Hey everyone! The talented story writer  Neck41 wrote a impressive story for the request he ordered from  Eternal.knot years ago. I helped him proof read it and he's happy to be able to post to the public finally!

I hope you all enjoy this unique alternative version of how The Castle of Laughter could have ended!

Artwork is by Eternal.knot

Story by  Neck41

Eternal owned by Eternat.knot

Don Solletico by me.

Zharr owned by  ZharrJWolf



Within the middle of the Unified Kingdoms, in a open field stood the infamous Castle of Laughter. Towering over a booming and bustling town, imposing but regal. Little to the outsiders of the town that within the walls of the prison castle lurked a maze of cells, passage ways, and torture chambers.

Inside the halls of the castle, rats scurried about as footsteps could be heard walking about, showing that the inside hadn't been deprived of life. Of course, all that changed as a bright flash and a loud "Krack!" is heard, along with the clamoring struggled voices of a few.

"Grr... HAHAH! Finally, Revenge is mine!" bellowed out a deep, menacing toned voice, which echoed through the halls. "Heheh!"
*Squiek?!* echoed a more high-pitched voice, confused and a hint of fright behind it.

A short silence followed seconds after, before a gale of laughter suddenly echoed loudly, ringing through the halls.

"Ahahahahahahahaha! No!! NO!! Hahahaha! GAAAAHHHHH-HAHAHAHA!”

Behind one door, deep in the dungeons where the laughs were at their strongest, were three occupants. A bear wearing a leather black mask on his face sat stuck in restraints, his big bare feet locked in wooden stocks and hands restrained up over his head, watching the scene unfolding before him.

In the middle of the room was a black furred canine beast clad in only a loincloth, who sat straddled on the back of a black furred rat, who was laughing his head off. The beastly canine was holding the rat's long and furless feet in his massive hands and is running his big, rough, tongue against the rat's bare soles, from heel to helpless toes, and delivering an unbearable tickle sensation to the nerves of the rat's feet.

"Nohohohohohohohoh, not again! Hahahahahaha! Not again!!"

The rat, known as Eternal, laughed as he banged his fist against the cold, stone floor trying to resist and fight against the vigorous, deep, hard licking that were brushing all over against the undersides of his big, soft, helpless bare feet. Tickling him so much, Eternal could only laugh and squirm, trying to jostle himself free out from under the beastly canine pinning him while feeling the Werejackal continuing to torment his helpless soles.

Meanwhile, the bear, known as Don Solletico, smiled as the rat was being tortured. His Werejackal friend, Zharr, had saved them big time by escaping and disabling the rat, who was now extracting some vengeance for the torture and humiliation he was given and put through. Yet now that they have the upper hand, they shouldn't waste it.

"As much as it pleases me to see him punished, you better secure him before he tries something else!" warned Don Solletico.

Zharr kept giving those rat soles some final attacking licks and used one of his massive hands to enclose around both of the rat's ankles. Holding them together while leaving his other hand free to raise up to start scribbling and scratching along the exposed surface of the softened pair of large rat feet with his white claws. The tickly sensations grew, surging and worsening through the undersides of Eternal's feet after getting freshly softened tenderly by the licking of Zharr's tongue. Now they were enduring the aftermath of claws, scribbling and crawling all over his trapped soles, causing Eternal to squeal and laugh much harder as he started getting teary eyed.

"Don't worry! If he tries something, I'll use a stun spell and-" Zharr finally said in response.

"Zharr!!! FOCUS!" Solletico shouted out with slight annoyance and authority before Zharr got too carried away, and it looks like he was about to get too lost in the moment. A bellowing groan and eyeroll came out of Zharr, one of slight minor irritation and disappointment to his fun.
"Hurrrgh, fine!"

Zharr quickly gripped the rat's feet together in his arm and stood on his bare paws as he snapped himself around by quickly twisting his body around to face towards the rat's front. Raising one of his hands up, which formulated a sparking glow of yellow light, as the Werejackal swung down and stamped it hard on Eternals back.

"GYAH!" the rat squealed out loudly as all the air from his lungs were forced from him. His whole body started to spasm in complete stun, tremoring as if electricity zapped simultaneously through him. All the rat's muscles in his body locked up tightly, preventing any sort of movement as swift complete numbness followed. As his airwaves finally gave out, Eternal's head fell to the ground as he couldn't talk, nor move at all, his body open, paralyzed, and defenseless. Stuck staring blankly and sedated.

