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第三十一篇终于翻完啦~
这也是一篇6000+词的长文…翻得SARS好辛苦…
这篇文章讲的是在美乐蒂遭受非人折磨以后，司法部门明察秋毫，抓获嫌犯，绳之以法的故事~
看了看评论，虽然大家的回应很少，有点失落…但是总还是有的，并且SRAS相信一定会慢慢地多起来的！~
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按照惯例，恳请各位能在看完后，觉得好的话就在评论里顶一个，你们的支持是我们翻译的动力！如果有任何的批评或者建议请一并不吝提出，我们会记下来并且在下一篇翻译中合理地改进！加好友什么的来者不拒哦亲~
PS.看不懂文章内容的童鞋，可以参考我翻译的第三十篇流散日，这里给出传送门：【http://www.gloomy-rose.net/forum … 1716&extra=page%3D1】同时在此警告！警告！警告！，本文中有很多不适宜十八岁以下的未成年人观看的片段！！其中有一些是SARS根据剧情需要（和出于广大读者口味不同的考虑~）增加的比较重口味的折磨和描写（比如打针的场景，均已用绿字标出）。这对作者原文剧情没有任何影响，喜欢看轻口味的童鞋可以跳过~
以上 dzxsars
下面开始正文！这是《流散》这篇故事的后续…
这是我还未曾试过的第二次的发帖尝试。
背景：背景：这篇故事被设定在28世纪。返老还童技术被广泛地应用，并且不仅仅应用在延长人类的寿命，还作为一种针对犯罪行为的惩罚手段。美乐蒂是一个五十岁的女子，因挪用公款被判三个周期的六岁到十二岁还童惩罚。像其他的罪犯一样，她正在“SP父母”的监护下度过她的第一个周期。“SP父母”是经授权监控返老还童罪犯的，并且官方鼓励他们“尽可能多”地打那些小男孩和女孩的屁股（她的生活也是这么度过的）。
——Lurking Dragon
——dzxsars译
审讯
2748年十月一至三日
（翻译日期：2014年一月二十四至五日）
美乐蒂故事集第三十一部分
直到第二天的晚上，美乐蒂才能够出院。一切与平常没什么两样，她的母亲将她直接带回了家，为她换上了一件白色的洋娃娃睡衣，把她直接抱上了床。一开始美乐蒂认为她在睡前没有晚饭吃，但过了不久她的母亲又出现了，手里还拿着一个托盘。她耐心地一口一口喂美乐蒂吃饭，让小美舒舒服服地躺在床上。然后美乐蒂就该吃药了。她的母亲告诉她，必须要一天吃四次药。
出乎意料地，药尝起来还不错。“那就对了，小美。他们…没有在还童犯的处方中提供这种药。”母亲关上了灯，告诉美乐蒂是时候睡觉了。
星期五过得如出一辙。美乐蒂一整天都躺在自己的床上。母亲大多数时候都将德尔塔导流器开着，这让美乐蒂只能安安静静地睡着。简直是太无聊了。
但是星期六一早，母亲就早早地把美乐蒂叫了起来，开始为她准备要穿的衣服。不仅仅是随便的衣服，而是她那条最漂亮的白色提花长裙。她通常只穿那条裙子去教堂的。但是今天她有幸穿上了它，裙子底下是一条白色光滑的棉内裤。
“妈咪，我们去哪里呀。”（爸爸去哪儿即视感…）
“亲爱的，我们要去还童罪犯法庭。”美乐蒂的母亲亲切地看着她，从她的双眼里读到了深深的惊恐。
还童罪犯法庭是还童罪犯接受罪行审判的地方。在哪儿罪犯们不是服刑，而是被给予更多的刑罚。
“美乐蒂，你不是被告！！你是一个证人。别担心。”
好吧，无论怎样她都会担心，这和是不是证人没关系！！还童罪犯法庭是一个没有任何坏孩子想要靠近的地方。但是…“妈咪，谁是被告呢？”
“简妮。是的，简妮。美乐蒂，恐怕证据表明你使用的那台‘打屁股大师’被人为破坏过。不，我不能回答更多的问题了。法官们不希望你的证词被以任何方式篡改。现在，在你被要求开口说话之前，给我保持安静。哦，我最好要带上你的药；我们可能会在那儿呆一整天。”
美乐蒂服下了一粒药，坐进了车里，然后母亲为她系好了安全带。汽车缓缓地朝着“区域修正中心”驶去。
在抵达中心后，美乐蒂和家人被带往玛丽莲琼斯法官的法庭处。在审判室里，他们看见了小简妮。和她坐在一起的还有她的律师和父母。那个四岁的小女孩今天穿的是一条白色的水手裙。
她还戴着幼用手铐。这种孩子戴的手铐由五厘米宽的碳纤维材料制成的手镯构成，完全覆盖着衬垫。当然，中间还有一段十二厘米长的轻链。整条轻链由一条十厘米长的金属管拉成。简妮的双手被铐在身前。她的脸上留着道道泪痕，很明显刚刚哭过。
当琼斯法官下令法庭程序开始后，美乐蒂必须要离开审判室，直到证人出庭的时间。由于她是唯一的未成年证人，她能够独享“幼儿室”，在一名年轻的女法警的监视下安静地玩玩具
。但是她很早就被传唤出庭作证了；因为她是第一个证人。
在听证席上，美乐蒂被问及她先前与简妮的争执。法官还要求她描述了在“打屁股大师”内部的遭遇。这相当难，当美乐蒂试着描述那可怕的一幕时，她变得坐立不安。但总算过去了，美乐蒂回到了观众席上父母的身边。
接下来是加勒特夫人出庭作证。她不仅描述了发现美乐蒂的经过，还提到了取出的电脑核心。“打屁股大师”公司的技术人员也出庭作证，讲述他们发现的病毒程序。那个病毒仅仅针对于编号为253322455的罪犯。所以那个病毒是被设计来有意针对一个特定的人的。
那个人就是美乐蒂。
因为詹姆斯普拉茨伯格/简妮史麦斯（这里提一下，詹姆斯普拉茨伯格是她还童前的原始姓名，而简妮是还童后的名字，史麦斯是她的监护家庭的姓，前文中有提到。后文有时用他，有时用她，请注意。）早先对美乐蒂的伤害，也就是发生在圣诞节那天的藤条鞭打事件，他很自然是嫌疑最大的人，已经被传唤过并问话。由于她抗拒与警方合作，这更加深了她的疑点。
尽管在一开始，对于确定她的罪行还有一些疑问，但这没持续多久。当美乐蒂的父亲报告说詹姆斯早前曾经妄图强（和谐）奸，并且他对于美乐蒂的圣诞节鞭打的篡改被发现时，他立刻被从岗位上停职，对于“修正电脑系统”的访问权也被终止。但他恼羞成怒之下决定给美乐蒂好好上一堂难忘的课，以报复她毁掉了自己的人生，和他的…“特殊的”消遣。
他在数年前在系统里留了一个后门。去年春天时，简妮第一次羞辱地被美乐蒂用手打了一顿屁股。她随后溜进了父母的房间，使用他们的系统进入了后门。她尽力地掩盖了她的痕迹，但是遗漏了一个史麦斯家系统隐藏的记录功能——针对还童罪犯拥有高超电脑技术的标准预防机制。事实上，作为修正中心的员工，詹姆斯普拉茨伯格知道有标准的记录系统。她不知道的是，因为她已经知晓了标准的记录系统，在修正中心的要求下，comlink公司又安装了一套二级记录系统。她成功地用从“密码朋克”社区获得的公开的随机干扰器，将她的所作所为掩去。但是她不可能阻止隐藏的记录器。它会在她的父母醒来以后，告诉他们家里的系统被偷偷地用过了。
在一开始，尽管她承认篡改了“打屁股大师”，简妮试图宣称篡改是和圣诞节藤鞭事件一起被安排的，并且她使用父母的电脑是为了摧毁那个病毒。但是没有一个他曾试图虐待的女性为他荒谬的说辞所打动。同时，记录器的内容和“打屁股大师”的溯源码都显示程序是在当年的四月二十九日被植入的。上述的种种细节共同证明了简妮的罪行….
