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Post by shimoto on May 24, 2020 4:49:32 GMT -6
Many ancient tribes lived in the jungle of the amazon. Most of them had their own rites and rituals to worship their gods, but there was one tribe with a very special tradition. Once every 100 years, they would send out the young ones, male and female, who were just about to become adults. Their goal was to reach an ancient temple that was build over 1000 years ago for the anaconda goddess and get an audience with her. With luck, they could stay with her and serve her, but it was also a possibility that they´d just satisfy her hunger. But she was their goddess, so even that would be fine. The hurdle was the way to said temple, that was full of hungry, massive - easily the biggest and longest ones in the world - anacondas. It was told that they were the goddesses children. Most of the tribe members would end up in their coils end bellys.
And now it was time again, for the young man an woman. A good dozen of them were standing at the villages edge, while the elders painted their bodys, front and back, with snake crests. The symbol for the anacondas to not let them pass easily. The privilege of meeting the goddess was not to be earned easily.
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Post by BurgundyBoa on May 25, 2020 1:15:11 GMT -6
They said it was a great honor to be chosen as the few who were sent to the anaconda goddess. It was only every hundred years and there are so many qualified candidates that would gladly give their lives for the opportunity. At that moment, the young men and women filed in rows of two being painted by the elders and then set off at the edge of the village to meet their fates. But there was one among the chosen few whose heart beats fast with fear.
Among the group, there was one whose heart pulsed quickly, whose lips turned downward, and whose feet froze before being forcibly pushed out the door. It was a young woman and her mind raced with the horrifying thoughts of the snakes could potentially feast upon her. Her name was Lily. She had smooth, short black hair, light tan skin, and deep brown eyes. True she had lived her life praising the snake goddess but the truth was the girl was still scared of snakes. Never the less, when she was chosen to be one of the young women to be sent to the snake goddess, she had to go along with it or face a horrible punishment.
Which leads us to now. Lily follows the rest of the group into the dark jungle.
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Post by shimoto on May 25, 2020 4:19:26 GMT -6
It was about to begin. The anaconda goddess sensed it, felt it, knew it. The tribe was just about to send their young people her way. Or rather right into the clutches of her children.
She raised her enormous body so she she almost touched the temple's ceiling and hissed. It was not very loud but every anaconda near the temple - which were many! - heared the blessed signal of their mother. They all began slithering through the jungle, making their way east, from where they would come. They all were excited for the feast. And determined to not let anyone pass to disturb the goddess.
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Post by BurgundyBoa on May 27, 2020 22:23:27 GMT -6
Among the group, there was another girl who was beautiful and vain named Soraa. "No doubt I will be chosen to serve our goddess as her most lovely servant instead of snake food like the rest of you. Especially little Lily."
"Knock it off Sora," Said one man named Bronk. "It is an honor just to be chosen no matter what our fates are. Although maybe you're better off as a servant anyway,"
"Why do you say that?" Sora asked.
Another man named Juke answered. "Because the snake would find you too spoiled to eat,"
The other couldn't help but chuckle while Sora just fumed. "I hope the snakes eat you first Juke,"
Lilly was too nervous to join the others. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder, it was Bronk. "Try to keep your chin up, it won't be long now." he said. The woman wasn't sure if that was supposed to be comforting or not but she did as she was told anyway.
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Post by shimoto on May 28, 2020 10:26:33 GMT -6
Not far from the village a small river ran through the jungle. It marked the border to the sacred grounds of the goddess, where no human would dare to set foot on - normally. Near the river bank, half a dozen anacondas hid in bushed and trees, waiting for the chosen humans to enter and welcome them with a deadly embrace. But this were only the young and eager ones. The impatient snakes, so to say, and not longer than 25 feet. A little deeper in the jungle and closer to the temple were to big ones, which ancient tribes were telling tales and legends about for many decades now. Some of them were 40 to 50 feet long, their bodies as wide as a male human´s shoulders and even had rare scale patterns no human had ever seen. Those were the snakes which always made sure not to let any human pass. Their bellies had become the grave for many of the tribe members. Dozens of snakes lurked in the foliage and the canophy, just waiting for their prey to run into their coils.
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Post by BurgundyBoa on Jun 1, 2020 0:41:41 GMT -6
The chosen ones ventered further into the jungle until they had reached the river. Lily's quick eye was able to catch movement by the bank and she flinched. She bumps next to Sora who gives her a push.
"Step off peasent," Sora snapped. "You'll ruin my paint."
Lily backs away until she feels Bronk's hand on her shoulder again. She straightens up as he walks towards the front.
"This bank marks the first test of our faith. Even if we all get eaten here, it will be an honor." Bronk says to the crowd. "Let us set forth,"
The party of sacrifices, with renewed enthusiaum, marched into the bank together.
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Post by shimoto on Jun 1, 2020 5:49:38 GMT -6
The group´s enthusiasm however was brought to a quick end, just a few steps later. While the snakes we´re not allowed to hide and attack in the water, a few had the river bank in perfect sight. As soon as the humans walked past the first trees, one of them screamed to turn all faces to him. His body had been leaped into the air by the strike of a massive green anaconda that had been hiding in a water trench with high grass. The serpent grabbed him by the shoulder with it´s huge maw and swirled him around, wrapping him into it´s deadly coils. It spun him four or fives times to immobilize him from his shoulders to his knees and then pull him back into the swamp. With that he was no longer to be seen. His voice died down due to the constriction the anaconda just started. A few section of it´s coils leaped throuhg the grass and searched for more spots to wrap around.
The first blood has been taken. The feast had officially started. One false step could mean certain doom for every single one of the young humans.
