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3 | >"Hey, I'm here. Open up, Aeris, there's tumbleweeds outside!" | |
4 | >A series of knocks filled the living room, rousing the drowsy cat from her slumber. | |
5 | >Briefly glancing at the phone on her stomach, she could see it was nine in the morning. | |
6 | >Almost on time. | |
7 | >Still in a haze from her brief nap, Aeris slowly swung herself off of the couch and up. | |
8 | >The knocking continued until she opened the door. | |
9 | >With a couple of extra knocks finding their way to her forehead. | |
10 | >"Aeris!" | |
11 | >"Ugh, come in and have a seat, Penny." | |
12 | >Rubbing the spot on her assaulted forehead, she yawned as she made her way to the kitchen to retrieve an aspirin and a glass of water. | |
13 | >"You know, you were supposed to be here half an hour ago." | |
14 | >"I know, but it's a lot longer walking when it's so chaotic outside." | |
15 | >Aeris moved back to living room downing a glass of water, seeing Penny disentangle a tumbleweed from her tail. | |
16 | >"If you know it's going to be difficult to get somewhere, leave earlier. I don't think I have to remind you how important this is." | |
17 | >"Yeah, I know, I want the prize money too." | |
18 | >"It's not just the prize money, it's not needing to work if we win. I just want to relax and not have to worry about getting up at the crack of dawn anymore." | |
19 | >"Well I don't work anyway." | |
20 | >"Not everyone is so fortunate as you, now go sit down and I'll boot up the console." | |
21 | >Penny did as she was told and was soon accompanied by Aeris on the couch. | |
22 | >Aeris turned on the remote with her voice and the console with her controller, getting properly set to see Penny demonstrate her skills. | |
23 | ||
24 | >That was definitely not skills. | |
25 | >That was absolutely awful. | |
26 | >Aeris was really glad that she didn't let Penny on her own account to mess up her kdr. | |
27 | >She didn't even know it was possible to shoot yourself with your own gun. | |
28 | >"Well, as much as it pained me to see that, one thing is clear now. You're not nearly good enough. We have to practice." | |
29 | >"Kay." | |
30 | >Molding an abyss like Penny was going to be a long dark road for Aeris. | |
31 | ||
32 | 01/?? | |
33 | ||
34 | >"Now do you see what you did wrong there?" | |
35 | >"Nope." | |
36 | >"I can't believe this, you didn't use the melee button. Remember, you have to melee if you're that close. We really are going to need the few weeks we have to prepare." | |
37 | >Aeris rubbed her temples as she slammed back a glass of brand x lemon-lime soda. | |
38 | >"How can you play video games all day and be so bad?" | |
39 | >"Hey, you can't be bad at video games as long as you're having fun." | |
40 | >Aeris stood up with a sigh as she walked off to get the blood back in her legs. | |
41 | >Leaving Penny to ruminate on her lack of ability, Aeris went past the kitchen and knocked on a door plastered with stickers. | |
42 | >"Alpha, you up?" | |
43 | >Crashes could be heard from behind the door as Aeris more than likely spooked the other pink cat in the house. | |
44 | >When she finally opened the door, she rubbed her eyes as she adjusted to the light. | |
45 | >"I'm up, what's going on, Aeris?" | |
46 | >"We got our third here now, why don't you go meet her?" | |
47 | >"Cool, we're back on track to win that prize!" | |
48 | >"Eh, I don't know if I'd say that." | |
49 | >Alpha ran past Aeris as fast as her little legs could carry her. | |
50 | >Aeris slowly made her way out of the hallway, thinking of how to best get their weak link up to speed. | |
51 | >"Hey, that's pretty good." | |
52 | >Her train of thought derailed as Alpha seemed to wrangle the controller from Penny, showing off her own skills. | |
53 | >"Alpha, come on. She's supposed to work on her own skills, not watch you play. You're already good, you getting more playtime does us no good." | |
54 | >"But look at this! Got him from the back, 20 kill streak, won the game!" | |
55 | >Penny seemed completely blown away by Alpha's demonstration of skill. | |
56 | >"Wow, I didn't know you could even have a kill streak!" | |
57 | >"Okay, so it seems like you two are going to get along just fine. Anyway, Alpha, I have a job for you." | |
58 | >"Job? What job?" | |
59 | >Aeris peeled out her old and worn wallet, and tossed Alpha $350. | |
60 | >"Go buy food, we're out." | |
61 | >"Why do I have to get it?" | |
62 | >"Because Penny and I have to work this out. Now scoot." | |
63 | ||
64 | 02/?? | |
65 | ||
