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Some more cod Grian and Scar nomfs :D This time it’s leviathan scar but more hotguy orientated colors :p
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whitchygaythem · 2 years
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Mermaid
"No, Please! I didn't take it! Please!" Sara yelled at her former crew mates as they tied her arms together behind her back.
"Shut up Hex!" Yuma smacked her across her face and Sara yelled in pain.
"I take you in, treat you well, despite you being a Hex and you, what? Steal from us? Sell us out to the royal guards?" Sara sobbed as her former captain looked down at her, her eyes black with anger.
"Please, please Yuma, I would never betray the crew. This ship is my ho-" The captain cut her off with a swift kick, launching Sara across the ship deck.
"Don't speak my name, cursed traitor." Sara looked up and reached toward some of the other crew members, the people she had lived with for years.
"Please, let me go.. Ami? Hera? Please?" They recoiled away from her broken form with looks of disgust, and fear. The captain reached down and grabbed Sara's ponytail and dragged her to the front of the ship.
"We only have one use for a traitor." The realization slammed into Sara like a boulder.
"NO NO NO, PLEASE ANYTHING BUT THIS PLEASE!" Her pleas fell on deaf ears as the rest of the crew retreated as far as they could away from her. The captain herself strode up the stairs to the top deck. She pulled a thick rope three times, two fast and the last ringing out across the abandoned bay.
Everything was silent for a few moments, until waves began cascading against the side of the boat, almost knocking Sara off the bow. She stared up, as a huge creature rose from the water. She was about 90 feet tall, and was unearthly beautiful. She had sleek grey skin and a white underbelly, with long black hair. Her black eyes fell onto the ship, and then on Sara.
"Oh Great Lady of the Sea!" The captain declared. "We give you this sacrifice, so that you will spare our ship in coming storms! Please accept it!" Sara's head whipped back up to the Lady's. She looked down on Sara with a neutral gaze. A huge hand rose from the water and plucked Sara from the bow with two fingers. Wind rushed in Sara's face as the Lady lifted her toward her face, and sniffed her and cupped her in one palm. The creature then slightly opened her mouth and allowed a long, dark pink tongue to snake out and lick from Sara's thighs to her face. Sara snapped back to reality and began to scream, but was drowned out by the cheering of the crew.
"The Lady has accepted our sacrifice!" The Lady looked at Sara once more, meeting her eyes before opening her mouth wide and dumping Sara inside. She was tossed around as the Lady tasted her, narrowly avoiding her sharp teeth. Sara thrashed as best she could, but she could do nothing with her arms and legs tied up. She felt herself sliding toward the throat as the Lady tilted her head back. Sara screamed as she fell down the powerful tube, and was swallowed once. She fell again, now into a slimy room. The stomach. Sara sank down. She saw an old harpoon lay abandoned across from her. She inches towards it, used it to cut herself free and grabbed the handle.
She wouldn't die here.
She tried to thrust it into the stomach wall, but it bounced right back out. Her attempt received a rumble all around her as the Lady groaned. Sara was lining up to try again but was knocked off balance by a prod to the stomach. Sara heard the Lady saying something in a different language, none of which she could understand. Sadness turned to anger as Sara stood up again. This, this creature had already eaten her, now it was taunting her?! She yelled again, pummeling the stomach wall.
"I can't understand you! Stupid fish!" The stomach shifted around Sara, knocking her down yet again. Sara heard the Lady trying to say something again.
"Sss-safe. Yoou re ssafe" a echoing voice sounded around Sara. "I'm safe?" She repeated. The stomach churned around her, as if answering. Sara sat for a moment. She had been in here for awhile, and she was still unharmed. She could still breath too. She didn't have anyone anymore. "Fine. I'm safe"
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cryptidinspace · 2 years
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Dangerous Waters, Ch 2
Warning for actual vore in this chapter! As well as mentions of death and digestion, though none of either actually happen
Also, I might have called them high school students in the previous chapter? That’s my bad, these are actually meant to be university aged kids
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United Oceans University. It looked like something out of a movie, vast and carved out of stone. Bright coral decorated every nook and cranny. Colored Seaweed was twisted into ropes and banners that swayed in the current.
The hallways were lit with glow fish swimming in lazy circles. Massive stained glass windows depicted various scenes, probably historical, with glistening eyes that seemed to follow the students.
“Looks more like a cathedral than a school. Like Saint Ruby’s back home.” Lacey was swimming just ahead of Irridesse, running her fingertips along the textured glass. “I bet the rooms are massive! And the food is gonna be amazing-“
They really were excited about this, huh? Irridesse followed just behind, fins bristled, watching the crowded corridor they swam through. On the way over, her plan had been solidified; she would find the biggest sea monster in this school, and put the fear of herself in them. They’d likely laugh her off at first, or even try taking a bite out of her…but she’d soon show them how unafraid she was.
“Found it!” At Lacey’s beckoning tail, she swam over. It was the door to her room, with two other names beside hers posted on the door. “It’s too bad we don’t get to share, huh?” Lacey gave her a playful pout, before looking at their own schedule. “Gotta go find my own r-“
“Yeah sure, but-“ Irridesse grabbed their shoulder, cutting them off. “Remember what I said. Tell me if you end up rooming with any sea monsters.”
Lacey’s eyebrows knitted together. “They wouldn’t do that, right? Put Mers and sea monsters together? Even a siren would be better…um, not that I’m afraid of sea monsters-“ They glanced nervously at Irridesse’s annoyed expression. “Uh, you know what, it’s fine.” They gave her a sunny smile, before darting away. “I’ll let you know!”
Once they were gone, Irridesse straightened their back and gave the names another once over. Magna Esprit and…Atlantic Mura.
Her face twisted into a scowl. Lovely. The most obnoxious little manchild she had ever met. Hopefully, he’d manage to stay out of the way. If she could just ignore him, her plan could go off without a hitch.
So she shoved the door open, creating a cloud of bubbles as she darted into the room. Three different beds, one considerably larger than the other, with kelp rugs placed on the floor, and stony desks. And not a person in sight.
Irridesse took her pack, dumping it on the bed, scanning the room. Why was one bed bigger? Were they a sea monster? The other normal sized bed was a bit of a mess, with the blankets thrown everywhere, and a very expensive suitcase half open on the floor.
That must be Atlantic’s. She swam over slowly, eyeing the flowing shirts and shimmering jewelry. But a heartbeat later, a hand wrapped around her tail, yanking her violently to the floor.
“SONOVA-“ A hand slapped over her mouth, as she was tugged beneath the bed. Turning her head, she saw Atlantic’s eyes staring at her through the dark. He looked positively terrified, and she could feel his trembling through the water. “Atlantic, what the hell are you doing?” She hissed.
“There’s a…s-sea monster.” He whimpered in gasping breaths. “In our r-room. She tried-d to eat me!” His voice reached a panicked whimper, just as a door slammed open.
Irridesse peered from beneath the bed, feeling an unwanted sense of unease crawl up her spine. No fear. This is what she had waited for. Her nails dug into the packed sand floors. It’s time to take your chance. Show this beast that you are not to be trifled with! She glanced at her quivering companion. And Atlantic can watch, I guess.
Bright blue tentacles dragged across the ground, just inches away. She could hear a growling, rumbling noise nearby, and for some reason, her body wanted to flatten to the ground and stay in the shadows…But I’m not scared.
Ignoring Atlantic’s panicked scrambling, Irridesse flung herself into the open. She slammed straight into a taller woman, and felt squishy tendrils push her back a bit. Looking up, she looked into a masked face. She was odd looking, right off the bat…the mask covered her mouth, but her eyes were a piercing dark blue, and her skin a soft purple color. And looking down, she saw tentacles, the length of her entire body, bright and supple.
