes, and then rinsed. The teams rechecked for body hair, rinsed the girls, and pronounced them ready. Their arms were lowered and cuffed behind their backs, their feet released and chained again, and their metal collars kept them chained together. The guard led off.
Out of the jail, east toward Market Square, Samantha, Katrina, and Ellen followed their guard. They arrived at Market Square after 5:00 in the evening. Samantha, in front of her sisters, shivered as the whipping posts came into sight. Katrina and Ellen shivered in turn as they saw the whipping posts in the center of the square.
They reached the posts, were separated, and forced onto the platform. There were enough posts arranged in a circle that six people could stand spread-eagled facing in or out. Each sister stood spread-eagled facing inward in every other whipping space. Samantha and Katrina looked at each other before turning their gazes to Ellen attempting to offer her hope.
A lieutenant stood in the middle of the circle and unfolded a sheet of paper. He read:
Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, here begins the first public phase of your sentence. You have been sentenced to receive 80 lashes of the knout. Said lashes will be 50 to your backs and 30 to your fronts. You will remain conscious to receive your sentence. 5 lashes are to be added to your sentences every time one of you passes out. You will be splashed with salt water to revive you from passing out. Do you understand how your sentences will be conducted?
Samantha nodded to her sisters. In unison, they answered, “Yes.”
“Sergeants, apply 20 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! The first blow for each girl landed at the same time. CRACK! The second struck each sister in the ass. CRACK! Back. CRACK! CRACK! The blows rained down onto their backs, asses, legs, shoulders, even between their legs. The sisters screamed as the blows landed.
“Halt. Front,” the lieutenant ordered. The sergeants moved. “Sergeants, apply 20 lashes to their fronts. Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! Hit in the tits. CRACK! Hurt over the pussy lips. CRACK! CRACK! Whips kissed their pussies twice. CRACK! On the stomach, it forced the air from their lungs. Ellen blacked out.
“Water!” the lieutenant ordered. Three bucketfuls of water hit three backs and proved enough to revive Ellen. “Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Three lashes to their pussies. CRACK! CRACK! Again, hits to the tits. CRACK! CRACK! Their armpits tasted the lash. Two more landed on each tit, one more to their pussies, two to their stomachs. The girls pulled at their restraints, screaming as each blow landed.
“Halt, back.” The sergeants moved. “Sergeants, apply 20 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! The blow to Samantha landed high; she saw stars and passed out. Katrina saw and prepared herself.
“Water!” And Samantha was revived. “Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Lash marks left crisscross patterns on their backs. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Bloody wounds dotted their backs. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Screams continued as the whips found their asses. CRACK! CRACK! Hit in the shoulders. CRACK! Backs stung. CRACK! Asses hurt. CRACK! Ellen passed out from the pain.
“Water!” Ellen hung from her wrists. “Water, again.” A second bucketful splashed each back. Ellen revived. “Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! These lashes hit their shoulders and backs. They screamed from the pain of the lashes and the salt in their wounds. CRACK!
“Halt. Front. Sergeants apply 10 lashes to their fronts. Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! The knout landed on their tits. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Hits landed on their pussies. CRACK! CRACK! Two in the stomach caused Samantha and Ellen to pass out.
“Water,” the lieutenant shouted. “Halt, back. Sergeants apply 10 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! The whips began. CRACK! The sergeants focused on the asses of the girls. CRACK! The sisters screamed.
“Halt! You are now finished with your ordered punishment. You and you each passed out twice. For that, all three of you receive 20 more lashes. If you pass out in the phase, each of you will receive 10 more lashes. Sergeants, 15 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! The whip rang out. CRACK! CRACK! These blows landed on their shoulders. CRACK! Screaming continued. CRACK! CRACK! Onto their backs moved the blows. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! A blow between the shoulder blades surprised Ellen and she missed her breath. CRACK! The next blow landed before Ellen recovered from the last. She faded out.
“Water, proceed!”
CRACK! CRACK! Their shoulders bled. CRACK! CRACK! Asses sported new welts and blood.
“Halt. Front. Sergeants, 10 lashes to their fronts. Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Three lashes each to three stomachs. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Two blows each to each of their tits bloodied their chests. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! More added to their already sore, bloodied pussies.
