Completely unaware of the tense situation his remaining comrades were in, Brion continued his wrestling with the German shepherd in glee. Even now, the wolf remained steadfast and confident, eager to see just how much longer Theron could last before he’d falter. He had to admire the dog for endurance: after taking an arrow to the shoulder and getting both bitten and clawed, he still had more than enough strength to keep him at bay. However, Brion knew that it was only a matter of time and persistence before the German shepherd’s wounds took their toll, and he had no intention of letting the dog escape becoming nothing more than a bulge beneath this black fur. Little did he know, however, that Theron had exactly the same fate planned for him…<br/><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;">Brion resist Ingest: 1d20(12) + 8 = 20; fail</div></div></div><br/><br/>For most of the struggle, Brion had done a fairly good job of grappling with the dog, keeping him from getting an advantageous grip on him while managing to get in a few solid hits of his own. However, that all changed in an instant when the wolf let his cockiness get to his head. Unbeknownst to him, Theron had forced him into just the right position for the devious deed, his body pressed against the German shepherd’s and his arms held down below his chest. Before Brion could react, the dog’s maw was spread over his muzzle, but the wolf remained unfazed. Jerking his head back, he prepared to push himself away from Theron…<br/><br/>Only to realize he couldn’t.<br/><br/>As the wolf’s head pressed into Theron’s jaws, he’d notice that his fur was relatively well-kept for a pirate like him. Devoid of the dirty flavor one would assume from his appearance, the lupine actually held a savory taste, touched with the enticing musky taste of his fur. While pleasing to the German shepherd, the situation translated into Brion’s first real moment of fear since boarding his ship, an acute sense that something had gone wrong. As hard as he tried to move, he found himself pinned helplessly as Theron’s jaws worked over him, the hot stickiness of the dog’s gullet spreading quickly over his neck and down to his shoulders. For the next few moments at least, the wolf was helpless to stop his descent, his feeble struggles translating to little more than odd bulges beneath Theron’s neckfur.<br/><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;">Brion resist Swallow: 1d20(14) + 8 = 22; pass</div></div></div><br/><br/>Fortunately for Brion, the moment ceased to turn into the one-way trip it initially seemed. With a rough little twist, the wolf managed to free one of his arms from their awkward position, and within a second he had firmly planted that hand against Theron’s shoulder. While not a particularly good grip, it was just enough to allow him to fight against the pull of the dog’s throat, halting his descent just long enough to regain his bearings. The hot moist darkness that filled his vision made it difficult to orient himself, but Brion already knew he had enough of the sensation and wanted to get out of it. The muscles on his arm tensing, he pushed against the German shepherd’s body, trying to undo the work the dog had already accomplished.<br/><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;">Brion resist Ingest: 1d20(2) + 8 = 10<br/>Theron must succeed in a vore check vs. DC 10 or Brion will return to the grappled phase.<br/><br/>Well… you did want a Grade A screw-up… X)</div></div></div><br/><br/><br/>Noel’s final moments were far from pleasant. From within Rea’s gut he had the misfortune of seeing just how a prime predator’s digestive system worked, crushing the very life out of him while the acids seemed to boil him alive. The weasel cried in agony as the open wounds in his legs burned, the fluids already starting to dissolve him from the inside out and turn him into a pool of nutrient-rich mush. With a good deal of his slim body already devoid of clothing and fur alike, his movements began to grow increasingly feeble, his struggles growing weaker and making fewer contusions in the wolf’s engorged stomach. As the black of permanent sleep claimed more and more of his vision, he lifted his arm towards the opening to Rea’s throat one last time before his body gave out, a final pitiful whimper escaping his lips before he sank into the steadily rising pool of digestive liquids, vanishing beneath the surface and unlikely to ever surface again…<br/><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;">Noel’s unconscious and about to become closer to Rea’s heart than he ever could have imagined…</div></div></div><br/><br/>Estera was, in a sense, both more and less fortunate than her companion. Within the round bulge that was Eruin’s stomach, the ratling would find herself strangely enticed by the warmth layers of flesh that surrounded her, kneading over her form with the dexterity of a talented masseuse. However, Estera knew that comfort was a façade for something far less pleasant, something made clear by the new sensation that was beginning to overtake the warmth and humidity that she had felt before.<br/><br/>“Egh!” she squeaked nervously as the last shreds of her clothing melted away, her naked white-furred form now fully exposed to the whims of Eruin’s digestive tract. Almost immediately, the light tingling sensations that had come over her before intensified, quickly seeping into her fur to spread the feeling down to her skin. As more and more of the liquids were kneaded into her, her body was enveloped in a sore sensation, much like the type of pain that came with a bad rash. However, she was frighteningly aware that she was feeling the first stages of something far worse…<br/><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;">Estera Claw Attack vs. Eruin’s Stomach: 1d20(19) + 6 = 25; hit!<br/>Damage:  1d4(2) + 2 = 4</div></div></div><br/><br/>“Somebody! Anybody! Get me out of here!” her shrill voice screamed as he continued scrabbling in vain against her captor’s belly. Again, through her persistence her claws manage to scratch just hard enough to irritate Eruin’s stomach lining ever-so-slightly. However, the effects of her small natural weapons were rather limited, and in the scope of things it was most likely too little too late. “I don’t want to die like this! Pryah, Noel, save me!!!”<br/><br/>- - - - -<br/><br/>Brion (Wolf): HP -<span style="color: #FF8000">21/44</span>- AC 20<br/>Tau (Human): HP -<span style="color: #00BF00">28/28</span>- AC 16<br/>Pryah (Tiger): HP -<span style="color: #00BF00">32/32 + 48 subdual</span>– Seeing stars<br/>Rutus (Gnoll): HP - Took a dive<br/>Estera (Ratling): HP -<span style="color: #FF8000">24/36 + 18 subdual</span>- AC 16 – In Eruin’s stomach<br/>Noel (Weasel): HP – Wolf chow<br/>Isarr (Cougar): HP -<span style="color: #008000">26/27</span>- AC 18<br/><br/>- - - - -<br/><br/>Theron: HP -<span style="color: #FF8000">39/70</span>- AC 17<br/>Eruin: HP -<span style="color: #008000">53/72</span>- AC 21<br/>Rea: HP -<span style="color: #00BF00">67/67</span>- AC 25<br/>Mirage: HP -<span style="color: #00BF00">45/45</span>- AC 21<br/>Alyssa: HP -<span style="color: #008000">34/49</span>- AC 19<br/>Grim: HP -<span style="color: #00BF00">24/24</span>- AC 20