It had been so easy, as expected - the mancub was far too stupid to escape his penetrating, hypnotic gaze. And now the boy sat there, his own eyes spiralling away, his brow raised in an expression of helpless confusion and seduced delight. With every passing spiral his will ebbed away, and the true joy came from seeing the slight smile beginning to tug at the corner of his adorable little mouth as his brain turned to mush under the powerful, seductive spell.
With his face now changing into that entranced, blissful expression, it was the perfect time to spin the strong coils around him. Sliding by his waist, the thick tail slowly wound around him, taking its sweet time, almost mocking the mancub and his inescapable situation. With each binding loop of the reptilian muscle, his chances of ever leaving this place were growing less and less. And within moments, the inevitable *PING!* had sounded off, placing him completely under his master's spell, physically and mentally unable to do anything without the snake's command from now until his final moments. Moments which were fast approaching, like the ever-spinning coils, now reaching his shoulders.
The forked tongue of the predatory python flickered toward the boy's smiling face, tasting his skin and teasing the serpent's tastebuds with a mere hint of the flavour to come. His excitement growing, he almost forgot not too choke the mancub too much, lest he wake from his slumber. However, as the thick tail circled the child's neck and squeezed it violently, the poor helpless little boy merely wheezed and choked before once again settling into a seduced smile and drifting off, at the snake's command, into a sweet, dreamless sleep.
Raising Mowgli up in his mighty coils, the serpent spun him around a few times, securing the slumbering meal from his ankles to his neck and, out of sheer sadistic glee, squeezing and constricting him for no reason other than to celebrate his complete domination of the boy. Licking his lips, the reptile examined the tiny bare feet of the mancub, squashed tightly together at the foot of the coil cocoon, and his smiling face resting at the top, framed by a large coil collar that held his head aloft.
But hark, what was this? The boy was gently snoring, which only seemed to emphasise just how helpless and pathetic he was. The snake cackled quietly, and slithered closer to the stupid young lad, whispering into his ear.
"You're ssssnoring..."
After yawning, the sleeping child simply said "...mmm...sorry..." before promptly stopping altogether.
Licking his scaly lips, the snake raised his head above the mancub, and began to open his mouth. But, from out of nowhere, he heard another snore. Then another. Nothing but deep, wheezy snores filled his head. Clicking his jaw back into place, the snake glanced down at the mancub to silence him once more. But Mowgli was sleeping peacefully, uttering not a single sound. A quick look around the leaves and branches confirmed that no one else was there. So where on earth could that snoring be coming from?
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"Sssstop that...ssssSTOP IT! Argh!"
Kaa reeled his head back in surprise, before realising it was his own voice that had woken him up. He must have been talking in his sleep. Ah well, it was time for supper anyway.
Turning around to devour the mancub who remained captive in his coils, the snake's expression became one of deflated anticipation, followed by complete disappointment. All that could be seen by his side was piles and piles of his own giant coils, but nothing wrapped up in them. Had the mancub escaped? Or perhaps...
He sighed. "Dreaming...again!" Kaa mumbled, annoyed by falling for his own imagination once more. This had been the third time in a row since he'd almost eaten the child when he had dreamed of having another chance to devour him. Oh, if only that pompous old panther hadn't gotten in the way! Kaa's belly would have been full of a tasty, hypnotised little lad.
Yawning tiredly, preparing to settle down once more, Kaa began to close his weary eyes, until something caught his attention. Over by the waterfall, looking to be in a bad mood but most importantly alone, was the mancub himself. And he was heading towards the foot of Kaa's tree!
"Well what do you know," Kaa smiled, "dreamssss really can come true...