在简妮被宣布有罪并返老还童之后，她才犯下了这些新的罪行。
在确认了她的罪行之后，法庭批准了使用“猎户座心灵传感器”进行扫描，以确认事实的真相。同时，简妮的父母被要求鼓励他们的女儿合作接受扫描。这对简妮来说太不幸了，作为一个小孩她没有权利拒绝父母的要求。简妮很快明白了扫描仪和发刷背面的组合是无法抵抗的。
真相很快水落石出。
最终，简妮不得不流着眼泪坦白了事实的真相。在简妮的父母亲用发刷背面反复地击打她可怜的屁股后，她的光屁股几乎成为了一个疼痛着的、深红色的圆球。
但是简妮继续坚持的是，她从未想要美乐蒂受到那么严厉的折磨。她宣称病毒只会使她的惩罚变成原来的两倍。“猎户座”证实了她说的是真话。所以简妮怀疑，由于程序执行得不正确，显然这不能算是她的过错…
然后，“打屁股大师”公司的高级程序员被传唤作证。出人意料的是，她支持了简妮的说法…的一部分。
“是的，尊敬的法官大人，感谢加勒特夫人的快速行动，我们能够恢复出绝大部分的程序内容。我们相信它的内容完全是设定好了的；一旦美乐蒂被分配到那台机器上，病毒会被自动下载；其他的机器完全不会受到感染。是的，在她拉下插头以后，它会自毁；我们甚至不会知道发生了什么，特别是当它工作正常的时候。是的，简妮事实上没有说谎。核心的程序内容被保护得非常严密，她不能更改它们。但是处理器的微代码就不是这样了。他的‘后门’的权限足够完成对微代码的修改；没人会想到去保护处理器的微代码，因为对它进行的任何改动可能使电脑根本不能正常工作。她对处理器进行了再编程，使得它所有的值在被存储回数据区域的时候左移了一位。她认为这会使所有的惩罚数量值被计算成原来的两倍，当然，这的确发生了。但与此同时，当数据被下载到系统里的时候，所有的用来决定惩罚的参数都变为了两倍。是的，就像美乐蒂的年龄；这是一个重要的线索。但是最糟糕的是，犯罪类型码也是按比特位映射的，它们也被移位了。”
“那串码的每一位都代表着一项内容，哦，犯重罪与否，性（和谐）侵犯与否，施暴与否，有无性（和谐）爱关系，以及种种内容。是的，每一位都代表着不同的信息，所以对这串码左移一位的操作完全让一切都改变了。”
“没错，我尝试过对美乐蒂的码流移位了。额，恐怕‘打屁股大师’当时试着设定这样一次惩罚。惩罚对象是十二岁的男孩，犯罪内容是多次谋杀幼儿，额，还有发生性行为。”
听到这句话，整个审判室的人都深吸了一口气。在这种年代，没有比杀害一个幼儿更令人发指的罪行了。至于多次行凶….
“但是，托马斯小姐，那是一种不可能发生的情形。犯下这种罪行的犯人如果被返老还童后，不应被允许成长到十二岁；他们全部被判在非常年幼的年龄接受惩罚。同时对于性（和谐）侵的罪犯，他们绝大多数会受到Y染色体压制…”
“是的，尊敬的法官，这是一种‘没有可能’的情形。这也就是为什么它没有接受‘理性检查’。恐——恐怕公司必须因此受到谴责。流程要求的是对每一种比特码的组合都进行‘理性检查’，但是恐怕我们的某些工程师比较懒，跳过了‘明显不可能’的组合方式。是的大人，他们会在周一之前被辞退，我也已经因为此事提交了我个人的辞呈。我非常惭愧，我应当仔细内省一番。哦，还有！对于这样的十二岁男孩，最终的处罚结果是八十下木桨拍打和四十下初中级别的藤条抽打。这惩罚已经非常重了，但对于这样的罪行和年龄来说看上去还算合理。但是，恐怕击打的数量其后也被乘以了二。同时，工具码也被翻倍了，它超出了最高的工具码值。系统可能自动地将结果限制在了可能的最高值上，也就是说，一块大黄蜂木桨和一根刑事级别的处罚藤条。最后，计算出的击打速度估计也翻了一番。”
“没错，先生，另外，‘打屁股大师3000’确实检查了心率和血压，来确保它们在安全限制内。当然，一个十二岁男孩在受罚过程中，能承受相当高强度的疼痛，一个相对高的心率和血压。但是，那些数据也经过了计算并储存到了数据区。是的，显然他们也被翻倍了。哦，谢谢您让我发言。如果能有些微帮助，我——我会感到非常高兴。”
年轻的程序员退了下去。
美乐蒂意识到简妮已经被宣布有罪了。法庭只是在确保她知晓她犯下的是多么严重的滔天大罪。简妮在犯下罪行的时候是一个还童罪犯。这就代表简妮会遭受…
琼斯法官按下了她的工作台上的一个按钮，工作台缓缓沉入了地面。她坐在一张看起来有些奇怪的没有扶手的椅子上，手里拿着一块小小的木桨。“简妮，证据确凿。你是有罪的。我现在宣判，你将受到三个附加周期的惩罚，三个‘严厉’的周期！另外，我宣布你将受到一次‘当庭木桨’！！！到我这儿来。”
简妮尖叫道“不！你不能！！你本能！”她上蹿下跳，嚎叫着哭了。
“简妮史麦斯，你是一个还童罪犯。一个犯下罪行，一个暴力且报复心很强的，残忍地利用职务之便来伤害其他人的罪犯。并且，你犯下的罪行证明就连还原成儿童这种制裁，都不足以保护他人不受你的侵害。”
“你这个恶毒的小女孩。我们的社会对于在还童期间继续犯罪的罪犯只有一种制裁。那就是‘当庭木桨’的处罚，它仅在还童罪犯在还童期间犯下了罪行时，才可以被使用。而你对此一清二楚！所以你才试着辩护说你在定罪之前就更改了程序。而家庭记录器的内容显示你试着去掩盖你更改程序的事实。如果‘打屁股大师’的内核没有被完好无损地修复了的话，你可能就逃脱了这次惩罚。并且，当一个还童罪犯被定罪后发现的，但是在被捕之前犯下的罪行，通常会导致判决内容的增加，增加的内容与所发现的新罪行有关。”
“但这与现在的情况不能混为一谈。在加勒特夫人发现的核心中恢复出的溯源码已经证明了你在犯下罪行时是个还童罪犯。你这么做纯粹是为了报复一个孩子，而她仅仅是说出了她应该说出的真相。这…这种凶恶的行为，是在故意折磨一个佐证你自己罪恶的无辜的孩子。”
琼斯法官看着突然很惊惶的简妮。“现在你知道你小小的‘恶作剧’是如何导致可怜的美乐蒂遭受磨难的了吧。根据法律，‘当庭木桨’被用来惩罚‘任何已被判还童后还犯下严重罪行的人。’这说的就是你。法警，把那个淘气的小女孩带到这儿来，并且把她按在我的膝上。”
美乐蒂打了个哆嗦。“当庭木桨”就是这个法庭对于还童罪犯来说那么可怕的缘由。毕竟，如果一个小男孩或是小女孩已经在忍耐还童罪犯的生活，还真的犯了罪，那么就需要采用一些极端手段了。一种最终的威慑。在琼斯法官手里的那块小小的木桨其实非常特殊。它不是很长或很宽，但是它有一厘米厚，并且坚硬无比，表面还钻了着许多非常特殊的洞。
它被设计来达到一种目的。那就是在一个顽劣的小孩的光屁股上越快越好地制造出滚烫的、疼到极点的水泡。同时避免对屁股下方的深层肌肉造成不必要的损伤。对于美乐蒂的父母来说哦，使用它来让她的屁股遍布水泡是违法的。父母亲只有在还童罪犯年龄达到八岁以上，并且非常淘气或不服管教时才能让水泡爬上他们的光屁股。在八岁以下的还童罪犯仅仅会在她的“特殊惩罚日”才会感受水泡的威力，那些水泡也总是会被纳米洗液迅速地治好。
但那块木桨是专为四岁儿童设计的。木桨的大小正好适合对四岁孩子的臀瓣造成毁灭性的打击，甚至也大得足够“跨过交界处”。它被设计成为最恐怖的工具，制造出四岁孩子能感受到的最大的痛楚。事实上，如果一个四岁或者更大的孩子被判“当庭木桨”，他们会首先被“行政还童”到四岁。当然，这一次不算在他们的还童周期内。这会简单地把他们打回还童的起点，甚至在他们当前周期的起点之前。
过又一轮的童年，只不过在更严厉的处罚之下。
这已经够糟糕的了。但是真正的处罚会来自那块小小的木桨。痛觉学专家发现，四岁是孩子的屁股能按计划消去水泡的最小的年龄了。在四岁孩子极度柔软的屁股上的水泡，会带来完完全全的、难以忍受的痛苦，但同时不会造成永久性的损伤。所以四岁时接受“当庭木桨”，或者说“当庭水泡惩罚”，的黄金年龄。
美乐蒂知道在法官的休息室某处有一块略小的木桨，是为三岁孩子准备的，还有一块略大的“大黄蜂”木桨是为五岁…还有六岁的孩子准备的。她再次打了个哆嗦。
但现在是简妮挣扎着被法警拎到了法官面前，按到了她的膝上。简妮的幼用手铐的连接部分被牢牢扣进了法官椅子下方的一个固定处。她的膝盖周围被一条宽宽的带子扎了起来，它们被捆得非常紧，只能老老实实地向下垂着。简妮完全没有了抵抗能力。法官紧接着迅速掀起了她的白色长裙。简妮没有穿任何的衬裙；她的父母知道将要发生什么。她的内裤被轻轻地褪到了膝盖处，留下了她毫无防备的光屁股。
法官大人开始用她纤巧的手狠狠地打简妮的屁股。旁听的人们开始交头接耳；很显然在“当庭木桨”前附加一顿巴掌是非常罕见的。在十几下巴掌后，法官的手停了下来，对简妮说：“这几下是因为你的所作所为让帕克先生这段时间非常难受。过一会儿，你应得的‘当庭木桨’就会正式开始。但在你受到这理所应当的惩罚之前，我们还要先听取两位证人的证词。弗兰克斯先生，请上前陈词。”
弗兰克斯先生就是那位先前治好美乐蒂的内科急救专家。
他的证词有点儿吓到了美乐蒂，但是小美的母亲握住了她的手，在她的背上摩挲着安抚她。“妈咪，我当时真的有颅内出血吗？”
“是的，亲爱的，恐怕你真的有过。并且你的心跳也曾经停了一小会儿。亲爱的，你欠加勒特夫人和弗兰克斯先生许多人情。想想如果她没有及时发现你，抑或他没有发现你颅内那根破裂的血管是导致心脏停跳的罪魁祸首的话，会发生什么。事实上，当弗兰克斯先生拿起神经连接器解决了问题之前，医生们正在考虑使用紧急还童设备挽救你的生命。你差一点儿就回到三岁了，亲爱的。”
一想到还要度过额外的三年还童期，美乐蒂就打了个冷颤。或者她这三年会被算作医疗还童者？那也不算太糟啦…
