The House Always Wins

Story by ookitsu on SoFurry

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#4 of Comm/YCH

You are unable to pay after having a kitsune remove a curse from you and he gives you an offer. "Receive a similar curse or gamble, giving yourself to him if you lose and walking out debt free if you win." Never gamble with a kitsune though when you don't know how to detect magic.

Commission for CyrilPanda on FA

Kitsune is me


Someone had placed a bad luck curse on you and you were starting to fear for your life with the increasing number of objects falling next to you. There was a rumor that a kitsune lived nearby that may be able to help at least if you had a way to pay for his services. You were short on money but you figured you could try and make some sort of deal after they perform the service and cleanse you of the curse. Though you were a bit nervous to approach them since the other rumors made the magical creature seem too dangerous to take that gamble.

Approaching the door you hoped you were in the right place, giving it a few knocks and waited for an answer. You could hear movement behind the door before a fox taller than you opened the door wearing pajama pants and a plain t-shirt. Noticing their gold eyes first and the black sclera surrounding it before looking down and seeing only one tail. "Oh uh sorry to disturb you, someone told me a kitsune lived here."

The tail then seemed to multiply as they fanned out, practically filling your entire view from the doorway with them behind the kitsune. "If I had to guess it's that cursed you're marked with. I don't know who told you about me but cursing someone I've never been wronged by isn't my style."

"No, please I was looking for someone to remove it and I promise I'll pay."

He didn't look very convinced by your words, it was as if the gold eyes in their sea of darkness were peering at your very soul. "Fine, come in before something awful happens." The kitsune turned around and you watched as all but one tail vanished again. "My wards will at least stop anything life threatening from happening for a short time. Take a seat at the dining room table while I get a glass of water."

The place hardly looked like anyone lived there with practically the bare minimum for furniture and nothing on the walls. You took a seat at the table, curling your tail around your side as you sat down. "So why do you hide your tails when you're at home? Also is this going to be painful?"

He then sat down in front of you with his glass of water, drinking some of it before setting it down. "You can call me Kit by the way and you see, this is a small place and it's easier to avoid accidents by hiding them, especially in the kitchen. Also not very unless you really did something bad to piss off the caster. Though if you did, it probably would have injured you by now and so I'd say this was a cruel prank. Now extend out your right arm."

You did as you were told and watched as Kit grabbed your arm with both hands, thumbs pressing down over the side of your elbow, pinching the fur and flesh. Moments later your arm felt like it was on fire for a split second before a black flame ignited between his thumbs then extinguished. Pulling his hands away, you'd look over the spot where the flame had appeared and saw no signs of damage but your arm still felt warm. "Thanks a lot, I promise I'll pay you back as soon as I can." You then tried to get up only to feel something wrapped around your waist, holding you down to the chair. "Why can't I get up?"

Kit calmly drank the rest of his water before responding. "Well if you can't play then let's play a little game." A shadow on the table darkened until it was pitch black at which point the kitsune reached through, pulling out a deck of cards and a stack of poker chips. "We'll both have ten chips to use in this bet and you can choose the game. If I win I get to do with you as I please and if you win, well you won't have to pay." He then extended his right arm out over the table. "Deal? If not I can just place a similar curse right back on you."

Reluctantly you reached out and grabbed the kitsune's hand, giving it a shake. "Fine not like I have a choice." Trying to figure out the right game was tricky though. "Does it have to be only one game or can we change between them?"

"As long as the time and amount of chips used is fair, we can change games."

"Standard poker then and I'll shuffle." Kit then slid the deck over to you, along with ten chips. Figuring you'd be safe from any magic trickery as long as you were the one controlling the cards. Watching carefully when he cut the deck after you shuffled but not noticing anything strange. While you dealt out the first hand, he tossed out a chip to the middle of the table and you did as well. Looking at your hand, you were confident with the three of a kind kings you started out with and set the other two cards down along with another chip. He called your bet and set three cards down, whatever he had was already worse than yours. Dealing out the replacement cards, you had a bit of a grin on your face as you were confident with your chances. Looking at your new cards, you now had a full house with three kings and two queens.

Your chances of winning were high but the kitsune's face was impossible to read, especially those cold eyes. There was no way he could have a royal flush with your kings and queens canceling that out so only a four of a kind, a straight flush or an ace full house had any chance of beating you. Chances of that were very low but you weren't sure how big of a bet you should place. Too small and you could regret it later but too big and he might just fold. Going for a slightly smaller bet, you raised it with two chips and you expected Kit to just call it but instead he raised it another two. You hesitated for a moment to think it over, if you called this then you'd drop down to four chips remaining but you were sure he was bluffing. Trying to read his face, his tail or anything from his body was proving to be pointless as the kitsune was completely expressionless. It was then you made the worst mistake in your life as you raised it again by two and saw the slightest bit of a smirk as you did so on the kitsune's muzzle.

Kit then called your raise and laid his cards down, showing his four nines and an ace. "Four of a kind, and based on your expression, I'd say you fell a little short." Showing your hand, you hung your head low while he stacked all the chips on his side of the table. "So what will it be, another hand of poker or try your luck at something else?" Practically taunting you while he played with the stack of chips, picking up a few before dropping them one by one back on top of the stack.