Zharr stood with the rat's bare feet held tightly gripped together under his curled arm with a stern, serious face, slightly smirking down at him silently. He then looked up at Don Solletico before swiftly waving his open palm out in front of himself in a fast horizontal slicing motion. Suddenly breaking all the bear's shackles open, which held the dungeon master's arms up, as well as the ones holding his feet down. Releasing him from the tickle torture mechanism.

Solletico grunted out suddenly and quickly rose up, swiftly jumping to his feet. He rubbed along his wrists to get the blood flowing back through them as he rushed over to Eternal and Zharr. The bear quickly ripped off the anti-magic collar from his own neck during his sprinting motion and knelt to forcefully strap it securely around the rat's exposed neck. Fully seizing Eternal under control once again, and preventing the rat able to perform magic any longer. As Solletico stood up, a smile formed over his lips with a confident gaze, followed by a short chuckle emitted from his mouth as he stood by Zharr. The duo stood over the subdued rat, overall pleased to have regained control of the situation.

"Great job Zharr, this rat is going to pay for what he did, as we'll ensure there are no mistakes. This time, WE will bind him ourselves, and we shall deal with those two idiots who failed to bind his tail…”

The black Werejackal finally dropped the Rat's feet and slowly turned and walked off to the side, leaning down and picking up his brown mask he discarded after transforming. His bulky muscle form was now shrinking and reverting to his original, normal form. He turned to face the bear as his eyes were still a fiery crimson red, keeping his werebeast ability on edge, just in case the rat tried to pull another stunt as he finally replied to Solletico.

"Hmf….yeah, sorry….that whole ordeal was honestly tougher than it looked, I kind of got stuck in that position with him, honestly. I didn't have time to think, and I was distracted, getting side-tracked….I was hoping to wear him out. Maybe even cause HIM to wet himself like he made me do as well! It was embarrassing! One of the reasons I don’t really like getting tickled."

The Werejackal said with a slight snarl of annoyance down at the rat, then reaching down and holding out the front of his loincloth looking at the stains, "Ugh..."

Solletico looked down at Zharr's ordeal of frustration, staring at him understandingly, "Oh, don't you worry. You're definitely going to be given the chance to get him back, and that may happen to him, too, eventually. No one humiliates my best friend and gets away with it…Now hurry, get the rope out of the tool chest, and help me bind him….and this time….we won't forget his tail."

Zharr went over to the chest of tickle tools and rummaged through for the desired item. He could take his time as there is no rush, "We have to remember to punish those two idiots who forgot to restrain it in the first place." Solletico bent down over the troublesome rat with a smile. "Don't worry, they will get punished, but let’s focus on the rat for now," Replied the bear as he started to remove Eternal's jacket, leaving him in his own waistcloth.

"Fine…but I get first dibs on him," the jackal came back over with a long strength of rope.

"Deal."

That's all Eternal could hear as he remained motionless, body twitching from the spell that is keeping him down. His heart raced as there was nothing he could do, as he's now once again a captive of these deranged freaks. That's the last thing he thought of as Solletico's hand is placed right in front of his face, and with a bright flash, that's the last thing he could remember.

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When Eternal awoke, he instantly knew that he wasn't in the same room as before. It wasn't because he looked around, mainly since he saw nothing but darkness as he opened his eyes. Instant thoughts of a blindfold tied around his head. Another noticeable thing is that he's lying horizontal, on a soft surface, and felt rope strapped across his body. On his shoulders, torso, waist, thighs, legs, and even feet, securing him down. Even his tail is tied down as he tries to move it. Seems like his captors were thorough.

Eternal tried to move his hands and legs, but they wouldn't budge an inch. The ropes are tied tightly, yet he still had circulation in his limbs, a mild comfort for what could happen here. Also, the rat felt something strapped to his neck, a familiar weight from earlier, meaning that magic restraining collar is back on.

"Shit, shit, how do I get out of this one!" he thought to himself, still trying the ropes, hoping there was a weak spot. Those dungeon masters seemed to have really done their homework as he couldn't budge an inch. After trying to pull with all his might, his body went slack, panting lightly from the expelled energy used.

