Thread by @twanandersen

"Part 2" of my analysis of Kaa and Mowgli's first encounter, with a completely different outcome.

It's not the ending you might expect, so don't say you weren't warned...

Continuing from here:

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Despite having dismissed the mancub's cry just now, Bagheera doesn't fall back asleep right away, which allows him to hear a smug remark claiming the man-cub won't be there in the morning.

His eyebrows furrow with annoyance as he recognises that other voice.

There is only one animal in the jungle with that kind of giggly gloating.

Opening a sleepy eye, Bagheera confirms it is indeed Kaa.

However, he isn't worried at first, feeling it's just another pest getting in the way of his slumber.

Annoyed, Bagheera dismisses the python's comment, finding it utterly ridiculous.

Of course the man-cub will be there in the morning.

It's not like he'd allow for anything to happen to the boy, no matter how much he resents that rude spoiled attitude of his.

Even if the man-cub has probably never met the python nor heard of him, sheltered as he was by the wolf pack.

Which means he likely isn't aware of his hypnotic eyes.

Which also means that Kaa could have easily swayed him with his charms while wrapping him up.

All without any resistance coming from the boy.

Allowing for the python to eat him alive without a fuss.

In fact, without Bagheera having been aware of it at all, hadn't Kaa gloated about the poor boy's fate.

Which is what the python had just been doing right under his nose!

Bagheera cries out Kaa's name, but the python doesn't hear him, too engrossed on his upcoming feast.

Acting with swift precision, the panther's first impulse is to block Kaa from getting his jaws around Mowgli's head.

Using so much strength that he smacks the python's head upwards.

Sending him flying straight into the branch above them.

All of it happens so fast that the python doesn't even register it initially.

The rough impact leaves Kaa dizzy, his whole body tensing in response, causing him to constrict his prey.

The sudden squeeze around his body wakes Mowgli up before he fully fell asleep, a confused expression on his steadily-pulsing eyes.

But Kaa is no beginner predator, and his tail reflexively gives the poor boy another rough choke to keep him quiet, silencing him off with a loud gulp.

Only to wrap around his neck once again, ensuring his prey remains right where he is so he can deal with his guardian.

Kaa manages to do all of that while taking his time recovering from the pain of the impact.

Shaking his head clear as he complains of his sinusis.

Before glancing back at Bagheera, confirming he is now very awake.

Kaa glares at the panther, a complete reversal on the mocking pleasantry he had showed the man-cub.

Sure, the panther may be an old friend, but he has no right to meddle in his hunt.

After all, the boy had voiced his wishes to stay in the jungle, therefore he must obey its law.

And Kaa knows exactly how to teach the panther a lesson.

No more Mister Nice Snake.

Bagheera is visibly intimidated by that, and with reason.

Shere Khan may be the most feared predator of the jungle, but Kaa's power makes him also a strong contender for the title.

The panther's only concern had been to prevent the python to feast on his quarry, but he has no idea on how to deal with Kaa now.

After all, he is the one who got in the way between the predator and his meal.

Stopping Shere Khan from killing the boy for spiteful revenge is one thing.

At the end of the day, Mowgli is still a man-cub, and Kaa sees him as nothing but prey, so it's not as if Bagheera has any moral high ground.

Besides, Kaa may be spiteful, but he isn't entirely manevolent.

He did make sure the man-cub would be in a happy, slumbering state to prevent him from feeling any pain.

Realising he has no more branch to back off to, the panther can only hope to appeal to their friendship and convince the python to change his mind.

Bagheera knows he is safe, it's Mowgli who he is worried about.

Despite his focus on the panther, however, Kaa keeps his prey in his mind, giving his body another squeeze to ensure he remains bound by his scaly prison.

Not that the python has any reason to worry.

For despite the sudden squeeze having awakened him, Mowgli remained placid and still in his captor's restraining embrace, feeling perfectly comfortable despite the tight grip.

The boy is completely oblivious to what's going on right in front of him, his senses utterly dulled by his captor's hypnotic power, who's faintly moving his cocoon of coils around without realising it, too focused on dealing with his guardian.

Not that Mowgli wants to be rescued at this moment. He feels like he's right where he belongs, smiling without a care in the world.

If prompted to leave by anyone else but his captor, he would deny that opportunity.

He belongs completely to Kaa.

His fate is inevitable.

Meanwhile, seeing the colours forming in Kaa's eyes, Bagheera shuts his own close, knowing better than to look.

However, it is quite hard for him to do so.

Having enjoyed quite a lot of recreational hypnosis with his old friend, the panther can't resist the craving for that bliss only Kaa can induce on him.

And, thanks to the python's beckoning, his left eye opens almost as of its own volition.

