(Before starting this episode, I want to take a moment to clarify what is canon and what isn't.
This might not be necessary but after a few years and multiple animations, I have shown different characters of PITL in a multitude of situations doing a wide variety of actions, such as City/planet size growth, secret ki technique to inflate rapidly, pressure point inflation, regular size Petra, etc.
Those might be considered canon at some point in the future, maybe only some of them. But one thing I can assure you is that if any of those animations ever get canon, any event happening in those videos, will all happen after the entire story of PITL.
To summarise the current status of the character: Laura can inflate to a max size of around 5 meters wide (around 16 feet), but she can't don't it willingly and need someone to command her to do so. Meanwhile, Petra in her last apparition was more or less the same size as Laura at her max, but fat instead of inflated, meaning she can't deflate.
With that said, Let's begin the episode, and as always, I'm eager to read your comment.)
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*2 Weeks after the match between Laura and Petra.*
The rain begins to fall on the city. In a street nearby the gym, Sam and Laura start running the moment they fell the first raindrop. If it wasn't too much of an issue for Sam, Laura on the other hand was way more annoyed by the rain. Normally, it's not that big of a deal for her, but a few days ago, she decided to keep her inflated shape on her way back home to get used to it faster. And for the last few days, that worked flawlessly... Until today of course.
But those extra exercises after gym were not done for nothing, since despite her massive figure, Laura was the one leading the run, leaving a confused Sam behind her.
After a few minutes of running and avoiding bumping other people out off the sidewalks, they finally arrive at their destination: Sam's apartment. Laura arrived a few dozen seconds before Sam, She turn around to wait for him, forced to stand still under the rain, with the difficult choice of choosing which part of her unreasonably wide body to cover with her hand. She rapidly decided to cover the top of her head which meant the cold rain was still running on her breast, using her cleavage as a gutter leading to a waterfall on her belly.
Sam arrived at the door, and start to gather his strength to grab his key and open the door despite being frozen and out of breath.
Sam: "Huf, Huf... Just realize... With this weather, you could have just like... go straight to your apartment rather than accompany me to my home... I mean, it's a habit we have, but they were no reason to do it this time."
Laura: "Yeah yeah maybe, whatever, just open the door, my bra is filling up rapidly."
Sam struggles for a few agonizingly long seconds before the door finally opens. Usually, he let Laura enter first. But upon looking at her, an image of Laura being stuck in the doorframe suddenly appear in his mind, making him stop for a moment. That was one second too much for Laura who realized what was Sam thinking about but had no intention of staying outside any longer. She moved straight inside, lifting Sam with her belly. The door frame shook as Laura enforced her wide body through it. it was pretty noisy, but she manage to get her entire body in one push. The door, still shaking after the sumo labrador passed through, slowly closed behind them while Sam manage to take his head out of Laura's breast.
S: "Come on, you were really that impatient or you shoved into me on purpose?"
L: "I don't see the issue, I mean, am I such a bad pillow?"
Sam blushed while looking annoyed... which was rather frequent for him to do, basically each time Laura tease him. She still wasn't sure why such a weird reaction each time she try to tease him, but she was used to it now.
S: "Anyway, how long do you plan to stay here before heading back to your..."
A violent gust of wind outside made the glass of the entry door vibrate as the rain increased in intensity. Laura slowly turns her head back to Sam with begging eyes, her fur still dripping. Sam took a moment to process the silent yet obvious request that the massive innocent-looking Labrador was asking right now
S: "That will not be possible, I only have one bed."
L: "I can sleep on the couch, or the floor, anything will be better than the rain outside, please."
S: "On the floor, seriously!? But like, it's kinda small, and I didn't clean up..."
L: "Can't be worst than mine, last time I came it was totally fine."
S: "Last time you came?"
Sam remembers that she already came the first time they met, meaning that their no point pretending there is no room for her inside.
S: "But I... It might not... like... Arf..."
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S: "There, the toilets are on the end of the corridor, and the shower is just on their left, you can take the bed, I gonna take the couch."
Sam's apartment was a bit messy, but compared to your average student's first living place it was pretty decent. the main room contained a kitchen, a table with three chairs, a desktop PC, and a couch behind it.
L: "Why did you put your couch closer to the table?"
S: "It's there so if I push the wheelchair away, I can look at the PC screen. It's kinda like replacing the TV."
L: "Oooh, that's smart"
The other room was pretty basic, just a bed with zero plush and zero posters, a wooden shelf for clothing, and a window.
