Rat Dungeon Crawl: Act 1: Chapter 3

Story by Russ on SoFurry

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#3 of Rat Dungeon Crawl

Deeper into the Dungeon, a room of traps, death and unexpected after-effects!

Rufus and Russet are in deeper trouble then they could ever have suspected


You passed the first stage and accepted my reward

I promise your willingness shall not be ignored

Squeaking with every step as their new clothing shifted, Russet and Rufus moved cautiously forward into the hallway that lay ahead of them. They left behind the room where they had collected their reward. Pausing just under the arch they stared in bewildered disbelief at the corridor ahead. Blades where whirling back and forth in the passage along with swinging pendulums, flickering arms that span or whirled the blades fixed along their length. The whole passage was illuminated softly by recessed crystal globes that gave off a uniform white glow. It was better light than their lamp had given off but it reminded Russet that they were now wholly reliant on the dungeon for light. Sniffing the air with his pointed muzzle Rufus moved forward, eyes darting from side to side in bewilderment as he tried to trace a path through the spinning blades, "Well what do we do here?"

"I have an idea but..." Russet walked over to the left wall and brushed his fingers over a row of small holes set into the wall. "I think we have to work as a team," taking a deep breath he reached inside a recessed hole and then pulled back and the first set of whirling blades stopped, opening a path to a small clearing just before the next set of blades. "See, I've got to stay here and hold this switch, with luck they'll be another switch on the far side you can use."

"Well spotted," Rufus squeaked moving forward to edge uncertainty between the blades, "Just don't let go, this is a bit... unnerving."

Russet grunted in way of reply, straining to hold the switch in place as the mechanism pulled against the stop, "Don't dawdle, I can feel it trying to pull away..." he arched his back and squeaked, levering his strength against the wall as the pull on the switch grew stronger until Rufus shouted that he was free and with relief Russet's let go. The moment his fingers released the handle but before he could withdraw his hand something warm and wet squished around his wrist making him squeak in alarm. It felt as if the hole had suddenly filled with treacle and as he pulled free he found his wrist and hand coated in a slippery, silver material that oozed about his fur.

"What is it?" Rufus shouted, "You OK?"

"Yeah, the switch was bobytrapped with some sort of goo," Russ replied, trying to wipe off the silver goop. All he did was get it over the fingers of his left hand, it was sticky, thick and tacky and as he kept trying to scrape it off the shiny material started to ooze with purpose. "Ah... Rufus.... it's moving," panicking a bit Russet shook his arms frantically. The goo didn't seem to notice, sealing itself in a circle around both his wrists. It had left his fingers and palms and now formed two inch wide bands about each wrist. His fingers could no longer slip beneath the surface and as the pain faded the colour slowly changed from metallic silver to a bright, shiny blue to match his shorts.

"Russet!" the sound of his voice being shouted pulled the rat out of his daze. He staggered to his feet still trying to slip his fingers beneath the new bands of latex stuck to his wrists.

"I'm ok, just... I'll explain later, I'm fine... can you see a switch to let me through?"

"No... but there are two holes in the floor, I..." he went silent and Russet could just make out the gleam of Rufus' shorts and twitch of his tail as Rufus shuffled about on the far side of the blades. "No I can't bend down to put my hands in them, I think I'm going to have to stand in them."

Rubbing the smooth latex clinging impermeably to his wrists Russet grimaced, he had an idea Rufus was about to get his own set clamped about his ankles. They couldn't go back though and well, the clothing was mostly harmless, "OK Rufus, just be careful OK?"

"Yeah, OK... ugh they're full of liquid or something, really thick and warm eh it feels horrible," as Rufus talked the blades separating them stopped spinning and as Russet walked forwards slowly.

"OK that did it, stay still and I'll join you," Russet started to slide through passageway, keeping away from the blades as he moved up to join Rufus. The white rat was looking down at his feet as Russet arrived.

"This feels weird, it is like the liquid is moving or draining out, the level has dropped," Rufus turned his head to speak directly to his friends then looked down sharply, "OK now my toes are clear but I can still feel it around my ankles, what the hell..."

Holding up his hand to show off the blue band of sleek, shiny material around his wrist Russet shrugged, "I think the triggers are booby-trapped, I wound up with these just now."

"Great, more shiny stuff..." Rufus blinked and twitched his thick tail, managing to look a bit contrite at sounding eager, "I mean... bugger more weird stuff."

