Cave Comeback (Vore Story)
A commission for Ashgar. Tizak returns to the home of the fearsome naga monster Tethis for another shot at treasure...or perhaps he knows it's a moot attempt.
Why on Earth did Tizak decide to take this job?
The kobold gripped his small, ornate wand as hard as he could while he waved a dim torch around in his hand. The diminutive adventurer was exploring a cave, a cave he was more than familiar with from the last time he had dared to walk its halls. This cave was known as the layer of Tethis, a monstrous, snake-like being with the ability to spin webs, much like those of a spider. He and his adventuring party had met their end at Tethis's insatiable appetite, disappearing down into those snake coils after being wrapped in layers of his thick, slimy silk...the harrowing experience was partially why he was alone this time around; it was nigh-impossible to convince his compatriots to join him in their second attempt to loot the naga's riches, and specifically, a golden chalice that its owner dearly missed...
And, despite the nervous leadup to this adventure, it was actually going decently well. Tizak had managed to dispatch the low-level monsters he encountered with ease, and as he descended deeper into the bowels of the earth to search for the supposed mountain of treasure that the naga guarded, Tizak felt ready. Even though he was alone, he wasn't going to underestimate the monster this time. He was fully stocked with his best gear, as many potions, elixirs, and antidotes as he could carry, and most importantly, the brazen confidence one would need to tackle the same job after so spectacularly failing at it before. He didn't really have it before entering, but whacking around a few scrappy minions would make anyone feel like they were on top of the world!
So, of course, the kobold needed to be taken down a peg. In that way, it was perfect timing for him to run smack-dab into a wall of sticky, stretchy webbing. The impact almost immediately knocked Tizak down quite a few legs, the kobold's string of curse words echoed down further into the hallway he was walking through as he found himself quickly bound up in the web. He found himself bouncing back and forth as he struggled to tear the webbing off his arms, reach for his sword, anything he could do to free himself...but, really, the panic just entangled him even further into the sticky mess of a web.
"Ugh - damn it - I really hope he didn't hear that..." Tizak said under his breath, obviously referring to the massive creature that was no doubt going to have him as an afternoon snack if he was found...panic certainly wasn't helping him escape right now, so the kobold had to try his best to calm himself down and work on freeing himself in a more methodical fashion. Gently tugging on the string, attempting to use his claws to cut through some of the strands...but there was just so much of it to work through, and the kobold didn't really have the agency or time to do anything other than snap a few insignificant threads of the stuff. Try as he might, Tizak really wasn't making much headway on this attempted escape, and he was quickly running out of time to make it...
And, as if on cue, as Tizak thought about the inevitability looming over his escape, Tethis made his appearance...or, at least, the sound of him slithering throughout the hallways did! "Hmm, hmm, hmm. I wonder who's gotten themselves stuck in my web today..." the naga said to himself in a rather chipper voice, though it sounded a lot less friendly after a few rounds of bouncing off the cave walls and filling the kobold's ears! Almost instantly, Tizak felt his heart starting to pound and pump again, adrenaline flooding his body and making it very difficult to focus on the fact that he needed to stay composed unless he wanted to slide down Tethis's throat once again! Just the thought made the kobold shudder a little bit, especially as it started to become more and more of a reality with every passing second. The snake monster obviously didn't have any thunderous footsteps, but Tizak could still hear the harsh, foreboding noise of those scales sliding against the cave floor, gradually getting louder and louder...
At least at this point, the kobold didn't have enough energy left to panic. He wasn't going to escape, and now he just had to hope that he could stay quiet enough for the naga to not notice him...though, it was obvious that was a bit of a long shot. That scratchy, raspy sound just kept getting louder and louder, along with the playful snickering and sing-songy teasing. "Oh, I do hope I've got a big catch tonight, I'm just absolutely FAMISHED~" came the naga's voice once more, sounding as if he was right behind the kobold! God, Tizak wished he at least had the agency to just turn around and get it over with; the wait was absolutely agonizing for him...
In a way, that made it comforting when he felt something behind him starting to mess with the web he was stuck in. He could sense the presence of the absolutely enormous naga right behind him, breathing down his back, and the fact that he couldn't turn around to at least look at the beast in the eyes was absolutely maddening. It wasn't like he would have much longer before he was wrapped up tight in the naga's silk, completely unable to see anything, and he would have liked to at least stare in the eyes of the monster whose lair he had failed to loot twice now. Something about small decencies.