“Halt. Back. Sergeants, 5 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! It was the final round, Samantha thought. CRACK! CRACK! Almost done, Katrina thought. CRACK! One more, Ellen thought. CRACK! This last blow felt harder than the others. Each girl saw stars and immediately shook their heads in an effort to stay awake. They were successful.
“Halt,” ordered the lieutenant. To Samantha, Katrina, and Ellen:
Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, your sentences of 80 lashes from the knout have been carried out. You received an additional 30 lashes from the knout for passing out during your sentences. Your public whippings are now complete. You are now ready for the next phase of your sentences. Sergeants return the prisoners to their guard.
Samantha, Katrina, and Ellen felt their feet be released and cuffed in their marching chains. She steadied herself on her feet as their hands were released and handcuffed behind their backs. Their guard attached their collars around their necks and led them south out of Market Square. South they were led. They reached the gate and entered South Market Jail.
A Sergeant greeted their guard. “What have you here?”
“Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, fresh from the Market Square Whipping Posts on their way to South Gate to be crucified. They are to get their patibuli from this jail.”
“Execution Squad starts hanging tomorrow. They only completed planting a hundred or so stipes today. Are yours going to be the first up this spring?”
“Maybe, if we start early in the morning. Not going to make it down there today. Got a place we can overnight?”
“They can stay out her, I don’t want them bloodying up one of my cells. Over there, let them borrow my new pillories.”
The girls were led across the courtyard. Samantha’s collar was removed, her guard grabbed her arm. Her guard removed her hand cuffs and placed her head and arms in the correct slots on the low pillory. The Sergeant dropped the top into place. The cuffs were then removed from her feet and each leg inserted in the stocks behind her forcing her to kneel on the hard stones in the courtyard. The Sergeant and guard placed Ellen in the pillory next to Samantha. Katrina was placed on the other side of Ellen. With their feet held about 6 inches off the ground, their knees supporting most of their weight, and their heads and hands about 30 inches off the ground, the sisters looked like checkmarks when viewed from the side.
“Damn, Sergeant, that don’t look too comfortable.”
“Think they need a seat?”
“Got one for that?”
The Sergeant pointed at a pile of cut 2x6s. “Slip that under the prisoner, one end rests in the notch on the stocks in back, the other attaches to the pillory up front. Simple and effective they say.”
“Let’s come back later; see how they are doing then.”
The Sergeant and guard left. Samantha looked toward her sisters, just able to see Ellen. Ellen looked first at Samantha and then Katrina. All three shifted around as much as they were able, trying in vain to get comfortable. They knew it was a losing battle from the start.
“How you feel Ellen?” Samantha asked her sister.
“My back hurts, my front hurts. Why are they punishing us?”
“Don’t know. How’re you Kat?” Samantha asked her other sister.
“I’m holding up. Lashes sure hurt, don’t they?”
“Yeah, they do. Tomorrow’s going to be a long one. Rest now, maybe it’ll make the morning a little easier.”
Their guard returned. “Some water for you three. You’re probably thirsty. Here, drink up.” He offered each sister an opportunity to drink her fill. “Let’s get those knees off the ground now.”
He slid the seat boards under each sister, walked around to their front, raised, and attached the seat boards to their pillories. Each sister now rested with her weight on the narrow side of her seat board. The angle, downward slop back to front, and location, between her legs, of the board and position of the girl meant that the point of contact was each sister’s pussy. This position could hardly be called comfortable, but in was still better than resting on their knees, the girls agreed.
Three Sisters
Part 1Naked. Alone. Isolated. Scared. Samantha sat on her hard bed in her cell, her arms wrapped around her chest. How long have I been in here? She lay back on her bed and stared up at the light that never turned off. Would her captors ever come to question her? What of her sisters? Were they safe? Samantha stood up and started pacing front to back in her 7’x4’ cell.
The only sign of time passing was an unknown guard dropping Samantha’s next meal into her cell. She did not even get human contact when fed. Yum, two pieces of stale bread, a cold piece of meat, and an unpeeled carrot to be washed down by water from her sink. She knew she had lost weight in her cell, just not how much. Eat. Pace. Sleep. Repeat process.
In two other cells 19-year-old Katrina and 18-year-old Ellen were enduring the same treatment as their 20-year-old sister, Samantha. They were all within ½ an inch of 5’8” with golden blonde with hourglass figures. Ellen was a 36B where her sisters were both 36C.
