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The young lad is learning his chosen profession and finding
ways to deal with the blood, agony and death associated
with a promising career.



The Torturer's Apprentice (part 2/5)

By Jason Sterling



Today a new group of victims is to be indoctrinated in all the
forms of pain that have proven to be effective before.  When I
arrive in the chamber Master Alexis is already looking through
the dossiers forming mental plans as to what tortures will be
felt more intensely and which ones put the subject at most risk
of dying prematurely.  My teacher has made it clear to me many
times that having someone die before every last bit of pain that
could possibly be absorbed by the subject should be considered
as a failure.  Bringing a prisoner close to death while in the
chamber is what we do all the time.  But, the master tries to
instruct me about when and where to ease off so they will have
the opportunity to be returned to their cell and recover enough
to come back for more torture sessions a few weeks later.


It is not always the stronger and younger individuals that survive
the longest.  The fit and muscular young lads tend to fight
against their pains more actively.  The more strength they expend
the quicker they exhaust their resources.  Sometimes the older
and less well endowed person who gives themselves up to accepting
the agony will survive the longest.  When a victim is first put
on the strappado and hoisted off the floor the natural tendency
is one of trying to use your shoulder muscles to ease the twisting
and tearing this action was designed to do.  If you just allow the
bones to dislocate by not fighting this at the very beginning,
several hours spent hanging in midair can be extremely painful
but when allowed to stand again and move on to another type of
torture your bodily reserves are relatively intact.  Women, as a
group, wind up lasting the longest, even though we don't get that
many down here compared to the general population.  They also
seem to have a higher tolerance for pain and don't appear to be
affected by the starvation diets we prescribe nearly as much as
the male counterparts.  Also, those tortures specifically
designed to be directed at the sexual organs of our clients seem
to cause greater impact on the male prisoners.  The testicles,
in particular, can be the source of hours and hours of unending
torment for most men.  It seems the fear of losing those jewels
and not be considered a man anymore is a valuable tool to
someone in my vocation.


The most common devices we introduce to our newest prisoners are
the Rack, the Horse, the Chair and of course the previously
mentioned Strappado.  The Horse has an advantage of being able
to accomodate several subjects at a time.  It also causes the
least initial bodily damage.  An inverted "V" shaped bench with
a sharp, metal top edge will hold a prisoner pressing down
against the jagged edge as weights are attached to his legs while
he straddles the beast.  We usually tie his hands behind him in
such a way as to put additional strain on this shoulder muscles.
A noose that can not tighten enough to strangle the victim is
placed around his neck and attached to a pulley in the roof of
the chamber where we can adjust it to keep him fully upright and
not try to dismount his first implement of pain.  Feeling that
sharp edge cutting into ones crotch for the first time usually
brings on efforts to find a more comfortable position with which
to endure this agony.  After only a few minutes of struggling
does the first-timer realize that there really is no more
comfortable position to be found so they quickly give up and let
the feeling of pain radiate upward from their crotch.  I've been
taught to have a utile truncheon in my hand, on the ready, to
beat the subject when the first cries of pleading and begging for
mercy exit their lips.  They learn very quickly that sounds of
anguish along with groans and moans are acceptable, but verbal
cries of wanting to receive compassion or asking for pity are not.


Since the strappado only requires a length of rope and a pulley
on the ceiling, we can hoist up to three people at once.  We
usually start off with the hands of our victims tied in a
similar manner to the person already suffering on the Horse.  We
will put them in an extreme bent-over position with their feet
still on the floor and their arms raised well behind them, almost
requiring them to lift up on thier toes to find some measure of
relief, for as long as an hour.  Then, one by one, we raise them
clear of the floor and hoist them in the air keeping the good
old truncheon or long handled whip on-the-ready to enforce our
rule against speaking or pleading.  Some weeks from now these
same individuals will be put through a series of drop and raise
maneuvers that will eventually cause them to lose all feeling in
their arms, but for now we want them to have all of their nerves
available to us for many more activities.  If one had no feeling
in their hands or arms it would be senseless to try using a
good old-fashioned thumb screw on a man.  This is why a series of
well thought-out tortures are needed.  My master teacher has this
practice down to a science.


