Corruption of Souls

Ch.14

At some point, I had lost all sense. We were a whirlwind of rutting fucking breeding dragons and nothing was going to interrupt us. When I came to, I was tiredly balanced atop a belly as big as a car, Ember and Smolder were bigger than me, but Daring was bigger still.

“I think we may have fucked up.” I slurred, still in a fucked-out haze. I hummed when Spike kissed me and rubbed my belly. I could feel eggs already rolling about in the pool of cum in my womb. Holy shit do dragons gestate eggs fast...I guess tainting my firstborn is an unusual event for dragons, there must be a logical explanation for that if the eggs develop this quickly.

“You’re an incredible broodmother.” Spike cooed as even now the eggs grew in me. “Don’t worry though, in just a few weeks you’ll lay the clutch, but Ember told me even then it’ll take hundreds of years for the eggs to actually hatch.” Whoa...that is...fucked up. No wonder Spike had the ability to do that if his species’ population grows that painfully slowly.

“I really didn’t need more delays to my quest, but damn that was fun, sorry, this is fun.” I dopily remarked, feeling hazy even though I was awake. Mm, so big...wait, brain. Can’t. Brain, turn back on, you were lamenting being something, something...no wonder CoC runs can last hundreds of in-game days or even a few in-game years. Oh~ I’m so big~...

“It’s fine.” Came the resigned voice of Twilight, and I looked over to the side where she stood. I was grateful for that since my massive tits were too big to see over with them resting atop my car-sized belly. “We don’t have any leads right now anyway and you already spent a week clearing out the Everfree. There is no point in you half-assedly wandering around, looking for clues. We have a whole nation and allies looking around.”

“Yay~ more egg time~.” I airily giggled, wondering why it was so hard to focus as I rubbed my still-swelling fecundity with my hands, wings, and even my legs. Unf, so full, but I could take more~. “Oh, hey, who cleaned up the cum?” I asked upon noticing it was gone. Where are all the tasty cummies?

Ugh, roots, root, arch tree roots, need-cummies, more eggs, cummies!

I could go for a good cock in my mouth right now. “Harmonia drank it up,” Twilight answered as she looked at the greedy bloated tree. “She may not be getting Corrupted anymore, but she’s been on a steady diet of cum and milk laced water for months. She’s taken a liking to the taste and it isn’t exactly bad for you. Cum is full of protein and breast milk literally has everything the body needs.” I know! That’s why I’m really hungry for Spike’s tasty dick, but he’s rubbing my growing womb, so I guess I can wait for it.

“Greedy Harmy, stealing all the cummies.” I huffed and Spike sighed as he nuzzled my side and Twilight looked at me all sad and stuff. Why is she all sad? Maybe she should find a mate. “Oh~, so big...unf, hey, how are Ember and Smolder? They got bigger than me~.” I singsonged, feeling envious of their size. I can totally get that big! No, bigger! The biggest of egg broods! But I’m the smallest this time, I can tell from here that they’re up against each other and nearly three times my size besides my boobs. I am the booby queen besides Daring’s cum-tits! Praise me!

“They’re still in the afterglow. When Daring finally stopping cumming into them from her nipples, they were this big and making out with each other.” Spike informed me as he put his hands on his hips while looking at them. “I knew those two liked each other past their desire to be with me. I just wish it didn’t take them turning into broodmothers to act on it.”

“Oh, then how is Daring? She’s so fat with cum right now.” I asked as I craned my neck to lick my lips at the translucent balloon mare who was snoring loudly, and unlike us, didn’t have the rest of her body back from the inflation, which had actually subsumed her limbs into her mass. Hell, her boobs were still even bigger than mine, the nipples still lodged into the vaginas of the kissing and groping dragonesses. “Oh~ she’s so big~.” I moaned lustfully and used my tail-hands to finger my puffed-up pussy, wishing I was that huge, that full of cum and eggs and milk. “I wanna be that big. Is there a Fertility Goddess? Can they show up and make me bigger?” There’s gotta be a Gwynevere right?

She’s lazy!

While my sudden disappointment surged as if by some odd sense of humor, the blue fire of the Lordvessel erupted into the air of the cavern. “Did someone call? Our senses heard a beacon of virile fertility mention us.”

“That’s me!” I chipped hopefully at the blue cold fire while Twilight and the others all stared in shock. Why? Isn’t this their Gwynevere?

