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Post by Emiko on Apr 25, 2022 21:24:54 GMT -6
When Emiko first stepped off of the branch, Natalie half expected to hear the sound of crackling branches before a loud thud. Instead, she heard something entirely different... The sound...of blissful moans...?
What Natalie hadn't seen was when Emiko stepped off the branch, her feet immediately made contact with the staircase saving her life. Of course, feeling the scales under her sensitive soles yet again sparked Emiko's pleasure. Like the time before she had done this, contact with the scales left her with a momentary pause and a loud gasp. Her eyes shot open in blissful shock only for them to a moment later close. That was when she let out the most blissful of moans adoring how Kaa's scales felt on her feet. And those were the sounds that Natalie had heard...
Natalie of course would come to realize this as she watched Kaa raise his coils upward and watch Emiko walk down a flight of 'stairs' he had made for her. She wasn't just walking though... Natalie could see how there was such a joyful bounce in her step. Her grin was as wide as ever and her eyes closed as if she were sleep walking. It literally looked and seemed insane! How could this be happening?
Kaa was quick to chime in that Emiko trusted in him, and just in him... Words that rang into Emiko's ears even as she walked along and left her to giggle. They brought for a couple of memories from their induction that she couldn't help but cutely speak out.
"...Yes... My true friend..."
She'd let out another giggle before the path before her plateaued out and began to rotate around her. And soon enough, she was walking in a giant hamster wheel that slowly began to walk her into an upside down position. Yet Emiko didn't seem to care... She couldn't get enough of Kaa's scales on her soles and would walk for an eternity if he willed it. Funny though how her feet never stopped moving, but...her arms remained limp even to hang above her head as she moved.
To all of this, Natalie was just stunned... Whatever had happened to Emiko wasn't normal, she knew that much. There wasn't anything in the world that would naturally make someone trust another this much. And this wasn't just some sigh of extreme trust... The snake was TOYING with her and Emiko was enjoying it!
"...What did you do to her? This isn't normal even for the most trusting of friends. You're playing with her! I want to know what you did to her and why!"
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Post by viper on Apr 25, 2022 21:38:46 GMT -6
He giggled.
“So curious.”
The serpent released Emiko from her endlessly futile strolling, unwinding the loop and allowing her to slide back down his coils in peaceful slumber. Yet as she slipped down against his scales, the python didn’t end his playtime there – his muscular coils flipping themselves upward and throwing the poor girl-cub into the air. As though on some unspoken command, her body grew stiff and rigid as his tail came into contact against the small of her back.
As though a living statue, she balanced on the tip of his tail.
Without her being as deep in the trance as she was, this would’ve normally been impossible. Yet with her mind completely enthralled it was a simple matter with the level of trust she held in him. In her addled mind, he was her one and only friend in the whole world and there was absolutely nothing that she would disagree with. After all, to her enthralled psyche, what kind of friend would harm another.
Obviously, he wouldn’t let anything happen to her.
Thus there was nothing to worry about!
“But perhaps your understanding of trust is too limited.”
Another jolt of his tail sent her flying into the air.
This time her body flipped around with his expert aim, and when she came tumbling back down the tip of his tail pressed against her head, freezing her in place. The young girl-cub was being held completely upside down above the jungle floor on the tip of a massive python’s tail and still had a smile on her face. It was something that should’ve been straight out of one of her nightmares…and yet to her it wasn’t anything less than the best thing to happen to her!
He snickered.
How he loved his hypnotic persuasions.
“Though if you’re that interesting in learning…”
Kaa turned to face his captive audience.
His eyes pulsed with colors, ripping across his gaze against the jungle night.
“…I can simply show you.”
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Post by Emiko on Apr 25, 2022 21:56:22 GMT -6
If what Natalie had witnessed to this point hadn't shown how powerful Kaa's talents were, she would be in for a VERY rude awakening. And it would all come at Emiko's expense...
