Part two of a set for *Ayvuir-Blue's pinup competition. I'm not actually even sure if I can enter two, but I saw that some other people had two entries under his journal, so perhaps he'll just pick the better of the two.

Yoko knew that all hope was lost as soon as Julius fell and Alucard retreated. Though she wielded great magical power, and had put an end to countless dark beings for the Church, she was not so naive as to believe that she could stand up alone to a fully revived dark lord. Futile though her efforts would be, she pushed ahead and fought anyway, quickly finding herself overwhelmed and incapacitated.

Never quite losing consciousness entirely, Yoko felt herself being carried somewhere by one of Soma's minions. When she could see her surroundings again, she recognized the slowly turning gears of the clocktower all around her. Her arms had been bound tightly behind her back, and a dog collar placed around her neck. Curiously, a chain trailed from the collar into a pile on the ground, from which it led up into the bowels of the clockwork.

Only after several hours did Yoko notice that the chain was very slowly being pulled up by some unseen gear. With little else to do, she sat and watched the chain links gradually leave the pile and ascend. By her estimates, about a foot of chain was reeled in every hour. The horrifying truth was that Yoko would inevitably be pulled from the ground as well, with nothing to support her but the collar around her neck, which would then be nothing but a noose to her.

Soma later bid Yoko a visit, a sleeping Mina in his arms. He looked at her with nothing but bloodlust in his eyes, then turned and carried his prize away to his throne. By then Yoko was forced onto her tiptoes, the collar continuing to dig deeper into her throat...