“Hm? Odd, our Token is bound to another, local flame. Regardless, thou hast invoked Aventurine, Goddess of Fertility, Sex, and Commerce. Thou even hast established a shrine? If thou dost not know of us, how is it thine art prepared?” The voice, one of a husky matron questioned curiously.

“I dunno, it was just there. Twilight, is that your Gwynevere? Can she give me more eggs?” I questioned the brainy princess as a portal opened over the Lordvessel.

“Oh no~! The Lordvessel is a Token for a Displaced! A Divine Displaced!” Twilight lamented even as an iridescent mare made of crystal stepped forth from the blue fire portal. She was like the princesses in a shorter package, basketball tits, wide foal-bearing hips, and was an alicorn to boot. She was dressed in a black dress that hugged her every feature, and her bust was emphasized by a corset.

“Aw, then no eggs?” I mewled before the Goddess teleported to me and looked me over, skilled hands playing over my still slowly swelling egg belly, notably how she circled individual eggs. I cooed and extended my wings to preen for her, still fingering myself with my tail hands.

“Hm~, thou’rt quite fine~.” She purred, and the urge to get her attention caused me to wiggle my bum and spread my legs over my bed of a belly, leaking Spike’s seed for her to see. “If We were in our younger days-Ava, she would be perfect! Look at her, so malleable! Sharp stop breaking up our voice!” The mare’s voice shifted around to entirely different ones somehow. “But We art able to abstain and simply aid thou.”

“More eggs?” I asked her hopefully and she scrunched her brow before her horn sparkled like her rainbow body and...ugh, my head. What? It’s like a fog has been lifted from my brain. What was I going on about before about wanting more eggs? I’m big enough as it is! “Um...I’m good actually. How long until I lay, Spike?” The gobsmacked expressions Spike and Twilight had confused me. Why were they so surprised at my question?

“Two weeks.” The goddess interrupted. “Then the eggs will take centuries to hatch without bonding to someone like that purple adonis has, and that’s for the ten percent that will ever hatch.” Aventurine nodded towards Spike as I gawked at the idly mentioned 90 Percent Mortality rate! Good Gods, how bad are things for the dragons?! “Good work lad. Thou’rt a skilled breeder.” The way she patted my side made me feel proud somehow, but that didn’t ease the shock and horror I had that only Ten Percent of the eggs inside me would ever hatch...

“Thanks, but it was a spur of the moment thing. I accidentally tainted her firstborns during an incident with a curse that nearly killed us all, so I’m trying to get closer to Willow here, and, well, her ass was hanging out a window with her pinned to her lover’s overinflated body and I couldn’t help myself.” Spike sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck and Twilight sighed heavily.

“Spike, you seriously need to learn some self-control.” Twilight huffed and Spike nodded in acceptance of her observation.

“Yep. Gotta work on restraining my libido. No wonder the Lust Demons converted all the male dragons so easily if our brains drain into our dicks.” Spike huffed and I felt a primal fury fill me at hearing this news. My quest just got more important and sex-oriented! Thank you assholes! My stoked fury abated when a second head grew on Aventurine’s shoulder, turned into a dragon’s head, and then a black dragoness walked out and began to explore the cavern.

“Nice. It almost looks like ours but not made of crystal. Is that Harmony bloated with seed and milk?” The black dragoness asked when she rushed over and patted the tree. “Ava this world is great! We need to set something up!” She called back with glee as Harmonia materialized and quietly belched.

“Keep rubbing my belly, please. I think I ate too much.” The balance goddess groaned, her massive tummy coming from the tree, and the dragoness chuckled as she did as requested, but also jiggled and squeezed the belly, getting Harmonia to moan in relief.

“Indeed. Thou hast inadvertently built us a shrine and fornicated frequently in proximity. Even if thou did not wish to, it is too late to avoid establishing a temple to us here now that thou hast invoked us.” Aventurine looked a little apologetic, and I sighed before shrugging, sending my gigantic tits quaking. I moved my hands to rub them as the goddess rubbed my belly.

“Just as well. This world is basically Dark Souls mixed with Corruption of Champions. At least having someone help on this front would be a big...well, help.” I used my tail hands to rub my car-sized belly, feeling warm at the idea of laying so many eggs. “Hm! Keep rubbing my belly~.” I moaned from being so turned on by her that if they weren’t already at their max size my breasts would be growing. Oh~ so big...what was I thinking about before?