“Hey there!” The woman boomed, arms folded over her wide stomach. There was something slightly off about her voice, something Irridesse couldn’t place. Something other than the sheer depth and volume. “You must be Irridesse, hm?” Her eyes strayed to the bed that she had darted from under. “Is blondy hiding under there?” She could imagine a wicked grin on the sea monster’s face, as one tentacle snuck toward the shadows.
She’s actually going to eat him. Irridesse clenched her fists, fighting back to instinctual urge to run. “Hey!” She barked. “Sea Monster! Get your tentacles away from him.”
The limb retracted, and the woman looked back at her with curious eyes. “Hey now, no need to be so uptight…how abouts we get a little better acquainted?” Her arms unfurled, and Irridesse looked down at her stomach in shock. Her mouth was on her belly. It was massive, wider than Irridesse’s shoulders were, fully of pointed teeth, with a bright blue tongue that lolled out hungrily. She heard a low growling noise coming from the maw, and her tail lashed, pushing her backward. “Don’t act like that…geez, you little fishies are so unfriendly.”
“And you sea monsters are all the same!” Irridesse scowled, her tail fins puffing out into a storm of blue. She had never met another sea monster, of course, this ravenous stranger was the first. But she matched the descriptions that she had been given her whole life…hungry and insane. “Might as well give up now, I’m not going to be lunch. And I won’t let you devour Atlantic either!”
“Loosen up!” Her voice was both commanding and playful…did she see them as nothing but toys? Rage boiled in Irridesse’s chest, overcoming the fear churning in her stomach. She burst forward, crashing into the woman’s chest at full force.
She grunted and spun backward, tentacles flailing in the air. “Well now you’re just being eager!” She was teasing Irridesse now, and her blue eyes narrowed to slits. She scrambled for purchase on the woman’s smooth and slick skin, trying vaguely to do some kind of damage, then gasped as a tentacle wrapped around her waist.
“Just chill…” The woman purred. She looked amused. “Just gonna have a taste, don’t be such a stiff.” Irridesse thrashed furiously, letting out a hiss of anger at the sight of her belly-mouth opening. That bright blue tongue came out, pressing against her hips. It was a bit like a soggy, twitching cushion, tasting her slowly. Saliva clung to her, making her skin slick. It slid upward, to her stomach, onto her chest, until it enveloped her face. Irridesse let out a screech and bucked her tail up and down. Where the fuck was Atlantic?? Maybe he couldn’t exactly save her, but he could try to do something.
Coward.
The tongue pulled away from her face, and Irridesse gasped in air. “Unhand me…” She croaked, aiming a faltering punch at the woman’s ribs. “Now!”
“Later.” Later? There was no later, she was about to be digested and turned into fat on the woman’s belly! But just as she had been told about sea monsters, there was nothing that could be done. She was so much weaker than she had thought, and now, she couldn’t stop the tentacle pushing her toward the brightly-colored maw…instead, her eyes dropped to her final resting place. It was a massive mouth, bright cyan in color, each wall padded with squishy slippering flesh. Another loud grumble rang through the air, as the walls of the woman’s stomach pulsed with anticipation.
The tongue lifted and slid under Irridesse’s body, guiding her downward as her head passed the massive fangs…was the sea monster going to chew her up first? Or just let her sit here, slowly digesting until her mind was burned away?
At that thought, she let another strangled roar and attempted to pull away, even as the tentacles gathered to squish her further into the stomach lining. It squeezed around her, conforming to the shape of her head. And before she could fight any longer, the jaws shut behind her with a snap of finality.
Irridesse froze, breathing in short, ragged gasps. Her body was folded in on itself, tightly enclosed in this squishy, wet chamber. Strange fluids coated her arms and tail, and she shuddered. She could still see…the inside of this mouth-stomach was glowing softly, shedding blue-green light, over everything.
Another growl rang out, and the tongue lifted her body, pressing her against the roof of the woman’s mouth. Irridesse continued to thrash, her fists and tail thumping painfully against the stomach lining. The monster didn’t seem to be bothered, and she heard a chuckle from above, loud and unnaturally encompassing. She was tasting Irridesse, wasn’t she? Her tongue flipped the young woman around, sliding down her spine, coating her in more saliva. The water in here was growing thick with her juices, and beginning to taste faintly like lime.
A loud gurgling began all around her, as the walls began to knead her body roughly. Fuck…this is it. I failed, before I could even really try. This probably wasn’t even the biggest sea monster here.
Feeling the stony chill of defeat, Irridesse slowly went limp, settling into the soft tongue beneath her. It twitched reactively, twisting up to coat her face in another film of drool. Now that she was quiet, she could hear a lot more…the sound of the sea monster's heartbeat, for one. A steady, thundering pulse somewhere above her. And the soft whooshing of her gills filtering water. And she noted, this stomach really couldn’t fit another person. If nothing else, this meant Atlantic would be spared a bit longer…
A moment later, the world suddenly tilted. She must be moving again, swimming, as her belly swayed from side to side, rocking Irridesse gently. Another turn, and she felt as though she was now resting on top of something. The woman must be on her back now, with the weight of her full stomach pressing down on her.
“So.” Irridesse’s eyes widened at the sound of the sea monster’s voice. It was loud and clear, and all around her. She heard a strange noise from above, and suddenly the stomach constricted firmly around her. Her face was pushed further into the soft stomach lining, and she grunted faintly. “Now that we’re chilled out, you’re Irridesse, right? My new roommate? Not gonna lie, I haven't seen a Mer before today. Glad you’re so bite sized!” A loud chuckle made her belly tremble and shake. “And you fill me up so nicely…lucky, huh?”
Lucky?! For you, I guess. She squirmed around, covering her face with her tail fins. Not that the sea monster could see her anyway, but still. There was another squeeze and another gurgle, and the stomach walls pressed into her skin once again. She let out an angry groan. “Quit toying with me, okay!” She felt a growing pressure behind her eyes, and squeezed them shut. She would not cry about this. “If you’re gonna eat me, at least let me die in peace. So shut up!”
There was a long pause, as the woman shifted her weight. “Die…?” She sounded genuinely confused, then chuckled again, her insides bouncing Irridesse. “Fishie, you aren’t gonna die. Drama queen.” The walls squeezed around her again, and Irridesse realized that she was being prodded from outside by tentacles.
“But you…you’re going to digest me. Do you not know how your own organs work??” Her tone was scornful, mingled with confusion.
“Course I do.” The woman snorted slightly. “We’re sea monsters. We decide if we digest what we swallow.” There was a moment of silence. “Don’t Mers do that too?”
“Um…no.” Her fast breathing had begun to slow, and she very cautiously relaxed. “We don’t.”
“Weird…”
“What’s weird, is trapping a stranger in your stomach!” Her fins flared up, along with her temper. Now that she wasn’t in immediate danger, Irridesse’s indignation had returned tenfold. “Let me out of here, right now!”
“Not where I’m from.” The woman answered mildly. “That’s just watcha do, when you’re gonna be spending a whole year with someone. About as friendly a greeting as you can get.”
“Don’t care, let me out now.”
The woman let out a long sigh, carrying Irridesse up and down with the motion of her body. “Oh alright.” The cursed jaws finally eased open, and Irridesse shot out from between them.
She was covered in saliva, clinging to her skin and refusing to float away. Her face felt hot with anger, as she stared down the woman who had just eaten her up. “Never do that again.”
“Most Sea Monsters your size love it.” She said, twisting a loc of blue and purple hair around her finger. Her stomach mouth appeared to be smirking, as if it found this whole situation amusing. “But okay…unless I get hungry~” Irridesse shot her a glare, and she rolled her eyes. “You have my word.”
She got up from her bed, tentacles fanning out in a spiral, and held her much larger hand out. “I’ll introduce myself the boring way then. Magna Esprit, I major in communications.”
