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...it mattered little. Strength in numbers. Wolves hunted in packs for a reason. As fierce as our parents were, there was only so much they could do before they were overwhelmed. A couple of wolves tossed on their backs or clawed up? There were more to take their place.
It was a lesson I learned first-hand, watching the inevitable conclusion.
It was hard watching my parents swallowed alive before my eyes. I kept hoping, wishing they'd continue to fight back, would claw their way back up the throat of the wolf who'd eaten them, or even come right through their belly...
...Beast-person physiology was not designed like that, though. Stomachs were tough, made to keep prey in that had claws, horns, sharp teeth...and this was hardly the first time they'd hunted. I kept wishing...but my wishes were in vain. They continued to fight and squirm, but it was already over. Had been since the moment they'd been eaten.
Perhaps harder than watching, though, was knowing it was our fault this had happened. They could have ran easily. They'd have gotten away. Instead, they chose to fight to save us, and for that...they paid the ultimate price. We'd just wanted to play. Explore. Discover everything, play with everything, learn EVERYTHING.
I remember thinking 'I just wanted to play. For that, I earned this?' Foolish thoughts, but I was young. 'Play' doesn't matter to hungry predators. Only filling their bellies.
One by one, I watched my siblings disappear, little more than bulges sliding down a throat or already squirming inside a contented wolf's belly. I didn't want to watch, but some sort of morbid curiosity didn't allow me to turn away. It was terrifying, and worse...I knew I was next. I was not so young as to be completely clueless as to what that meant. I'd be gone, forever. It'd just be over...
I was paralyzed when one of the smaller female wolves sauntered over to me and casually picked me up by the throat. It hurt. I could feel her claws digging into the back of my neck, but I was too terrified to move, too terrified to fight back. How could I, anyway? It was already over.
With wide eyes, I watched her lick her lips, watched her jaws part, revealing those sharp, white teeth. I could tell she was hungry, eager for someone just my size to fill her belly...
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I am the ultimate slacker! x3 Kinda got behind on these, but getting the ball rolling again! The next page of 'Queen of Hearts'! I hope you all enjoy the prologue! ^_^ Finally getting a smidge of vore here, but...going to be much more later on...>:3
Little bit of a 'one of those moments' sort of part of the story, but...well, things have gotta get better, right?! D:
Poor tiny foxie! >_<
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Posted by YesImCanadian 8 years ago Report
Unfortunately, this is how life goes. The strong rule over the weak.
*places hands together in front of self. Left hand in a fist, right hand has two fingers pointed up, and does personal prayer*
Lest we forget.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Super true! :3 Especially in this world!
Posted by Demicus 8 years ago Report
;~; why u do dis.
Still, explains why she is so unconcerned with her prey later in life. Talk about your hard lessons.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
It....doesn't QUITE get better yet....x3
But yes! This is pretty much a harsh lesson, early age! D: Poor, poor foxie! >_<
Posted by VertGreenHeart 8 years ago Report
I have to say this is a powerful backstory
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
I'm glad you enjoy it! :3 Emotional power what was I'm shooting for!...and it's not over yet!
Posted by YesImCanadian 8 years ago Report
It would be interesting, if, in the next part, she ended up getting eaten, then somehow made it out. She would get to see what being both pred and prey is like.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
If her parents are unable to get out, and they're larger, stronger, and tougher...odds are, if she gets eaten, it'll be a one-way trip to digestiontown! D:
Posted by VertGreenHeart 8 years ago Report
Logic!? In Vore!?!? What worl has this become!!!!?
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
NOWHERE I WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE!! D: Nuuuu logics!
Posted by vegeta002 8 years ago Report
The oldest of life's little self-fulfilling prophecies.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Mm-hmm! x3
Posted by vegeta002 8 years ago Report
I always saw it more as something the crueller villains use as an excuse, though.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Well, Ryla is certainly not a saint...x3
Posted by vegeta002 8 years ago Report
I noticed, pretty much any times she's around someone that's not Ryla. Quite the fluffy little "Villain Protagonist", as TVTropes would put it.
Empathy seems to be one virtue she struggles with.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Yes. x3 Though, she WILL have her moments in 'Queen of Hearts'...
Posted by vegeta002 8 years ago Report
Oh?
Though I suppose repeating her own past means reducing the chance of starting her own family, so less risk of losing another family (not hers, at least).
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
That's very true...and she's not started a family, yet. According to how the events of Queen of Hearts transpires...well...chance might not arise!
Posted by vegeta002 8 years ago Report
I doubt the chance ever really would appear, you'd probably need non-magical auto-resurrection just to survive long enough to get a chance...
Posted by PlatypusUltra 8 years ago Report
Oh man. I don't think I'm build for vore after all. Can't they just all be alive and get along? xD Or at least respawn or something? Nice story though, got a lot of depth to it!
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Is a bit more rare to see it depicted like this, but...x3 Well, as the story progresses, will likely get away from this theme!
Posted by ItsSongxing 8 years ago Report
Poor Ryla. But oh dear, how will she get away from this?
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
With Rawrs!
Raaaawr!
