She-Ra: The Prisoner's Dilemma (Private)

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(This RP is private between myself and theJozza)

As she sat there on her knees with her arms restrained behind her, Adora was once again trying to pull the bindings apart. She had to get out of here. She had to try. There wasn't anything she'd been able to do, and it had been driving her mad being kept like this. How could she have let herself get captured? She was She-Ra! Supposed to be a mighty hero, and now she'd been reduced to a prisoner.

It was hard to keep track of the time while in a cell like this, but she was able to estimate that it had been at least a couple days simply from the amount she'd been asleep. Her attempts to persuade her captors only fell on deaf ears. Catra and Scorpia seemed content to leave her tied up like this for quite a while, though she had no idea why they did. Hordak would have loved to have her as a prisoner, or worse, no doubt.

Feeling her wrists being rubbed raw once more, she ceased her efforts for now. Her body ached from being restrained for so long, and she was left to her thoughts most of the time. The only good news was that her friends seemed to have gotten away, but that was a guess. Catra likely would've been bragging about capturing them if she had, she wagered. The bound princess of power felt a pang of guilt at not being there for them as she hung her head and rested in the semi-darkness of the room.

[theJozza]

Catra and Scorpia were walking around the corridors of the old ship that was now their headquarters. The former with a fairly typical scowl on her face. While her new role as a gang boss in the Crimson Wastes had been going better than her previous role, things had gone a bit downhill since her triumphant arrival. Between her "personality" and the departure of Huntara, several new bosses and gangs had arisen who were none too keen on taking orders from an "outsider upstart". Even Tongue Lashor had managed to get back on his feet and coax a few of his gang to defect back from her, of course her leadership style hadn't exactly helped her hang onto members either. Fortunately, Scorpia had stepped up quite a bit.

"Okay so our protection collections are at least stable," she says, looking at a trackpad in her claws. "And I can confirm we haven't had any defections since the two that vanished two days ago...maybe we should try a team building exercise or something?"

"Yeah sure," Catra grumbles. "How about an assault on that gang that operates on the cactus ridge? That should make for some nice team-building."

"You sure?" Scorpia asks, stopping but Catra keeps walking. "Might want to hold off on any major attacks so we don't lose anymore..."

"If they're too weak to handle that, then I don't care if we lose them," Catra grunts over her shoulder. "Now if you'll excuse me I have to check the prisoner."

"Oh right...of course," Scorpia says with a bit of a forced smile. Catra always went to Adora when they got back. She said it was just to make sure she was still there, but still...Scopria couldn't help but wonder why Catra always had to go alone.... "I'll uh, see you in the mess hall."

Catra nods over her shoulder and keeps walking. Soon enough she arrives at the door and takes a minute to compose herself, taking a few deep breaths, straightening her hair, and adjusting her clothes. The last thing she wanted was Adora to know about her problems. By the time she unlocks the door and walks into the makeshift cell, she's all ready with her usual smug grin.

"Hey Adora," She says, walking right up to her. "How's the Princess of prisoners today?"

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Adora heard the door open and looked up for a moment. Of course it was her. Most of the time it usually was. "What do you want, Catra? I've told you, I'm not going to betray the rebellion!" She struggled against her bonds more out of instinct than a conscious effort. Every time it was a reminder that Adora was a prisoner with her, like she was Catra's punching bag to unleash some of the pent up emotions from their childhood together.

"The other princesses will come back for me, I won't be your prisoner forever you know." Her arms relaxed somewhat as she didn't have a ton of energy to try fighting. "What's your game? Just keep me locked up to mock me? There's lives at risk, Catra! Mara warned..." She hesitated before she let the thought drop. There wasn't much she'd been able to persuade Catra about, even when they'd been best friends. Now, especially after being kept prisoner, it didn't seem like anything Adora said really could persuade her of anything.

[theJozza]

"Hehehe, well hello to you too," Catra smirks as she strolls over and leans against the pillar Adora is tied too, finding amusement in Adora's usual speech and threats. "Geez here I am once again taking time out of my busy schedule as a new rising gang leader to come visit you, and once again you give me the same old shouty speeches." She chuckles as she mocks her former friend, though she does raise an eyebrow at her comment on the other princesses. "Oh right your precious other princesses. You keep saying that they'll come for you, but where are they? Been a while and I haven't heard or seen any sign of them here. Maybe they just forgot about you...decided you weren't worth the trouble without the sword?" She smirks.

