[Eelskin]

The Party, part 2

They measured themselves to begin with, out of curiosity. Clyde had attached a few yardsticks to the wall in the living room going up to the ceiling, so anyone could measure themselves at any time. Clyde was the tallest, at 6?3?, followed by Anna, who was an unusually tall 6?0?. Jose came next, at 5?11?, and then Victoria at 5?6?, Peter at 5?5? and Maria at 5?2?. After measuring themselves, they each selected a cookie and moved into the living room. Maria looked at the dessert in her hand. What am I doing? She thought. I hope we eat them soon, before I change my mind. She was in luck, as Clyde sat down on the couch, lifted his tea and cookie, and announced, ?Here?s to a night of shifting!? and ate his cookie in two bites. Everyone else followed suit, including Maria. Peter watched her expectantly, but she didn?t seem bothered. She looked up at him and smiled nervously. He leaned in.
?We?d better stay here for the night, now? or at least until we?re sure we?ll be okay.?
Maria was looking at her hands and feeling her face. ?I don?t feel anything.?
?Give it a while. It might take a few minutes. It might take like half an hour.? He raised his voice to the room. ?So what do we do while we wait??
?I have video games!?

It didn?t take half an hour. It was no more than ten minutes before the first drugs began to kick in. Victoria and Anna were playing a shooting game, and Jose, Clyde and Peter were laughing about stories about their classmates. Maria was nervously measuring herself against the wall. Still no change. I wonder if I?ll be able to get something do drink. I wonder if I?ll shrink or grow? I hope I grow. I really hope I don?t turn into a man. Is that? are they serious? What if I have to go to the bathroom? With a penis? I?d better go now. She disappeared into the bathroom, and no one watched her go.
It was Anna who first noticed that the controller was getting slightly difficult to hold. ?Hey! No fair! My controller isn?t working properly! I swear I pushed the button! Clyde, are these normal controllers??
?Yeah, why??
?Well, it?s kinda hard to hold.?
Everyone quieted down as the gravity of that statement sank in. Peter spoke up.
?Is it too big or too small??
?Uh? it?s a little too big. Ooh! This is exciting!?
?That was fast,? said Jose.
?Jose! Stand up! Let?s stand back to back!?
Grinning, Jose did. Victoria put her hands on their heads and they turned around and saw that they were almost exactly even; Anna?s was just a little lower! She clapped in excitement and began picking up everything in the room; the ashtray, her keys, Clyde?s guitar. She placed her hand flat on the strings of the guitar. ?Guys! I can? I can actually see the guitar getting bigger, really, really slowly!?
Suddenly they heard a scream come from the bathroom. Peter was there in a shot, pulling open the door, and he saw Maria struggling to hold her pants at her waist.
?Close the door!? she yelled, and Peter quickly closed it. He turned around to see Jose, Clyde and Victoria laughing.
?Guys, it?s not funny.?
?She?ll be fine. She?s just getting used to it.?
He knocked on the door again. ?Honey? Can I come in please??
A strangely quiet voice said, ?Okay.?
Slowly, he opened the door, walked in and closed it behind him. Maria was clearly smaller than before. Not more than a few centimetres, but all of her clothes had been slightly baggy even at her normal size, and now they looked ridiculous. If she weren?t holding up her pants, they clearly would have fallen right to her ankles.
?You?re? so big!?
?How do you feel??
?Fine? it?s just really strange.? She walked toward him and hugged him around his chest. He kissed her on her forehead. ?Are you okay to come back to the party??
She took a deep breath, smiled and nodded.

