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I'm having fun writing the backstory to Anthony. This concludes the introduction, now the real adventure is about to begin ^^
I had more than a few worries and doubts about this whole situation. ‘Kender’ seemed to be pretty genuine all things considered, her presence was the last thing I expected when I caught wind of her scent. She's bigger than me, and judging by her body language, far from thinking of me as a threat. Her body is draped in smooth textured scales, meanwhile my body is covered in thick, dense fur. We're shaped similarly yet different in so many ways.
Hardly any time has passed since she first stepped out of the foliage, my human is still tucked deep inside my belly, trapped by my own doing. At best he's stuck there until I get a hold of my body's functions. At worst.. no, Kender was right about one thing, I can still feel him inside me, and it's been at least 6 hours since I swallowed him.. most things by now would be completely gone, reduced.. the fact Alex is in the same place I've sent deer and other wild animals to die just makes me sick. How could I let myself do this?
“You said that seekers do this often with ‘the people they care about’ but I just don't understand why.. Why would anyone ever agree to being inside a stomach, that's where things go to die, dead things go to be repurposed. You said it was special, but to me it just feels cruel. Why do I have to feel this way about my best friend?”
“Originally speaking, it was for our young. New hatchlings are susceptible to all kinds of dangers you and I don't have to worry about. Illnesses, wild beasts, the elements. It's where hatchlings were kept for periods during their development. You see, other creatures born from eggs have little to no relationship or bond to their parents, while mammals spend months going through the same process in their mother's bellies. To be safe inside someone, kept alive by their own breathing and heartbeat. These are the bonds I was referring to.”
“However, seekers were cursed to never have young again about a hundred years ago. The utility of our bodies went unchanged however, and with thousands of years of development, instincts, genetic memories in our blood, the use for such utility has changed. Seekers don't die of age, you will stop aging very soon yourself, and live long past the age of human civilization-”
“Hold on, are you saying I'm immortal??.. I.. this can't be.. I don't-”
The thought of watching everything I know change, my best friend grow old and die, all while I stay the same as I am just added to the pit in my stomach.
“-Is that part of the curse you mentioned? And what does that entail? Why were we cursed?”
“You're ageless, not immortal, you can still die like anything else. And yes, we were cursed, every last living seeker. Cursed to slowly die out, be hunted, and never know the feeling of our young bonding close to us ever again. We were cursed because seekers are very powerful creatures, and that's across more than just this globe, millions of planets hold life, and few house living beings of our strength and ability. So as time went on in our race's existence, some seekers banded together to live their lives in excess. They killed, hunted, enslaved, brutalized, tortured, all for an insatiable lust for power.”
“Who cursed us?”
“A seeker. One who attained power through conquest and treachery. Some seekers tried to stop him, remove him and his influence over a great number of seekers. I was a part of that…”
“He killed most of us, the ones who tried to put an end to his heinous existence, and the rest were cursed. The power he attained is beyond me, beyond anything I've witnessed.”
“How old are you?”
“You should know it's rude to ask a woman her age heh, I'm well over 100,000 years old”
“What??.. I.. everything you say just.. I'm having a hard time here trying to comprehend it.. I mean I always knew I was different, I never saw or sensed anything quite like me, and any human I came across other than Alex was struck with absolute terror as though I shouldn't exist. Yet you tell me you're 100,000 years old and I just…”
“It's a fair and honest reaction. But it doesn't make it any less true. Though I am the third oldest seeker, and I was something else before becoming a seeker.”
“Something else? And.. who's the oldest?”
“I used to be.. it's hard to explain really, but I guess you'd call it a demigod or angel. The oldest seeker is gold, and he's in a similar boat to me; seekers have only been in existence for around 10,000 years.”
Big numbers were being thrown around, mentions of demigods and angels, I wasn't ready for any of this, my mind was already shot thanks to last night's activities and how until just a bit ago I thought I'd killed the only person that mattered to me. Being assured that Alex is okay certainly helps, but the damage was done, my mind was racing and numb. Kender moved into a more comfortable position, and I stayed where I was, fearful of squeezing the human in my belly too hard if I repositioned too much.
