"Aaaah, finally home!" Sofia closed the door behind her and let out a breath of relief as the cool air of her home touched her sweaty skin. It was a hot summer day, and the sun was shining high and hot in the sky, making staying outdoors exhausting.
She had just returned from one of the photo shoots required for her job as a sportswear model, and once again, the photographer, who was also the agency's director, had pushed her to her limits: thanks to her "innovative" ideas, Sofia had been squished and deformed multiple times, as usual. "Well, at least the pay is good" Sofia reflected to herself.
"I'm home!" Sofia shouted, but again, there was no response. "Mom and Dad must be out, and who knows what Carla is doing" Sofia thought, heading to her room to freshen up. "If she hasn't gone out, she's definitely lazing around in her room, and in that case, we could spend some sister time together" she snickered, a mischievous expression on her face. Due to their commitments, the two sisters hadn't crossed paths for several days, and Sofia couldn't wait to resume their long-interrupted squishy shenanigans.
After a refreshing shower and changing into comfortable home clothes, Sofia headed towards Carla's room. She was already imagining how to catch by surprise her older sister and stuff her into a can, but she found Carla's door closed, with a huge sign on it saying: "DO NOT DISTURB! (especially you, Sofia)". Even stranger, mechanical noises, drills, and the like were coming from the other side, as if there was a construction site inside.
"That sign can't stop me because I can't read!" Sofia thought to herself, blatantly ignoring the sign and trying to open the door, which was locked. Even pressing her ear against the door, she couldn't make out anything specific beyond the incessant mechanical noises.
Determined to find out what Carla was up to, she crouched to peek through the keyhole, pressing her eye against it. However, she couldn't see anything, as if the keyhole was covered by something; at that moment, she distinctly heard a "Click" from the other side of the door.
Sofia didn't have time to react before she felt an intense force coming from the keyhole, pulling and sucking her in. In an instant, her head disappeared into the keyhole, followed immediately by her arms and upper torso, but the suction stopped when it came to her enormous breasts, which bravely resisted being compressed into such a small space.
For a few seconds, Sofia remained stuck in that state, her legs kicking outside the door, her huge breasts squashed against the keyhole, her head and arms compressed and stretched into a thin rubber tube conncected to the keyhole, completely dark inside.
The stalemate didn't last long, though, as the suction force eventually overpowered Sofia's breasts, and her entire body was completely sucked in, being compressed and taking on the slender, elongated shape of the tube she was traveling through.
Her journey was brief, and suddenly SPLAT! she hit what seemed to be a rigid wall at the end of the rubber tube, squishing her body even more as a result. On the other side of the door, Carla was waiting, wearing her usual home clothes with a lab coat over them, safety glasses on her eyes, her hair tied up in a bun, but barefoot.
"Here she is, exactly as expected" Carla said, opening the glass compartment at the end of the rubber tube and taking out the small object her sister had become: Sofia's body had taken the shape and size of a small pill a few centimeters long and a few millimeters in diameter.
Upon close inspection, one could see that the lower half of her new form consisted of her legs and the lower part of her torso, while the other half was almost entirely made up of her enormous breasts, which, due to the deformation, had expanded to cover the rest of her body, with only part of her hair visible at the top.
"mmm" small murmurs of protest came from the tiny pill inaudible to Carla, who tossed her sister and caught her in midair before slipping her into one of the pockets of her lab coat. "And that's done; how are we doing here, Emily?" she asked, addressing the girl sitting on the floor, who was working with a drill on a strange metal contraption in the middle of the room. Like Carla, Emily wore safety glasses and a lab coat over her regular clothes.
"I'm just finishing the final touches; it should be ready soon, Carla" Emily replied, stopping for a moment to wipe the sweat from her forehead. "You're amazing, Emily!" Carla responded, patting her head and sending the smaller girl into a swoon. "When I told you about this idea, I didn't think we'd be able to set it up in such a short time! I owe you a huge favor for all the help you've given me."
"W-What are you saying, Carla? For me, it's an hon... it's been a great pleasure to help you! You can count on me for anything!" Emily replied passionately, blushing deeply as she finished speaking. Recently, she had started hanging out with Carla and her group of friends, and now she was helping her idol with this project, just the two of them! It didn't seem real to her; this was definitely the best day of her life.
Carla responded with a smile and began pacing the room, speaking aloud as if to gather her thoughts. "So, this is almost ready, Sofia has arrived" she said, patting the pocket containing her sister's tiny form "Jane is already here; where did we put her? Emily, where's Jane?" Carla asked.
