You are a villager walking through a forest that is near your village. You lived in that village your whole life and have grown extremely tired of your day to day life there. So, you went out to seek adventure. You heard a member from your neighboring village talk about three odd travelers that have caused a small amount of trouble. However, any amount was interesting to you and you jumped at the first hint of anything out of the ordinary. Which is exactly how you got in this mess in the first place.
 
After trying and failing to search for these three strange travelers, you start to realize that you should've just stayed at the village. It starts to rain some as the sun slowly descends. You sigh as thunder roars in the distance, you barely packed anything for this trip. When you thought this out, you thought that it was only going to be a very, very short adventure, you didn't expect to get lost and for it to rain today. You sit down under a nearby tree, you take off the pack that was on your back and look to see what things you did happen to bring.
 
Luckily, before you went on this 'adventure', one of your closest friends told you to pack a tent, just in case it gets dark before you return. You smile as you unpack the tent and attempt to set it up. Once that's done you go inside of it to stay at least somewhat dry. The rain continues to poor down from the cloudy sky, the wind was starting to increase too. The powerful gusts of wind would shake your tent and startle you some, you hope that your tent can stay up. Eventually, the tent gives into the strong wind currents and it's blown away, leaving you out in the rain once again. You try to chase after it, but after a long while of running though the cold rain, you're simply out of breathe and give up. You pinch the bridge of your nose and lightly curse in irritation.
 
While you stand there, angry at your current situation, you hear some voices further in the woods. There are three very different voices. The first sounded somewhat irritated, the second sounded cheerful, the last one sounded indifferent and slightly sarcastic. You follow the voices, until you find who they belong to. You hide behind a large tree so they can't see you. You look at them carefully, their appearances match the way the other villager described them. One looked oddly similar to the Grand Templar, his voice was the irritated one. The other was a Keidran tigress, she had the cheerful voice. You've seen Keidran before, in fact, some of them work on your neighbor's farm. The last traveler was a Basitin, which was a very rare sight indeed. You've only ever read about them in books and scrolls, this Basitin seemed quite handsome, which caused a blush to appear on your face. You notice that they're all in the same state you're in, out in the woods without a tent and in the relentless downpour of rain. Or at least, that's what it seemed like. You raise an eyebrow when the young man that looked like the Grand Templar's stomach started to growl, it was audible even from where you were at. He swiftly grabs the handsome Basitin's shoulders and opened his mouth, you are quite confused at this moment. However, that confusion soon turns into one of terror as the young man sticks the Basitin's head into his maw, you stay hidden behind the tree as he starts to swallow. The Basitin squirms and struggles as the Grand Templar look-alike licks the Basitin's furry belly, more than likely to get a better taste of him before he gulps him down completely.
 
Your eyes widen and you turn pale as you see the young man's stomach start to bulge out, it must've been tight in there, since you can see a very detailed outline of the poor Basitin. He yells some, but then his yelling soon stops, this worries you. You want to go in and save him, but you also have the desire to live. The Keidran simply watches in awe, she walks closer to the young man's squirming stomach, she rubs it some and says something. You can't hear exactly what she says, but you did hear her call the young man 'Trace'. That must be the young man's name. The Keidran licks the bulge a few times, then opens Trace's maw again, she willingly puts her head in his mouth as he starts to swallow her whole and alive. Soon you see another bulge meet with the one already on his stomach, you wonder how tight it is in there, but you try not to think what will happen to the poor Keidran and Basitan.
 
You still have a faint blush on your face, even after witnessing Trace devour his friends, well, they're just meals now. You watch him sit down under a tree in an attempt to stay dry. You slowly walk away from this display, hoping that none of them saw you. Well, you're not really worried about the others, they can't really see anything where there at, only the inside of a stomach that could be their last 'home'. You're more worried about the voracious Trace. You head back to were you left your pack at. After finding a blanket in there, you gather some sticks and create a makeshift tent. It's not the best, but it's the best you could manage. You crawl into the 'tent' and sigh some. You notice that you're shaking, you can't get that picture out of your head, the picture of those that Keidran and Basitin being consumed by the Grand Templar. You wonder what their fate will be, but you decide to simply forget about it and you try to go to sleep. You'll head back to your village in the morning...
 