At the end of the day all I care about is Alex, all this talk of living forever, curses, inner anatomy, none of it was truly sticking, not while Alex is essentially trapped in my gut.. to be fair it did feel good in a sense, a warm feeling surrounded him, it was.. pleasing.
“I'll try and make sense of all this, I wasn't expecting you to have all the answers. It's a lot all at once.. can we go back to Alex? You said he'd be healed and rejuvenated, that he's in a place meant for bonding, and that he's fast asleep.. How long could I keep him safe inside me?”
“How long? Well.. I don't know what you're thinking, but he won't age while in your belly, and you're the one supplying him with oxygen and nutrients.. a fully grown seeker can keep someone alive inside them for months, sometimes even years. The only reason it can't be indefinitely is due to the fact you'll need to sustain yourself. Looking at you- no offense -I think you've been storing a lot of energy without knowing it. It's fully possible you've been eating animals and other things thinking you were hungry. In actuality, once fully grown you rarely need to eat for sustainability.”
“In other words, for you in your.. state, I'd say he could stay in there safely over a year”
“You can just call me fat.”
This made sense to me, the last few years I've been practically starving, yet my gut has gotten pudgier and pudgier, while Alex has stayed underweight. It was always perplexing, but now I had the answers.
“if he won't age inside me-”
“you could ideally stretch his 100- give or take -year life span over a very very very long time. But he can only live outside of you for around that amount of time.”
“I see..”
I started to think about how likely Alex is to let me eat him just so I can keep him with me for years and years and years. It didn't seem likely at all, no way would anyone want to be inside me, much less my best friend who cried and pleaded his way down..
“I take it you've been through a lot of this yourself? Eaten people to bond or whatever?”
Kender didn't immediately respond, I saw her swallow as though sending away negative emotions and feelings brought on by my questioning. Before verbally answering she simply nodded, her tail sliding over and pressing into the side of her own somewhat distended belly
“I have. Quite a few individuals have been in my stomach, all safe, all kept for a time. Nowadays however I've been.. well.. it doesn't matter, yes I have been through this a lot.”
Her confidence from before seemed to take a hit during her answer, I hadn't expected such a shift from her, I barely knew Kender but I could tell, there was quite a depth to her. Which one would expect given her age
“I see, sorry if that was a bit personal, wasn't my intention”
“Don't be afraid to ask me anything, Anthony. I'm here to guide you, I just have an extensive past that.. well on occasion haunts me.”
“Understandable, I won't hesitate to ask you questions in that case, since you intend on sticking around.”
“Good lad.”
Kender began asking questions about me and Alex, trying to get a better understanding of our dynamic. I explained Alex's disposition with being taken care of, how he'd been there since as long as I could remember. She asked me what I wanted to do with all the information and my little human, but my answer to her was that I'd know when Alex was free. In honesty what I wanted was to leave this place and go with her, and take Alex with us. These woods have provided for me and my human, but Alex deserved real comfort. He needs to not be shivering in the winter, starving half the time.
I decided once he's out I'd do everything in my power to convince him to leave this place behind, but I doubt it's gonna be easy, the little guy is so stubborn. It's for our best though, and maybe, just maybe he'll understand why I want us to go… or maybe he'll hate me for eating him alive.
By now I'd say an hour or two had passed since Kender showed up, there was a sorta relaxed feeling in my bowels now, though anxiety was still quite prevalent.
“Kender.. I think I can let him out now.. think you can give me some space?”
“Understood, Anthony. Just be honest with him, I'll be close by, call for me if you need me”
“Thank you”
Kender walked away into the trees, just out of sight. The floor was covered in slow everywhere me and her were sitting, I knew I couldn't spit Alex onto the cold ground covered in my saliva. I figured he'd just have to let me hold him and dry him off, regardless of how he feels about me now.
I take a deep breath and shake my head, holding a paw on my belly
“What a day man.. it's time to get you back out here, even if you yell at me, it's gonna be nice to hear your voice again.. please, please be okay”
And with those gentle whispers to myself, I began heaving and gaging, focusing my muscles deep in my stomach. It took a second but I finally felt his form being squeezed out of that roomy sack and back into my esophagus. Around that time I actually felt what I swore was movement, perhaps he was waking up?
