#electrocuting cw

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“It gave the sensation that your head was being torn open so that hot lava could be poured  directly into your brain. Afterwards, just thinking of it would make me physically ill. So naturally, I had to have it.”

[ While it had been part of Oswald’s original intention to use the very same torture (therapy) device that had been administered to him on Strange- which is on brand for his preference in enacting revenge in specific tailored ways, he ended up keeping the contraption afterwards too.

Even when he hadn’t been the one in the metaphorical hot seat then, the mobster realises that he experiences phantom pain (nauseousness, a building migraine, subtle but uncontrollable twitching from his limbs, uneven breathing etc) triggered from the memory, sight, and sound of it. 

For most, that would have been a compelling enough indicator to stop. However, someone as spiteful as Oswald would loathe the very concept of being affected to the core in such a manner. It simply doesn’t sit well with his control issues. Thus the device played a prominent part in his subsequent interrogations and various purposes for a time. 

Today, the use of it is mostly retired. However, he’s not above reminiscing and making use of it on occasion. On occasion, it still leaves a trail of tingling- bone deep. But who has to know?]