L: "That hum..."
Laura was searching for anything to say about the place... but it was so basic she couldn't find any detail to compliment.
L: "That's... efficient."
S: "Thanks... I guess."
L: "Sorry for being awkward, I'm bad a social stuff."
S: "That's something we have in common."
L: "Haha nice. Well anyway, do you have a towel... I mean, bring all the towels you have. That gonna take me a while to dry up properly. Unless you'd be kind enough to help me..."
S: "Yeah sure."
L: "Oh, I thought you gonna refuse to..."
S: "Laura! I ask you to deflate"
L: "Hey I didn't mean!!!"
Laura suddenly shut her mouth as she felt all the air in her body rushing toward the exit. She was used to retaining immense pressure for an extended amount of time. Though talking while holding her breath is still not a skill she has. All she could do right now is stare at Sam who was trying to not laugh at her. She waited a few more seconds before accepting she couldn't do much more here. She open her mouth and release all the pressure, deflating in a matter of seconds, at least she took the time to focus the airflow all on Sam's face, which just helped him to dry his face off.
S: "See, now you only need one towel. No need to thank me."
L: "Grrr, next time I will be more careful with my wording."
The night was slowly falling, and after a pretty intense debate on kitchen habits and vocabulary usage, they still manage to get something on their plates before the question of who slept where came back.
S: "As I said, I can take the couch"
L: "Wait, just realized you don't have a blanket, you sure you will not get cold during the night?"
S: "Hey I try to warn you there was no room for two people here."
L: "I mean... You sure you don't see the obvious answer to the problem?"
Sam blushed instantly
S: "You, me... in the same Bed !?"
L: "I mean, the bed is absolutely large enough"
S: "That's not the problem! I mean... It's Like... it's not like we... and I'm not... "
L: "Hey hey, relax, Ok I know I can tease you from time to time when I'm all round but I swear I'm only searching for hugs and cuddles, nothing involving s..."
S: "OK ok I trust you on that!"
Sam Look at the bed, then back at Laura.
S: "Well... I guess I have no choice, I hope you don't snore at least I have a very light sleep."
L: "You may need some help on the gallantry aspect but thank you for trusting me. So yeah, time to sleep, I guess."
Laura jump to the left side of the bed and wrap herself in the sheet, before lifting the right side of the sheet above the bed with a comically large grin waiting for Sam to come in.
S: "You know that creepy, right?... Of course, you do, anyway."
Sam took the sheet out of Laura's hand before getting in, turning his back toward Laura.
S: "So, just to be sure... you told me that you were cuddly when you were inflated... that means you aren't when normal right ?"
L: "Yep"
S: "Ok, that's good to know. On that, good night."
L: "Good night."
Sam extended his arm to the lamp and turn it off, before trying to sleep despite the unusual situation...
...But a few minutes later:
L: "Hey... are you sleeping"
S: "Arf... not yet, why"
L: "Nothing, just like, I just realized we never try stuff like asking me to grow slowly, or like only make my lower or upper body grow."
Sam turned himself to answer but didn't manage to say anything.
L: "Sorry I just wanted to test you"
S: "Ok just... you know I never gonna fell for a trap like that, so what's the purpose."
L: "It's like... I'm wondering what is blocking you exactly."
S: "What? I need an excuse to sleep peacefully in my bed?"
L: "It's not that, I mean in general when I tease you"
S: "Ok what, I think it's pretty clear I don't want our relationship to evolve more than that."
L: "That's the part I'm not getting."
S: "What do you mean?"
L: "It's like... you're putting so much effort to help me and you are asking nothing in return. I mean, all the way up to get between me and gang members, and helping me against Petra. So yeah, I started to be more open with you, and like...
Sometimes you pull out some joke to avoid my teasing, but some other times you get this conflicted expression as if you were liking it but you weren't allowed to show it. So... I'm just confused."
S: "..."
L: "Are you hiding something?"
Sam turns on his back and puts a hand on his face, he doesn't look stressed as if he was caught in a scheme, he just looks lost in his mind.
S: "I see, now... I think I know the issue. Well, at least I can confirm that it has nothing to do with you. I just feel uncomfortable regarding how we got here..."
L: "You mean, how we got in this bed?"
S: "No, I mean how we met each other... Because of how I learned about this inflation potion and everything behind it."
L: "Oh yeah, now that I think about it, I never asked you how you knew about the potion or this gang."