It took you a minute to try to think of something that you could at least try and get a couple games out of. "Let's just draw and the highest card wins a chip." He shrugged but accepted as he then picked up the deck and set it down in front of you. Just staring at you quietly while you shuffled the deck and refusing to cut it this time when you finished. You drew a card and your heart sank a little when you saw it was a six, only getting worse when you looked up and saw a king being held up between two of their fingers. "Please, I'll be able to pay you this weekend when I get paid."

"Alright I'm feeling a little generous and I'll give you a slightly better chance here. So I'll take something from you now and we can reset your chips back to five. Do we have a deal?" He extended out his hand again and you saw no downsides to this but something still made you uneasy about it. This time when you went to shake his hand, you felt as if he gripped beyond your hand and grabbed hold of something deep inside of you. Pulling his hand away you felt as if your perspective was ripped in two as he pulled your very soul out of your body and left if floating overhead. Watching from two perspectives at once you were powerless to stop what happened next.

From your body's perspective you watched as that tail's tip split open to reveal a maw, the flesh an inky black and visible strands of drool all over the inside. Your body was weak from having its spirit ripped out of it, basically just a hollow husk wanting it's soul back. The weakened flesh was too slow to react as that maw descended over your head and shoulders. You could feel the slimy saliva inside of that tail soaking into the fur on your face as well as your shirt. The insides were trying to swallow you deeper and squeezed firmly over your head to prevent you from pulling out.

The soul half flinched as you could still see and feel everything happening on the inside from the link to your body. Stunned and unable to process what was happening as you watched your body start to get swallowed. You'd try and beg for the kitsune to stop but were ignored as the kitsune grasped your shirt and ripped it off before quickly consuming the rest of your upper half. Floating down, you'd try to grab a hold of your legs as the kitsune lifted your body off of the chair and reached over to undo the button on the pants. All your tugging really did though was help pull your pants and underwear free as you watched that tail wolf down the rest of your legs.

Inside your body felt like it was getting a full body massage as that tail was easily able to hold all of it with ease. Only weakly being able to wiggle though it was easier to move your paws and the remainder of your tail still left outside as you didn't have any flesh squeezing over those parts yet. You could hear a rumble coming from deeper inside that tunnel of flesh, figuring the kitsune must be hungry.

Kit casually sat back down, letting your soul watch as your paws were pulled inside the tail and aside from a few movements it would have been hard for anyone to see that your body was beneath all that fluff and flesh. "Don't worry, I promise I won't pull it in any deeper yet and you're safe for now. I'm sure you have a good idea where you'll end up now though if you lose your remaining chips and fail to win the other fifteen."

You watched as the tail swayed a little, bending several different ways as it moved. Worst part being your soul could feel it all, especially whenever there was an unnatural bend making your body move in a way it never had previously. Despite your soul not having one, you felt as if your heart was pounding still and your instincts were telling you to run. Your senses were all out of whack with experiencing what your body was going through and it very well could have been your own heart rapidly beating that you felt and not just a sensation.

Trying to calm yourself and resist squirming in front of the kitsune as your soul settled back down on the chair to try to win everything back. High card draw was basically fifty-fifty and was probably going to be your best option at least until you got more chips to try poker again. "High card again." Not bothering to shuffle you drew a card and laughed as you drew a jack. Your excitement quickly dropped when he then revealed a queen and as he took one of your chips, you felt as if your energy was being drained. It was okay, you couldn't possibly lose another round. He drew first this time and revealed a seven, your chances were good but when you drew another it was another loss with a two.

It was hard to believe what was happening, no matter what you did you lost and you had control over the deck, right? He drew again showing a four, at least your chances were great now but a sense of dread grew as you drew a three. You felt almost completely sapped of energy and as you looked down, you noticed your tail had been slurped fully inside of the kitsune's own. Feeling a tightness over your body's head, followed by neck and shoulders before you saw Kit's belly start to swell out. He was consuming your body fully now before the game was even done. Your soul's face tensed up as it felt the stomach acids within that belly stinging over it before your whole face went numb.

"Tell you what, I'll go all in this next round and if you win your soul can go free, maybe someone will even reform a body for you." He then pushed all the chips to the middle of the table before drawing a card. You reluctantly accepted as it felt like your only chance at this point to have any chance to survive. Once both cards were revealed you knew you were defeated and all was lost. Not even trying to run away as all of your energy felt like it had been sapped from your soul. "I'd say better luck next time but that's not likely now."

The kitsune then grabbed onto your soul which had been reduced to a wisp, unable to maintain its form from him draining it. Watching as he lowered the front of his pajamas to reveal his large balls and sheath, lowering your soul down to it. Before contacting the sheath, the rest of your body would be emptied out into his belly and would rub your soul against the shifting bulges. Pressing your soul inside of that sheath and then the shaft hidden within, your soul would feel the kitsune's body practically suck you inside. Rapidly disappearing down into the dark depths of his flesh as you were deposited into his balls.

Your fate was sealed at this point as both your body and soul were being worked over by the kitsune's body. Your own body in the process of melting down to be absorbed and added to his body until he could burn off the fat you made. While your soul was being drained for any scraps of energy it has left before destroying the remainder of it to add to his next load and more heft to his orbs. He seemed rather happy with himself though as you could feel him rub over both your body and soul while he hummed to himself. Faintly feeling the shower water hitting his belly before succumbing to a deep sleep, your body and soul unable to continue going any longer.