Natalie watched in shock as Emiko walked in the upside down wheel for a fair amount of time before the coils opened up. Her sleepwalking form would continue to move in that walking motion as she was slide down onto a band of Kaa's coils flat on her back. Like clockwork, when Emiko felt the coils under her, she just...knew that it was time to rest. And her mind and body slipped into the depths of slumber immediately after. Kaa however wasn't done playing with her, and Natalie would find even more bizarrely frightening things as Kaa moved to the next phase.
Without any warning at all, Emiko was given a firm toss into the air much to Natalie's horror. She yelped in fear for her friend yet again only to watch the girl go up limp, but...come down stiff. It was inexpiable how it happened, but Emiko's entranced mind was so sensitive to Kaa's coils that she just seemed to know what to do when it was time. This EVEN in her sleep!
Her body could come to land on Kaa's tail tip where her form became immediately stiff and balanced. Almost like a circus act, but...this was in the playful spirit of a snake playing with her slumbering body... She couldn't believe it... And Kaa wasn't done yet... He was able to toss her body up again, sending her flying in the air and swiftly descend head first only to, again be captured by his tail. When it was all said and done, she was positioned perfectly balanced on just the tip of his tail. Her body stiff and rigid as could be with only her hair dangling downward in the wind. Her lips were curved into the widest of grins and her eyes closed asleep... The only sound she made was a soft moan internally loving how she was being used.
For Natalie, it was something that left her speechless. She didn't know what to say, how to act... Kaa claimed that it was just 'trust', but insulted her for not knowing what trust really was. It was around that time that he moved before her field of vision and let his colors pulse before her eyes yet again with the simple words that he could SHOW her... And seeing those rings...was when everything made since to her...
Natalie remembered seeing those eyes in the past before everything went dark, or...colorful as the case was. Emiko explaining what she had witnessed an hour earlier helped her piece the puzzle together and made it clear to her what Kaa's ability was. Unlike her friend who couldn't seem to get enough of Kaa's eyes, Natalie swiftly used her hands to cover her own to block her vision and accused him of his crimes.
"Your eyes! That's how you are doing all this. You...have some sort of mind control ability. You hypnotized Emiko into some sort of trance, didn't you? And you're using that trance to take advantage of her! She doesn't trust you... She's just in a trance..."
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Post by viper on Apr 25, 2022 22:10:01 GMT -6
Kaa smirked.
How adorable…she thought she could save herself.
A single coil rounded underneath her inner-tub like seat…and then shove upwards against her exposed buttocks earning a rather startled yelp from the girl. Her body flew out of the coil seat for a single instant, hovering mid-air before gravity reasserted itself…
…and she plopped straight down into a coil cocoon.
Dark hair spilled out across his coils as her head popped out from the burrito of coils, her bare feet the only other part of her visible beneath the mounds of muscle. Her arms pinned to her sides, there was nothing left for her to do aside from closing her eyes…and even that couldn’t last forever. Emiko continued to blissful balance atop his tail, utterly unaware that her last chance of salvation was being torn away.
“And just what do you intend to do about it?”
Kaa smirked as he approached the helplessly bound girl-cub.
He gave her cheek a long lick.
“How can you save your friend?” Kaa asked, circling her as his coil cocoon massaged her body, gently squeezing her to drive home the hopelessness of her situation. “If you can’t even save yourself? Your eyes might be closed for now – but they can’t stay closed forever. Sooner or latter you’ll have to look me in the eye.”
He smacked his maw.
His stomach gurgled, the coils around her vibrating.
“So what’s your plan, girl-cub?”
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Post by Emiko on Apr 25, 2022 22:28:26 GMT -6
Natalie didn't know how on earth she was going to get out of this. But thinking she understood his power, she figured that if she could just avoid making eye contact she stood a chance. She didn't realize though that Kaa didn't need his eyes to subdue her... As she would find out all too soon...