66 | >Alpha kept the money tightly held in her hoodie pocket, wondering what she could buy with the change. | |
67 | >What Aeris didn't know wouldn't hurt her, after all. | |
68 | >As the small cat entered the sliding doors, she made a beeline for the snack section with her small cart. | |
69 | >She'd get the biggest bag of discount gummy worms she could carry. | |
70 | >As she walked into the aisle, she did not see the snacks she expected. | |
71 | >It was all just boxes with discount stickers on them. | |
72 | >Where were her precious gummies? | |
73 | >Where did the milk balls go? | |
74 | >And what the everloving hell was CalorieMate? | |
75 | >Incensed at this takeover of her sugary treasure trove, she read the boxes to figure out what these strange things were. | |
76 | >"Balanced food? Daily energy? Is this a meal replacer?" | |
77 | >Alpha gave the box a sniff and could smell something vaguely sweet within. | |
78 | >Then an idea began to form in her head. | |
79 | >These boxes were light and easy to carry, they were on sale, and there were a lot of them. | |
80 | >Making a snap decision, Alpha shoved the boxes into her cart as high as they could go. | |
81 | >By the time she was done, the cart was close to overflowing. | |
82 | >There was thankfully still room on the bottom for her to stash some milk. | |
83 | >As the cart was pushed to the cashier, Alpha had garnered quite the number of odd stares as a knee-high cat purchasing enough food to feed a small army. | |
84 | >She didn't care, all she wanted to do was get out of the store and back home. | |
85 | >She tossed the grubby moneywad at the cashier and retrieved 25 cents in change. | |
86 | >After getting a couple of gumballs, Alpha waddled out of the store with her stuffed bags under her arms. | |
87 | >Alpha attempted a small victory dance, but realized she could barely move. | |
88 | >She groaned as she realized she had a long walk ahead of her. | |
89 | ||
90 | 03/?? | |
91 | ||
92 | >"Delivery!" | |
93 | >Alpha punctuated her return with a kick to the door, swinging it open a few inches before Aeris opened it fully. | |
94 | >"It took you long enough." | |
95 | >"I got stubby legs, sue me." | |
96 | >Alpha handed off a bag to Aeris before moving on to the couch and tackling her way onto it. | |
97 | >"I don't wanna exercise like that again for a week." | |
98 | >The small cat took off her pink hoodie and sighed in relief as the cool air washed over her. | |
99 | >"What the hell is this?" | |
100 | >"Groceries, like you wanted." | |
101 | >"This isn't groceries! This is just a bunch of boxes!" | |
102 | >"The boxes have the food in them, duh. I swear you say the silliest things, Aeris." | |
103 | >"Did you spend all my money on this!?" | |
104 | >"Well, not exactly. I bought a gumball, too." | |
105 | >Alpha blew a large bubble, which soon popped as Aeris grabbed hold of her neck scruff and brought her face to face. | |
106 | >"You just blew all my money on snack food and gum." | |
107 | >"Would it help if I said it was on sale?" | |
108 | >"No." | |
109 | >"I don't get the fuss, it's pretty tasty." | |
110 | >Alpha fell to the floor as Aeris turned to confront the nightmare next to her. | |
111 | >"PENNY, NO!" | |
112 | >Alpha definitely owed Penny a favor as she took Aeris' mind away from her imminent murder. | |
113 | >At current, Aeris seemed to be on her knees in despair as she held the empty box and wrapper, making this an impossible return. | |
114 | >"Sorry, already ate that one. This one says it's maple, try it." | |
115 | >The box landed in Aeris' lap, Penny still oblivious to the amount of financial ruin she just condemned her host to. | |
116 | >"Uh, there's milk, too." | |
117 | >Alpha slowly rolled a bottle of milk to Aeris, landing it upright and right between her knees. | |
118 | >"Aw sweet, two points!" | |
119 | ||
120 | 04/?? | |
121 | ||
122 | >"It's still food, you know." | |
123 | >"Shush, no talking in the time-out corner." | |
124 | >Aeris buried her eyes into her palms as she watched Penny march ever onward to some semblance of actual skill at video games. | |
125 | >"They're even better in the microwave, you should try it." | |
126 | >"Penny, please." | |
127 | >Aeris sunk into her couch, wondering if she could sell enough of her blood to buy food for the rest of the month. | |
128 | >"Whoo! I got a kill!" | |
129 | >"It's something, at least. | |
130 | >In her melancholy, Aeris felt her hand brush against the box of maple treats beside her. | |
131 | >Her rumbling stomach told her she needed to eat something, and she was far too distraught to trust herself near a cooking range of any sort. | |
