In the previous chapter, Dirq and Satin managed to find their way into the Light 'n' Airy Dairy ice cream factory, when (from inside an air vent) the former raccoon recognized some of the decor from the old Frost-O-Rama company (where he got extremely fattened the last time - in the first 'Dirq' story). The latter raccoon, ignoring his suspicions, still wants some more of the food the human co-workers gave them earlier in the day. At that particular moment, said humans had 'punched out' at the end of their shift, and left the factory, leaving the ringtailed duo free to do a little bit more investigating...
From his vantage point, Dirq looked around the room that the two humans had left, and then saw another familiar sight from his past... a large pair of swinging doors!
He was dead certain that this WAS the place he was in before, but he didn't want to continue arguing with Satin about it. So, he continued looking around, until he'd found more ducts - including one that led into a room on the other side of the swinging doors.
"Let's go this way, " he instructed his mate, as the pair continued through the metallic labyrinth.
They crawled along until Dirq saw another ray of light shining through another vented opening. He slowly inched his way to it, fearing that what he will see was exactly the same room he was in many months ago (and the last thing he saw, before his head was immersed into his swollen body - from all the 'white stuff' that he ate).
Peeking through the opening, he was stunned (but not completely shocked) at what he saw.
"Where's the machine? Where's the belt? Where are the cans? Where's the hose?"
Once again, it was up to Satin to calm down an otherwise-confused Dirq.
"You see? I told you there was nothing to worry about."
"Then why do I still smell that sweet scent? It seems to be stronger in here!"
"Let me take a look," said Satin.
Peering through the vented opening, she saw three large open-topped vats, each one containing a dark brown, bubbling ooze - with an aroma that had her reeling.
"Whoa!" she exclaimed. "No 'white stuff' down there... but whatever that 'brown stuff' is, it's pretty inviting! Let's check it out..."
"I don't know if we should," said Dirq. But his remark fell on deaf ears, as Satin began to claw her way out of the vented opening.
She'd pushed against the grating with all of her might, and successfully dislodged it... but in doing so, she also fell out of the air duct, and plummeted into one of the vats of Light 'N' Airy chocolate ice cream - a room temperature mixture, prior to freezing - which, at that moment, was being prepared for air-whipping!
The grating landed on the floor (next to the vat) with an audible crash... which woke up the security guard, who was dozing off for the moment! He immediately got to his feet, and ran to the source of the noise...
With a resounding 'plop!', Satin had landed in the middle of the 'brown stuff', causing a small splash. And then, she had disappeared beneath the surface.
"Satin!" cried Dirq from the air vent. He quickly thought to himself, "I've got to do something, and fast!"
But, before he could make a move, he saw the guard enter the vat room. The raccoon ducked inside the duct (so as not to be seen).
The guard saw the loosened grating on the floor, looked up at the duct, and saw the gaping opening on its side.
Dirq feared that the guard would catch him for sure...
But the human didn't even think for a second about how the grating fell. He just left the room, muttering to himself about how this old building was falling apart.
"Yeah, definitely a fixer-upper. I'll let the boss know about this in the morning..."
Breathing a sigh of relief, Dirq carefully crawled out of the opening, and climbed on top of the duct (which was suspended a few feet below the ceiling). He quickly crawled along until he saw a catwalk just a few feet below the duct. He wanted to jump down, but he was afraid that the noise of his landing would bring back the security guard. So, he continued to franticly search for another way down... and he'd found it!
A narrow, vertical support column in the vat room was right next to both the duct and another catwalk. Carefully, he climbed down the column, until he was able to balance himself on the safety railing, and jumped down upon the catwalk.
Dirq hurried over to the vat that Satin fell in. He began to pace back and forth around the giant vessel, hoping that he might be able to see her. Every so often, a few bubbles would come to the surface, keeping his hopes up that his mate was still alive...
Suddenly, a large brown bubble formed on the surface... but instead of a loud 'pop!' when it had burst, the sound it had made was more like a 'burp!'
Flecks of chocolate ice cream splattered about the edge of the vat (and partially on Dirq), as Satin emerged, covered from head to tail with the dairy confection.