It all happened so quickly... Kaa used a stray coil to push Natalie out of the inner tube that held her causing her to slide out into the air. Feeling gravity pull her down, there was a momentary flail of her arms and a yelp of fear that proceeded her fall down the slide. There were thoughts that he was going to drop her to the ground and just...pick up the pieces after. But before her mind could go too far into that line of dark thinking, the snake did something else...
Her body traveled down only a short distance before sliding into a waiting mound of coils. Having had her eyes closed...she couldn't see her form falling in. This in the end made it easy for the snake to manipulate her body into a new state of helplessness. The mound closed around her body locking her arms to her side, locking her legs together and holding her firm. Only her head and feet stuck out of either end of the cocoon.
Feeling her body within these coils, Natalie immediately panicked and opened her eyes in shock to see her scaly prison. She attempted to wiggle free a bit before hearing Kaa near her once more. As he approached, she quickly closed her eyes again and started to shiver in terror unsure of how she was going to get out of this. And from here the snake just...taunted her...
He questioned how she could possibly hope to escape and save her friend when she couldn't save herself. He then proceeded to lick her cheek, smack his lips and then...let his rumbling stomach indirectly tell her what was going to happen. And it frightened her. It was bad enough that Natalie couldn't move and was only a gaze away from being like Emiko... But what could she do...?
"...I...I won't let you...look at me... I won't give in... Somehow I'll...I'll save Emiko and... Emiko..." It was then that Natalie got an idea... It...maybe wasn't the brightest idea, but it was all she had. What if she could wake Emiko up? Maybe she could, or at least distract Kaa with her long enough to at least break free.
"Emiko!" She shouted at the top of her lungs. "Emiko, wake up! That snake has you in a trance! You have to wake up and help me beat him!"
It was a clever idea if had actually worked. But...again, Natalie's words couldn't penetrate the sleep Kaa had put her in. In fact, Emiko was enjoying how she was sleeping so much that...she didn't want to move from it. Her body stiff as a board, balanced upside down on the snake's tail, yet so deeply asleep. And yet...while Natalie couldn't penetrate Emiko's sleep, the hypnotized girl actually went a surprisingly proactive step forward to defend it...
"...N-no... K-Kaa promised...to keep me sleepy..." Emiko sleepily replied, addressing Natalie with a flat out refusal to be woken up. Her words would shift to Kaa just a moment later to make a silly request that was sure to please him... "...I like...where I'm sleeping... Keep me here, please...?"
Whether Emiko was asking to make sure she didn't wake up wasn't exactly clear from her sleepy statements. But hilarious as it was, it was almost as if she were begging Kaa to leave her balanced in her sleep like this. Whether he interpreted her request as that or merely to ensure she stayed asleep, it didn't matter. All she wanted was to stay in his power, and Natalie was stunned to hear it...
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Post by viper on Apr 25, 2022 22:39:26 GMT -6
Kaa smiled.
The enthrallment he held over Emiko’s mind was truly secure – that even her friend’s shouting hadn’t brought more than a calm compliance with her current fate was a testament to just how deep he’d put her under. A warm chuckle escaped his throat, and he turned towards the entranced girl-cub, offering her solace in her current fate.
“Of course, my dear.”
He smirked.
“I did promise you’d sleep forever.”
Turning back towards the bound girl-cub, Kaa squeezed the cocoon again as though to remind her of the current predicament she’d found herself in. His tense muscles held her tightly within his grip, all but ensuring she’d never escape from his grasp unless he allowed it – a prospect that was becoming unfortunately unlikely for the girl-cub with every passing moment.
That even her own friend chose him over her…
He snickered.
How fickle friendship really was!
“It seems your plan hasn’t worked,” he commented, idly circling her exposed head. The voracious python dropped himself down, pressing his snout against her’s rubbing scale against flesh. His tongue flickered out and sampled her cheeks once again, as though hinting of what their ultimate fate might be if she didn’t think quickly. Another low rumble worked from his stomach, vibrating against her bare skin beneath his coils. “So tell me, do you have any other bright ideas? Because if you don't have any particularly interesting ideas, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to help.”