“Well, you’re bad at it,” Irridesse replied flatly. Though she took Magna’s hand, shaking it as briefly as possible. “Irridesse Azraq. Political science.”
“You and I are gonna be good friends.” Magna glanced back at the bed. “Now to get your friend out of hiding.”
“He’s really not my friend…” She protested, though followed Magna to the bed. Already, she could hear the boy’s panicked wheezing. An interesting start. A lot to think about. And even more potential
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mskenway97 · 18 days
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well I really wanted to do this, I chose bravern for this style of fish: ram cichlid.
Mer Bravern x Isami Ao
Deep Audacity
Summary: Strange life forms have been detected in one of the deepest caves in the central Pacific Sea. Isami and his team have gone to investigate it, to see if they can find something bigger.
Words: 2,044
Warning: size difference, g/t content, g/t fearplay, g/t mouthplay, a little crush kink, safe vore, soft vore
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I will put the links of pillowfort and ao3 to publish this application:
Pillowfort
Ao3
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vorish-wonderland · 1 year
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Azul has overblotted! However, one of his attacks ended up hitting Jade and Floyd... Azul decides he needs to protect them, in the only way he can.
Includes: soft/safe vore
✮✶It's For Your Sake✶✮
☆゚⁠.⁠*⁠・⁠。゚☆゚⁠.⁠*⁠・⁠。゚☆゚⁠.⁠*⁠・⁠。゚☆゚⁠.⁠*⁠・⁠。゚☆゚⁠.⁠*⁠・⁠。゚
Two horrible screams of pain rang out through Octavinelle dorm.
"A-ah... ah! I didn't mean to hurt you..." A nervous smile appeared on Azul's face. "Oh, my precious little eels... it didn't hurt too much, did it?"
"Everyone, get back-!" Jade yelled.
Suddenly, Azul began to grow larger, to almost gigantic proportions...
"This... could be bad." Floyd sighed.
The now giant Azul picked up both of the twins, bringing them all the way up to his face.
"Where does it hurt? Anything vital? You're lucky that I noticed I was aiming at you and not those fools. If I hadn't, then the attack would've hit would've hit dead on, and then..." Azul sighed. "I would rather not think about that."
"Yes yes, we're all glad that didn't happen..." Jade said. "Now, if you would be so kind as to set us down?"
"I can't." Azul whispered. "Not after that. I'm going to need to put you somewhere safe for a bit, ok? I'll let you out when I've taken care of these pitiful anemones."
"You couldn't possibly mean-!" Jade looked very surprised. "No, not while you're like this, Azul, we don't know what will happen!"
"It'll be fine, just like it always is... now don't worry. I'll make absolutely sure you're safe."
"AZUL, DON'T!" Jade yelled, before...
Before placing Jade in his mouth and quickly swallowing him.
"-ah... stop that, stop moving please." Azul said, a hand on his neck. "This is for your sake, you know? I just want you both to be safe..."
Floyd turned away from Azul, and pulled out his magic pen.
"SHRIMPY, CATCH!!" He yelled, throwing his pen to the prefect of Ramshackle. "USE IT FOR SOMETHING!"
And then, Floyd too was eaten.
"Hm... so there's blot in here as well." Jade said to himself, looking at the tiny drips of the black liquid occasionally trickling down the walls. "How interesting."
"Aha, it's been a while since I've been in here~!" Floyd said as he landed on the soft blue flesh. "Kinda forgot how comfy it was, ehe!"
"How nice of Azul to protect us." Jade smiled.
"Oh! Oh you should've seen it! I threw my magic pen to Shrimpy all dramatically like they'd never see me again or somethin'..." Floyd laughed to himself. "Maaaaaan, you shoulda seen everyone's faces, Jade!!"
"Fufu, how mean of you." Jade tried to pretend he wasn't amused.
"You did the same thing! Yellin' stuff like 'AzUl nO!!!!!!!' and 'We DoN't KnOw WhAt WiLl HaPpEn!!!!' you did that just for the reactions and you know it!"
"...perhaps."
...
"So, d'you think Azul's gonna let us out of here?"
"Certainly. Though, probably only once he's calmed down... now, the question is, how long will that take~?"
"Hm.... I'm guessin' five minutes."
"I personally think seven."
"Welp, for now I guess we just relax until Shrimpy and the others get Azul back to normal."
"I suppose so."
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random-tinies · 9 months
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Happy Vore Day, everyone! :D I'm really proud of this, so I hope you like it too ^^
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watchfuleyeart · 1 year
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Deep-Sea Mermaid Carcass Feeding Frenzy [RARE FOOTAGE] - Plus the original painting (AI paint over that retains little of the original image) because I really like the colors
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thecetaacean · 2 years
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Day 6: royalty
Jonah is a prince for those that don’t know, and the idea for this was that the mouth is a throne. Also I like how it shows the trust Kai and Jonah eventually develop, Jonah is basically doing the equivalent of a lion tamer sticking their head into the maw of a lion
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a-smol-storm-gt-blog · 6 months
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I did a rough color finish of it, so HEEM!
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roma150502 · 1 month
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ОБОРОТЕНЬ НА ЯЛАГУНА УТКОНОС РУСАЛОЧКА
ЭДДИ УТКОНОС ПРИНЦЕССА ЖАСМИН
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whitchygaythem · 1 year
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Pred teases prey, prey gets spooped, pred immediately goes into damage control mode. ✨Boom✨, there’s ur prompt bud.
I think I went too light on the damage control thing, but thank you for the great prompt!!
Mavis stretched, relaxing with her hands behind her head, flipping her shark- patterned tail lazily as she warmed her dark skin in the sun. Their eyes were closed as they began to nod off in the warm summer sun. 
"Mav! Mavis wake up! I'm down here!"
Mavis glanced down to see a human jumping up and down on the beach, waving her skinny arms for Mavis's attention, her long twin braids almost touching the sand.
"Hello Blair." Mavis sunk deeper into the bay, resting her head on her arms on the sand. Blair immediately scrambled up Mavis's arm, plopping herself down on Mavis's elbow. "Have you brought me tribute again?" Blair laughed, then smothered it. 
"If you mean food then sorry, but no. My roommate was getting on my ass about all the herring in the fridge" Blair twirled one of her braids in her small thin fingers. "Sorry Mav, I'll try to bring something else next time. Mavis glared at Blair. 
"Don't worry about making up for this time, I know someone who can fill in." Mavis growled softly to illustrate her point. Blair patted her on the nose.
"Ah yes, you're so very scary and big. I'm so terrified of you." Mavis would have loved to hear the pleading, but something told her blair was being "sarcastic". That felt even worse. Mavis's name used to strike fear into the hearts of mer-kind. She was the terror of the bays, the Devourer of tuna, pick any title. They all showed how feared she was. Then this little… Blair came to her a few months ago for a science project, A PROJECT! Mavis had lost too much respect during her break. She sat up as well as she could while still keeping her tail in the water. Blair tumbled off her arm and onto the sand. She yelled quickly as Mavis's hands thudded down on either side of her, with Mavis herself leaning into her, pressing her face against Blair's shaking body.
"Hehe, Mav, I get it… you can be really scary sometimes… now back up an- and let me g- UGH-'' Mavis cut her off with a full body lick, pushing Blair into the sand.  She lifted Blair up, she was pinched between her pointer finger and thumb. Mavis stretched her jaw, opening her mouth wider and wider until she felt a sucking pop and Blair's eyes went wide. Yes, this is what she wanted, to be treated with fear! And respect! She dropped Blair onto her outstretched tongue. Blair slid right down, and Mavis swallowed quickly, greedy for the weight of prey in her gut. She sighed and laid back down, just like she did before Blair showed up. It was perfect. Just like old times.