The chilly, still air now echoed with the sound of me trying to hack up my human, I moved to my hands and haunches, tilting myself forward to ease the ride up for him. And after only a couple moments I felt him being snagged by my gullet, and pulled back up the way he came, that bulge he made going down now sliding back up my neck and into my mouth.
Once in my mouth I lightly felt around him, inspecting his little body with my tongue, feeling him whole and intact. My heart raced in my chest, a mix of fear and happiness washing over me. Alex was moving for sure, waking up in my maw, just hours ago I thought I'd never see him again. I cup my hands together and let my friend slip out of my mouth, off my tongue and into my paws. I closed my hands mostly to shield his wet, sopping body from the bitter cold, I felt my eyes beginning to water..
“Alex.. Alex I… I…”
“Anthony…”
His voice was quiet, I felt him feeling around my paws. He seemed dazed, perhaps in a weakened state from everything. I knew I had to keep my cool, but the emotions were getting to me, every negative one from hours ago, the positive ones having him here with me again.. his voice.. I never thought I'd hear it again..
“What… what happened.. you.. you ate me-”
Tears were now pouring down my face, fear was taking over, I just couldn't take it, I couldn't bare the thought of my friend hating me, I loved him so much
“Alex, I'm.. so.. so.. sorry.. I.. didn't mean to- I couldn't help but- what I did.. Alex.. I never wanted to hurt or scare you.. I.. I'm so sorry Alex…”
I began crying, unable to see through the tears in my eyes as they began flowing just as hard as when I thought my friend was gone, my chest and stomach started to hurt, it was just too much
“Anthony.. I thought.. I thought I was.. how am I alive?..”
“It's so complicated Alex.. a lot has happened, it's been nearly half a day since.. I.. since you”
“I don't understand…”
Alex curled up in a ball, breathing heavily, I heard him whimpering within my paws, my heart started breaking all over again, and the tears kept coming
“For.. for the last few years.. I wanted you.. I wanted to have you.. to eat you.. I never thought I'd.. n-never thought I'd do it.. I.. I hate myself for-”
“Stop.. Anthony.. it's o-okay.. please don't cry”
I don't think I'll ever forget those words till the day I die, the sound of concern in his voice for me after all he's been through.. I couldn't take it, I couldn't muster up anything in response except more ugly crying, bringing Alex to my chest and holding him there with both paws.. tears were pattering onto my own body as I held him, my sweet, gentle, loving human.. how could I have ever doubted that he'd still care for me even after this.. truly I was lucky, and in that moment I realized exactly how much
“I thought… I thought… I thought I.. I thought you were g-gone… I thought I'd.. killed you.. me.. killed the thing I live for, the one I.. I love you Alex.. I never wanna hurt you.. never ever ever.. you deserve the world.. I'm.. I'm sorry for what I did, you shouldn't have gone through it, I.. s-scared you.. I hurt you.. I.. put you through hell.. please Alex.. I don't deserve it but please.. forgive me”
“Anthony..”
I held him firmly against my chest, right over my heart, keeping him warm and covered from the world. The words were flowing like the tears now, they felt like more genuinely true than any I'd ever spoken
“I'm okay Anthony.. it's okay.. I forgive you, I'm okay..”
Those were all the words I needed to hear, everything was gonna be okay between us, maybe a bit complicated, but he didn't immediately hate me for my actions. Me and Alex cried for a little bit, he seemed bent on reassuring me that he was okay and didn't resent me for what happened. While I just couldn't say another word, crying and keeping him close to my heart, letting it thump and surround him in my warmth and comfort, drying his body off over time in my thick fur.