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Post by Emiko on Apr 25, 2022 22:51:58 GMT -6
Natalie couldn't believe it... Emiko had just...shut her down! Was this trance of Kaa's really so strong that someone caught within it would do anything for him? Agree to be anything for him and believe what he said without a second thought? Just how deeply could he twist those that looked into his eyes!?
The cocooned beauty opened her eyes for just a moment to watch what might happen as Kaa turned his attention to Emiko. She watched as Kaa assured her that he would keep her where she was. And...promised to let her sleep...forever... Natalie knew what that meant. And if Emiko had been awake, she would have known the dangerous extent to it herself. However...rather than show any sign of fear or distress to it, Emiko embraced it...
Emiko let out the most peaceful sigh yet, as if she had just had the greatest stress of her life taken off of her at last. Her smile seemed to grow even wider, and her body, while still very much stiff, relaxed a little. Not enough to break the balance act which was enthralling her on it's own, but enough to relax again. And then as perhaps the final nail in this coffin...Emiko's reply basically sealed the deal...
"...Mmm... Thank you...Kaa..."
Emiko would drift back off to sleep after that and the snake would shift his attention back to Natalie. Seeing his eyes, she immediately closed hers again and started to shiver... Kaa pointed out what she was thinking; that her plan had failed. And when he asked her what other ideas she had, Natalie was doing the same thing... She didn't know what to do, and the snake continued to lick her and let her know how hungry he was with rumbling coils that sadistically massaged her body... This was a nightmare... How was she going to get out of it!?
"...I...Why are you doing this...?" Natalie asked, almost reduced to a state of nearly begging for her life... She didn't understand why Kaa was being so cruel. He wasn't, really. But in her eyes, he was... "...You...attacked me out of nowhere... You've hypnotized my friend to turn against me, and...you're wanting to eat us both? Why?"
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Post by viper on Apr 25, 2022 23:04:32 GMT -6
“Why?”
A curious question…he would’ve thought the answer obvious.
…then again, these girl-cub didn’t particularly strike him as those who understood the law of the jungle – they probably didn’t even have to hunt their own food! Such a notion was completely antithetical to everything the serpent understood and was admittedly a little difficult to wrap his mind around. He wasn’t one to say no to free meals, but to never have to work for anything?
Utterly alien.
He answered honestly.
“Because I’m hungry.”
His answer was without malice…though he did take some pleasure in her squirming.
He sighed.
“I admit I’m not usually this…personal with my prey,” he admitted, grimacing. “But you have caused me quite a bit of trouble tonight little girl-cub – leading all of those villages right into my dinnertime was quite irritating, let me assure you. Don’t you know what it’s like to have everything set up for a delicious dinner and then have some brat come around and ruin it all?”
Kaa shook his head.
“This will all be so much simpler once you look me in the eye – you can join your friend in bliss!” Kaa chuckled, giving the young girl-cub a firm squeeze. “So unless you can offer me something else to fill my starving belly, I’m afraid there will be no convincing me otherwise.”
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Post by Emiko on Apr 25, 2022 23:14:59 GMT -6
Natalie had somehow known what Kaa was about to say... Yet, to hear him actually SAY it was more horrifying than she imagined it'd be. She immediately started to shiver in fear not wanting to be this snake's snack. Kaa was right that she didn't understand the law of the jungle. Neither of them did... But this still felt so...wrong... At least...to Natalie... Emiko was a different matter.
Hearing the snake's words ring out from Kaa and Natalie's conversation, Emiko's mind again went back to their own conversation they had. She softly inhaled a sweet little snore showing that...she'd already pretty much gone to sleep before delivering those words as if trying to calm Natalie down...
"...It feels wonderful...to be eaten... Friends...don't let friends...go hungry..."