Bagheera tries his best to resist, but his eyeball even bulges out to absorb more of those mind-numbing colours.

All while the panther's head turns completely in Kaa's direction, a smile forming on his parted lips, already starting to feel the pleasure.

Nonetheless, Bagheera tries to plead with the python, desperately appealing to his mercy and good sense.

But he can't even contain his own giggling as he does so, sounding pathetic.

Even his attempt to close his eyes is futile.

That goofy smile says it all.

And that eye inevitably opens once more.

Kaa is taking no chances, though.

Not only does he pour it all into his hypnotic power, not taking it slow and enjoying the induction like he did with the man-cub, he also sternly coaxes Bagheera to open his other eye.

And, surely, that eye opens, just like Kaa so nicely asked Bagheera to.

Also mirroring those hypnotic, mind-numbing colours...

...stretching the panther's consciousness...

... before consuming his whole mind completely...

... as Bagheera finally falls into a trance.

The sound of a 𝘗𝘐𝘕𝘎 establishing their hypnotic connection.

Bagheera's body becomes rigid and still, from the tip of his tail to the end of his whiskers, smiling blissfully without a care in the world.

Just like Kaa likes seeing him.

In fact, as he allows his eyes to return to normal, the python wonders if Bagheera may have even forgotten all about his precious man-cub in that moment.

He even muses on it for a moment, enjoying that expression in his old friend's face, reminiscing on how often he had tested his power on the other jungle animals when they were cubs.

It would be so easy to push Bagheera off the tree and teach him a lesson.

But, despite everything, Kaa would never be able to hurt him.

Besides, the python had almost forgotten.

He has something more important to tend to!

Or rather, someone. That delicious man-cub.

Poor little helpless boy. No one's coming for him now.

Kaa can't contain his glee as he turns around, confirming Mowgli is right where he had left him.

Not that he would have been able to go anywhere the moment the python had gotten him into his inescapable coils.

The python beams with pride. Such a good, well-behaved man-cub he turned out to be. All he needed was a push in the right direction.

But now it's time to pick up from where they had left off.

First, to sing him back to sleep.

The boy behaved so well, staying obediently in a trance despite that panther so rudely disturbing his rest that Kaa feels he deserves one final lullaby to be sent on his merry way.

And Kaa is happy to give it to him, leaning close to the boy's ear to he can sing to him soothingly, taking his time to ensure he sinks into a deep slumber.

One he will never wake up from.

Even as he finishes his lullaby, Kaa keeps staring at his prize. He can't get enough of the boy's adorable smile as he sleeps carelessly.

Sadly, not adorable enough to make his captor change his mind.

It's time to put the boy right where he belongs.

So, Kaa begins to pull his head back.

And lifts the cocooned man-cub even higher, wanting to ensure no one will be able to interrupt them this time.

Such a blissful slumber can't be interrupted, after all.

Unhinging his jaws once more, Kaa begins eating the boy.

The sheer taste of the man-cub is simply succulent, far beyond any other human.

The python had never enjoyed such a delicious meal until that day.

Which makes all the trouble it took to get him right where he wanted him only more worth it in the end.

Knowing that the boy's fate is practically sealed, Kaa takes it nice and slow, enjoying the fruits of his work.

Each time his mouth comes against a coil, he undoes it, but keeps a hold on the man-cub for now.

It's only when the boy's arms are pinned at their sides by his mouth that Kaa completely unravels from around him, knowing that even if the man-cub were to wake up at that moment, any struggle would be futile.

His throat muscles do the rest of the work, pulling the boy deeper into him, with his tail staying behind to contain any unwanted last-minute struggles.

The helpless boy gives a reflexive jerk, prompting the python to brush his leg reassuringly.

Those legs go limp in response, although they remain stretched in the air, as if patiently waiting to join the rest of the boy's body in the python's warm, squishy insides.

Meanwhile, Kaa's tail then retreats, knowing it won't be needed.

The python then opens his eyes to gauge how much he has left to swallow.

Almost done!

Once the boy's calves are gulped, Kaa grins as he pauses, wanting to take his time tasting those delicious feet.

He had always found those human appendages curious.

And the cute little toes simply adorable, especially as the wiggle in anticipation, anxious to join the rest of the man-cub!

So, with a final gulp, Kaa grants the man-cub that wish, his toes the last sight of him in the jungle.

And Mowgli doesn't struggle at all, feeling as cosy as he could ever be, surrounded as he is by the warm, squishy insides of his captor.

The bulge he has become hangs visibly from the insides of the python's throat.

Kaa can't contain his smugness, holding a triumphant grin.

And there is nothing the man-cub's guardian can do about it, smiling blissfully under his own hypnotic trance!

Watching Mowgli travel further down his body, a place he will never leave, Kaa can't contain his joy.

