Caligo walks into Ignis' cell where he finds the tactician laying on the mat on his side. He unlocks the cell door and steps inside his arms behind his back "You learned your lesson yet?" Caligo growls causing Ignis to crack open his eyes and glare at the older man.

Ignis lacked the strength to get up, his body still suffering from two infections. The first one developed shortly after his branding and tattooing and the second was on his back. But that didn't stop him from putting up fights whenever Caligo or Loqi would enter his cell, drag him down the hall, and throw at him whatever they concocted. Just recently Ignis had unleashed a lightening spell when they brought him to a room where they often held several electrical equipment that looked to be used for surgery and experiments. The spell undoubtedly rendered their equipment useless, angering both Caligo and Loqi.

Leading Ignis to being whipped along his back. The experience was no doubt dreadful and agonizing but it wasn't nothing he hadn't experienced before sadly.

Ignis didn't answer him instead closes his eyes pretending to not have heard the older male. "You can pretend to not hear me all you want." Caligo hisses from somewhere above "But that won't stop me from doing whatever it is I want to do to you." Ignis could feel his hot breath on his neck yet he refused to show that he was afraid. Keeping his breathing steady and face unreadable, Ignis prays that the other couldn't hear his hammering heart.

"You see Loqi doesn't care what I do to you as long as I don't kill you. So that means you're free game for me." He cackles as he walks away from Ignis "Believe that I will make you feel the same humiliation you made me feel." Caligo booms "I will make you want to hide in the deepest darkest crevice of a cave and never show your face again." He threatens.

Ignis mentally rolls his eyes, there was nothing that someone like Caligo could do to him to make him humiliated. Ignis however isn't saying that he isn't capable of feeling humiliation for he has many times been humiliated in his life. Like the one time he let out a rather girly scream when he woke during the night to Noctis standing over him, or the time he accidentally used the women's restroom when he had an emergency due to a rather long ride in the Regalia and several cans of Ebony. Needless to say he didn't realize he was in the wrong bathroom until he stepped out of the stall and was greeted by a couple of women who thankfully laughed at the mix-up.

And now Noctis, Gladiolus, and Prompto won't let him live down the incident.

So in short nothing that Caligo could do to him would bother him, at least that's what he tells himself.

'I would like to see you try.' Ignis grumbles under his breath as Caligo walks out.

C:

Ignis writhe in agony on his mat and he couldn't breathe. He was sweating heavily as he struggled to find a comfortable position while suffering to burning heat brought on by his fever. Ignis rolls onto his belly gasping digging his nails into the dirty mat. He groans arching his back as he whimpers into the fold of his arm.

The cell door opens and the sound of footsteps soon fills Ignis's ears causing him to turn his head only to see Caligo walk in carrying a tray. "Aww what's the matter, not feeling well?" He teases. Ignis tries his best to glare at him but his features twist into a grimace as he stifles a moan.

"Are you hungry?" Caligo asks as he sets the tray down his voice holding false concern. He watches as Ignis turns his back to him refusing to speak making Caligo hum "Oh now is that any way to treat the hand that is responsible for feeding you?" He asks pretending to be offended.

Ignis remained silent.

Caligo narrows his eyes "You're lucky Loqi needs you for his plans, because if it was up to me I would let you starve." Caligo snaps as he opens the tray "But lucky for you it's not up to me..." he pauses as he peers down at the meal, it was a simple dish of gruel with a small half loaf of bread and tankard of water. Caligo reaches into his inner pocket of his jacket and pulls out a small bottle, the label reading 'Ipecac Syrup' "Loqi needs you to be strong and well fed." He says opening the bottle.

Staying out of view from Ignis he pours some of the liquid into the meal, recaps it and stores back in his pocket before mixing the meal.

"Now come eat." Caligo says stepping aside allowing Ignis to get to the food.

"I'm not hungry..." Ignis says weakly hoping that his voice held some sort of power to it. His response however only angers Caligo as he storms over to Ignis and grabs him up by the shirt getting in his face "Is that any way to thank someone who is bothering to feed you!?" Caligo hisses.

