prey who wakes up knowing that today is the day they are going to be eaten, but not knowing whose stomach they'll be settling into. maybe it's some vaugee feeling, maybe they just got some premonition. regardless, they can't just stay inside all day - they have to go to work, or maybe some other obligation forces them to leave. so they spend all day terrified, walking around, nervously glancing at anyone who might be a potential pred, checking corners and never going into an enclosed space (like a stairway, or an elevator) with anyone else besides those they're sure won't make a move on them.
finally making it back home after a long day out, only to see their roommate, who was asleep when they left the house, towering over the door waiting for them. they hear a growl come from their roommates stomach...
pred who has to wait all day for their roommate to come back home, because they weren't able to have them for breakfast this morning...
as a small girl who likes to hang out around giant, hungry ladies who like food that squirms, I wake up every day knowing that I'm likely to be digested by the end of it. however, unlike the prey in this scenario, that thought makes me so horny I can't think about it too hard otherwise I'll be unable to function properly on a day to day basis
The premise of knowing that you'll be eaten but not when or by whom has me imagining a group of preds coming to an agreement that they're all allotted three coin flips and can challenge each other throughout the day for ownership of who gets to eat you. You don't know how many preds are participating or how many flips they get, but you slowly become aware of the fact that forces much more powerful than you are attempting to decide your fate and with each interaction there's a building feeling that this is it but then the silence, the tension, is their game *not* over yet? or has it been decided, they're just choosing to eat me later? a day of agonizing and accelerating suspense, the final flourish of duels at the end of the day, and then the reward--submitting to your destined stomach and digesting away.
