#*torture

*squishes your face*

you are adorable and lovely and wHY THE FUCK DOES LINK TOURTURE YOU???

*gives you a forehead kiss and runs away*

O-oh, thank you! (๑/////๑ " )

tw. torture / violence / abuse.

Nikolai Gogol

Cruelty: How would they treat their darling once abducted? Would they mock them?

He’s very fond of cages, so darling would come to know a bird cage or other small enclosure as their home. And gods, a day wouldn’t go by where he doesn’t laugh or mock their pitiful state, especially if darling insists on being defiant. Although he enjoys broken darlings just as much as unbroken ones, a defiant darling every now and then is certainly a breath of fresh air.

Hell: What would be their darling’s worst experience with them?

It depends. Although Nikolai is very fond of physical torture and abuse (see Naughty), he’s very big into theatrics and would force his darling to take part in little plays, sometimes in front of an unknowing audience -- and if he’s in a particularly jovial mood, sometimes while darling is injured or very weak from his beatings. Nonetheless, to be thrust onto a stage in a foreign area of Russia and forced to perform for people who don’t know that you’re an abused captive, much less know how to speak your language, is bound to wear down darling’s resolve. They’ll quickly become nothing more than a marionette for Nikolai’s entertainment!

Ideals: What kind of future do they have in mind for/with their darling?

Nikolai isn’t fond of thinking about the future, especially not someone else’s future. All he wants to do is live in the moment and have fun, and needlessly thinking about what could happen puts a hamper on his mood.

Either way, he sees his darling as a play thing to entertain him for a short while, at least before he finally decides to throw them aside. Sure, he loves darling very dearly, but to him, love is fleeting! It’s something to be enjoyed in the moment, used up until there is nothing left, then thrown aside for another lover! His darling has no future with him just as much as he desires no future with them - life is full of surprises, so there’s no need to be bound to one person. That said, he’ll kill his darling once he’s had his fun.

Naughty: How would they punish their darling?

Nikolai loves games, and oh what fun it would be to play games where defeat means punishment! He’s quite fond of physical torture, such as hitting his darling with whips (seeing them wince and stifle their cries is great fun). Unfortunately these ‘sessions’ are brief since darling eventually becomes numb and stops screaming, crying, or wincing.

Sometimes he’ll indulge in a game of cat and mouse. He’ll set darling free and give them a running start before he begins chasing them. He wouldn’t do this if he thought darling had a big chance of escaping, naturally, so the first few times he tries this, darling is distraught to learn they never had a chance from the start.

Patience: How patient are they with their darling?

He’s surprisingly patient; in fact, nothing can really put a hamper on his mood or make him snap. Nikolai lives for whatever escape plan, tricks, taunts, and insults his darling cooks up -- what use is a toy that doesn’t fight back a little? So it isn’t possible to piss him off since he knows darling’s weaknesses, but he would get rather annoyed if they insulted Fyodor.

Tears: How do they feel about seeing their darling scream, cry, and/or isolate themselves?

Nikolai would actually get bored rather quickly if darling didn’t do these things. Although their screams will die out and their tears will dry up, seeing them slowly lose that spark in their voice and light in their eyes is the best part. To have a darling who doesn’t do these things during the time he keeps them is so... boring.

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