Something was wrong. The pleading, the crying, it didn't fill her with pride like before. Mavis shut her eyes again, trying to ignore Blair's cries and the voice of regret in her mind. But once Blair stopped fighting, and barely shifted, Something dropped in Mavis.
"Tribute- Blair. Are you alright?"
"No. And you know that. So just leave me alone and let me die."
"Blair-"
"No. Leave me alone."
Mavis huffed "Blair, you are safe. I swallowed you for my storage stomach, not for food. You are not food."
Blair was quiet, so Mavis kept talking.
"I meant to - no, I should have told you it was safe instead of trying to scare you. I-im soory"
"... I'm not bringing you anything next time, understand? And ask first before you do anything like this."
"Understood."
"....... could you swallow my backpack? I have an essay due…"
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viperpitsfilly · 1 year
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Eka's portal commission
Commission info right 👉HERE👈
DO NOT TAG AS NSFW PLEASE!!!
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nom-central · 2 years
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opinion time: how do you guys feel about unconventional mer preds like anglerfish, gulper eels, jellyfish, vampire squid, etc
just...mers that aren't super popular like sharks and octopi are
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chaoticcat32 · 1 year
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Just realized my Kraken Eddie fic didn’t go all the way so here’s part 2😅
“Oh Hopper, I don’t really think that’s necessary.“
“Well I’m doing it Joyce, are you coming with me or not?”
The woman sighed before coming out of the house, shutting the door behind her.
“I guess I’ll come too.”
They both swam around, looking for the kids who they spotted ducking behind buildings and swimming through shadows. They noticed the prince with them, which made them even more confused.
“See?” Whispered Hopper, “suspicious.”
They followed them until they got to a hole in the kingdom walls, and Joyce was ready to stop them then and there.
“Wait.” Whispered Hopper, putting his hand in front of Joyce.
“What do you mean, wait? They’re going outside!”
“I want to see where they’re going.”
Joyce sighed but relented, staying quiet and following Hopper through the crack. They followed far enough behind the group so they could just barely see their tails, not wanting to be discovered. They watched in confusion as they swam into the caverns just outside the kingdom, following them inside. They didn’t see exactly what cavern they went into, but could make an educated guess that it was the one with glowing crystals lining the walls. Their theory proved true when they heard the familiar voices as they swam into the cavern.
They both rounded the corner into a larger cavern, only to see a familiar guppy tail hanging out of the mouth of a giant fucking kraken.
“WILL!” Joyce shrieked, the petrified mother rushing forward. That was her baby! Her little guppy who’s tail was now disappearing into the monster’s maw.
Eddie froze, seeing the distressed mother swim forward, noticing immediately that she was a guppy as well. Probably the mother of the one he had in his mouth. The woman sobbed, both in anger and sadness, not knowing what to do.
“Y-you spit him out! Spit him out right now!” She shrieked, the words barely coming out through her cries.
Eddie immediately opened his mouth, the tiny guppy swimming out of it and rushing to his mother. Meanwhile, Hopper was rushing forward, yelling at the kraken, not noticing the other kids around him.
“Mom! Mom, I'm okay! See, I’m okay!”
She grabbed her child in a huge bear hug, her crying momentarily slowing down a bit.
“Y-you’re okay? B-but I thought-“
“What are you even doing here?” He asked.
“I- Hopper and I followed you guys because he thought you were being suspicious and I- the- the kraken! It-“
She looked up to see Hopper arguing with the rest of the kids, them being in between him and the kraken. Said kraken was actually cowering, looking directly at her, a guilty expression on his face.
“Wha- I- what’s going on? Will?“
“This is where we’ve been going so often lately.”
“You have?!”
“Yeah. The kraken isn’t the same one as before. His name is Eddie and he’s actually been really nice to us.“
“A different- he was eating you.”
“I let him! It’s completely safe, and he's done it to all of us before. He always lets us out when we want to. It’s like he’s protecting us!”
Joyce took a minute to process the information, looking over at the kraken who was still looking at her sheepishly. She then swam over to him, hesitantly approaching him and looking him in the eye.
“Joyce! What are you doing! Get away from that thing!” Yelled Hopper as the kids held him back.
“Have you really been protecting my baby all this time? And all these other kids?”
Eddie immediately nodded, looking at the little guppy nervously.
“And you’re different, you’re not the same kraken as the one before.”
He shook his head, and Joyce sighed.
“Thank you.”
Eddie looked from side to side, then back at the mother.
“Y-you’re thanking me?”
“If what Will says is true, then it sounds like you’ve been good to him and all his friends.”
“I- uh, it’s really- I’m not gonna hurt a bunch of kids-“
Joyce laughed a bit.
“The fact that you’re saying that and that you seem nervous of a little guppy like me proves that you’re not a monster.”
Eddie teared up a bit, and Joyce swam forward, hugging the man’s nose.
Hopper looked on in disbelief, watching as this huge monster of a creature melted at the touch of the mother guppy. The kids let go of him, and he just stayed in place, looking at the display.
“We were trying to tell you.” Said Dustin.
“Yeah.” Added El.
Hopper looked at them, then back to the kraken, then back to the kids again. He then turned and swam over to the beast, swimming forward as Joyce let go of him.
“What do you think you’re doing with these kids, huh?”
Eddie scowled, looking at the eel with disdain.
“You are exactly the kind of person I didn’t want finding out about me.”
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”
The tension was almost palpable as the two stared at each other, angrily scowling.
“Hopper, it’s okay, he’s not a monster-“
“Stay out of this Joyce, this- this thing has just been waiting for the right moment to eat us all, haven’t you?”
“If I wanted to eat the kids, I would have in the many weeks they’ve been visiting me. Oh, wait! I have.” He gave Hopper a smirk.
“You what?”
“Yeah, I’ve eaten them many times before, and guess what? They let me. You know why? Because I. Am. Not. A. Monster.” He snarled in Hopper’s face.
By now, the eel was red in the face, anger all but seeping out of him.
“I’ve even eaten the little octopus.”
Oh, he really touched a nerve there. The eel flew at his face, and Eddie opened his mouth at the last second, Hopper zipping inside before he realized what had happened. The kraken closed his mouth behind him, careful not to hurt the man, even though he was being a prick. The eel fought wildly, trying to get out of the mouth. Eddie winced as he felt a shock to his tongue, not having realized he was an electric eel. He toughed through it, however, and swallowed hard, sending half the man into his throat. The tail still thrashed around his mouth, Eddie swallowing again and sending the rest of the mer into his esophagus. The muscles slowly worked him down as he still tried to struggle, periodically delivering a pulse of electricity into his flesh. It didn’t feel too bad, but was certainly uncomfortable.
He felt the eel pool into his stomach, immediately wreaking havoc on the organ, thrashing and shocking around. Eddie gently extended his spines, causing the man to calm down so he wouldn’t hurt himself, or Eddie for that matter.
“H-Hop?” The guppy mother asked hesitantly, eyes wide.
“He’s fine. He just needed to calm down.” Said Eddie.
El swam up to the kraken’s stomach, hearing the eel inside.
“Dad?”
“El! Go, get away!“
“No.”
“What?!”
“He’s fine. You’re fine.”
She swam away, ignoring the eel yelling at her from inside. They all kinda just ignored Hopper, letting him cool down. Joyce was a bit nervous, but the kids assured her it was completely safe, making her calm a bit.
They talked for a while, many of them explaining their encounters with the kraken and introducing him to Joyce. The mother was still a bit hesitant at first, but grew a bit more comfortable as the kids shared stories. She even was okay with the whole eating thing and by the end of it, he was basically one of the kids to her.
He eventually spit Hopper back out, the eel having calmed down, but was still angry when he got out of the mouth. El came to his side immediately and began talking to him, going through a shortened version of what they told Joyce. In the end, he still didn’t like the kraken much, which was fine by Eddie because he didn’t like the eel. He threw a fit when the kids told him not to tell anyone.
