This is a request from a fan!
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It was a hot day in the jungles of India and Jennifer had been busy trying to shoot an action sequence for the better part of the morning, but it still wasn't turning out right. It wasn't her fault, at least that's what she kept telling herself. The heat had gotten to everyone, and tempers flared enough to cause a screaming match on set. At that point she decided she was going to take a walk to cool off a bit. Emotionally, anyway.
The jungle itself was lush and full of life. All around her there were birds singing, animals calling to one another, and bugs...well, there were bugs everywhere. As Jennifer found out when she managed to disturb a swarm of mosquitos during her walk. And given that her outfit consisted of a tank top and hiking shorts, due to the excessive heat, she was an easy meal for the mosquitos and she knew it. Her only hope was to run as quickly as possible in whichever direction she happened to pick first. Ultimately her plan worked and she managed to lose the mosquitos, but unfortunately she ended up lost as well. Very lost.
She gazed around and tried to get her bearings back, but it was useless. She had no idea where she was or how she had gotten there. The jungle has a way of enveloping you and completely hiding your path like that. She reached for her cell phone, only to realize she was still in costume and didn't have it on her. "Well that's just great!" she shouted in frustration. Her shouts for help echoed through the trees, but didn't make it much further than that thanks to the dense vegetation.
For several more moments she continued shouting for help, until she finally heard a reply. "What do you need, missssss?" came the smooth, almost cheerful question from behind her.
Of course this startled her even more. "Holy shit! Don't do that!" she shouted into the jungle behind her without turning around. "I mean...I'm sorry, I'm lost. Where are you?" she asked as she looked around, finding only the trees that continued to surround her.
"I'm here, missss..." came the response from a spot off to her right. "I'm alwayssss here. Thissss issss my home. Welcome." The voice sounded like it was moving, almost like the person was trying to circle her. Except she couldn't see anyone at all.
"I'm...sorry if I'm intruding. Can you point me the way home please?" she asked nervously, suddenly feeling very uneasy about the whole situation.
"I can lead you home..." the voice said from directly behind Jennifer. She spun around to come face to face with a long, thin boa constrictor hanging from a tree. Its eyes were staring deep into hers and seemed to be almost...shifting from color to color. "Here'sssss the way, missssssss" he hissed. "Just look into my eyessss, and trusssst in me..." The colors in his eyes began to shift more rapidly as each eye moved from color to color for short bursts of time. They never seemed to follow a pattern that you could pick out, but continued flashing brightly into Jennifer's surprised face.
Jennifer gasped in shock, but found that she just couldn't look away. She wasn't sure if it was fright or...something else, but she couldn't tear her eyes away from the snake! He was talking in the distance, she could hear him, almost like he was...singing? It didn't make sense to her, and in her head she screamed at herself to run, but her feet just wouldn't move. Little did she know her eyes were already starting to turn to swirls of colors, just like Kaa's.
"Trusssst in me...jusssst in me...sssshut your eyessss...and trussst in me..." the snake sang hypnotically as the rest of his body slowly lowered from the tree and started to weave itself around the already sinking actress. Jennifer, of course, didn't notice. She still struggled to run away, but her body just wouldn't move. She closed her spiraling eyes and shook her head to try and break whatever spell the snake was using on her, but as soon as her eyes opened again her gaze was locked onto the ever present swirls of color. Meanwhile, her own eyes were beginning to glaze over, and seemed a little bit more heavy and tired, as the swirls got brighter and brighter with each passing second.