(Art by Gamemaster24681012 )
Zoe felt body getting longer, stretching across the room. She knew her legs and arms were losing definition from Scarlett's and Amber's pull, but she was concentrating on her waist. It was stretched ten feet long all by itself. Somehow, it was not losing any width. It had become a long tan snake slithering through the air.

Just like she wanted. One day she might even try to do a belly dance, but for now, it took all of her focus to keep stretching.

*Come on...don't just hold together...get longer...*

Scarlett and Amber kept pulling, not sure what Zoe's plan was. All they knew was Zoe asked them to tie her feet to a post, and pull her until she ripped in half. For science, of course.

Scarlett tugged on Zoe's arms, her face turning red from the effort. "Uuuuugh! Just how far do you stretch Zoe?! I didn't know you could resist getting ripped in half just by hating it!"

Amber pulled on Scarlett's waist. "I know right?! She doesn't look like she's tearing any time soon."

Zoe fought to stay relaxed. She fought even more to not think about how fighting and relaxing were opposites. She didn't completely realize she had started chanting to herself. "Just stretch from the center. Just stretch from the center..."

Amber heard it during their next tug. That made her think, Zoe never told them not to distract her.

"LOOK OUT FOR THAT FREEZE RAY!"

Zoe's eyes snapped open, terrified. "Where?!"

Almost instantly her stomach stretched thinner like silly putty, reality setting in for her again. It shrunk to a hair's width, Zoe straining realizing she lost concentration.

"COME....ON..."
*SNAP*
"AAAAAAAH!"
*WHAAAAM*

Zoe's legs, up to to her belly button, bounced along the floor near the bar her feet were attached to. Her legs rubber banded everything to them, spooling her noodle legs, and her butt bounding gently into the wall.

The rest of Zoe snapped into Scarlett and Amber's face, sending them flying. Amber slammed into the wall first. She felt the pleasant sensation of spreading on the wall run through her, getting a foot wider and several inches flatter.

Scarlett crashed into her next, smearing her body further across the wall.

Then Zoe twisted up and around her rubber banding arms, and slammed into Scarlett boobs first. Scarlett's face was squished in a wonderful way, smearing three feet wide on the wall with two wonderful indents. The force was enough to reduce Amber to an eight foot tall poster, taped to the wall by her red haired lover.

Zoe moved her arms to smile and glare at her assistants. "Damnit, I think that was shorter than usual. Thaaaaaanks Amber, always trying to keep me on my toes."

*SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHLLLLLLL*
Amber's wincing face peeled off the wall a little while she responded. "Uuugh....don't...mention it..."

Her flopping was stopped by Scarlett's flattened face. "You okay Scarlett? I think I need you to pop off the wall before I can."

Scarlett's face was blushing much redder than a hair splatter. Her goofy smile said it all. "Heee heee....boobs in my face."

Globs of red and blue formed all over Scarlett's flat body, and she flowed down the wall faster than ice cream on a summer day.
*SPLASH*

Amber and Zoe both rolled their eyes at their friend the red and ice blue puddle. Zoe's legs kicked up, while her top half peeled Amber off the wall.

Amber's voice was a little distorted while she stretched from Zoe's tug. "So, was that what you wanted?"

"Not exactly my friend. I need to think this over."

* * *

Zoe breathed slowly, sitting cross legged on her bed. The sensations running through her arms were sublime, but she couldn't think about that without them realizing they were stretched far beyond their normal length. They were snaking around the room, gradually getting longer, nothing tugging on them except her thoughts. Each stretch was a welcome hug on her ever extending arms.
Everything told her to let them snap back in "restoring" them. She took another deep breath. "Okay Zoe. Reach for the light switch..."

Her arms elongated further, giving her the usual pleasant feeling of a transformation, but without the sting of getting pulled through gears. She allowed herself a smile. At this rate, if she didn't snap back together first, she would have to worry about melting from the feeling instead.

Her arm was almost at its destination when the door clicked open, and Scarlett walked in.

"Hey Zoe, I was wondering if..." Scarlett stopped mid sentence, not sure what she walked into. "What are you...?"

The surprise made Zoe lose concentration. Her shoulders spun, reeling her arms in, slamming them into her face, and knocking her back on the bed.

Scarlett held her hands to her mouth, embarrassed. "Aaaack! Sorry! I didn't know you were busy!"

Zoe responded without moving. "Mmmee eh osd oor wnt eough acoo?"

