title: The Arrangement aliases: [] tags: [FA] author: [Ropistike] id: [36460453] date: 星期六, 十月 29日 2022, 9:37:46 晚上 modified: 星期六, 十月 29日 2022, 10:18:25 晚上

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The Arrangement

Author: Ropistike Source: The Arrangement (Digestion)

A 20-sided blue die sat motionless on Cody's bedside table, the number 2 facing up.

The fox stared at it, as he often did on nights like these, quiet ones, where someone could whisper in the adjacent room and he would be able to hear it clear as day. He fidgeted, sitting on his bed with phone in hand, idly checking several social media sites over and over again.

Cody groaned and tossed his phone down to the carpet below, his attempt at getting himself to stop procrastinating and keep on with the odd jobs he had taken on. Rent... that would be due soon, he didn't really have the time to just sit around like this. He got himself to stand back up, feeling a momentary dizziness in his head from being sedentary most of the day. The computer was still on, browser open to the very sites he had been staring at on his phone for the last two hours. He closed them, and pulled up the latest article he was meant to edit.

The work started to flow quickly once he got himself to focus. The sound of a trickling river filled the room after he loaded up a white noise video he stumbled across. It was dark out, to the point that the dry soreness in his eyes was far more pronounced than usual.

“I deserve that...” He whispered to himself, the clacking of keys adding to the soft and calming sounds coming from his speakers. “Staying up until two... I have to get on a normal sleep schedule...”

“Aw, what's the fun in that?”

Cody flinched and spun around in his seat. The voice was all too familiar, conjuring a multitude of emotions all at once. His heart started to pound, knowing what his arrival meant... What it could possibly lead to...

Talin sat cross-legged on Cody's bed, the bat's head cocked to the side and sporting a wicked smile. Movement made Cody's eyes dart to the bat's hand, the blue die rolling back and forth along the stubby fingers it sported. Again he found himself wondering how he always managed to sneak into his room without him noticing... The bewilderment must have been clear on his face, as the bat's grin widened as their eyes met.

“Been a little while hasn't it fox toy?” The bat said, accenting the final word and clearly basking in the effect it had on him. “What do you think about spending the night together? I've been craving another dip into our arrangement.”

Cody felt his eyes widen, his heart racing as the bat leaned back, making himself quite at home and waiting expectantly for his answer. 'I should say no...' Cody thought, knowing how the night would end... how the night 'could' end...

Talin licked his lips, knowing full well that implication would not be lost on him. He gripped the armrest of his chair, hand straining as he fought himself over the indecision. He eyed Talin again, looking the bat up and down, how he was splayed out on the bed... How his tail flicked from side to side... How his eyes entranced him with that confident stare....

“Y... yeah.” He said, somehow feeling the warmth of excitement and the chill of dread simultaneously, “Same deal as usual though... Only a 1 roll will... you know... Unless we could leave the die out of it this time?” He asked, hopefully.

Talin scoffed and held the die up between them. “Don't try to bargain with me toy. Otherwise I can make it so that a 1 -or- a 2 seals your fate. That would have done you in the last time I was here huh?” He said, holding the die so that the 2 was facing him.

“O-okay okay!” Cody said, his voice almost squeaking in his rush to reassure the bat he wouldn't push the issue further. 'You could just... say no... no die roll, no Talin...' He thought to himself, knowing full well that he had already made up his mind. “Let's do it.”

The grin that Talin sported was unnerving, as it always was. Cody's heart pounded, whether it was from excitement or fear was unknown to him, but the bat sidled over towards his bed all the same. Cody pushed himself up, watching as Talin carefully and deliberately placed the die back down on the bedside table before hopping up onto the mattress and leaning back.

The bat's eyes lazily followed him as he started pulling off some of his clothes. The fur beneath his shirt was disheveled, matted and pointing in all different directions, having not really taken the care to make himself more presentable. He doubted the bat cared one way or the other, he was only here for... the dice roll that came later. He shook his head with his eyes shut for a brief moment. '19 out of 20'... he thought, his odds were good. He'd be fine. Just... enjoy it.