"Eh it's ok, they seem harmless; they just won't come off is all," he edged forward past the other rat. "Look's like your switch shut off the next set of blades. I'll go ahead find the next switch and let you follow."

Rufus waited impatiently, wiggling his toes and squirming a bit as Russet made his way through the stationary blades His friend's red furred body and bright blue shorts were nice to watch and as Rufus thumbed one of his ears and admired his partner. He wondered idly what these strange accessories were for and whether they were as harmless as Russet claimed.

"OK come over, I found another set of holes, you're right they feel... weird." Russet called back from distance ahead.

Tugging his feet free of the floor Rufus turned one foot back and forth trying to find anything wrong with it, the only difference was the smooth red band fixed tightly about his ankle. It glistened in the same way as his shorts, bright red and squeaky looking. Shaking his head in amusement Rufus walked forward, weaving around the bladed pendulum's until he reached the point where Russet was standing. He had to slide past Russ, shorts squeaking against each until he could see down the next hally, "Nasty looking," Rufus commented on the multitude of segmented arms laden with blades, "Guess it's doing the same thing to your ankles as mine?"

"Yeah... feels weird, slimy n thick and ugh... it's peeling off my feet and gathering around my ankles," he shook his head and swayed a bit, "Well on you go, see if you can find a way to break one of those arms and get me a new knife."

"OK..." Rufus turned as if to go but paused, glancing back at Russet and leant over and nuzzled his muzzle affectionately, "It'll be ok, you'll see this is problem some big joke or test." the other rat offered him a smile and licked his nose in return.

"Yeah... you and I can fix up any mess thrown at us, now get on you."

Laughing softly, Rufus edged forward, easing his way around the different blades blocking his path, even having to clamber over some of them as they'd stopped in awkward places. Near the far side, he had to slide down onto his stomach and wiggle forward on all fours. He slowly crept and squirmed through the gaps in the segmented arms until he was able to pull himself out on the far side into a large open space with a doorway.

"Hey, this is the end, this wasn't so bad, not compared to the last room," Rufus called back as he started to hunt around for a switch or level that would let him help Russet out. "No levers or switches though... no wait!" he quickly knelt down and ran his hands around the outside edge of two hand sized holes in the stone. "Got some holes like those first ones, shall I try pull them?"

"Yeah... be careful they're full of that weird goo too," Russet shouted, his voice echoing against the stones.

Kneeling down before the holes Rufus squirmed a bit as his shorts squeaked, it sounded really loud to his ears but he tried his best to ignore the shorts. They were rubbing against his balls however and the slick, smooth, rubbery feeling felt so nice. Pausing for a moment to tugs his shorts straight and give himself a brief rest from the pressure on his nuts the rat idly teased a paw up and down his thickening length. Squeaking and snatching his paw away from his sheath bulge, Rufus plunged both hands into the holes in the wall and grabbed the levers inside. The moment he pulled back liquid poured out from behind the handles to engulf his hands, "Hurry, these are heavy."

"On my way... just don't let go. I don't want to be in here if it starts moving again," the red rat's voice was muffled and distant but was coming from inside the collection of blades so Rufus braced his feet against the wall and kept hold of the handles, grimacing and squeaking in distress as the mechanism tried to pull free of his grip.

"Hurry ah... hurry can't... can't hold these for .... long!"

Russet squeaked when Rufus screamed and adrenaline surged through his limbs as the section of arms he was crawling through trembled. He threw himself forward, claws clattering on wood as he ducked beneath a dagger that was beginning to slowly move. Cursing, Russet dropped to all fours and pulled himself under the blades, tumbling out of the small gap just as Rufus tugged his arms back out of the wall and fell backwards. There was a click and whirr as the blade laden arms started to jerk back into action almost instantly. Russet scrambled away from the corridor, one paw grabbing his tail, yanking it free as the blades started to pick up speed until they were again a blur. For a moment all Russet could do was stare at the whirling corridor of death, one hand clutching his heart as he panted heavily, trembling as the adrenaline was flushed from muscles that suddenly wanted to turn to rubber. A faint squeak made the rat start and turn to look at Rufus, his partner was lying on his back clutching his arms and whimpering. Crawling over to him slowly Russet reached out to grip one of his arms, "Hey... what happened?"

Rufus shuddered, drawing a deep breath and slowly sat up, unclenching his hands and showing his wrists to the other rat. There were smooth red bands of latex clamped around Rufus' white arms but they had small studs of smooth silvery metal.