“But I’m the head of the kingdom guards!”
“Okay? So?”
“I’m supposed to keep the city safe and deal with threats.”
He looked up at Eddie, scowling which made the kraken growl in response.
“He’s not a threat! We just explained everything to you and he didn’t even hurt you when he swallowed you!”
“He ate me! Who’s to say he won’t actually eat eat anyone?!”
“Everyone stop!”
All heads turned to Steve, who had been the one to shout, an angry expression on the prince’s face. The wrasse swam up to Hopper.
“First of all, you had no business following us at all.”
“I-“
“Second, as the prince of the kingdom of Hawkins, I order you not to tell anyone about the kraken!”
“Nice try kid, I don’t take orders from you.”
Steve was exasperated at this point. That’s when Joyce swam up, speaking gently to the eel.
“Hop, come on. He hasn’t hurt anyone, and I trust him. Please don’t tell anyone. At least for the kids sake.”
Hopper turned to the young mers, looking at their pleading faces. He then saw El, the little octopus begging for him not to. He sighed, finally agreeing to keep quiet. For the kids.
“However,” he turned to Eddie, “if I find out you hurt anyone, I won’t hesitate.”
Eddie just snarled at him, sticking his tongue out at the mer. Hopper rolled his eyes and gathered the kids together, all but shoving them towards the exit. They all said their goodbyes, telling them they’d be back soon. Joyce stuck around a little bit, just long enough to tell him one last thing.
“Don’t worry sweetie, I’ll make sure you stay safe and keep Hopper in check, okay?”
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It had been a while since Joyce and Hopper found out, the two having come back a few times, Hopper so he could “keep an eye on them”. Steve would go back by himself sometimes, seeking comfort from the kraken when he was having a bad day.
“You know, I don’t actually like being the prince.” Came a voice from inside Eddie’s stomach.
“Why not? Seems like it’d be nice.”
“Well it’s not! Everyone treats me differently just because I’m the king's son. The others my age don’t want to be around me because all think I’m just rich and stuck-up! You and the kids are the only ones I can just be myself around without any judgement.”
The kraken felt the mer curl up in his belly, and he could hear the wobble in his voice as Steve cried softly. Eddie placed his hand on his stomach from the outside, gently kneading it and making comforting rumbling sounds. He knew mers would often purr to comfort each other, but he didn’t have that ability so he tried his best. Steve seemed to appreciate the effort anyway, lightly purring back at him, putting his hand on the stomach wall.
This is what led to the first time the prince fell asleep in the belly of the beast, tired from all the stress of the day. Eddie fell asleep too, curled up with the warmth of the pretty mer settled in his belly.
Steve looked around his room, opening drawers and looking under almost everything. Where was it? He knew he had a tooth from a giant ancient shark that lived long ago, but he couldn’t find it for the life of him. Eddie had commented on the shark-tooth necklace he always wore, and to thank him, Steve wanted him to have one too. He finally opened up his last drawer and found it, grabbing the massive thing.
It was the size of both his hands together, probably a little bit larger than one of Eddie’s own teeth. About as sharp, too. Or at least Steve guessed it used to be, now it was much duller from years of aging. He found some thick rope similar to the one his necklace was made of, and tied it tightly around the top of the tooth, making another loop to act as the necklace itself. Before tying it off, he took some large handmade beads that matched his own, but in different colors, and strung them onto either side. Once he was finished, he had one massive necklace to give to his giant friend.
He grabbed a little side bag and stuffed the necklace inside, hiding it so as to not raise suspicion. He swam out his window, ducking around in the shadows so no one would see him. He took off his jewelry except for the shark necklace like he always did, not wanting to be associated with being royalty.
He soon made it outside and to the cavern, a path he now knew pretty much by heart. The signature glow of the crystals comforted him as he swam, reaching the large cavern that Eddie resided in.
“Hey prince, back already?” Asked the kraken with a grin.
A bright pink flooded Steve’s cheeks, the mer shaking his head to get rid of the heat.
“Yeah, well, I don’t exactly have anywhere else to go.”
Eddie just looked at him skeptically, then his eyes noticed the bag by Steve’s side.
“What’cha got there?”
Steve looked at the bag, then back at Eddie, trying to keep the blush from coming back to his face.
“I, uh, I have something for you…”
The kraken’s eyes widened in surprise.
“For me?”
Steve nodded as he opened it up, pulling the giant necklace out of the bag and presenting it to Eddie. The kraken looked at it, eyes focused intently and mouth open slightly.
“You said you liked my necklace, so I made a bigger one for you. It’s like mine, but I changed the color of the beads to match you better, and the tooth is from a shark that used to exist a long time ago…”
The kraken took the piece of jewelry gently in his hands, looking over it. He just stared at it, the beautiful red and black beads with a tooth even bigger than his own sitting in the center. He was silent, just taking it in. No one had ever given him a gift like this before.
“You don’t like it, do you. I- I’m sorry, I just-“
Eddie grabbed the mer, holding him to his chest.
“I love it. Thank you.”
He let the prince go and carefully put the necklace around his neck, pulling it over his head. He looked down at it, the tooth settling perfectly on his chest.
“You do?”
“It’s beautiful.”
This time the blush came back in full force, what was just a light dusting of pink growing into a bright red. He looked away from the kraken, not wanting Eddie to see. What was wrong with him? It was just a simple gift, right? Friends give each other gifts… usually not jewelry, though. But it was fine! It’s not like Eddie knew what it symbolized… right?
He turned back around and the kraken noticed the abnormal color of his face, smirking when he did so.
“Is this supposed to be a courting gift?”
Shit.
“W-wha! N- no! Of course not!”
He could deny it all he wanted, but his face almost matched the color of Eddie’s tentacles at this point, Steve raising his hands to cover it up.
“I’m just messing with you, man.” Eddie said, bumping him gently.
“O-oh. Well, uh, I gotta go!”
Steve turned and swam off, bolting out of the cave quickly, Eddie just shaking his head as he watched. He looked back down at his gift, fingers brushing the smooth tooth and beads. He could feel the heat traveling to his own face as well.
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Chrissy Cunningham was a parrotfish who lived in the upper-class part of the kingdom. She was often sought after by many male mers because of her beautiful pink and blue patterning. That’s how she ended up with Jason Carver, a young bull shark who her parents pushed her into getting together with. They told her it would be good for both families, that this would help all of them greatly.
At first it was okay, in fact it was actually pretty good. Jason was kind to her and showered her with many expensive gifts. Sure he was often a dick to a lot of the other mers, but he was never mean to her!
Then things took a turn. She wasn’t exactly sure what had happened, but the shark began getting more aggressive, snapping at her and bossing her around. She was sure he still cared about her, he would always apologize and be sweet afterwards, but she began to fear him. She never knew what kind of mood he’d be in, whether he’d hold her hands and be all sweet, or if he’d yell at her and back her into a corner, not letting her escape.
She’d always be afraid after one of his episodes, swimming away crying. She tried to tell her parents about it but they told her that he didn’t mean it and to just deal with it.
Then came the night where it all came to a breaking point. She came over to his house with a gift he’d been wanting in her hands, excited to surprise the shark. She knocked and he flung open the door, looking pissed about something.
“What are you doing here?”
She backed up a bit.
“Oh, I uh- I brought something for you.”
She gingerly held out the gift, the mer taking it and looking over it.
“Thanks, you can come on inside.”
She nervously swam after him, following him through the door. He shut it behind the both of them, turning to her with a grin that for some reason made her sick to her stomach. He reached out to touch her face, hand cupping her cheek.
“I-I uh,”
“Shh, be quiet.”
The shark leaned in, about to press his lips to hers. Chrissy moved back, lightly pushing him away.