They waited separately for something, anything to happen. When would it? Why am I here? When? Why? What? The judge had just sent an order to the jail: BRING SAMANTHA, KATRINA, AND ELLEN TO COURTROOM #3 AT 2PM.
Her door opened; Samantha turned to see a guard enter. He pushed her to the bed and cuffed her hands and feet. He then picked her up and blindfolded her before pushing her out of her cell to the foyer of the jail. On arriving a metal collar was cuffed around Samantha’s neck. A tug and the command “March!” moved Samantha forward. A door opened; she could hear people as she was led outside. The chain at the back of her collar told her that at least one other person was in the procession.
Samantha felt the sunshine on her skin for the first time for who knows how long; it felt good. The paving stones felt rough on her bare feet; at the same time Samantha was glad to be walking more than 7 feet in a direction. Samantha was led into a shadow, up a ramp, through door, across a cold tile floor, down a ramp, across a carpet, and commanded to “Halt!” Her guard’s hands turned her right and pulled off her blindfold. She quickly looked right and saw her sisters. They looked quickly, too, clearly glad to be with each other even naked and chained in public.
“All rise for the Honorable Chief Judge Henry Noose!” shouted the bailiff.
Judge Noose entered, “Be seated, accused remain standing.” The Judge sat in his high seat behind his bench. “Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, you stand here accused of aiding and abetting enemies of the city, treason and espionage against the city, and high conspiracy. What do you have to say for yourselves?”
Ellen looked to Katrina who looked to Samantha and nodded. Samantha responded, “Judge, what evidence does the court have and who can help us with these absurd charges?”
“You may plead guilty and be at the mercy of the court or innocent and hear the City’s evidence.”
The sisters leaned toward each other and talked quickly. Samantha turned to the judge, “Innocent, the charges are absurd. We did not help enemies of or spy on or conspire against the city.”
“Fine. For your convenience, you will be tried together, today. City Advocate, begin.”
“Your Honor, these girls were seen by the police lurking near East Gate just before dawn the morning of the September attack. As the rebels started their attack a soldier noticed damage to the gate. That damage could have allowed the rebels to enter the city. Two days prior to that the three accused were seen near the tavern by the East Gate. At about the same time, a rebel spy was killed as he ran out of the East Gate. Sabotage and spying both involve Conspiracy.”
“Accused, what is your response?”
Samantha spoke for her sisters, “Your Honor, we were delivering laundry to some guards at East Gate that morning and fresh aprons and towels to the tavern. Our family runs a laundry service; my sisters and I pick up and drop off laundry for our customers. We travel all over the city doing this.”
“City Advocate, any rebuttal?”
“Your Honor, the accused offer a plausible alibi. Laundry delivery is a great cover for spies and saboteurs. City police did not see the accused carrying laundry to or away from the soldiers nor were they seen carrying laundered aprons and towels into the tavern.”
“Judges of the City, you have heard the evidence read and accused offer an explanation. You will now vote to convict or acquit the accused of their charges. Bailiff, collect the ballots.”
“Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, rise and face the Judges of the City for determination of guilt or innocence.” The girls did as they were instructed. The Chief Judge continued, “Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, you have been guilty of aiding and abetting by unanimous vote of the panel. Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, you have been guilty of treason and espionage by unanimous vote of the panel. Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, you have been guilty of high conspiracy by unanimous vote of the panel.”
The three looked at each other, Samantha and Katrina moving to comfort Ellen.
“Order in the court!” the judge shouted. “You have been found guilty of three capital crimes against the city. Punishment for any of these crimes is serious and harsh. Do you have anything to add before determination of sentence?”
“Sir, we three sisters have never been in trouble. We work hard with our family. We contribute to the improvement of our city.”
“The panel may consider this in sentencing. Panel: sentence for aiding and abetting is death by painful means or as the court determines; sentence for treason and espionage is slow and public death or as the court determines; sentence for high conspiracy is 100 lashes at Market Square or as the court determines. This panel shall now decide your sentence.”
Ballots were passed to the bailiff and carried to the High Judge. “Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, having been found guilty, are you ready to receive sentence?”
Samantha spoke for the group again, “Yes, Your Honor.”
“Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, shall receive the same sentence. You shall be returned to the jail to be cleaned and shaved. You shall then be taken to Market Square where you shall be publicly whipped each receiving 80 lashes. You will be taken to South Market Jail where each of you will be given a patibulum to be placed on your shoulders and your arms tied to it to hold it in place. You will be led to South Gate, be taken out of the city, and be nailed to die by crucifixion. Court adjourned.”
