I tend to put stories through zamzar and then turn them to audio books so I can fall asleep listening to them. I recently reacquainted myself with your series @fiddlerbear
Now I’m not remembering everything clearly. But if I understand correctly the monsters are actually quite large. If I may?
I do have something that might work for a person-to-person contact. You say that these things inhabit the belly correct?
And they want to get to the belly?
Well what if while they’re incubating they can do something to the physiology of the host. So let’s say they, I know this is a cliche, alter skin to make hosts priduce a nice scent that makes them easy to like or - this is more RPG esch - but they up theor hosts’ Charisma Factor, making them very good at interacting with others via holistic internal alteration. Futz with certain pieces of the brain make sure that their subscripting or admitting a certain chemical that ariats. Make it so that all the nerves in their face are very expressive along with their eyes. It’s all subtle things that create a better package that make them way more likeable to those of their species.
But the big thing is that when they press against someone they can introduce a kind of secretion or chemical factor that makes things better for their host and now smooch buddy.
this might end up making them hairier or have more beautiful smoother skin. At the very least they might help increase the number of …well there are these cells that supposedly fetus produce when they’re in the mother that are shared and help renew or at least take some of the strain and damage that pregnancy causes. Let’s say that the parasites or whatever we want to call them produce a smarter alien version of these… They go around and they help alter and better their host. When the host is in contact with another viable host they secreye oil with these cells and other factors through skin
If you want a visual key or tell for this have the starfish or whatever outline of the thing come to the top of the belly skin taunting it just below the surface.
And what is it go out of and then into? Well almost every human has a vestigial orifice that has long since closed from when they were gestating. Direct belly-to-belly transfer. The cells or the Slime or the factor or whatever you want to call it is altering and repurposing to create a new connection through the abandoned umbilical orifice, belly button. They can then transfer from one navel to another.
Though if I’m going to create some sense of reason to this I prefer it take a bit for the targets to be pepped for entrance
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Maybe the masseuse goes into something of a trance. he remembers going out and buying or mixing their own special oil. But really while he’s sleeping in his own mind the parasite is in fact secreting and mixing the oil themselves with his body?
I’m not sure if there’s a casual encounter or someone would be belly-to-belly so that the creature could emerge to the surface just underneath the epidermal layer poked out a tendril or arm from their altered and reconstructed navel passage so that that way they can go to the belly of the new Target.
I’m not sure if that would work with the hot tub scenario. I wanted something that was something a bit casual without being deliberately sexual from the get-go.
Then again we could just go with the idea that I had for the hot tub being semi prepared.
So while they’re resting in it they flood the tub with the secretion and then cover it with foam so that it doesn’t look weird. The person gets in and it feels different, thicker or not like other hot agitated waters. then the guy, the hosto, they are all like
“oh yeah I know it feels different and the water looks kind of brownish but it’s actually healthier. it’s filled with all sorts of nice oils and chemicals that help rejuvenate the skin.” They lift up an arm and then show their fresh clear skin and then turn and so on.
This helps sell the different feel and they chalk up any new or different Sensations that they can feel due to the admitted added chemicals/salts in the water. In order to make it a quote un quote hhealthier rejuvenating bathe. Or we could just cheat and go with a mud bath. Either way.
Then they connect belly-to-belly they do a little Mutual belly rubbing and The Sensation is invasive but great much like someone playing with your navel if it’s sensitive but not painful. Even the entrance feels new but kind of pleasurable ticklish or amazing. I imagine the target is overwhelmed by the sensation like they’re getting a sudden Rush from like sugar or some other substance or sensation. Presumably the entire experience is messing with their mind from the moment that they sit in the chemicals which are not just making their skin better but feel good along with the various sensations of the hot tub tickling your zones and skin, just right to baby’s bottom. It just feels nice. When the thing enters and injects that also feels nice especially as it may be pumping other things inside.
When they emerge they may feel that their skin is tighter or smoother nothing feels as saggy or dumpy. Even if they’re still thick or fat or what have you. Their skin just feels excited and tingly as if contact and touch feels amazing even the air and especially better against another person.
They probably don’t notice the extra bump underneath or around their belly. And even if they do they might chalk it up to something. A bath salts shard, or an allergic reaction. The bump goes down over time and they find themselves in a bit of a groovy frisky state. Maybe they go back to their mate or their room or something. The infiltration might be quicker but the Takeover might be more gradual? It’s just something I’ve been working out while I’m speaking out loud
To answer your question, I’m drawing upon stories and mediocre science fiction films of the 1950s.