“I should really go back home, I only came to drop off the gift, I’m sorry.”
“Come on, you can stay for a little while.”
She tried to pull away, but the mer had a strong grip on her arm.
“No, I- I really have to get back I-“
A hand suddenly connected with her cheek, a sharp, stinging pain erupting across the left side of her face. Tears stung her eyes as she looked up at the shark in fear. He immediately let go of her, face falling and trying to stutter out an apology.
“Wait! I- I’m sorry, I didn’t mean-“
But she was already out the door. She swam quickly, wanting to get away from him as fast as she could. She didn’t even go back to her house, not wanting to face her parents either. She just kept swimming and swimming until her eyes spotted a little crack in the kingdom wall. Funny, she’d never noticed that before.
“Chrissy!”
She panicked as she heard Jason behind her, he must have followed her when she left. Making a split-second decision, she slipped through the crack and made it outside of the kingdom. She’d never left before, and was amazed by the sight outside. It was so empty. Just a large sand bank with what looked to be a kelp forest in the distance. Coral and various shelled creatures decorated the ground, schools of various fish swimming about. She saw a darker area in the distance, and, being curious and wanting to get away for a little bit, swam in that direction.
The dark area she spotted turned out to be a collection of tunnels and caves, all made up of rock. She hesitantly swam through them, looking around at many small creatures she’d never seen before. She explored a bit, her crying subsiding a bit before her eyes spotted a pretty glow coming from one of the caves. She swam over to it, seeing little glowing crystals in many colors decorating the sides of the cave. She smiled a bit, swimming in and taking in the views. It was beautiful. Blues and greens and reds and so many other colors lit up the area, blending together and lighting up the whole tunnel. She slowly made it to what seemed to be a ginormous cavern at the end of the tunnel, larger and brighter crystals decorating all the sides.
Then her eyes found something else. Something that was also beautiful like the crystals, and yet also the most terrifying thing she’d ever seen. She let out a scream, flinging backwards, new tears coming to her eyes as she looked at a monster. She’d heard stories of krakens but nothing could have prepared her for actually seeing one.
The beast’s own eyes widened when they caught sight of the parrotfish, immediately looking nervous himself. They both stared at each other, frozen for a moment, before the tiny mer broke the silence.
“P-please don’t e-eat me!” She sobbed.
The kraken’s eyebrows furrowed in worry, looking at her with a mixture of sadness and nervousness, but not making any moves to attack or even get near her. She stared at his huge face, wild dark curls with eyes of the same color. Black pupils just tiny slits in the expanse of brown. She noticed how scarred his face looked, many little cuts around his mouth and one large scar across the bridge of his nose. She then saw the necklace he had on. It looked almost similar to the one the prince wore, colorful beads with a shark tooth in the middle.
“H-hi?” The monster spoke, his voice coming out quiet.
“Y-you, you’re not g-gonna eat me?”
“N-no.“
“But I thought krakens- I thought they ate mers…”
Her voice was so small, almost a whisper. Eddie couldn’t help but be reminded of Dustin when they first met, the kid was terrified. But the parrotfish didn’t look just scared, she also looked sad, and Eddie felt a pain in his chest.
“I’m not going to hurt you, it’s okay…” his voice was gentle, soft, and it immediately helped to calm the scared girl.
“Y-you’re not?”
“Not all krakens are bad guys, you know.”
She looked up at him in disbelief, slowly swimming a bit closer. If he wanted to do anything, he would have already, right? Hopefully he wasn’t just playing with her…
“I thought that krakens poisoned their prey before they ate them…” Then added, “I actually wouldn’t mind that right about now…” under her breath.
Eddie heard, heart saddening but pretended not to as he went on.
“Krakens actually aren’t poisonous, or venomous. And mers generally aren’t on the menu for me, at least not as food, anyways.”
She looked at him confusedly, wondering what that could possibly mean.
“W-what?”
“Well I can actually eat mers safely.”
“How?”
“If I swallow something whole and still alive, it’ll stay alive in my stomach. I actually can’t digest things unless they’re already dead. I’ve actually heard that it can be quite comfortable from other mers.”
Chrissy looked up at him with wide eyes, taking in the information.
“C-could you do that with me?”
“Why would a mer like you want me to eat you?”
“I- I think that it would be nice, like a little space I can just calm down in, and- and nothing could get me in there, right?”
“That’s true, but you seem to believe me quite easily.”
She looked down.
“Well I just- I don’t know why you’d need to trick me. I guess it could all just be a game, but you could’ve just eaten me before…”
“You’re lying.”
Tears came to the mer’s eyes, and she broke down.
“It’s just- I- my boyfriend. I know he loves me but- he’s just so mean sometimes. And I’m not really allowed to break up with him because then my family would be upset, and-“
Eddie gently scooped the parrotfish in his hand, holding her up to his face, causing her to let out a surprised squeak.
“You shouldn’t have to do anything you don’t want to. And for the record, I wasn’t lying. It really is safe. But it’s dark, so if you still want to,” he handed her a small crystal, “you might want to hold onto this.”
She looked at the crystal, then up at him, smiling nervously.
“I- I believe you. And I do want you to, please.”
“Okay. Don’t worry, I’ll be gentle.”
He then opened his mouth wide, tipping his hand and letting the parrotfish slide into his maw. He carefully made sure she avoided his teeth, the mer landing on his big, squishy tongue. He made sure she was all the way inside before slowly closing his jaws, giving her time to swim out if she wanted. He then ever so gently moved her with his tongue to the back of his mouth, her tail just at the entrance to his throat. He felt her shudder a bit, but then she called out.
“I-I’m okay! You can swallow now, if you want…”
Eddie gently gulped, sending her whole body into his esophagus, the soft muscles gently kneading into her as they pulled her down slowly. His heartbeat pulsed in her ears, the mer never having experienced anything remotely like this at all. It was loud, but nowhere near overbearing. She felt her tail poke into a larger area, knowing immediately what it was and the rest of her soon followed. When the last of her was inside, she looked around, the organ surprisingly empty and comfortable. The warm, squishy walls gently pulsed around her, and she felt them with her hands.
“Wow, it- it’s actually pretty nice in here…”
“Glad you like it. And if you ever want out, just let me know and I’ll spit you back up.”
“You know, you’re not what I thought a kraken would be like.”
“What?” He asked, pressing a hand to his belly, “mean and scary?”
“Yeah.” She said, giggling.
“Well, when I first saw you, I actually thought you would be mean and scary.”
“Me?” She asked, voice barely audible.
“I thought you’d swim off to town, yelling through the streets about the terrible kraken outside of the kingdom. Then I’d be done for.”
“But you didn’t try and stop me?”
“I’m pretty persuasive. Plus, I wasn’t going to hurt you for no reason.”
She was silent for a minute, before responding.
“You’re a lot nicer than even some mers I know.”
Eddie felt a wave of anger pulse through his body, but he tried to keep it cool so as to not spook the mer in his belly.
“You really shouldn’t stay with that guy if he’s making you so afraid.”
“How’d you know?”
“I could see how sad you were when you came in. I know it’s none of my business, but you should find someone else. And you’re always welcome back here if you want.”
“Thanks. I actually really needed this.”
The two sat in silence for what felt like an hour, before she finally asked to come back out. Eddie immediately spit her back up, carefully taking her out of his mouth. She said she’d try to follow his advice, saying her goodbyes to him and assuring him she wouldn’t tell anyone about him.
She came back time after time, actually pretty often at first. So often, in fact, that Eddie would sometimes forget she was even in his stomach, especially when she’d sleep in there.
One of these times led to a kind of awkward situation.
Chrissy was fast asleep in his belly, and had been for hours. This caused the fact to slip his mind when Steve came swimming into the cave. He was looking a little distressed, and he swam directly up to Eddie’s face.
