I tried to move my arms to cover myself, that’s when it dawned on me that i was shackled to my bed, I muttered under my breath, Red asked in a mocki...gly sweet voice, “What did you say?”“Well ‘Played’” I replied, “so are we to exchange pleasantries, or shall we get on with it?”“Perhaps one last round of pleasantries are in order” she said, “Such as what you may call me, which is to say you may address me as Venatrix, and my companion is Dionysius” Huntress and the god of wine? Interesting. Miles rings the doorbell, and when the unlocking buzz appears, he opens the door. From the door they walk up a small stair case and through another door. They enter a room, that looks like a mixture of an office and a waiting room. It has a high ceiling and large windows. The bright walls make the room seem pleasant and inviting. Over by the windows, an elderly woman sits by her desk, typing on the computer. She looks at them as they enter and send them a smile."Welcome! How are you?" she says.. Anything but... And the first blow landed. A heavy strap or length of coarse rope. She wasn't sure what they'd lashed her bare buttocks with, but it stung horribly. Another blow, slightly lower than the first. Then a third, still lower. They were drawing out the beating, letting the impact of each blow sink in before landing the next, not letting the pain of one blow mask any of the pain of the prior blow. They worked their way from her buttocks down onto the backs of her thighs, then back. I had reached the top of the topgallant arm when the ship was struck on the starboard by an exceptionally large wave making the whole ship lurch to the port side. I didn't have a good enough grip on the arm I guess and when the ship bucked I was thrown off the arm and into the boiling sea. I guess I can consider myself lucky I didn't land on the ship itself, the fall would have surely killed me outright! But instead, I was plunged into a watery world completely without warning.I knew the.