“Corruption?” The black dragoness asked, sounding angry. “Okay, I’m all for sadism, and bondage, and role-play rape, but what is Corruption?”

“Remember that perverse text game we told thou about Sharp?” Aventurine called while I began fingering myself with my tail hands again and the dragoness cooed.

“Never mind! This world is the absolute best! Can we live here?” I giggled, wondering how fucked up that dragoness is if she thinks living in a CoC world is the best thing ever. She might be my kind of fucked up! Mm, yes, rub my womb walls. So hungry, I need cummies.

“No!” Aventurine firmly stated.

“Can I at least?” Sharp asked further.

“No! We have it hard enough with Lumi living with Palutena, and We don’t trust thou to be an upstanding person without us to hold thine reins.” Aventurine countered, and Sharp pouted before she vanished, leaving Harmonia whining for more belly rubs.

By this point, my breasts were starting to ache. Owie~ I have so much milk backed up. I grunted and tried to reach around my gigantic milk-engorged yoga-ball boobs to milk myself, but my nipples were just beyond my reach. “Ugh~ I can’t...reach…” I huffed and gave up with a pout, but my moping was stopped by a nipple being shoved into my mouth. I looked up over the iridescent sphere of flesh to see Aventurine, only now she was suddenly 10 feet tall, and lovingly looking at me like a proud mother as she pressed her nipple into my lips. I sucked hungrily to sate the ache in my tummy and hummed in joy at the absolutely amazing flavor. She tastes like German Chocolate Cake!

“We understand thine wish to drain thine bosom, but We see thou has a milker already. Someone fetch it for the dear?” As she spoke, my belly swelled faster, the eggs growing and forming quicker, my nipples gushing with milk, spraying the skirt of the goddess. Mm~! Yes! Bigger!

Moar~!

I moaned as I drank and drank, the goddess seemed to get turned on, biting her lip as I reached out and groped her big, squeezable bubble butt. I then reached into her thighs, making her gasp as I rubbed her cunny through the skirt. Hm, somehow I’m very good at this! Like I had been doing this for ages! Wait, why was my brain all foggy again?

“This was a bad Idea, Ava.” The lyrical voice said as the others finally lost interest and who wasn’t directly involved went back to work like it was normal. Even Twilight moved the bloated girls to comfy beds made from the ruins of my home, giving me space as Spike cooed over them and left me alone with the goddess so considerately feeding my brood.

“Hm?” I groaned as I fingered her, my eggs rolling down my birth canal now, which was shockingly pleasurable compared to when I gave birth to mine and Svartr’s quadruplets. I moaned from the pleasure as I started laying while I fingered the Goddess more. I heard the heavy clatter of stone impacting stone. It sure took a while for that egg to land, how huge am I~?

“Girls, stop feeding her.” The musical voice panted as the other two moaned. I blinked at a bulge forming under my hands as my belly started shrinking from each egg pushing through my vagina. That’s it, from now on, I’m only laying eggs! “Sharp, put that away!” Before they could protest, I wrapped my hands around the pillar of mare meat forming out of their clit and began jacking them off through their skirt.

“Mm~.” I moaned while I got closer to the floor as I drank their bottomless reserves of divine milk. Eventually, I don’t know how long it took, I felt my erect dick reach the floor and my ripped abdomen quickly pushed the last few eggs out. I released the nipple, panting for breath, and looked behind me at the enormous mound of multicolored eggs the size of infants. Wow. “Ah...more...more eggs?” I requested dopily as the haze settled in, and the goddess smiled.

“Hm~, now she’s ripe.” Sharp purred as Spike began to put my eggs in a hastily made nest that Twilight constructed with an exhausted expression on her face. The goddess rubbed her mare meat as it throbbed, her hands played with my legs and I suddenly felt nervous, now that my mind isn't so clouded by wanton sex, why was I so horny? I just feel like everything is right for some reason! I just laid, but I couldn’t think of much beyond making more!

Yes, yes, yes, All the yes, more eggs, more dragons, repopulate!

