NT veRse - Bad End Guide (Publisher) 1 - Buko

“Does anyone in the class know what this creature is called?” Ms. Lacris asked as her sharp eyes scanned the room. The Fox had been a tenured teacher at the Academy for the better part of her life. She relished question period as it really gave her an opportunity to impart her particular knowledge, and to pick out any students that she had deemed to be a problem. For her, any problem student was someone who could not adequately score about 90 on her tests, which was essentially no one. She viewed this as a point of pride, rather than her grading being too strict, or her subject being very obscure. Her powerful ears twitched as a student in the back row spoke.

“A frog? Looks like a frog..” A student muttered under their breath.

“No.” Lacris stated, singling the boy out.
“Would you like to try again?”

“Uhm...” He blushed.

“Allow me to help you out. If it is not a frog it is a...”

Another student spoke up. “T-toad, right?”

She smirked triumphantly and crossed her arms under her impressive chest. The teacher had an incredible figure, and wore clothes that complimented it while not completely showing anything off. A white blouse tight to her body, black lingerie that peeked through just faintly and a pencil skirt with black stockings and shallow heels. She tapped those heels as she took in the looks of confusion.
“Actually... The name of this creature is the Haustus Buko. And one other name... But that is for extra credit.”

A girl raised her hand. “Miss, that's just Gnoll for 'Gulp Toad.'”

Lacris immediately became annoyed. “The creature is not present outside of Demonkine, so to call it anything other than it's native name would be inaccurate! It is a Buko.”

The girl began to feel self-righteous. “Oh? What family is it from, Miss?”

The teacher inhaled, basking in the certainty. “Reptile.” The girl cringed and sunk into her chair.
“Because, though this creature is called the 'Buko' it is in fact... A reptile.” The Fox licked her lips, enjoying the silence. No one had that answer on their tongue.

The creature in question stood at roughly four feet in height, placing it two feet shorter than the Fox, counting ear-height. It had many bumps all over it's shiny green skin and searched the room with two big, horizontally-slit pupils. It seemed to have no teeth and a long tongue. The thing stood on a pedestal with it's large gulping maw opened slightly, as it would it the wild.
“This creatures primary food source, despite it's stature, tend to be bigger in size. It is in fact capable of swallowing and hunting something that is twice it's size and many times it's length or height. It's primary instinct is to pull whatever prey it has captured into it's large mouth, where escape is more or less impossible for the average target. The dexterous tongue, in combination with the powerful jaw strength make it complicated for even the most powerful creature; placing the Buko at nearly the very top of the food chain.”

All of the students in the front row began leaning back, which pleased her. Lacris chuckled. “It's presence would typically be of alarm to all of you, however the creature is safely behind a barrier sustained by my Aura.” The students did not seem comforted by that, which annoyed her.
“Which is to say that there is NO chance of it escaping or harming anyone. Understand?” She searched the room. There was a chorus of 'Yes Miss.'

She began to circle the helpless Toad. “Like most Core Beasts, the Buko is vaguely parasitic to creatures of our world. Meaning-” She stopped as she was in front of it.

“Uhm... Miss it looks restless. If it's in the barrier shouldn't it be more passive?” It was the same smart girl as before.

Lacriss huffed. “There is no problem with the barrier. There can not be and you should know that. I am docking you points for pointing out something ridiculous.”

“But-”

“No buts!” Lacriss snapped back. The rest of the class took note and kept their heads down.

She was curious, however. The Fox turned and saw the Toad adjusting on the pedestal. It should not be doing anything, just as the girl said. Not that she would admit that in front of her class. She had earned their respect over the year by being infallible. At least, that was her perception of things. In one move the creature lunged forward just enough to snatch her head and pull it back through the barrier. She still maintained it and it was saving her from being swallowed whole, but she could feel it pulling her in.

'How did it break through!? This is impossible, unless...' The woman groaned. She had thought that she procured a younger Buko. If she had indeed gotten the one she asked for, it should not have been able to do anything. Older ones tended to be more unpredictable depending on their diet. She cursed her buyer.

'May barrier is still keeping me somewhat safe it seems. If I panic or do anything to hurt it or kill it it will seem as thought things were out of control for her.
'I have maybe a few minutes left. I complete the lesson as if nothing is happening and when they all leave I will escape. Simple.'

