kippurbird | So... there is bad sex.

Now that we've had that lovely... interlude... I suppose we could call it. We find Triscuit hanging around in the dark where he says that he doesn't know what day or hour it was. Which is utterly ridiculous when it comes to the day part. They have about three days left. Obviously It couldn't have been three days then. Which leaves two or one. I have the feeling that the Sorceresses will come in and taunt them every day, which means that a day hasn't passed. So it's been less than a day. Not that hard to figure out on my end.

Anyway, Earwig and Triscuit talk. Earwig says that they must speak obliquely. He says out loud that they need to speak in code. In a room that is more than likely bugged you say out loud that you're going to talk in code. How stupid do you have to be to do that? Or does he think that Triscuit isn't smart enough to realize that he's going to be talking in code so he has to tell him that he is? Somehow, I fear the later. Apparently thinking obliquely means, to think "in intricate layers of thought and deed".

Earwig tells him obliquely that he still has the locket and that Triscuit should wait until the right time to use his magic because sometimes the littlest thing can do a lot of damage. Triscuit doesn't get that last part. But I bet at the right moment it'll come to him! Also that Triscuit must kill his sister if he has to.

Eventually Sushi walks in wearing that erotic leather outfit of hers and leading a bunch of slaves to feed the gargoyles. Sister is also with her. Triscuit shouts at her which surprises Sushi because she's not used to men talking to her without permission. She lets them free and somehow, even after being in that cage not being able to move for at least a day, Triscuit manages to land on his feet like a cat. This is just like when he fell down the hole and didn't hurt himself. He is Gumby.

Triscuit, Earwig and Dwarf get fed. Triscuit still finds Sushi beautiful even though she's evil. They're fed by the slaves. Earwig and Dwarf get put back. Triscuit gets to watch Sister feed the Gargoyles. Apparently the one that Triscuit fought is the only intelligent one of the lot. And yet he's apparently perfectly satisfied with hanging out in a hole in the ground with the other dumb ones. If was as well spoken as that gargoyle I'd be like, No, I'm not hanging out with these louts. Apparently baby gargoyles are kept in bottles.

Once again Triscuit appeals to Sister saying can't you see I'm your brother. And she says no, but damn you're hot. The six slaves are all "young,lithe, and beautiful" which makes them a waste for them to die. I'm sure if they were ugly it'd be okay though. Notice that nothing about their intelligence or skills matters here. Just their looks. Sister pushes the slaves into the pit and they all die horribly. Triscuit gives a dire proclamation about how he's going to kill his sister. Because she's no longer her his sister.

Finally Sushi decides to rape Triscuit. Finally. I shouldn't say that. Still. Sister wants to watch. Sushi disrobes Triscuit and Sister sees the medallion and it puzzles her. Sushi says that she'll show Sister how it's done. Sister is pregnant, I'm fairly certain she knows how to have sex. But I imagine she probably did it wrong by letting the man be on top.

Sushi gets Triscuit up, "greater than he had ever known". She rides him.

And then it happened.

Succi threw back her head and screamed, and as if she could will it, with that scream came the inevitable waves as they rippled through his groin. But this time, the experience was different.

The pain was beyond anything he had ever experienced in his life.

Every nerve was on fire as he, too, began to scream, his sweat covered body convulsively dancing and jangling like a marionette at the end of unseen strings, his head thrashing violently back and forth, white foam dribbling from the corners of hims moth. To his dazed and controlled mind it seemed to go on forever, his own screams mingling with hers, joining and careening off the white, spotless walls of the Sanctuary.

There's really nothing much I can say to that except that Newcomb has an interesting choice in imagery. "dancing and jangling like a marionette at the end of unseen strings". Also, Triscuit appears to have become rabid. Best put him down out of our misery.

To make things even worse (I bet you're ALL wondering how that can be too, but trust me, it does). You see, Sorceresses can chose when they conceive. Damn biology! Also Sorceresses can accelerate their pregnancies. So Triscuit's kid will be born three days from then. Apparently the Sorceresses are really good at popping out babies yes. Just like a real woman should be.

Triscuit angsts about it and is put back in his cage.

Triscuit and Earwig once again talk Obliquely. I'm stopping here for now, because the next chapter is the Communion and I don't want to stop in the middle of it.