Pressure, tightness, wetness, darkness. Ray didn’t understand what was going on, it all felt weird. He tried to move, but there wasn’t much space. It was warm. Then he realized, he wasn’t breathing! But… he also wasn’t suffocating. It was all weird and strange. He tried to put more power into his limbs to get free of this place, but no matter how much he struggled, he couldn’t get free.

“Are you a fucking idiot?!” Vorm couldn’t stand watching it anymore, “I almost feel sorry for your mother.”

Ray paused for a bit. What? Vorm? Ah… I don’t understand. Where am I?

“...If I didn’t see it for myself I wouldn’t have believed it was possible for you to get even stupider.”

Ray was about to cry. Don’t insult me! Why are you always insulting me?! You big meanie!!!

Vorm was stunned into silence. This Ray was a bit… ah… right… “since your soul is so weak it can’t fully support your mind now that you have your memories back, and heavily relies on your physical body as well… and since you are just a baby…” Vorm felt a headache coming on.

Vormie stop blabbering and help me get out of here! I don’t like this! Ray kept whining.

“Vormie?? How dare you, you—“ but the great being was cut off.

Vormie hurry up! Help!!! Ray started moving around frantically again.

Vorm realized if this kept going on, the fool was going to choke himself with the umbilical cord eventually. Can’t argue with fools anyway, especially if that fool turned into a baby… It sighed and adjusted himself.

“Alright, I’ll get you out, but you have to listen to me very closely, okay? It will be super difficult, only a very smart and strong good baby can do it. Are you a good baby?” Vorm coaxed the fool but it was about to puke with disgust. It would definitely make him pay later.

Ray froze and listened carefully, then enthusiastically exclaimed, yes!!! I’m a good baby, very good! I can do anything!

“Okay, listen. First move with your legs a bit forward, and your head back… a bit more… okay stop… Now, try to just turn… no! Stop! Not that way. Ah, undo that. No, move the other way. No, listen to me. Aghhh…” Vorm wished it had hair it could pull out.

After a long while, the exhausted Vorm finally said, “Stop! It’s perfect now, don’t move. If you want to get out, you have to stay like that, okay? Can you really do it? Only really good babies can do it, I’m not sure you can.”

I can! Of course I’m a really good baby, just watch!

“Okay, it’s starting soon. It will be a bit uncomfortable, because to get out of here, you will have to squeeze through a very, very narrow place. Can you really do it? It is super very difficult,” Vorm kept coaxing the fool. It had to admit, in a sense, it was much easier to deal with the fool now.

Hmpf, don’t underestimate the great baby Ray! I will squeeze through no problem!

Vorm couldn’t wait to quote this back to the fool later, once he was back to normal.

After a bit of waiting, Ray started complaining. How long do I have to wait? When can I get out? Vormie, talk to me! Vormieeee… he whined.

Vorm thought it should’ve let the fool choke himself to death.

Vormieeeeeee… where did you gooooo?

Vorm snapped “Can’t you even wait a bit? You are a bad baby, you will never get out like this!”

Ray started crying. Vormie you big meanie! I’m not a bad baby…! He started moving again in agitation.

Vorm was worried all its hard work to get the fool into position would be wasted. “Hey, hey, stop crying,” but the fool didn’t listen. Vorm had no choice and softened its voice, “Hush hush, you are a good baby. Very good, you did good.” The stupid baby finally started to settle down.

Am I really good?

“Yes, yes, you are the best baby ever. And very smart too. You are doing very well, so don’t move please. You need to be good, and wait,” Vorm kept coaxing the fool while making plans how to punish him later.

Okay… I’ll be good Vormie. Praise me more.

Vorm complied with disgust, just to keep the fool distracted. Luckily, they didn’t need to wait for long.

Vormie I’m getting squeezed! My head feels weird, something is eating my head!!

“It’s the tunnel that leads outside. You just need to be a good baby and wait, and you will be pushed out”

I don’t like thiiisss…

Vormie…

Vorm refused to entertain the fool any longer now that he couldn’t move freely anymore, and he was going to be pushed out either way. So it just stayed quiet, listening to the fool’s incessant whining for hours.

*

My head!! My head is being crushed I’m going to die!!! Vormie help!!!!

“Don’t worry, you have many little bones in your head that can be squashed together to make your head smaller to fit through. You will only have a squashed head, not die.”

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Noooo, I don’t want to be ugly! Stoooop!!

After a long while…

MY HEAD IS FREE!!! Vormie I’m really getting free!

After a bit more pushing and wriggling, Ray got his shoulders out as well, and the rest of his body which quickly followed.

Ahh it’s cold! I don’t like this! He started crying.

Then he started breathing without even realizing. After a bit of crying, Ray tried to look around, but everything was very blurry. He was lying on something hard and it was cold. He realized Vormie hadn’t said anything for a long time. Vormie?