Scarlett slowly approached the bed, looking at her friend. "Um...I think your fist is stuck in your face...again."

She helped her sit up. Zoe's face was completely caved in under her right hand, only stretched out folds of tan flesh visible around it.

Together, they gave her arm a solid tug, popping it out of her face, leaving it caved in, but restoring her ability to speak clearly.

"I said, maybe the closed door wasn't enough of a clue?"

"Sorry!"

Zoe slowly shook her smooshed head in frustration. She took a huge breath, puffing her chest up several sizes. She tensed her body up, and forced the air up into her head, expanding it before her face *POP* came back out.

Scarlett blinked a few times, forcing herself to stay calm after Zoe's quick expansion. "Um...what...what were you up to anyway?"

Zoe calmed breathed the excess air out of her head. "Remember that time we stretched Amber's arms out to tie her up?"

Scarlett blushed a little. "Yeeeeah. That was niiiiiiiice."

Zoe giggled. "Okay, okay, stay solid over there. You remember I was telling you to try and go beyond and use your body to the fullest?"

Scarlett nodded slowly. "Kinda? Still not sure what that means, but I know you said it. Is this one of those culty things?"

Zoe smiled. "No no no, more obscure ancient philosophy. I mean, we met that weird woman at the carnival, right? I did find some videos online of people trying some stuff and talking about the same schools of thought. That got me thinking more about the whole mind over matter thing."


d us to stretch you out?"

Zoe tried to hold herself steady, bobbing in the air with each breath. "Yeah. I'm okay at it right now, but it takes a lot of concentration."

"Can you get any longer?"

Zoe shook her head. "Not really. If I try..."

Her body grew one meter longer, but started to shake. A rubber creaking sound filled the room, and Zoe reached forwards with her arms, as if that would help, but then reality struck.

"WHOOOA!"
*SPROOOIIIING*
*SQUIIIIIIIIISH*

Scarlett watched Zoe's body collapse on itself in a tan and black flurry of movement. She spun and bounced on the bed as a blur, before settling as a giant tangle of limbs in a tight ball like yarn. Her eyes were peeking out from between stretched out limbs, and her black braid was laid out on the bed behind her like a giant string.

She weakly finished her thought. "Yeah, this usually happens."

Scarlett studied Zoe, not finding any easy path to untangling her. "Oh...do you need help with that?"

Zoe rolled to the side. "Nah. It's not too bad, but there is a moment where it feels like the universe almost realizes I'm trying to cheat and I just lose control like this."

"Still, that was really cool! Keep trying!"

The ball of Zoe expanded and shrank with a deep breath. "Believe me dear, I want to, but..." Zoe's entire yarn ball of a body seemed to deflate after her deep breath, spreading across the bed. "It takes a lot of effort. But if you try, I bet even you could do it."

Scarlett's eyes lit up. "Ooo! I've gotta try!"

"You do that..." Zoe's eyes closed within her arms. "I need...*YAAAAWN*...a nap."

Scarlett was too intrigued to notice just how draining the attempt was for Zoe. She held her hand in front of her eyes and focused on it.

"Okay...uh...Feel the melt. Become one with the melt..."

Sure enough, droplets started forming on Scarlett's arm. Her hand even lost some definition, and Scarlett could feel the heavenly sensation of melting.

"Oh this is too good! Now I just need...huh?"

Much like Zoe described, Scarlett felt as if a powerful force was fighting keep her solid. Still, she knew Zoe was on to something here, so stubbornness took over. She willed herself to melt even harder.

"What the...heck...you can't...make me...BLEAARRRHGHGHGHGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh..."

Technically, she was successful.

Instead of a controlled melt where Scarlett could still move, her body practically rose to a boil all at once. Bubbles of colorful ooze burst out of her all over. Within seconds, Scarlett went from cute young woman to a bubbling multicolor puddle on the carpet. Without Zoe's training, she wasn't even able to speak. She fell asleep, completely exhausted from the effort, but still satisfied with the amazing feeling.

* * *

Several hours later, the door creaked open. Jess peeked in. "Hey Zoe, you busy? Amber and I just got back from working out and..."

She paused once she saw the room. On the bed was a wide puddle of Zoe, some of her tangled floppy limbs still floating on the surface. On the floor not far from her was the messy collection of Scarlett, super-successful at melting herself to a fault.

Jess smacked her forehead. "Oh great, now you've got her on this?"

She sighed and called back towards the kitchen. "Hey Amber! Looks like they're out for tonight. Wanna get something to eat?"