Cody climbed up on the bed, Talin sitting up a little straighter to welcome him closer. He could feel the warmth that radiated from him, and he leaned into it. The bat embraced him, pulling him close and wrapping his wings gently over his shoulders. He looked up as the bat opened his mouth just a hair, and Cody rose up to meet him. The bat kissed him, his thick and powerful tongue immediately sparking recognition. No one else felt the way Talin did.

The bat soon took control of the embrace, as he always did, and Cody let him lead the way. Their lips parted, and Cody found himself laying on his back, the bat perched above him, straddling his hips. He reached down to grasp one of Cody's wrists, and he let the arm go limp. Talin's paw touched him, and he felt that strange tingle that always seemed to emanate from the bat's hands. His mind quickly flashed to scenes in his memory, scenes that demonstrated the power that he was truly capable of... But thoughts like that were quickly shoved from his mind as he found his hand lifted up and brushing against Tain's lips.

Lips parting, tongue lolling, the bat slid Cody's finger into his maw, making the fox squirm and blush. That velvety spongy texture sent a chill down his spine, his eyes locked onto the scene that played out over him. The bat isolated a single finger, and pulled it into his mouth with a short suckle. He felt the tongue caress him, pulling and releasing gently until Cody felt his tail lashing around between his body and the blankets. The bat smirked, pulling his finger free with a satisfied sigh before planting himself down on top of Cody. The two were chest to chest, Talin's breath washing over him, as the bat quickly twisted in place, using either his own strength of his strange magic to reverse their positions.

Cody, now on top, pressed down over Talin who, despite being beneath him, still seemed one hundred percent in control of what was going on. The bat nudged at Cody's arms, guiding them up towards his head, and slowly parted his lips again. Cody's heart picked up its rhythm, and he quickly brought his hands forward, resting them on either side of the bat's fearsome looking jaws. Talin's tongue lolled out from between his lips yet again, this time giving Cody all the time he desired to... venture around.

He spread the bat's maw wider, letting some fingers drift inside and caress the thick tongue. Warmth erupted from his throat as he drew breath, the sensation only enticing Cody further until he found his own snout resting right on top of it. Cody let himself fall into a trance, nearly hypnotized by everything he could see. Fingers glided against teeth, nostrils drew in his breath, his own tongue glided down to connect with the bat once again. He wasn't sure how long it lasted, but eventually Talin guided him back up, face and hands coated with saliva, and sealed his mouth shut with a quick lick of the lips.

Cody idly wiped some of the slobber off of his hands, surprised as always at the sheer volume that had collected on him. 'He's salivating because he's hungry!' His common sense roared at him, 'He's just tasting you!'

The bat's next move banished those troublesome thoughts from his mind, as the sensation of a warm tongue against his neck brought him back into the moment. Talin closed his jaws over Cody's throat, teeth only stopping just close enough not to puncture. His heart leaped, the thrill giving him a rush of adrenaline as his body tried to give into the natural instincts of having something's jaws closing in on him. Talin managed to remain relatively gentle, soft and fluffy lips nipping at him. His head slid downward, teeth parting just enough so that Cody's skin remained unbroken, tongue and suction working on every inch of the fox that he could find.

Cody felt his body being lifted up, with Talin once more changing his position to be back atop his chest before turning around. Hips and tail clouded Cody's view, blocking his line of sight from the bat's activities. The tail curled around his snout playfully, knowingly. Cody felt some clues as Talin explored, tongue dabbing at him here and there before stopping at his waist. Cody's heart thumped even harder, anticipating the bat's next move, only to feel him stretch out further on the bed until he could feel the bat's breath on his bare feet.

A gasp was stifled as that silky warmth embraced his toes, leaving Cody to keep his eyes shut and focus on not kicking out in surprise. Talin chuckled as he suckled on Cody's toes, both the sound and the vibration from his mouth cluing him off. Cody just breathed deep, eyes still shut, feeling the bat's legs and tail toy around with his head. Chill air cloaked his feet, and he could feel saliva between his toes as he wiggled them, when he abruptly felt his underwear being removed.

Cody tensed, his eyes still shut, and a shadow of a grin spreading across his face. His underwear had spotted a likely noticeable bulge since the bat first kissed him, and he felt the cool air around him interrupted by warm breath. He opened his eyes to watch as Talin's back descended, and that same blissful sensation embraced him once again. He lost himself in the experience, as he always did. The heat, the suction, the intimacy... His face blushed with what must have been a beet red color under his fur while Talin tasted the one part of him that had not yet met his maw already this day.