Despite the undesired interruption, he had done it again. Another (almost) flawless victory!

The python can't help but aproach the bulge to nuzzle it, loving the sleepy sigh he hears coming from inside him.

He laughs smugly as the sleeping man-cub squirms around, trying to find a comfortable sleeping position, considering how tight and squishy the python's stuffy insides are.

Kaa grins with satisfaction as the bulge the man-cub had become settles down, relishing in how perfectly the boy feels, safely trapped inside of him.

Right where he belongs.

Bagheera just stares at nothing as Kaa slithers down the tree, having been told by the python he had triumphed in his mission, bringing the boy right where he belonged.

Once he's on the jungle floor, the python turns his head back at the panther to give him one last look, feeling like his old friend didn't deserve the trigger Kaa had left in his mind with how mean he had been to him.

Bagheera was lucky Kaa had been benevolent enough to not allow him to live with the knowledge that he had failed in his duty.

Plus, that could mean more man-cubs for him to dine on in the future!

Sure, the panther had just been trying to protect that poor, helpless thing, but at the end of the day, the man-cub had become his rightful prey.

It's not as if Kaa had hurt a hair on that boy, the mere insinuation preposterous for the python.

What matters is that he won in the end.

And now it's time to find a new tree to safely hide away his precious prize.

However, Kaa is then suddenly interrupted by a rough pull on his body.

Completely taken by surprise, the python loses his fine control over his coils.

And falls on the jungle floor with a dull thud.

Confused by what just happened, Kaa becomes aware that his body is stuck against something

But, more importantly, the python remembers the man-cub he is carrying inside him, growing immediately worried that the sudden jerk may have roused the boy.

If there is one thing the python hates is prey waking up after he's eaten them.

Not only is it uncomfortable when they squirm around, the distress they feel ends up giving him indigestion.

The sound Kaa hears next confirms his worst fears. The boy did wake up.

If only he had been more careful!

He can only hope that the man-cub's trance didn't break completely, that way he can sing him back to sleep with another lullaby.

But, more importantly, he really doesn't want the the poor thing to become terrified from finding out he was eaten alive.

He would never be able to forgive himself for that.

However, to the python's great surprise, the boy is lying perfectly still.

Mowgli is so deeply under a trance, enjoying such a peaceful sleep that he is even snoring carelessly despite his predicament, feeling perfectly safe and warm inside his captor.

Kaa simply can't believe it.

That stubborn, defiant man-cub who had resisted him so much was now slumbering so blissfully that it's like nothing that could awaken him.

The python lets out a cackle in response, thinking that the boy couldn't have been any more perfect of a prey.

If only that man-cub who had declared he could look out for himself could see what became of him.

The thought is too much for the wicked python.

But now it's time to free the boy from his bindings.

He does hate being restrained, such things are meant for his prey.

So, Kaa begins to pull, using all his strength.

But the man-cub's body is completely entrapped between those branches.

Holding the boy in the air with his coils is one thing, but pulling on his whole body is another.

That amazing bulge is simply dead weight!

Kaa gives it his all, determined to not allow some stupid branch to become an obstacle after all that work he's been through.

And, eventually, that annoyance begins to give out and breaks.

Kaa realises it too late, still pulling on his bloated body, using so much strength that the bulge is now flying in the air.

Straight in his direction, like a man-cub cannonball!

Poor Kaa takes the blunt of the hit.

The rest of his long body piling onto him, coil after heavy coil.

Although he succeeded, Kaa can't help but groan in frustration, his coils having grown limp and sore from that.

But at least his handful prey didn't wake up. Still slumbering peacefully inside of him, resting still, unable and incapable of escaping his fate.

That's all that matters.

Nonetheless, the poor python is simply exhausted after such a troublesome, weary hunt.

He's had enough for one night.

Time to find a new tree to perch on and enjoy the warm coils of sleep himself.

Kaa slithers away while spreading his piled-up coils, carrying his meal along with them.

Abandoning the scene without leaving a single trace behind.

By the time anyone finds him, it will be too late.

The man-cub won't be there in the morning, just like he had promised.

The panther will wake up thinking he delivered the boy to where he belonged, informing the wolf pack first thing he can.

And Mowgli will stay in the jungle, just like he always wanted, sleeping soundly in the warmest bed he would ever enjoy.

Everyone gets their happy ending.

Thank you @Stryker_Tv_ for the wonderful edits on Kaa's gloating and the bulge getting stuck and pulled on, which inspired me to do this "analysis", and for putting up with me when I needed extra frames.

Credits go as well to @thehypnospirals2849 on YouTube for the Kaa's Quick Reflexes video, to @artofhungrykaa for the final bulge shot, and to whomever did the vore edit that I couldn't feature completely due to obvious reasons.

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