Chapter 3
"Now, now, don't you know it's rude to scream at your gracious host?" The ghastly face sneered.
"Dbj – rpk – mmf…" Scum stuttered incoherently.
"Bah. So, another useless stray for the week, huh? You do seem to exhaust your supply so rapidly…" The newcomer straightened up, towering over all of them.
"Yes, well, you know how it is. So fragile." Cho shook her head disapprovingly.
"Look, Ganondorf, thanks for your cordial welcome but let's get down to business. We need to use your…cellar rooms for a few days. You know what happened to our basement," Triss stated flatly.
"No small talk, then? Yes, I see you still hate me. That's fine with me. You have my permission to use them as long as it takes. Anything for a fellow darksider. This place hasn't echoed with piercing screeches for eons. I'll be looking forward to that now that you're here. Just try to keep the place as clean as you can. I ran out of Windex the other day." He sighed dramatically.
Triss and Cho nodded and began dragging Scum down a nearby staircase by her ankles. Triss grinned mirthlessly. What fun she would have…this one looked like she could last for more than a week! But they had special plans for her and she supposed she'd better stick to them.
Finally arriving at the dungeons, Scum had been by now bumped to full consciousness and could see their destination. A torture chamber! A modern one too, judging by the looks of the glinting metal devices placed strategically around the room to maximize space.
Watching Scum's eyes swiveling madly around, Triss smirked. "Don't worry; you'll have plenty of time to…get acquainted with all these wonderful gadgets. Just so you know, Ganondorf orders them fresh off every new catalog, so they're pretty contemporary." She caressed a metallic machine thing lovingly.
Cho added, "Hey, at least you won't have to worry about tetanus, huh?"
Scum smiled dizzily like a drunk. Right before her brain decidedly shut down. But before she could sink into blessed oblivion, she heard:
"Feh. Well, at least I'll get to try out that new contraption over here before she becomes even more useless…"
She couldn't wait for tomorrow.