Another remark that made Natalie shocked by just how warped Emiko had become... She still couldn't wrap her brain around how Emiko could be so ok with all this! Even still...Kaa admitted that he was being particularly mean to her because of the trouble she had caused him... She admitted that she'd hate to be interrupted if she had went to all the trouble to make a fine meal. But...this wasn't the same! was it...?
Kaa insisted that if she'd just open her eyes, she'd find this much simpler. Though the idea of joining her friend in bliss wasn't exactly her idea of a way out. Drooling obedient girl who let a snake do whatever he wanted? No thank you... And yet...his last phrase gave Natalie something of an idea... What if...she COULD find something else to fill his starving belly?
"...W-wait! What if I could? I mean...what if there was a way I could fill your stomach...? Gather something for you to eat that's...that's better than me or Emiko?"
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Post by viper on Apr 25, 2022 23:27:51 GMT -6
Kaa smirked.
It seemed that Emiko remembered her lessons well – the poor deluded girl-cub still thought that being eaten by a friend was one of the best possible fates for her! It was always delicious when he managed to convince his prey that sating his hunger was in their own interests…it was even better then the prey in question was a succulent girl-cub! He was more than ready to accept her companion’s inevitable surrender, and yet…
…his interest was piqued.
“Oh?”
He released the tension on the cocoon.
Not enough to compromise her restraints, but to provide the implicit understanding that he was listening to her offer…or at least whatever she considered an offer. He sincerely doubted she had any notion of what she’d be looking for, but he was interested in seeing this played out. If nothing else, it could provide him some amusement for when she ultimately failed.
“And just what do you think would be better then a pair of girl-cubs?” Kaa asked, circling her form with a predatory edge. The smile that slipped across his maw was devious, though with her eyes squeezed shut she couldn’t possible tell what he was doing. “I admit that I’m intrigued, but girl-cubs are quite the delicacy I assure you…so just what do you intend to offer that’s even better?"
Kaa turned towards Emiko and gave her soles and nice long lick.
Hm...salty.
“And just how can I trust that you’ll uphold your end of the bargain if I do release you?”
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Post by Emiko on Apr 26, 2022 17:59:27 GMT -6
Natalie wasn't the least bit confident that anything she'd say would make a difference at this point. Even though the words she spouted out did come from an idea Kaa gave her, it was still a long shot. She truly thought she was on borrowed time and it would only be a matter of minutes before she found herself in the same entranced state as her friend. So naturally, it came as a HUGE surprise to her when Kaa actually took interest in what she said.
She heard him speak with intrigue and even felt the cocoon she was in loosen just a little to hear her out. It wasn't enough for Natalie to actually do anything with it to free herself, but...it did go to show that he was willing to listen. Despite that, Natalie wasn't sure if this was genuine interest, or just some trap to try and get her to open her eyes... Even if it was a trap, she couldn't let this chance pass up if it meant even the slimmest hope of being saved... She could negotiate this while keeping her eyes closed, and would do just that...
"...I...I um don't know what...that tastes like, but...I know that there are many different types of foods out there." Natalie would say, fumbling over her words a bit as she tried to say what she thought were the right things. "...The towns and villages have a lot of specially prepared foods you've probably never tasted before! I...we could go back there to get you something specially prepared and bring it back to you!"
What Natalie had said was out of a genuine heart and something she meant. She thought maybe a tender cooked steak, or smoked fish...something like that might appeal to Kaa's taste buds as she doubted he had ever had a cooked and seasoned meal before. Yet...there was also an idea in that she hadn't realized til she had said all this. If Kaa let them go back to the village to gather things...there was nothing he could do after the fact to MAKE them come back... For an inexperienced girl like Natalie, it seemed like a good idea...
Of course, it wouldn't be that easy... Natalie heard the snake a moment later ask how she intended to make this happen and uphold her end of the deal to be released. And then...he made made things inadvertently harder...