You eventually go to sleep. While you sleep you start to have a dream, one that makes you very uncomfortable. Your dream is very similar to what happened last night. However, this time, you're one of Trace's victims. Your dream form tries to run away, but you can't, in fact, you're not even moving at all. Just a puppet without strings. The blue haired young man named Trace picks you up and starts to devour you. His stomach has those two bulges on it. He gulps you down in no time. Your mind makes up what his stomach might look like. It's slimy and wet, there's a green acidic liquid that burns some. It's uncomfortably hot in there. You see the Keidran tigress and the handsome Basitin in the stomach, the Keidran is unconscious and is sinking into the rising acids. You panic as the gastric acids start to burn more, it feels like getting in a tub when the water is way to hot. The Basitin looks at you and whines some, he hugs you and whimpers. You feel him start to melt and sink into the acids. Once he's completely digested you tear up some, dream Trace simply burps and laughs maniacally as you start to melt on the same manner. Very different than how he'd actually act. Your vision starts to blur as you feel yourself slipping away, you try to say something, but your body is already too far gone to do anything.......
 
You wake up and you're covered is sweat, you gasp as you look around. You're still in that makeshift tent you made last night. You crawl out of your makeshift tent and look around. You tell yourself that it was just a dream, but then you remember that Trace actually did devour those two. It's still raining some, but now it's just sprinkling. The sky was still grey though. You take the wet blanket and ring it out, trying to get most of the water out. Once that's done you put it back in your bag and start to walk to your village, or at least where you think it's at. After a long while of walking you finally reach a village, it's not your village though, but at least you found civilization. You dig your hand into your pockets, hoping to find some coins or some form of currency. You luckily find twelve gold coins. You also find some lent and string, but the lent is quite useless. You keep the string because it can be fun to mess with the feline Keidrans and watch them play with the string, similar to how kittens would. You put the coins and the string back in your pocket.
 
You walk around this village and go to various stores, you eventually find a store that sells maps. You ask the owner if he has a map of the nearby land. He says, "Oh, yes, of course I do! Heh, you know, I made these maps myself when I was a young man. So, they might be a tad bit dated, but that should be fine." You ask the man how much the map should be. He answers by saying, "Hmm, well, since this map is about....forty years old and not up to date, it'll just be one silver coin." You search your pockets again and pull out one of your coins and place it on the counter. The old man looks at the coin and laughs some, he says, "Hey, youngen, you know that this is a gold coin, right? I said silver coin. This is worth about 32 silver ones. I'll go in the back and get you some silver ones in exchange for your gold ones, 'cause, trust me, kiddo, no one in this village takes gold coins!" He does what he says he's going to do, when he returns he has a decent sized bag with 384 silver coins in it. "Now, if you'll hand me your gold coins I'll give ya these silver ones, alright?", the old man asks. You nod your head and hand him the gold coins, he hands you the bag of silver ones. You open the bag and hand him one of the silver coins, payment for the map. The old man smiles warmly and hands you the map. "Thank you very much, youngen, you're welcome back anytime. Oh, and by the way, if your planing on going through the woods, I'd wait till tomorrow, it's already getting late. There's an Inn nearby, it's called the Mogu Inn. They have plenty of rooms and drinks," he says kindly. You thank him for the advice and for trading coins, you take the map and leave the store.
 
It's still raining a tad bit, you walk around to find the Inn that the old man was talking about. You stop dead in your tracks when you see a Basitin that looks a whole lot like the one that was devoured. You start to walk again until you're right next to him, then when no one was looking, you pull him aside into a small alley between two taverns. You whisper to him, asking how he survived. He says, "Wh-What are you talking about?" You tell him that you saw him and that Keidran get eaten alive. He blushes a small bit and giggles, he says, "O-Oh....you saw that, huh? Heh heh, well, me and her were swallowed down by Trace, but he didn't hurt us. Um, heh, in-in fact it sort of felt....good. So, why are you still here? Are you expecting a kiss or something?" This rhetorical question, or one that you think is rhetorical, makes you blush a bright red. You shyly say that you might want a small kiss. The Basitin responds with, "Haha, you want a kiss from me and you don't even know my name yet? Well, my name is Keith Keiser, I'm a Basitin, as you already know. Me and my friends are lodged at the local Inn for the night, if you want to meet them." You answer, saying that you'd love to meet them. Keith guides you towards the direction of the Mogu Inn.
 