Vorm at the moment was speechless. It hadn’t paid attention outside of the womb, and was too annoyed by the fool’s whining to care. But once the fool was born, it took a cursory glance around, and was shocked into silence. It was unexpected, yet it was quite fitting. When it heard the fool calling, it broke into a manic laughter, “Ahahahaahah! I have good news, very good, super good news!”

Ray forgot about his discomfort, and asked excitedly, What good news? Tell me Vormie, what news?!

Vorm said with great pleasure, its voice oozing with dark glee, “you won’t stay a baby for long. Why? Because you are about to get eaten! Eaten!! Hahahahaah, you little shit, you will be eaten! Ahh, the world is a beautiful place, isn’t it? After listening to your whining for hours, you will get your just desserts. It’s so beautiful.”

...What…? Eaten…? Vormie what? Why? I don’t want to get eaten! Ray’s brain couldn’t process this.

“It’s a demon summoning ritual. It’s a great experience for you, don’t worry. I can’t believe what good luck we got.” Vorm was so delighted, it forgot all about the last couple of hours, and was in a wonderful mood.

Good luck? But being eaten is not good! Ray started to cry again.

Vorm had a great idea “Okay, if you don’t want to be eaten, stay quiet, and close your eyes to hide. You can’t think either, your thoughts are too loud.” Vorm greatly enjoyed this whole situation, as if justice itself was descending.

Ray instantly closed his eyes and shut up. He didn’t even dare to talk to Vorm. He was just quietly humming to himself in his mind. He heard many voices whispering that grew louder and louder into insistent, constant chanting. But he was hiding as Vormie said, so surely no one would be able to eat him now. He was just wondering how long he had to hide, when a sharp pain shot through his whole body. He didn’t even have time to cry out before he was chewed up and eaten. He died.

*

Ray felt weird. Was he dreaming? What was he dreaming about… it felt so real… right. He dreamed that he was a baby. Ray shuddered as the memories of the dream came back to him. He sighed with relief that it was just a dream, and opened his eyes.

Ah… he suddenly had a creepy suspicion he didn’t want to think about, and wanted to deny it, but… it was pretty damn obvious! It wasn’t a dream at all, was it?! Now he just hoped Vorm would not…

“Awww, the great baby Ray, are you awake? Did you sleep well like a good baby? You hid so well by closing your eyes, you didn’t get eaten at all!” Sure enough, Vorm started mocking him, and then kept mocking him.

Ray tried to tune it out, and tried to get up, but he felt so uncomfortable, he didn’t manage to stand up. He staggered, and crashed back onto the ground face first. That just made Vorm howl with laughter. He felt miserable. He tried not to remember, but the more he tried to forget, the more he remembered how he was acting as a baby.

After lying there with face buried for a minute or two, he lifted his head and turned it to the side to assess his situation better. Based on what he was seeing, and what he remembered, he was pretty sure these people summoned a demon, and sacrificed him as a baby. And since demons tend to eat souls… they summoned a demon that tried to eat my soul but I ate it instead?

The laughter cut off and Vorm replied with a sneer, “You are still stupid I see.”

…I just thought since you are sooo amazing, it would be easy for you to eat its soul…

“Of course it would be easy for me, what’s your point?”

…so I thought that’s what happened… I ate its soul… why are you so mean, how am I supposed to know these soul stuffs if you never explain anything to me? Ray was in a bad mood, and really irritated. All his enthusiasm for getting stronger was long gone.

That really provoked the great Vorm, “easy for ME to eat, not for YOU, am I you? Are you me? Why are you so dense? How is this complicated? Explain it to you? Are you capable of explaining gravity to an ant?”

I’ve clearly become a demon though, so what happened then? Ray summoned all his non-existent willpower to put up with Vorm long enough to figure out what was going on.

“You are only possessing its body, can’t you even feel its possession? Also, if you really want to eat its soul go ahead, I can help you with that. It would be like eating poisonous shit, but who am I to judge?”

So that’s why I’m feeling uncomfortable, as if my whole body was wrong… makes sense. Ray was determined not to get sidetracked by Vorm, and pretended to be calm. If he seemed unaffected by its taunting, he hoped it would get bored with it. He only had one concern. I assume I’m not bound by the summoning ritual?

“Of course not, what a silly question,” answered Vorm amused.

Ray felt mentally exhausted, so he decided to sleep a bit, and deal with everything later. But as he closed his eyes again, one of the people started shouting something. So noisy... He got annoyed and looked up at the guy. He didn’t really mind that he was sacrificed, if anything he was glad he didn’t have to stay a baby. Just imagining all the ammunition that would have given Vorm made him shiver. But it seemed like these guys wouldn’t let him sleep.

Do you think I can kill them?

“Hmm, the one trying to order you right now is the strongest, so you need to surprise him, and quickly kill him before he realizes you are free. If you lunge at him and stab him with your claws, you should be able to kill him. He probably has some potent protections, so commit with full power,” Vorm explained.

Ray was surprised how nice Vorm was being… it was a bit suspicious, but he couldn’t figure out where the trap lay. At the end, he decided to do just as Vorm advised.