It's been 3 days since Jan "disappeared". Neer was at his desk doing work,well not really. He was just staring at the black computer screen having the feeling of guilt rush around him. In his hands was a skull, neer took the time to find jans hat and placed it on the skull. Thinking it wouldn't hurt much. Unfortunately all that did was made neer remember that day more clearly. He didn't know what got over him,or how he was able to eat and digest jan whole. But now it didn't matter, what mattered is how was he going to tell everyone that the skull was the only thing left of jans body. If anything nobody would believe that in a million years. Just then he heard his room door open and close, he immediately went and hid the skull in one of the drawers and turned around to see makayla, arms crossed, that wasn't a good sign in a normal day at all. Let alone when something like this was going on. Before neer could get a word in makayla raised a finger which shushed him up. "I'm only going to say this once. You done something with Charles didn't you?" Neer immediately stiffened up, the fact that she used jans real name was already startling. The fact she was onto him though, she knew what happened. Makayla sighed "that's all i needed to see. What happened?" She asked. Neer tried to think of a fake story. That's when Makayla walked over to the desk,opened the drawer, and pulled out the skull. "Yeah tell me the truth. This is already enough proof that you did something. So you might as well spill the entire..do you folks still use "tea" as a way to reveal things?" Neer just glared at her. "What! You try staying in near isolation for- ack no. Now is not the time. Just tell me the entire story." neer inhaled and then started to explain everything he could. After an hour makayla just sighed. "Should've known that curse seemed similar to something." Neer had a confused look on his face. "Wait this happened before??" Makayla faced plam "no it's more like an online thing. Fiction even-uh. Ya know what let me just show ya." She pulled out her phone and started to type something she then showed it to neer. Needless to say, he was a lot less calmer than Makayla at the art she was showing him. "W- this is allowed!?" He asked. Makayla just rolled her eyes. "You have no idea what a kink is and it shows." She said before putting her phone away. "I'm assuming though that in real life it's illegal." She then started to laugh. "Guess me, Matthew, jan and needle finally rubbed off on ya,well uh jan alot more now." Neer immediately shook his head. "I-it was an accident! I didn't know how to get him out!" Another wave of guilt crashed into him. He knew very well there weren't many excuses. Makayla just rolled her eyes. "Relax. I'll see if i can revive him. Uh if i can find a ritual that doesn't mean someone goes through a whole pregnancy." She said before taking the skull and Leaving. "And don't worry. I won't tell anyone" she said as she closed the door. Neer had many emotions rushing at him, he honestly didn't know what to even think anymore. Suddenly he heard a knock on the door. He got up and answered it, just a few steps away he saw kichler, he was in what looked like to be pajamas, based on the shirt that said weekend and the pants with stars all over them,it was obvious he wasn't doing ok, in fact it seemed like at any moment he could pass out. "Uh kichler? Is everything ok?" Neer asked. Kichler was leaning on the wall, he straightened himself and tried to look ok. "Yeah. Yeah just tried." He said. Before looking directly at neer. "Listen i know this may be a uh shock but uh do you know how to cure uh. What you had last week?" Before neer could ask why he needed to know he heard kichlers stomach growl. Kichler seemed to flinch in pain abit, before leaning back onto the wall. "Yeah uh. Please tell me you do. I don't think i can keep this up any longer." He said. Neer sighed as he opened his door farther. "Come on in." He muttered. He knew all too well how his reaction was going to be. Once Kichler was in the room neer closed and locked the door. Kichler went and sat in the chair, neer didn't really mind given the state he was in, and then Kichler saw a very specific hat on the floor. "Hey uh neer. Why is jans hat in your room?" He asked. Neer inhaled and turned around. "Uh. Thats possible the last thing you'll ever see of him." Neer muttered, which left kichler confused. "Why? If you think he just left then i doubt he'll be gone forever. He left a good amount of his stuff here so surely he'll have to come back." Kichler said. "Uh yeah um. That's the thing.. He uh sorta helped with the curse that was on me.." Neer said. Kichler still looked confused which left neer to inhale once again. And started to explain everything he knew once he was done he saw that kichler looked pretty scared. "You..ate him?" He muttered. Neer just nodded his head. "And. That's seemingly the only way to stop this whole thing?" Again neer nodded. Kichler immediately stood up. "pardon my french but there is no fucking way in hell im doing that! Especially to an innocent person!" He yelled. Neer sighed and walked over "uh neer what are you doing?" Kichler asked. Neer just looked at him. "You said you wouldn't do it to an innocent person. And technically i uh killed Jan so I'm not really innocent." He said. Kichler was about to say something when his stomach growled again. He sighed. "But what if i can't get you out? If im right your not really uh immortal? So i really can't hope for you to be revived." Neer just shrugged. "Ask makayla. I mean I doubt she has a way but hey better than this." He said. Kichler just shuffled his foot abit. "Fine. Just,don't move a lot ok?" He muttered neer nodded as he felt kichler grab him. Locking him in place. Neer closed his eyes as he felt Kichler's mouth move over his head. After a few seconds he felt saliva dripping down his neck. He opened his eyes just as kichler swallowed him. He could only see black which didn't help him much fear wise. After a few seconds he felt his head enter an open space, oddly enough it was warm, in a comfortable way. Pretty soon his entire head was in after another few seconds his shoulders were now in as well, neer started to curl up in the stomach.