"Come in in, Dirq! This stuff's terrific!"
"Alright, Satin. You've had your fill... Let's go home!"
But Satin became very obstinate. "Hey! I'll tell you when I've had enough... Don't forget, this is for the kits I'm going to have!" She then floated on her back (like a sea otter) and pointed to her belly again - which had since grown to twice its size, from all of the chocolate ice cream the expectant mother had consumed!
"Look, I don't want the same thing that happened to me happen to you... Now, get out of there!" Dirq demanded.
"No, I won't!" Satin remonstrated. "You were much fatter when I'd first met you, than I am right now. Like I'd said, there's nothing to worry about..."
All of a sudden, there was a surge in the vat, and the brown liquid began to move about very rapidly, taking Satin by surprise!
(As part of the patented 'air-whipping procedure', Light 'N' Airy Dairy's ice cream vats had timers set to go off sporadically, as the compressed air at the bottom of the giant vessel began to churn the room temperature mixture, one hour at a time per vat.)
Before she'd known it, the sated sow was swept by a sweetened undertow!
Dirq had a real dilemma on his paws... He wants to rescue Satin - who is now floundering, and on the verge of drowning - but he cannot bring himself to jumping into the vat of chocolate ice cream, owing to the rehabilitation he had endured the year before. He can still hear the park ranger's words within his memory:
"I hope you've all learned your lesson about eating human food..."
But now, newer words in the boar's mind began to conflict with his past thoughts. He can still hear Satin saying to him:
"...in case you've forgotten, I'm now eating for our yet-to-be-born family..."
In that short moment of time, the words began to leap about in his brain...
"I'm just glad that each of you have reached your 'saturation point'..."
"Don't forget, this is for the kits I'm going to have!"
"I hope you've all learned your lesson..."
"...there's nothing to worry about!"
"...about eating human food."
"I'm now eating for our yet-to-be-born family!"
"...'saturation point'..."
"...nothing to worry about!"
"...human food..."
"...nothing to worry about!"
"...I hope you've all learned your lesson..."
"...this is for the kits... the kits... the kits..."
"OOOOOOOOHHH!! DAMN REHABILITATION!!"
And without another thought, Dirq dove into the vat of chocolate ice cream, in pursuit of his mate and his family-to-be...
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CHAPTER FIVE From his vantage point, Dirq looked around the room that the two humans had left, and then saw another familiar sight from his past... a large pair of swinging doors!
He was dead certain that this WAS the place he was in before, but he didn't want to continue arguing with Satin about it. So, he continued looking around, until he'd found more ducts - including one that led into a room on the other side of the swinging doors.
"Let's go this way, " he instructed his mate, as the pair continued through the metallic labyrinth.
They crawled along until Dirq saw another ray of light shining through another vented opening. He slowly inched his way to it, fearing that what he will see was exactly the same room he was in many months ago (and the last thing he saw, before his head was immersed into his swollen body - from all the 'white stuff' that he ate).
Peeking through the opening, he was stunned (but not completely shocked) at what he saw.
"Where's the machine? Where's the belt? Where are the cans? Where's the hose?"
Once again, it was up to Satin to calm down an otherwise-confused Dirq.
"You see? I told you there was nothing to worry about."
"Then why do I still smell that sweet scent? It seems to be stronger in here!"
"Let me take a look," said Satin.
Peering through the vented opening, she saw three large open-topped vats, each one containing a dark brown, bubbling ooze - with an aroma that had her reeling.
"Whoa!" she exclaimed. "No 'white stuff' down there... but whatever that 'brown stuff' is, it's pretty inviting! Let's check it out..."
"I don't know if we should," said Dirq. But his remark fell on deaf ears, as Satin began to claw her way out of the vented opening.
She'd pushed against the grating with all of her might, and successfully dislodged it... but in doing so, she also fell out of the air duct, and plummeted into one of the vats of Light 'N' Airy chocolate ice cream - a room temperature mixture, prior to freezing - which, at that moment, was being prepared for air-whipping!
The grating landed on the floor (next to the vat) with an audible crash... which woke up the security guard, who was dozing off for the moment! He immediately got to his feet, and ran to the source of the noise...