He turned his head toward his alarm clock and then back at the ceiling.
S: "Sigh... I guess it's not the worst moment to talk about that..."
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One year before he met Laura, Sam was working for the local electric company during his free time. He just recently arrived in Montgof city for his studies. His job was checking the electric meters of different client houses and reporting them back to the company. Not really a fun job, but for a nerd like Sam, any first job related to electronics in some way or another was the best he could hope for.
One day, his job sent him to an old house at the west border of the city. This part of the city is by far the poorest part of the town. Most public service like police or bus was at is minimum, and therefore, was the place where gangs were the most active.
Sam was aware of the situation, but that didn't prevent him from going to the place in question. He managed to find his way through the old market despite the lack of bus line and arrived in front of an old house with a white wall and a blue roof. The place is on the very border of the city, isolated, and pretty quiet.
Sam knocked at the door but not too hard since he was afraid of punching through the creaking wood. He heard a voice coming from the inside, it was hard to understand what it was saying, but it felt pretty annoying. The door suddenly opened and Sam was now facing an intimidating hyena guy.
The guy was far taller than Sam, and visibly, he wasn't aware of why Sam just came to his place. He stared at Sam from foot to head, trying to guess what his job was
Hyena man: "You're here to sell some kind of scam?"
S: "Hum no, I'm just here for your electric meter, sir."
H: "What, it was today?"
He face-palms himself, looks inside then back at Sam multiple times. Visibly he wasn't happy at all about this news.
H: "Ok, stand here while I check it for you. Which number do you need?"
S: "Well... I don't think you can do it for me."
H: "I don't see the problem, I gonna give you the number and then you leave me alone."
S: "But hum... how can I be sure you will not give me a fake number to reduce your bill?"
H: "So what, you think that gives you the right to come into my home without my permission."
S: "Sorry to inform you, but that is part of your contract, sir."
A disturbing noise of teeth grinding against each other came from the hyena's mouth. Sam took a step back, considering agreeing to the hyena's proposition, but before he say anything, he started imagining what his superior will do to him if he came back with a fake number... And his boss was scarier than this guy.
H: "Gimme a minute"
He slammed the door, hard enough for a big chunk of paint to fall off. Sam took a step back when it happen. Inside, he could hear the hyena guy talking to someone else. The discussion was visibly pretty tense.
A few minutes later the door opened, and now they were two hyenas in the entry corridor of the house. The second one big significantly smaller than the other one, but he looked as angry and vicious.
Hyena Man 2: "We gonna lead you to the meter, you take your measurements and you go back out."
S: "Ok, that work for me." Sam said trying to look more friendly in an attempt to lower the tension.
He entered the house and felt immediately the hand of the taller hyena in his back pushing him forward. Sam was terrorized, but he still thought it was better than failing at his job. and he knew that if anything happen to him, the company will not wait long before sending the police here.
The hyena took Sam through the house, directly to a door that led them to a garden behind the house. The garden was surrounded by a barrier made of a stone base and a steel grid on top of it. But Sam isn't took more time to look at the place, the Hyena behind him push to the right, where the meter was located.
Next to the meter, there was a half-open door leading to the basement. Quickly, the smaller Hyena ran to the door and kick into it to shut it close. It was so violent the door broke and start sliding away from its place. The small hyena looks back at his mate visibly stressed. Sam felt the big hyena behind shoving him straight to the meter.
H1: "That's none of your business, just do your job and move on."
S: "Hey calm down, I'm just here for the meter"
H1: "Act fast then."
Sam had no idea what was in that basement, but he knew this had nothing to do with his job. so he just focused on the meter despite the stress. it took it a few dozen seconds to do his job, he then turns back to the big guy.
S: "All good, now I can..."
Sam was interrupted by the door slamming on the ground. But before he could watch toward it, the big hyena lift him from the ground and took it back to the entry.
H1: "That's it, you have your info, now time to leave."
Sam was thrown out of the house and heard the door slam behind him. He shook off the dust from his clothes as he recover from his fall. Despite what just happened, he felt relieved that finally left the place... Until he realize that he forgot his phone in.
Sam froze for a second, he was not seeing himself going back to ask them if he could get his stuff back. Before doing anything, Sam took a moment to go around the house in an attempt to peak at the garden behind the house though it was the barrier.
