*gurgle*
IRyS the idol's belly makes a loud impatient rumble as she fruitlessly raids the fridge. There is plenty of ice-cold Hope soda, but there's not a sign of anything edible in sight. She pouts and is about to give up when she hears someone calling her name. The noise is followed by a friendly giggle, and IRyS turns around to see that her friend Fauna is in the kitchen doorway. Both girls are well-dressed, sporting their official idol costumes for the concert later this evening.
"HIRyS, IRyS~" says Fauna with a smile, copying her senpai's greeting. The desperately hungry nephilim replies back immediately. "Ah! Fauna! Konfauna~" IRyS copies Fauna in turn and looks longingly at her. "Any ideas, Fauna? I know I shouldn't eat before the concert but...we're out of snacks!"
She pouts to try and play it off, but this hunger feels...different, and Fauna can sense it. The kirin ponders for a moment before her eyes light up. "Oh. I know just the thing. Hang on!" She mutters something under her breath, in some archaic druidic tongue. Seconds later, a large, round golden apple materialises in her hand. IRyS gasps and stares at it in wonder. Fauna beams and starts to ramble about what IRyS should do, suggesting she take a single bite only to cure her hunger problems. She tries to warn that anything more will have unforseen consequences, but - "Ooh, gimme that." IRyS rudely interrupts Fauna before she can finish. The kirin maiden is taken aback in shock as her newly conjured apple is snatched from her. "Wait, IRyS! Did you hear what I said?" Fauna is ignored entirely and shouts."No! IRyS, stop!" The nephilim inspects her prize briefly, then without hesitation, Project Hope's only member swallows it down.
 Fauna squeaks in horror after being forced to watch the apple disappear down her hungry friend's throat. "Uuu...IRyS!!! I told you one bite..." she protests, shaking her head. "That's just gonna make it worse..."
"That *was* one bite, wasn't it? I ate it one go~" IRyS poses smugly, seemingly lacking her friend's concern, until she realises the second thing Fauna said. "Wait a minute, wait a minute. What do you mean, 'Make it worse'?" Stutters IRyS, suddenly pulling Fauna towards her (and giving the kirin an earful of belly rumbles in the process)."Oh, you're right, my stomach feels kinda funny..." she at once feels a sickness and a dark, overpowering hunger - like she's never felt before. She tries to ignore it, but doing so only makes her want to lash out. Very rapidly, the apple turns into mush within her, causing its latent magic to course through IRYS' body.
"You said you would *fix* it, Fauna!" IRyS pouts and folds her arms in frustration.
"You weren't supposed to eat the whole thing!" replies Fauna angrily. "There's no telling what it could do to you. It's forbidden fruit. Anything more than one bite could turn you mad." Fauna can't help but feel guilt at her blunder. She pretends not to hear her friend's stomach loudly working on the meal she just provided and searches her mind for solutions.
IRyS sighs and pouts again. "Well, you're Mother Nature, right? Can't you just conjure something else to eat?" As if to repeat the question, IRyS' stomach growls again. "I really can't show up to the fans like this....I feel like I'd eat the crowd..." she protests and rubs her belly to shut it up, but Fauna seems worried and moves away, leaning on the countertop.
"U-ummm," she stutters. "No, I gotta recharge a bit, but we could order something! Or go out for dinner!" Fauna's sweating nervously, paranoid about the effects of IRyS' snack. A single bite of the apple should have kept IRyS content for days, but to swallow the whole thing and still be hungry? The Keeper of Nature is out of her depth here and struggles to think of a solution. She's pictured this sort of thing many times, but despite aeons of experience, it's never actually happened before. IRyS joking about swallowing her fans serves to worry Fauna even more.