With a resounding 'plop!', Satin had landed in the middle of the 'brown stuff', causing a small splash. And then, she had disappeared beneath the surface.
"Satin!" cried Dirq from the air vent. He quickly thought to himself, "I've got to do something, and fast!"
But, before he could make a move, he saw the guard enter the vat room. The raccoon ducked inside the duct (so as not to be seen).
The guard saw the loosened grating on the floor, looked up at the duct, and saw the gaping opening on its side.
Dirq feared that the guard would catch him for sure...
But the human didn't even think for a second about how the grating fell. He just left the room, muttering to himself about how this old building was falling apart.
"Yeah, definitely a fixer-upper. I'll let the boss know about this in the morning..."
Breathing a sigh of relief, Dirq carefully crawled out of the opening, and climbed on top of the duct (which was suspended a few feet below the ceiling). He quickly crawled along until he saw a catwalk just a few feet below the duct. He wanted to jump down, but he was afraid that the noise of his landing would bring back the security guard. So, he continued to franticly search for another way down... and he'd found it!
A narrow, vertical support column in the vat room was right next to both the duct and another catwalk. Carefully, he climbed down the column, until he was able to balance himself on the safety railing, and jumped down upon the catwalk.
Dirq hurried over to the vat that Satin fell in. He began to pace back and forth around the giant vessel, hoping that he might be able to see her. Every so often, a few bubbles would come to the surface, keeping his hopes up that his mate was still alive...
Suddenly, a large brown bubble formed on the surface... but instead of a loud 'pop!' when it had burst, the sound it had made was more like a 'burp!'
Flecks of chocolate ice cream splattered about the edge of the vat (and partially on Dirq), as Satin emerged, covered from head to tail with the dairy confection.
"Come in in, Dirq! This stuff's terrific!"
"Alright, Satin. You've had your fill... Let's go home!"
But Satin became very obstinate. "Hey! I'll tell you when I've had enough... Don't forget, this is for the kits I'm going to have!" She then floated on her back (like a sea otter) and pointed to her belly again - which had since grown to twice its size, from all of the chocolate ice cream the expectant mother had consumed!
"Look, I don't want the same thing that happened to me happen to you... Now, get out of there!" Dirq demanded.
"No, I won't!" Satin remonstrated. "You were much fatter when I'd first met you, than I am right now. Like I'd said, there's nothing to worry about..."
All of a sudden, there was a surge in the vat, and the brown liquid began to move about very rapidly, taking Satin by surprise!
(As part of the patented 'air-whipping procedure', Light 'N' Airy Dairy's ice cream vats had timers set to go off sporadically, as the compressed air at the bottom of the giant vessel began to churn the room temperature mixture, one hour at a time per vat.)
Before she'd known it, the sated sow was swept by a sweetened undertow!
Dirq had a real dilemma on his paws... He wants to rescue Satin - who is now floundering, and on the verge of drowning - but he cannot bring himself to jumping into the vat of chocolate ice cream, owing to the rehabilitation he had endured the year before. He can still hear the park ranger's words within his memory:
"I hope you've all learned your lesson about eating human food..."
But now, newer words in the boar's mind began to conflict with his past thoughts. He can still hear Satin saying to him:
"...in case you've forgotten, I'm now eating for our yet-to-be-born family..."
In that short moment of time, the words began to leap about in his brain...
"I'm just glad that each of you have reached your 'saturation point'..."
"Don't forget, this is for the kits I'm going to have!"
"I hope you've all learned your lesson..."
"...there's nothing to worry about!"
"...about eating human food."
"I'm now eating for our yet-to-be-born family!"
"...'saturation point'..."
"...nothing to worry about!"
"...human food..."
"...nothing to worry about!"
"...I hope you've all learned your lesson..."
"...this is for the kits... the kits... the kits..."
"OOOOOOOOHHH!! DAMN REHABILITATION!!"
And without another thought, Dirq dove into the vat of chocolate ice cream, in pursuit of his mate and his family-to-be...
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TO BE CONTINUED
Story © 2002 by Rob Cat
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