Despite having heard the druid's pained groan, Heshaar's mouthful of delicious but powerfully-struggling lizard is enough to keep her from moving her head about freely [i.e. still considered grappled!] and so she can only resume bolting the panicked reptile down. As his resistance halts the momentum of his throatward slide, the she-wolf grunts and shakes her head, trying to bring his body and her gullet into alignment again...<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">[Heshaar oppose Narsc escape: 1d20(4)+20=<span style="font-weight: bold">24</span>; pass. Dexterous Maw also imposes a -3 to prey's mouth-escape rolls, so that probably makes the 15 a 12? |3 first time THAT feat's been used!]</div></div></div><br/>...and, as her tongue stifles and renders useless his attempts at escape, she bobs her head with an audible, wet series of swallows, working her jaws and taking on the universal canine expression that comes with working down an oversized bit of meat.<br/>[spoiler[Heshaar swallow check: 1d20(18)+20=<span style="font-weight: bold">38</span>; Narsc must resist or be swallowed.]<br/>[If he somehow resists that one, second swallow check is 1d20(6)+20=<span style="font-weight: bold">26</span>; same drill.][/spoiler]<br/>As fortunate as Narsc's initial success might have been, the wolfess's gullet makes it clear that it is<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>letting him escape. With his body all but forced into a scaly, spiky ball by her  persistently-restraining tongue, each bob and light jerk of her jaws forces him further back toward the slimy pit of her throat, and even his armor-spikes only earn a noncommittal grunt from Heshaar as they draw along and press into her smooth flesh. When your usual prey come equipped with flailing, gnashing beaks and claws and teeth and talons, spikes stop being an effective deterrent...<br/>{{And, if swallow is successful...}}<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">And Heshaar's swift to finish making a meal of her would-be escapee, a sizable lump appearing and descending into her throat as audibly-chugging swallows shove her prey into and then through the slimily-gripping tunnel that awaits him. The firm walls of muscle yield him no purchase, even if he could escape his restrainedly-curled posture to try to ascend them; his only 'option' is to decide just how frantically he'll wiggle, making the firm, impressive bulge his body makes jiggle lightly as it descends. Slipping through her throat, bulging lightly past her ribcage, soon his pervasively wet and slimy descent terminates with his tumble into the sweltering heat of her groaning, churning stomach as it begins to compress around him. Even the freedom of movement he momentarily regained vanishes as the rippling, rumbling stomach-walls close in... and the satisfied wolfess expels a brief rush of Narsc-scented breath in a meaningfully-ominous belch.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Kahmori can see the druid's eyes involuntarily watering as, despite his efforts at restraint, the reptile's claws bury and twist into the flesh beneath his scales. His muscles tensing in preparation to finish disemboweling himself, suddenly the haze of despairthat gripped the druid's mind falls away, and beneath the kitsune his body suddenly goes limp, yielding his 'wrestling-partner' an easy victory. It's more through scent than through sight that he's able to identify the body that strains against his, as the druid's eyes peer through a swimming blur of moisture before he can dash the water from his eyes. "<span style="font-style: italic">Kahmori?</span>" The reptile croaks, his voice ragged and quavering with teeth-gritting surges of pain. "<span style="font-style: italic">....What happened? You can get off, I... oh...</span>" Chrrou can feel the rift-like gashes in his body and can<span style="font-style: italic">remember</span>inflicting them himself, but accepting that even a supernaturally-induced fit of despair left him trying to turn himself inside-out is another matter. He has to imagine that without the kitsune's efforts at restraint, he might well have been fatally successful.<br/>{{Assuming Heshaar was successful in her devouring endeavors}}<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Heshaar, finally turning to regard the source of her companion's distress, vents a snarl of shock and rage at the sight of the kitsune grappling with the previously-untouched but now critically-wounded raptor. Lowering herself wrathfully for a pounce and strike against Kahmori, she's instead stayed with a growl and a whine as the druid signals back to her to stand down. Glowering in angry confusion, her hateful vision remains fixed upon the kitsune, assuring him that any false move will bring her toothy wrath down upon him regardless of her companion's <span style="font-style: italic">obviously</span> misplaced trust.</div></div></div>