"You put her in that drawer so you wouldn't lose her" Emily replied, having already returned to her work.
"Ah, right, excellent memory" Carla said, opening a drawer on the desk and pulling out what seemed like a small blue handkerchief, a few dozen centimeters in size. She began unfolding it, revealing that it was actually a sheet folded multiple times over itself, and when she finished, she held the flat body of Jane, circular in shape, with the top of her head in the center and part of her long blue dress visible at the sides, as if she had been flattened from above.
"Hang in there a little longer, Jane; the fun's about to start" Carla said to her friend, who could only respond with resigned murmurs: she evidently had not been unable to look up at the moment of compression, leaving her face covered by the rest of her body.
Carla folded the defenseless body of her friend back into the manageable handkerchief it had been before, pressing it firmly between her hands to make it as thin as possible before slipping it into the same pocket of her lab coat where Sofia was.
"And finally, Mom; this is really a rare event" Carla gloated, heading back to the desk "I have to thank you again for your spheres, Emily; they allowed us to catch her by surprise. Sure, it won't work a second time, but at least this time we got her..." Carla's words trailed off as she noticed that the spherical mechanism Emily had created, similar to a Pokéball, which had contained the compressed body of Layla until a few minutes ago, lay open and empty on the desk with small sparks emanating from its surface.
Out of the corner of her eye, Carla saw a spherical object on the floor rolling from the desk towards the door. Reacting quickly, she reached it in two strides and SQUISH! brought her bare foot down on the small sphere, squashing it mercilessly. "Phew, for a moment I thought it was all over" Carla sighed in relief, making sure to keep her foot firmly on the sphere, which had now been flattened to the shape of a coaster.
"S-Sorry, Carla, it's all my fault!" Emily said, standing up to check her forcibly opened sphere on the desk. "I didn't think anyone could break free so quickly.." she continued, focusing on analyzing the damage to her creation.
"Don't worry, Emily; it's more our mother being too difficult to contain" Carla replied, lifting the foot that had squished the small spherical body of the woman, but revealing nothing left under it. Carla then brought her hand under the sole of her foot, and after a brief search, RRRRIPP! she peeled off what looked like a circular sticker from it.
Between her fingers, she held the flattened body of her mother, Layla, previously compressed into a spherical form but now, after Carla's stomp, taking a flat shape resembling more of a coaster. One side showed part of the woman's face, including eyes with a decidedly disoriented expression, largely covered by her enormous breasts, which had expanded even more due to the compression. The other side was divided exactly in half by Layla's buttocks, with the rest of her body compressed and not visible between these two sides.
"That was close; I have to be absolutely sure she can't break free" Carla said, slipping her mother's squished and flat body into the back pocket of her shorts and SQUISH! sitting heavily on her chair, ensuring it was pressed under her weight "This should keep her stuck for a while."
"So, to recap again: we have Jane and Sofia" she resumed, pulling the pill Sofia and the handkerchief Jane from her pocket "whe have Mom" she said, shifting her butt on the chair and squashing her mother's body further with a muffled SQUISH "and our surprise guest should be arriving any minute" she concluded, checking her messages on her smartphone. "We can start!"
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Sofia woke up slowly opening her eyes, and in her initially dark vision two girls appeared above her, looking at her: "Hey, you. You're finally awake" said Jane, watching Sofia with a worried look. "Pffff" Emily stifled a laugh and giggled under her breath, making Jane blush a little with embarrassment.
"Huh? Jane? And you were.. that strange friend of Carla's. What happened?" Sofia asked, sitting up: her body was back to normal but she was still a bit groggy from waking up. "And where are we??" she asked more vigorously, as she realized her surroundings.
The girls were in a long corridor lit by torches hanging on the walls, with stone bricks composing the windowless walls, ceiling, and floor, giving the environment a medieval and oppressive atmosphere; Sofia had never seen anything like it, but it was the quintessential dungeon from a fantasy role-playing game.
Observing the two girls more closely, even their clothing matched the setting: Jane wore a long blue robe with large sleeves hanging from her arms, a book attached to her belt, a classic dark wizard hat on her head, and a staff with a glowing stone attached to the top; she still wore her characteristic round glasses on her face.
Emily, on the other hand, wore a tight-fitting dark leather outfit, consisting of boots, long pants, and a kind of long-sleeved jacket that covered her entire upper body. After witnessing Sofia's awakening, she had pulled her bandana back over her mouth and put on a dark hood, making her face almost entirely covered.
