The Plush Games - WIP - 2/20/20 (Patreon)

I'm sorry for the lack of WIPs as of late, life has been kicking me in the butt this month.

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      Tuka had always loved plushes, but never had the time to invest in such a hobby. Everyday on his commute from from college, he would walk past the hobby shop where a 12 inch stuffed bunny would always catch his eye. Sitting in the front window, it was made with cute light brown cotton, and was dressed up in a pair of cute black shorts and a small black top. The boy had wanted to buy it for quite some time, unfortunately he never quite got to it. Plus, he had always been extremely anxious and nervous, he didn’t want someone to judge him for buying a plush. Then one day, something changed.

        The last thing Tuka remembered was walking through his favorite park late night, before something is soft and pillowy grabbed him from behind. Now he found himself waking up on an extremely comfy couch staring at a snow white ceiling. The young man could hear dozens of voices around him, and quickly realized he wasn't alone. Sitting up, he found himself in a large white lobby-like room with a few dozen other people. The walls were strangely rounded in the corners and there were rows of white couches lined up back to backup like seats at an airport, each of them was made of white cotton with a simple but fancy rectangular design. Other than that the room is completely empty, there weren't even any doors, and some of the occupants in the room locked looked flustered and uneasy. By looks of it, they were all around his age of 18, talking is amongst each other trying to make sense of their situation. Some of the occupants were still asleep, but they were waking up one by one as they began examining their surroundings. 

        Stepping off the couch, Tuka realized that the floor was really soft as well. Looking down, he noticed that his shoes were gone, and his were practically sinking into the plush-like floor. The only thing in the room that wasn't made of stuffed cotton was the lights on the ceiling. Though subtly comforted by his plushy surroundings, he was nervous and didn't know what was going to happen to him. "Tuka?” said a familiar voice. Sitting next to him was his classmate from geometry his geometry class. Though he could not remember her name, her appearance was unmistakable due to her long brown ponytail, and her T-shirt with a cartoon fennec printed on it. “You ended up here too?” she asked. “Oh hey… What was your name again?" he asked. "My name’s Mia.” she replied. "Do you know how we got here?” Tuka shook his head. "I'm sorry, I just woke up. The last thing I remembered was taking a walk in the park.” he replied. Mia took a deep sigh slumping back into the couch. "I was just drawing fury art on my Cintiq, when something soft grabbed me from behind. I couldn't even scream because I passed out.”

        Allowing her body to sink into the soft plushy furniture, Mia took a deep breath as she calmed down. Seemed that they weren't the only ones come by their soft surroundings, there was a strange lack of panic within the room, many getting comfy in their couches, or even exploring the room further.  “On the plus side, it doesn't seem whoever put us here wants us hurt, given that the entire room is a giant pillow.” Tuka said. "I know right." replied Mia sitting back up. “Everything is soft like an asylum, even the floor feels like marshmallows. Who would even make a room like this?” she asked. Then, Tuka saw what looked like a doorway opening up in the wall on the other side the room. The sound of moving cotton caught everyone's attention, including Mia as they all looked over in surprise. Stepping out of the doorway was a woman wearing what appeared to be a cute cat kemono fursuit. The costume was light gray and was made of fine looking cotton, a long fluffy tail and cute droopy ears, and cute mitts for hands. The facial features of the suit was almost anime-like with large cute eyes and, and adorable facial expression. The woman was wearing a cute tube top with a sporty looking miniskirt and a pair of high heels, though how she could balance on the soft flooring with them was beyond anyone. “Hello everyone! Thank you for being here today!” Everyone look each other shocked, the suits mouth was moving as if it were alive.

