Would you be The Savior

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Who: Jesper, fellow tortured, a murderous crow or two, and you
What: Days of Torture and the Aftermath
Where: Survivor Island, Penance Proper
When: End of and Post-Survivor Island
Warnings: Pick your poison because we're hitting a lot up in here. Gore, violence, amputations, drug use, extreme torture, depression/anxiety/paranoia, haphephobia, violence/casual talk of murder/revenge, etc etc etc.

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The Beaten, The Broken, and the Damned (Torture, Open to fellow Captured)

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The first thing Jesper notices is the heat, it's oppressive and stifling--choking in the way it settles across his skin and in his lungs. The next is the strain on his arms, the press of manacles to his skin--and the way he can't quite pull material from them. That last bit just serves to piss him off, his temper rising as he pulls at the restraints.

He wants to yell, demand answers, but then their hosts are there. Touching, grabbing, judging. He doesn't like the way they talk. A worry that is well-founded when they start extracting their prices in flesh and blood. When attentions move to others, in the beginning, he gently asks those closest to him about inane things. He knows well enough not to ask if they're okay, but he also knows that distractions can be a balm in their own right.

He doesn't scream when it's his turn, not at first. He bites his tongue and takes it as they carve intricate inked lines into his back. It isn't until the fumes set in, when he starts seeing faces of people he trusts (ones he knows would never do this, but drugs make such things as trust hazes) that he breaks and begs. For forgiveness, for mercy, for help.