"It went for my throwing knives, I thought it was going to crush both my hands when it started squeezing them," shivering and squeaking he slowly lifted a foot to reveal the same metallic studs about his anklets, "It was horrible, I could feel bones crunching together and ugh..." he rolled onto all fours and retched, shuddering as he heaved, "What...what is this place?"

"I don't know," Russet said grimly, one paw gently rubbing Rufus' back, staying near him and looking around, "But I think we just passed the easy bit. Let's rest here for a bit before we go through that next door."

"Yeah fine..." Rufus murmured, wiping his muzzle and slowly clambering up to his feet, "I need to piss anyway," he grumbled, staggering over to a dark corner, fingers slipping and sliding over his shiny shorts as he tried to peel them away from his waist. Blearily staring down at them he tried to get his fingers under the waistband again. He ran his claws against the fabric but it refused to move. Confused and still a bit out of it, the rat started to fumble down the length of his shorts, rubbing them against his body, trying to get a grip on them and lift them away from his fur. He couldn't and, in mounting alarm, he discovered that, try as he might, the latex shorts were firmly stuck in place. He couldn't even rub them up and down against the fur underneath, it was like they had adhered to his skin.

"Russet!" he shouted as he frantically felt over the bulge of his balls and crotch, trying to find some space, a gap, a sagging fold of fabric he could use to pry them away from his fur, "My shorts, they won't come off!"

Hurrying to Rufus' side Russet tried to pull his own shorts away from his waist and squeaked in alarm as he found his were exactly the same, "What the hell!"

"This place is mad! I need to piss I can't hold this in," Rufus squeaked in alarm, running his fingers over the bulge of his sheath. Struggling he tugged and pulled on it but it was hopeless, the shiny red material refused to budge, "Russet I can't hold this is in much longer, I'm going to piss myself!"

"I can't help, i'm stuck in the same boat, you... you might just have to..."

"Oh no, hell no I am not... I mean... shit... don't watch!"

Turning his back on his partner Russet looked at the brick wall ahead of him. A second later he heard a steady pattering against the wall and a surprised squeak from Rufus. Turning back the red rat found his friend holding his sheath and directing a stream of piss against the wall.

"It... just opened up, moment I started to piss,"

Blushing lightly Russ leant forward to look, Rufus was telling the truth the shorts had split apart around his sheath allowing him to empty his bladder.

"You don't have to watch you know," Rufus squeaked embarrassedly, squirming lightly as the pungent liquid splashed against the stone work. Russ just grinned and leant against the wall, watching his fellow rodent. Rufus grumbled under his breath but didn't really protest and once he was done he let go of his cock and watched as the latex flowed over his shaft once more.

Turning to Russet he froze and stared at his friends crotch, "Ok... what the hell is going on!" he pointed and Russ looked down and squeaked. His cock was half hard and had lifted away from his shorts. The latex still surrounded his dick but it had separated from the shorts somehow, allowing it to poke out freely, nice and hard and poking free.

"Wow," Russet breathed softly, one paw sliding down to stroke his dick, "I didn't even notice, just... felt myself getting a bit hard like usual." Rufus frowned and moved over to join Russet, watching as his friend stroked his cock.

Glancing down at his own shorts Rufus found they had sealed back up over his sheath, leaving it as just a snug bulge once more. "Leave it alone, see what happens."

Russ obeyed and after a bit of uncomfortable silence his latex encased cock slipped back against his shorts, melding back into the whole. It was once again just a snug bulge in the shiny blue fabric coating Russet's crotch.

"This is mad, who lures people into a trap filled dungeon and gives them magical shorts?" he muttered, rubbing one paw against his muzzle and frowning sideways at one of his wristbands.

"No idea. This is all a bit surreal and we're still no better off than before," Russet gestured at the door, "It's either go on and hope we can find something to help us make sense of all this or sit here and starve."

He then looked down and thought hard about needing his cock free... the shorts did nothing, it seemed they had to physically do an act, not just think about it, "This is just weird."

Resting his head on Russ's shoulder Rufus let out a long, slow breath and nodded with a faint squeak. "Really weird, can we... you know just sit for a bit and rest? If there are any more rooms like these last two we'll start making mistakes if we don't rest."

Gently stroking Rufus's fur, Russet didn't speak and just slid an arm around the white rat and rested his head atop his fellow rodent's. Closing his eyes he listened to their breathing and the faint snick and flick of the bladed corridors.