“所以你差点不得不给美乐蒂紧急还童。好的，我很肯定美乐蒂很高兴你没那么做。毕竟她应该发现六岁小孩的生活已经够糟了。如果医生这么做了，美乐蒂，你将会成为一个医疗还童者。你今后的三年不会受到像现在一样严重的惩罚，但是也不可能一顿打都不挨吧。你又会成为普通的年幼还童罪犯中的一员。小姑娘，为和它擦肩而过感到庆幸吧。”
“加勒特夫人，我听说内科急救专家职业组织和教师联席会议正计划，调查你在整件事件中的处理方式。我觉得大可不必。我看过了你的记录，女士。我只能说，你做了我希望你做的所有工作。”
哈？这赞美也太诡异了吧，美乐蒂想。但是加勒特夫人却以她自己严肃的方式露着喜色。这一定是我们的铁手女士最希望得到的东西。（副校长的严厉早已名声在外，尤其是在小还童罪犯的心里。并且她的巴掌在开玩笑时被称作“不可思议的”。美乐蒂希望她永远也不要挨到那巴掌，但是事实证明她最后还是尝到了它的滋味。）
法官令弗兰克斯先生退下了，然后对简妮说，“恐怕还会更糟。史密斯医生，请您上前一步陈词。”
在这时，奇怪的事发生了。美乐蒂本来挨着母亲坐着，但母亲将她抱了起来，放在了自己的膝上，然后用双臂拥着美乐蒂，将她的头贴在了自己温暖的胸前。
史密斯医生，请告诉我们美乐蒂的伤情。当她被送抵医院的时候你发现的情况。
“好的。嗯，除了前面提到过的伤势，我们对她的大脑皮层做了一次显微扫描。我们发现伤情已经敲响了警钟。在她的循环系统中存在着超过三十处的微小创口，有些是在灾难性的位置。她接受了数个小时的手术，并且通过摄入药物来增强整个血管系统。”
什么！！美乐蒂的身体在母亲的怀里无助地瑟缩着，这时的母亲将她抱得更紧了。“是真的，小美。”母亲耳语道。“想到这个，连我也不禁要尖叫…”
“史密斯医生，你说美乐蒂可能遭遇…数个更多的脑部问题。”
“她还受到了剧烈并且多次的颅骨振荡，如果您指的是这个的话。如果那个天杀，我指的是，那天晓得怎么回事的机器再打两三下藤鞭，如果加勒特夫人晚一点儿将美乐蒂救出，如果内科急救专家晚一会儿抵达….好吧，如果幸运女神眷顾的话，紧急还童可能还能挽救她的生命。可能。但受到了那么严重的脑部损伤以后，这几乎是不可能的。有时候二次还童还会带来后遗症，因为神经突触可能互联。有很大的几率这个可怜的女孩再也无法醒来。事实上，她与死神擦肩而过真的是老天保佑。”
“这是由于很多人出色地完成了他们的任务。”琼斯法官回答道。“谢谢你，医生。”
“正如你所见的，小女孩，你差一点点儿就会因为…谋杀而趴在我的膝上了。”人群的喘息再次凝重起来。美乐蒂又一次打了个寒颤，被母亲摁回了怀里。
“法警，请为我取来一支‘燎臀者三号’用来处罚这个小罪犯。”
人群中传来一片嘘声。
美乐蒂惊呆了。
简妮更是惊声尖叫起来。
燎臀者。它是针对有罪的还童犯的超级惩罚武器。它们仅用以辅助“当庭水泡惩罚”的实施。因此它们很少被采用，只有当涉及到严重暴力的犯罪，比如袭击，谋杀时。或者是，谋杀未遂，就像现在。
美乐蒂一想到那骇人的药就脸色发白。“燎臀者”一号已经足够糟糕了。它是一种脑内啡抑制剂。
通常，在打屁股的过程中，你的身体会试着适应疼痛。就算那惩罚让你的屁股上火烧火燎，你感受到的每下独立打击带来的疼痛也会递减，变得更容易承受。
但这种机制面对“燎臀者一号”就无效了。在这种药物的作用下，每下拍打都和第一下一样带来新鲜、热辣、恐怖的疼痛。不会遭受抵抗。不会有任何忍耐力。每下拍打都和其他一样令人感觉糟糕。并且，你仍然逃脱不了疼痛的累积效应。但与这么可恶的“燎臀者一号”相比…
“燎臀者二号”就更恶毒了。它是一种高效的痛觉增强剂。它会刺激神经，使得每一下屁股上的拍打变得更痛。美乐蒂读过相应的文献（这是在她自己的判决执行时被要求的），其中提到“燎臀者二号”能提升每下击打四至五倍的威力。这会让一次哪怕最普通的打屁股，化身为一次饱含难以忍受的痛苦的可怕经历。当然，它也只在“当庭木桨”时被使用。这种药剂会轻易制造出一个小小的、密布水泡的屁股。每一次使用它，都会。
至于“燎臀者三号”…“燎臀者三号”很简单，它是“燎臀者一号”。
和“燎臀者二号”。
带给使用者持久的地狱般疼痛。
法警很快将一支注射器递给法官并退下。“简妮，我会给你注射一针一星期标准的剂量。然后你的‘当庭木桨’就会开始。”
美乐蒂再次抽搐了一下。如果“当庭木桨”造成的水泡不能持续一段时间的话，那它应有的威慑力可就会大打折扣。所以通常在挨了这顿木桨以后，一周之内是不允许使用纳米治疗手段的。事实上，就像你在学校被打屁股一样，在法官的膝上挨了一顿“当庭木桨”之后，你的父母铁定会给你额外的惩罚。传统上，这顿惩罚会包括分别来自父亲和母亲的一顿严厉的巴掌。而且这会持续整个星期的“每一天”，知道那个孩子可怜的、长满水泡的屁股能够接受治疗。
每一顿巴掌都会照顾到屁股上的水泡。将它们打破，再制造出新的，然后任由它们慢慢肿胀。这一定会带来不可思议的剧痛。
但简妮要面对的可是一星期剂量的“燎臀者三号”。它在她整周的惩罚时间里会一直奏效。这针对她长着水泡的屁股要挨的，来自她父母的一切巴掌。简妮一定会变成一个只知道恳求仁慈和饶恕的小女孩。
并且，在一周之内不会有纳米治疗。在被藤条抽打之前，美乐蒂也曾经被打得屁股上长满水泡。但她现在已经几乎忘掉那种感觉了。简妮可是要好好熬过一整个星期啊。这是她犯下罪行的恶果。
（美乐蒂并不知道，其实医院坚持使用猎户座传感器来“模糊”她对于这场折磨的记忆。虽然司法部和修正厅都反对这么做，她的外科医生依然坚持，因为这段记忆可能带给她严重的长期心理伤害。）
尽管简妮偷了一些纳米药水，现在它们也无济于事了。纳米机器人的程序在检测到“燎臀者”时会强制关闭。没有任何希望可以逃脱了。简妮马上就要“摊上大事”；她的小屁股已经是一块将要被烘烤的小圆面包了。但和简妮自己的惊惧相反，美乐蒂倒是挺开心的，因为她有好戏可以看。
琼斯法官依次在简妮光屁股的两个臀瓣上注射了药剂。她先拿起针筒，缓缓刺进了简妮的左臀瓣，让她体会到了针头在肌肉里肆虐的疼痛感。紧接着，随着法官大人的的拇指无情地慢慢推进着活塞，灼热的液体呼啸着灌进了简妮可怜的光屁股的每一个细胞。一种刻骨铭心的灼热感从她左臀瓣的最深处涌了上来，简妮瞬间失声痛哭。“不呜呜！！这太疼了啊嗷嗷嗷嗷嗷！！”但这还没有完。琼斯法官怎么会轻易放过她呢。与左臀瓣鲜亮的红色不同，右边的那半个屁股还是雪白粉嫩的，但这显然不会持续太久了。这一次法官大人改变了手法，将针头对准了简妮赤裸的右臀瓣与大腿的交界处，狠狠地扎了下去。接着她飞速地完成了液体的注入，针头被迅速地抽了出来。美乐蒂仿佛听到了那接连的“噗噗”两声（当然还有“嗷嗷嗷嗷啊啊，不，不！！！！”）。注射留下了一个小孔，一丝血液渗了出来——但也只有这一丝了。“燎臀者三号”使简妮
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的右臀瓣在眨眼间肿大起来，变成了明亮的绯红色，这阻碍了血液的进一步流失。而简妮的光屁股，现在正像一个饱满多汁的桃子一般，变成了一件完美对称的艺术品。琼斯法官用木桨爱怜般地在它上面摩挲着，仿佛一个和蔼的收藏家。但只有简妮知道，她的光屁股现在是有多么的弱不禁风…就连最轻微的抚摸都让她感觉有一块带刺的木板正狠狠地摩擦着…这种折磨很快结束了，因为…最后，法官大人终于举起了握在右手的木桨，重重地击打在简妮可怜的光屁股的左臀瓣上…
<啪！>
难以置信的疼痛在她的屁股上蔓延开来。那一刻，简妮就被这磅礴的痛楚惊呆了。然后她不顾一切地尖叫起来，同时头也因为屁股的疼痛向后扬起。“不不不不呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜不不不不不！！哇嗷嗷嗷嗷嗷嗷啊啊啊嗷嗷嗷！”
第二下，木桨和她的右臀瓣最高处亲密地接触了。又一声高亢的嚎叫响彻整个审判室。琼斯法官任还童罪法法庭法官已经很久了。她是一个经验丰富的打屁股专家。对如何在先前的击打使目标最难忍受的时候，再挥出下一记重罚，她了如指掌。在第三下击打后，简妮已经哭得像一个婴儿了。她的手腕无助地在手铐间挣扎。她的双腿试图让自己逃离法官的双膝，但是环绕她膝盖的束缚带将她捆得紧紧的。除了在每一下重重的击打挥舞下来，带来新鲜的水泡的时候，她能够无助地蹬腿和微微扭动身躯之外，她没有任何其他机会。
在挨了十下以后，简妮只能发出一声又一声更加响亮，更加凄惨的哭号。只有在感受到刺骨的疼痛时被迫深呼吸时，她的哭喊声才会短暂地停歇。眼泪像溪流一般从她红肿的双眼中汩汩流下，滑过她的小脸蛋。鼻涕不受控制地流了出来，随着一下又一下令人刺痛的木桨让她可怜的光屁股持续燃烧，它们淌到了下巴并不断滴落下来。简妮还在挣扎着，蠕动着，努力试着逃离法官大人的双膝。但是严厉的法官牢牢地按住了她，继续将木桨挥舞到简妮像草莓一样红的屁股上。
当简妮的光屁股挨了二十下重重的拍打后，她不再挣扎了。她的忍耐力已经完全被击溃了。无助的小女孩趴在法官大人粗糙的长袍上，边喘息边尽可能的哭叫着，身体上下起伏。屁股上每挨一下，她的抽泣都会受到影响。简妮所作的就是能哭多响就哭多响，她已经完全沦为一个屁股遭殃、淘气无比的小女孩了。木桨对她樱桃红色的可怜屁股的摧残并没有停止。只有当法官认为法律要求的效果，也就是密密麻麻的一层白色水泡，已经被达到的时候，这顿打才有可能结束。
三十下重击让简妮的屁股表面开始长出了水泡。她的皮肤染上了一层怪异的白色。那些精心设计的洞发挥了它们的作用，灼痛的水泡开始在简妮的两个臀峰上冒了出来。
