Grinnerverse - TickleScenes' Tickle Torture Tales!

Grinnerverse is the name given to a fictional universe of tickle-related stories created by TickleScenes.
All the stories are linked, to a greater or lesser extent, by the influence of Grinner, “the evil god of tickling“, a mysterious creature who exerts his power through tickling.

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Contents

1 Who is Grinner?
2 Origins of the Grinner
3 Characters of the Grinnerverse
4 Locations of the Grinnerverse
5 Artifacts of the Grinnerverse
6 Events of the Grinnerverse – Timeline

Who is Grinner?

Grinner (Grinius), the evil god of tickling“, or “the god of spasmodic laughter” is a devilish entity usually represented in the appearance of a chesire cat (purple cat with a persistent grin) with more or less humanoid features, although it can take a variety of forms.

Origins of the Grinner

The god Hephaestus, in revenge for the abandonment by his mother Hera, had a bewitched throne delivered to her, which, once the ruler of the Greek gods was seated on it, imprisoned her and subjected her to terrible tickling as a form of humiliation and torment.

From Hera’s laughter steeped in suffering and her hatred of humanity with which Zeus conceived children was born Grinius, the evil god of tickling, a creature with great magical powers who gains strength when a victim is tickled against his will in his honor.

Gelos, the Greek god of laughter, decided to combat this abomination by providing over the centuries brave and pure-hearted human beings with the power to resist the monster’s abuse and to fight against the full evils of its heralds.

The Grinner grants his worshippers long life and prosperity through mysterious alchemical or technological processes that involve robbing victims of their life force in the form of laughter obtained against their will.

Characters of the Grinnerverse

Human history sees the eternal conflict between the Heralds of Grinner and the Laughter Slayers (individuals blessed by Gelos to thwart his enemy’s cruel plans).

In every historical epoch, the Cult of Grinner exercises harassment and immoral actions against other individuals, using tickling as a weapon to bend the will of others or to obtain valuable suffering laughter that goes to fuel Grinner power. The fate of the Laughter Slayer intersects with that of the Grinner Champions and leads them either to thwart their plans or to try to survive their cruel plans.

Most famous Heralds of Grinner are:

Father Magnus Scholav: an 11th-century monk plagiarized by Grinner’s power who within the Catholic Church works to foster the proliferation of the cult
Count and Countess Von Grinner: depraved 14th-century Bavarian nobles who kidnap and tickle men and women to make an elixir of long life
Madame De Rire: a beautiful and devious French noblewoman who uses tickling to subjugate 18th-century nobles and revolutionaries to her will.
Billy The Grin: a scarred criminal from the Wild West who uses tickling as a form of tortureBilly The Grin: a scarred criminal from the Wild West who uses tickling as a form of torture
Professor Liora Connors: a seemingly humble and gentle scientist but who craves to perform tickling experiments on non-consenting victims to study their reactions.
Laughterface: a maniacal giant retard wearing a smiling cat mask who loves to capture young men and women and subject them to tickle torture, manipulated by the even more ruthless Granny Grinny.
Willy Giggle: a shadowy chocolatier who in dictatorial Britain of the near future keeps the population cheerful by means of a special drug obtained by ruthlessly tickling his victims.
The Grinner Killer: Aristotle Sardonis, the CEO of Powergrinn, has developed a weapon that can defeat invulnerable superheroes by tickling them to death
Killer Smile: Alex Smiley, a delinquent who underwent the inhumane “Ludo Cure” aimed at suppressing his violent tendencies, has instead developed a murderous disposition altered by violent tickling spasms when he commits a crime.

Most famous Laughter Slayers are:

Lady Ocarina: Marie Antoinette’s female bodyguard, fights against the plans of the evil Madame De Rire, who uses tickling to influence the political fortunes of French Revolution France.
Myra Cole-Tempest: an engineer for the multinational corporation Powergrinn who must prevent her inventions from being exploited for tickle-related injustices and crimes.
Myra Crofton and “Missouri” Jones: a married couple of archaeologists investigating the remains of ancient civilizations that worshipped Grinner.
Billy Joe and Lilly Joy: twin siblings with the peculiar characteristic whereby if one of them is tickled, the other also feels the same sensation.
Gothie Ruthie: a streamer specializing in investigating and unraveling false mysteries of the occult, famous for her dark look and attitude.
Agent Joy: a former superheroine and agent of the Anomalous Crimes Unit who in the Neo-Z City metropolis of 2050 investigates violent tickle-related crimes

Locations of the Grinnerverse

The Grinnerverse presents some nonexistent locations in our world in which tickle torture is practiced either as a systematic means of torturing others or as a form of devotion to Grinner.

Grinnerville: a U.S. town whose faux-principled population likes to use tickling as a form of control over others
Grinnwich Sanatorium: a sanitarium in which political dissidents undergo brainwashing mixed with tickling practices in order to be made obedient citizens of the Great Minister
Castle Grinner (later Hotel Grinner): a gloomy manor house belonging for generations to the Bavarian noble family Von Grinner, where counts and countesses practice nonconsensual tickling to make a life-extending elixir.
Grinelli: a location in northern Italy where in the Middle Ages nobles and the church commonly used tickling torture to bend the will of political opponents, heretics and alleged witches
Grinoa Island: a remote island where Willy Giggle discovered a cult of islanders who honored Grinner through tickling rituals

Artifacts of the Grinnerverse

The Cult of Grinner often makes use of grinnium, or gaudentium, a purple mineral that can store the tickle reactions of its victims in the form of “T-Vibes” to force its enemies to laugh as if they themselves were experiencing intense tickle torture. Grinnium can also be used in liquid or gaseous form, making it a formidable “tickle weapon.”