When Cody next found himself with a clear mind, he focused in on Talin, still straddling him and facing away, only now stretching with an arced back and a satisfied exhale of breath. Cody's heart was still thumping rapidly, but he could feel the rate descending, he could see through the clouds that enveloped him a little better, and the voice in the back of his head was no longer stifled.

The mixture of excitement and fear he had felt earlier shifted now, draining power away from the excitement side of that conflict. Talin shifted around, his expression pleased and expectant. Cody took in a deep breath, regretting this deal as he always did the moment the fun part was over... Well, the moment that -his- fun part was over. Talin's was yet to come, and despite his good odds, this moment always left him trembling with anxiety.

"Well?" The bat asked, his voice a whisper, "Come on toy, don't keep us waiting..."

"r-right..." the fox said, turning his head to look over to the die on the table. He pushed himself to sit up straight, Talin shifting over to allow it before sidling up beside him, arm around his shoulder. The expression did not feel friendly. 'This is insane...' he thought, 'Last time Cody. This HAS to be the last time...'

The thought was just as common as the die rolls at this point. Talin could push his buttons with a single look. He had to be stronger in the future. Roll a die this frequently and it will eventually fall on a 1...

Talin's fingers tapped against his shoulder, a repetitive motion highlighting the bat's impatience. Cody took the hint and grabbed the die, nervous that the bat would change the rules at the last second. Cody took a shuddering breath, reminding himself of his odds, before tossing the blue die down onto his bedside table with a clatter. Talin leaned in close to watch as it toppled around, landing near the center of the surface before coming to a stop.... on...

Cody tensed as he felt a sick chill of dread overwhelm him in the blink of an eye. His gaze was locked onto the die, eyes wide, willing it to be wrong, willing it to topple over one more time...

It was a 1.

Talin's grip on his shoulder tightened just a little bit, Cody still refusing to look away from the die. "Ooh..." He said, his voice laced with a cheer that make Cody flinch, "Well aren't you unlucky?"

"N... no... wait..." Cody said, words only coming out between the rapid frightened breaths, "You can't.... you.... you're not really go...."

"Going to eat you?" Talin said, finishing the thought, "Yes... I am."

So casually.... Talin said that with such ease.... Cody trembled, still staring at the 1... This was going to be the last time... He was going to stop...

"...n...no...." He said, lamely.

"Yes little toy. I made a promise didn't I?" Talin said, his paw still holding Cody in place. The sensation of the bat's power coursing beneath the surface no long instilled that awe-like wonder it had before... "You agreed as well. This was the arrangement... Oh come on... You wouldn't have accepted if there wasn't a part of you that truly wanted this... That fascination you have with my maw, deep down you truly desire a much... closer... look."

The last word was whispered so close to his ear that he could feel Talin's fur brush against him. He tore his eyes away from the die for the first time since it left his hand and tried to pull away from the bat. Talin's hand grasped his wrist and a bizarre sensation enveloped him for a brief moment. He pulled away from Talin, but could not budge him at all. Turning to look back, he gasped. The bat, who until now had been of an equal height to Cody, now looked to be about a foot taller than him.... except... no... His things were larger too. The bed... The table... Everything... The bat had shrunk him, just enough so that his limited strength would make it nearly impossible to escape.

The bat pulled him back with ease, lifting him up onto the bed again with just one arm. The change in size was daunting... and he knew it would only get worse. If Talin's presence was already this intimidating… only being a little bit larger...

"Cody..." Talin said, the sound of his own name sending chills down his spine, "I'm not going to let you renege on this deal we made."

"Wait... please, I.... I'm -not- food..." He said, knowing it would fall on deaf ears.

"If you weren't food, you wouldn't have agreed to -be- food."

Cody opened his mouth to protest again.... But closed it upon realizing he was just about to repeat himself... This... This couldn't really be happening right? Talin wouldn't actually go through with this would he?

"I can tell you're a little... nervous. Why don't I walk you through how this will work..." Talin said, spinning Cody around so that he was facing the bat. Talin's legs and tail wrapped around him as the bat began to mime a scene, holding his two paws about 5 inches apart. "I'll shrink you down again, until you're about thiiiis big..."