但是法官仍不满足。她继续肆虐着简妮的屁股，直到水泡一路从臀峰蔓延到了她用来坐下的部位，覆盖了整片区域。
<啪！>这是第四十下了，简妮感觉她再也受不了了，万幸的是，她终于逃脱了这无尽的苦…
<啪！！！>…海！！！“啊啊啊啊啊啊啊嗷嗷嗷嗷嗷！！！！！！”这一下木桨跨过了两片臀瓣，让无数水泡变得透明欲裂。突如其来的剧痛让简妮的思维瞬间停止了运转，她的大脑再也控制不住身体了，伴随着凄惨的哭号声，简妮的身体突然僵硬了一下，然后软绵绵地伏了下去。随即，琼斯法官感受到一股温热的液体溅了出来，浸润了自己大腿上的长袍。这个作恶多端的小女孩的神经终于被击溃了，她因为一次又一次的剧痛带来的冲击而失禁了。
但法官有权利认为惩罚还得继续。<啪！！>“这是！”<啪！！>“不乖的！”<啪！！>“小女孩！”<啪！！>“应得的！”<啪！！>“惩罚！”<啪！！>
“上帝啊啊啊啊啊啊！！我喔喔嗷嗷的屁股啊啊啊嗷嗷呜呜呜！！饶嗷嗷嗷嗷了我嗷嗷嗷啊啊啊啊啊啊！”
<啪！！！！>（“天啊啊啊啊啊！！！”）“还有这最后一下，因为你弄脏了尊贵法官的长袍！！”
直到这时，法官停止了对简妮的惩罚。“法警，请记录下编号为253322945的还童罪犯，简妮史麦斯-詹姆斯普拉茨伯格，在挨了四十八下响亮的拍打后，完成了她的‘当庭木桨’。在‘燎臀者三号’的作用下，她的屁股长满了水泡。史麦斯夫妇，在她犯下这桩罪行后，你们知道你们的义务是什么吗？很好，没错，你们在这周要负责执行的是，每人每天各一次的严厉的打屁股惩罚。我还将使用法官的自由处置权，申请这周某天的惩罚使用标准的‘母亲小帮手’木桨，以代替你们的巴掌。这个小顽童长满水泡的屁股也不应该少挨任何一下！！简妮，你会记住更糟的事情的。我下个月会在同样的地方再赏你一次‘当庭木桨’的！！”
美乐蒂又一次瑟缩了。法官有权利针对严重罪行或者累犯要求多次的“当庭木桨”，尽管为了给还童罪犯生理和心理上的恢复时间，在三十天的周期内不能再次执行。
“法警，请将这个孩子带到角落里。”法警上前解开了简妮的束缚，将她带到了角落里，同时把她的幼用手铐固定在她头顶的一个支架上，迫使她面贴墙艰难地踮脚站着。然后他掀起了她的裙子，向整个审判室围观的人们展示她长满水泡的屁股。
“美乐蒂约翰逊，请到我这里来。”
哦，不不！美乐蒂不知道她做了什么，但是她只能打着哆嗦离开了妈咪的膝上，向法官走去。工作人员让她通过了门，然后她径直地走向琼斯法官。但小美因为法官大人膝上骇人的、代表公正的惩罚工具而感到害怕，她的眼里噙满了泪水。
“怎么了？美乐蒂，为什么…哦。对不起，亲爱的！法警，请把这个拿走！”她将可怕的木桨递给法警，然后拍了拍她的膝盖，“孩子，过来吧！”
好吧，一顿巴掌起码比挨那块木桨好太多了！！美乐蒂解脱般地喘了一口气，走到了法官大人的右手边，曲着身子趴了上去。
但小美被她的右手阻止了。“哦，美乐蒂！！”法官大人突然将左手穿过美乐蒂的腿弯，右手越过她的胳膊，然后将美乐蒂一把抱了起来，放在了自己的膝上。
面朝上。“膝上不仅意味着打屁股，小美。”人群爆发出一阵笑声。美乐蒂的小脸因为尴尬变得通红，她的假想真是太愚蠢了。但是，她是一个还童罪犯啊，并且那是一个法官，没有哪个心智健全的小孩完全不会害怕吧。
“美乐蒂，我只想让你知道，我对简妮的惩罚是很有必要的。让一个罪犯返老还童几乎是我们的社会最严厉的惩罚了。当这都没有作用的时候，当有人连被变成孩子控制起来，屁股挨打，都不足以让周围的人免受他的威胁的时候，好吧，必须要有一种可怕的惩罚让他难以蔑视。你认为简妮能够无视她屁股上灼痛的火焰么，美乐蒂？”
“不——不能。我不认为简妮敢再次作案了。至少在我仅仅看了她受到的惩罚之后，我就不敢了。这惩罚太恐怖了，大人。你怎么忍心的呢？我的意思是，她还是这么年幼，并且…”
“嘘。美乐蒂，她现在看上去可能很幼小，但是她还是很危险。你比她现在大多了，但是她能够两次相当严重地伤害到你。你难道对他一点都不感到生气吗？？如果我告诉你，你可以在她已经长满水泡的屁股上再打几下，你难道不想这样做吗？？（‘（抽泣声）不呜呜呜！哇啊啊啊嗷嗷！’）她差点杀了你！”
美乐蒂看向了简妮长满水泡的屁股。“我——我知道，大人。我事实上很想。并且在我看她被打屁股的时候我很开心。我曾经被允许过打了她的屁股几下，那感觉真是相当的好。但是我认为我现在不忍心伤害她了。也许以后吧。但不是现在。没有人应该受到这样的伤害了。”
“哦，美乐蒂。为什么像你这么善良的人会成为还童犯呢。不，不，我知道原因。但是美乐蒂，简妮理应受到每一下我给她的惩罚。你不用怀疑这个。并且如果你被要求帮助惩罚她的话，你尽可以按照被要求的那样去惩罚她。因为，如果我们不能帮助简妮成为一个更好的人，如果她成长过程中没有改变一点儿的话，那么，美乐蒂，你希望为下一个她伤害的人，也许是其他孩子，也许甚至是婴幼儿，负责吗？？”
美乐蒂一想到那种情况小脸就变得惨白惨白的。“不…不！！永远别发生那样的事！！但是…”
“我知道。小美，这件事确实挺难想通的。但是你要记住，大多数人煤油简妮那么坏。他们都关心他人，包括你看起来严厉的父母亲。虽然他们经常动不动打你的屁股，但是这是你自找的，也是你应得的。由于你服刑时乖乖地接受了惩罚，你的罪行会被抹去，你也将会重新成为社会中普通的一份子。”当你的还童期结束后，你会长大成人，过上全新的生活。‘犯罪记录’被清零后，你能够洗心革面，做一个诚实的人。事实上，一部分人就这么做了。我们相信，只要你为你的罪行在还童期内付出了代价，那么你就将像其他正常孩子一样，有权利在长大后开始一段新的生活。”
“还有一件事，美乐蒂。有关流散日和‘打屁股大师’。”
美乐蒂自己瞬间被这两个词吓呆了。她的全身像水泥一样僵硬起来，肌肉不自然地抽搐着，像被打屁股的时候一样。出于恐惧，她瑟瑟发抖起来。
（叹气）“我们对此很抱歉。美乐蒂，见你已经得到了惩罚。但是没有应该经受你阴差阳错挨的惩罚。我们的系统是为严厉但安全地惩罚重罪犯人而设计的。在你身上发生的事本是还童程序极力避免的；一个坏蛋在被系统控制后会非常无助，无法对另一个人实施持续的报复行为。但我还是有些担忧，心理专家也一致同意，不再强迫你明年进入打…机器接受惩罚了。如果还强迫你进入那台机器可能会造成伤害。你可能需要就发生事件的具体内容做一些心理治疗。”
美乐蒂在法官的膝上打了个冷颤。她将会要接受什么？
“美乐蒂，我现在正式宣布从你的‘特殊惩罚’列表中删除流散日。你从现在开始只需要在圣诞节、复活节、独立日和你的生日接受‘特殊惩罚’了。”
美乐蒂惊得下巴都掉了下来。“特殊”惩罚以前从未被这样免除过！
“现在问题是，你下个流散日要做些什么呢（畏缩）。你当然不能参加任何的实地考察；它们只对非还童罪犯开放。我只能把你送去和轻度罪犯一起呆在学习厅了，但是你还是会在操场上看见所有的‘打屁股大师’，心理治疗师甚至坚持认为那也是非常不利的。但让你呆在家里让我觉得像是给你放了一天额外的假期。我有主意了！美乐蒂，在今后的几年你在流散日会在床上度过一整天。无论什么借口和例外，房间的灯都会被关上，你那一天必须安安静静地睡觉。你对这个决定有什么看法么？”
“啊，大人，没有例外么？如果是，你懂的（轻声）..上厕所呢？”
“好吧，小女孩，既然你不被允许起床上厕所，你的母亲只能给你穿上尿不湿来阻止任何突发情况了，是吧？”
美乐蒂的脸再一次因为法官对她命运（响亮的）判决而变得像砖头一样红。
“现在，还有最后一件事。既然你不再是一名证人了，恐怕你会发现你的药会变得尝起来有些恶心。还有，当你的父母送你回家以后，你可能会被狠狠地打屁股。你最近是一个相当乖的女孩，美乐蒂，但别忘了你仍然是个还童罪犯。我不得不遗憾地宣布是时候回到你本来生活的轨迹上了。”
说完后，法官让美乐蒂弯下腰，打了她的小屁股一下，然后让她回到了人群中。“全体起立！”法警喊道。与此同时，法官的工作台恢复到了原来的位置。庭审结束了，简妮的父母从审判庭的角落带走了小女孩。
当美乐蒂回到父母身边是，她的母亲正从她的钱包中拿出药来。美乐蒂瞥了一眼钟，、；两点了，该吃药了。然后她注意到那是一个新的瓶子，想起了法官的嘱咐。长长地叹了一口气后，她张开了嘴巴，任由母亲将粘稠的糖浆用药匙灌进了自己的嘴巴。
哟呃！它尝起来真是糟透了。令人作呕的、尝起来又苦又酸的液体（不能称为糖浆！！）涌了进来，还是熟悉的还童罪犯专属配方。
但是美乐蒂艰难地颤抖着吞下了那粘稠的东西，虽然那玩意儿恶心的味道充斥了她的整个口腔。但她更确定自己一定不会想在这儿被狠狠地打一次屁股！
不幸的是，法官大人的后半句预言一语成谶。这比美乐蒂脑袋里想象的可要快得多…当母亲在气垫车的后座上将她一把抓过去，然后摁在大腿上的时候，她的父亲还在专心致志地开车送她们回家呢。她得到了一顿响亮的打屁股！当然，它和以前一样，令小美疼痛不已，嚎啕大哭，同时无助地扭摆和蠕动着。美乐蒂再一次感受到了因为顽皮被惩罚是有多么的糟糕。
但是就今天发生的事来看，某种意义上这也不算太糟了吧。
This is the continuation of the story begun inDiaspora…
This is the second posting attempt, as I have not seen ityet.