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Moving cautiously into the next room Rufus and Russet stayed side by side as they examined the room. Walking away from the door, they glanced back and watched the wall slide closed, not at all surprised that they were being locked in.

"Great another stone room with no writing," Russet sighed and walked over to examine the plinth in the middle of the room which held a single long strip of colourless latex.

"Not quite, look," Rufus pointed past him toward the lintel above a blocked stone archway, "Obedience opens the path."

"Well what does that mean?" Russet muttered, walking over to the door and archway and running his fingers over the plain sandstone, pushing, prodding, searching it in depth. He leant in close and licked the stone as well before rubbing his nose against it.

"Who knows," Rufus crouched down by the small plinth and examined the stone, probing the pillar first before moving on to examine the platform the strange strip of latex was resting on, "This whole place makes little sense to me... I mean have you any idea how good these shorts feel rubbing against my crotch and arse?"

"Of course I know," Russet murmured, crawling along the edge of the room, searching the join between wall and ceiling. "They feel amazing," Rufus lifted his head and watched Russet move, his friend was idly rubbing and grinding his latex clad crotch against the floor as he moved,

"Russet..." he started then licked his nose, "Does that help any?"

"Not really," the other rat grumbled, rolling onto his back. He head tilted back to examine the stones of the wall whilst his fingers walked up and down the thick bulge in his shorts. "But it feels nice, the way it slides against my sheath and clings to my balls...." he trailed off, fingers freezing as his shorts shifted, their was a faint squeak as his cock rose to stand free and latex clad above his smooth, shiny naval, "Rufus... what is happening to us! Why are we talking about this?!"

"I... I am not sure..." Rufus breathed heavily, walking over to kneel beside Russet one hand wrapping about that warm, hard rodent shaft, "I have no idea... all I can think about is how good the latex feels on my crotch."

"Yeah..." Russ squeaked, digging his shoulders into the ground and arching his back a bit as his shaft was toyed with, "Must... must... be the enchantment... distracting us... oooh"

"I should stop," Rufus whispered, shifting his legs, kneeling on either side of his friends legs now, bending down to lick over the warm pink cock tip before him, "We should..." one of his hands found his own dick. It too was standing proud free, wrapped in latex but no longer being held tightly in place, warm, shiny, slippery and hard in his paw, "Should I?"

"Yeah... yeah you should," the red rat replied, lifting his knees, nudging Rufus forward until the white rat was in a position to slowly sit down.

Rufus squeaked, shivering in delight as he felt the latex clinging to his pert rump stretch and push against his tail hole. The warm red latex clinging to his rear, teased and squeezed his balls as it was stretched by that invading dick. With a happy, cheerful squeak he felt the Latex slip inside, stretching further, forming a welcoming tube of rippling shiny around Russet's cock as his friend slipped inside him. Breathing heavily, one paw massaging his shaft Rufus bent his knees, lowering himself further atop Russet's dick, letting inch after warm, thick, hard inch fill and spread his rump. Once he was several inches in he felt the latex shorts part, they flowed back down to cling firmly to his rump, allowing Russet's latex cock free access to the inside of his rear.

It felt amazing and Rufus was trembling when several warm, agonisingly slow and teasing minutes later Rufus felt Russet's warm, latex clad thighs press against his own short clad rump. The curve of his fellow rodent's heavy nuts pressed against the curve of his arse and Rufus ground his own balls against his friends shorts..

"Oh yeah... just... just like that... Russ... please..." Rufus whimpered, squeaking softly.

"We... we should stop this... it might... might make... the enchantment worse."

"I know but... it feels really good."

Russet groaned, gripped Rufus' hips and rolled his body, thrusting deeper... holding still then pulling back only to push back in again. Through slitted eyes he watched Rufus stroke his shaft, that long, hard length of rat cock was leaking pre endlessly. Somehow the clear liquid was able to pass through the latex to drip, drip, drip over Russet's stomach fur. Whimpering the red rat slowly, lovingly speared his lovers rump and allowed one of his paws slid around to grip Rufus' latex clad rat balls and squeeze them. Rufus seemed to like this. He clenched about Russet's cock, making him squeak and gasp and thrust harder.

Russet's tail lashed from side to side, the steady rhythm of pink flesh starting to grow more sporadic, cracking against the floor in time to his deep, squeaking gasps as Russ pounded Rufus' rump faster. He could feel his shorts squeezing his balls, the heavy nuts churning, preparing to let loose their load and as Rufus squeaked and gasped and rode his shaft his paws were a blur atop his shaft, stroking, teasing, playing.

