Well, today was rather boring. The only people I even saw
today were Red, Macy, Aurora, and the nurse. Red came by just to check on me. I
ate lunch and dinner with Macy. I didn’t see her at breakfast, though. The
nurse came by to help me with my leg, eventually getting me to soak in a bath
of alcohol, washing all the pink dye out.
When I first saw Macy today, though, I panicked. One of
her eyes was swollen shut and had turned a deep purple. When I asked what
happened, she turned away and told me not to worry about it. After several
minutes of me not dropping it, she finally told me what happened last night.
First off, she admitted that she had lied about going to
the court. Where Red had her go was even more dangerous: Jonah’s brothel. More
specifically, she had went to observe where Jonah kept his guards posted. She
had gathered all of that information without an incident and had started to
return, when someone snatched her into an alleyway.
Whoever had snatched her began asking about my whereabouts.
When she refused to say, they beat her. Before she blacked out, she managed to
get a good look at who it was, but didn’t recognize him. I asked her to
describe him. All she could recall was that he was a fox decked from head to
toe in black. She said it wasn’t Sam and I nodded.
I told her that he was who Berith tried to sell Starlight
and me to. Her confused expression told me she didn’t know about Starlight, so
I briefly explained that she was a Feral fox that Alakath had brought into town
to recover from some injuries she had. That seemed to alleviate her confusion,
as her expression resumed its previous state.
She sighed and said that his beating wasn’t the worst of
her night. I’m pretty sure I gave her a confused look at that. She sighed and
said that she woke up with her coat, hat, and trousers missing, her tank ripped
open and shorts around her ankles. She was soaking wet, but the smell was of
urine, not semen.
She was still laying there, stunned, when some drunk came
by and began pissing on her. He seemed to make sure he got plenty in her open
mouth and all over her body. When he finished, she heard him yell, asking
someone where his money was. She heard a few Furre clink together and shortly
after, the fox was standing over her.
By then, though, she had started to roll over and spit the
drunk’s piss out of her mouth, but the fox pushed her back onto her back and
clamped her mouth shut with his hand. He forced her to swallow her mouths
contents. Then, probably the worst thing of all was him forcing his own dick
into her mouth and pissing.
Her biting down is what earned her the severe black eye
she’s got, as he punched her repeatedly until she released. He then stomped her
in the face once he stood back up. She couldn’t stop crying once she started.
At least he finally left her alone after that.
Not too long after that, someone came by, wrapped her in a
blanket, and walked her to the bath. The attendant there escorted her further
into the bath and helped wash the urine out of her fur. The person who escorted
her to the bath left to get the guard, and when they showed up, she told them
what had happened. By then, the person who had taken her to the bath had left.
She doesn’t know where the person went, or even who the person was.
When she finished talking to the guard, she saw Alakath
there, talking to some cheetah woman. She asked the attendant if he had brought
her there, and she said no, nor was it the cheetah. Macy sighed before walking
up to him anyway. Alakath immediately took off the cape he always wears and
wrapped her with it.
He told the cheetah girl to meet him sometime this evening
once he finishes doing stuff with some ceremony and she just nodded and told
him she’d see him then. Alakath then kept Macy close to him and walked her back
here. When she got here, she thanked him and ran straight to her room, where
she poured herself a bath and cried herself to sleep in it.
I just pulled her into a hug and told her I was just glad
she’s back alive. She’s lucky that someone didn’t come along and do worse
things to her. She nodded and kissed me. I nearly gagged when she did, as I
could taste the urine she was forced to swallow. She obviously noticed and
apologized. I figured she would have brushed her teeth since then and said as
much. She said she did, but she would a few more times after she ate lunch and
reported her findings to Red.
I sighed and pecked her cheek. I told her that she needed
to be more careful when she’s out at night, as there are worse things than what
she dealt with that could happen. She said she knew and she was being as
careful as possible.
We ate the rest of our lunch in silence. Multiple people
came by, asking her what happened and she just said that she didn’t want to
talk about it. Aurora even came by and pressed the same as I did. I asked Macy
if she wanted me to tell her later for her and she shook her head. She said she
would when Aurora wasn’t busy. Aurora obviously didn’t like it, but she went
back to helping serve lunch with that, a worried look on her face each time she
looked over at us.
Once we finished the meal, she left to go to Red’s office.
Aurora tried to corner her as she left, but Macy just waved for her to come
with her. I guess she either was going to explain on the way or have her listen
to her explain to Red what happened.