Both ears twitch as a loud creaking hit his ears, mind racing trying to trace what would have made that sound. His mind backed up to earlier as it was a door that opened, and his fur stood up on all ends as a familiar evil chuckle now hit his ears.

"Finally awake at last rodent," Zharr's voice filled his ears as footsteps indicated that he walked in. The same creaking also said that he closed the door. Eternal remained still, trying to seem that he's asleep to hopefully buy him some time. "I know you're awake. We have enchanted stones outside of each cell that glow when the occupant it awake."

The rat’s breathing hitched, part of him not wanting to believe it. What if it was a scare tactic? Still, he needed to buy himself some time, so he stuck to his plan. Unfortunately, since he's robbed of sight, he didn't see the incoming claws stroke at his large, ticklish feet, "Ehehehhehehe!" *Squiek!*

"See, you are awake," Zharr said, his hand stroking over the large soles once more, causing more giggles to escape his captive. The Jackal could see the toes curl, wrinkling the soles some to reduce the tickles. Still, it didn't stop him at all, "So, still not in the talkative mood?"

Eternal just shook his head. He already said that he wasn't going to say anything, and now he's going to stick to it.

"Well, a shame for you, because it means we can still have some fun. I can pick up right where I left off. And believe me, there is nothing that can stop me this time."

Both eyes widen underneath the blindfold as those two strong hands wrapped around Eternal's ankles. Once again, the rat tried to move his feet, but the rope kept them down. Just then, the rough tongue from earlier is pressed against his smooth heels and dragged up to the toes, delivering an unbearable tickly sensation.

"No-Noohohohohahhahahahahaha!" Eternal burst out laughing as once more his body struggled to get free again, as the strong rope did its job in keeping him down. His captors really didn't want him to escape again. Now, because Eternal didn't take the opportunity to escape now, he's stuck and is enduring something that is driving him insane! Zharr, on the other hand, is having so much fun, punishing the very soles that desecrated this sacred castle by walking on them while still being free. After being able to free himself, nothing but anger flowed through the jackal as he and his friend were subjected to torture. Even when he broke free and started to punish the rodent part of him, I was glad Solecttico stopped him from getting carried away. Now that he realized it despite laughing, the rat could still have used his magic to fight back. He had no idea what would have happened if he kept going.

Still now he can take all the time he wanted and enjoy this and make sure the everlasting punishment is inflicted upon him. The rat hasn't seen torture yet, as there is still much left for him. He gave the bare soles a slow, long lick before chuckling, "This is nothing compared to what you're going to face."

Eternal panted as he was given a small rest, his toes curling and soles tingling from the licks. His mind is still blown at the fact that he's still a prisoner here, and now he doesn’t know if he had a chance to get free once again. Still, it didn't mean that it wasn't possible. Every place could be escapable…right?

A strong hand then lay on his belly, causing Eternal to jump and come out of his train of thought. He automatically sucked in his belly as he felt the hand rub at the furry surface, right where his belly button is. His teeth grit as he tried to suppress a giggle. As much as he wanted to say anything in his defense, he would rather not give him the satisfaction of his laughter anymore. Yet, feeling those fingers wiggle on his belly just seemed to get to him. He couldn't help but let loose a few giggles as his belly twisted to avoid them.

"Oh, I have big plans for you," Zharr laughed menacingly. "I'll have you peeing yourself like you did me…and if you resist like you did before I'll ensure that you can never leave this place…wait what am I saying…you're never leaving this place. Not after the shit you pulled."

Finally, he pulled his fingers away, allowing the rat to relax some, yet it didn't mean he was out of the clear. What the jackal said was a kind of disturbed Eternal, mainly since he believed his words. Plus, the fact that Zharr has extra reason to be pissed at him, that Eternal knew he would want to do something as equally as bad.

"What the?" the rat said as he felt a hand fiddle with the collar around his neck. On instinct, he tried to move out of the way, but it proved useless as the restraint is fiddled with.

"There we go, all set," Zharr laughed as he saw the jewel on the magic restraining collar change color for a moment before returning to normal. "We'll play again soon, I'll leave you to rest…that is if you can," there is some sadistic laughter as footsteps were heard walking away, followed by the door to the cell opening, and closing then locking. Eternal is left alone once more.

