Posted by Inspector Blake (fantasy fiction) on February 25, 1999 at 19:14:01:
Inspector Blake, a freshly promoted detective has a case on
his hands. A young Oriental girl studying at Oxford was found
hanged in her apartment. It would be a suicide if not for the
fact that there was no chair on the floor, which she would have
to kick from under her in order to hang herself and nothing suggested
that something was under it. Inspector Blake smelled rat and
was ready to accept the challenge, as well as to catch a killer, for the
girl clearly died in slow agony of strangulation and justice had to be served.
Who wants to hear this little tale of snuff fiction ?
IB
Inspector Blake's Solution: Posted by Inspector Blake on February 26, 1999 at 21:39:32:
Inspector Blake has deducted how the girl was hanged.
She was drugged enough to be conscious, while her body was
lifted by her killer in the noose and released, so she hung just
one foot off the floor. The girl struggled for a long time, after which
she died and voided her bladder. Inspector Blake later found the
killer. Not surprisingly it was the girl's boyfriend, from whom she got
pregnant and it was his ultimate abortion revenge.
IB
Sonya's Solution: Posted by Sonya on February 27, 1999 at 07:10:54:
What really happened....
Yoko lay on the mound of pillows that covered her bed. A glass of white wine in one hand....and the pills in the other. She stared at the noose that hung down in the center of the room. She imagined what it would be like to feel that soft rope cutting into her smooth neck, slowly closing off her breath...knowing it was not a game but the final journey...
The room was sweltering....the windows were open...a warm summer breeze made the curtains flutter....she wondered how long it would take. She smiled to herself and swallowed the pills...washing them down with a long sip of wine. Her hand wondered down to the short silk robe and undid the belt. She laid back and daydreamed about how good that rope would feel...her delicate fingers moved to the silk that covered her crotch....she sighed as she imaged the aftermath...the investigation....the accusations...the look on her boyfriends face....
The drugs were pulsing though her system...she sat up dreamily and opened the nightstand drawer...taking out a pair of handcuffs...she slipped one on her wrist and walked over to the noose....
Her hand moved up and grasped the rope that dangled over her head...she tugged on it and smiled. Then she stood on the block underneath the rope and slipped the soft cord around her neck. It was loose...plenty of slack....
She paused for a moment...realizing she was at the point of no return....once her wrists were cuffed behind her back she was committed....condemned to long hours at the mercy of the rope...she wondered if she would go mad before it was over.....she cuffed her other wrist behind her back and sealed her fate.
It was done...now all she had to do was wait. The apartments on either side were empty...and the neighbors above were gone for the weekend....no one would hear her cries for help if she changed her mind... She closed her eyes and thought about what she had done...she was already as good as dead.
Daydreams and visions filled her head for the first two hours...memories, both good and bad played like old films, her childhood...her parents....her lover....the beginning when things were good....when she lied next to him in bed after hours of lovemaking....happy and laughing...followed by the dark times...the fights...the anger...the threats...the growing hatred...scenes replaying again and again in her minds eye...until finally they faded and she nearly fell asleep standing there....
Then she felt the first hint of the rope becoming tighter...she woke up. It was starting....a tingle ran up her spine...and down to her groin....
More time passed...the rope slowly claimed her....centimeter by centimeter it tightened around her throat...as began stealing her life away in such tiny increments they were almost immeasurable... It became her god and her lover....at times fear would overcome her and she would pray for mercy...other times she surrendered herself to it's slow torment and as she the waves of ecstacy and anticipation ran through her....it was the ultimate in erotic experience...she had never been so acutely aware of each moment before....fear would clutch her heart....then give way to desire as her sex became wetter...the muscles of her opening quivering as her body would become arroused nearly to the point of orgasm...
She lost track of time...no clock was visible....the sun hadn't come up so it was still night when the rope started to make her head swim and the light buzzing in her ears became more noticeable...she still had options...she could always step off the block....end her life quickly....she had thought about it many times but wanted to delay the inevitable a bit longer....
She could step off and let the end come...if she changed her mind and wanted to hold on for a while longer she might be able to regain her footing...but she might not....
The final decision was never reached....she slipped....suddenly the rope jerked tightly around her throat...the shock brought her out of her reverie as cold harsh panic ran through veins....her feet scrambled for a hold but the merciless cord was cutting her breath and the pain was intense...she couldn't think... she tried to regain her footing but kept slipping....she began to thrash in her restraints...
Her body spun in small circles as she fought for what remained of her life.... And the urge to fight became less defined...finally she let herself become immersed in the pain...no longer resisting...as the blood flow to her brain came nearly to a halt a feeling of peace washed over her....Her eyes were tightly shut...and in the distance she could just begin to see the abyss that was eternity....
* * *
Her small frail body hung for three days before anyone discovered what had happened. Of course by that time the block of ice had disappeared.
Inspector Blake carried out a full investigation and Yoko's boyfriend was tried for murder, he spent the rest of his life in prison. She had once told him he would never forget her...she would change his life...and she did.