Not interested in hearing Red yell in either concern or
rage, I limped to the nurse’s office. She smiled as soon as she saw me and
grabbed a bottle from her shelf. She then had me follow her to a back room,
where a blood-stained bath was. She poured the entire bottle into the bath then
filled it the rest of the way with hot water.
She said not to worry about the stains. They weren’t
fresh, just the result of years of washing blood off of injured men. It was
perfectly sanitary. I gave her a suspicious look as I stripped down and slowly
eased into the bath.
If the smell of alcohol didn’t give its presence away, the
stinging everywhere sure as hell did. Not only did my gashed leg sting to high
heaven, various other places, including my crotch and asshole, burned. I asked
why did every part of my body burn from it, and she just said that, aside from
my vagina and asshole, that I must have some small cuts all over. I asked why
besides those areas? She just giggled and said something about how those
regions will burn regardless due to sensitivity or whatever.
After a few minutes, she had me lift my arms and feet out
of the solution to see if the dye was coming out. I did, and to my surprise,
there wasn’t much pink dye left there. She then said to close my eyes and hold
my breath. Like an idiot, I started to ask why instead of taking a deep breath.
She pushed my entire body, face included, underwater. I
panicked and started to flail about to get her to let me up. I was on the verge
of blacking out when she finally pulled me up. I started to yell some
obscenities at her when she did it again. Again, she pulled me up when I was
about to black out.
This went on for quite some time. I don’t think I ever
fully got a breath until she finished. In fact, I think I did black out at some
point, because I remember her slapping me in the face at one point. The moment
she was satisfied I was awake, she resumed dunking me, always holding me under
until I almost blacked out.
When she finally finished, she had me stand in front of a
mirror. Lo and behold, there wasn’t a bit of pink dye left on me, and my hair
was its natural shade of red, as well. She then asked how my left leg felt, and
honestly, I was still starved of air, so my entire body felt like it was on
fire and I said as much. She just laughed and joked that I’m now infection
free. I couldn’t help but scowl in between coughing fits.
She finally let me get redressed as she drained the bath
of the now pinkish-red solution. Once that was done, she led me back to the
common room and left me to do whatever. I opted to return to my room and lay
down for a spell.
I didn’t fall asleep, though. Instead, I wondered about
Starlight and Gladia, hoping they are okay and not getting into trouble looking
for me. Once my leg is better, I’ll see about Red letting me go visit them. I
need them to know I’m okay.
After a few hours of that, Macy barged in and drug me to
the common room. I asked what was up, and she said that I was missing dinner. I
asked if it was that late already and she nodded. Her eye still hadn’t
decreased its swelling, instead it seemed to have gotten a bit worse. I asked
if she had seen the nurse about it and she said that she had. There was nothing
to be done about it yet. In a couple of days, the nurse would be able to drain
it if it didn’t go down, but for now it needed to do its thing.
Again, a bunch of the guys begged her to tell them what
happened and she refused. She said that they didn’t need to know, but it
wouldn’t last long. This time, instead of helping serve, Aurora sat with us and
helped deflect guys from asking about her eye. She also took this opportunity
to catch up with me, since I hadn’t really spoken to her since I got here.
Aurora had went to maid training once she left the brothel
and hoped to be a maid for the nobility. And for a month, she actually was.
After that month, though, she begged to be sent somewhere else. The Inspector
General sent her here, possibly at the request of Red even. Not long after
Aurora came here, Macy came as well.
I then told her how my shitty life had gone up until now.
These past few days, despite being hurt, were probably the best I’ve had in
forever. I’m glad to be running into all my sisters again, and I told them
that. They smiled and said they were glad I was here. Aurora said she was tired
of Macy teasing her and said it was my turn. Macy looked at me and smiled as
best as she could, and of course I returned the smile.
After all that, Macy said she wanted to get some rest. I
don’t blame her, so I gave her a hug and told her she could rest with me if she
wanted. She said it was tempting, but she felt she needed to be alone, and was
probably going to fall asleep in the bath again. I said my offer stands,
regardless, and she softly kissed me before going to her room. This time, I
didn’t taste any urine.
Now I’m in my room, back to wondering how Starlight and
Gladia are doing. It’s only been a couple of days, but I miss them. I wish I
could see them. As soon as my leg heals, I’ll see about visiting them. Until
then, I’m not walking unless I need to.