“All rise!” shouted the bailiff.
The guard put blindfolds over the eyes of the sisters. “Come on,” he ordered, and they returned to the jail.
He led them into a large room with multiple, evenly spaced columns. He took each girl to the space between two columns, removed the cuffs from her hands and feet replacing them with heavy chains pulled tight forcing each girl to stand spread-eagled. Lastly, he removed their blindfolds.
“To be shaved and cleaned for crucifixion,” the guard instructed three teams.
Immediately, the teams got to work. First, the long blond hair was cropped. A buzzing noise from electric razors accompanied the removal of body and pubic hair. Non-electric razors ran over their bodies in search of any hair left behind. Next, their bodies dampened, covered with powered soap, lathered with stiff brushes, and then rinsed. The teams rechecked for body hair, rinsed the girls, and pronounced them ready. Their arms were lowered and cuffed behind their backs, their feet released and chained again, and their metal collars kept them chained together. The guard led off.
Out of the jail, east toward Market Square, Samantha, Katrina, and Ellen followed their guard. They arrived at Market Square after 5:00 in the evening. Samantha, in front of her sisters, shivered as the whipping posts came into sight. Katrina and Ellen shivered in turn as they saw the whipping posts in the center of the square.
They reached the posts, were separated, and forced onto the platform. There were enough posts arranged in a circle that six people could stand spread-eagled facing in or out. Each sister stood spread-eagled facing inward in every other whipping space. Samantha and Katrina looked at each other before turning their gazes to Ellen attempting to offer her hope.
A lieutenant stood in the middle of the circle and unfolded a sheet of paper. He read:
Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, here begins the first public phase of your sentence. You have been sentenced to receive 80 lashes of the knout. Said lashes will be 50 to your backs and 30 to your fronts. You will remain conscious to receive your sentence. 5 lashes are to be added to your sentences every time one of you passes out. You will be splashed with salt water to revive you from passing out. Do you understand how your sentences will be conducted?
Samantha nodded to her sisters. In unison, they answered, “Yes.”
“Sergeants, apply 20 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! The first blow for each girl landed at the same time. CRACK! The second struck each sister in the ass. CRACK! Back. CRACK! CRACK! The blows rained down onto their backs, asses, legs, shoulders, even between their legs. The sisters screamed as the blows landed.
“Halt. Front,” the lieutenant ordered. The sergeants moved. “Sergeants, apply 20 lashes to their fronts. Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! Hit in the tits. CRACK! Hurt over the pussy lips. CRACK! CRACK! Whips kissed their pussies twice. CRACK! On the stomach, it forced the air from their lungs. Ellen blacked out.
“Water!” the lieutenant ordered. Three bucketfuls of water hit three backs and proved enough to revive Ellen. “Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Three lashes to their pussies. CRACK! CRACK! Again, hits to the tits. CRACK! CRACK! Their armpits tasted the lash. Two more landed on each tit, one more to their pussies, two to their stomachs. The girls pulled at their restraints, screaming as each blow landed.
“Halt, back.” The sergeants moved. “Sergeants, apply 20 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! The blow to Samantha landed high; she saw stars and passed out. Katrina saw and prepared herself.
“Water!” And Samantha was revived. “Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Lash marks left crisscross patterns on their backs. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Bloody wounds dotted their backs. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Screams continued as the whips found their asses. CRACK! CRACK! Hit in the shoulders. CRACK! Backs stung. CRACK! Asses hurt. CRACK! Ellen passed out from the pain.
“Water!” Ellen hung from her wrists. “Water, again.” A second bucketful splashed each back. Ellen revived. “Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! These lashes hit their shoulders and backs. They screamed from the pain of the lashes and the salt in their wounds. CRACK!
“Halt. Front. Sergeants apply 10 lashes to their fronts. Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! The knout landed on their tits. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Hits landed on their pussies. CRACK! CRACK! Two in the stomach caused Samantha and Ellen to pass out.
“Water,” the lieutenant shouted. “Halt, back. Sergeants apply 10 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! The whips began. CRACK! The sergeants focused on the asses of the girls. CRACK! The sisters screamed.