Of course neither of them knew that the real reason Glimmer and the other princesses hadn't launched any rescue efforts was that they were all convinced Adora was being held prisoner in the Fright Zone by the Horde. In fact, the war out in the rest of Etheria had reached an effective standstill with each side trying to figure out their next move.

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Adora grit her teeth and glared as Catra taunted her. "Am I supposed to say thank you for your visits? You still have me tied up, so I can barely move at all. I have to wait for one of you to come feed me or let me... you know..." Adora grumbled, avoiding eye contact for a moment.

At the mention of her other friends though, she went right back to staring daggers at Catra. "No! No... They'd never forget about me, Catra, they wouldn't just abandon me out here." She didn't want to think about the myriad of things that might've hurt them as they left the Crimson Waste or any number of things. It was just another of Catra's attempts to demoralize her. The sad part was, she could feel a part of her worry about it a smidge more.

Adora looked away from Catra again and down to the floor, her voice still hostile even if the intensity wasn't as present. "Why are you here then, miss gang leader?"

[theJozza]

Catra just smirked, relishing how helpless Adora was to her and forgetting all her troubles as a gang leader.

"What can I say, just want to make sure my property is nice and safe," Catra says as she kneels down and take hold of Adora's face, turning her to her. "Cause that's all you are now Adora. No sword. No princess friends. Now you're just a living trophy for me to do whatever I want with...hehehe." She grins wickedly, starting to wonder just how much she could do with Adora. "You know maybe I should make you thank me. You know I could just leave you locked in here all alone, or toss you into a sand pit or something...honestly, I think you do owe me a thank you for my being willing to take such good care of you."

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Property? Adora felt herself pause, like Catra wasn't even in the room with her for a moment even as she was forced to look at her. Was that all she was now? Why did that hurt so much worse than everything else Catra had said. She shouldn't be surprised that she knew the spots to press to make her hurt.

Her fists clenched, "Make me thank you? For what? Capturing me? Taking the sword from me? Keeping me from my friends?" She felt her voice breaking a little as her eyes watered at the edges. After hearing the message from Mara and finding only more questions, to end up captured like this and alone. She tried to turn and shake her head out of Catra's grasp. "If this is good, what could your bad care be?"

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"Well if that's how you're gonna be," Catra frowns and stands back up, walking over to a small table and retrieving a brown cloth. "I think someone just lost her speaking privileges." Regaining her malicious smirk, Catra walks around behind Adora, pulling the cloth down over her mouth and starting to tie it tightly behind her head. "Maybe skipping a meal will teach you some respect, prisoner." Catra chuckles as she tightens Adora's gag.

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Adora watched as Catra brought back a cloth, and felt her eyes widen. Damnit, why'd she have to antagonize her again? There was a brief struggle inside her to try fighting back, to say something, do something. But she knew it wouldn't matter. "Mmmph!" She grunted as the cloth was tied behind her head once more. It was enough to barely breathe through, but she wouldn't be able to talk for a while. She looked up at Catra with anger in her eyes, that quickly turned into pleading to have the gag removed. She was so tired and wanted to move around, or at least lay down properly, but that seemed impossibly far away at this point as she felt her stomach growl quietly at the mention of missing another meal as well.

[theJozza]

"Hmph, you just sit there and think about treating your...owner with a little more respect princess," Catra says, figuring she may as well double down on enforcing Adora's new status as she stares down at the blonde warrior, now even more helpless that she can't speak. As she's gazing at her, Catra feels another stirring. They're all alone. Adora is completely at her mercy. She can do whatever she wants to her...but Catra was hungry too...maybe later...
"Well maybe I'll be back with some food later," Catra says turning her back on Adora. "But if I do, I expect some proper respect, go it?" She says glancing over her shoulder at her prisoner and waving mockingly. "Bye Adora." She closes the door laughing, locking it behind her. She makes her way to the mess hall grinning the whole way, half full of enjoyment at another session of exerting her dominance over Adora and half full of a growing urge to finally take advantage of it. Of course in her haste she naturally didn't consider that in addition to not feeding Adora she hadn't let her relieve herself either.