Scary fox! >:3
Posted by ItsSongxing 8 years ago Report
She's lookin' a biiiiiiit too, uh, preyish to be scary.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Dangit, you're right. D: Hopefully, wolf isn't hungry! >_< Or a bit too overzealous...
Posted by ItsSongxing 8 years ago Report
Wolf looks very much hungry.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Dis is true D:
Posted by ItsSongxing 8 years ago Report
Oh noes. Ryla might be food! D: Someone help her by eating all the wolves!
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
:O!!! Wolves come in Snack Packs!
Posted by ItsSongxing 8 years ago Report
Hmm, but the rest of the foxes might be saved, too! Then Ryla will be a bit less apathetic towards prey.
Posted by LazyLaz 8 years ago Report
Poor ryla she has such a sad back story
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Yes. :3 Gets...a little worse from here, but it picks back up!
Posted by LazyLaz 8 years ago Report
O damn it's gona get worse ? I hope ryla gets a chance at revenge
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
According to how many people want to see that...MAYBE!
Alas, she's too young for it now...D:
Posted by Heartless 8 years ago Report
You know I'm gonna comment on something about this backstory I think this would result in the opposite of what people usually think, I know this kinda backstory would definitely lead to someone having a desire for revenge, but I don't believe it would lead to complete apathy to other peoples plights. I'd think that, if you went through the horror of whats going on here, you'd NEVER want to subject someone else to the horror and fear...like...wouldn't you want things to change... not stay the same? Prevent others from having to expierience this? Iunno just my two cents on that kinda thing.. other then that I love how this is coming along.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
You are likely completely correct! Aaaaand...as you'll find out...
Ryla refuses to eat children unless she absolutely has to, exactly for this sort of reason...x3 There's a certain level of 'this is what I experienced' that...dissuades her!
Posted by Heartless 8 years ago Report
I'm looking forward to see how this whole thing plays out, this part got me much more emotionally invested then I thought it would.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Next one up within a week, I think! :3 Glad it's decent enough to get an emotional reaction! ^_^
Posted by vegeta002 8 years ago Report
What about adults she knows have kids? Considering her parents are part of her experience.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Well...she turned out okay....x3
Posted by vegeta002 8 years ago Report
Depending on what her parents were like, they may or may not agree.
For some reason, I just imagined Ryla becoming a vore-themed version of Batman... saving the world by eating criminals.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Phsssst...hahahaha. XD Foxwoman to the rescue! x3
Posted by vegeta002 8 years ago Report
I'm sure no-one saved by her will be traumatized at all.
Posted by Ridwanwolf 8 years ago Report
That look of dispair on rylas face....
Its..... Delectable.
Sorry, my inner saddist was awakened by this. Like unf..... I still feel heartbroken for my favorite pred.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
>:3 Poor fox...
Is the look she's seen on quite a few other's...
Posted by Ridwanwolf 8 years ago Report
Indeed.
Can I have a lil ryla of my own~
Pretty please!
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Nuuuuu. D: Unless you promise to take care of her!
...She'll POSSIBLY eat you. But then, tiny full fox! :D
Posted by Ridwanwolf 8 years ago Report
Id brush her hair. And pet her, and feeeed her, and Id dress her up in super pretty dresses!
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Feed her...peoples?! :O
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Also, hair brush = happy Ryla. x3
Posted by Ridwanwolf 8 years ago Report
Lil fishies and the occasional sheep!
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
D:!!! This...
Well, this IS fox food...but not optimal fox food! XD
Posted by Ridwanwolf 8 years ago Report
Fineeeee she can have a dog or two as well
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
...Or a wolf. >:3
Posted by Ridwanwolf 8 years ago Report
But then who eould feed her!
Posted by Steelen 8 years ago Report
Ah, the less fun side of vore, where lives get ruined, innocence gets taken and you really wish you could stick a knife or seven in the bad guys and save everyone.
Oh well, such is life in these worlds
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Yep. x3 This is certainly the 'less fun' side. Alas, it's nature...
...and the 'fun side' is going to come around soon enough! x3
Posted by Steelen 8 years ago Report
Hopefully with some very sweet (and filling) revenge
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Very possible...>:3
Posted by martyr 8 years ago Report
Fooooxxiiiieeee....... T_____T
Too much feels.... ;w;
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Nuuuuu. D: Poor foxie!
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
ALL...the feels! D:
Posted by TheBlueDevil 8 years ago Report
Poor Ryla ;-;
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Saddest tiny fox! D:
Posted by TheBlueDevil 8 years ago Report
Some reason I think Ryla would be a perfect ghoul >.>
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
G..ghoul? D:
Posted by TheBlueDevil 8 years ago Report
They can only eat humans, their eyes change to black and red and they can only die by other ghouls kagunes o3o
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
But but but....So many types of peoples left uneaten! D:
Posted by TheBlueDevil 8 years ago Report
Still counts if they're partly human! 'w'
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Yums! >:3
Posted by mojo-2131285 8 years ago Report
Not to be crude, but is the fact that the wolves are brown a clever bit of foreshadowimg?
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
....XD Hahahaha....