        “Now, you must have an abundance of questions? Where are we? Why are we here?” she said dramatically with her paws on he cheeks. “The short answer, we brought you here because you all love soft and cuddly things! And we designed place to make you as comfortable as possible. ❤️” the woman was incredibly bubbly, with the energy and demeanor of an entertainer. Still suspicious, too get reached into his pocket to grab his phone, hoping to get some idea of his location, but he was shocked to realize it was gone. Checking all his pockets, it was nowhere to be found, not even his keys or ID. “Now as you all have probably noticed, we removed your shoes, cellular devices and another belongings for the time being, but they will be returned to you once we've sent you home.”  the cat woman explained. With that, everyone began checking their pockets as well, becoming alarmed that their valuables had disappeared. “You can't just do this!” said a young woman near the front. “You kidnapped us and took our belongings! Nothing about this is legal!” the catwoman walked up to the flustered young woman, placing her soft paw mitts on her shoulders. “Shhhh…” she cooed,  playfully massaging the woman's shoulders. “It's alright, we're not going to hurt you.” normally this would be off-putting for the young woman, but something about the cat woman's soft paws and friendly demeanor calmed her down. 

        Stepping towards the door, the cat woman pointed both her arms down the hallway while sticking a cute pose. “In fact we want to help you! Now if you will please follow me!” she said taking the lead down the soft plushy passageway. Although hesitant, a few followed her lead and one by one more of the crowd went along as well. Only dozen or so remained behind, and it talked amongst themselves anxiously, including Tuka and Mia. “We can just comply with her after being kidnapped, can we?” Tuka questioned. Mia tilted her head and thought letting out a sigh. “Well, it's either that or stay in this room, if we have any chance of getting out of here we should take probably take it.” After taking a deep nervous breath, they both followed the rest of the crowd through the long squishy hallway. The walls and floor of the passage were also made of plush-like material, even the lights on the ceiling looked like they were made of some kind of foam or cotton. Out of curiosity, Tuka poked one on while he was walking, and to his surprise it felt like a marshmallow. “Is everything here made of soft stuff.” he thought to himself.

        As they approached the end of the tunnel, Mia tapped Tuka's shoulder. “Hey, did you notice how life-like her suit was?” she asked. Tuka thought for a moment, back to when she entered the room, how energetic and authentic her movements were. It looked less like a suit and more like a live plush. “Maybe part of her costume was animatronic or something, that's probably why it looks so real.” he said. “But the way her entire body moves, it doesn't feel like I'm looking at someone need a suit. Plus there's something strange about her, and wouldn’t someone get hot in a fursuit like that?” Mia responded. The more the two thought about it, the more strange the situation seemed. Continuing down the hallway, it felt they were walking on the worlds larges bean bag with their feet sinking into the cushion-like floor with every single step. Reaching the end of the hallway, they found themselves in what looked like a ginormous stadium like structure, one that would be used in something like a sports event surrounded by a white dome. But it wasn't just big enough to hold the football field, because it could probably hold a few dozen. 

        Covering the grounds of the stadium was what looked like a small village, completely made out of plush. The houses were all light brown, resembling the design of a mud hut that you would see in Africa or, India, all square in shape but with rounded edges. It almost looked like the Mos Eisley set from star wars. Everyone was in awe at the sheer size of the area, literally everything in sight was made of plush, but even seeing with their own eyes it barely felt real. After the small crowd emerged from the tunnel it slowly closed behind them, sealing itself like an orifice. Everyone including Tuka and Mia we're shocked to see the walls moving by themselves, it looked so alive and made Tuka’s skin crawl. “Earlier… you said the woman's woman fursuit moved like it was alive right?” Tuka asked. "I didn't actually think I was actually onto something.” Mia responded. The cat suit woman stepped in front of the village and turned towards the crowd. “Now then, if everyone can gather around for me I'll explain why we have brought you all here today.” she said holding out her arms playfully. 

