The Seventh Day - Work Shift

Sarith swiftly swims away, fueled by sheer spite not to allow the world to kill him on its terms. The undulating mass follows him to the edge of the water, but not beyond, sinking back beneath the surface and out of sight with a slurping sound. The drow's leg is still stinging, and covered in red sores where the skin has been burned off. The two quaggoth meet him halfway and drag him back to the lift, and to the relative safety of the outpost above.

Kronryn is waiting for him. "Move him to the center of the platform and hold him," he instructs the quaggoth. From his belt, the drow withdraws a whip, and Sarith knows what comes next. The two hulking brutes hold him by the arms and force him to remain standing, with his back to Kronryn. Then the lash slashes across his back, leaving a long painful mark and tearing open his soaking wet prison rags. As the second whip-stroke comes, it becomes too much and Sarith's consciousness fades, leaving him hanging limply from the quaggoths' arms.

With a disappointed sound, Kronryn spits on the ground. "Bring the filth back to the cell."

Sarith's unconscious form is dragged past Borthan and Dworic to be returned to the cell. Kronryn follows behind the two quaggoth, leaving his subordinates to supervise the continued bucket filling. "Keep working or you will be lashed and replaced," he snaps at the two of them.

The Seventh Day - Cell

The passive waiting is interrupted when Kronryn arrives with two quaggoth dragging Sarith with them. They lower him onto the ground in the cell, and the other prisoners can see he is in a sorry state. Two lashes along his back are bleeding against his soaking wet shirt, and one of his pant legs is entirely gone and covered in red, bloody sores.

Shuushar gets up from his meditation spot and rushes over to check on the state of Sarith. Kronryn tosses the kuo-toa a roll of bandages and instructs, "Ensure he survives long enough to see his execution."

About to turn around, Kronryn spots the carnelian gemstone poorly concealed in the orc prisoners hands and scowls. He points at one of the quaggoth and orders, "Bring me that stone." The orc struggles against the huge feline monster, but is thrown aside and the stone yanked from his grasp, the sharpened end still a work in progress. Kronryn looks around at the other prisoners and states, "There will be no rations tomorrow." With that he and his quaggoth leave, locking the door behind them.

Unwinding the roll of bandages, Shuushar starts to bind Sarith's wounds to keep them from getting infected.

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Sarith is knocked unconscious by the lashing, and suffers another Exhaustion from his punishment.