Background: This story is set in the 28th century.Rejuvenation is common, and is used not only to extend life but as a punishmentfor criminal behavior. Melody is a fifty year old woman who was convicted ofembezzlement last October. She was sentenced to three cycles from 6 to 12 yearsold. Like all convicted criminals, she is spending her first cycle(s) in thecustody of spanko parents, who are authorized, even encouraged to spank heras often as possible, AS WELL AS often as she deserves…
—Lurking Dragon
The Trial
Oct. 1-3, 2748
Part 31 of Melodys Stories
Melody was not released from the hospital until theevening of the next day. And that wasnt much of a change, as her Mommy tookher straight home, changed her into a white Baby-doll nightie and put herstraight to bed. At first Melody thought shed been sent to bed without hersupper, but her Mommy showed up shortly afterwards with a tray. She actuallyfed Melody bite by bite, keeping Mel as tucked in as she could. Then it wastime for Melodys medicine. Her Mommy told her shed have to take it four timesa day for a while.
It tasted GOOD. "Thats right, Mel. They…didnthave this available in a Penitatas formulation." Then she turned thelights down and told Melody to go to sleep.
Friday was more of the same. Melody was kept tucked rightinto her bed ALL DAY. And Mommy ran the delta inducer for most of the time,too, which kept Melody quietly asleep. It was incredibly dull.
But Saturday her Mommy awoke Melody early, and startedlaying out clothes for her. Not just any clothes, but her nicest white-on-whiteprint dress she usually wore only to church. But she was dressed in it today,along with a slip and white cotton panties.
"Where are we going, Mommy."
"To Penitatas Court, dear." Her Mommy looked atMelody closely, seeing the total, absolute panic in her eyes.
Penitatas court is where Penitatas are tried for crimes.Not the ones they are serving sentences for. New ones.
"You arent a defendant, Melody!! Youre a witness.Dont worry."
Well, shed worry anyway, witness or not!! Penitatascourt was the one place NO bad penny wanted to be anywhere near. But…"Who IS the defendant, Mommy??"
"Janie. Yes, Janie. Im afraid there is evidencethat your SpankMaster was sabotaged, Melody. No, I cant answer any morequestions. They do not want your testimony prompted or tainted in any way. Now,you be quiet until you are asked to speak. Oh, and Id better get yourmedicine; well be there all day."
Melody was dosed and bundled (quietly) into the familycar, and the trip to the regional Corrections center was underway.
* * *
At the center, Melody and her family were taken in to thecourt of Judge Marilyn Jones. There in the courtroom, they saw little Janiesitting with her lawyer and parents. The four-year-old was wearing a whitesailor dress.
She was also wearing KidKuffs. These childrens handcuffsconsisted of five centimeter-wide carbon fiber bracelets, thoroughly padded, ofcourse, connected by a 12 cm. length of light chain which was run through a10cm metal tube. Her hands were cuffed in front of her. Janies face wastear-streaked, and she clearly had been crying.
Once Judge Jones had called court to order, Melody had toleave until it was time to testify. As she was the only child testifying, shehad the kids room to herself, and could play quietly with the toys as theyoung female bailiff watched. But she was called to testify quite early; shewas the first witness.
On the stand Melody was asked about her earlier run-inswith Janie. And she was asked to describe what had happened in the SpankMaster.That was hard, and Melody became rather upset as she tried to describe thehorrible events. But it was finally over, and Melody could join her parents inthe audience.
Mrs. Garrett testified, not just about finding Melody,but about pulling the computer core. And the SpankMaster technicians testifiedas to the virus program theyd found. The one tied to prisoner number253322455. Designed to change the program for one particular person.