He lifted one paw up, fingers pinched together, and faced his open maw towards the ceiling before parting them. "Then, I'll drop you right in. It's my maw, you been there dozens of times now. You'll know your way around..." He smirked, lifting his paw again to press it up against his neck. "Then, once I feel like it..."

He trailed off, instead grasping at Cody's head and pressing it up against the bat's neck, the fluff of his chest tickling at Cody's nose. Talin gulped, the shifting and pulling of the muscle swelled and retracted against his cheek, and he couldn't stop visualizing it. Talin's maw was clear in his mind, he's slipped his own head inside more than enough to picture it perfectly. That throat... He stopped, refusing to imagine falling down through it. His heart was racing as Talin released him, letting him again sit all wrapped up by his legs and tail.

Talin started dragging his finger down his neck, down his chest. "You'll slide... I have to admit I'm not really sure what that feels like, but I'm told it's very snug..." He said, pausing, "Then again, that was the testimony of a willing prey so it might be different for you."

"Then..." He said, resting his hand on his gut, "You'll end up right here. Your new home, for a few hours at least..."

"H... hours?" Cody asked, looking up to meet the bat's eyes.

"How long my prey lasts in there varies a bit... Don't get your hopes up either, I'm decidedly -not- letting you back out. Only very special prey get that." He said, immediately continuing to drown out Cody's protests, "Regardless, you end up in my stomach, and I have to be honest... It will not be kind to you."

Cody whimpered. Talin laid a hand against his shoulder, and the bat shrunk him another few inches. He gasped, the sensation hitting him before he truly noticed the change in size.... What... what was he going to do?

"The walls will churn you... squeeze you... they might even break you..." He said, still smiling at him, "All while the acids coat you... melt you... dissolve you... giving you to me in full. Making you mine. Making you... me."

Cody shrunk again. Talin was now easily twice his size. "It won't be easy... It won't be pleasant." He shrunk again, "If you want some advice toy?" And again "Wiggle around in there as much as you can. Squirm and struggle. Get yourself all tired out." And again "You'll digest faster that way."

Cody had long since closed his eyes, bracing himself for each subsequent shrink... until it stopped. The touch was gone... Talin wasn't talking anymore... He dared to hope for a brief second that this was just a prank. That the bat was just having fun with him and he'd open his eyes to be normal sized again...

No such luck. Talin towered over him like a building, leaning down so that his massive... -massive- head was so close that Cody could reach it if he lifted his arm. The bat spoke again, his words a rumble that Cody could feel within his bones, his breath no longer sparking that same wonder as it had before... Now it was just... a promise.

"I'm hungry now toy." He said, "Are you ready? I'll wait here with you a few minutes if you're not. You can listen to my stomach growl. You hear that?...... So so eager to meet you."

Cody whimpered again, trembling and finding himself unable to speak. He just... stared at the bat's midsection. The cream colored patch of fur on his underbelly.... hiding an audibly gurgling hell beneath the surface.

"Take your time... Sometimes food just needs a moment to realize what they truly are, where they truly belong... You'll understand I'm sure. Once you're there. This has been your destiny all along. You get to be... me. A part of me. Forever."

"No.... no no no no no no no... no no..." Cody said, muttering desperately under his breath.

Talin sighed, making an exaggerated motion of putting his head on his hand, acting bored. "Food just never appreciates what I give them. You especially... I'm disappointed in... You knew from the start! You were always food and you accepted it! You can't say no now that it's finally time to put you where you belong."

Cody shook his head, trying to push himself away from the tail. Above him, Talin sighed.

"Well, I'm tired of waiting now. It's time." He said, Cody looked up with the intention to plead again but shouted in alarm when he saw the bat's absolutely massive paw reaching for him. There was nothing he could do. He was scooped up with the same ease that he would have when grabbing a chip from a bowl. Cody struggled in the bat's massive grasp, babbling incoherently and trembling as he looked down to see the purple face waiting just in front of his dangling feet.

"Goodbye toy. I'd say have fun in there but... you won't."