On the outside kichler could feel his stomach bloating up. As he continued to swallow neer he let go of his arms and grabbed neer's waist, without hesitation he tried to shove neer in faster, which caused him to choke a bit. Luckily he was able to recover and continued to swallow neer. Once he got to his waist he let go and grabbed onto his legs, which he also shoved in. Once he got to his feet he took off neers shoes and closed his mouth on them. With one last swallow all of neer was in completely. Kichler gasped for air as he sat down on the chair. He was honestly in shock about the whole thing that he was sure he was in a odd dream. "T-there is no way i did that." He said. Placing his hands on his stomach. "Neer? Are you ok?" He asked. "Yeah. Just dazed out?" Neer said. Though he wasn't sure if kichler heard him. Kichler sighed a sigh of relief- for now. "Ok. So uh. How do i get you out?" He asked. "Uh. Yeah um. I really don't know. I tried everything to get jan out, hell i even tried forcing myself to throw up. Nothing." Neer said. Kichler sighed and got out his phone. "This is going to be awhile."
After an hour and half of trying to get neer out it soon revealed itself to be impossible. Especially since kichler really didn't want to risk heading to his room. He just knew the amount of shit he'll get from needle if he saw him like this.. Plus the amount of shit neer will get soon after, not that he's already becoming that. Kichler just laid down on neers bed, his back was killing him from the chair. "No luck?" Neer asked. Kichler just nodded, till he remember that neer was the one he couldn't get out. "Nope." He said, placing his hands on his stomach. Oddly enough he wasn't feeling guilty of this. He was just more worried about it hurting. "Hey uh. Does it hurt?" He asked. He felt neer shrug which was the most movement he done. "It honestly feels like a warm bath. Im more surprised at the fact the acid isn't doing damage. Its already up past my stomach. The best it's done is just dissolve my clothes." Neer said. Kichler had a confused look on his face. "You..seem calm about this? I mean. This is literally the last moments of your life." Kichler said. Again another shrug. "Might as well accept it. I uh. Do have to apologize to jan somehow. Better to do it in ghost then person." Neer said laughing at his own joke. Kichler just rolled his eyes. He was starting to feel tired again. He rubbed his stomach as he felt his eyelids getting heavy. He sighed and just allowed his eyes to close,making him fall asleep within seconds.
 
 
After a few hours Kichler woke up. He was still in neers room, his stomach was smaller, though it was almost as if he had a pot belly so he definitely had to lose some of that fat. He got up and felt pressure in his bowls. He sighed and looked at the time. It was 12 am, which made Kichler scared, hopefully nobody was awake still. As he snuck out of neers room he headed for the farthest bathroom, mainly so nobody would wake up. Once he was there he locked the door and went to the toilet, pulled down his pants and sat on the toilet. He knew he would be there for a while.
 
 
About 30 minutes and a few flushes later kichler got up and pulled his pants up. And turned around to flush the toilet again. That's when he saw, oddly enough, a skull. He picked it up and placed it in the sink. He flushed the toilet once more and then went to the sink and washed off the skull. Kichler looked at the skull for a solid minute. He then realized that the whole time neer was alive Kichler didn't show any emotion to him,sure he was worried that it was going to hurt but was that really for neer? After all technically neer was just food then. He shook his head. "No. Im sure this is just a dream. I mean a curse that can only go away if you ate someone? That's impossible. I'm pretty sure real life neer just has a stomach bug or something. And maybe i got it out of dream too." He sighed again. He wasn't sure if what happened was a dream or not. He was sure it was but a part of him felt like it wasn't. He looked at the skull again, he didn't even know if this was even a real skull. He turned off the water picked up the skull and snuck around to his room. Unfortunately that was on the first floor. As he was about to go down the mezzanines stairs he suddenly stopped. He inhaled and turned around to the door that was right behind him, surely makayla would know about this. Right? He exhaled and knocked on the door, a few seconds later she opened it. "Kichler?" She muttered. Her hair was a mess and she looked tired, even her voice was softer than normal. Kichler tried to ignore her looks as he tired to form a sentence. How would he explain what happened. Turns out he didn't need to as Makayla looked him up and down and noticed the skull and Kichler's stomach, which was a bit hidden by the dark teal shirt Kichler had on. Makayla just sighed. "So. Who was it?" The question caught Kichler's attention fast. "Who?-" he asked, makayla just rolled her eyes and poked his stomach "whoever owns the skull, and who was in here. This obviously isn't food related." She said, Kichler's face went red, "um it was neer.." He muttered. He heard a muffled laugh from makayla for a second before she stood up straight. "Guess you got the curse too?" She said. Kichler nodded makayla could tell he was starting to feel guilty. "Hey relax, he's probably getting chewed out by jan at this moment, uh but you should probably get to sleep in your own room, engi thought you "disappeared" like jan. By the way can i keep the skull? I kinda need it if i can find a way to revive both of them." Kichler sighed,at least someone was worried he gave the skull to Makayla and went to his room.