Finally, Eternal relaxed, finally alone and away from those tickly fingers. Truth be told, that session, even if it was small, was tiring. He best recover what energy he could before the jackal came back and picked up where he left off. Closing his eyes, the rat laid his head back, wanting to sleep blissfully into a relaxing-

"ARGH!" His eyes burst open, and senses were on alert as an electrical shock shot through him. "What the hell? I didn't use any magic!" Now he was confused. Why would the collar have triggered like that if he didn't use magic? All he did was.....Wait no...that couldn't be right. There's no way that-wait….Zharr fiddled with his collar. Could he have done something? Seeing as there was no other option, Eternal closed his eyes from under the blindfold once more, trying to settle down into his once blissful rest. His body slowly started to relax, "URG!" he cried out as another shock came about, lighting his senses on fire. Yet, he then realized what had been done to the collar he wore. Somehow, it was adjusted, so whenever he tried to sleep, it would shock him as if he had used his magic. They were trying to deprive him of sleep!

This isn't good. He felt worn out right about now and needed to rest. Now worry started to set in as he had no idea how he would survive this. He would just have to wait and see what would happen, even though he knew it would be bad.

"ARGH!" He cried out as another shock went through his system, making him realize that he tried to fall asleep again. How was he going to endure this? If he can't sleep, there was no way he could be focused or strong enough to make another escape attempt. Why, oh, why didn't he try to run when he had the bear and jackal knocked out?


It's going to be a long night.


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Eternal's mind is in a complete haze as he had no idea where to put himself. An unknown amount of time had passed, and the rat couldn't tell whether it was still night or it's morning. The lack of windows made it hard to tell, especially since he couldn't sleep thanks to the collar shocking him awake. He couldn't sleep at all, and after the last couple of days of torture, he needed the rest.

Both ears twitched upon hearing the torturous laughter echoing through the halls of the castle, reminding Eternal of the prisoners being tickled within its very domicile. An unknown number of prisoners being held and subjected to the tortures within, and sadly, he himself is another prisoner within the castle. After a long while, which could have been two or three days at least, the rat's mind hovered between unconsciousness and consciousness. It wasn't quite sleep as he wasn't shocked, yet he didn't get the rest that he needed.

He's so out of it he didn't even notice when the door opened, and someone entered. Slowly, but surely, his restraints were being undone, and the rat is slung over the shoulder of someone. Eternal groaned as his mind started to clear up but didn't have the fight in him to resist. "Have a good rest, rat?" A familiar voice asked.

Zharr chuckled to himself as he carried the rat out of the cell and down the hall, not worrying about the prisoner escaping, nearly three days of sleep deprivation seemed to have done a number on him that reduced his resistance. Fatigue has greatly overtaken him, and there's no chance of resistance following, so the rat is all his to torture. The jackal continued to carry the prisoner through the halls as the laughter grew even louder, oh how Zharr loved the sound, nothing felt better than giving troublesome prisoners the punishment they deserve, just like he is going to do now.

A minute later, he entered a room, with various restraints within, but his eyes were focused on a rack that was in the very center. It's wooden, long, and has a set of stocks attached to it. He walked towards the wooden contraption and flopped the rat down on it, a small, painful groan leaving him. Normally, he would be having some other lower level lackies fetching and restraining the prisoner, but after those two idiots forgetting to restrain the tail, the jackal figured he takes matters into his own hands.

It was also why he enjoyed the current echoing laughter, as it belonged to the two idiots as they were being punished for their lack of attention.

Eternal grunted as his body is stretched. His arms were shackled above his head with his feet locked in the stocks. Like before, his big toes were tied back. There was even a restraint where his tail could be locked up, and not being as stupid the Jackal locked it in place. Zharr chuckled as he now stood by a wheel that's attached to the table, turning it slightly, causing the shackles to pull on the rat's arms, stretching him further. By now, Eternal's senses started to wake up as he shook the haze out of his head and looked around, weakly growling upon seeing the same jackal that subdued him. Zharr noticed this and laughed, "Back with us sleeping beauty?"

"W-What now?" Eternal questioned, having to try and suppress a painful groan. Thankfully, the wheel stopped being cranked for the time being, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to like what might follow.

"We have some time before Don Solletico joins us, meaning you and I can have a bit of fun," Zharr chuckled as he got near the rat's face. Deciding to add insult to injury by reaching in and scratching the rat's chin.