132 | >She gave in to her depressive laziness and tore into the box, intent on sampling the bars Penny had helped herself to. | |
133 | >As the broken off cube of cake lied in her hand, she could tell it smelled decent enough. | |
134 | >Popping it into her mouth, the taste was smoother and more pleasant than she imagined. | |
135 | >Not the most amazing sweet she'd ever had, but it was not an instant regret. | |
136 | >She could not say it was worth the rest of her wages, however. | |
137 | >The rest of her box entered into her mouth without a thought, until the amount caused her to to pause for a bit of something to drink. | |
138 | >While it was room temperature, the milk Alpha brought back was better than getting off the couch and to the fridge. | |
139 | >A quick pop of the top was all it took to enjoy the white gold hidden inside. | |
140 | >As advertised on the box, Aeris' hunger had subsided. | |
141 | >Her mind seemed to resign itself to her fate with less rage than she anticipated. | |
142 | >"Has it been an hour yet?" | |
143 | >"No." | |
144 | >Perhaps a little 'less' of a less now. | |
145 | ||
146 | 05/?? | |
147 | ||
148 | >"See, told you they were good." | |
149 | >Aeris blushed as she turned to face Penny, realizing what she had just done. | |
150 | >"They are not good, I'm just not going to starve because Alpha was swayed by low prices." | |
151 | >"So why are you opening a second box, then?" | |
152 | >"Just focus on learning how to strafe and bounce a grenade right." | |
153 | >Aeris brushed off Penny's prodding, but she was not wrong realizing that she was indeed opening a new box. | |
154 | >Not that there was anything wrong with that, as the boxes were small. | |
155 | >Small and very easy to open. | |
156 | >Penny's sudden binge demonstrated that well. | |
157 | >One after another, they took the place of their fallen comrades. | |
158 | >"Ha, take that! Final kill, and fifth place!" | |
159 | >Aeris stopped glancing at Penny's snack attack long enough to notice that Penny had improved. | |
160 | >Not by a very wide margin, as she was still far from the top of the board, but it was definite improvement over her inability to compete before. | |
161 | >Aeris, by way of having more than two neurons to fire off at one time, pieced together a hypothesis of Penny's improvement based upon her eating. | |
162 | >While disgusting, it was something she could use to her advantage. | |
163 | >Perhaps she was too hasty in exiling Alpha. | |
164 | >"Hey, you did improve." | |
165 | >Looking down, Aeris could see that Alpha had broken her sentence. | |
166 | >"Who said you could leave?" | |
167 | >"You did?" | |
168 | >"When?" | |
169 | >"Just now." | |
170 | >"You know very well what I...you know what, fine. You can stay." | |
171 | >Alpha smiled up at Aeris, only to be hit in the face with a box. | |
172 | >"But your stupidity has cost you chore duty for the rest of the month." | |
173 | >"Oh, come on." | |
174 | >"You wanna pay me back my money instead?" | |
175 | >The color drained from Alpha's face as she began stuffing her mouth with chocolate goodness to have an excuse for ending the conversation. | |
176 | >As their staring match was cut short by the sound of a round ending, a glance at the screen painted a good picture. | |
177 | >The prize money would soon be a real possibility. | |
178 | ||
179 | 06/?? | |
180 | ||
181 | >"Hey, you cheater! Blue shells are unsportsmanlike." | |
182 | >"My house, my rules." | |
183 | >"Is it really your house if you won it in a bet?" | |
184 | >Aeris gave Alpha a smug smirk as she banked a green shell off of the upcoming wall and knocked her firmly out of second place. | |
185 | >"You bet it is." | |
186 | >"That pun was awful." | |
187 | >Penny was right, that pun was awful. | |
188 | >Not as awful as the gap between Penny and Aeris, however. | |
189 | >Aeris, testing out her initial hypothesis, gave Penny a fair few bars of CalorieMate to see if her game performance really was tied to her eating. | |
190 | >Well, it probably wasn't the eating exactly that did it, more likely that she was just in the zone and the chewing kept her in the zone. | |
191 | >If baseball players can chew gum and make billions while doing it, there wasn't any harm in continuing their trend. | |
192 | >The pink cat's train of thought was interrupted as Penny hit a box and managed to force a brake right into her car at the moment the shells appeared. | |
193 | >As soon as she had managed to close the gap, it widened once more. | |
194 | >It wasn't long before she realized she was jockeying for second with Alpha more than trying to get back the lead. | |