        Though un-easy most of the crowd complied, however, a few tried to sneak around the group and into the village hoping to find an escape on their own. This did not go unnoticed by the catsuit woman, as she giggled under her breath while maintaining her playful demeanor. “For starters, I would like to thank you all for being here today! It means so much to us.” she gleamed thankfully. “Hey!” shouted Mia. “You said that we're all here because we like soft and cute things, but what you need us for.” she asked suspiciously. “The cat woman just smiled back, chuckling as she placed her finger over her lips. "I'm glad you asked!” she answered pressing her paws against her cheeks. With that, she squeezed her face, distorting it like a pillow as her head appeared squished. The entire crowd gasped in shock, it was like there was no one inside of the suit. They all just watched in shock and awe the woman just squeezed her entire face like as it just all cotton. Releasing her hands from her face, she held her arms up in the air as if showing off. “Ta-Da!” she shouted. “This isn't a suit! I'm what you could call a living plush!” 

        The entire crowd was speechless, unable to process what they have just seen. Even Tuka and Mia were lost for words. "This is has got to be a dream right?” Tuka whispered. Mia didn't even know how to respond despite this, she wasn't alarmed and either was Tuka. “Well… A plush wouldn't want to hurt us right?" she asked. The cat woman blushed, wiggling her hips as she giggled at the crowd. 

“Awww… you’re all speechless at how cute I am! ❤️" she wink placing her finger on her lips. "Well in that case, you love the contestants!” she begin pointing behind them next to where they had entered. Suddenly, a large portion of the stadium wall began retracting into the floor like a large hanger door, as the sound of shifting fabric filled the stadium. Neatly set up in a straight line behind the door was a huge stash of large plushies of all shapes and sizes. Some of them were stuffed animals, some of them had an anthropomorphic design, some looked toon-like, and some even looked like food. They were all incredibly cute and uniquely crafted, but then to everyone's surprise, they all started moving. All the young men and women frozen in utter disbelief, as of the gaggle of cute toys slowly approached them. Making their way out of out of the doorway, the plushes gathered behind the human crowd in a half circle. 

        The stuffed toys started murmuring amongst each other, giggling and ogling the small human crowd as if they were at a pet store. But the humans have no idea how to react, no one knew whether they should be frightened, or amazed. “This has got to be a dream.” thought Tuka. It was one of those moments where despite seeing it happening, your brain just has no idea how to process it. What's more, the plushes greatly outnumbered them, by almost twice their numbers by looks of it. It was like looking at the world's most animated toy store self. Then out the corner of his eyes, he thought he saw one of the plushes waving in his direction. Tuka turned to see who it was, he didn't look in time, and there were so many different plushes in so many shapes and sizes he couldn’t tell which one it was. Could he have imagined it? “Well… that’s it. I’ve been studying too much.” Grumbled Mia. “I’m probably sleeping through my alarm right now.” With that she gently slapped her hands against her cheeks in an attempt to wake herself up, only making her cheeks rather sore. Tuka also began to assume that he was just experiencing some crazy dream, then again if it were a dream, he wouldn't be questioning it. 

        After the crowd had gotten a good look at the plushes, the cat girl continued her bubbly speech. "I hope you like our contestants, they’ve been looking forward to meeting you and hope to find a good life long friend to fill their needy hearts with love and affection. ❤️” she announced. “Wait!” Tuka interrupted. "You kidnapped us for a Match maker?” In response the bunny just giggled. “More or less. You see, us plushes live off love. As long as we can feel someone's love, we can stay animated. Heck, for a while we could even live off love second-hand without getting it directly.” The cat woman then sighed with a somber look on her face. "But in recent years, there just isn't enough love in the world for us to thrive as we once did. It’s as if most humans just don't have as much love to give nowadays. And even if humans like that do have love, it's overshadowed by their negative emotions. And who wants to live with a person like that?” she ranted. Realizing how nearly speechless both crowds were, she paused for a moment taking a deep breath as she pulled herself together.