Melody.
Because of his earlier attack on Melody, the Christmascaning incident, James Platsburk / Janie Smythe was the natural suspect, andhad been brought in for questioning. She had tried to refuse to cooperate withthe police, as was her right.
And at first, there was some doubt as to her guilt. Butnot for long. When Melodys dad had reported James for his earlier attemptedrape, and his alteration of Melodys Christmas caning was discovered, he hadbeen immediately suspended from his duties, and his access to the Correctionscomputer system shut off. But he had been furious, and determined to teachMelody a lesson shed never forget, to get back at
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her for ruining his life,and his… special entertainments.
And hed created a back door to the system years ago. Andafter Janies first humiliating spanking at Melodys hands last spring, shedsnuck into her parents room and used their system to access the back door.Shed tried to cover up her tracks, but had missed a hidden logging function onthe Smythes system — a standard precaution when a rejuve has extensivecomputer skills. Actually, shed found the standard logger, which as acorrections official James Platsburk had known all about. What she didntknow was that a second logging system had been attatched by the comlinkcompany, at Corrections request. Because she knew about the standardlogger. She successfully managed to obscure exactly what shed done byusing some of the public randers maintained by the cypherpunk community, butnothing she did could prevent the hidden logger from showing that the homesystem was in use — at a time when both her parents knew theyd beenasleep.
At first, even when shed finally admitted to tamperingwith the SpankMaster, Janie tried to claim that hed done it at the same timehed arranged the Christmas canings, and her use of her parents computer hadbeen an attempt to destroy the virus. But none of the other women hedtried to abuse had been affected. And both the logger and the SpankMasterstrace codes showed the program had been planted on April 29th of thatyear. All of which added slicing to the list of crimes….
Crimes commited AFTER Jane had been convicted andrejuvenated.
With her guilt certain, the court authorized a verifierscan by a Rigellian telepath to determine the truth. And asked Janies parentsto encourage their daughters cooperation. Unfortunately for Janie, a childdoes NOT have the right to refuse to answer her parents. Janie quickly learnedthat the combination of a verifier scan and the back of a hairbrush wasirresistible.
The truth was soon out.
Finally Janie had tearfully confessed to the truth, herbare bottom spanked to a crimson red ball of pain by her Mommy and Daddysrepeated application of the hairbrush-back to her poor fanny.
But Janie maintained that shed NEVER wanted Melody to betortured the way she had been. She claimed that the virus should have justdoubled each of her punishments. And the Rigellian verified that this was thetruth. So Janie was claiming that, since the program hadnt worked right, obviouslyit wasnt HER fault…
Then the Senior Programmer for the SpankMaster line wascalled to testify. Surprisingly, she supported Janies claim… sort of.
"Yes, your honor, thanks to Mrs. Garretts quickactions, we were able to recover a good bit of the program. We believe it wasall a set up; once Melody was assigned to that machine the virus was downloadedinto it alone; none of the other machines was affected. Yes, it WAS destroyingitself even as she pulled the plug; we might have never known just whathappened, especially if it had worked as it was supposed to. Yes, Janieactually wasnt lying about that. The actual program is so well protected shecouldnt get in to alter it, but the processors microcode was another matter.His back-door access was adequate for that; nobody thought to protect theprocessor microcode, since any change to it would basically make the computernot function. She reprogrammed the processor to shift all values left one whenstoring them back into the data area. She figured that would double all thepunishment values as they were computed, which it did. But it also doubled allthe parameters used to DETERMINE that punishment as they were downloaded intothe system. Yes, like Melodys age; that was a big clue. But the worst thingwas that the bit-mapped code for her offense type was also shifted."
"That code has bits representing, oh, felony or not,sex of offender, violent or not, whether there was a sexual component, thatsort of thing. Yes, each bit means something different, so shifting the codetotally changed everything."
"Yes, I did try shifting Melodys code. Ah, Imafraid the SpankMaster was trying to set up a punishment for a 12 year old boy,who had been convicted of multiple counts of murder. Of Kindern. Ah, sexually."
The entire courtroom gasped at this. In this centurythere is NO worse crime than killing a Kindern. Multiple murderers….
"But, Ms. Thomas, that is an impossible situation.No such offender would ever be allowed to get to twelve as a Penitatas; theyALL get sentences in the very lowest possible ages. And as a sexual offender,they would almost certainly have Y repression…"
"Yes, your honor, it WAS an impossible situation.Which is why it was never given a sanity check. I- Im afraid the companywill have to take the blame for that. Procedure called for EVERY combination ofbitcodes to have a sanity check, but Im afraid some of our engineers got lazyand skipped obviously impossible combinations. Yessir, theyll be gone byMonday, and Ive tendered my own resignation over this. I am SO ashamed, Ishould have double-checked myself. Oh, no sir! The final result for the 12 yearold boy was 80 paddle swats and 40 strokes of the senior school cane,ridiculously severe but plausible for such a case. But Im afraid the number ofswats were then doubled. And the implement codes were doubled, right past thehighest implements allowed. Im afraid the system automatically truncated theresult to the highest possible values, a bumblebee paddle and a penalpunishment cane. And Im afraid the computed impact velocity was doubled aswell."
"Yes, sir, the SpankMaster 3000 DOES check the heartrate and blood pressure to make certain they stay within safe limits. Ofcourse, a young man of 12 can endure a pretty high pain level, a pretty highheart rate and B.P. for the duration of his punishment. But, those numbers werealso computed and stored in the data area. Yes, and they were doubled, too. Oh,thank you sir. I- Im glad if I could help."
The young executive stepped down.
Melody realized that Janie was already convicted. Thecourt was just making sure she knew just how bad an offense shed committed.And Janie had committed the crime AS A PENITATAS. And THAT meant Janiewould be subject to…
Judge Jones pressed a button on her bench, and it settledinto the floor. She was seated on an odd-looking armless chair. In her hand wasa small paddle. "Janie, the evidence is overwhelming. You are guilty. Ihereby sentence you to an ADDITIONAL THREE CYCLES, all of them tobe served hard time! In addition, I am sentencing you to a JudicialPaddling!!! Come here."
Janie screamed "Noooo! You Cant!! You CANT!"Janie was jumping up and down, now, howling and crying.
"Janie Smythe, you are a Penitatas. A convictedcriminal, a violent and vengeful person who cruelly used your position ofauthority to violate and harm others. And you have just proven that even thesanction of being made a child again, of Penitatas, is insufficient to protectothers from you.
"You are wicked young lady. Our society hasonly one sanction available for criminals who continue to commit crimes asPenitatas. Judicial Paddling is used only when a Penitatas has committed acrime AS a Penitatas. And you knew that! Thats why you tried to claim that thetampering had been done prior to your conviction, that the family logger codesshowed you trying to undo your tampering. You might have gotten away with thatclaim if the Spankmaster core hadnt been recovered intact, and crimesDISCOVERED after a Penitatas has been convicted, but COMMITTED prior to beingcaptured usually results in an increased sentence, appropriate for thediscovered crime."
"That is NOT the case here. The trace codes in thecore recovered by Mrs. Garrett prove conclusively that you commited this crimeAS A PENITATAS. You did this for pure revenge on a CHILD who had only told thetruth, who had only done what she was SUPPOSED to. This… this heinous act wasa deliberate attempt to torment someone for the crime of testifying aboutyour own crimes.
Judge Jones looked at the suddenly very frightened Janie."Now you know just how your little prank resulted in poor Melody beingtortured. By law, A Judicial Paddling is used to punish Any person serving asentence as Penitatas who is subsequently convicted of a serious crime. Whichyou just were. Bailiff, bring that naughty little girl here and put her over myknees."
Melody shuddered. Judicial Paddling was the reason thiscourt was so dreaded by Penitatas. After all, if a little boy or girl isalready enduring the life of a Penitatas, and actually commits a crime, thensomething extreme was needed. An ultimate deterrent. That little paddle inJudge Jones hand was very special. It wasnt very long, or wide, but it was1cm thick, and very hard, and had a lot of very special holes drilled throughit.
It was designed for one thing. To raise a good crop ofhot sting blisters on a naughty little childs bare bottom as quickly and aspainfully as possible, while avoiding unnecessary damage to the deep,underlying muscle of the bottom. It would be totally illegal for Melodysparents to blister her bottom with such a paddle. A parent could raise blistersonly on a Penitatas who was over eight years old, and then only for serious naughtinessor disobedience. A Penitatas under eight could only be blistered on herSpecial Punishment Days, and those blisters were always promptly treated withnano-lotion.
But THAT paddle was specifically designed for a four yearold. The paddle was exactly the right size to deliver a devastating spank to atiny four year old bottomcheek, yet still large enough to bridge the creaseas well. It was designed to be the most horribly painful thing a four year oldcould possibly feel. In fact, if a child of seven or over got sentenced toJudicial Paddling, the
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y would first be given an Administrative Rejuve to theage of four. This would NOT count as one of their cycles. It would simply putthem back to the beginning, or even before the beginning, of their currentcycle.
To do all over again, but under even STRICTER discipline.