"What the hell are you wearing?? And again, where are we??" Sofia repeated brusquely, interrupting Jane, who was trying to answer her. "It's all Carla's doing" Jane finally managed to reply "Carla, since you got us into this situation, would you please explain everything to your sister?" she continued, raising her voice and apparently addressing a point somewhere above her.
Meanwhile, Sofia had noticed that her clothes had also changed from before: she was almost completely naked, barefoot and unarmed, wearing only a short cloth acting as shorts covering her groin and several wraps of bandages as the only piece of clothing covering her boobs. "CARLA!! Where are you? You'll pay for this!" Sofia shouted, torn between expressing her anger toward her sister and covering her body out of embarrassment.
"Ahem" Carla's voice seemed to resonate throughout the corridor but without coming from any specific direction. "You find yourselves in the Labyrinth of Traps; the king himself has tasked you with..." "CARLA! What the hell is going on? I don't understand anything!" Sofia interrupted her, her angry voice slightly cracking.
Jane sighed and stepped forward, addressing Sofia: "We are in a fantasy setting created by Carla and Emily to play a live-action role-playing session of Dungeon and Dragons; Carla shrunk us, dressed us like this, and put us in this dungeon to impersonate the heroes of the story" she explained patiently, but Sofia's expression, though a bit calmer, still remained quite confused.
Suddenly, a section of the ceiling detached from the rest, being lifted upwards and revealing Carla's room from a very low perspective: above them, Carla loomed like a giantess from their point of view, holding the part of the ceiling she had removed in one hand, while waving to the tiny girls with the other.
"You are like dolls in my dollhouse" Carla said. "Ah!" Sofia exclaimed, with an expression of sudden realization.
Carla replaced the ceiling, and once again only the torchlight illuminated the gloomy corridor. "In essence, I want to play a D&D session where the players themselves become the heroes! Since building everything life-sized would have been too expensive, Emily and I built this scaled prototype and shrunk you all to run a test session" Carla continued, her voice echoing again through the corridor; Emily, meanwhile, puffed out her chest with a proud expression.
Jane pouted: "If you wanted my help for a playtest, you could have just asked, there was no need to squish me like that; I would have agreed anyway" she said in a resentful tone. "Heheh, sorry Jane, I got carried away" Carla responded apologetically "It doesn’t matter" Jane concluded with a somewhat resigned expression "I would have stopped hanging out with you a long time ago if I hadn’t gotten used to your nonsense."
"Hey big sis, I don't want to participate in your nerdy games! Let me out of here right now!" Sofia had recovered from the initial shock and began pushing one of the walls in an attempt to escape. "Ah, indeed, these games are too complicated for you, I doubt you would manage to reach the end of the labyrinth we so carefully crafted" Carla replied condescendingly; Sofia stopped her attempts to break through the wall. "But if by some miracle you manage to win, I'll be your squishy toy for 24 hours! How about that?" she continued, goading her little sister even more.
"Bring it on! I'll complete this labyrinth in no time!" Sofia replied, moving away from the wall and pointing her fists towards the ceiling. "What a dummy" thought both Emily and Jane.
"A-hem" Carla resumed, with a solemn tone "As I was saying, you are in the Labyrinth of Traps; the king himself has tasked you with recovering the treasure at the end of the Dungeon, infested with monsters and traps. Will the wizard Jane, the rogue Emily, and the monk Sofia manage to complete the mission? Begin!" Carla's voice echoed a bit more through the corridor until silence returned.
"The setting is quite cliché..." Jane commented, adjusting her glasses on her face. "It's just a playtest, we didn't work much on the story..." Emily responded in a subdued tone.
"Come on, girls, let's get moving!" Sofia exclaimed, striding down the corridor "The sooner we reach the end of this labyrinth, the sooner I can lie on the couch with my sister as a cushion!" "Ah, wait, Sofia" Jane tried to stop her, unsuccessfully "before proceeding, it's good practice to make sure there aren't any..." CLICK!
One of the bricks that made up the floor had given way as soon as Sofia stepped on it, sinking slightly and producing the sound of a button being pressed; immediately, SMASH!! two sections of the corridor walls shifted quickly, meeting in the middle and crushing Sofia between them.
The two walls quickly returned to their original positions, one now showing Sofia's body flattened from the side, a few centimeters thin and in a running pose, with a surprised expression and her mouth wide open; slowly, she peeled off the wall and collapsed to the ground, stacking herself like a sheet of paper.
"...traps" Jane finished her sentence, facepalming with a sorry face.