"Rufus... ratty... please...... ahh," Russet groaned, pushing home and holding himself deep in the other rat as jets of pearly white cream shot from the tip of the white rat's dick and splashed over his bare chest. Head back, muzzle wide and eyes closed Rufus just squeaked in excitement as he splattered his whole load over Russet. The expression of bliss went unseen by Russet as his own face mirrored Rufus' ecstatic pleasure. The vice like grip of Rufus' arse on his cock and the sudden contraction of the latex about his balls at the precise moment Rufus started to coat his red fur tipped Russet into orgasm after him. He squeaked loudly, head banging lightly on the floor, hips bucking as jet after jet or warm seed spurted deep into his partner's rump.

Clinging to each other, their breath coming in short, ragged gasps, the rats lost themselves to the moment. Orgasm lasted seconds, minutes, an hour they couldn't tell; it just felt good and for a short time, nothing else mattered.

Slowly coming back down from the rush of endorphins and pleasure Rufus slid himself off Russet's cock, shivering warmly as he felt the latex pull tightly across his rump. The accompanying sensation of red latex tightening about half hard shaft and pulling it back in against his body made him tremble for a moment before he settled down on the flagstones next to Russet.

His partner gripped his hand, fingers interlinking and lazily they shared a kiss before Rufus helped to clean up Russet's chest, pink tongue and claws teasing cum out of his fur. Once satisfied Rufus curled in against Russet and murmured quietly.

"Did we really just do that?"

"Yeah... yeah we did... rrrff it felt good and my head feels a bit clearer," Russ replied with a happy sigh, cuddling in against the other rat. "Maybe that's the trick... the shorts drive our libido up and we start making mistakes on those traps. I mean... how many other adventurers would just give in and have sex there and then in the dungeon?"

Frowning, Rufus shook his head, "I don't know... we've never stopped for sex before, ever... no matter how horny either of us felt. This... I think there is more to it than this."

Pushing himself up into a sitting position Russet shrugged and looked down at his short, idly tracing his fingers over the smooth latex. "Maybe... I don't know. This whole setup is just weird."

Rufus turned his head and glanced toward the strip of latex in the centre of the room then looked up at the writing over the blocked exit. "Yeah... like this next puzzle, what's the answer here?"

"Not sure... I guess we should get back to searching the room," Russ sighed and clambered back to his feet and walked over to the middle of the room. Rufus shrugged and made his way back to the wall they had come in through, examining that for clues, walking back and forth as he probed the stone with his claws.

Stood before the plinth Russet scratched his chest with one paw and fingered the smooth, silvery latex with the other. "Obedience opens the path," he glanced at Rufus then picked up the strip of latex bending it back and forth to see how flexible it was, "I wonder..." padding on silent feet he slipped up behind Rufus and then lunged forward with both hands. The silver strip slipped about his partner's neck, bending neatly into place. As soon as the two ends touched they fused together and the whole thing jerked out of Russ' hands. The smooth latex then contracted and Rufus jerked and squeaked in alarm, paws flying to the collar, tugging at it ineffectively as it sealed itself to his neck. The colour was also changing, it was no longer silvery and dull it was red, a rich vibrant red latex to match the rat's shorts. It was also growing small silver studs but there was no latch or clip, it was one solid piece of latex fused firmly against Rufus' neck.

"Russet what the fuck!" Rufus raged, turning to glare at his partner, fingers scrabbling against the edges of the collar, helplessly looking for an edge that no longer existed as it merged to the flesh of his throat. "What do you think...." he trailed off, anger snuffing out as Russet pointed to the opening doorway.

"The idea just came to me and it worked." Russ crowed before striding over to peer through the door, heavy tail dancing from side to side. He stepped through the archway and paused, running his paws across the smooth stone walls, peering ahead into the darkness beyond.

Still trying to tug the collar away from his skin Rufus frowned, "Before or after you touched it?"

Turning to face Rufus, the red rat frowned, "You know I don't remember, do you think it-" The floor opened, Russet's question turning into a scream as the red rat dropped like a lead weight. Rufus squeaked, forgetting about the collar and darted forward but by the time he reached the corridor it had closed and Russet was gone.

Sinking to his knees Rufus stared at the bare, empty patch of stone floor, his partner was gone. He was alone, deep in the dungeon, his only assets a set of enchanted latex shorts, cuffs and a new, smooth collar.....

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