"Zephyr, this wasn't what I asked for!" Vel yelled, kicking and squirming against the dark purple glowing walls around him.

"Oh? Well I mean... you did tell me you wanted a sample of my venom, and if I didn't restock I'd be out until the next time I ate, so problem solved, it's a good trade right?" Zephyr responded, giggling his impish giggle as he watched the massive bulge in his midsection squirm.

He hadn't known Zephyr for terribly long, the strange overly magical noodle was a species he was almost positive wasn't native to his world. He knew his appetites and that his species preferred whole, alive and large prey and in hindsight he should have expected this, but it still caught him off guard to catch a stinger to the flank and a mouth on his muzzle.

Vel growled a bit in annoyance, one that was loud enough to pierce the thick walls of the Zorgoia's stomach. "Oh hush, I know you love this." Zephyr said in response.

"I do not!" Vel protested, squirming even more as he felt that purple stomach acid starting to rise around him, crackling and sizzling on his scales as he knew he had maybe ten minutes before he was in a state where he would be worse off for not letting himself be digested.

"Yes you do." Zephyr said, humming, "Big scary apex predator dragon~." He added as he squished his belly in, smothering Vel in that liquid, "But you get all blushy when I yawn, watch my stinger move with that look in your eyes hoping I'll sting you. You're a scary monster that eats bandits by the dozens and can wipe out a city, but when it comes to me you always wanted to end up sliding down my gullet and turning into my chub." Vel's cheeks went an absolutely flummoxed shade of blue from his mana-charged blood rising to a blush and he gave a hard kick against the zorgoia's belly walls, "Ooof! You're angry cuz you know it's true!" Zephyr added, laughing wildly.

"Besides, I've seen your true size, if some part of you -wasn't- willing to be a part of this, you could just turn into a full-sized dragon and pop me like an overfilled balloon." Zephyr said, reaching a fuzzy paw down to rub his stomach, noticing the dragon had stopped moving entirely. "...Vel?"

After a long silence, Vel huffed, "Th-this doesn't leave this cave. I don't let just anyone eat me, friends only."

"Awww! You do consider me a friend!" Zephyr said in delight, curling up around his belly and giving it a big crushing hug to a big blorble of digestion as the dragon's head was submerged for a second.

"Y-yeah... I do." Vel huffed as he felt his scales and muscles growing numb, "You're weird and chaotic but you're a friend."

Zephyr smiled brightly and chittered, "Any favors I can do for my friend then?" He asked playfully.

"Is letting me out an option?" Vel asked.

"Nope!" Zephyr responded bluntly, "Too close to digesting anyway, I'd just be spitting our purple goop shaped like a dragon." He said, just as bluntly as he watched the bulge getting noticeably softer already, Vel's paws still pressing on the outside in the last stages of exhausted struggling.

"T-then just make sure nobody touches my stuff until I get back." He muttered as he felt sleep starting to call him, his scales softening up and turning into goo as he entered the final stages of joining Zephyr's body, "I'm gonna take... a little nap." He muttered as he closed his eyes and slid under that puddle of liquid.

Zephyr just giggled, "Always love eating dragons, especially the ones that have a prey side, so much magic and so much predatory pride to tease out of them." He chirped as his tail wiggled, "Probably gonna make me real fat, but it's nice to have to work off some extra now and then." He added as he poked his round belly to a loud burble from his digested meal, following it up by stretching out and relaxing.

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The Zephyrpocalypse continues with more noodle! This time around he's eaten Vel and is currently in the process of working him off. While the prey isn't immediately clear (and I had no prey in mind at first, hence why there's no X-ray). But someone talking gave me the idea of making the prey Vel in the little blurbs I write to flavor the art a bit more. And not just eating Vel, but capturing the first time that Zephyr made prey of him and kicked off his uh... appreciation for the insides of Zorgoia.

Vel's not likely to be prey for many, but when it comes to friends he'll eventually submit, that's just a fact of life. He's also started to uh... leak over my absolute adoration for Zorgoia in general, meaning it's likely that when you do see Vel as prey, it'll either be in the belly of a close friend or be in noodle guts.

Zephyr Windcaller and the unseen Veluren belong to me.

Art by  Aimee-Lesley-Sim who did a great job drawing a Zorgoia for her first time.

Zorgoia species is  CorrieZodori