The first thing Peter noticed when he returned to the main room was that he now had to look up at Jose, ever so slightly. ?Uh oh.?
?What?? Clyde looked up from the game he was now playing against Victoria.
?I think I?m shifting too.?
Victoria looked at him. Are you sure? You look about the same to me.?
?No, I think he?s right.? Said Jose. ?Here, let?s go to the wall.?
Jose, Peter and Maria went to the yardsticks and marked him. ?No, you haven?t changed. Look, you?re still at the same mark,? pointed out Maria.
?Yeah, but he looks way smaller. Come to think of it?? his face brightened as understanding dawned. ?Ohhhh.? And he started to laugh, and Maria had to block her ears. She started to laugh too. Jose reached down to his waist and started to unbutton his belt. ?I was wondering why my pants were feeling so tight??
Clyde stood up and said, ?You know, I?m starting to get kind of hungry. I?m going to order pizza. Who wants in??
?Me!?
?Me!?
?I do!?
?Not for me.?
?I want in.?
?Right, everyone except Maria. I?ll be back.? And he disappeared into the kitchen to place the call.
Anna was still sitting in her chair, holding the guitar and trying to play it, but failing with her now considerably smaller fingers. She put it down in the floor and got down off the chair, but misjudged the distance to the floor and stumbled slightly, landing ungracefully and almost falling back onto the chair. Victoria helped her up. ?Are you okay?? Anna simply stared straight ahead at Victoria?s nose; she was now significantly shorter.
?How tall are you??
?Uh, I was 5?6?. I don?t think I?ve shifted at all yet, though.?
?I was six even.?
?Heh. You aren?t anymore!?
?It?s so weird to stand up?? she wandered around the room, continuing to touch everything. Her pants began to drag, and she pulled them up. She tightened her belt.
Jose watched her and looked down at his own waist. His pants were now beginning to press painfully against his crotch. ?Uh, yeah. I hope nobody minds, but these pants are coming off.? And with that, began to pull off his jeans with some difficulty.
Maria looked at Jose and gasped. ?You?re huge!?
He looked down at himself. ?Why, thank you.?
?That?s not what I meant!?
?I know. You?re getting pretty small, though. Everything?s huge to you.?
?Yeah, but? you?re really huge.? He stood up straight. The next tallest person in the room was Victoria, who hadn?t begun to shift yet, and he looked a full head taller than her. Standing next to him, Maria?s head reached only the bottom of his chest. She reached out and touched him. Her dress slipped a bit and fell over her shoulder, but she didn?t seem to notice. ?I mean? I know you were a lot taller than me before, but now??
?Ahem.?
Everyone turned to look at the doorway to the kitchen. Standing there was a shorter, slightly more? pretty version of Clyde. Two small but clearly visible mounds were pushing out from his chest, and the hair on his face was beginning to fall off. ?Yeah. I think it?s safe to say I got one of the Chromes,? he said in a melodic, higher-pitched voice than he had had before. ?Ever had your voice change when you?re right in the middle of ordering a pizza? It?s fucking embarrassing. I sounded like I was 12. Not to mention I had to reach up to put the phone back when I was done. It?s going to be $35.?
Peter walked up to him and took a look at his chest. ?Looks like you?re getting a few new assets there, too.?
?Oh really? Yes, that was a clue. Great job. Genius. I thought I was shrinking, too, but maybe not. You look about the same height.?
?Yeah, you look the same height to me too.? They both turned to look at the four others in the room, who were all grinning. They looked back at each other then, then at the measure sticks on the wall. ?Ah. Okay then. It looks like it?s kicking in for me too.?
?Actually? you look even a little smaller than before.?
Peter looked at Clyde- normally, his eyes were level with Clyde?s chin, but now they were level with his shoulders. If he looked down, he could look at his slowly developing breasts. He reached out and squeezed them. ?Almost the right height, then!?
?Hey! Lookee, no touchee!?
?Uh? guys?? Victoria drew their attention to herself, in the corner of the room. ?I think I?m shifting too. Up.? She stood up slowly, and it was clear how her breasts pushed against her blouse far more than they had before. She wasn?t nearly as tall as Jose, but she was clearly growing quickly. She stood still for a few moments and anyone watching closely could actually see her stretching slowly upwards. ?Ooh! This is exciting! Move! I want to go measure myself!?
Peter suddenly felt that his bladder was full. ?Guys, ?scuse me. I?m gonna take a piss before I can?t reach the toilet anymore.?
He stepped into the bathroom and unbuttoned his pants, letting them fall to the floor, as his reduced waist wouldn?t hold them up anymore. When he reached down to hold his dick, though, he found that something was very wrong. He looked down and saw that it was no more than an inch long, even from his smaller perspective! ?What the fuuuck?? As he spoke, his voice cracked and shot up an octave. ?Oh, shit. Maria?s going to be pissed.? He put the toilet seat down and sat upon it.

Maria, meanwhile, had measured herself against the wall and discovered that she had dropped down to 4?1? ? a difference of over a full foot ? and was still shrinking. She had followed Victoria, who had just begun shifting, but was already 5?10?. Everyone then decided to mark themselves. Anna had dropped to 5?0?, Clyde was 5?9?, and Jose had risen to an amazing height of 7?0?. Anna walked up to Maria, who looked almost normal to her. ?How are you enjoying it??
?It?s so strange? how long does this last??
?Not more than a few hours, give or take. I?m shrinking way faster than I ever have before! It?s so cool! But I?ve never seen anyone shrink as fast as you, Maria. You must have had a lot.?
Maria laughed nervously. ?So? what?s the smallest you?ve ever seen anyone get??
?Oh? maybe 14 inches??
14 inches? Where?s Peter? She wondered. And then, thinking about Peter, she suddenly felt a wave of arousal pass through her entire body. She had to fight not to moan loudly in front of everyone? but she needn?t have worried, because Anna was moaning loudly enough for both of them.
?Woah?? moaned Anna.
?What??
?Um? I?m not sure? I just felt something strange. I think I?m about to shrink again?? And as she said it, she did. She dropped several inches all at once, standing there talking to Maria. Her face turned flush. ?Wow? I?m starting to feel kind of hot now too. It?s really kicking in!? One of her shoulders was starting to become visible through the neck hole in her shirt, and her pants fell down onto the floor. Her shirt hung low enough to cover her down to mid-thigh, so her crotch was still covered. ?Excuse me? I need to check something,? She said and walked over to the bathroom. Seeing it was closed, she disappeared into the kitchen.
Once there, she lifted her shirt and took a look at her crotch, and nearly fainted. Her clitoris was extending out from her pussy by a good two inches. She took off her shirt completely and examined her chest. Sure enough, her breasts were flatter and firmer than they had been an hour ago, and her hips had slimmed down. ?Ho? ly? crap. I got a Chrome.?