The Chair is usually the next discomfort we introduce our
unwilling victims to become acquainted with.  This upright,
straight-backed wooden structure has sharp spikes protruding
upwards everywhere a seated prisoner is positioned.  In addition,
studded metal bands hold the arms and legs in place so that any
movement by the sufferer causes the spikes to press more deeply
into the exposed flesh.  A headband keeps the prisoner from
beating his head against the back of the chair in vain efforts
to try and stop the pain of what is to follow.  After the initial
period of feeling the bite of the spikes and becoming accustomed
to the inability to move without causing a worsening of pain, a
set of thumbscrews is shown to the victim so that he can
comtemplate what is in store for him.  As my Master so frequently
tells me, "The anticipation of pain can produce a much greater
effect than the actual pain itself."


If a man is right-handed we generally start attaching the device
to the man's left fingers first.  The tightening  process is done
very slowly, all the time paying attention to the victim's
face looking for the telltale signs of fear and anguish.  It is
also helpful to remind the victim that the sound of breaking
bones will be heard as the screws are tightened ever so
methodically.  We also remind the seated individual that there
are three more sets of extremities that we will eventually get
to.  This gives them something to look forward to.  If done
correctly, a thumbscrew session can be made to last for hours.
At the conclusion of an initial introduction to the Chair, the
now exhausted prisoner is carefully sprinkled with salt and the
spike wounds are rubbed down not only causing a great deal more
pain, but decreasing the flow of blood which will result in less
chance that infection, which is so common with our inmates, will
end the life of our guests prematurely.  A common practice at
this point is to wrap the broken fingers of the left hand tightly
in leather bands forming a closed fist.  We even soak the fist
in salty water so that when it dries the normal swelling of the
healing bones and flesh are confined and protected from further
harm.  To keep the prisoner from unraveling and possibly eating
the leather, we chain the injured arm behing him to prevent this.


The Rack is such a versatile device that we actually have two
of them, and both are usually occupied.  The stretching ability
of the Rack not only puts tension on all the joints of the
body, but it  allows complete immobility of the victim while
other ingenious tortures are completed.  A side benefit of having
someone in a fully stretched position is that it allows only
shallow breathing to occur and therefore cries of distress and
misery are muted.  I am still getting used to these pleas for
mercy but my tutor claims that these sounds are "music to his
ears."  When a victim is placed facedown it allows for a cane
or a whip to be applied liberally to the subject's torso,
buttocks and legs.  Heavier and thicker truncheons and clubs are
more apppropriate when the recipient is in this position.  When
face up, many more sensitive areas of the body are exposed.  This
is where a lighter touch is more fitting.  The nipples, armpits
and the genitals all seem to be areas of greater nerve
stimulation and are completely open to access when the sufferer
is in this position.


While on the rack and with sufficient tension on all the joints,
a victim's feet are readily available to a form of torture
called either Falaca or Bastinado, depending upon which country
seems to have originated this practice.  The soles of the feet
can provide endless hours of abuse even if the toes have
already been crushed.  I actually prefer using a thick wooden
stick, but my Master feels a metal rod produces more intense
pain.  Since the head of the prone victim is turned away from the
activity, he has no advanced warning that another blow is about
to strike.  I've been taught that random blows with no pattern of
frequency is the best approach.  A hot iron applied to the
tender areas of the nipples distracts the stretched subject's
thoughts from his feet and then a stinging blow there when it is
least expected has a very disorienting effect on the person.  More
than once I've been offered everything from a buried treasure to
the sexual delights of his youngest daughter if I would only grant
him a quick death and an end to his suffering.


Either face up or face down the Rack is a suitable device for
many different forms of water torture.  Bringing a man to near
drowning repeatedly causes a great deal of suffering without
endangering his life as long as the practice is carefully watched.
Submerging the head or placing a cloth over the mouth while
slowly pouring water over it, and holding the nose closed,
provokes a feeling that approaches death itself.  Another
technique is to repeatedly fill a funnel inserted in the victims's
mouth and throat and forcing him to swallow copious amounts of
liquid until the abdomen is distended and seeming ready to burst.
An added touch to this practice is to beat the distended stomach
repeatedly.  After having spent weeks with a severely limited
water intake, the victim is now mindful of what too much water
can do.


A favorite pastime of our dungeon master is to insert a raspy rod
up the urinary tract of a subject who has just been bloated with
water.  As the rod is pulled back out it is twisted so that the
duct is scraped raw.  As the urge for releasing this pent up,
salty liquid in the bladder becomes overpowering the prisoner is
faced with a choice of two different agonies; holding it in or
releasing it down a very painful pathway.  The discharge of
bloody urine always seems to win out in the end no matter how
hard the victim tries of forestall the inevitable.  Variations
on different ways to produce pain are only limited by the
imagination of the torturer.  My education is continuing.


END of Part 2
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