And as expected, his phone was there just under the meter and next to this creepy basement door which was still down, but it was too dark inside to see anything. Sam took a moment to think about the situation, His phone wasn't that far from the barrier border, and there was no window close to it either. If he could just climb above the barrier, he could take back his phone and get out in less than a minute.
Just to be sure, Sam waited 15 minutes to see if the hyena were coming back into the garden, and they didn't. Sam jumps above the stone base of the barrier and starts climbing the steel grid. Since he was a pretty bad climber, it took around 15 seconds to pass the barrier and land in the garden. He walked toward his phone but then... he heard a voice getting closer from inside the house.
Sam turn around before he could reach his phone and then realize that he probably won't have time to climb the fence. Trapped here, in the empty garden, he runs instinctively jump to the darkest place to hide... inside the basement.
Thankfully, the stair going down behind the door was made out of clay and were quiet... and that was the only good news for Sam. He reaches the room at the bottom totally filled with darkness. Unable to see anything, Sam moved to the side to not be visible from the outside.
He then heard the voice of the small hyena guy outside talking to the other one.
H2: "...Yeah, yeah no need to harass me on that. Not like he saw her anyway. Look I'm about to fix the door anyway."
The last Beam of light coming into the room through the door disappeared. The hyena outside just replace the door and was actively repairing it. Meaning Sam was locked here for a moment. But right now, Sam was wondering "What was he talking about? Who is "her"?". Eventually, the noise stopped and the hyena spoke again.
H2: "That will hold on until 8 pm, and after they came to pick her up it's no longer our problem."
Sam heard the guy moving away, he was now locked inside. But the one thing disturbing him right now was, who is "her"? To add to his questioning, he realized that since the hammer noise stopped, they where some kind of machine noise coming from the basement.
Searching on the wall with his hand, Sam managed to find a light switch, he turned it on and was finally able to see what was in the room. He turn around and froze upon realizing, someone was in the room all along.
And this person, Sam saw her before. It was Celina Ryner, The current champion of the Montgof Sumo League. Even Sam who never cared about this sport at this moment in his life knew who she was. But something was off... Well, a lot of things.
First, as implied by this situation, Celina was tied to a chair with multiple layers of ropes. Then, Sam discover the source of the noise, but it only brought more questions. Celina was wearing some kind of oxygen mask, and it was connected to something that looked like a small compressor. Was this thing filtering the air, affecting the pressure, or adding some poison or drug to the air? No way for Sam to know. He couldn't even tell if this device had any link with the last disturbing fact about Celina, she was missing around 300 lbs.
When the light turn on, Sam realized Celina was already staring at him, but she didn't make any noise... She was probably unable to do so because of what this device made her breathe. Celina looked lethargic, struggling just to raise her face toward Sam.
Sam on his side was lost in all the questions he had about this situation. But one thing was clear to him, he already saw too much, and if the hyena above find out he was there, they will make him disappear no matter if he helped the prisoner or not. Since he loose in both cases, why not try saving her?
Sam walked to Celina and removed the mask from her mouth, she took a deep breath in before coughing multiple times. Sam instinctively cover her mouth, afraid of the noise it made. Above them, they heard could distinguish the voice of a kidnapper saying "What did you say ?", probably asking the other guy. Sam realized instantly that helping her to get out also meant more chance to get caught and he regretted instantly his choice, but it was too late to flee now.
He waited about 30 seconds before releasing Celina's muzzle. Hopefully, she didn't react emotionally and whisper to Sam, trying to keep her voice at the same level as the device's noise level.
Celina: "Do you have a plan ?"
S: "Well hum... no I just ended here by accident."
Celina's face dropped down visibly afraid, but she quickly looked back at Sam.
C: "Anyway, just untie me then."
Sam moved around the chair and try to undo the multiple knots. But the knots in question were way too complex for him, and he was lacking both in strength and knot-knowledge department. After a few minutes of trying in vain to undo the knots or cutting the ropes, Celina suggested something else.
"I have another idea, can you put the mask back on my face?"
Sam was very confused about the request, has she gone mad after being stuck here for too long, or was this thing indeed a drug? Sam took the mask back from the ground, but he didn't want to do anything without getting more info.
S: "What is this device doing exactly? Looking at your face when you were wearing it, I fail to see how it gonna help us out."
C: "The device looks like a modified compressor... Well, I think it's that, I'm not sure. All I know is that it was reducing the amount of air I could breathe to the minimum vital to prevent me from escaping."