“Ripe?” I mewled as I was laid on my back by strong hands. “H-hey. As much as I would like to, I’d love to have a break from being a baby factory.” I nervously stated as I gathered more of my senses, and Aventurine’s face simply split with a hungry smirk before she spread my legs, her throbbing mast of horsecock pressing against my labia and she breathed my scent in.

“Nope.” Two of the voices panted. “Thou hast worked us into a fervor. We can tell, thou wishes to be little more than an immobile egg bearer for all time. Whether for his eggs, thine owner’s eggs, or nearly anyone’s eggs if they endear themselves to thou.” They licked their lips, only for their eyes to flash rapidly, and they jerked away from me as if struck. “No! The last time we did something such as this, we were trapped as someone’s egg bearer for thousands of years!”

They huffed, then literally punched their dick! Everyone flinched and they hissed as it wilted and disappeared while they shrunk back down to 6 feet tall. “Don’t do that!” I whimpered as I rubbed my sheathe, feeling the phantom sensation of my own cock being punished in such a way.

“Apologies, but while we remember nearly none of the time we were an egg bearer, it did last several thousand years. If we gave in and bred thou, for all we know we could’ve lost it and turned thou into the next All-Mother like we did with that world’s Twilight Sparkle.” They huffed, grumbling in irritation.

“But punching your dick?” I questioned with a wince. “I’d almost prefer another go than seeing that.” In fact, I really would like another go! Holy shit! Do I have no refractory period?!

“We art a very stubborn horny collective of perverts. Sometimes it takes a firm hand to put a stop to it. Besides, there is nothing stopping thine stud from knocking thee up again if that is what thee wishes.” At Aventurine suggesting I just bend over and let Spike breed me again, I felt hot, and agreeable to the idea as Cocoa finally brought the milker’s hoses over, and put them to my thumb-sized nipples, finally letting my milk drain. I hope the tykes aren’t causing a mess while she’s away from her little daycare.

“Hm, if there was that time chamber like Bronze made here then maybe.” Sharp wistfully sighed.

“There is, but the Caribou have it.” Twilight told them as she took notes on something on her notepad while going about making the houses move into the walls of the cavern and creating giant blocks of perfectly cut blue stone. Holy cow she’s seriously doing some renovating. “Even if we’ve tried making one in my castle with what little we know of the magic and technology it uses, it’d take ages.” Twilight huffed like it was an injustice.

“Then it is pointless to mention. It is in possession of someone, so it is best left alone.” Aventurine stated as my breasts finally shrunk enough for me to stand. I need even more Strength to make beach ball tits not immobilize me? Great, more soul farming.

“Oh, I wish I could help.” A faint whispered in my super-sensitive ears as parchment with a serpent sigil flew about. Was that in my studio?

“We’re actually at war with them for the Corruption they bring. If you wanted to siege them we wouldn’t mind it.” Starlight said before Twilight glared at her. “What? They use it to break their slaves and train-slash-breed their armies! Why wouldn’t we want a horny goddess to take over a place that has one day being one year?” They have a hyperbolic time chamber?! No wonder there’s so many demons, they can breed and fill their ranks like mad with that.

“This is all interesting, but we art unwilling to directly aid in war efforts abroad. Our own home is already almost entirely controlled by a fascist world-spanning empire save our single remaining diarchy, the archipelago, and our neighbors Saddle Arabia, and Bullgaria.” Aventurine stated wearily with the tone of someone who had been in dire straits for a long time.

“Almost sounds like us,” Twilight said under her breath, rubbing her face, “Though we only have the dogs on our side, even if it's only from the immigration treaty.”

“That is truly a shame to hear.” Aventurine bemoaned before she turned her attention to Ember, Smolder, and Daring. “Unf, that pegasus is a mare already vying for our heart. Such dedication.”

“I did that!” I declared proudly as the goddess looked at me with an amazed and excited expression while I blushed at so brazenly being boastful of bloating my beau.

“Verily! Thou hast the potential to be mine Champion! However, to accept is to become a Slime. The only other Champion We have is quite pleased with her nigh-immortal state.” Aventurine stated cheerfully and eagerly while I blinked at the sudden and enticing offer.

“Wait, I would be a slime?” I asked as my breasts finally emptied, now at an E-cup. I seem to get bigger with each pregnancy. I hope I don’t need to use Reducto just to be able to move.