“You okay Steve?” Eddie looked at him, a worried expression on his face.
“Just eat me.”
Eddie sighed, but opened up his mouth and let Steve swim inside. He didn’t even waste any time, moving directly to the back of the kraken’s mouth to be gulped down. Eddie did just that, gently swallowing the wrasse down head first. He shut his eyes in contentment, sighing as he felt the man land in his stomach.
Then they immediately shot open as there was a shout.
“W-what are you doing here!?”
“Me? You’re the prince!”
“I-“
Eddie realized what had happened. Chrissy was already in his stomach, and Steve had woken her up by coming in as well. He stayed silent, letting them both work it out themselves, laughing silently to himself.
Steve was certainly not expecting to come face to face with another person when Eddie swallowed him. Not to mention she looked like she’d been sleeping before he accidentally woke her up. She blinked slowly, looking up and her eyes immediately shot open.
They immediately started yelling at each other, both wanting to know why the other was in this very secret spot. He barely even knew who this girl was. Chrissy, he remembered her name was, which he only knew because she was one of the higher up families in the kingdom. She, on the other hand, argued that he was the prince, and that he shouldn’t be here either.
Steve was honestly too tired to keep up his ‘perfect prince’ image, and just explained to the girl. He dropped his voice to a whisper, not wanting Eddie to hear, and told her that it helped him calm down when everything was getting to be too much. She said pretty much the same thing, voice lowering as well. They both then explained their encounters and how they met Eddie for the first time.
The kraken, of course, heard the whole thing and smiled when they said he offered a safe space for them. Then his smile faltered a bit when he heard Steve explain what happened when they met. Damn, he really was a monster, wasn’t he. Then the conversation took a different turn.
“You know,” said Steve, voice quieting even more, “I actually do like him, a lot.”
This was after Chrissy had inquired about the kraken’s necklace.
“Like, as in-“
“Yeah. Even if I didn’t realize it at the time, the necklace was definitely subconsciously a courting gift.”
Eddie froze. His heart clenched, skipping a beat, then picking up the pace, pumping rapidly. Steve actually… Steve liked him? Did he want to be his mate?! But Eddie was a monster, he was just a big, scary, dangerous monster. Tears came to his eyes as he started to cry.
The mers were talking together, when all of a sudden, they started to hear and feel their captor begin to cry. They both immediately looked up.
“H-hey Eddie! What’s wrong?” Steve asked.
“Are you okay?” Chrissy added.
“I-I’m a monster.”
“What?! No, you’re not a monster!”
“I am! I- I’m huge, I have these ugly, scarred tentacles, my face is all beat up, I have sharp teeth and sharp claws and I- I ate you guys!”
“We asked you to. And you know why? Because you’re not a monster!”
“Yeah, Eddie,” said Chrissy, “we trust you. And I’ve met plenty of mers who are more of a monster than you could ever be.”
Eddie continued to cry, taking in the kind words. He placed his hand over his stomach, rubbing lightly and feeling the comforting rubs from the inside.
“Thanks you guys. I really needed to hear that.”
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Jason was pissed. He had no idea where the parrotfish went, but when she came back, she immediately stood up for herself, breaking it off with him. Not only was he angry, but his parents were angry as well, asking him what the hell he did wrong.
Then he started seeing her hang around with the prince. Wasn’t he supposed to go out with that wheeler girl? Why the hell was he hanging around Chrissy so much lately? Why were they all buddy buddy? And then there were those kids. He already didn’t trust that Henderson kid, but now? He hated him. The group also included that octopus freak, which couldn’t be good either. He saw them traveling together all too often, making him angrier and angrier every single time.
One day, he decided to do something about it.
Chrissy wasn’t with them this time, instead it was just Steve and the group of children he herded around like some kind of fucking babysitter. He trailed behind them, sticking to the shadows so that he wouldn’t be seen. He swam quickly but silently, watching as they all went through a crack in the walls. So they’ve been leaving the kingdom, huh?
His tail moved quickly, slicing through the water like a hot knife through butter. He followed them to an amalgamation of tunnels and caves, going after them as they swam into one covered in glowing crystals. Perfect. This would have them cornered so he could deal with all of them easily.
Jason charged head first at the group, hands shaped into fists, aiming directly for Steve. A growl escaped his throat, causing the prince to whip around, eyes wide at the incoming threat. His fist connected with the wrasse’s eye, the mer crying out and his other hand reached to wrap around his throat. His fist never connected, however, and he yelled as he felt something wrap around his midsection, yanking him back.
He shook out of his disoriented state, only to be face to face with a giant snarling mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. A low growl rang out that caused his blood to run cold. He looked up farther, seeing a pair of brown eyes with paper-thin black slits as pupils. A mane of wild curly hair framed the horrifying face. Jason shrieked, trying desperately to squirm and get out of the grip, but it was tight, his arms pinned to his side.
“W-what is that?”
Eddie squeezed him tighter, causing the mer to gasp, struggling to breathe.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
The voice was icy, and Jason locked his eyes on the kraken, trying once again to struggle free, but to no avail.
“T-that asshole fucking turned her against me! I’m going to fucking kill him!”
That was the wrong thing to say. The tentacle squeezed so tightly, his eyes were almost popping out of his head, drool leaking out of the kraken’s mouth as he growled.
“That’s Jason!” Dustin shouted. “He’s been out to get me since forever.”
“Yeah, that guy’s kinda unhinged. Chrissy told me what he did to her.” Steve added.
“Oooh, so this is the douchebag Chrissy has been talking to me alll about, huh?” Said Eddie, voice sickly sweet.
He loosened his grip the smallest bit, allowing the bull shark to speak.
“W-what?! Chrissy’s been coming to you?”
“Yeah, and she’s told me all about you.”
“You- you guys are a bunch of fucking freaks, I’ll fucking kill you, let me go!” By this time, Jason was hysterical, the man screaming in rage, thrashing about.
“I think I know what to do with you.”
Eddie opened his mouth, about to shove the shark inside before turning to look at Steve, seemingly asking permission. The prince nodded, mouth set in a hard line. Jason took one last look at the kraken, eyes widening as the sharp-toothed mouth grew closer and closer. He let out one last scream.
Snap.
The other mers flinched as the sickening crunch rang out through the cavern. Eddie kept his mouth shut as he ground flesh and snapped bone between his teeth, chewing the bull shark mer before swallowing him down. He licked his lips, tasting the last of Jason on his tongue.
Most of the others were looking away, only Steve and Dustin left looking on in a mixture of shock, horror, and relief. The rest of them slowly turned around, looking up at Eddie, the kraken showing no signs of what he just did. He looked back at them awkwardly, what he’d just done clicking in his mind, wondering how that must make him look.
“H-hey, I-“
“No, it’s okay.” Steve shut him down. “I told you to, and that guy definitely deserved it.”
There were nods and murmurs of agreement throughout the rest of the group, even if they did look nervous. Eddie understood. They did just watch and/or hear him eat one of their own kind, even if he did deserve it. It must make them realize just how dangerous he is. So they all surprised him when they swam closer, giving him little smiles and still wanting to be around him.
“You also probably just saved most of our lives.” Added Dustin.
The kraken grinned, making sure all the blood was off his teeth before doing so. Then Dustin looked down and spotted the necklace around his neck.
“Ooh, where’d you get that?” He swam over to it, inspecting the giant shark tooth and the had-crafted beads.
“I haven’t seen you with this before… it almost looks like Steve’s…”
The clownfish looked over to Steve, a shit-eating grin plastered across his face as he noticed the other’s expression and the color of his face.
“No way.” He said.
“Just shut up you little shrimp.” Snapped Steve.