“Halt! You are now finished with your ordered punishment. You and you each passed out twice. For that, all three of you receive 20 more lashes. If you pass out in the phase, each of you will receive 10 more lashes. Sergeants, 15 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! The whip rang out. CRACK! CRACK! These blows landed on their shoulders. CRACK! Screaming continued. CRACK! CRACK! Onto their backs moved the blows. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! A blow between the shoulder blades surprised Ellen and she missed her breath. CRACK! The next blow landed before Ellen recovered from the last. She faded out.
“Water, proceed!”
CRACK! CRACK! Their shoulders bled. CRACK! CRACK! Asses sported new welts and blood.
“Halt. Front. Sergeants, 10 lashes to their fronts. Proceed.”
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Three lashes each to three stomachs. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Two blows each to each of their tits bloodied their chests. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! More added to their already sore, bloodied pussies.
“Halt. Back. Sergeants, 5 lashes to their backs. Proceed.”
CRACK! It was the final round, Samantha thought. CRACK! CRACK! Almost done, Katrina thought. CRACK! One more, Ellen thought. CRACK! This last blow felt harder than the others. Each girl saw stars and immediately shook their heads in an effort to stay awake. They were successful.
“Halt,” ordered the lieutenant. To Samantha, Katrina, and Ellen:
Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, your sentences of 80 lashes from the knout have been carried out. You received an additional 30 lashes from the knout for passing out during your sentences. Your public whippings are now complete. You are now ready for the next phase of your sentences. Sergeants return the prisoners to their guard.
Samantha, Katrina, and Ellen felt their feet be released and cuffed in their marching chains. She steadied herself on her feet as their hands were released and handcuffed behind their backs. Their guard attached their collars around their necks and led them south out of Market Square. South they were led. They reached the gate and entered South Market Jail.
A Sergeant greeted their guard. “What have you here?”
“Samantha, Katrina, Ellen, fresh from the Market Square Whipping Posts on their way to South Gate to be crucified. They are to get their patibuli from this jail.”
“Execution Squad starts hanging tomorrow. They only completed planting a hundred or so stipes today. Are yours going to be the first up this spring?”
“Maybe, if we start early in the morning. Not going to make it down there today. Got a place we can overnight?”
“They can stay out her, I don’t want them bloodying up one of my cells. Over there, let them borrow my new pillories.”
The girls were led across the courtyard. Samantha’s collar was removed, her guard grabbed her arm. Her guard removed her hand cuffs and placed her head and arms in the correct slots on the low pillory. The Sergeant dropped the top into place. The cuffs were then removed from her feet and each leg inserted in the stocks behind her forcing her to kneel on the hard stones in the courtyard. The Sergeant and guard placed Ellen in the pillory next to Samantha. Katrina was placed on the other side of Ellen. With their feet held about 6 inches off the ground, their knees supporting most of their weight, and their heads and hands about 30 inches off the ground, the sisters looked like checkmarks when viewed from the side.
“Damn, Sergeant, that don’t look too comfortable.”
“Think they need a seat?”
“Got one for that?”
The Sergeant pointed at a pile of cut 2x6s. “Slip that under the prisoner, one end rests in the notch on the stocks in back, the other attaches to the pillory up front. Simple and effective they say.”
“Let’s come back later; see how they are doing then.”
The Sergeant and guard left. Samantha looked toward her sisters, just able to see Ellen. Ellen looked first at Samantha and then Katrina. All three shifted around as much as they were able, trying in vain to get comfortable. They knew it was a losing battle from the start.
“How you feel Ellen?” Samantha asked her sister.
“My back hurts, my front hurts. Why are they punishing us?”
“Don’t know. How’re you Kat?” Samantha asked her other sister.
“I’m holding up. Lashes sure hurt, don’t they?”
“Yeah, they do. Tomorrow’s going to be a long one. Rest now, maybe it’ll make the morning a little easier.”
Their guard returned. “Some water for you three. You’re probably thirsty. Here, drink up.” He offered each sister an opportunity to drink her fill. “Let’s get those knees off the ground now.”
He slid the seat boards under each sister, walked around to their front, raised, and attached the seat boards to their pillories. Each sister now rested with her weight on the narrow side of her seat board. The angle, downward slop back to front, and location, between her legs, of the board and position of the girl meant that the point of contact was each sister’s pussy. This position could hardly be called comfortable, but in was still better than resting on their knees, the girls agreed.