Oh man, Eternal did not like that one bit, just like with the bear, the rat gathered some saliva and spat in the jackal's face. Silence came, as Zharr stopped what he was doing, not recoiling. A frown graced his face as his large hand went up and wiped the liquid off with his forearm. "You made a big mistake, rat."

"Yeah, I've been hearing that a lot," Eternal's eyes narrowed, finding that defiance was best in this situation.
"I was going to introduce you to this slowly. But it looks like you seriously want it," Zharr then raised his right hand, which caught the prisoner's attention as it glowed with some magic.

"What in the he-AHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!" Eternal suddenly burst out with laughter as it felt like something was tickling him right in his stomach! It was like an electric spark or some kind of switch was thrown. He wasn't sure what the hell was going on, but what was tickling him like that? If he didn't know any better, it was like the tickling was happening on the inside!

Zharr smirked evilly upon seeing his prisoner laughing his head off and trying to squirm all over the table. It looked as if he was on fire. This is working out much better than he thought, part of him hoping the rat continues to be defiant. He just watched and allowed this to keep going on for a while longer before the light in his hand dimmed, and just like that, Eternal's laughs died down until coming to a complete stop.

Eternal is just about slumped against the table, breathing heavily, body twitching as there is some tingling in his belly. Despite the action only taking a minute or two, it felt like forever as it left him really drained. He's tired, and with what just happened, whatever it is, took him by surprise. Breathing heavily, he looked up at his captor, "W-What...the hell…was that?!"

"That, my dear rat," Zharr evilly responded back with a smirk, getting closer till his breath can hit the prisoner. "Is a way to ensure that you can never leave this castle."

Both of Eternal's eyes rose in confusion and some surprise. What the hell is he talking about, "W-What the hell did you do to me?"

"Oh, this?" Zharr's hand then started to glow with magic again. He saw the prisoner's eyes widen before bursting out with laughter once more, flailing around on the table again. His laughs echo in the room and get louder with every second, much to the jackal's delight. His hand dimmed once more only after a few seconds, the tickling stopped, and once more, the rat was panting heavily on the table. "How did that feel?"

"W-What is it? What did you do!?" Eternal shouted out in anger; mind puzzled at what happened. It didn't tickle him on the surface but on the inside, almost as if something was crawling inside of him. It's weird, but that's the best way he could describe it.

"A little something that keeps any unruly, trouble making, prisoners in line. And keep them from leaving. It's a special bug I implant within prisoners. I insert it right in the belly button, and it stays within them."

"A-A bug?" Both of the rat's eyes widened, part of him in disbelief at this.

"Yes, and don't even try and remove it. Any attempts at force extraction will result in it activating. The bug tickles you internally, stimulating the nerves at such a high velocity. You won't be able to resist it at all and will crumble. Also, if you try and leave, the bug will sense it and will tickle you to submission, ensuring that you stay here. Face it, rat, there's no chance at escaping anymore. You're stuck here!" Eternal is silent at this, mind reeling at what he was told. He couldn't believe this, it couldn't be true, could it? Yet, whenever the jackal activated his magic, something within him turned on and tickled him, so he couldn't deny the fact that it wasn't true. Another scary thought is what his captor said about not being able to leave.

If he even tried to step one foot out of this place, then the bug would tickle him? How could something like this exist? Better yet, when did his captor put the bug in him? When he was asleep?

"Seems pretty cowardice inserting something like that while I was out, Did you need a still target?" Eternal said, some fight still within him as he figured irritating him would bring him some satisfaction.

"Oh no, my dear rat, you were quite awake when I inserted the bug in you," Zharr responded back, amused. Yet that made Eternal frown.

"W-What? But I was awake the whole time, and I never saw you," despite his mind being in a haze Eternal can recall his sleepless night, and nowhere at all did his captor come into his cell…unless…

"Who said I did it during then?" Zharr started to laugh in amusement, surprised for being as smart his captive is, that he didn't figure it out. "Remember? When Solletico and I interrogated you?"

Eternal is silent as his mind searched through the memories, slowly but surely his eyes rose as it came back to him.

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Eternal's laughs could be heard echoing within the room, the rat's arms tied behind a long wooden pole, and his feet locked in stocks, big toes tied back. Don Solletico, the large bear, is in front of him, tickling his long, smooth feet with both his fingers and dull forks. Zharr tickled at his underarm with a big, long, fork as well.

