What do you do?
Give up
You're fairly confident with your ability to wield a sword, but this knight is probably better, plus he has a friend with him. There's no point in risking it. Dropping your sword, you put your hands in the air as the knights discuss your punishment.
"In this town, if two guards or more witness a crime, we skip the trial and go right to the punishment," the knight's friend says to you. "And for the crime of public indecency and affiliating with a dragon....one day in the stocks."
Before you can even react, the guards have grabbed you and are dragging you into the town square. You squirm a little as they toss you over the piece of wood, your head and hands both resting in the indents. They slam the other piece of wood down, causing you to flinch, but matching grooves in the wood keep your neck or wrists from being hit. It is now impossible for you to move your head or arms, and trapping you standing with a bent waist.
"We must warn you, when you're in the stocks you are not considered human," the first guard says as he locks your temporary jail. "You are considered an object, and anyone in town is allowed to do anything to you, provided it doesn't cause you any excessive bodily harm."
Grrrrreat. This is going to be fun.
The guards leave, and after a few minutes a small crowd of people old and young begin watching you.
Who or what approaches you first?
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