Sam realized it was quite a vicious plan, which meant she was both limited physically and mentally. But that was also very uncommon as a kidnapping strategy, it requires very specific material and medical knowledge. But more importantly, how putting the mask back would help them in any way to escape.
S: "I don't get what you hope by putting this back on."
Celina open her mouth to answer, but she didn't whisper anything, instead, she start to look around rapidly lost in her thought. After a few seconds, she shook her head and replied to him.
C: "It's too complicated to explain here. I know what I'm doing, just put it back on my face, and then turn the blue button on the side to the right."
Sam look at the device on the ground and noticed the button in question. Currently, it was set at a value just under 1, and the max value was 50. Sam wasn't sure to understand, or more exactly he was afraid of getting it right. If this compressor was reducing the air in this setting, the logical action this action will do is blow a lot of air into her face. It sounded very dangerous.
*Is there another button I'm not seeing? Is she sure about that button function? 50 sounds like a lot, maybe she underestimate the power of that thing.* Sam thought to himself.
S: "I still don't get why you want me to do that"
C: "Stop asking, just do it already. If you can't remove those ropes yourself that is our only way out."
Saying that Celina accidentally raised her voice a bit too much. Both she and Sam froze in place and waited for any kind of noise coming from above.
Nothing, no noise at all... In fact... Not enough noise actually, no way to know why but now there was a chance of one of them coming here at any moment. Celina Looks back at Sam and nods her head toward the mask. Sam walked very slowly toward her and put back the mask on her muzzle. This made Celina act dizzy, slowly letting her head fall as struggled to stay awake.
Sam turns around and grabs the button. He was still not sure if he was doing the right thing but with the reaction from above he couldn't lose more time to think. But just in case, he only pushed the button to 10. He then turns around to watch what gonna happen, frightened but curious.
The noise from the device starts getting higher, and as it did, Celina's head rose back up, and her breathing became slower and stronger. Once the noise of the device reached its peak, Celina close her eyes and start breathing... weirdly. Deep intake, and barely any exhaust.
Sam's theory on what she was trying to do was becoming harder to deny, and more than that, it could be an explanation for why she was so much smaller than usual. But being a rational guy, he rejected this idea despite all the proof he had already. Like, it's just too silly, normally made body can't just...
A creaking noise pulled Sam out of his thought, He slowly looked back at Celina and noticed something off. But before he could think any more about it, Celina took another intake, and her boobs instantly doubled in volume.
Sam fell on his back, shocked and paralyzed as all his trust in biology vanished instantly. All he could do is stare at Celina's body crushing his understanding of reality with each puff she took.
Craking noise coming from the rope intensify. If at first glance it felt like only her breast and butt were growing, but it was only because almost all the rope where tied around her middle body. Until a first rope broke, then another, each of them letting her belly expand by an inch. By that time, her body was no longer looking like a person, but more like a weirdly distorted hourglass, and she wasn't stopping to deform any time soon. Two more ropes snapped, and her belly suddenly spring out and grew to the size of a beach ball as her breast and butt deflated a bit. She wiggles and wobbles as the air inside moves back and forth in her body. The remaining rope slipped above and below her massive guts, freeing her forearms.
She start to pet her belly as if she was hugging a friend she didn't saw for a long time. She felt the last rope about to give up. And suddenly... the compressor stopped. She turned her torso around to move her giant boobs out of her field of view to look at the ground where it was and realize why it stopped.
C: "What are you doing, I'm almost free!"
Sam, had brought the regulator back to one. He was shaking and sweating.
S: "I can't let you do that... You... Your body is about to explode, I can feel it's not supposed to do that."
He was totally shocked and lost all capacity to think. He only acted by pure fear of being stuck with a human-sized bomb.
S: "Idiot! You don't understand what I'm doing, you gonna get us killed!"
Sam's gaze starts moving desperately between Celina's face, her belly, and the door, unable to take a decision. Celina saw that and remembered that if all this was normal to her, it was groundbreaking for Sam. He had all the reason to be traumatized by her view, and to have to the stress of the situation, they heard fast step noise from the house above.
Celina stopped and asked Sam again, but with a calmer voice.
C: "Please trust me, I did this before and I will be fine."
Sam looked back at her, his ears moving up a bit showing he started to calm down upon hearing her voice. But he still didn't restart the device, and immediately after that, his head turned toward the noise from the roof. So Celina tried to get his attention back.
C: "Once I'm free, I will protect you from them."
