Like Warm Butter


Author's Note: A little stand-alone Julian Priest ficlet I wrote up weeks ago and then forgot about its existence lol. Thanks to HachimansKitsune for the beta!


"The most important element about surgical tools is, of course, that it must be sterile," Julian Priest says as he is scrubbing his hands clean. His arms are covered in white foam from elbow to fingertips. He brings his hands under running water, which drowns out this faint sound of metal clanking.

Priest turns off the faucet and dries his hands with a big wad of paper towel; then he snaps on a pair of gloves. "Needless to say, if it isn't sterile, chances of infection are inevitable. In severe cases, gangrene can develop and the source of the infection will need to be amputated."

The sound of metal shaking gets louder and a high keening whine is heard. Julian walks towards an instrument table and rearranges the shiny tools on top of a small tray. He glances at a woman handcuffed to a steel operating table. She is completely naked, her skin is soaked in cold sweat and her wrists are raw trying to pull her hands free. Her ankles are also caked in dried blood where they are cuffed the table; the skin is cracked open against the shackles. Angry red fissures are wrapped around her limbs near the restraints, still slowly oozing fluids. Her mouth is stuffed with a ball gag, quieting her cries.

"Are you paying attention?" Priest asks her.

She replies by thrashing against her bonds.

"Good." He picks up a scalpel and holds it to the light. "The second most important element about surgical tools is that they need to be very sharp."

He walks over to the girl and holds the scalpel to her eyes. "See this?"

She shrinks away from him and whimpers as she blinks her tears away.

"This can cut flesh like it's warm butter." He tilts the instrument and it catches the light; it's like it almost winks at the poor girl, mocking her fate. He lowers the blade to her groin and runs the flat, dull end against the crux of where her folds begin.

He grins. "Would you like me to demonstrate?"

Completed


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