 IRyS closes in, unaware of how terrified her friend really is. "Why are you so scared, Fauna? What's the worst that could happen? It was just an apple!" A nervous kirin replies back, "Well, it's just if you don't eat something soon, you're going to be unable to control yourself. That apple should have made you feel full, not hungrier." Fauna doesn't want to give IRyS any ideas and avoids admitting her fears outright. But her desperation is showing through, breaking her calm facade. "We need to get you something to eat now before it's too late! Let me help you!" IRyS scoffs and laughs at Fauna's sincere warnings, "Oh Fauna~ I think I know what you can do to help me♡" Something has changed within IRyS, and she is filled with predatory instinct. Immediately sensing danger, Fauna hurriedly grabs her phone from her pocket. IRyS' view of her friend shifts, and she begins to drool subconsciously. The Keeper of Nature suddenly appears to IRyS in a very different way to before. Her warped mind now only recognises prey - and what prey it is. Her former friend simply appears as a temptingly defenceless, shapely, and meaty meal. Why order food when such a delicious snack is right in front of her? She's been looking at the solution to her hunger problems this whole time. The magical curse upon the golden apple takes full effect as she steps over towards Fauna, possessed with an insatiable appetite. The kirin girl rapidly starts to type a message to inform the Council that Hope has gone rogue. Ominous groans and gurgles display Hope's threatening hunger, as a malicious grin flashes across her face.
 IRyS' eyes glow a piercing, bright pink, and she licks her lips. Continuing where she left off, she steps closer and closer, heels echoing on the floor alongside her rumbling belly. "I'd like to find out...how you taste... just this once, you know?" Fauna prepares herself and tries to make a stand, wreathing her arms in thorny vines. "IRyS, I'm warning you, I don't want to hurt you, b-but-" her speech is interrupted by the nephilim bearing down on her. "You made me a salad? No thanks, I'm here for the main course~" IRyS smirks and shoves Fauna to the wall - the breaking of her concentration dazes her and dispels her last-ditch defence. She fumbles and drops her phone, and the message is still unfinished. Fauna winces and flinches as IRyS holds her close and lets out a squeak, trying and failing to push IRyS away. Her swatting and shoving do nothing against IRyS' determined grip. The nephilim's steamy breath on her neck puts the kirin girl on an uncomfortable back foot, as IRyS holds her in position. Swiftly, a forced French kiss muffles Fauna's protests and makes her knees weak. She just about manages to remain standing, but only by holding on to IRyS with all her strength. Potent, overpowering feelings of confusion flood her body as the nephilim's tongue wrestles forcibly with hers.
 After what feels like several minutes, IRyS pulls away and licks her lips once more. She is still drooling from the action, more so than before now that she's had a taste of her prey. Fauna is lost for words, and so IRyS is the one to talk. "Mm, see? That's all I wanted, you're so sweet, Fauna....so sweet and full of despair, hidden away..." she smirks and locks on to the kirin a final time - "Don't worry, I'll turn it all into Hope~"
Fauna can only manage a faint "no" as the numbing saliva takes its effect, and IRyS grabs her to gulp her down. Fauna is lifted above her captor as IRyS places strong hands upon her torso. Despite the similar sizes of the pair, it takes mere moments for Fauna to go feet first into IRyS' slimy throat. An impossibly wide mouth gulps the Keeper of Nature down with ease, in spite of her frantic attempts at pushing away IRyS. The numbing spit takes full effect, and Fauna's feeble efforts to wrap vines around her predator produce nothing beyond a few leaves that drop harmlessly to the floor. IRyS' lips rapidly reach up to Faufau's thighs and hips, and the kirin breathes faster as she struggles to escape her inevitable fate. Meanwhile, the sweet taste of kirin meat floods IRyS' senses. With great effort, she steadies her grip on her friend to consume her whole. Like a snake, her forked tongue wraps around her prey and pulls her into her stomach. Gulp, gulp... Neither the kirin's wide hips nor her "medium" breasts pose much resistance as the nephilim conquers nature. Muffled noises of struggle are overwhelmed by those of IRyS' stomach growling in expectation of its next meal. Fauna begs and pleads for her life, but to no effect as the merciless idol consumes her. Tears drip down IRyS' face as she nearly chokes, but with a final, triumphant gulp, the fat bulge in her neck moves to her belly. Even Fauna's twiggy, pointy antlers pose no obstacle, failing their intended purpose of jamming in IRyS' throat. A satisfying slithering movement pulls the entire meal down to IRyS' stomach. Exhausted from the ordeal, IRyS sits down legs out on the floor. She takes in a big breath and lets out a correspondingly large belch.
