Author's Note

This one's a little short but I'm also getting kinda tired. If you spot any mistakes, lemme know and I'll fix 'em when I get off work tomorrow. We also kinda discover that Maud has a bit of a vore fetish.

It's hard to right for characters who are meant to be "emotionless" and "blah".

Quantifying the Quarray

Twilight, Pinkie and Maud walked through Ghastly Gorge, Twilight’s camera floating beside her. “You’re both sure you’re ok with this?” Twilight asked and the two Pie’s nodded. Pinkie had volunteered simply to hang out with Maud. Maud was the one who volunteered to be eaten by one of her own neighbors. “Ok. So let’s go over the plan one more time. Maud is going to walk over and stand in front of a Quarray Eel den with her back to it.”

“Pinkie Pie will be walking away so the Eel thinks she’s leaving while you stay out of sight.” Maud said, her monotone voice not conveying just how dangerous this might actually be. At least to Twilight. Pinkie wasn’t worried either, so Twilight was sure Maud would be fine.

“While you’re being swallowed, you’ll describe everything that’s happening to the camera right up until the moment I teleport you out,” Maud nodded, and Pinkie smiled.

“And then I will bounce back so we can all leave without getting gobbled up on the way out.” Pinkie says with her usual optimism. When they reached their destination, Twilight took cover behind a bush between two dens where they wouldn’t see her if they came out. Pinkie and Maud chatted about nothing, at least to Twilight it sounded like nothing, until they reached a spot in front of a den.

The two mares hugged, and Pinkie started hopping away, waving at her sister. When the chipper pink mare turned away, Maud turned and started examining a stone near the den. Right on cue, a large red eel poked its head out and slowly opened its maw behind Maud. Maud didn’t bother to turn. Twilight wasn’t sure if it was part of the plan, or the stone really was interesting. Her camera floated over quickly as the eel clamped its jaws shut around Maud and disappeared into the den.

Twilight’s camera’s light turned on at the same time as Maud’s headlamp and she continued examining the stone right up until the eel’s tongue tipped back, sending her sliding and then rolling into its throat. The camera followed her, and Maud managed to straighten herself out. “Quarray Eels normally just eat stones. Their needle like teeth are capable of finding the weaknesses in stones in order to break them apart. Not that they really need to since they are such massive creatures. They aren’t known to pass up an easy meal, like an unsuspecting pony wandering too close to their dens. The maw and throat are quite wide, making it quite easy for a pony to stand upright while being swallowed whole.

“Their stomachs, being quite capable of digesting stone, are well suited to the digestion of flesh and blood creatures like ponies. The acids of a Quarray Eel’s stomach are at a pH level moderately dangerous in most circumstances, being high enough to melt through stone. The sphincter at the back of the long throat of a Quarray Eel is usually meant to crush and squeeze any living prey it manages to eat.

“But most prey get through just fine with the right timing. Once in the stomach, the acids of the stomach are weak enough that it is quite safe for a pony to walk through its cavernous insides. However, once through the stomach, the pony would find it much more difficult, and far more dangerous, to continue as the winding intestines are also filled with stomach acid that will slowly eat away at the flesh and muscle.

“As you can see, my dress is already beginning to melt away as it is simply fabric. I will remember replace it later. I can go no further, so how about a little show before I get out of here.” Maud sat down on her rump and placed the camera in the small pool of acids between her hind hooves.

Moments before she started rubbing herself for the camera, she and the camera were teleported out of the Quarray Eel. Her dress was gone, and Pinkie was bouncing over to them. Maud stood up as if nothing was about to happen and passed the camera to Twilight. The Eels near them ducked back into their dens as Pinkie got close and the three of them left the gorge.

Once they arrived at Ponyville, a stop at Rarity’s boutique was in order. While Rarity set to work re-making Maud’s dress, Maud went upstairs to wash off. While they were doing that, Twilight, Pinkie and a slightly distracted Rarity watched the video on the camera. As it neared the end, the three mares blushed, and Twilight stopped the video. “I’ll remember to delete that part before publishing…” Twilight said, closing the camera’s monitor.