“As shown by my convincing demonstration-” As she said that the class relaxed.

“In the beginning stages of the T-” She gulped, being so flustered she almost said toad by accident.
“-the Buko's feeding cycle, it snatches the prey and begins to pull it with powerful muscles into it's large mouth.” She looked around on the inside. The flesh within the Buko's mouth was pink and it's tongue was rolling around in it's mouth. Her barrier had not failed completely so she had a thin barrier around her that was keeping her safe. Still, she was jammed within the lips of the Toad, with the barrier closed around her neck tightly. She actually had a fairly instructive inside view of the creatures mouth as it's muscles and tongue tried to work her deeper. Saliva was dripping over her shielded head and sliding off.
“The saliva, oddly enough, is not a digestive but a softening fluid. It affects things such as clothes  in a way that dissolves them, however for creatures, including humanoid species like myself the fluid serves to soften the prey for ingestion. This is how it is capable of swallowing prey many times it's own size. This is a function of the creature's innate 'Soma.'”

She was simply buying time for the bell but it began to worry her that she felt herself being pulled in further.
“Miss?” A student asked.

“Yes? What is it?”

“Does the Buko have a way of subduing prey that isn't muscular? Seems like a larger creature would just overpower it or pick it up or something.”

“Hah... You would assume so. Within the Buko's breath contains a mild but effective Neurotoxin. Once inhaled it works on the prey to cause them to make minor bad decisions and assessments that lure it into being eaten; such as overestimating their own abilities. That is one. But, do not worry. Barrier is one-hundred percent effective at containing it's miasma. There is no possible harm that could be done to any of you or myself. Obviously.”

“What is the end goal of the Buko in swallowing it's prey?”

“A somewhat intelligent question. Quite a surprise! As we know all Core Beasts are mildly parasitic at the very least. Buko is also known as the 'Trophy Wife' Buko for it's tendency to wear the faces of it's prey permanently on it's back after assimilating it's knowledge and abilities and-” She shuddered and felt a sudden rush of movement. Her barrier did not break but the Buko sucked her large tits into it's mouth abruptly. Her chest had been a stopgap that was holding her just outside it's mouth, but it intelligently opened it's mouth and before she could move back, sucked her in with even more of her barrier. Her arms, formerly free, were bound to her sides by pressure. Her heels were still on the ground, however. She grunted as, even through the barrier, she could suddenly feel it's muscles rolling her tits around in an attempt to swallow her further. It did give it something to latch onto.

“B-because the Buko has no 'trophies' on it's back it can be assumed to be juvenile and not a threat...” She reminded herself, still cursing the seller.
“Th-the trophies when present are jokingly referred to as 'wives' by morbid observers, as all Buko are male.” She grunted and tried to pull back weakly.

'Where is that bell? Come on!' Her tail stood angrily on end as the thing threatened to consumer her.

“Can a Buko victim be saved?”

“To an extent yes. However, the softening effects of it's saliva are permanent and require Soma therapy to reverse. Some more... Overly cautious researchers consider the point of no return to be within the same room as a feeding Buko. The pheromones released during digestion act similar to the toxic breath. It is said that those who witness it devouring prey will dream about being eaten, about 'marrying' to the Buko. But all of that is just... Theory.”  She stared straight ahead into the creatures flexing throat.

'If I go in there I'm done for... I'll be-' A maddening thought crossed her just for a moment.

'Married!' She pushed that thought down.

'What was that? I don't want to be eaten...'

“B-Buko are often found at the center of cults. Their ability to assimilate abilities and power at a one-for-one rate means that they can become extremely powerful after consuming powerful prey, which they can effortlessly capture because they... They are such powerful, incredible creatures as a rule.”

“Uh, Miss?”

Lacriss gasped. “Y-yes! Yes, what is it?”

“The bell... Can we go?”

“Yes yes. Go. No homework.” She breathed a sigh of relief. Finally she would be alone and able to handle the creature. Slowly the class all shuffled out. She knew they were gone when the door shut one last time and there were no more sounds of moving about.
“Finally I can...” She struggled and attempted to push her barrier out but the Buko's muscles were too strong. After she was finished her attempt she actually felt it suck her further in. It's lips closed around her slender waist, with her rear and hips acting as the final stop-gap. Her legs were fully off the ground kicking. Her tail swished back and forth aggressively to no avail. It's tongue slid out past her and began rolling around her rear. In front it's mouth muscles massaged her tits through the barrier. It was like a thin film at that point, offering very little solid protection verses it's innate strength.