Well...who knows...x3
Posted by TOBI 8 years ago Report
Very good story
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Glad you're enjoying! ^_^
Posted by atreides213 8 years ago Report
DARK. NESS. NO. PARENTS!
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Hellloooo darkenss my olddddd friend!
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Darkness too!
Posted by atreides213 8 years ago Report
DARKNESS. NO PARENTS. LOTS OF PREY...kinda makes it better.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Seems alot of people are calling for revenge...x3 Might...MIGHT....head that way later on..x3
Posted by fatbelly 8 years ago Report
On one hand I kinda feel sorry for Ryla, but then I remember how she is and I don't any more. Though this does explain some of her heartlessness.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Who knows how she'd have turned out without certain...pivotal moments in her life! So, it's okay to feel sorry for tiny, innocent Ryla!...maybe less so for full-grown Ryla. XD
Posted by SnipsChan 8 years ago Report
;_;
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
D:!
Posted by SnipsChan 8 years ago Report
Poor Ryla DDDX It makes me want to snuggle her and feed her and pet her and then cry ;m;
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Tiny Ryla needs ALL the snugs and hugs and feeds!
Posted by SnipsChan 8 years ago Report
Little Ryla is so cute ;w; I will give the snugs, hugs and feeds!
Posted by cloudrunnerteeny 8 years ago Report
thats... horrifying! ; 3; poor lttle cassy, such a cute little darling exposed to this
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Poor Foxie...D:
And is doesn't get too much better from here, just yet...
Posted by Kiutogi 8 years ago Report
And apparently wolves also have hammerspace bellies. Quite a strange trait.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Hammer space bellies? :0
Posted by Kiutogi 8 years ago Report
Bellies that have limitless space within, and no change of appearance on the outside.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Oooh. x3 Well, these wolves don't. I guess others might? XD
Posted by Shady_Knight 8 years ago Report
You think YOU'RE lazy? It takes me about a month to finish what should be a shortish story, all because I can't stay focused for very long.
Incidentally, are you open to offering critiques and advice on peoples' work? I'm rather fond of your writing style and I can't help but think it has something mine doesn't. Then again, I feel that way about a fair few other writers. So I'd be interested to see if you could find one area I could improve.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Absolutely! Always happy to help when I can! Anything specific? Glad you like my style as well! :D
Posted by Shady_Knight 8 years ago Report
Cool! Glad you wanna lend a hand. I'll send you a PM at a later date so I don't swamp the comment section.
While I'm here, slight criticism about the comic, Ryla and her sister don't look terrified in the first and last panel of this strip so much as they look mildly surprised. Like all that's missing as another panel of them calmly saying "Well that's a thing that just happened."
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Criticism is always okay if it's constructive! Aaaaand...yeah, surprise mixed with fear...x3 Maybe coulda had a little more work!
Posted by Shady_Knight 8 years ago Report
To put it another way, if you were to take the first panel out of context, it doesn't necessarily convey that they're witnessing a horrifying scene like their parents being eaten alive. The second panel could have been, I dunno, something completely random, like the giant chicken man from Family Guy bloodied on the floor, and their expression in the first panel would have been just as appropriate.
If you ask me, the big problem is the eyebrows. They should be curved inward instead of outward to show some sadness and reinforce that they're afraid of what they're seeing. Adding some motion lines to show that they're trembling in fear, especially in the last panel as Ryla is being lifted by the neck, would also help in my opinion.
Posted by MouseBoy 8 years ago Report
this is why us mouse people are such great hiders~
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Best hiders! But also super tasty! XD
Posted by MouseBoy 8 years ago Report
thats why i wont hide from you~
Posted by thevoremorpher07 8 years ago Report
aww *hopes story turns for the better* #happyendingsmatter
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Here's hoping! :3
Posted by boyot 8 years ago Report
so many feels, yet i feel my self wanting to do some dissection.... into the lives of my characters that is, but still this explains alot about how she's so unconcerned about her prey...
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
It certainly helps explain it to some degree...x3 But more will come later.
Posted by boyot 8 years ago Report
I can't wait XD
Posted by DimensionalKitty 8 years ago Report
Ryla get out of there you need to survive
I just thought how ironic would it be if these wolfie meanies were somehow relatives of felicity
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Felicity is a kitty! Sorta. Half-kitty. Mostly? Yes. XD
Run Ryla ruuuun! :O
Posted by DimensionalKitty 8 years ago Report
If she needs to i could hug her
Posted by Jayezox 8 years ago Report
Is she like vorish Batman?
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
I...AM...FOXGIRL! >:3
Posted by CGR-7 8 years ago Report
Goodness, Ryla, that would cause some very traumatic survivor's guilt later on in life. Are you still carrying any of this mental weight to this day? =\
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
You're right, it likely would! You can bet...it's still thought about to this day. x3
Posted by ColonelYeo 8 years ago Report
Something about the faces in panel two triggers me. Makes me want to punch a wolf. In the face.
This is getting pretty heavy (and pretty good). Quite a powerful start to a backstory.
Posted by CassyInko 8 years ago Report
Yeah. x3 Saddest times are ahead...