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Post by BurgundyBoa on Jun 8, 2020 1:20:38 GMT -6
Some of the young adults were too terrified to move or look away while the others made it as far as the other side of the river, Lily being the lucky few. A few more screams followed as the ones that were to scared too move were soon taken as well, now only nine remained.
Lily lets out a breath of relief. "Thank goodness," she said.
"I think so too," said Juke. "I'd hate to be the first guy to die,"
"Our journey is not over yet," Bronk pointed out.
"I'll say. If I get eaten now, I'll never get to be our goddess's new servant." Sora complained. "Only I should get that honor. And shame on you, pest," she said to Lily, "you should be grateful you were even chosen for this,"
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Post by shimoto on Jun 8, 2020 4:11:00 GMT -6
A few more snake managed to catch their snacks thanks to them being to scared or shocked to move. One hungry reptile grabbed a young man by his ankles with it's tail to make him trip and pull him towards the waiting lenghts of coils. He practically disappeared in and beneath them. Another green anaconda lunged at it's prey from a tree branch and let all those coils rain down on a slim girl. She was rolled over and over on the ground for the predator to get her into it's clutches and wrap her from neck to feet. Her voice was cut off as well as her breath. She was so small and fragile, the older and larger ones probably could have ended her life in an instant with one big squeeze.
Said snakes now sensed that a couple of humans were still remaining. Some of them might wish they had been caught by the young serpents, soon. Because the older anacondas liked to take their time and play with their food. Then fun would be one sided though.
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Post by BurgundyBoa on Jun 15, 2020 1:23:00 GMT -6
They had passed one trail but their journey was far from over for ahead of them was even more jungle. The nine remaining young adults trudged through the thick leaves along a path that was said to lead them to the snake goddess's temple. Lily was in the middle, this was good because it was believed that those in the back were usually the first to be taken.
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Post by shimoto on Jun 15, 2020 9:37:15 GMT -6
The young men and woman probably could have guessed that they were already (or rsther still) being watched. Right above them was Seth -a massive exemplar of a black anaconda. It's raven colored scales glistened in the sun with rainbow colors while the underbelly was a pale, creamy white. Some faint stripes went down the sides, similar to the pattern of a tiger.
Seth hadn't eaten in a while and was totally in the mood for a tasty human. There were very few who had eaten as many as hum before. He prefered females, but it wasn't time yet. He silently followes the group a little further through the treetops. His gigantic body stretched over three of them at the same time while doing so.
(If you wanna chose who will be the next victim, give me a hint. I take it Lily shall be it here?)
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Post by BurgundyBoa on Jun 25, 2020 0:42:40 GMT -6
As the young people walked on, Lily couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching them and it sent a chill down her spine as she could hear the subtle rustling of leaves above them. It was clear that the worst of this has yet to come. Meanwhile, everyone simply accepted their fate, whatever it might be while some like Sora felt certain that she was meant for better things than being eaten. One of the women had jumped when she heard a sound and bumped into Sora, her paint got smudged. Fuming, Sora pushed the lesser into the brush making that one vulnerable to whatever might be near.
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Post by shimoto on Jun 25, 2020 8:16:41 GMT -6
Above the young humans a pair of serpent eyes watched eagerly as one of the girls was pushed out of the group and remained totally defenseless. It was just for a brief moment, but it was all Seth needed. His tail quickly lowered down from the tree and grabbed the stumbling girl cub by her waist. He watched out and made sure to pin her arms so she had no chance to fight back and yanked her into the air, spinning her a few times to wrap her upper body into a scaly prison of black coils. His head was far away from his new catch but he still lowered it as well, showing himself to the humans and hissing at them aggressively while more of his body lowered from several branches around to show them how huge he was. No one of them should come between him and his meal. In fact, should one be so dumb to hesitate running or even dare to fight him, he´d happily take another one as his meal. While threatening the remaining ones, the girl in Seth´s clutches never even had a chance to scream. He wasn´t about to crush her right away but still constricted her hard enough to cut of her voice and almost her breath as well. The scaly lenghts answered with a leathery creak as they rubbed against each other.
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Post by BurgundyBoa on Jul 4, 2020 2:04:28 GMT -6
The rest of the young adults ran off save for one man who did not move. He wanted to join the unfortunate girl, even if he must lose his life to do so. He stepped forward to be close to the girl in Seth's coils.
Meanwhile, an idea came to Sora, if she got rid of the rest of the competition by feeding the rest of the sacrifices to the snake perhaps the snake goddess will reward her. Her mind filled with cruel and murderous thoughts as she and the rest of the sacrifices came closer to the home of the goddess.
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Post by shimoto on Jul 4, 2020 8:31:46 GMT -6
Seth was indeed surprised but far from unhappy about this fooling male who dared to stay. He didn´t even think about why he decided to die here. The serpent did not care a bit. A forked tongue tasted the air for a moment while Seth got into striking position. His shovel like head darted forward like lightning and his huge maw clamped around his shoulder. The boy was lifted off the ground and wound up in Seth´s deadly embrace. His upper body, waist, hips, legs - he was enveloped by those black coils all the way down from his neck to his feet.
Satisfied with his work on him, Seth opened his maw and took a close look at the boy while his lengths tightened around him. Then her turned to face the girl cub again. Her head had a light blue color by now since she could barely breathe. But the anaconda would not make either of them suffer any longer. Well, not for much longer at least.
The two humans were brought right next to each other, and Seth kept his coils sliding and moving around them in mid air. Then his head lowered to their legs and began to wind up those two again to pin them together.
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