“Good evening, and welcome back to the final segment of ‘Swordsmanship 101, Introduction to the Blade.’ Over the past few evenings, we’ve discussed sword etiquette and technique, care and maintenance of your blade, and the ten best ways to maximize your target’s suffering.”

Pausing to gesture toward the revealingly clad woman secured between the two wooden posts, the instructor continued, “Tonight’s final segment features the lovely Blair, a Resort companion who has graciously volunteered for tonight’s demonstration. As you can see, Blair is both blindfolded and gagged to enhance her feelings of utter helplessness.”

Unsheathing his sword, the instructor held it up for his audience to see, “My sword of choice for tonight’s demonstration is this authentic thirteenth-century Italian rapier. Its blade is just over three feet of razor-sharp steel. It should slide through Blair’s flesh almost effortlessly.”

“And remember that a thin-bladed sword like this rapier, unlike the heavier blade of a broadsword, does only minimal damage to a woman’s insides, so the killing thrust must be combined with a twisting motion, which not only causes extreme agony but also enough internal damage to be fatal.”

Turning to Blair, the instructor casually ran her through with the blade of his sword as a gag-stifled cry of agony escaped her lips.

Blair felt that all too familiar sickening sensation of cold, sharp steel sliding through her guts as the instructor ran her through. Every slight motion of her body sends fresh explosions of pain coursing through her as she feels the blade shifting inside her with each tortured breath.

Pulling the sword’s blade out of Blair’s guts, the instructor commented, “As you can see, Blair is still alive with only minor bleeding from where the blade pierced her belly. To kill a woman with a rapier requires substantially more brutality.”

Again, he ran her through with his blade, this time pushing the sword’s blade through her body until its basket hilt pressed firmly against her belly before savagely twisting the blade within her guts.

With each brutal twist of that blade, the torrent of blood escaping around the blade only increased, blood flowing down Blair’s belly and legs to the floor around her high heels in a steadily growing pool of blood. Moments later, Blair slumped down to hang unconscious from the wrist restraints.

Pulling the sword from her guts, the instructor paused to use the side of her hip to wipe most of the blood from his blade, “At this point, the mounting blood loss has rendered Blair unconscious. In just a few minutes more, she’ll finish bleeding out and die.”

“This concludes tonight’s demonstration. Please feel free to log onto the Resort’s vacation club portal to rate this class, ‘Swordsmanship 101, Introduction to the Blade,’ and sign up for future classes.”