"Ohoho, not even wrapped up all the way? What happened, did you get too tuckered out once you got caught? Don't worry, I absolutely have just the best place for you to take a nice, satisfying nap..." Tethis continued to monologue as he used one of his sharp claws to cut the web around where Tizak was suspended, the kobold feeling the world around him start to shake and wiggle a bit as the tight string keeping him pinned up like this was gradually sliced and snipped away...it was so, so easy for the naga compared to the trapped kobold. It was almost insulting, in a way, how easily he was freed from the greater part of that web, soon crashing to the floor of the cave and groaning slightly before he felt that same hand starting to slowly pick him up. "What's the matter? Don't even have anything to say? What fun you are..." Tethis grumbled as he brought Tizak up to his mouth. If his meal today was going to be so small, the least he could do would at least be entertaining, but they couldn't even manage that! A disappointment across-the-board, honestly, the perfect candidate to be nothing but stomach filler for the much larger beast...
And, that's exactly what Tethis has had in mind. "Well, I'd say it was nice knowing you, but..." the naga trailed off, throwing back his head and preparing to just toss Tizak in his mouth like the snack he was before he decided to bother with opening his eyes and actually, you know, looking at the creature he was about to shove into his gullet...and, as he stared at the sprawled-out, defeated kobold in his hand, the pieces slowly started to put themselves together. "Hey, you look familiar..."
Not what Tizak wanted to hear, to put it lightly. If he didn't recognize the kobold, he probably would have just snapped him up without a second thought. But now? Now that Tethis knew he was a repeat offender? There was absolutely no telling what he would end up doing with his newest catch. At first, the naga just slowly broke into a deep, uproarious laugh, one that lasted for quite a few moments as the hand gripping Tizak only continued to get tighter and tighter. "Well, well, well! It looks like someone came back for seconds. Where are all of your delicious friends this time, hm? Couldn't convince them to come along again? What a shame...you'll barely tide me over for a few hours.~" the naga teased, his slavering maw slowly opening up reveal two rows of sharp, serrated teeth on either side, as well as two giant pedipalps that helped it to manipulate the webs he spit out of the small tube-like apparatus that was right about where a tongue would normally be. The enormous, sharp chompers were incredibly intimidating to look at, but at least Tizak had the experience to know that the naga wasn't actually going to use them on him.
"L-listen! I'm just taking this job because someone very dearly misses that golden chalice you have. It's a family heirloom, that's all I want, so just let me-"
*splt*
Right in the middle of Tizak's defense, the naga shot a blast of sticky, warm webbing right into the kobold's muzzle, sealing it shut and stopping him from uttering anything other than grunts and groans! "Oh, hush. Don't talk in the middle of my show, otherwise you won't be able to enjoy it, silly.~" Tethis replied quickly, watching Tizak's expression start to change as he realized that he wouldn't be able to weasel his way out of this with words...or at all, most likely. That web didn't get in his mouth, thankfully, but it did seal it completely shut, and the extra stuff was already starting to drip down towards the back of his head. "Gosh, it was so easy to catch you, my little morsel. So simple. Almost like...
you wanted to be caught."
Tizak's eyes shot open as wide as they could upon hearing the naga's accusation. Why, what an absolute preposterous assumption! The kobold was so incensed, not only because the predator would imply such a thing, but also because he was unable to fight back - with words or magic. No, he had to sit here and take these slanderous words, and all he could do to respond was sulk and wiggle around aimlessly in Tethis's hand. "Ooh! Strike a nerve, did i?~" the naga almost immediately responded, snickering at just how easily he was able to press one of the kobold's buttons. "Yes, the sight of the throat you disappeared into a few days ago must drive you absolutely crazy, knowing you are about to get the chance to experience it once more, hm?" he continued to prove, absolutely delighted in how much these accusations were getting to the kobold! It would perhaps be wise for Tizak to save his energy for once he was actually wriggling through the naga's digestive tract...
Tizak was still furious at the mere suggestion of him doing this on purpose, but in the back of the kobold's mind, it was causing him to think a little bit about why he actually came back. If it went so poorly with a whole group of adventurers backing him up, did the kobold really think he could get away with it by himself? Why was he marching ahead into certain doom with this much confidence? Was he blinded by the riches he could obtain, both from the job itself and from the pile of gold the naga was said to protect? Or was it something a bit more...personal?