“Stupid T-Toad! I'm not going to give my life in the face of some mild-” Her back arched and her body wriggled as it's tongue slid between her cheeks and over her cunt. Her pencil skirt was a non-factor.
“Pleasure...” Her eyes rolled up and she came. Breathing was becoming difficult within the tight barrier. Another thought had crossed her mind at that moment.
'No one has been able to describe what it is like first hand... Perhaps my barrier can hold and I can find out?'

With that single weakening thought it's lips sucked her in past her hips. She gasped and regretted that idea as her face pushed through it's tight throat.
“No!” She shut her eyes tightly and still felt herself fighting against being swallowed completely. The barrier was still active, but when she opened her eyes her face was stuck in the Buko's back. She blushed deeply.
“I-I'm actually married to the Buko? No... How? I wasn't even...” She felt her body still fighting as if she could control it.
“So that would mean the throat is like a portal, almost? This is a great discovery!”

She felt an odd sensation. Though she had traveled through the throat and presumably into it's stomach, her face was still lodged on it's back like  a trophy and she felt her body being spat out onto the ground like a rag-doll. She could still feel it and move it, but it was strange. She couldn't see. The reason was obvious. Her sight was staring off. She tried her best to stand. As she giggled.
“Hah... The more I think about it, the more I feel like my life is just over, right? My face is here, but my-” Her body convulsed. She felt an odd, loose sloshing sensation in her head right behind her eyes.
“O-oh... My brain is being... Haha... Digested?”She looked around. She could still move and feel her body somehow. Lacriss dusted herself off. The Buko was not trying again.

“When I'm digested, Buko gets my abilities and skills and knowledge? All that is assimilated? Why shouldn't they be? He obviously deserves them.” She began to undress carefully, folding her clothes beside her. She knelt down respectfully in front of the toad, then her senses came back.
“Wait, that's not fair! I worked hard for all of that! Mr. Buko? Please let me G-ooooh...” She groaned as she felt a bit more of her brain melt within the beasts stomach, separate from her body and her face.
“S-surreal... Doesn't even hurt. Feels good kinda?”

She lifted herself up and reached into it's mouth, pulling a cupped hand of slick saliva. She began rubbing it over her body.
“Getting nice and soft... Easy to swallow.” She shoved her slick fingers into her ass and pussy, then it's tongue slid around her, and inside of her to help.
“Once... Once it's inside the prey's life is essentially forfeit... Their ability to- to move...” She felt her legs grow weak. Her body fell into a prostrating position as if she were praying deeply before a god. She could not help but smile as she felt the sensation of cumming. It bit down and pulled her inside in one gulp. She could feel it going down as if it were still all her. As if her face was not painted onto the back of the creature, disembodied from everything. She could feel her softened form rolling around it's mouth, being guided quickly into a better position. The muscles against her skin were like a wold-class massage. Then finally as her whole self was sucked into it's throat she felt those pieces of her beginning to disappear. Feelings of them faded in ecstasy, bringing her to a mini orgasm with each significant part of her that was suddenly, permanently gone.

In that moment, as her body was squished and sloshed and digested and everything she had worked for became assimilated, Lacriss felt an unusual sense of satisfaction.
“I'm- I'm married... I'm really married to the Boku now!” She gushed. The last of her brain was assimilated, leaving her a true example of a trophy. A constantly orgasmic mask of pleasure.
“The masks s-serve as an example for ALL those who submit to being swallowed by the Buko. All hail the Buko.” She moans.

The Buko after having consumed a powerful Aurar was almost a different creature entirely. Not only did the face on it's back constantly singing it's praise and showing it's pleasure provide a hazard to the psyche of  those around. In addition the strength of the Toad had grown. It's pheromones in deep digestion of the woman's entire being, her Aura and her soul, spread out beyond the room. Students entered.

“Is that a Buko?” One girl asked.

“Dangerous, right?” Another commented.

“Super... Seems like Lacriss is going all out. Where is she?”

The second girl giggled. “Sure it's fine! Better sit in the front row.”