“Tis a simplification. Behold!” Suddenly, the goddess melted into an amorphous iridescent and transparent material, but still held her form. “This is our true form! Thou would become alike to us as a symbol of thine title as our Champion.”

“Oh, like Svartr!” I perked up, seeing the potential that had. Speaking of my partner, she’d been surprisingly quiet and scarce during this whole romp. “Svartr? Where-oh!” She suddenly surged from out of my cleavage and wrapped over me like a second skin. “There you are! You could’ve joined in on all of that!” I would’ve enjoyed having her part of the fun, why did she run?

“Sorry, but whatever sparked your transformation hit me like a spear from a greatbow. I decided to rest, and slipped into your storage while you were so distracted with pleasure.” Svartr informed me through my voice while I distractedly noticed Aventurine smelled tasty. Like a fresh-baked chocolate cake drizzled with hot fudge and chocolate chips.

“Not quite. Thine ectoplasmic companion is similar, yet not quite. She is inanimate without her spirit inhabiting her vessel. Tell us spirit, wouldst thou prefer to be brought back to proper life?” Aventurine questioned my partner eagerly as I approached her, licking my lips.

“Hm, could I still be worn?” She asked before I started nibbling Aventurine’s ear. She tastes even better than she smells! “Um, Will-mm~.” Svartr hummed as she clearly enjoyed Ave’s taste too and we began slurping her ear. So good! MOAR!

“W-wait! If you-!” I sucked her head down my gullet, and everyone froze in shock as I began eating the goddess who tasted like my favorite dessert. She even seemed to be getting off on it, her nipples got so hard they tented her corset and her thighs rubbed together even as she feebly tried to pull away. Our meal was interrupted by Svartr managing to pull us away by a sheer show of willpower as I tried so hard not to be stopped, and Svartr clearly didn’t want to stop.

“H-hold on~! Sh-she’s a goddess! She could cause all sorts of…” Svartr panted, our tongue lolling out of our maw, and I don’t know how she could be resisting her! “She tastes like cinnamon mint tea though…”

“Yes, she’s so tasty~.” I cooed as my belly gurgled, then I suddenly exploded in size as I surged up to about 6’5”. “Whoa! I’m still hungry though.” I whined as I eyed the delicious goddess with Svartr and my own body smiling more in tune now, her symbiote-like form seeming to gain more detail. Is fur showing up on her? “Bah! Eat goddess cake!” I demanded hungrily, spurred on by some odd instinct. Wait, what the hell is going on with us?

“Before thou so rudely partook of our body, we were about to warn thou that consuming us is worse than drinking our milk, it’s even more potent. The only reason thou aren’t pregnant again right now is because there is no seed in thine womb.” Aventurine huffed indignantly before We tried to eat her some more. Svartr even formed a second row of teeth along my jaw, but Ave’s magic kept us away. “At least be more informed before continuing.”

“Grr, fine. Would I do that too? If I’m your Champion.” I’m not exactly a ‘champion’ after all, might as well go full tilt to suit CoC.

“She’s wearing me, will it also change me?” Svartr asked as she examined us. Indeed, even in her amorphous form she seemed more defined.

“Yes. Thou would be a paragon of Fertility, Virility, Sex, and Commerce. Thou would spread our-oh dear…” Aventurine backed away as I prowled closer with my hips swaying, my tails whipping in the air behind me. My mind was made up, though a small part of me begged to hold off, let something finish.

No~! Stop~!

I resolutely ignored the niggling doubt in my decision as I closed in on Ave. “Hm~.” I purred and licked the Goddess across the cheek as I hugged her and rubbed myself on her as a spike of arousal filled me, my tits and balls bloating already. “I already am those things. Can I change my shape too?” I took a bite out of her ear and sucked again, growing bigger already.

“Y-yes~! Th-thou would have our base abilities~!” She squealed as I began eating her again. However, instead of growing bigger, my scales began melting, my swelling breasts and balls stopped growing as I began swallowing the goddess down to her shoulders.

“Aw, I’m not getting as much out of this...” Svartr whined as she tried biting around my jaw, and the burning fire in me began to cool and calm down as my belly gurgled with the magic goop filling me and increasing my size to the point where Svartr had to unwrap from me, revealing my already smooth and glossy iridescent body. “Hmph, I might as well just go bother Harmonia.”

