Click! Clack! Click! Clack!
Hikari walked back and forth. The ground is stone, allowing the piercing sound of her heels to ring through.
The walls were made of wood and cloth. A makeshift dungeon for the dozens of cultists that she captured, who trembled at the sound of her heels, rattling in their chains.
She received word from Ria that the local mayor, curiously enough, was willing to pay for their repatriation. A relaxing side hustle, while she recovers from a long campaign. Trudging through swarms and fighting her way into a stronghold.
A roll of captured cultists, chained, suspended in midair. Hood over their heads, trapping them in darkness. Naked, to drain the dark energy from their bodies. Bits and pieces of enigmatic symbols and runes on their bodies, ruined by whip marks that tear deep into the flesh.
Hikari picks up her whip. Telekinetically enchanted rubber. If she were to use her arm strength, she would slash through her victim's bones. It was enough to rip out flesh and blood, causing excruciating pain. Anything milder wouldn't even make them blink.
"Good morning, my bad little puppies ."
"Good morning mistress Hikari!"
Whip! Click! Clack! Click! Clack!
"Did you sleep well?"
The Cultists yelled in unison : "Yes, mistress Hikari!"
Whip! Whip! Whip!
"Thank you, mistress Hikari!"
Click! Clack! Click! Clack!
"Are you ready to become good puppies?"
"Yes, mistress Hikari!"
Whip! Click! Clack! Click! Clack!
"Now, your mistress is super busy today. In fact, she hasn't even had time to shower. So, I expect you to be good puppies today! Is that understood!?"
"Yes mistress!"
Whip!
"louder."
"Yes mistress!!!"
Whip! Whip! Whip! Whip! Click! Clack! Click! Clack! Whip!
Hikari walks up to a cultist and begins rubbing his back with her leather clad finger. Blood oozed out of his back as Hikari pressed, the cultist groaned in pain when normal folks would have screamed their lungs out.
"Hmm, look at this, the tattoos on your back are almost gone."
"Yes mistress, thank you mistress!"
"Almost like abandoning that god you used to serve. What was it? The pissy one? The noisy one? I can't seem to remember. Can you?"
"No mistress!"
A glow of energy on the finger tip, the wound closes up.
"There, all set for another round"
"Thank you, mistress!"
"Beg."
"Please, mistress Hikari!"
"Please what?"
"Please whip me more!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes mistress!"
A flurry of whips rips his mended skin apart again, Blood spattering onto the stone ground. The cultists pass out from the shock.
Click! Clack! Click! Clack! Hikari repositioned herself at the center of the cell. A brief glow filled the room. The whip marks on all of the cultists mended again.
"Tell me, who do you worship now?"
"Mistress Hikari!"
Whip! A wipe sweep, leaving a single deep stroke mark across all of their backs.
"Who?"
"Mistress Hikari!"
Whip! Another sweep, landing right below the first.
"We worship Mistress Hikari!"
"Good!~"
Click! Clack! Click! Clack! Whip!
Several swipes later, The whipping has completely removed the dark runes etched into their back, along with much of the flesh itself. Hikari's whip was now soaked in blood and human skin. Her victims hung in their chains silently, half dead from all of the pain she had inflicted.
Hikari mended their broken backs again. Although their stamina was restored as well, the cultists were too traumatized to respond. She walked to the side of the room. There was a wheeled level. With her finger, she gently pushed it, turning a wheel.
The clanking of metal ringed as the mechanism worked. The cultists were lowered until their noses could touch the ground. Then, their hoods were pulled off, causing them to wince and tear as the first rays of light they saw in days pierces their eyes.
When they regained their vision, they were greeted by the most beautiful thing they have ever seen in their lives. A pair of feet in thick wool larger than their torsos decorated in black straps dancing before them. its strong scent overwhelmed their senses .The blood vessels in their bald heads were bulging as though they were going to explode. Their chains chattering more loudly than before.
Hikari squatted down and whispered.
"Now, mistress has some important news for her lost puppies. you will leave your cells, and you will work in the fields."
"Yes, mistress Hikari…"
"You will plough the fields day after day in repentance for the rest of your life, knowing that the wheat that you grow will all go to my dinner table."
"Yes, mistress Hikari…"
"Look at my feet. I want you to remember this sight, think about it every moment as you toil endlessly. Remember your devotion to them. Dream about them. "
"Yes, mistress Hikari…"
"If you ever dared to run away, or cause any more trouble. You will die under them."
"Yes, mistress Hikari…"
Hikari stood up.
"The jailor will release you later. I'll be going now."
"Yes, mistress Hikari … Thank you for everything …. "
Click! Clack! Click! Clack! Hikari left the cell.