"…But how can we believe you with your silly smile, squeaky? Hehe!!" Zharr mocked as he took pleasure in his work.

"Don't call me that!!" Eternal managed to get out of his mouth but couldn't suppress a "Squeak. " He turned his head away, "Hisssss! Schihihihih! Hehehe!" he tried to hold in his laughter now but is miserably failing.

Little did he know that Zharr's free hand is right at the rat's belly, poking and prodding it, yet there is something else hidden within his hand. Without no one knowing he slide the object within the rat's belly, it slithered within and out of sight.


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Eternal is completely silent as he couldn't believe that he didn't notice that at all! He wanted to blame it on the tickling itself, but he's better than that and should have felt it. Zharr saw the shock on the prisoner's face and couldn't help but rub more salt in the wound, "Oh yes, you were carrying the bug all this time, chances are you wouldn't have found out about it at all."

"T-Take it out!" Eternal shouted out in a panic. If something like a torturous bug could be easily implanted into him, then who knows what else this jackal is capable of.

"No," Zharr flat out said. "You still have to pay for what you did to me; I don't take kindly to those who make me wet myself. That bug is staying inside you for a very long time, and you will see my most devious side and wish you never crossed me." With that, Zharr then went in front of Eternal's feet, brandishing two large feathers.

Eternal's eyes widened as he knew what was going to happen. His toes tried to curl in reaction, but the string holding his big toes pulled, keeping them back. There was nothing he could say to stop this from happening. Any kind of pleading would only fuel his captor's sick mind, so it's not worth wasting his breath. His body tightened upon feeling those soft, feathery bristles make contact with his smooth soles. His breathing hitched as he didn't let anything out, trying to keep a stoic face from earlier. Once again, he didn't want to give the Jackal the satisfaction of seeing him laugh once more.

"Trying to be tough, eh? We can't have that," Zharr chuckles as one hand stops its tickly assault, closing into a fist, which soon glows. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Eternal burst out laughing once more as the bug within him activated. That internal assault couldn't be ignored, or fought, and tickled immensely. The laughs left his mouth as he thrashed about in his restraints.

"There, isn't it better to let it all out?"Jackal smirked as he closed his eyes and listened to the laughs, taking joy in it. He kept the bug going while continuing to feather the rat's soles, eyes opening his eyes to see the feet wiggle. He's enjoying this immensely and isn't going to stop anytime soon. The rat is going to suffer for what he did, and they have all the time in the world.

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Don Solletico hummed to himself as his soles softly tapped against the cold floor as he walked down the barren halls. The prisoners' torturous laughs filling his mind and giving the bear such delight and elevated his mood. He had just finished visiting the two idiots that forgot to lock up the rat's tail, their laughs joining the other prisoners in the castle. Thanks to those two, the rat mage nearly escaped, which alone warrants severe punishment. A couple of days, as prisoners should do the trick, constant laughter will surely make them wiser to their mistake.


He now headed for the one torture room he knew his partner was at. As he approached the room, he could hear the insane laughter coming within, telling the bear that the rat was being tortured just right. Grasping the door handle, he opened and entered the room, the laughs much louder now. Eternal's fur is matted, most likely from the sweat, as he has been laughing for an undetermined amount of time. Most of his energy is gone as he couldn't struggle anymore but kept laughing as the bug inside of him kept going. By his feet, the feathers were replaced by a brushy wheel, which is attached to the stocks, and Zharr is turning the crank.


Solletico is amused at the sight, seeing his partner is doing his best to keep the prisoner entertained, yet to see that the rat is still hanging in there and not begging for it to stop only proved his suspicions right, and made his decision all that clear, "Stop!"

The Jackal heard Don's voice and stopped cranking the wheel, looking back up, "Sir?" he didn't even hear the bear entering.

"Are you having fun?" Solletico asked.

"A lot, I'm making him suffer for what he did. Also, he can never leave here as I made him aware of the bug," the jackal responded back with glee.

The mere mention of the bug made the bear shudder, himself finding the sight and mention of the insect disturbing and not wanting to see something like it again. Still, this was good, as escape is no longer an option for the prisoner, "And the prisoner's health?"