Sam looked back at her, then at the compressor. He closed his eyes and turn the regulator back to 10.
Celina took one big puff of air and pushed forward with her waist. The ropes struggled for a few more seconds before ripping apart. Celina jumped out of her sit as her body wobbled even harder than before. She lands on her feet with weight.
Sam shut the compressor down, His fear had vanished as Celina start taking back the shape she had on TV. He still wasn't sure of how and why this was possible, but at least she no longer look like she was about to blow up. She was looking particularly agile, as she start to do some stretching to recover from staying on this chair for too long. Actually, her current shape felt way more comforting to Sam, as she now looked capable of protecting him against the two hyenas outside.
But from Celina's point of view, it wasn't that simple. Maybe she was free to move around, but she was stuck in a room with only one exit and no idea who was waiting for her outside. And her current shape was maybe helpful to fight, but way too wide for the door.
Her reflection where stop but a violent shake of the door in question. Apparently, the guy who came to fix it earlier did his job a bit too well, and now he couldn't open it. The lack of more movement in the following second meant he moved away, probably to get his tool, meaning it was a matter of a minute before the door will open.
But Celina had an idea, maybe not the best, but the best she could think of right now. She walk to Sam and the compressor and took the device from Sam's hand. Sam's tried to hold onto the device and was raised from the ground with it. He understood quickly that he will not be able to contest with Celina for even a second. He released his grip on it and falls on Celina's belly. As much as he was stressed, he was surprised to find this to be very comforting. He shook his and took a few steps back as it wasn't the moment to lose focus. Celina gave him a friendly wink.
C: "Thank you so much for all that, Now more than before you gonna need to trust me."
Looking back at her, Sam nodded back. Whatever she was about to do, it can't be worst than what would happen if they wait here.
Celina turned the compressor back on and pushed it all the way up to 50 this time. Her breast and belly suddenly grow shoved the device out of her hand, and with her inflated arms she was unable to catch it back, but thankfully, it was still pumping air into her mask. So she opened her mouth wide and let herself be filled up like a blimp.
At that point, Sam felt way less confident in this method, and once again, he was questioning the logic of this plan, but this time, he knew he should trust her. Celina's body was losing its humanoid shape and was looking more and more like a ball with only her only breast and arms coming out as extra spheres on top of a bigger one. Sam couldn't see it but he was pretty sure her butt cheek on the other side was probably sticking out of the belly shape, and he almost slap his face for thinking about that at the instance. I mean... It's not like this kind of body was attractive... why would it be, it looks so... like, not normal.
But he was pulled out of his weird thought as the giant overinflated boobs of Celina reach him. Using the remaining mobility she had, Celina rolled on her belly to not get her face crushed against the ceiling. But doing so, she rolled over Sam. But to his surprise, he was fine, Celina aimed so he would land between her breast. Sam managed to poke his face out of her cleavage. Now, he was stuck in this position, and weirdly enough, he wasn't afraid of that anymore, since all his thoughts were taken by the question "Why do I find this hot".
The tension in the situation was at its peak. Sam was stuck in a cave, with gang members outside ready to kill him. Meanwhile, he was physically held by a creepy girl, trying to inflate her body to an absurd dimension, thinking this gonna help them to get out of there safely. Yet, Sam was doing rather fine. The breast of Celina we're comforting and protecting him.
But soon enough more wooden cracking noise. But they didn't come from the door, or more exactly they weren't coming only from the door. The wood beam above and the pillar in the wall of the basement start stretching and bending. Celina was becoming bigger than the entire room, her butt pressing against the entire surface of the roof while the side of her belly pushed against the wall. But the compressor kept pushing more and more air into her blimp body. Sam looked at her face, trying to guess by her expression if that was part of her plan or if she had lost control of the situation.
Celina's face was confirming that everything was going well for her. The pressure inside her was so high, even her cheeks were all swollen, making them look like a comfy cushion. In the middle of this cushion, she was looking happy, she was sucking the air like it was whipped cream. As he was staring, Sam was less imagining the pain such a stretch of the body would cause, and more considering the comfort and happiness this could provide. As Celina wasn't looking in pain at all, her body, despite all the constraints applied to it, felt well-proportioned and wholesome.
S: "You… You are so… Cute"
Celina looked at him and cheered, while Sam realized how weird this sentence was for him compared to his mindset earlier. Unsure if he was completely lucid, he kept denying his new taste.
S: "Wait no it's not what I meant."
