Camille's third torture -or
should I say Red Feline's third torture- is the Strappado,
also known as The Pendulum or Squassation. A nasty
and common form of torture in medieval times and,
in some variations, applied in our times.
In the best known variation of the Strappado
a victim is suspended in the air by means of a rope
attached to her hands which are tied behind her back.
Weights are sometimes added to the body to increase
the torture's capacity of persuassion.
In this most uncomfortable position, the
victim will suffer additional tortures. It was
customary to apply thumbscrews to the victim while
she was on the strappado.
Was JJ going to do something like that to
Camille? I had to wait and see. This was one
of the easiest tortures to set up, all we needed was
a sturdy post to hold the pulley and a good rope.
This was Camille's second time on
the strappado. She looked very, very uncomfortable,
and JJ showed no mercy at all. I thought that
this torture was perhaps the one that would make Camille
change her mind and stop the production all together.
It was more than what I could stomach and
for the first time too I felt what I could describe
as offended. There was something humiliating about
what was happening to Camille and I could hardly stand
it. I was wondering if I was reconsidering this
situation. Maybe it was not 'cool', as they say. Maybe
it was too nasty.
But the show must go on and it did. I kept my
mouth shut. It was up to Camille to stop it.
Margot
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