Carla’s authoritative voice echoed through the corridor: "The monk's reckless advance triggers the very first trap of the dungeon, which activates and catches the unfortunate victim squarely."
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After retrieving Sofia's thin body and restoring it to normal, Jane turned to Emily, who had been mostly staying in the background until now. "Can you check for more traps, please? How do the rolls work?" Emily stepped forward and said firmly: "Master, I’ll make a check to see if there are any traps in the corridor… or at least OTHER traps."
After a brief silence, Carla’s authoritative voice echoed through the corridor: "In addition to the tile that was triggered by the monk, you’ll notice that every fifth central tile contains the same mechanism as the one that was just triggered; you do not notice anything else unusual" Emily looked at the other girls with a satisfied expression.
"Okay, what just happened? What did you do, little one?" Sofia asked brusquely, directing her question at Emily, who promptly retreated behind Jane. "Each character in this adventure has special abilities that allow them to perform checks to solve various situations that might arise" Jane explained patiently, placing a hand on Emily’s shoulder "Emily’s class is the rogue, which allows her to remain unnoticed among enemies and also to find hidden traps or treasures."
"My class is the wizard" Jane continued, indicating her own attire and the staff she held "Obviously, I’m an expert in all things magical that we might encounter in this dungeon."
"I see" Sofia said thoughtfully. "So, what is my character supposed to be? I’m practically naked and unarmed!" she exclaimed, pointing to her minimal clothing. "Your class is that of the monk, specializing in unarmed combat" Jane replied, blushing slightly at Sofia’s attire "Among us, you’re the physically strongest, the most resilient, and the best suited to tackle any athletic challenges that might arise."
"Ah, as it should be!" Sofia said, puffing out her chest "So, I don’t have to do any weird checks like the little one just did, but just make it through this obstacle course?" she continued, pointing at Emily.
Emily felt singled out "W-When we decided on the classes with Carla, she chose to make you a monk so that you could feel comfortable punching whatever you want even without knowing any rules. And anyway, I have a n-name, Emily" she added, retreating behind Jane again as Sofia’s gaze fixed on her.
"Mpfh, at least my sister knows me a bit. Thanks for the info, Emily" Sofia said with a calmer tone, turning her gaze away from Emily.
"Let’s go then" Sofia continued, pounding her fist into the open palm and cracking her knuckles "It might be fun after all. Lead the way, Emily" Emily nodded and took the lead, with Sofia restlessly following behind and Jane bringing up the rear.
The girls proceeded down the corridor, avoiding the traps identified by Emily, who repeated her checks periodically for any additional traps. The exploration went smoothly for a while until suddenly a noise above their heads made the three girls look up, where a section of the ceiling was rapidly descending toward them. Emily and Sofia managed to move out of the way in time, but Jane, being the last in line, was not quick enough.
SMASH! The ceiling came crashing down heavily on the floor, compressing poor Jane in the middle. Her staff, pointed forward at the moment of the impact, was now the only thing protruding from the thin space between the two rock walls, while Jane was not visible, squished betweeen them.
Carla’s authoritative voice echoed again through the corridor: "The adventurers inadvertently trigger another trap: the monk and the rogue have the reflexes to avoid it, but the wizard gets caught in the full impact."
As the ceiling lifted back to its original position, Jane’s body became visible again. It had been flattened from above into a circular shape, with only her wizard hat visible and the rest of her body evidently compressed underneath it. Most notably, she still held her staff, which, connected to her body, resembled all in all the shape of a lollipop.
Sofia picked up the staff, and along with it, Jane’s body was lifted: after being flattened, Jane’s body had taken on a rigid consistency. Turning the staff around, Sofia inspected the back of the flat girl’s body, which consisted of the blue mage robe on the sides and the shoes in the center. "Heh heh, it looks like a flat lollipop" Sofia observed with amusement "Or a fan staff" she added, waving the staff (and with it, Jane's flat body) up and down, actually creating a fresh breeze toward the hooded Emily.
"I-I think we should return her to norm.." Emily began, but Sofia cut her off. "You know what? It’s better to carry her around like this, to avoid her getting flattened again" she said, ignoring the muffled groans from the mage’s squished body. Without waiting for a response, Sofia gestured with her new staff for Emily to keep walking, and the timid girl could only nod in agreement.
"The monk adds a convenient fan staff to her equipment, and the group resumes their advance through the labyrinth" Carla’s voice, this time, was almost broken by a muffled laugh.
TO BE CONTINUED (here)