The snake slithered his way towards Emiko's upside down, balanced body and gave her soles a long, delightful lick. It was an action that caused Emiko to curl her toes and sent a shiver all the way through her body nearly slipping her off the python's tail. She managed to maintain her stiff pose and balance on the tail, but the moan that followed from this was the loudest it had been yet. Kaa could just do no wrong, and Emiko loved feeling his tongue on her body, especially her feet...
The moan was bad enough to disrupt Natalie's concentration. But...it was what she said next that made this situation worse... Emiko had apparently heard enough of the conversation to gather that Kaa might not keep his 'promise' to her. Even in her trance, this...seemed to register with her as she made a comment against the negotiations...
"...But...Kaa promised...that I'd get...to sleep in his stomach..." It was an innocent comment coming from a girl who didn't honestly know what was going on anymore. And hearing Emiko talk like this made Natalie a little irritated... Enough so that she got a bit careless in the response to 'how' she'd uphold her deal...
"...You'd...have to trust me, er...us! You want me to trust you, but you have to be willing to trust us to go to the village, get you the specially prepared food, and bring it back here."
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Post by viper on Apr 26, 2022 18:17:15 GMT -6
Hm…
He’d admit he was somewhat tempted.
Not that he thought she would be successful in her endeavors (he sincerely doubted there was anything that could compare to a succulent girl-cub sliding down his throat) but merely for the entertainment value. He could already imagine the girl-cub desperately running herself ragged, trying to find her way back to the man-village (unlikely) and trying to find some food that would satiate his hunger.
He doubted she even knew how much he had to eat.
It wasn’t as though he was a housecat!
Emiko’s sleepy response earned a smile…
…and a chuckle.
“But how can I trust you…if you don’t trust me?” He pointedly asked, slithering around the girl-cub’s exposed head, golden gaze greedily observing her reactions. Her fear was slowly transforming to frustration, which was a rather delightful process to witness – it also meant that she likely wasn’t thinking as clearly as she should’ve been. It was enough of a c*** in the metaphorical armor that he pressed his advantage. “But I’ll admit your offer has me intrigued…so I’ll give you a counteroffer.”
His coils moved.
Muscles loosened, the cocoon surrounding her pulling away and earning a startled yelp as she fell from his grip – only to land upon another one of his coils. Her legs straddled the scales as he slowly began to lower her towards the ground…though he wasn’t done fixing his coils just yet. Thrown from the tip of his tail, Emiko’s stiff form rotated through the air and landed in the center of the now unoccupied coil cocoon.
It grew taught around her.
Within moments, their entire position was reversed.
“I will allow you to retrieve some food from the man-village,” Kaa said, lowering her to close enough to the ground that she could simply slip off his coils without fear of injury. Yet Emiko’s slumbering form remained high above, still utterly enthralled by his mesmeric gaze and the kaleidoscope of colors. “But I’m afraid Emiko will need to stay with me – I am her only true friend after all! If you’re not back by sunrise in a few hours, well…”
He chuckled.
“I did promise her.”
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Post by Emiko on Apr 26, 2022 18:33:33 GMT -6
Natalie was a bit on the desperate side as her final statement she delivered had shown. And Kaa had seen it. Yet, whether through genuine intrigue, or knowing the task was impossible, he made arrangements for the deal to get into place. At least...to a degree with an offer of his own. Before that though...
It was rather sudden, and when the cocoon containing Natalie opened up, she slipped out of his grasp with a yelp. The constant shifting of her body from one coil to another was getting very disruptive and made her irritated. But where she landed, on a single bit of his body with her legs straddled on either side honestly surprised her. Enough so to open her eyes and see what was going on accordingly... As she did, she'd end up seeing what would become of Emiko first...
With just a simple toss into the air, Emiko's stiff body moved and turned effortlessly without her one time moving. Not even a single expression change beyond that dopey grinned face of hers. She took the transition of moving about Kaa's body far better than Natalie did. Even when she met her next destination, it was far different...