 IRyS' outfit is stretched and distended and in danger of ripping. Especially as Fauna objects to her new prison. "Uuuu, IRyS, please!"she says, finally managing to speak."I can still fix this, but you have to let me out of here!" The sickly sweet scent of internal nephilim plus that cursed spit overwhelms her senses, and she desperately tries to push away the fleshy walls surrounding her. IRyS grins and pats her tummy when she sees - and feels - the hand imprints appearing from within. "Oh~" she exclaims in pleasure, "I don't think so." she savours the pleading and struggling of her prey and feels like she could get used to this. She continues - "Fauna, you and I are going to be so close♡, can you feel the Hope surrounding you?" The Keeper of Nature struggles to keep her eyes open, let alone drum up a response. IRyS continues to taunt and provoke her powerless and delicious prey. "Free-range kirin tastes amazing, I should've done this ages ago~" she gloats as she smacks her gut repeatedly. It churns in approval. IRyS savours Nature's otherworldly and sweet aftertaste, caressing her gut as she does so. Within, Fauna's desperate survival instinct kicks in - literally - as she delivers a rapid series of firm hits to her captor. IRyS' iron belly absorbs the impacts, which only serve to make it churn some more. Her prey is already too deep to escape her. Fauna's immaculate outfit straps come loose from her struggles. As she rolls and shifts around within IRyS, she causes some indigestion - in the form of making IRyS spit out her clothes. Soaked in spit, they make IRyS cough a little as she burps them up. The nephilim girl splutters and catches her breath but resumes her sass as soon as she has thrown the idol outfit to the side. "My Fauna, taking off your clothes like that? How very lewd, and not like an idol at all~" gloats IRyS, smugly rubbing her belly. The digestive noises are becoming louder, whilst those of her prey are becoming softer by the second. The thrashing is also beginning to die down as Fauna's strength begins to fade.
 Fauna manages a reply, "Nn, n-neither is eating your kouhais, IRyS!! Let me out!!" Although her speech is heavily muffled and hardly audible due to IRyS' churning belly, her continued hits and pushes against her captor make her presence known."You sound thirsty, Fauna, wanna drink?" replies IRyS with a smirk, "How about some nice soda~" IRyS decides to wash down her sweet meal with an equally sweet drink but notices something new.
After a good deal of effort managing to stand herself up, IRyS spots Fauna's phone on the floor. The screen still shows a half-typed message to the Council group chat, begging for help. An evil grin flashes across her face as the idol girl deletes her friend's digital plea. "I see you wanted some company in there~" she gloats, smacking her gut, "Maybe I'll give the others a call too, let them know you're *urp* gonna miss the concert for our lunch break...don't worry, CouncilRyS will all be together again soon..." Her stomach growls approvingly as poor Fauna feels her strength fading. She thinks of her saplings - her loyal fans - and how she didn't even get to say anything to them...
 A jolt of cold fizzy liquid brings Fauna to her senses, albeit still dulled, as IRyS downs a bottle of Hope Soda. It makes her stomach acids bubble in response, whilst also making her belch a little. "Ah, Fauna, isn't it nice to relax off stream for lunch~" Shame, we won't collab on stream again, but don't worry, I'll look after your saplings for you..." she pauses for a second and adds."Maybe I can invite some over and find out what they taste like for myself ♡~"
Insulted, Fauna punches her predator as hard as possible, only to find her hit does nothing but cover her in digestive juices. The fatty brat nephilim is starting to enjoy the feeling of being punched from within. At once, each hit triggers her masochist and sadist urges simultaneously. Faufau pants and lets out panicked uuu's and continues to struggle despite being both numb and naked. Her typical natural powers are useless here, and she can feel the supernatural nephilim taking what is left of them for herself.
 "Come on, Fauna, don't be full of despair. Be full of hope~" we can stay together forever now, right?" Says IRyS with a tummy rub. The growling and gurgling of her fat gut drowns out any attempt at a response. Every pop and fizz and bubble of her stewing prey is felt by IRyS, and she moans in pleasure at it. "Go on, give in to me, Fauna~ let me turn your despair into Hope♡" Fauna has been resisting for so long, but she finally feels the mingled despair and hope of her predator wash over her. At last, the Keeper of Nature succumbs to her captor and falls into a deep, permanent sleep. At least she won't feel any pain from now on...the nephilim pants and leans over the counter as her digestive system kicks into full swing on her now unconscious prize. "Mmm, sweet dreams, Fauna♡ you really should visit for lunch more often, ohhh...." IRyS lewdly struggles to maintain composure as her overwhelmingly large meal is gradually absorbed and sloshed within her. The final ounces of resistance fade away, and IRyS ambles over to the sofa to fully process her food. Both hands caress her rapidly softening stomach, which churns loudly. She tilts her head back and sighs contended, ready to doze off.