"He's still going, but he's being worn down. He hasn't slept for nearly three days, and I think his mind is all jumbled with because of the tickles," Zharr responded back, feeling pride within himself for his work.

"Good, good, then this next part will be easy," Solletico nodded, smirking evilly.

"W-What the hell are you planning?" Eternal panted, able to breathe as the tickling stopped, yet he heard what was said, and it wasn't good.

"The fact of how strong you are, that and how you managed to restrain us despite the attempt being futile at escaping. You are a strong magic user, and talent like that shouldn't be wasted. Sadly, judging by your resistance, you would have no intention of being willing to my plans, so we have to do this differently."

"What do you mean?" Zharr asked. He too is confused at what his boss is saying.
All the bear did was smirk as he walked to the top of the table, hands reaching out and grasping Eternal's furry head. The rat tried to move, but the neck strap prevented that, "What are you doing?"

"Zharr, keep doing what you were doing, and I'll handle the rest," Solletico slyly said, his facial expressions telling the jackal all that needed to be said. Zharr grinned as he grasped the crank again, "Yes, sir." With that, he turned the crank once more, making the bristles spin once more. Eternal snorted, toes once again tried to curl, only for his big toes not to be allowed. Snickers came out of him as the little struggle he had happened again.

While this happened, Don Solletico then started to mutter some kind of gibberish, hands glowing with some magic.

Both of Eternal's eyes widened as he felt some kind of strange sensation going through his mind. It wasn't sleep, that for sure, but something more akin to it. He felt as if his mind was going blank, and he's lulling into some kind of trance. He instantly shook his head, trying to fight it, but the tickling at his feet made him lose focus. Also, coupling it with the lack of sleep and his mind Is tired, and couldn't muster up a proper mental defense against whatever was being done to him.

"Don't fight it, just surrender," Zharr said as his fist raised up, glowing once more.
"AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHEHEHEHEHEHEH!"

Eternal's laughs went up once more, making him thrash some more. Once more, his mind is scrambled as his mental barriers took a huge blow. Solletico kept on muttering his incantations, not breaking his stride as both hands kept a good hold on the rat's head. The magic in his hands glowing brighter and brighter.

Eternal had no idea what to do or what to think right. He's being tickled immensely, yet Solletico is doing something odd to his head. He couldn't hear the words being mumbled, so there wasn't a way for him to tell what kind of spell or something he was using. Yet, now that he thinks about it, it's getting much harder trying to get clear thoughts. He had to shake his head once more to try and get rid of these feelings but burst out laughing as the tickling in his belly intensified.

"You'll give in. It's only a matter of time," Zharr gleefully laughed as he turned the crank and kept up the glowing in his hands, tickling the rat from all sides.

"NOHOOHOHOAHHAHAHAHAHONONOONOMORE!" Eternal kept on laughing, thrashing about the best he could, or as much as he was allowed. He tried moving his head but couldn't as the bear's fingers were still on his head. He laughed his lungs out yet, never tiring as the world around him started to go dark.

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A month later

Don Solletico smirked as he stood before the latest prisoner of the castle, watching him struggle in amusement. In front of the bear is a red lizard, sitting in a reclining chair, arms strapped down on the armrests, chest being held with a strap, as well as his neck. This male seemed to be in good shape as he had a lean, slender frame, which made him look agile and fast. His torso is bare as all he is wearing are some shorts, the rest of his clothes being taken from him upon his arrival. His feet are in front of him, locked in stocks. Solletico looked down at the prisoner's feet, seeing that the soles were a lighter red, maybe pinkish, with three long toes. He looked up as he watched the prisoner thrashing about in the restraints, trying to get free.

"Release me!" The lizard demanded with an angry snarl.

"I don't think so….Magnus," Solletico responded, making the lizard stop and glare back at him.

"How do you know my name?!" He growled angrily.

"I know all about you," the bear responded casually, leaning towards him with a smirk on his face. "Like how I know how you've kidnapped several people for ransom."
He snorted back at the accusation, "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"There's no denying it, I know you have been kidnapping all those people and now you're going to be punished for it," the bear responded with glee, happy to know this guy's laughter would join along with the other prisoners. "Yeah, right, what are you going to do? Hurt me? I have a high pain tolerance," Magnus scoffed, knowing that whatever this guy's intentions will fail. Yet part of him felt a bit nervous. He was busy in another village thinking of the next person he'll hold ransom. He made a living doing so and had a good stash. Before he could act on his next plan, someone snuck up and knocked him out. When he woke, he was being carried through the halls by two people. He struggled but stopped as he heard laughter.