Celina responded with a laugh, making her whole body and therefore the entire house shakes with her. And suddenly, Sam understood what she was doing… She was trying to blow up the entire house, neutralizing the enemy while opening the way out. That felt crazy, but less impressive than a woman inflating herself into a whale.
A strong wood-breaking noise happened, and a giant crack appeared on the ceiling. And with that, the compressor stopped. Celina just broke the electric system of the house. Sam and Celina looked at each other, and their confidence shut down at the same time the power did. And with this noise stopped, they could hear another sound coming from the door. They turned toward it and realized that a saw was currently cutting the door in half, it was 70% done.
Celina shook her head to get rid of the mask and start sucking the air all by herself. The entire house started to shake again, but less than before. She kept taking more and more air, struggling to increase her inner pressure. She opened one eye to peek at the door, it was a matter of seconds before it opened.
But suddenly her vision of the door got covered. Sam managed to move in her cleaner and grab her face to pull himself toward it. He took a deep breath and threw his head toward Celina.
Their muzzle connected, this moment lasted 1 second in real life, 10 seconds for Celina, and 100 for Sam. At the end of which, Sam blew as hard as he could. The effort and emotion were so strong, he collapsed. The last thing he saw was Celina's confused and thankful face, then all became black, as the wood-cracking noise continued to intensify faster and faster. All Sam can remember after that is the loudest BANG he ever heard in his life.
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When Sam regained consciousness, he was greeted by the strong light of the sun, it felt like he didn't saw it in a month. His head was laying on Celina's lap, she shrunk back to the shape she had when Sam first saw her.
C: "Welcome back, I wanted to make sure you were fine. Also, I couldn't leave without knowing your name."
S: "My… My name is Sam."
C: "Sam… Sound good for a knight saving princess"
S: "Me, a knight? But I'm wondering… How did you…like hum… You know"
C: "How did I inflate myself into a beautiful sumo warrior?"
Sam became fully red just by hearing those words. As they were more than enough to remind him of her irresistible silhouette. Sam pulled himself back up and asked her once again with sparkles in his eyes. Both his mind and heart desire an answer.
S: "Yes, please tell me all about it."
But Sam was interrupted by a luxurious car parking next to them. Sam freak out thinking it was reinforcement, but Celina looked relieved looking at it.
C: "Sadly, I won't be able to answer those questions. Also, it's very unlikely that we will meet again, Sam."
Sam looked down, not even trying to hide his sadness hearing those facts. And Celina couldn't stay cold in front of his visible pain
C: "Hum, by the way, I think you lost it. I found it on the ground and used it to call my boss to pick me up. So yeah, I know it's because I managed to unlock it with your fingerprint."
Sam looked at Celina's hand and realized she was indeed holding his phone. Celina looked left and right before opening a note and writing a few lines. She then gave back his phone to Sam and hugged him. As her muzzle was close to his ear she whispered to him.
C: "If you are interested in that inflation stuff, this is all the info you need to start your research. That's all I can do for you, it would be too dangerous to meet each other after that."
A leopard guy arrives behind her, he looked out of breath.
Leopard: "Madam Ryner, I'm so glad you are safe. Who is that person?"
Celina released Sam and stood back up to face this newcomer
C: "You don't need to know his name, he is just the guy who saved me."
The guy looked deeply confused by this answer. But Celina didn't develop any further and walked to the car's back seat. After a moment of staring straight in front of him, the leopard turned around slowly and returned to his driver's seat. Celina gave a last hand-sign to Sam before closing her door.
Sam watched the automobile leave the place and he finally took a moment to look around him. The house remains were scattered all around the basement which was now just a giant open hole. It felt as if the entire house exploded after being filled with hydrogen. Not even the roof was recognizable, and the body of the two hyenas was nowhere to be found, probably sunk under the debris. So Sam stayed a few minutes here to process what happened before heading back home.
The next morning, Sam was expecting all the news to talk about a random house blowing up for a reason, and maybe some rumor of people talking about a giant fluffy balloon causing it. But nothing on the TV. The only news Sam managed to find about this accident was a small article online, and the weird part of it was that this article was pretty clear that it was a gas explosion, and it was proven with an image of burned wooden beam Sam didn't remember seeing when was there. And apparently, the two hyenas were pulled out of the debris, still breathing but amnesiac.
It was clear that someone was covering what happened here. But who did that, the sumo federation, or the superior of those hyenas? Maybe both? No way to tell. But one thing that was sure for Sam, he needed to know more.