His response is only met with silence making the older man grit his teeth as he punches and throws Ignis, who collides with the tray of food the mush spilling onto the floor as more decorates Ignis' hair and clothes.

"Now look at what you have done..." Caligo chimes as he walks up to Ignis kneeling next to him "My my...what to do. We can't let this food go to waste now can we?" He chimes smirking at the thought of what he will do next. He grabs Ignis once more, the latter lacking strength was helpless against the other as he sits him up and uses the long sleeves to ties Ignis' arms to his side. Picking up the spoon Calico scrapes up a spoonful of the gruel from the floor and shovels it into Ignis' mouth.

Caligo grins as he holds Ignis' jaw shut forcing him to swallow the odd mix of chunky yet watery oats and rice. The meal tasted rancid causing Ignis' tongue to shrink back at the mush in his mouth causing him to gag. He so desperately wanted to spit it out but with the bigger man holding his jaw shut he was forced to swallow the food.

Calico smirks as Ignis twists away coughing "You're not finished yet." He says pulling tactician back as he scrapes more of the food from the floor forcing Ignis to eat it, before switching to the bowl which still had some of the meal in it. Roughly he shoves the lip of the bowl into Ignis' mouth causing him to choke on the food.

The meal itself wasn't sitting right with the strategist, it felt like a stone was sitting in his belly. Before Ignis knew what was happening or could even consider holding it down he was throwing up.

Unable to move Ignis was stuck emptying his belly onto his lap as Caligo laughs.

"W-what did you give me!?" Croaks Ignis once the event was over leaving him shaking "I know it wasn't just slop in that bowl." Ignis whimpers through a cramp spasming in his gut.

"You don't like it? Its a secret ingredient that the chef cooked up. I say you best get used to the flavor. Its just too bad..." Caligo says reaching into his inner pocket once more "I wish I could've given you the recipe." he adds making Ignis confused for a few seconds before his eyes widen at the sight of his recipe book.

"That's my-" Ignis starts to say "My my you have a bunch of recipes..." Caligo says flipping through the journal "You are quite talented at matching spices etc etc. I give you that." Caligo adds.

Ignis looks up at him his eyes holding pure fear "P-Please...please" Ignis starts his pride hurting as he hates himself for begging "I'll do anything...ngh...just please allow me to keep my journal." Ignis begs his voice trembles through the sentence as he fights through another cramp.

Caligo looks down at him "You want this journal? Then tell me would you kill Noctis for it?"

Ignis looked mortified "What?" He says breathlessly.

"You said you'd do anything for this book, so that is the card I have dealt you. Will you kill Prince Noctis for this book?"

"OF COURSE NOT!"

Ignis didn't hesitate in his response, not because he had a job and the lazy boy was his king. It was because he was the only family he had left, and he could never do anything or would think of anything to do to hurt Noctis.

Caligo shrugs "Then there's your answer." He says reaching into his pocket pulling out a lighter. Ignis felt his heart drop when he realizes what the other is about to do "Please no...please don't! I beg of you!" Ignis practically screams as tears gather in his eyes.

Caligo clicks the lighter bringing forth a flame and opens the journal. Bringing the two objects together the smell of burning paper fills the area making Ignis to cry out miserably as the older man tosses the book in front of Ignis.

Tears fall from Ignis' eyes as Caligo cackles as he watches each page turn to ash as the flames consume the entire notebook and Ignis, bound, was helpless in saving his most prized possession.

Ignis was bawling for the pain that has erupted in his chest at the sight of the pile of flaming ash and the realization that he just lost something that kept the memory of his uncle alive was gone.

Satisfied with Ignis' current state Caligo leaves him alone once more, still bound by the sleeves of the straight jacket.

And when Ignis did finally quiet down he was feeling cold, clammy, and hollow. His eyes locked on the pile of ash that was once his recipe book.

Sniffing Ignis wiggles over to the dirty mat and falls over onto it closing his eyes.

He didn't care about the recipes, he knew them like he knew his own name, like he knew the sky was blue. Those weren't important to him, no, it was the book itself. It was the silly photo of him and his uncle he had along with the last letter his uncle had given him.

Those three items he held dear, he cherished.

And now they were gone.