The Eye of Grinius is a brilliant trapezohedron that corrupts the minds of those who laugh in its presence by turning them into a Herald of Grinner.

Some examples of Grinnium-containing artifacts are the Mask of Laughter (which forces the laughing wearer to laugh for the rest of his or her life), the Holy Hands (claws with which the Grinner Killer tortures tickling invulnerable superheroes).

Goddes Hera tickled by the mysterious force summoned by the "purple stones" — Goddes Hera tickled by the mysterious force summoned by the “purple stones”

Events of the Grinnerverse – Timeline

Past

According to “The Curse of the Grinner“, at some point in the distant past, Grinner was exorcised and imprisoned in the body of animals in a forbidden valley so that he could not infect people through laughter. An unfortunate female hunter ended up a prisoner in the cave in which the monster was imprisoned, and Grinner, by exploiting the abilities of some animals, was able to force the woman to laugh through tickling, thus being able to break free and return to haunt the world.

In“The Name of the Laugh“, in 1327, Father Magnus Scholav and his disciple are sent to the convent of St. Gaia Teresa in Italy to investigate the plight of Duchess Francesca Contini. They discover that the convent is run by nuns loyal to Grinius who use tickling as a weapon to bend their enemies to the demon’s worship…
The poor friar falls victim to the demon’s mind control and becomes a herald of Grinner within the Church itself….

In “The Witch Trial” we learn that the cult of Grinner has now spread throughout Europe in the XV century. The Holy Office sets up an interrogation session for two women, mother and daughter, suspected of worshipping the demon Grinner. The inquisitor thinks that resorting to tickling will be a good practice to force the witches to summon the devil through laughter, but it will not go as hoped…

A recurring location in the Grinnerverse is Castle Grinner, which has belonged to the bavarian nobles Von Grinner for generations. The motto of Grinner’s family and cult is “Ibi risus ibi pavor” (with laughter there is terror).

Custom of these nobles, passed down from Count Gustav Von Grinner to his granddaughter Laetitia, is to practice tickling torture on helpless victims in order to obtain an elixir capable of conferring eternal youth through the energy of laughter induced against one’s will.

In 1793 Lady Ocarina, the female bodyguard of Queen Marie Antoinette, is forced by tickling to laugh at the sight of the guillotined sovereign. To take revenge on the cruel Madame De Rire, she does not hesitate to make use of the blasphemous Mask of Laughter, which forces the wearer to laugh for eternity…

Present

In “The Silent Experiment“, Professor Liora Connors carries out experiments on the human body’s response to tickling in order to obtain data to make innovative drugs. Her experiments require the participation of victims forced to resist tickling with all their might, apparently out of the scientist’s sadistic desire to see them suffer.

In The Mischief of the Ticklebot” genius inventor Velma has created a robot that can force villains to confess their misdeeds through tickling. Velma challenges Daphne to an endurance test, but she forces her friend to participate in turn. Unfortunately, the robot actually seems very efficient, except in terms of shutting down…

In “April’s Fool Night,” a brave female TV reporter is captured by a ruthless gangster who decides to ruin her reputation by filming her in a compromising situation. And, to add a touch of exhilaration to the scene, tickling is just the thing….

In “An overlay realistic interrogation” actress Lilian is subjected to a non consensual merciless tickle torture by her husband and director.

In “I made this goth girl laugh!” famous streamer Gothie Ruthie decides to stay overnight in the cursed room of the Grinner Hotel, built on the remains of Castle Grinner. It is said that the demon still confronts those who dare to challenge it by refusing to believe in anything. In any case, Ruthie will be the one to laugh last….

In “He made this sushi model laugh!” Paul Grinn, a depraved real estate mogul, takes to tickling his ex-girlfriend, a sushi model, to disrupt her work.

In “A very sadistic pedicure!” the wealthy and shameless Lyla Laughton takes advantage of the fact that her rival at the head of the Grinnerville University sorority is ticklish, to make her laugh during an excessive pedicure and make her look bad.

In “The Peak of Joy “three restless souls have to climb a dark mountain while the grinning demon test their ticklishness with its demonic powers…

Next future

Powergrinn, a very powerful and branched multinational corporation, had been conducting tickle experiments for years to discover and synthesize the demon power associated with involuntary laughter. This led it to the creation of an unknown element, Grinnium, capable of transmitting mysterious “tickle vibes” capable of eliciting irrepressible tickling sensations in those exposed to it.

New Britain, ruled by the Great Minister, initiated a program of forced suppression of repression involving extensive use of tickle torture, which was considered perfect since it produced no obvious marks on the victims. Alex Smiley, a young thug, ended up a victim of the “Ludo Cure“, which involved dampening violent tendencies in criminals through forced association with tickling reactions.

The Great Minister commissioned Willy Giggle, a mysterious industrialist devoted to Grinner, to produce chocolaughter, a substance based on Grinnium that artificially kept people’s spirits high. Willy transformed Veronica, a lover of his who wanted to discover the truth behind the production of chocolaughter, into Grinny, his faithful servant.

The Grinnium proved to be a viable weapon against Neo-Z City‘s 2050s superheroes, the Blessed Ones, individuals blessed by the Grinner’s mysterious “The Other” enemy, as it allowed them to kill with risus sardonicus even subjects with invulnerable skin. Agent Joy of the Anomalous Crimes Unit (ACU) came into contact with these secrets when he began investigating the crimes of the Grinner Killer (Aristotle Sardonis), a criminal who killed Blessed Ones by tickle torture.

In “In Space No One Can Hear Them Laugh“ two astronauts are at the mercy of the onboard computer, GRINNER, which intends to take over the spaceship. A struggle for survival begins for the two unfortunates, who must try with all their might to resist the ruthless tickling of the artificial intelligence in order to save their lives.