Bellwether, no matter how much she convinced herself, was still in disbelief that she was going through with something like this, yet she sucked in her gut and did what no sane animal would do. She slides the night howler berries into her mouth, weakly chewed upon the berries into mush, then swallowed them a bit harshly, anticipating what agonizing results that eating such a thing would produce...and she predicted them well. Slowly, but ever surely, Bellwether could feel as if her stomach was emptying itself out, leaving such a massive hole in her stomach that needs to be filled with something huge. At first, she endures the breath-taking internal transformation, but the feeling grew too great as she falls onto her knees with a slight abrupt gasp, holding onto her stomach in slight hunger pain, but just as she thinks it was going to worsen, the growing feeling had reached it's apex and stopped. Bellwether would have thought that she would have felt as if she hadn't eaten in years, turning into a complete eating machine that Judy had gone through...yet, for her, it felt like she hadn't eaten in a day or two. Internally disappointed, and graceful, Bellwether collects her thoughts as her body grew use to the feeling and she picks herself up back onto her feet. However, she quickly realizes that even the stimulated feeling has its effects on her as she nearly finds herself toppling over, weakened from such an empty, craving, and prominently growling stomach, but she manages to catch herself and straighten herself out using the sink as leverage.
'...So...I'm...a predator now...is this...how they always were?' Bellwether thought to herself, looking at her own stomach in the mirror as holding both of her hoofed hands upon it once more, her belly just grumbling, begging for some food...or some prey possibly. Was the effects of the berry so dull that more was needed? Bellwether would just take a mental note of her question as she looked down at the night howler berries, disgusted by the sight of them and the fact that the first one didn't taste good to her, though she immediately flinches as a prominent knock was heard against the bathroom door.
"Bellwether? You still in there?" Judy said from the other end of the door, to which Bellwether turned her attention towards the door and straightened her posture out as straight as she could, mostly done out of shock.
"Yeah, I'm fine! Just...looking for a comb!" Bellwether said.
"There should be one under the sink, but you can use mine, if you need to."
Bellwether huffed under her breath at the offer, mentally questioning why Judy was acting so friendly to an enemy being in such close proximity, though Bellwether really wasn't in the mood to argue or defy her as her own belly was aching with hunger pain.
"Uh, thanks..." Bellwether said, going silent for a few seconds before speaking up once again. "Are you done digesting those traitors?"
"Not really, they're going to be digesting all night at this rate! I haven't had three meals in one go before!"
"Seems those night howler berries are really taking a toll on you..." Bellwether said, shaking her head in disbelief and bewilderment right after, pondering why she was just trying to casually talk about turning three henchmen into nothing but bunny padding.
"I'll be out in a few minutes, just go and get ready for bed or something!" Bellwether said, to which she could hear rather hefty footsteps pacing away from the door. Bellwether sighed in a bit of a relief as she brushed a hoofed hand through her hair, really thinking about the situation that she had put herself in. If Judy wasn't going to may her pay for eating night howler berries, then she'd certainly pay for it on her own.
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"What do you mean I'm sleeping on the floor tonight?!" Bellwether cried out.
"I mean you're sleeping on the floor tonight...and the night after that...and after that!" Judy firmly pointed towards the sleeping bag on the floor, accompanied by a pillow that had clearly belonged to Judy's bed. Judy would then point to her extremely taut and stuffed belly.
"I have three guys that are bigger than me stewing away! We don't know how much bigger I'll get, and by the time we realize it, you'd may be getting suffocated by me," Judy said as she then sluggishly made her way to her own bed, her massive belly swishing about as she was practically pushing it in rhythm with her footsteps.
"I'm not willing to risk that when we're getting so close to solving this case, so until I--we find a way to shrink down to normal, you're sleeping in a separate bed...on the floor." Judy said just as she flopped on her own bed with a rather loud creak, laying on her side, facing towards Bellwether, whom appeared quite defiant with her current position, having her arms crossed and pouting very prominently. Bellwether just stared at Judy with such a strong glare that would appear cute to most...but after a few seconds, Bellwether just shrugged her shoulders, rolled her eyes and just slugged her way towards the sleeping bag.
"Fine...you have a point." Bellwether said. It may have been her getting accustomed to being treated like a peasant, or maybe it was her hunger pains depleting her mood to even discuss things, but whatever the case may be, this was enough to make a sorrowful frown towards Bellwether, especially with Bellwether's rather unamused and tired look.
"You're not really use to doing things this way, huh?" Judy asked. Bellwether had gotten herself suited into the sleeping bag, the very thing providing some warmth and coziness that Bellwether didn't even expect.
"No, I'm not...I use to be treated like royalty...kind of, until you came into the picture and ruined everything," Bellwether said, laying on her back with her head resting against the pillow and staring upwards at the ceiling.
"Oh, come on, I didn't ruin everything. You still got some buddies, right?" Judy asked, to which got no response from Bellwether.
"Bellwether--?"
"Judy...look, once this case is over, we go our separate ways. I don't know how people will see me after helping you out, but I think it would be better if we just...avoid each other, okay?" Bellwether said as she rolled over onto her side, facing away from Judy, who only frown a bit more apologetically.
"If we're going to look for the culprit, I think we should look into the labs, where I use to extract the night howlers. We might find something that the police hasn't."
Judy herself just nods her head in an agreeing fashion as she lays her head down upon the pillow on her bed, letting out a slight sigh as she continued to look towards Bellwether. After a few silent seconds, Judy speaks up, her tone sounding genuinely apologetic.
"Bellwether...sorry, I just had to do what I had to do." Judy said. At first, Bellwether didn't respond, but then she lets out a small sigh as she speaks up, her tone almost matching Judy's tone.
"I'm sorry too...for basically starting this mess."
After those words, the two haven't said a word to each other, letting the sweet melodic sounds of the nightly ambiance slowly cause them to fall asleep, first Bellwether as her eye grew heavy and closed on their own, then Judy as she drifted off to sleep a few minutes after Bellwether. Bellwether couldn't tell if it was her hunger suddenly making her act like this, but one thing's for certain, it feel like a large weight was lifted off her chest...and instead was place on her stomach.