As Tizak found himself lost in thought, Tethis started to give him a show. The naga slowly brought his mouth closer to his prospective snack, the thick, sharp pedipalps in his mouth click-clacking together every now and again as sticky silk dribbled out of his mouth and onto Tizak. The stuff limited his movement even further, and started to encase the rest of his body inside of a much more traditional cocoon! Tethis made sure to keep the kobold's ears and eyes clear of the stuff for the time being, though. It was no fun to tease somebody who couldn't see or hear you, of course~
Soon, Tethis's open mouth was only a few inches away from Tizak's muzzle, the naga's teeth more than able to slice right through the cocoon the kobold was in if he so wished! The heat of the naga's innards radiated over Tizak's body, waves of warm, stale breath coming along with it to continue the assault of teasing Tethis was embarking on without even needing to use his words. The kobold wished that he could whimper and squirm around right now, but now that his entire body was bound tight in strong silk, there was absolutely no outlet for the restless panic he was experiencing. At this point, he almost wanted Tethis to snatch him up so that he could get it over with, but now that the naga had buttons to press, he was going to play around with them for as long as he could. Though, as his mouth continued to draw closer, it seemed like he was ready to take his meal to go...
*snap!*
Tethis snickered as he felt Tizak jerk back in his hand from the sudden and loud bite down that had happened in front of him, the kobold mere centimeters from being scooped up by those intimidating chompers...or something even worse, though Tethis made sure that wasn't an actual possibility. "Looks like someone was leaning in just a bit too closely~" the naga said, his mouth still so close to Tizak that the kobold could feel every aspiration washing over him, the warmth of the naga's breath slowly melting some of the webbing that had solidified itself around his body, giving the tiniest, most tantalizing chance at escape. But then, Tethis felt his stomach chime in with a comment on how he was teasing his meal -
*rrrRRRRrrgggLLLlll*
The naga's stomach was long, cavernous, and temperamental. It was hungry, and even though Tizak had no hope of filling it up entirely, it still wanted the kobold. Now. "Oh, you're no fun.~" Tethis complained to himself, rolling his eyes slightly before looking back down at the snack in his hand. "Well, I'd love to chat for a little longer, but you know how stomachs are..." the naga continued, pausing for a moment to allow Tizak to reply, even though it was very much impossible for the kobold to do so. And then...he lowered his mouth down to Tizak's slightly-exposed claws. The kobold felt a shivering tingle rocket up his spine as the heat and wetness of the naga's mouth quickly wrapped its way around his feet, his body so badly wanting to tremble to get all of this energy out, but being completely unable to do so in these tight bindings. The naga's maw easily scooped Tizak up like the snack that he was, half of the kobold's body already contained by the time Tethis lifted his head back up and pointed the cocooned 'bold to the sky...
*shlllp~*
Tethis felt an intense suction around his legs and feet for the briefest moment for the entire rest of him was suddenly pulled into and submerged in the hellish, damp heat of Tethis's mouth, those teeth once again clacking shut just centimeters from him...though, this time Tizak was stuck on the other side, with absolutely nowhere else to go but down. His legs had already been pulled into the naga's plush, squishy gullet, both the intense pressure of its contractions and the bit of assistance from gravity making the kobold's trip down the naga's gullet a quick one. He didn't even have time to put up a wimpy attempt at struggling out of his confines before one quick gulp sealed him inside of Tethis's coils, an experience that was...somewbat strange for Tizak. Last time, he was able to at least watch his friends get cocooned up as he was held inside of the naga's mouth, but clearly, he alone was not worth the theatrics. Good lord; Tethis could really house someone down when he was really hungry, huh? It did help that the kobold was somehow even more constrained than a regular snack sliding down his throat, though...
The monster's mandibles once again started to clack together in contentment as Tethis started to turn around, Tizak already having sunk into the meatiest, thickest part of his purple body with not even the tiniest bulge to show for it! "Mmh...enjoy yourself in there, morsel. I hope it's everything that you thought it would be...but next time, you should bring some friends again. I'm sure you could lie and say that you came out with some treasure this time to entice them...or maybe you just didn't want company in there, heh." the naga teased one last time as he started to slither back into the depths of his cave, this time with a passenger deep in his own depths!
Despite the crushing heat and the loud, churning flesh that surrounded Tizak on all sides as he was pushed down Tethis's throat and into the long, slender stomach cavity where he would be spending the rest of his time, he could still hear Tethis's words fairly cogently...it wasn't exactly what he had planned, but now that the kobold thought about it, he would actually appreciate the little bit of extra space inside of the naga's stomach once he got there. The only thing less fun than digesting in the bowels of a giant naga monster was doing so while your bard's ass was constantly being mashed into your face! Mmh...maybe the kobold could spend this time thinking about how to attack the naga once more. Or, maybe, he could stop lying to himself, and figure out how to get his party to come back so he could feed them to Tethis once more...!