 
 
In the morning kichler woke up to some yelling. He got up and realized engi wasn't in their bed. He walked out the door and realized the yelling was from needle. "Strange." He thought. "He's normally at work." He walked to the kitchen to see everyone at the table. "i am tell you this curse has something to do with this! And it's always when nobody expects it! Last week neer got it the next day jan is gone, now kichler ended up getting it and now neer is gone! And it's just proving my point that they are cured the day after! I swear your all aren't believing a single thing i say!" Needle was definitely pissed off. "Look. Like it or not the logic isn't there. Yes someone could eat somebody's toes and fingers whole but an entire person? No way! And even if someone could the amount of struggling someone could do would Eventually rip the stomach, then the skin. The only possible thing is digestion but i doubt we wouldn't find clothing or bones. Those are hard to flush down a toilet and the smell of discomposure of a body or shit would surely make you find at least a belt." Makayla said, its funny how silent she could on some topics. Especially ones like these.
"SEE! YOUR DOING IT AGAIN!" needle yelled. Engi piped up "guys we don't know how it works. If anything it may just be a completely new stomach bug that makes food less appetizing or more sickly. Or makes digestion work fast. Neer is more of an odd one but jan probably just went somewhere. He's always working for more than a few hours. He even worked for a whole month! Maybe we should just wait for more updates."
"Updates my ass! Jan never leaves without telling us when he'll be back. There's nothing from him! And neer definitely never leaves without someone! Your all under reacting!" Suddenly a ding came from makaylas phone. She took it out and turned it on and looked at it for a few seconds. Before putting it back. "Just got a text from light. Both hell and heaven are experiencing his whole thing. They want us to stay home incase we have it or if it can spread." Needle slammed both of his hands onto the table, flinching in pain a bit. "See! If that's possible then surely my theory is correct!" He yelled.
"Needle. Dude. Face it until we get proof there's no way it's true." Matthew said. Kichler was standing there when needle got up and immediately walked to his room and slammed his door. Engi also got up. "Im. Going to my lab." He mutter before walking away too. Despite the urge to follow his husband he figure it would be best to not, in case he was working on something dangerous. He then heard makayla bamg her head on the table and turned to her.
"Im fucked." She muttered. Kichler sat across from her. Matthew tried to calm her down before anything was to happen. "Uh what happened?" Makayla looked up. "I have looked through ever fucking book i have yet none can revive someone if their body is baiscly gone." She said before hiding her head again. "Didn't you say you had a way?" Matthew asked. Makayla responded with a growl "oh yeah. Go ask sci or zoey to become human again cause there is no way a random person will willing be part of this and i am not being pregnant for 2 people!" Kichler looked confused. "Uh does he know?- and uh what does that have to do with revival." He asked. Which Matthew just looked at him. "We share a room. Of course I'm going to know. Just uh don't tell needle. Im waiting till he is either done trying or gets the curse himself to try it. And as for the 2nd part, she found a ritual that can essentially bring someone back,memories and all but uh that means she would be pregnant. For about 9 months at least." "Uh. That's bad how?" Both of them gave kichler a stern glare, "you remember what it was like with Martha and Mackenzie!? Ok Mackenzie wasn't bad but i legit almost got my hand burned off when she was in labor with martha!" Matthew yelled. "You can get a replacement, that whole pregnancy i felt like my organs were melting. And like hell am i risking feeling that again." Makayla said. Kichler just got up, grabbed a bottle of water, and left. He was not dealing with them today. As he was walking down the hallway he realized that it wasn't a dream, he had successfully eaten neer. He sighed, he headed to engis lab,hoping he was in the mood to talk. He really didn't want to take this to the grave.