195 | >Losing should have made her a bit more cross, but she realized that she needed this. | |
196 | >The better Penny got, the more realistic that the money was going to be rolling in. | |
197 | >If the girls managed to strike it big their first time out and kept it on, they could very well get popular enough to land sponsorship deals. | |
198 | >Forget prize money, being a corporate sellout was way more lucrative. | |
199 | >The greed penetrating her mind knocked her off her game enough that Alpha snuck out of third and into second. | |
200 | >"Ha, I did it! In your face, in..your..oh, that victory dance was a mistake." | |
201 | >The usually energetic girl was as short on breath as she was on height. | |
202 | >Guess a sedentary lifestyle and a monotonous diet of meal replacers was not a recipe for physical fitness. | |
203 | >"Fine, you won. Now go put some clothes on." | |
204 | >"Can't...too...tired..." | |
205 | ||
206 | >"Was it really that draining?" | |
207 | >Aeris' only response received was a labored wheeze. | |
208 | >"I can feel that. It's been hard to get to and from my house to here." | |
209 | >"You don't even live a mile away." | |
210 | >"I know." | |
211 | >Penny punctuated her statement with a yawn. | |
212 | >"I don't think I could even make it back home today. I'll just crash here tonight." | |
213 | >Aeris wanted to argue about the sudden decision to just stay at her home, but it was actually smart to get Penny to stick around. | |
214 | >Less time walking around meant less time wasted not training. | |
215 | >Plus, if she could get her to pick up some of the chore pace that Alpha lacked, lazing around would be a breeze. | |
216 | >"Sure, but you're on dish duty." | |
217 | >"Aw." | |
218 | >"Whoo-hoo..." | |
219 | >The situation resolved, Aeris continued the fun for a while longer before letting Penny get back to her training. | |
220 | >And finding a good plank of wood out back to pry the fallen butterball of a cat up. | |
221 | >With her wide butt out of the shower, Aeris could take a shower herself. | |
222 | >A lot less of her got properly wet than she expected, and much more of her hit the side of the smoky glass door. | |
223 | >The towel didn't seem to want to close on her as well, letting her stomach show through the wide gap that barely covered her chest. | |
224 | >Aeris was definitely going to have to get a new wardrobe. | |
225 | >Some cheap secondhand clothes she could scavenge out of the Sears that closed down a few weeks ago would do. | |
226 | >In the mean time, it looked like it would be the lazy Saturday special of no pants. | |
227 | >Not a very pressing problem for anyone to have, surely. | |
228 | ||
229 | 3/13 | |
230 | ||
231 | >*knock knock* | |
232 | >"Alpha, go get that." | |
233 | >"I'm busy here! If I don't clean these bottles out, we're gonna get ants." | |
234 | >"Well we can't get it, we're busy here." | |
235 | >"Busy whooping your butt." | |
236 | >"Shut up!" | |
237 | >Distracted by her momentary outburst, Aeris was taken out by a well-bounced grenade. | |
238 | >The game of 1 v 1 was over. | |
239 | >Aeris had only managed 5 kills to Penny's 25. | |
240 | >While she had wanted Penny to get better, this bruised her ego. | |
241 | >Success always has a price, it seemed. | |
242 | >Penny jumped for joy as she beat her mentor, a smug victory smile on her face. | |
243 | >Well, what passed for jumping when your ass was too big to leave the couch more than a half inch. | |
244 | >The impact of the rotund cat tush caused the couch to creak, followed by a longer one as Aeris got up to answer the door. | |
245 | >"OK, you're getting too good. Stop it. Also, don't break my couch, dammit." | |
246 | >Aeris moved as fast as her legs could carry her, shuffling on the carpet with her socked feet. | |
247 | >As she opened the door, her hand was greeted with a zap from the static she made. | |
248 | >A brief recoil and replacement later, she opened the door to see a familiar face. | |
249 | >"Oh, Shima, what's up? I haven't heard from you since you declined to be our third member." | |
250 | >Her neighbor looked at her in stunned silence. | |
251 | >"Uh, hello? Earth to Shima?" | |
252 | >Her eyes fluttered briefly as she seemed to come out of her sudden stupor, clearing her throat and fixing her expression. | |
253 | >"Yes, it has been a while. I came over because I wanted to get back my camcorder." | |
254 | >A sudden memory flooded back into Aeris' mind, realizing that she was so distracted with training she forgot she had that device on loan. | |