Many male voices were begging for something to stop before succumbing to torturous laughter. That made him nervous as to what could be going on, but he tried to keep a tough front. He wouldn't give anyone here any satisfaction.

"Oh you're about to find out…I'll leave you in the capable hands of our newest recruit," Solletico started to gleefully laugh, before turning to the door and raising his voice, "Get in here!"

The barred door opened with a loud creak, followed by light footsteps as a pair of long, hairless feet walked into the room. Clad in nothing but a white loincloth, secured to the waist with a belt, is Eternal. The black rat entered the room with a stoic expression on his face, yet there was nothing restraining his body. The only thing that is there is the magic restraining collar around his neck, yet the jewel on it is red and seems to have a different use.

"You called, sir?" Eternal responded in a neutral voice, no malice or hatred at all, especially as he looked upon the bear.
Solletico smiled upon hearing the response,

"Yes, I have a prisoner for you to torture. Are you up to it?"

"Yes, sir, I am eager to punish this prisoner," Eternal smiled, walking into the room, being sure to shut the door behind him.

The bear couldn't help but laugh mentally at the rat's willingness and the fact of the title he's being addressed as. It took a while, but he and Zharr managed to break the rat. Well, not quite a break, but safe to say he's on their side now. The spell that the bear used on the rat wasn't anything that would brainwash him. No, it was more of a hypnosis spell. It was used to make the rat think the bear is his boss and master. It took a while for the spell to work as the rat had a tough mind to crack, yet in the end, his mental resistance broke down due to a lack of sleep and tickling.

Now, the rat is the newest torturer of the castle.

Solletico knew that the rat was a powerful mage, especially when he turned the tables to try and tickle him and Zharr. Even if it was those two idiots fault for not securing his tail. The bear knew he had to have the rat on his side, and now he's going to see him work in action. The bear didn't have to worry about the rat fighting back at all.

The collar around his neck would prevent that. Eternal may be the newest torturer for the castle, but that didn't mean he was allowed to move about freely, as he was considered on probation. The collar would allow him to use magic, only on the prisoners. It also tracked his location within the castle, just in case he had thoughts of trying to escape. If he did, the collar would shock him. That and he would be tickled from the inside.

The bug that Zharr inserted within him is still there, as the jackal deemed it too early to remove it, only as a security precaution. If he also tried to leave the bug inside, he would tickle him to tears. The rat is stuck and bound to the castle, never to leave it. Yet so far, he hasn't made an attempt to escape or to harm anyone else, so it's safe to say the hypnosis spell is working out.

"EHEHEHAHHAHAHAHAHNOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!" Suddenly, laughter suddenly brought Solletico out of his train of thought. Looking forward, he saw that Eternal was in front of him, both hands glowing as he was using some sort of spell. The bear looked on with a satisfied grin, crossing his arms upon seeing a bunch of feathers floating in the air and spinning in a counter-clockwise fashion, acting like a feather wheel. The long, soft, and tickly feathers were brushing against the scaly soles and producing the reaction the bear wanted. Magnus is thrashing about in the restraints, feet wiggling about in the stocks.

"Try as you may, but you won't be getting free anytime soon," Eternal spoke with a grin of his own.

"WAHAHAHAHA NOHOHOHOHOHOHO, PLEAHAHASE!" Magnus cried out in laughter as he couldn't stop it. Tickling is being used on him, and sadly, he happens to be insanely ticklish, and now it's being used against him. He pulled and pulled with all his might to escape, but he couldn't break or get any leverage in the restraints.

Don Solletico laughed as he saw the prisoner wiggling around in such hysteria, glad to know that the rat is doing the job correctly. He didn't sense any doubt or anything sinister from the rat, knowing full well that his allegiance was to him. This was good. This was good indeed, as it means that his record is spotless, no prisoners have escaped still, and he has the services of another powerful mage. Things couldn't get any better.

"You're going to be a great torturer,"

Solletico said to Eternal as he started to laugh evilly, which echoed alongside all the prisoners being held in the castle.


END