Emiko's body fell perfectly into the cocoon of coils that instantly tightened around her and grew even tighter. Only her head and bare feet stuck out of the mound when it was done. But she had loved being put into coils in a manner like this. So much so that when it happened, she immediately burst into a cute giggling fit. It would last only for a few seconds before she nestled her cheek into the nearest coil around her neck and rubbed her exposed feet together happily as a sign of pleasure as she couldn't quite move the rest of her. Though, she did let out another pleased, sleepy reply to say, "...I love...your coils... How they hold me..."
Natalie hated seeing Emiko being toyed with, almost as much as talking like that... Their positions had been reversed, but Natalie would understand why as Kaa went on. She was free to go and collect food while Emiko would stay as collateral. She had until Sunrise to procure the food she promised or...Kaa would keep his promise... The counter offer made Natalie balk who realized she couldn't POSSIBLY fulfill it in time!
"W-wait! I can't do this alone in that short amount of time! I don't know where the village is, and nothing is open until morning! I'll never get there and back in time! Can't we work something else out?"
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Post by viper on Apr 26, 2022 19:03:04 GMT -6
Kaa chuckled.
He knew getting back by sunrise would be all but impossible even for a creature of his speed and agility within the foliage canopy. A helpless girl-cub who could never hope to compare would fair far worse, especially with her complete unfamiliarity with the area. Said deadline was little more than a teasing mockery of her efforts – regardless of what she brought back they’d both be ending up in his belly, assuming she made it to the village at all!
If she didn’t?
Girl-cubs weren’t that difficult to track.
“Very well,” he sighed, as though he was somehow being the most patient serpent in the whole jungle. Then again, being forced to wait for dinner did require a rather large amount of patience, so perhaps he wasn’t pretending as much as he thought he was. “Since you insist, I’ll allow you until sunset tomorrow – but the moment the sun touches the horizon you’re done.”
He smirked.
“Though since you’re so helpless in finding your way,” Kaa said, pointing his tail towards the general direction of the village…nearly the opposite direction she and Emiko had been traveling earlier. It was almost amusing that they’d been pushing themselves further from the village instead of closer. “You’ll find it in that general direction if you walk fast enough but do be careful there are plenty of predators out and about tonight. I’d hate for something terrible to happen to you.”
He chuckled.
The serpent quickly closed the distance between the two of them, snout pressing against her nose as he brought his golden gaze to consume her vision. He didn’t bring forth his kaleidoscope of spirals, but the innate threat of their presence still existed and were all too tempting. His sly tail draped itself over bare shoulders, offering them what some might generously call an affectionate squeeze.
“Unless you’d rather wait until morning and spend the night with me.”
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Post by Emiko on Apr 26, 2022 19:15:09 GMT -6
Natalie was given yet an amended offer that was far more generous than the first one... Kaa would allow her to have more time and even pointed her in the general direction of where she had to go. But that was the limits of his kindness... Otherwise, all he offered was a best of luck hoping that predators didn't get her. Something that honestly made her scared to travel in the dark...
She was pondering how on earth she was going to do all of this by herself when, without warning, Kaa suddenly moved in... Natalie had her eyes uncovered, and had been so distraught by the turn of events that...she didn't think about Kaa and his eyes. And that unpreparedness was what put her into position. The snake was able to push his snout against hers, staring hard into her eyes. And a tail looping around her shoulder held her in place from going ANYWHERE.
It had all happened so fast... And if the snake wanted to, he could have unleashed his spirals right then and there to capture her. Instead...all he said was that she could spend a night with him if he'd rather wait til morning... It...was something she seriously had to consider...
Natalie took a step back, but only a single step as she continued to look into the snake's eyes. She gulped nervously for a moment doing nothing to cause trouble for Kaa knowing how well that went last time... While standing here to consider things...she tried to question Kaa about assurances of the options she could choose...
"...If...I did stay the night with you...how do I know you wouldn't just...do what you wanted from the start? Or if I did decide to accept your terms and left...how do I know you won't just eat Emiko while I'm gone? What assurance can you offer me that she'll still be here when I get back in time?"
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