“Please.. never do that again.. it's all I ask.. please tell me when you.. when you feel like you're gonna-”
“Never again, I'll never put you through that again, I promise you.. you.. will always be safe with me”
I had more than a few worries and doubts about this whole situation. ‘Kender’ seemed to be pretty genuine all things considered, her presence was the last thing I expected when I caught wind of her scent. She's bigger than me, and judging by her body language, far from thinking of me as a threat. Her body is draped in smooth textured scales, meanwhile my body is covered in thick, dense fur. We're shaped similarly yet different in so many ways.
Hardly any time has passed since she first stepped out of the foliage, my human is still tucked deep inside my belly, trapped by my own doing. At best he's stuck there until I get a hold of my body's functions. At worst.. no, Kender was right about one thing, I can still feel him inside me, and it's been at least 6 hours since I swallowed him.. most things by now would be completely gone, reduced.. the fact Alex is in the same place I've sent deer and other wild animals to die just makes me sick. How could I let myself do this?
“You said that seekers do this often with ‘the people they care about’ but I just don't understand why.. Why would anyone ever agree to being inside a stomach, that's where things go to die, dead things go to be repurposed. You said it was special, but to me it just feels cruel. Why do I have to feel this way about my best friend?”
“Originally speaking, it was for our young. New hatchlings are susceptible to all kinds of dangers you and I don't have to worry about. Illnesses, wild beasts, the elements. It's where hatchlings were kept for periods during their development. You see, other creatures born from eggs have little to no relationship or bond to their parents, while mammals spend months going through the same process in their mother's bellies. To be safe inside someone, kept alive by their own breathing and heartbeat. These are the bonds I was referring to.”
“However, seekers were cursed to never have young again about a hundred years ago. The utility of our bodies went unchanged however, and with thousands of years of development, instincts, genetic memories in our blood, the use for such utility has changed. Seekers don't die of age, you will stop aging very soon yourself, and live long past the age of human civilization-”
“Hold on, are you saying I'm immortal??.. I.. this can't be.. I don't-”
The thought of watching everything I know change, my best friend grow old and die, all while I stay the same as I am just added to the pit in my stomach.
“-Is that part of the curse you mentioned? And what does that entail? Why were we cursed?”
“You're ageless, not immortal, you can still die like anything else. And yes, we were cursed, every last living seeker. Cursed to slowly die out, be hunted, and never know the feeling of our young bonding close to us ever again. We were cursed because seekers are very powerful creatures, and that's across more than just this globe, millions of planets hold life, and few house living beings of our strength and ability. So as time went on in our race's existence, some seekers banded together to live their lives in excess. They killed, hunted, enslaved, brutalized, tortured, all for an insatiable lust for power.”
“Who cursed us?”
“A seeker. One who attained power through conquest and treachery. Some seekers tried to stop him, remove him and his influence over a great number of seekers. I was a part of that…”
“He killed most of us, the ones who tried to put an end to his heinous existence, and the rest were cursed. The power he attained is beyond me, beyond anything I've witnessed.”
“How old are you?”
“You should know it's rude to ask a woman her age heh, I'm well over 100,000 years old”
“What??.. I.. everything you say just.. I'm having a hard time here trying to comprehend it.. I mean I always knew I was different, I never saw or sensed anything quite like me, and any human I came across other than Alex was struck with absolute terror as though I shouldn't exist. Yet you tell me you're 100,000 years old and I just…”
“It's a fair and honest reaction. But it doesn't make it any less true. Though I am the third oldest seeker, and I was something else before becoming a seeker.”
“Something else? And.. who's the oldest?”
“I used to be.. it's hard to explain really, but I guess you'd call it a demigod or angel. The oldest seeker is gold, and he's in a similar boat to me; seekers have only been in existence for around 10,000 years.”
Big numbers were being thrown around, mentions of demigods and angels, I wasn't ready for any of this, my mind was already shot thanks to last night's activities and how until just a bit ago I thought I'd killed the only person that mattered to me. Being assured that Alex is okay certainly helps, but the damage was done, my mind was racing and numb. Kender moved into a more comfortable position, and I stayed where I was, fearful of squeezing the human in my belly too hard if I repositioned too much.
At the end of the day all I care about is Alex, all this talk of living forever, curses, inner anatomy, none of it was truly sticking, not while Alex is essentially trapped in my gut.. to be fair it did feel good in a sense, a warm feeling surrounded him, it was.. pleasing.