That would be bad enough. But the real punishment wouldcome from that little paddle. Pain experts had determined that a four year oldbottom was simply the youngest for which a blistering should even be remotelycontemplated. A blistering at that age, on a four year olds extremely soft andtender bottom, would be totally agonizing, intolerable, but would do nopermanent damage. So that was the preferred age for a Judicial Paddling. A JudicialBlistering.
Melody knew that somewhere in the Judges chambers werethe slightly smaller, plain paddle for three year olds, as well as the slightlylarger bumblebee paddles for five year olds… and six year olds. Sheshuddered again.
But by now the bailiff had carried the struggling Janieup to the Judge and had positioned her over her Honors lap. The bar of herKidKuffs was snapped into a holder just below the seat of the Judges chair. Awide strap was fastened around her knees, fastening them loosely down. Janiewas totally helpless. The Judge then quickly turned up her white dress. Janiewore no slip; her parents knew what was coming. Her panties were gently tuggeddown to bare her bottom. Tugged right down to her knees.
The Judge began to spank Janie with good, firm swats fromher lean hand. The crowd rustled at this; apparently a preparatory handspankingwas rather unusual. After a dozen spanks, the judge paused and said "Thatwas for making such a fuss and giving Officer Parker a hard time. In a moment,I will begin your Judicial Paddling. But there are two more testimonies we needto take before you receive what you so richly deserve. Mr. Franks, please takethe stand."
Mr. Franks, it turned out, was the EMT who had treatedMelody.
His testimony scared Melody a lot, but her Mommy held herhand and rubbed her back to help her through it. "Mommy, did I reallyhave a cerebral h-hemorrhage??"
"Yes, dear, Im afraid you really did. And yourheart stopped briefly, too. You owe Mrs. Garrett and Mr. Franks a lot, dear. Ifshe hadnt gotten to you so quickly, if he hadnt figured out that a brokenvessel in your head was why your heart had stopped. Well, they were getting outthe Emergency Rejuvenator when he grabbed the Neural Plaser and fixed it. YouALMOST ended up a three year old, dear."
Melody shuddered at the thought of enduring an extrathree years as a Penitatas. Or would she be a Medicalos for three years? Thatwouldnt be so bad…
"So you almost had to give Melody an EmergencyRejuvenation. Well, Im certain Melody is glad you didnt. I suspect she findslife as a six year old bad enough. If he HAD, Melody, you would have been aMedicalos Penitatas. Your next three years wouldnt have been quite as severeas now, but you would hardly go unspanked, either. Like a Juvenala Penitatas,you would have been sort of in between. Be glad you avoided it, younglady."
"Mrs. Garrett, I have heard that the EMTsprofessional organization, and the Teachers Conference plan to recognize theexceptional way you handled the entire matter. I will not. Ive seen yourrecord, Madam, and Ill simply say you performed exactly as I wouldexpect."
Huh? That was a weird complement, thought Melody. ButMrs. Garrett was BEAMING, in her stern way. It must have been just the rightthing for ol iron-hand. (The vice principal was notoriously strict, especiallywith little Penitatas. And her handspankings were rumored to be unbelievable.Melody hoped shed never find out first hand. But figured she eventually would.)
The Judge dismissed Mr. Franks, then said to Janie,"Im afraid it gets even worse. Dr. Smith, would you take the stand."
At this point, something strange happened. Melodys Mommypicked her up from where she was sitting next to her, and put her down on herlap. There she simply held Melody in both arms, pulling her head back againsther warm breast.
"Dr. Smith, please tell us about Melodys injuries.The ones you found after she reached the hospital."
"Yes. Well, in addition to her other injuries, wedid a microscan of her cerebral cortex. What we found was quite alarming. Therewere over thirty microfractures in the circulatory system, some of them inpotentially disastrous locations. She was in surgery for several hours, and isstill receiving medication to strengthen her vascular system."
WHAT!! Melodys body shuddered helplessly as her Mommyhugged her firmly to her bosom. "Its true, Mel." She whispered."When I think about it I want to scream, too…"
"Then Dr. Smith, youre saying Melody was on theedge of… several more cerebral events."
"She was seconds away from a massive, multiplecranial stroke, if thats what you mean. If that dam, I mean DARN machine hadgiven her two or three more lashes of that cane, if Mrs. Garrett had been alittle slower in getting her out of there, if the EMTs had been late…. Well,with luck an Emergency Rejuvenation wouldve saved her life. Maybe. But withthat much cerebral damage, its always iffy. Sometimes a secondary rejuve willcorrect holdover problems with neural synaptic interconnectivity, but at herage that would be impossible. There was a very significant chance the poor girlwould have died. Its actually just a matter of luck that she didnt."
"And a matter of a number of people doing their jobsto perfection." replied Judge Jones quietly. "Thank you doctor."
"So you see, young lady, you came very, very closeto being over my knee right now… for MURDER." There was a gasp from thecrowd. Melody shuddered again, and pressed back against her Mommy.
"Bailiff, please bring me a dose of Firebottom Threefor this little criminal."
The crowd gasped.
Melody squealed.
Janie screamed!!
Firebottom. The ultimate punishment for a convictedPenitatas. ONLY useable as part of a Judicial Blistering. Rarely used then, andonly for a severe violent crime like Assault, or Murder. Or Attempted Murder,like now.
Melody blanched as she thought about the horrible drug.Firebottom One was bad enough. It was an endorphin inhibitor.
Usually, during a spanking, your body would attempt toaccommodate the pain. Even as the spanking built up the burning fire in yourbottom, the pain of each individual swat would lessen, get easier to take.
Not with Firebottom One. Under that drug, each and everyspank would have the fresh, burning, horrible pain of the first swat. Notolerance. No endurance. Every swat would feel just as bad as every other swat,AND youd still have the cumulative effect AS WELL. But as bad as FirebottomOne was…
Firebottom Two was worse. It was a flat-out painenhancer. It stimulated the nerves so that a spanking hurt more. Melody hadread (It was required before her own sentence had been carried out) thatFirebottom Two made each and every spank hurt four to five times as bad as itwould have otherwise. It would make even an ordinary spanking a horribleexperience of unendurable pain. And it was only used for Judicial Paddlings.Which resulted in a little bitty blistered bottom. Every time.
Firebottom Three… Firebottom Three was simplyFirebottom One.
And Two.
Concentrated essence of Hell.
The bailiff handed the Judge a hypospray and steppedback. "Janie, I am giving you a standard one week dose. Then your JudicialPaddling will begin."
Melody winced once again. A Judicial Paddling wouldhardly have its proper deterrent effect if the blisters didnt stay around fora while, so usually no Nano-treatment would be allowed for a week after thepaddling. In fact, like a spanking in school, being called before a judge andsentenced to a Judicial Paddling warranted parental punishment afterwards.Traditionally, this consisted of a good, sound handspanking from each parent,EVERY DAY, for the entire week before the poor childs blistered bottom couldbe cured.
Spankings administered over the childs blisters.Breaking them, renewing them, enhancing them. Painful beyond belief.
But Janie was getting a one week dose of FirebottomThree. It would be in effect for the entire duration of her punishment. For allof her parents handspankings. Over her blistered bottom. Janie was going to beone incredibly sorry little girl.
And no nano-treatment for a week. Melody had beenseverely blistered before her caning had begun, but she barely remembered itnow. Janie would have to endure the results of her crime for a week.
(Melody didnt know it, but the Hospital had insisted oncalling in a Rigellian telepath to blur her memory of her ordeal. While bothJustice and Corrections had objected, her physicians insisted, saying that thememories could have had severe long-term psychological harm).
Even if Janie STOLE some nano-lotion, now it wouldntwork. Nanites were programmed to shut down when they detected Firebottom. Therewould be no hope. Janie was in for it BIG time; her bottom was a bun about tobe toasted. And to her own self-disgust, Melody was glad, and glad shed get towatch.
Judge Jones had applied to hypospray to each of Janiesbare bottom cheeks in turn. Now she raises her Judicial Paddle in her strongright arm, and brings it down onto Janies poor bare left bottom cheek…
<SPAAANK!>
Janie freezes in shock for a second as the unbelievablepain crashes through her bottom. Then she threw her head back and screamed,"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWOWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
The second spank impacted her right bottomside on thematching spot. Another howl echoed through the courtroom. Judge Jones, as along- time Penitatas Court Judge, was a VERY
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experienced spanker, and knew justhow to place each spank as the previous one reached its maximum intolerability.By the third spank, Janie was bawling like a baby. Her wrists jerked helplesslyagainst her KidKuffs. Her legs TRIED to buck herself off the Judges stern lap,but her knee-strap held her down, though leaving her free to kick and squirmhelplessly under the hard, blistering paddle-swats.
After ten spanks, Janie was making one long, hard howlafter another, pausing only long enough to suck in another deep breath withwhich to express her intolerable pain. Tears streamed down her little face fromher bloodshot eyes. Mucous poured out of her nose, spittle moistened her chinas judicial swat after painful judicial swat burned into her poor bare bottom.She was still struggling, wiggling, trying to swim off the Judges lap. But thestern woman held her still and continued to apply her paddle to the strawberrybottom before her.