Without waiting another second, Talin parted his maw and started sliding Cody inside without ceremony. Cody screamed, kicking at the bat's tongue with his bare feet. That same texture he was all too familiar with, only now a landscape instead of a mouthful. The gentle warmth already felt like scorching heat, and he knew it would only get worse from here. Talin had placed him in up to his waist, his legs kicking in the humid chamber beneath him as the tongue toyed with him while his tiny fists grasped as much fur as he could reach.

He could just make out Talin's eyes down behind his nose, staring right at him with a pleased expression. The two simply watched one another for a short moment, Cody unable to think of anything to say that hadn't already been said, when he felt the lips holding him up begin to part.

"....n...n no no... no NONONONONO NO!!!" He shouted as his body started to fall. His purchase on Talin's fur was no match for the strength of a thick muscle that was ten times his body weight. His grasp slipped free, and he slid into near perfect darkness.

Light peeked out from Talin's teeth, when he could even see past the tongue that was insistent on curling around him every which way possible. He tried desperately to wrestle with it, while his feet flailed around in the slick and slippery cavern in an attempt to slow himself down. Talin's breath continued to gust up from down behind him, cloaking the whole maw with the scent of what waited for him below.

Cody's feet slipped out beneath him with every attempt he made to dig into the bat's monstrous tongue. The saliva was practically a deluge all around him, and it took only seconds for him to be coated in it from head to toe. Cody grasped desperately towards the light poking in from Talin's teeth, managing to squirm forward a short distance before sliding down further away than he was before. Cody heard himself whimper, helpless and pitiful against the bat's power over him. Every second he wasn't swallowed only made his dread all the more prominent, he knew it was coming... He had to get out!! But it's impossible..... But he had to get OUT!

The light flared for a moment, making Cody squint while continuing his feeble struggles against the purple monster's maw. It took him a moment, but he froze when he finally managed to focus on what he was seeing outside. Talin had taken a stroll through his house, as he looked out to see what he recognized as his bathroom. The bat stood in front of his mirror, jaws parted only just so, and inside...

Cody stared at his reflection, the pit in his stomach getting instantly heavier. The scrawny and pitiful fox that looked back at him was someone Cody didn't even recognize as himself. Naked, fur all disheveled, matted down with slobber so much that his once fluffy tail was just a limp and soaked strand splayed out to his side. He knew he was small, knew that the bat had shrunken him and knew all too well where he was... But seeing it sent a chill down his spine. His own body... completely inside this monster's mouth, tongue tipping slowly upwards...

Adrenaline rushing back into him, Cody flailed, fighting with renewed vigor against the tongue. He squirmed his way forward, tongue curling over his head, pressing his ears down against his scalp and briefly leaving him with nothing but the sound of wet squelches against his side. He pushed past the tongue, the muscle curling over his shoulder and latching onto him as he uselessly reached out towards his reflection. He caught a glimpse of Talin's eyes watching him, the careless amusement he saw within cowed him. Cody trembled, losing his footing and his wrestling match with the bat's tongue. He slid backwards.

Talin kept his mouth open, a long soft fleshy cave glistening in the outside light, obscuring most of Cody's view besides the very reflection itself. He felt his legs start to dip downwards, prompting another burst of desperate struggles, but Talin was no longer humoring him. The bat stuck his tongue out, the slide down into the depth beneath him tightening, leaving Cody to start gliding freely backwards. He tried to plead with the bat, to do or say anything that could reverse what was happening as his legs felt the gentle embrace of warm flesh beneath him. He looked up just in time to see his own upper body start to fall, descending down behind the long slimy tongue, before he even registered what was going on around him.

Talin gulped him down with one strong swallow. Flesh opened up beneath to let him fall, dropping his body a short distance before the walls crashed back in around him, pressing him harder and harder, tightening so intensely that Cody expected himself to be crushed... But that didn't happen. Instead he dropped, feet paving the way beneath him as the bat's peristalsis crawled over his body, nudging and pulling with an endless pressure forcing him deeper and deeper.

Cody couldn't open his eyes, flesh pressing around him had forced his snout to point upwards, his arms dragged down last, still dangling above him and frantically trying to grab handfuls of the slick and slippery walls. The darkness was absolute, he could see that from behind his eyelids. That last image was replaying in his head, watching his own body start to drop before cutting off his view of the mirror, giving him one glimpse of soft purple flesh above him. The dim light had shown him just how far away the bat's maw already was while the pressure forced the throat closed above him, narrowing to a point before vanishing forever.

