Room 103

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 22702


Fred stares at his torturer, and taunts: "Foul servant of the dragon, know you that I am a knight of the Duchy of Suffex, and subject of the Great King Emry himself! I laugh at your petty threats, and shall withstand any torture that you can devise, knowing that I shall be avenged. It matters not what torture you choose to serve."

"I should call you Aeolus, as you are a nothing but a bag of wind. I have a fine and fitting ordeal for King Emry's errand boy." The torturer releases him from his leg chains, and releases his manacles from the wall. Fred's arms are now behind his back, chained together. The witch leads Fred down a gloomy corridor. Torches along the wall flicker feebly, providing only a ghastly orange-yellow light. Fred feels clammy, and starts to shiver, exposed as he is to the damp, cold air of the caves. Breezeways braced by rotting timbers line the corridor. Fred thinks that this might be a mine. Being forced to work the mines would be grueling, but Fred knows that with his stout heart, he can bide his time and exact his revenge later. He notices something on the supporting beam of each breezeway. He can see dark brown numbers burned against the lighter grain of the wood, in an elongated font. 109, 107, 105 .... "Very odd," Fred thinks. The witch stops before the room at the end of the corridor. Burned in the wooden frame of the breezeway is the number 103. "Where is Room 101?", Fred asks.

"That is a cliche," the witch answers contemptuously. "The builders of this section left it out. Fred, you asked for it, and now you have it. Room 103 contains dark forces at which even I shudder. I have led many men, certainly braver than you, to this room, and they left, if they ever left, a shell of their former selves, as if their souls had been slowly sucked out of them by that room. You shall be broken. You can rely on that, my cocky little knight."

"Your taunts cannot affect me, witch. I shall surmount whatever challenge you can devise."

"Very well," replied the witch. "Enjoy your stay in

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