“Sorry Svartr, we’ll see about you later.” I groaned to my lover as my belly sloshed, then I started eating again, slurping up her breasts and fingering her pussy as her clothes fell through her. I gulped and quaffed and sucked her down, enjoying the way her legs kicked and spasmed as I worked down her abs, my whole body growing in all directions. I paused at her pelvis, slithering my tongue out and fucking her pussy until it gushed.

Once done there, I swallowed the rest of her and I was now made of the same kind of goo that she was, if a bit more opaque while just as colorful. I panted and huffed as I felt content. Fulfilled at last, as if something I’d been missing had returned to me. That state I was in at the old shrine returned, my gooey body burning with that odd spark of...of...damn it. I can’t remember! All I know is I’m horny as hell and something is going right!

Then, between my massive tits, each the size of a beach ball and completely firm as well as seemingly weightless, came a tendril of her more transparent body, and she quickly reformed her head with joy in her expression.

“If thou weren’t before, welcome to demigodhood!” Aventurine cheered, and despite coming out from my sternum, she grew to match me and we began kissing, sucking each other into our respective mouths. Eating. The act was so pleasurable I couldn’t fully describe it beyond as if each piece that went missing felt like someone sucked on my cock.

“I need you...oh~ fuck.” I panted at her as my quim gushed. “I want your brood.” I know now. The urge back then, the urge with Daring, the urge with Spike. I already have an affinity for Fertility.

“That’s a good champion.” She then looked down, and I did too, and my eyes widened to realize we were towering over everyone, save Daring, who was nearly eye-level with us as a cum-filled balloon pony and eyeing us longingly. “Don’t worry, size control is part of the package, but we can worry about that later.”

“Let’s find a room that can fit us.” I panted, eager to be bred by my Goddess. Luna may be my Mistress, but she wasn’t my Goddess. Aventurine is. Whatever is happening to me, she is the answer to guiding me on my path. Wait, I’m still wearing my collar?! How is this thing still on me?! Hot damn Luna enchanted this thing thoroughly!

“Not a chance of that! Let’s take this outside!” Aventurine cheered, exiting my body entirely and instead of keeping legs, she let her lower half remain an amorphous blob.

I impatiently followed her out, my cock and balls vanishing into me since I desired to be filled rather than to be the one doing the filling. I followed my goddess in a drunken daze up the natural staircase on the side of the cliff, she pulled me along into the forest, and then she smashed me against a large rock formation in the trees, splattering me a bit, and we began making out once more. “Please! Please fuck me!” I need her babies!

“Yes, my Champion.” Aventurine sounded ecstatic as she formed a gigantic horsecock and rammed it into my quim, causing me to scream in rapture at the greatest feeling I’ve ever experienced outside of having sex with Daring. Not even when Spike impregnated me earlier could compare. “At least now, I won’t have to worry about losing control.”

“Oh, ah!” I wailed as she thrust into me, “Take me! Take me my goddess!” I rapturously praised, biting into her gigantic breast and sucking her into me, which she copied as we fucked vigorously against the rock, crushing it with the force of our mating. “Breed me! Make me your broodmother~!”

“Gladly~!” Aventurine squealed before she rammed home, and soon I began billowing out. Her impossible reserves of virile goo filled up my core and my body formed as a bubble around it. My belly surged, my tits too, my ass joined in. Soon I was a giant bubble of my goddess’s divine cum with gigantic tits and ass cheeks “We...yes, We think thine art our favorite Champion. Now then, thou must spread my doctrine of procreation and free love. Oh, and capitalism, do not forget that.”

I panted and groaned as her seed sloshed and formed newborn slimes within me. “Yes, my goddess. Though, why slimes? Why not dragons?” I groaned as she pulled out before she presented her cock to my lips. I immediately latched on and sucked, growing bigger still, until I eclipsed the size of the rock formation and felt like I could burst. She didn’t remove it though, so I kept sucking until I couldn’t anymore, and moaned. Only then did she remove her divine phallus from my lips.

“Because dragons already exist here, and We always promote slimes everywhere. Thou shalt begin the Slimes here, if this world did not already have them. Let them spread and bring joy to the world.” Aventurine kissed me, and then she vanished in her ring of fire.

“Thank you.” I huffed, feeling oddly at ease before I started birthing. Holy hell. My proclamation of only birthing eggs from now on? Hell no! Invertebrates are just as good!