Chapter Four
The game was a major attraction at The Villa. It was, with all the show, pomp and glamour, a fantasy bull fight. The bulls were young women pressed unwillingly into the roles. The bullfighters were also captives, but they had earned the right to be toreadors and they often regretted the choice when the “bulls” won the round. The toreadors wore traditional costumes. The bulls were in full bull garb. A complete bull’s hide, horned head and all, was stitched onto the nude body of the captive. The hands were carefully sewn into hollowed out bull’s hooves, their heads sealed into the empty bull’s head. The costume was more or less permanent and once a bull was created, it stayed in character until its usefulness was lost. This occurred when the bull either died from the continuous