“I'll try and make sense of all this, I wasn't expecting you to have all the answers. It's a lot all at once.. can we go back to Alex? You said he'd be healed and rejuvenated, that he's in a place meant for bonding, and that he's fast asleep.. How long could I keep him safe inside me?”
“How long? Well.. I don't know what you're thinking, but he won't age while in your belly, and you're the one supplying him with oxygen and nutrients.. a fully grown seeker can keep someone alive inside them for months, sometimes even years. The only reason it can't be indefinitely is due to the fact you'll need to sustain yourself. Looking at you- no offense -I think you've been storing a lot of energy without knowing it. It's fully possible you've been eating animals and other things thinking you were hungry. In actuality, once fully grown you rarely need to eat for sustainability.”
“In other words, for you in your.. state, I'd say he could stay in there safely over a year”
“You can just call me fat.”
This made sense to me, the last few years I've been practically starving, yet my gut has gotten pudgier and pudgier, while Alex has stayed underweight. It was always perplexing, but now I had the answers.
“if he won't age inside me-”
“you could ideally stretch his 100- give or take -year life span over a very very very long time. But he can only live outside of you for around that amount of time.”
“I see..”
I started to think about how likely Alex is to let me eat him just so I can keep him with me for years and years and years. It didn't seem likely at all, no way would anyone want to be inside me, much less my best friend who cried and pleaded his way down..
“I take it you've been through a lot of this yourself? Eaten people to bond or whatever?”
Kender didn't immediately respond, I saw her swallow as though sending away negative emotions and feelings brought on by my questioning. Before verbally answering she simply nodded, her tail sliding over and pressing into the side of her own somewhat distended belly
“I have. Quite a few individuals have been in my stomach, all safe, all kept for a time. Nowadays however I've been.. well.. it doesn't matter, yes I have been through this a lot.”
Her confidence from before seemed to take a hit during her answer, I hadn't expected such a shift from her, I barely knew Kender but I could tell, there was quite a depth to her. Which one would expect given her age
“I see, sorry if that was a bit personal, wasn't my intention”
“Don't be afraid to ask me anything, Anthony. I'm here to guide you, I just have an extensive past that.. well on occasion haunts me.”
“Understandable, I won't hesitate to ask you questions in that case, since you intend on sticking around.”
“Good lad.”
Kender began asking questions about me and Alex, trying to get a better understanding of our dynamic. I explained Alex's disposition with being taken care of, how he'd been there since as long as I could remember. She asked me what I wanted to do with all the information and my little human, but my answer to her was that I'd know when Alex was free. In honesty what I wanted was to leave this place and go with her, and take Alex with us. These woods have provided for me and my human, but Alex deserved real comfort. He needs to not be shivering in the winter, starving half the time.
I decided once he's out I'd do everything in my power to convince him to leave this place behind, but I doubt it's gonna be easy, the little guy is so stubborn. It's for our best though, and maybe, just maybe he'll understand why I want us to go… or maybe he'll hate me for eating him alive.
By now I'd say an hour or two had passed since Kender showed up, there was a sorta relaxed feeling in my bowels now, though anxiety was still quite prevalent.
“Kender.. I think I can let him out now.. think you can give me some space?”
“Understood, Anthony. Just be honest with him, I'll be close by, call for me if you need me”
“Thank you”
Kender walked away into the trees, just out of sight. The floor was covered in slow everywhere me and her were sitting, I knew I couldn't spit Alex onto the cold ground covered in my saliva. I figured he'd just have to let me hold him and dry him off, regardless of how he feels about me now.
I take a deep breath and shake my head, holding a paw on my belly
“What a day man.. it's time to get you back out here, even if you yell at me, it's gonna be nice to hear your voice again.. please, please be okay”
And with those gentle whispers to myself, I began heaving and gaging, focusing my muscles deep in my stomach. It took a second but I finally felt his form being squeezed out of that roomy sack and back into my esophagus. Around that time I actually felt what I swore was movement, perhaps he was waking up?