By the time twenty hard spanks had been applied toJanies bare nates she was struggling no longer. Totally broken and defeated,the little girl lay helplessly over the Judges rough robes crying in greatheaves as hard as she could. Each spank barely affected her sobbing. She wasjust crying as hard as she could, completely converted into a very wellspanked, very naughty little girl. And still the paddle spanked her poorcherry-red bottom. This spanking would end only when the Judge saw the resultsthe Law dema nded, and that was a good, thick crop of white sting blisters.
Thirty swats had her bottom turning that odd white ofpre-blistered skin. Then those nastily designed holes had done their work, andsting blisters began to appear on the crown of each of Janies bottom-cheeks.
But the judge continued spanking Janie until her blistersran from the crown right down to where she sat down, the whole spank spot. Onlythen did the Judge terminate Janies punishment. "There! Bailiff, pleaserecord that Penitatas number 253322945, Janie Smythe slash James Platsburkcompleted her Judicial Paddling with a Well Blistered Bottom after forty-eightgood, sound swats, spanking endured under Firebottom Three. Mr. and Mrs.Smythe, do you understand your responsibilities under her sentence? Good, yes,a good, sound spanking every day from each of you for the next week. And I amgoing to use my discretionary authority, and ask that one of those be with astandard Mothers Helper paddle, instead of your hand. This little BRATdeserves nothing less for her little blistered bottom!! And Janie, you justremember that it can get even worse. I was half-tempted to have you back herenext month for another Judicial Paddling!!"
Melody winced again. A judge could order multipleJudicial Paddlings for serious or repeat offenses, although no more than onecould be carried out in any thirty day period, to allow some physical andmental recovery time.
"Bailiff, get this child into the corner." Andthe bailiff unfastened Janies bindings and carried her over to the corner,where her KidKuffs were secured to a fastener well over her head, forcing herto stand on her tiptoes with her face pressed hard to the walls. Then he pinnedup her dress to expose her blistered bottom to the entire watching crowd in thecourtroom.
"Melody Johnson, please come here."
Oh, noo! Melody didnt know what shed done, but shewiggled off her Mommys lap and trotted down. The clerk let her past the gate,and she went straight to Judge Jones, even as her eyes filled with tears fromthe fear of the terrible implement of Justice on her lap.
"Wha? Melody, why… Oh. Sorry, dear! Bailiff, takethis, please!" She handed the Bailiff the terrible Paddle, then patted herknee, "Come here, child!"
Well, a handspanking was a lot better than that paddle!!With a sigh of relief, Melody moved around to the Judges right and started tobend over.
Only to be halted by her right hand. "Oh,Melody!!" The Judge then suddenly swept her left hand under Melodysknees, her right caught her under her arms, and the woman picked Melody rightup and deposited her on her lap.
Face UP. "Laps ARE meant for more than spanking,Mel." The entire crowd had erupted in laughter. Melodys face turned brickred in embarrassment at her silly assumption. But, darn it, she WAS aPenitatas, and this WAS a Penitatas Judge, and no sane little Penny WOULDNT beutterly terrified.
"Melody, I just wanted you to understand that what Ihad to do to little Janie was necessary. Making someone a Penitatas is the mostsevere penalty our society has. When that doesnt work, when someone provesthat even being turned into a child and controlled and spanked isnt enough tokeep people safe from them, well, there just has to be a penalty so terriblethat NOBODY can ignore it. Do you think Janie will be able to ignore the firein her bottom, Melody?"
"N-No. I don think Janiell EVER try ANYTHINagain. I sure know I wont, jus watchin. It was awful, Maam. How can youSTAND it? I mean, shes so LITTLE, and…"
"Shh. Melody, she may be little now, but she couldstill be dangerous. Youre a lot bigger than she is, but she managed to really,really hurt you twice now. Arent you even a little angry ather?? If I told you you could go swat her blistered bottom a dozen times,wouldnt you want to?? ("(sob)Noooo! Waaaaaaah!") She almost KILLEDyou!"
Melody looked at Janies blistered bottom. "I-Iknow, Maam. Really, I do. An Ive enjoyed the times Ive seen her gettinspanked. An Ive even been allowed to spank her a couple of times, and thatfelt pretty good. But I dont think I could stand to hurt her now. Maybe later.But not now. Nobody should be hurt like that."
"Oh, Melody. How did somebody like you end upPenitatas, anyway. No, No, I know all about it. But Melody, Janie deservedevery bit of what I gave her. Dont you doubt it. And if youre asked to helppunish her you just spank her exactly as youre told too. Because, Melody, ifwe cant help Janie become a better person, if she eventually grows upagain without changing. Well, Melody, do YOU want to be responsible forthe NEXT people she hurts? Maybe even other children?? Maybe even KINDERN??"
Melody turned white at the thought. "No..No!!Never!! But…"
"I know. Its not an easy thing to think about, Mel.But remember, most people arent like Janie. Most people care about others.Even your Mommy and Daddy. Yes, they spank you, because youve earned it, andyou deserve it. And because you NEED it if you are to complete your sentence,your guilt all gone, to become a proper member of society again. Remember thebiggest advantage of out system. Once your time as a Penitatas is over, and yougrow up, its a whole new life. No criminal history making it impossible tolead an honest life. Yes, some people have exploited that. But we feel that,once youve paid for your crimes through another childhood, or many childhoods,then like any child you deserve a chance to make a new life as you growup."
"Another thing, Melody. Diaspora. SpankMaster."
Melodys reaction to the words was instantaneous andshocking, even to herself. Her entire body stiffened and jerked with the wordsas if shed been struck. She quivered in fear.
(sigh) "We were afraid of that. Melody, Janie gotwhat she deserved. But nobody should ever be subjected to what happenedto you. Our system is predicated on the severe but SAFE punishment ofour felons. What happened to you is just the sort of thing the Penitatas programwas created to prevent; one crook taking viscous revenge against another whilethey are held helpless by the system. While I have some misgivings, thepsychologists all agree we simply can NOT ask you to go back into aSpa…machine next year. Simply trying to enter the machine might be damaging.Youll be getting some therapy sessions about what happened as it is."
Melody wiggled a bit on the Judges lap. What was shegetting at?
"Melody, I am officially deleting Diaspora from yourspecial punishment list. You will only have to deal with Christmas, Easter,July 4th and your birthday from now on."
Melodys jaw dropped. Special punishments were NEVERdropped like that!
"The question is, what to do with you next Diaspora(wince). You certainly cannot go on any of the field trips; those arenon-Penitatas only. I could send you to study hall with the soft-timers, butthen youd still see all of the set up SpankMasters on the field, and the psychboys insist even THATs a bad idea. And just letting you stay home is too muchlike an extra holiday for me. I know! Melody, for the next few years you willspend all day on Diaspora IN BED. No excuses, no exceptions, you will stay inbed ALL DAY, tucked in quietly with the lights turned down. What do you say aboutthat?"
"Ah, Maam, no exceptions? Wh-what about, you know,(whispered) ..potty?"
"Well, young lady, since you wont be allowed to getup to go potty, your Mommy will just have to put you into diapers to preventany little accidents, wont she."
Melody turned brick red at the Judges (loud) comments onher fate.
"Now, one last thing. Now that you are no longer awitness, Im afraid youll find your medicine has taken a turn for the worse intaste. And Im afraid youll be getting a good spanking once your parents getyou home. Youve been a pretty good girl, Melody, but you ARE a Penitatas, andIm afraid its time you got back to your regular routine."
And with that the judge set Melody down on her feet andgave her bottom a swat to send her back to her folks. "ALL RISE" saidthe bailiff as the Judges bench rose back into position. Then court wasdismissed, and Janies parents went over to fetch their little girl from thejudicial corner.
When Melody reached he
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r parents, her Mommy was taking hermedicine out of her purse. Melody glanced at the clock; Two PM, it was time.Then she noticed that it was a new bottle, and remembered the Judges comment.With a sigh, she opened her mouth as her Mommy poured the thick syrup into thechilds Medicine Spoon. And poured it into her mouth.
YECCCH! it was AWFUL. The horrible, bitter-sourfoul-tasting syrup that ALL Penitatas medication came in. But Melody shudderedand swallowed the thick stuff, which left its awful taste all over the insideof her mouth. She sure didnt want a spanking right here!
Unfortunately, the other half of the Judges predictioncame true sooner than Melody would have believed… as her Mommy took her overher lap in the back seat of the hover car for a good, sound spanking on herbare bottom as Daddy drove them back home. And it hurt, just as much asever, and made her cry and bawl. And wiggle and squirm, too, and feel terriblynaughty and punished.
But somehow it just didnt seem quite so bad.
美乐蒂故事集第三十一篇 审判 的原文奉上~
大猫朋友 发表于 2014-1-26 23:02
除了美乐蒂，麻烦看到好看的夫妻文也要贴一些，如果时间紧，贴原文也可以啊。向耕耘在译文一线的大神们致敬 …
好的吧…我还没有经常四处搜刮资源的习惯咧…
forfear 发表于 2014-1-27 12:09
楼主能不能来几篇学校里的sp文呢
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