The kid burst into uncontrollable laughter, Steve repeatedly yelling at him to stop. The others looked either confused or shocked, knowing that jewelry was usually a courting gift. Eddie just looked at Steve with a surprised expression on his face, pink dusting the kraken’s own cheeks.
“Maybe we should leave the prince with his b-“
A hand slapped itself over Dustin’s mouth and Steve’s face met his, a red brighter than any coral.
“Shut. Up.”
Dustin nodded rapidly, eyes wide at the angry and flustered wrasse. Steve slowly lowered his hand and the clownfish stayed silent. The meeting was a bit awkward after that, but soon fell back into how it usually was, both the whole Jason thing and Eddie’s necklace incident left behind.
When they went back to the kingdom, no one had realized Jason was gone yet. When they did, the only people who were really upset were his parents. They looked for him and the guard looked for him out of necessity, but they just turned up blank. They assumed he just left the kingdom after Chrissy broke up with him and that was that.
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Of course, eventually the beans were spilled to other people. Both Mike and Steve tried their damndest to keep it from Nancy, but it was hard. The angelfish was persistent, and if she wanted to know something, she would damn well figure it out. This only led to Robin, a rainbow trout who recently became close friends with Steve to also inquire about what she was being left out on.
On the other side, both Will and Joyce had to keep the secret from the other occupant of their home. Will’s older brother Johnathan wasn’t usually very aware lately, which the smaller guppy knew was because of the drugs he was taking with his friend Argyle but Joyce was clueless on the whole thing. Eventually, though, he realized that something was going on and talked to Argyle, a mandarin fish, about it. They both ganged up on the other two guppies, asking what was going on. The mother and son were both pretty terrible liars, so the truth came out soon enough.
The group gathered all four of the new fish together. None of them knew quite what it was they were being kept in the dark about, but they were all informed they’d soon find out. They were surrounded by all six kids, Steve, and even Joyce, the mother wanting to tag along for Johnathan’s sake. They informed them to keep quiet and follow them closely. They then led the four to Eddie’s cave. They arrived, Eddie already knew they were coming so he wouldn’t be surprised. The other four, however, had no idea and, in fact, were surprised.
A high pitched scream came from the mouth of the angelfish, the girl who was about Steve’s age shrinking back. Robin also flinched back a bit, letting out a “Holy shit.” Johnathan had about the same reaction as Robin, immediately swimming backwards and looking up at the kraken with wide eyes. Argyle, however, had a completely different reaction than the others. He swam forward, looking confusedly up at the giant creature.
“Whoa, man. That’s a biiiig dude.”
Eddie just looked down at him, eyebrow raised. He’d expected all the new mers to be afraid of him, not whatever the hell this guy was doing. He actually swam up to the kraken’s face, looking him over. Joyce, meanwhile, was trying to calm the other three down.
“Man, those scars are gnarly. Pretty cool brochacho.”
Eddie stared, having no idea whether to feel offended or complimented. He opened his mouth to speak, and that’s when the mandarin fish swam forwards, inspecting his maw.
“Whooooa, these teeth are sharp, my dude.”
He looked around them, Eddie awkwardly keeping his mouth open as Argyle explored around inside. He eventually made it all the way inside, Eddie staring at the group, a pleading look in his eyes. Then the mer’s tail accidentally brushed up against the back of Eddie’s throat, causing the kraken to reflexively swallow. Argyle was sent sliding down the throat, a small bump forming on the outside as the mer disappeared.
The good news? The original group knew he would be fine. The bad news? They had not yet had a chance to explain that particular thing to the rest of the group they had brought, who were now freaking out.
“ARGYLE!” Screamed Johnathan in horror.
“Holy shit, holy shit! He totally just ate that guy!” Panicked Robin.
Nancy just looked up at him with wide eyes, a shocked expression on her face.
“Hey, it’s fine, Argyle’s fine!” Said Will, trying to calm Johnathan.
“Fine?! He just got eaten! He-“
Joyce came forward and placed her hands on his shoulders, calming him down and explaining. Steve was trying to calm both Robin and Nancy, Mike helping out with Nancy and Dustin and El helping with Robin. Eventually, they all got the group to calm down, especially after Eddie spit Argyle back up, the mandarin fish joining the rest of the group.
“That was weird, man. But it was also soft and comfy. You should try it, my dudes.”
The other three actually did not want to try it out, and Eddie said he wouldn’t. This made them a bit more comfortable, and eventually they were completely calmed down, conversing with the kraken and agreeing that he was cool.
Another person Eddie met was Murray.
The catfish had been pestering both Hopper and Joyce all day, asking them what they were hiding. They tried to shut the man down, but he would not relent. So eventually, they just decided to let him come with them. The catfish was extremely secretive so they knew they’d be able to keep him from blabbing.
The entire time he was following them, he kept droning on and on about his wild thoughts and theories.
“I saw them, Jim, they were just like us, but they had legs instead of tails! And their ears were tiny!”
“Oh yeah, where then?“
“They’re on those big things that float on top of the water!”
“You know we’re not supposed to get that close to the surface.”
“And we’re not supposed to leave the kingdom, either, but here we are! And do you ever wonder why we’re not supposed to get too close to the surface? It’s because they don’t want us to know!”
Hopper just rolled his eyes as he spoke, turning into the cavern with the glowing crystals.
“What are these?” The catfish asked, inspecting them.
“Those aren’t what we’re bringing you to see.”
“Fine, fine.”
He continued following the two mers, until they came to a larger cavern, also lit up with glowing crystals.
“Is that a fucking kraken?!”
He looked up to the beast in horror, mouth open and eyes wide in shock.
“‘Sup?” Asked Eddie.
“You two mind explaining?!” He asked, turning to both Joyce and Hopper.
“You wanted to know what we weren't telling you.” Said Hopper. “Here he is.”
“So you two have a tamed kraken?”
Hopper laughed.
“Tamed? No, he does what he wants. And sometimes he’s a dick.”
Eddie scowled at that.
“Only to people who deserve it.”
“Boys, come on.” Said Joyce, trying to intervene.
Then Hopper got a wicked grin on his face.
“Hey Eddie, you ever wonder what catfish tastes like?”
“What?!” Screeched Murray, whipping around to face him.
Eddie grinned as well, picking up the mer as he squirmed and tried to get away. The kraken simply placed him in his mouth, closing it and licked around him. He flinched slightly when he felt the sting of the catfish’s spines, but mostly ignored it as it didn’t hurt too much. He then closed his eyes, enjoying the flavor and then swallowed, sending the mer down to his stomach.
“Pretty good, actually.”
Hopper was rolling in laughter, arms around his stomach as he bent over. It was soon cut off, however, when Eddie said his next sentence.
“I think it’d be even better with eel, though.”
Before Hopper could register what he said, Eddie scooped him up and put him in his mouth as well. Before he could even try to escape, the kraken’s lips closed around his middle, slurping the long tail in like a noodle. He also took his time tasting Hopper as well, finally gulping twice to send him down to the already slightly-filled stomach. He snickered, laughing at the way Hopper shouted as he was sent down.
He then looked over to Joyce, who looked up at him with a light smile on her face.
“Well don’t just leave me out here all by myself.“
Eddie looked at her in surprise, but shrugged as he picked her up.
“You sure?”
She nodded and he placed her in his mouth, gentle this time. He also gave her a light to bring with her. When he was sure she was okay, he slowly closed his mouth, tilting his head back and sending her down with a gentle swallow. All three mers soon joined together on his stomach, the two men arguing with each other and Joyce trying to calm them down.
It honestly kind of reminded him of the kids.
With that thought in mind, he sighed happily. All the thoughts about the kids, and Steve, and even all the relatively new people he had met this far coming to mind. He never would have believed you before, but now he was actually happy to have all these new friends.
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mpreghotties · 5 months
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I am suddenly in the mood to eat some
Fish😂
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