The chilly, still air now echoed with the sound of me trying to hack up my human, I moved to my hands and haunches, tilting myself forward to ease the ride up for him. And after only a couple moments I felt him being snagged by my gullet, and pulled back up the way he came, that bulge he made going down now sliding back up my neck and into my mouth.
Once in my mouth I lightly felt around him, inspecting his little body with my tongue, feeling him whole and intact. My heart raced in my chest, a mix of fear and happiness washing over me. Alex was moving for sure, waking up in my maw, just hours ago I thought I'd never see him again. I cup my hands together and let my friend slip out of my mouth, off my tongue and into my paws. I closed my hands mostly to shield his wet, sopping body from the bitter cold, I felt my eyes beginning to water..
“Alex.. Alex I… I…”
“Anthony…”
His voice was quiet, I felt him feeling around my paws. He seemed dazed, perhaps in a weakened state from everything. I knew I had to keep my cool, but the emotions were getting to me, every negative one from hours ago, the positive ones having him here with me again.. his voice.. I never thought I'd hear it again..
“What… what happened.. you.. you ate me-”
Tears were now pouring down my face, fear was taking over, I just couldn't take it, I couldn't bare the thought of my friend hating me, I loved him so much
“Alex, I'm.. so.. so.. sorry.. I.. didn't mean to- I couldn't help but- what I did.. Alex.. I never wanted to hurt or scare you.. I.. I'm so sorry Alex…”
I began crying, unable to see through the tears in my eyes as they began flowing just as hard as when I thought my friend was gone, my chest and stomach started to hurt, it was just too much
“Anthony.. I thought.. I thought I was.. how am I alive?..”
“It's so complicated Alex.. a lot has happened, it's been nearly half a day since.. I.. since you”
“I don't understand…”
Alex curled up in a ball, breathing heavily, I heard him whimpering within my paws, my heart started breaking all over again, and the tears kept coming
“For.. for the last few years.. I wanted you.. I wanted to have you.. to eat you.. I never thought I'd.. n-never thought I'd do it.. I.. I hate myself for-”
“Stop.. Anthony.. it's o-okay.. please don't cry”
I don't think I'll ever forget those words till the day I die, the sound of concern in his voice for me after all he's been through.. I couldn't take it, I couldn't muster up anything in response except more ugly crying, bringing Alex to my chest and holding him there with both paws.. tears were pattering onto my own body as I held him, my sweet, gentle, loving human.. how could I have ever doubted that he'd still care for me even after this.. truly I was lucky, and in that moment I realized exactly how much
“I thought… I thought… I thought I.. I thought you were g-gone… I thought I'd.. killed you.. me.. killed the thing I live for, the one I.. I love you Alex.. I never wanna hurt you.. never ever ever.. you deserve the world.. I'm.. I'm sorry for what I did, you shouldn't have gone through it, I.. s-scared you.. I hurt you.. I.. put you through hell.. please Alex.. I don't deserve it but please.. forgive me”
“Anthony..”
I held him firmly against my chest, right over my heart, keeping him warm and covered from the world. The words were flowing like the tears now, they felt like more genuinely true than any I'd ever spoken
“I'm okay Anthony.. it's okay.. I forgive you, I'm okay..”
Those were all the words I needed to hear, everything was gonna be okay between us, maybe a bit complicated, but he didn't immediately hate me for my actions. Me and Alex cried for a little bit, he seemed bent on reassuring me that he was okay and didn't resent me for what happened. While I just couldn't say another word, crying and keeping him close to my heart, letting it thump and surround him in my warmth and comfort, drying his body off over time in my thick fur.
“Please.. never do that again.. it's all I ask.. please tell me when you.. when you feel like you're gonna-”
“Never again, I'll never put you through that again, I promise you.. you.. will always be safe with me”
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This was just so freaking wholesome to read, I'm loving this so much! Just the way you were able to continue with these two's ever escalating relationship, and making me love these two together more! You're such an astoundingly skilled writer, and I'm so freaking stoked to seeing so much more of your wonderful works in the future! Keep doing great!
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