Cody had no idea how long he had been descending, flesh crushing in against his body and dragging endlessly up around him while he fell. He pondered how the bat's body could possibly be this vast, the squelching and groaning around him providing no hint as to where he was. A soft thumping told him he had already slid beneath the bat's heart, but he could not at all tell how far away that particular muscle was. That sensation of feeling lost in the tight winding darkness vanished in a moment, as he felt his feet push through a firmer and narrow sphincter.

The certainty of where he was about to end up prompted him to renew his struggling. He tried to shout, but it only came out as a muffled whine. He tried to slow his descent by pushing as hard as he could against the throat, but the careless flesh wasn't deterred in the slightest. He tried to lurch his upper body, kick his feet, do anything to cause the bat some level of discomfort that would make the giant change his mind... But if Talin had even felt anything from him whatsoever it changed nothing.

The pressure started relenting over his lower body. His legs kicked uselessly in the open space beneath him while the rest of Talin's meal slid downward faster and faster. His feet connected to soft spongy walls, cradling each impact and absorbing it before springing him back a breath later. He started to free fall, the slimy heat only barely clinging to his head and arms, before he rapidly fell from the beast's esophagus with a soft 'thhp', and dropped in the less cramped darkness.

He felt himself collide with the fleshy wall, his knees buckling beneath him and leaving him sliding forward with his feet tucked away behind him. The descent didn't last long, as he almost immediately came to a stop, his body resting in one place for the first time since Talin's paw had closed in around him. He gasped, gagging at the stench that clouded around him. The scent of putrid sour meat was inescapable, the stomach completely sealed up with only Cody trapped inside. The flesh cradled his body, a thick syrup-like liquid pooled down among the folds of hot meat, lapping against Cody's legs and waist as he settled down on his back.

Splayed out like he was lounging on a hammock, Cody thrashed. Despite the softness of the walls that contained him, it was cramped and tight in this pitch darkness. Now that he was no longer comparing the conditions here to what it was like in the bat's throat, any sense of relief from that constriction was wiped away. Folds of writhing meat pressed against him, his back, his sides.... He twice had to pull his leg free from grasp of flesh that threatened to drag his head beneath the surface of the ever-present juices.

Cody was frantic, gasping in as much air as he could stomach while he desperately tried in vain to keep his body free of the fluids beneath him, knowing what they would do. He screamed, kicking at the churning gut from within while he begged for Talin to release him, unsure if the beast could even hear the whimpering of such a tiny creature tucked deep into his body.

Feeling hopeless... and small... Cody's struggles began to slow. He tried to feel for the sphincter above him, knowing that even if he found it there was no chance whatsoever he would be able to climb out. His own mania quieted, allowing the chorus of groaning and rumbling to echo through the bat's belly unperturbed. The cacophony of the bat's inner working was almost deafening, and Cody tried everything he could do to cover his ears... He tried to keep the stench and taste of the bat's stomach away from him, tried to part himself from the slick walls in an attempt to reduce the unforgiving heat the radiated endlessly against him...

There was nothing he could do... He couldn't stop any of it... He was entirely at the mercy of the bat's stomach, which was intent on treating him like he was no different from any other bit of food... Just meat waiting to be broken down, that he was alive was of no consequence. The stomach did not care.

"Giving up this fast?"

Cody flinched, instinctively looking around despite the darkness. The voice had come from... anywhere? Everywhere?

"After all that fuss I thought you would resist being food for a little longer than -that-"

Talin... was talking to him... The direction of gravity shifted, prompting Cody to yelp as he tumbled forwards, splashing face first in the thick chyme and nearly getting his head squeezed between two tight folds of flesh. By the time he had wrestled free and pushed his upper body out of the acids the bat was already mid-sentence.

"...en to you after all..." He said, his voice now accompanied by soft and deep 'thumps' every few seconds, "It's nice to finally -know-, isn't it? After so many nights spent staring into my mouth, sliding your hands, your toes... everything up against my tongue... Now you're finally here, inside me. Mine forever. You wouldn't have it any other way would you?"