        “Ehem… Unfortunately, many of our friends have been so deprived of love that ended up turning into regular plushes again.” The humans in the crowd including Tuka and Mia, nearly gasp in response, what this scared at what this implied. “Turning back into a regular plush, is that the same is dying for them?” Tuka asked. "I’m not sure, she says it like they can’t turn back.” she answered. "If we plushes are to survive, we have to find people who have real love to offer us. Humans like yourselves for example.” she smiled pointing to the audience. "Receiving direct love from humans is now our only option, and thus is why you’re all here." Looking back at the group of plushies, the humans were unable to hide their concern, the very thought of anyone dying from lack of love was just upsetting for everyone. “Awww… It's nice to know you all care so much. But keep in mind, their job tonight is for them to catch you.” Shocked, conversations stirred among the group of humans, once again becoming wary of their situation. "That's right, you have to give these a lovely plushies she's a run for their money as you play a game of cat and mouse in this lovely set we made for you all!” she giggled, pulling a green flag from behind her as she held it in the air with a mischievous smile.             

        Mia pulled at Tuka’s sleeve looking flustered. “We're the prizes of some kind of weird contest, should we run?” she asked. Tuka looked over at the cat woman who was grinning cheek to cheek. “I don’t know…” he answered nervously. "Now please give them a good challenge, after all love has to be earned right? And you do want to be caught by a plush who fits your interest right?” With that, she wave the green flag in a circle. “GO!” Without wasting a moment, all of the plushes bolted towards the crowd of humans at full speed, gunning for whatever humans that caught their eye. Seeing the living toys running at them them like a stampede Tuka, Mai and the rest of the crowd became spooked as they instinctually made a break for the plush town. Determined to take any human they could get their hands on, some of the plushes went after the slower humans, who unfortunately fell behind has a were swallowed up into the mob of clingy plushes. 

        One was pounced on by a lioness plush, pinned to the soft ground under her heavy body as she greeted him with a few playful licks. A girl was rolled over by a rice ball plush with a happy face, who was sucked into its fluffy expanse up to her neck until she was in encased its warmth, forced to nuzzle the clingy happy food. And another young man was scooped up by an anthro owl plush woman wearing a T-shirt and shorts. Grabbing him off the ground with her soft velvet claws, she pulled him up to her chest and hugged him in her soft fluffy wing before making a soft landing on the ground. None of the other humans's even looked back, as they poured into the streets of the plush city. Some made a break for the alleyways, some tried to hide in the houses and others just kept running with no direction whatsoever. But now, instead of just going for the slower or easier prices to catch, the plushes chased after the ones they had their eyes set on. 

        The plushes and humans began to scatter across the town, the cutesy game of cat-and-mouse finally began. Sticking together, Tuka and Mia ran down one of the streets along with some of the other fleeing humans before breaking off into one of the alleys in hopes of losing some of their pursuers. Tuka stopped and turned around to see if the plushes had followed them, until Mia tugged on his shirt from behind. “This way!” she said as she began climbing into one of the nearby hut windows. the opening and no glasses speak of, just like all the other houses in the area allowing her to jump in. Hearing the swarm of plushes approaching, he followed after her climbing into the window. The room was very dark, with only the artificial light of the stadium illuminating the room through the window. Before either of them could get comfortable, they heard soft approaching footsteps from the alley. Looking at each other in a panic, they both hid underneath the window.  Heather pursuer passed by, they could see what looked like an anthropomorphic humanoid shape, with incredibly long ears floppy ears in the slender figure. It looked like some kind of dog or bunny, but before either of them could get a good look, their pursuer had passed. 

        After waiting a few moments, they both looked out the window, relieved to find no one. Yeah it was completely silent, and they could only hear the sound of running the far distance, along with what sounded like loud and giggling. Tuka let out and exhausted sigh, as Mia slumped down onto the floor. Tuka paced back-and-forth as they maintained a brief silence, unsure how to process their situation. They were with what looked like a plush living room, with a comfy sofa in the center, and a soft coffee table of it. “Maybe if we stay here long enough, the competition will end and they'll let us go home." Mia spoke up. Still pacing, Tuka took a few moments to respond in anxious silence. “But, if one of these plushes catches us, what will happen?” he asked. Mia looked at the soft floor as if it was a void. “I don’t know,  they said the plushes want to keep us, maybe they’ll keep us as pets or something.” she answered.

