Fiora 'repents,' but Rose doesn't.

"I repent, I repent," Fiora practically shouts.
"What?!? No, you don't repent," Rose replies.
"Yes, I do! Yes, I do!"
"You bitch," Sadarth shouts, "What the hell?!?"
"We have to stay together," Aurora says, "Come on!"
"Shut up. I repent! I repent!"
"Enough talk," The Elder says, "Take this one away for now."

The Farmhand easily carries away the would-be-Wizard as the others scowl and complain.

"I think we were too easy on these Harlots. Bring out the Sticks of Punishment."

A few men leave and return moments later with a cart full of thin, but hard sticks. They appear to be bamboo reeds from the nearby River. Everyone gets armed once again.

All 3 naked Adventurers wince as they are struck all over by the thin, but sturdy sticks. They don't hit them hard enough to bruise- which shows that this is no new experience for the Villagers.

Aurora thinks about old Tales of where Adventurers disappear in Villages like this. Are they true?

Against her will, Sadarth feels more juices leak from her body. This is something different. Does she like this pain?

Rose constantly struggles are the large man holds her for the stick beating. He gets tired of her wriggling and carries her over to Aurora's tied form. He sets her stomach first across her large friend's back and the beating resumes.

A few minutes of this go by before a voice calls out signaling the return of Fiora.

She is marched back out to the center of the group, still naked. Only now she is wearing some flowers in her hair, leather cuffs on her wrists and a metal collar around her neck.

"I repented. Just please give me some clothes and let me go," she begs.
"You must earn them. Will you prove your loyalty to us now?"

He hands her a stick as everyone looks at her.