Cody whimpered, summoning as much energy as he could and started kicking at the walls again. He shouted, screaming at Talin as loud as he could. His tone wavering between rage and despair with each impact. Whatever the bat said next he couldn't hear it. The voice was reaching but the words were not. He didn't want to hear it. Didn't want to believe it... Didn't want to face it...

Weariness caused him to slump, splashing back down deeper into the caustic juices, bringing his nose closer to that stinging scent that made each breath a chore... 'No please....' he thought to himself, his lack of motion leaving him alone with his thoughts, which were intent on his looming digestion. 'He has to let me out now.... It'll be too late.. it.."

Cody grit his teeth. He felt dazed. The dwindling air, the oppressive atmosphere, the ache in his every muscle... it was getting to him in a way that filled his head with fog. A tingling against the pads of his feet prompted him to gasp, trying desperately to summon the strength to lift them up out of the acids. A shift in the stomach wall at that exact same time caught his leg, keeping him in the same position and feeling as through he had lost his balance. The walls seemed faster than they had been before, churning and lurching in every which direction.

Flesh pressed against him before parting. Leaving him with wiggle room before crashing back in. His body was squeezed and kneaded, stirring him about in the pool of juices, keeping the liquid in motion, making sure he would digest promptly. Cody whined as loud as he could, too weak to fight against the writhing meat that coated him in the thick juices. The tingling against his feet was intensifying, feeling like a combination of uncomfortably hot water along with the pins and needles sensation of a body part just recovering from being asleep.

While he wouldn't have called it pain, the sensation was of such immense intensity that his instinct was to avoid it like pain. He tried as hard as he could, knowing that escape was impossible, but the feeling of his body being digested alive wouldn't let him keep still. He grimaced, his eyes squinted shut as tight as he could get them while the bat's guts worked on him, broke him down in body and spirit.

"Hmmmmmm..." Talin said, the voice sounding closer now, as the though the bat was leaning over to talk right into his belly, "The hunger is dwindling away... I know what that means... How are you holding up in there?"

Cody tried to ignore him, but there was just no way. Talin was.... was just his entire life now. He was the only one here. The only one who knew what was happening to him. The bat's body was the only thing that any of his 5 senses could detect. There was no outside world anymore... Everything was... Talin

"My gut is breaking you down isn't it? You bearing it okay? I can't imagine what it's like...." He said, not sounding sympathetic in any way. "I know you're still alive in there. I can feel you, you know. Moving around in my gut, struggling against my body... Cody Cody Cody.... The sooner you accept yourself as food, the faster this will go. Just lie back and digest. Give yourself to me, completely."

Cody slumped down again, sucking in deep breath after deep breath, almost used to the scent of the monster's previous meals... "But don't worry too much." He said, a sound accompanying the words that made Cody think the beast was squeezing his belly, the shift in pressures around him confirming that, "It will be worth it! You'll be inside me forever... Part of the meat in my gut? Part of my hips? Who knows where you'll end up, but you get to live through me now!"

His tone changed. Mockingly conversational shifted over to something else... A powerful certainty, a truth that Cody could never dispute. "You're mine. You've been mine since we first met. Don't beat yourself up too much though my little fox. Don't feel any regrets... Had you ever refused our arrangement..... Well, you'd be right were you are now. I don't play by the rules. I don't have to be -fair- to my food. I can do whatever. I. Want. With my food..."

"Now digest. I'm done chatting with you, as nice as this back and forth has been. Talking to food is a bad habit of mine, not like it makes any diff..fn..c.. ...w... m.."

The voice trailed off.

Cody didn't know if Talin had leaned away, or if his ability to hear was being melted out of him. It was all he could do to clench his teeth and bear it. The tingling of digestion coated his entire body now... or at least what was left of it... He wasn't sure if his feet were still tingling, or if they were gone and the tingling was all he could remember....

He could barely move, cramped and losing sense of his own form. He pushed and squirmed as much as he could, forcing himself to do something, hoping that the bat would... free him? Hoping that it was just a nightmare? Hoping that.... that....

All he could feel were the acids and the heat. His whole world was this cramped stomach, this living hell. Cody digested, melting away into nothing, slowly absorbed by the greedy folds of ravenous meat surrounding him. He was just food, after all.