        “Ohhh, You humans mean so much more to us than simple pets." echoed a deep feminine voice. Startled, Mia sat back up as they both looked around the room for the source of voice, but they couldn't see anyone. “We seek simply what all humans wish to find, companionship. ❤️" the voice said. Turning around, they both saw a what appeared to be the head of a light brown plush fox poking out from the far side of the wall. It wore a dominant smile on its face, giggling as it ogled the two shocked humans. What it did next shocked them, it stepped out of the wall like a portal, permeating through the soft plushy surface like it was water. Surprising them further was the foxes large size, it was least four times bigger than normal fox, but even stranger was its nine large fluffy tails made up of silky faux fur. Slender and sleek despite its size, its proportions were accurate to that of a normal fox, from the fluffy mane coving it’s chest, to its slender but powerful looking legs, it looked so elegantly crafted that it almost looked like a real fox. It gracefully stepped it's way between the Mia and Tuka, swinging it's many tails side to side as if showing off, wanting to impress and awe the speechless young humans. 

        Turning her attention towards Mia, the plush fox stepped towards her with a curious look, each step of her four legs so graceful they barely made a sound. Mia backed up against the wall as the fox be an sniffing at her, her t-shirt catching the foxes eye. "I love your fennec shirt." the fox complemented with a playful smile. Without warning the fox brushed her head against frightened human, nuzzling her with a flirty giggle. “I take it you like foxes too?” she asked. Mia was weary, but she couldn't  say no. The young woman adored foxes as much as she loved fennecs, and though the large talking plush fox was a bit frightening, she loved how gentle it was while nuzzling her. The fabric of the plushes body was incredibly soft and silky, practically gliding across her face as the fox continued cuddling her. “I think I’d like to take you.” the fox whispered, with a subtle giggle. "We can get know each other once we are alone.” Tuka then proceeded to grab at one of the foxes tails, hoping to pull the large plush away from Mia. But in retaliation, the tails quickly converged on him, wrapping around every inch of his body. “Hey - Mmph!" With that, Tuka found himself cocooned him in the expanse of endless of her fluffy tails. Everything went dark, his ears assaulted by the sound of rustling fur as he was cuddled from every conceivable angle.

        The large fluffy tails had coiled around Tuka like a bunch of snakes, restraining him completely while submerging him and comfortable darkness. The young man could barely move, the foxes tales were so large and plushy it felt like wrapped up in a banquet of pillows. Any movement he made would only be absorbed by his plushy surroundings. Becoming frightened, he let out a muffled whimper in his helplessness. But then, the foxes tails suddenly began shifting and squirming around him, moving against his body in restrictive but gentle motion. Stroking back-and-forth around his arms and legs, squeezing his shoulders, and rubbing his belly, as if it was massaging him. Calming down, he found his predicament surprisingly relaxing. The foxes tails weren't crushing him or restraining him as much as they were cuddling him. "Mmmm…” he moaned, nearly closing his eyes in comfort. Suddenly, the tails began unraveling from his head as he was brought himself face-to-face with the mischievous plush fox. 

        "Awww, don’t be jealous boy, someone will come for you in due time.” the fox giggled, unraveling her tales from his body as she gently eased him onto the soft couch. “Now then…” with that she turned towards Mia, who still appeared somewhat wary of the mischievous plush. The fox then stuck her head underneath Mia’s belly, before promptly lifting the young woman onto her back. Before she could get off, the Fox jumped into the nearest wall and disappeared, taking Tuka’s classmate with her.