Marcia tried a few other multi-head options with Jill and Tamara at the party, but nothing seemed to work. She just couldn’t get the hang of having two heads on one body at the same time. Each of her kept trying to take control from the other, playing tug of war with the shared body until she fell to pieces again. Eventually, Marcia got a single body to stay together with two detached heads, and the two of them thanked Jill and Tamara for their patience as the body carried them back to the party.

Marcia and Marcia looked around for the rest of her or any of the Reinas, or anyone who could point them in the right direction. They managed to balance their heads on one hand each and lift them above the crowd for a better look. People had started to head out for the night as the party wound down, so the crowd was thinning out.

They eventually made their way to one of the big cozy couches at the edge of the party, where Erica and Rachel were seriously relaxing. Usually, they spent these parties bustling around the crowd, making sure everyone was having a good time. They spent the whole party sharing a single lower half with a little platform on top, which their top halves rode around on. Since the night was near its end, they were lounging on the couch. Fortunately, they had three Marcias and two Reinas to make them comfortable.

One of the Marcias was snuggling with Rachel’s upper half, holding onto her and rubbing her back as Rachel took a break from schmoozing. One of the Reinas did the same with Erica’s upper half, rubbing between Erica’s shoulder blades to give her a little backrub. Rachel and Erica’s shared lower half rested face down on the couch, with their hips on the lap of another Marcia, as she rested a hand on their rear end and gently petted the back of their thigh. Their heels were off, and Reina and Marcia’s upper halves each took charge of a foot, massaging them to within an inch of their lives.

“Oh, hey, you two,” said the Marcia in the middle as the body carried her two heads to the couch. “No luck with Jill and Tamara?”

“A little luck,” said Marcia. “We managed to get our body back together after we fell apart the first time. Good to see you’re helping our two leading ladies take a load off.”

“Oh, my God, I will never be able to repay you for this,” said Rachel, almost melting in Marcia’s several arms. “You are a miracle worker. How do you not do this for a living?”

“Well, I did used to be a personal trainer,” said Marcia. “I had to know about muscle groups and recovery after a workout. I don’t have to do that anymore now that I’m with the coven, though.”

“And now you get to give rubdowns to beautiful women at parties,” said Reina. “So it kind of is what you do for a living.” She leaned over, both of her, and kissed two of the Marcias on the cheek. Then she turned Erica’s upper half around in her lap. “How about you, Erica? You have any advice for my girl? She’s trying to learn how to share a body between two heads, and you and Rachel seem pretty good at sharing.”

“Well, she did walk over here while carrying two heads,” said Erica. “How did it feel to do that, Marcia?”

“It was a little tricky at first,” said one of the detached Marcia heads, “but I think I got the hang of it by the time I got over here.”

“It’s kind of weird,” said the other head. “I felt like I was playing tug of war with myself earlier, but I think – hold on.” The two heads looked back and forth. “That’s weird. Both of my heads were distinct instances of myself a moment ago, but now I feel like I’m more in control of both of them. It’s like I can choose which mouth to speak from, and I can see from both places at once.”

“Huh,” said the upper half Marcia at the foot of the couch. “Oh, wait. Of course. Here.” She set down Erica and Rachel’s foot and began to shrink, as her midriff retracted, followed by her bust and arms.

“Oh, yeah,” said one of the other Marcias. “That makes total sense. I got you.”

“Rachel, I gotta trade you. You good?” said the Marcia holding Rachel’s upper half.

“Yeah, sure, I guess,” said Rachel. “As long as you promise to do that again some day.”

“You got it.”

All of the remaining Marcias slowly began to reduce themselves, first legs, then hips, then arms, until they were all nothing but heads. One of the heads was nestled snugly in Rachel’s arms, next to Reina and Erica on the couch.

“There,” said one of the heads. “How does that – whoa.”

All of the Marcia heads shuddered and blinked a little.

“Marcia?” said Reina’s upper half, sitting next to Erica and Rachel’s feet. “You okay?”

“Okay,” said Marcia. “That’s interesting. I can see through all the heads, but I’m not getting dizzy or anything. I guess, since Matron said I’m focused in my heart, it doesn’t matter how many heads I have if I only have one torso. I probably shouldn’t attach any of them until I’m sure, though.”

Marcia’s headless body tried to pile as many heads in her arms as she could carry, but anything more than two got hard to manage. “I think I might have found a complication. Erica, Rachel, do you have another of those platform things?” She lifted a foot and tapped the platform on top of their hips.

“Well, first of all, I bet that would make your neck real sore,” said Erica. “Second, how will you make Reina, Reina, and Rachel give your heads back?”