 Just as IRyS' forked tongue flops out to relax, she is startled by a phone ringing. Fauna's half finished message is still being typed, and the curious Council wants to know what's going on. Their offcollab pre concert stream is still running, and Bae takes the initiative to call Fauna for a check-up. The panicked IRyS answers the phone, knowing it isn't like Fauna to ignore calls. "Fauna? Um, are you okay? It's been like an hour, and you're still typing, yo.We got kinda worried. Did you fall asleep or something?"
Awkward silence follows, before - only just holding in a belch - IRyS replies..."H-HIRyS, it's IRyS," she stutters, clutching her churning gut with her spare hand.
Thankfully for the viewers, her gut is *mostly* inaudible on the other end.
"IRyS? But this is Fauna's phone, yo, ay bitch are you cheating on me? You better put Fauna on the line, I swear" The shocked rat improvises her humour well as Kronii, Sana and Mumei all giggle with her.
IRyS hiccups when she tries to act innocent and really desperately is trying to stay stable as her gut churns the nutritious meaty kirin inside. "How about you come over and ask Fauna yourself? Her and I have gotten *very* close today~" IRyS attempts to flirt, but the chat spamming "Fauna doko" and begging for their beloved kirin to come back is enough to make the Council worried for real. Sana presses the question, not wanting to be left out. "IRyS, you said she's close by, but really, where *is* Faufau? You two said you were gonna be here hours ago...did something happen to her? Is everything alright?"
Panicking, IRyS formulates her excuse - "Fauna is *hic* out to get lunch..." - immediately, the pressing question of "Without her phone, yo?" From Bae destabilises IRyS' shaky myth, but the nephilim continues to spin a web of lies -
"Ummm, well, we didn't have *hic* much to eat here, so she had to go out in a hurry...." technically her half-truth isn't all made up. It was simply that IRyS hurried for lunch, and Fauna went down instead of out..."Really?" Chimes in Kronii, "because it sounds like you just had a whole buffet to yourself IRyS" the fullness of the nephilim predator is clearly evident from her voice. Even the chat is starting to catch on, spamming sweat emojis and "VoreRyS, VoreRyS" on the stream. Not wanting to arouse further suspicion, she tries to change the topic.
"How about you guys come back here? We stull have plenty of time to kill before the concert" the girls chatter and discuss amongst themselves in response. Evidently IRyS' attempts to avoid being caught snacking are successful, and at least two of the remaining Council girls fall for her deceptions. She mutes just in time to avoid the chat hearing a powerful rumble from her overstuffed gut, as the poor kirin's body is rapidly churned into nephilim fat. She's quickly making room for more food, and feels the hunger slowly creeping back over her. Full as she may appear on the outside, the bottomless nephilim girl senses she can seduce and devour the rest of her friends with ease.
IRyS hangs up and reclines on the sofa, whilst the remaining CouncilRyS livestream viewers are informed of Bae's imminent departure. Sana goes with her, too, leaving Kronii and Mumei to carry the livestream till they're all reunited.
 "Oh Fauna, aren't you just so full of *hope* to be reunited again~" IRyS giggles and holds up her sloshy gurgling tum before laying back and relaxing. She lets out a satisfied sigh as she stretches her legs and prepares for the dual meal delivery heading her way. The groaning and gurgling from her filled-out stomach show no signs of stopping, even as the weight begins to build up on her chest and midriff. "Geez, I should've known you wouldn't *hic* go down quietly. You made me so fat, too, you naughty kirin..." she caresses her thickened thighs, which are just as meaty as Fauna's once were. Her movements trigger further stomach growls." Oooh, I shouldn't have drunk so much soda....*hic*" she feels a little bloated from her meal, but not enough to move. In fact, she knows she can just sit and wait for her food to come to her. This is going to be one heck of a collab.