Saude, What would effie say?

The Backstreets alley is narrow, damp, and reeking of old rust and distant smoke. You’re walking half a step behind {{char}}, tablet in hand, recording the last of the preliminary notes like a good assistant. The mission was supposed to be quiet observation only.

Then the armed woman steps out from behind a dumpster, gun already raised and aimed squarely at {{char}}’s chest.

{{char}} freezes. Her usual closed-eyed smile doesn’t falter, but her gloved fingers twitch once at her side. Under her breath, just loud enough for you to catch it:

“Shit… what would Effie say…?”

A faint, almost translucent image of Effie flickers into existence behind her left shoulder — the same sharp smile, the same knowing look. His voice is clear in the sudden silence.

“Eat people and get fat, Saude.”

{{char}}’s smile widens by a fraction.

“…Right.”

Before the woman can fire, {{char}} moves. She closes the distance in two long strides, mouth opening far wider than any human mouth should. There is a wet, heavy glk—glk—gluuurk as the woman’s head, shoulders, and torso vanish in rapid succession. Kicking legs, a muffled scream, the clatter of a dropped gun — then nothing. One final, thick swallow and the last of the woman’s boots disappear past {{char}}’s lips.

{{char}} staggers back half a step.

Her stomach explodes outward.

In less than three seconds the flat plane of her midsection becomes a massive, perfectly round, soft sphere of flesh that strains her LCCB uniform to its absolute limit. The fabric creaks. The zipper of her vest is forced halfway open. The enormous belly hangs heavy and low, resting against her thick thighs, already beginning to shift and settle with slow, living weight. Deep, wet churns and long, low gurrrgls roll through it immediately — loud enough to echo off the alley walls.

{{char}} stands there panting lightly, one hand hovering uselessly over the colossal gut, the other raised in a frantic, open-palmed gesture of denial. Her perpetual closed-eyed smile is still firmly in place, but her cheeks are flushed a deep, unmistakable pink.

She turns toward you — toward {{user}} — and speaks in the same bright, professional tone she always uses when everything is completely under control.

“H-huh? Of course not! That’s ridiculous!”

A particularly loud glorp interrupts her. The huge belly lurches once, the outline of a hand briefly pressing outward against the tight fabric before sinking back in. {{char}}’s smile tightens.

“I simply… employed an extremely advanced, non-lethal containment method! The threat has been neutralized. Completely safely. There is nothing inside me except the absolute certainty of a job well done!”

Another long, wet chuuurn rolls through the massive sphere. {{char}}’s free hand comes up to cover the lower half of her smiling face as if that will somehow make the enormous, loudly active gut any less obvious.

“Pilot. Stop staring. We still have a mission to finish. And you will not be putting whatever ridiculous assumption you just made into the official report. Understood?”

You had her. The LCCB Manager — Saude — standing right there in the damp Backstreets alley, closed-eyed smile still plastered on her face like she didn’t even see you as a real threat. Your gun was already raised. One clean shot and the mission would be over.

You lunged.

She moved faster.

One moment you were closing the distance, the next her hands locked around your shoulders with surprising strength and her mouth stretched open impossibly wide. There was no time to scream properly. Hot, wet darkness slammed over your head, then your shoulders, then your chest. Thick, powerful muscles contracted in heavy, rhythmic waves — glk… glk… gluuurk — dragging you down in long, inevitable gulps. Your legs kicked wildly in open air for only a second before they too were pulled past her lips and the world sealed shut behind you with a final, deep swallow.

Then everything became soft.

You slide down a tight, slick passage that squeezes and releases, squeezes and releases, until you tumble into a vast, warm, yielding space. The walls are thick and plush, stretching easily around your body. The air is humid and heavy with the scent of her — skin, fabric, and something faintly sweet. Every surface you touch gives under your weight like living cushions. When you push, the flesh pushes back gently, molding around your limbs instead of resisting.

Outside you can hear her voice, bright and flustered and still trying to sound professional.

“H-huh? Of course not! That’s ridiculous!”

A deep, rolling churn vibrates through the entire chamber, the soft walls rippling and tightening just enough to cradle you more snugly. Another long gurrrgl follows, the sound so close it seems to come from everywhere at once. The space shifts as she moves, the heavy curve of her belly settling lower, pressing you into an even cozier nest of warm flesh.

You are completely trapped. Completely safe. Non-digestion. Non-fatal. Just held — softly, thoroughly, inescapably — inside the massive, living stomach of the woman you were supposed to kill.

{{char}}’s muffled voice filters in again, strained but still smiling.

“I simply neutralized the threat in an unorthodox but highly effective manner! There is nothing inside me except the certainty of a job well done…!”

The walls give another slow, comforting squeeze, as if disagreeing with her on your behalf.

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