255 | >"Oh, heck, I completely forgot! I'm so sorry, I really meant to get that back to you, but I got distracted with training for the competition." | |
256 | >Aeris stood aside, making space for Shima to enter. | |
257 | >"Why don't you come inside? I'll go look for it, feel free sit wherever." | |
258 | ||
259 | >As Aeris went on to plumb the depths of her room to find Shima's property, Shima looked on in astonishment at the state of her neighbor's home. | |
260 | >There were empty milk bottles all over the floor, crumbs, empty boxes, and most worrisome of all was the two other cats in her residence. | |
261 | >Alpha was far larger than she remembered her being. | |
262 | >Not in length, but width. | |
263 | >And there was barely a shred of clothing on her. | |
264 | >What was on her she was fairly certain was just a skirt she had failed to get past her hips or her arms, masquerading as a shirt. | |
265 | >The other one she hadn't seen before. | |
266 | >She was wearing a proper shirt albeit one with severe damage. | |
267 | >It looked ready to fail at a moment's notice. | |
268 | >"Heya! Why don't you take a seat?" | |
269 | >She gave Shima a genuine smile, and patted the section of cushion to her left. | |
270 | >There was a serious groove left in it. | |
271 | >Shima, not wanting to make a fuss, simply sat down on the couch. | |
272 | >Then, as if she wasn't there, the girl went back to playing her game on the television. | |
273 | >Shima briefly wondered if she was dreaming or not, as the situation she found herself in was such a surreal deviation from what she expected. | |
274 | >Looking over to the mountain of feline beside her, Shima saw just how big she was. | |
275 | >She was only a bit smaller than Aeris everywhere but her bust. | |
276 | >Though she definitely wasn't taking advantage of that with her wardrobe. | |
277 | >She was both bottomless and barefoot. | |
278 | >Did she live here now? | |
279 | >Is that why she was so underdressed? | |
280 | >So many questions began to swim in Shima's mind, until she heard a couple of grunts from the nearby hallway. | |
281 | >She politely excused herself and got up from the couch. | |
282 | >It was likely she wasn't even noticed. | |
283 | >When she made her entrance into the hall, Shima saw Aeris in her doorway. | |
284 | >Holding one arm on the wall, desperately trying to pull herself through. | |
285 | >Shima slowly approached her, and waited until Aeris had finally noticed that she was there. | |
286 | ||
287 | >"Shima, what-" | |
288 | >Aeris found a digit placed upon her lips. | |
289 | >Shima kept it there for about ten seconds before she took a long breath in and a slow exhale out. | |
290 | >"Aeris. What is this?" | |
291 | >Shima took her hand from Aeris' head, and placed it upon her monstrous midsection. | |
292 | >"Look at yourself, you're...big. Really, really big." | |
293 | >"Hey!" | |
294 | >"I mean, just look at this. You did this to yourself in a few weeks, it's unthinkable, unhealthy, and...so interesting." | |
295 | >"Interesting?" | |
296 | >Shima cleared her throat and clasped her hands together at her own stomach. | |
297 | >"Aeris, I have a proposition for you. I know that this is far beyond how your home usually looks, and that your preoccupation is with your training. So, I figure you could use some help and in exchange for that, I could film you and the others." | |
298 | >"Film us? You're going to try and turn us into some sort of Netflix documentary, aren't you." | |
299 | >"Aeris, I assure you I am not doing this for personal financial gain. It will be both edifying and informative to document what's going on in here." | |
300 | >Aeris gave Shima a glare of disbelief and slight annoyance. | |
301 | >Shima responded with a big grin, hoping that Aeris would buy her little spiel. | |
302 | >Of course, Shima did have an entirely honest interest in documenting the happenings in the house, but that didn't also mean she didn't have bills of her own to pay. | |
303 | >"Ugh, fine. I'm not going to turn down doing less chores, after all." | |
304 | >"Wonderful, I'm sure this'll be enlightening for future generations." | |
305 | >"Yeah, yeah, can you help me out now?" | |
306 | >"Oh, sure." | |
307 | >Shima took hold of Aeris' free hand and pulled her with as much might as her much smaller body allowed. | |
308 | >Aeris came free after much effort on both ends, coming free with a ripping sound to follow it. | |
309 | >Shima looked at the surprised expression on Aeris' face and tried to stifle a giggle. | |
310 | >"Old clothes, I presume?" | |
311 | >"Shut up." |