Oops, somehow you're a rat. Sniffling around a house trying to figure out what happened when, click, you're in a trap. You thank your blessings that the trap is a humane trap. Soon enough a nice anthro monitor lizard takes the trap away and puts it in his van. Surely you can explain to him, or show him you aren't just a normal rat; then all will be fine. Maybe he'll even help you fix the problem.
Unfortunately you don't get a chance to explain. At the end of a long day, when many more traps lay beside yours. He opens your trap and a pair of tongues hoist you out. The next thing you see is the scene above. The slimy maw of the monitor lizard takes you in, a few other rats follow you down the one way tunnel. Inside is warm and squishy, you feel the occasional brush of your fellow rats. They are trying to find a way out. A soft thumping can be made out over the gurgling of the stomach which now holds you all...
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Damn, internal/close-up stuff like this is hard work. The camera is so close to the mesh that any imperfection in the mesh or lack of needed detail in/on the surface makes it look awful. Still not happy with the drool! I need to revisit and work on this I think to get it right.
I wanted to keep the original timings, but had to relent. The rat was plunged into total darkness way too quickly. The animation which came out was a confusing, lacklustre blur. I substantially slowed the animation as he swallows to make it work.