You and Keith finally get to the Mogu Inn. He opens the door for you and you walk in, the very first thing to notice is that there's not too many people here. Then you remember that there's not too many travers that come through these lands. You go to the only room that has been rented for the night and knock on the door. The blue haired young man answers, he looks at you and then at Keith.
 
"Hey, Keith, who is this?"
 
"Oh, this might be my new friend. Also, he/she saw you eat me and Flora."
 
"Ooh, well, did he/she now? Ha, sorry if I gave you a scare when I ate them. Would you like to stay with us for the night?"
 
You answer Trace with yes and you walk into the room. It has two beds in it and some chairs. You wonder how all four of you will sleep in here, but you suppose that you'll just sleep in a chair, since Trace and the Keidran look somewhat like mates. The Keidran tigress happily goes towards you and hugs you unexpectedly. You giggle and hug her back, her fur is very soft, she purrs some and licks you. She says, "Hi! My name is Flora! I'm a Keidran, but I guess you know what I am, since I can smell Keidran on you." You gasp as she somehow nows that you had an 'odd' encounter with a Keidran before. She licks you some more as you ask her if she can devour people like Trace can. She giggles and says, "Heh, yes, I can eat people like that. It's pretty fun! I would eat you up right now, but I just had a snack before you came in, see?" Flora opens her mouth some, she beckons for you to stick your head in her maw. As soon as you do, you hear a small squeaking sound that sounds like a mouse, the squeaks sound like a call for help, but no help shall come for that poor mouse. You pull your head back out and you ask her what she'll do to the mouse. She says, "Well, I'm a tigress Keidran, and it's a cute little mouse. What do you think I'm going to do? I'm gonna gurgle that little mousie up until he's all goopy!" You notice a gurgling sound coming from her stomach as the squeaks speed up, then start to die down until they stop all together. Flora rubs her belly and adds a comment, "Haha, that was yummy mouse! I hope I see 'em again!" You blush at the mouse's presumed fate of being a meal. But the Keidran acts as though she'll see it again. Was there something she knew that you didn't? She says, "Oh, don't worry. The little mouse will come back later." Flora smiles at you warmly.
 
Keith walks up to you and says, "H-Hey, um, it's getting late. You should probably lay down in a nice, warm, soft bed." You curiously look at him as his stomach growls. The Basitin notices some shyness and a small amount of fear in your eyes. He licks his lips some, then he opens his maw. He breathes his hot breath on your face and neck, he closes his mouth and gives you a cheeky kiss on the lips, causing you to blush uncontrollably. He opens his saliva-filled maw again and put your arms in his mouth, he starts to swallow slowly. Soon your head enters his gaping maw, he swallows again, taking his time in gulping you down. He moans at your flavor as his salivary glands produce more and more saliva. Once your rear is in his mouth, he licks it some, causing you to gasp and let out a small moan. Then Keith nibbles on your cheeks some, he gulps those down too. At this point only your legs are left to swallow. He giggles as you kick in vain, once you stop that, he swallows. Your whole body is now encased by his. You squirm around in the Basitin's warm, slimy, and soft stomach, eventually getting comfortable. He burps and pats his bulging stomach. You blush as you realize it's not so bad in here. Actually, it's great. It makes you feel like an infant in a womb. Your mind naturally tells you to go into a fetal position, making the womb like environments even even more like one. You yawn some and he asks, "Mmm, are you getting sleepy? Just go to sleep then, my belly pet. I'm going to keep you in my stomach forever, it's safe in there. I'm never letting you out. Unless Trace or Flora wants to consume you. Is that okay with you?" You answer the best you could, saying that you wouldn't mind staying in his stomach for all eternity. Keith giggles and caresses his stomach, already use to your body being inside his. You blush as you think how long you'll actually spend in here. His soft and slimy stomach walls pulsate around you, your mind being eased into slumber by the heat his stomach was producing.
 
You start to sleep in no time. You have no nightmares tonight. Come to think of it, your 'nightmare' you had that one night wasn't so bad. Your slumbering mind dreams about spending the rest of your life in this small stomach. Being this Basitin's belly pet, being his eternal prey. You smile at these dreams, happy to see them come true....
 
End.
 
Omoiyari nukumori no eien.
 
Eternity of caring warmth.