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Laura: "You kissed Celina Ryner !!!"
Sam: "It was just the only way I had out of her... And like that THE thing you retain from all this ?"
Laura fell back on her pillow, visibly disappointed by this particular detail of Sam's story.
L: "So... that it? Is that the reason why I have no chance with you? At least, can you tell me if it's because she is a more trained fighter or because she can grow bigger than me."
Sam look at Laura confuse for a second, then realize what she meant.
S: "What?! No, it's not that at all, she is like... 10 or 12 years older than me. Also... Ok, I don't have another proof that I'm not like, waiting for her or whatever."
L: "So, did you have a crush on her or not, cause it fell as you did"
Sam exhausted all the air from his lung out of annoyance, then took his time to breathe and clarify his thought, he then said firmly.
S: "So... was I aroused when it happen: Yes. But it wasn't a crush on her specifically. I think it was..."
L: "It made you like inflated girls."
Sam became red instantly and forced a facepalm in an attempt to hide it.
S: "You don't have to be direct about it."
L: "I mean it's kinda hard to sugarcoat that. So yeah, that makes sense with how you react each time my belly expands, and my outfit stretches out..."
S: "Yeah... but no need to..."
L: "...You love to see my breast get 2 cup sizes bigger with each puff I take. Love when my belly pushes against my breast while my butt pushes against my tail"
As she speaks, Laura starts getting closer to Sam who has way more trouble than usual stopping her advance.
L: "To be honest, My main interest in those inflation power is still mainly for the fighting side of things. But I can't deny the appeal it has for cuddle and stuff."
His face wasn't lying, this teasing was 100% working on him, and that alone was enough for Laura to get hope again. But quickly, Sam shook his head and took a step back from Laura.
S: "Ok ok, I... I think we would both like that but... It feels bad."
L: "I hope you don't mean like, it's not conventional so it's bad."
S: "No it's not that. Just think about it for a moment. I just got this new "taste". Then I start my research on it and realize it's done with chemicals, so I hang around a gym in the hope to find someone related to this, telling myself it was just for research knowing it wasn't just curiosity. And eventually, I find you, a girl who took the treatment but was misinformed. So I help you, pretend I help you 'cause I'm bored of finding "so many people in despair like that". Yeah, I lied about that 'cause I didn't want to tell you why I was here at the moment."
L: "You lied to me at other moments?"
S: "Right now, I don't remember doing it outside of that moment. But back to the issue: You were trouble, I came to help you at the condition that we met afterward. As I said back then, no I wasn't indenting to do anything to you, and I already wanted to help you... But the idea I had behind my head was to hang out with you... even if at that moment I didn't even see your face."
L: "And you were pushed back when you saw me?"
S: "Hell no, I kept that mindset until you were knocked down... I realize you weren't in your right mind, you were euphoric with your new body. I realized how easily I could have manipulated you. Like you may have felt bad for refusing something from the guy who helped you, and you may have given consent for stuff you didn't want. At first, I wanted to just leave, but that meant abandoning you with no way for you to understand your new power.
So I changed my mind again and came to the meet-up point. You needed someone to help you, and that was just costing me free time. I felt liable toward you and responsible for what could happen to you. And that is why I keep helping you until you are self-sufficient."
L: "I... I truly appreciate what you do for me, but so far I don't see why we shouldn't be more than friends."
S: "Imagine the situation, I help you just by giving you information, and in exchange I ask for you to hang out with me cause you "need some training, also look at all the effort I do for you" until you feel liable to me. And then I get a favor from you but I didn't force you... so if later you realized that you only did that to please me without really wanting, you gonna blame yourself while I had all I wanted."
Laura looked down as she was starting to get an idea about the problem, even if she wasn't fully convinced it was an issue. She put her hand on Sam's one.
L: "But, you have feeling for me, and I do for you... How that could be wrong."
Sam took his hand away from Laura.
S: "The issue is there, We can't be sure of that. If it wasn't true love but only guilt you would be saying the exact same thing."
L: "But what if it was real."
Sam turned his back to Laura and laid back down on his side of the bed
S: "I don't want to take the risk. Cause I will not be the one to assume the consequences."
Laura stared at him for a moment. She then laid down as well, still confused, but definitely sad about the outcome. After all, she was indeed feeling bad for Sam, but for what reason exactly? She wasn't sure, so maybe he was right...
One thing was sure, It's too early to know.