Ten points already? As Susan looked down at Devin the amount seemed a bit much especially for him to gain so soon. What was the odds that he could keep up with such suggestions or that there was so many suggestions to be made? Was his second suggestion really worth five points? Even as she considered this thought Susan found herself trying to remember the five who had the generation three bodies. “No! No no no no no!” Before she realized what she was doing Susan had set up and began to rapidly shake her head. A sudden wave of frustration struck her resulting in her voice becoming increasingly higher pitched as she gave voice to her annoyance.

When Susan encounter something she didn't like she tended to respond like this. As Devin looked up at her he noticed something new. Susan had small breast before and kept her hair short. Now she was using Rita's body who had quite large breast and long hair. With every deceleration of no she would shift her position and her breast would follow just slightly slower. Watching those massive globes sway above him he didn't know what he should feel even as he noted the look of frustration on her face.

Rita, “Devin there was only one generation three female and I already ate her!” As she spoke Susan could feel her frustrating growing. She could always turn another person into a third generation but she needed one that had been around significantly longer then Devin and had no intention of using a male body. Susan's building frustration was soon expressed in her facial expression and she felt her cheeks growing warm as her mouth opened.

Devin's response to Susan bursting into tear was to quickly scoot out from under her his erection forgotten. He knew Susan hated it when things didn't go her way. Her response was often severe though didn't always mean breaking down in tears. “Hey there. It isn't that bad is it?” As he was speaking Devin had managed to set up and put his hands on Rita's shoulders. Susan had responded by taking hold of his wrist with one hand while using the other to remove the tears from her face.

Rita, “But. But what am I going to do? I wasn't thinking and now I don't have any third generations to keep and insure that you're safe! I had intended to test them for longer but after today the longest I've had a third generation is nine weeks.”

How should he approach this? On one hand Devin wanted to comfort Susan but he couldn't help but see an opportunity to decrease his time shrunk. “Hey there beautiful girl you shouldn't cry like that.” Leaning forward Devin pressed his lips against Rita's cheek tasting her tears for a moment before setting up. “You were excited to show me what you were capable of and better your body so you let a few things slip your mind. At least you know third generation body function as intended for a bit over two months and isn't that long enough to have me at this shrunken size?”

Rita, “No! I want to keep you shrunken longer.” Now Susan felt herself beginning to pout even as her frustration remained high. She hadn't even began to have her fun with Devin in his shrunken size and she wanted to enjoy it for a good long time. “Once I grow you back I have no idea when I'll be able to. Oh! Oh! I have an idea. Before I couldn't afford to but now I can try repeatedly shrinking someone and then restoring them to see what kind of trauma is causes to their body. That should give me an idea of how long it'll be before I can shrink you again but I'll still need to let you recover.”

Devin, “Wait. Shrink me again? You're not going to grow me back only to shrink me again five minutes later are you?” As Devin spoke he was becoming concerned again.

Rita, “Of course not! I'll have to wait until you do something to deserve or it if you give me permission. I'd prefer if you gave me permission but that means I'll have to make sure to win you over while you are tiny. If I grow you back because I'm concerned about your body then it doesn't mean your time shrunken is over! You owe me three months as my shrunken lover unless you earn those points.”

Devin,”Three months for breaking a promise you wanted me to break? I sure hope that this is a two way street.”

Rita, “Yep but don't go making it out just to be a punishment. You're getting a lot of time away from work as well. Plus don't you want to explore that body or this body of mine? You can't say that it's all bad can you?” As she spoke Susan stood up so that she was looking down at Devin and leaned forward just enough to brush her breast against the top of his head.

Devin, “Well I can't deny that they are some benefits. Okay let's get that bath taken care of.”

Rita, “You're going to have to bath me while I stand at the side of the tub. Fortunately I set the tub on the edge of the heating plate whenever I brought it in.”

Devin, “How come?”

Rita, “This body is a first generation it isn't built to handle heat like a third generation. So you're going to have to wash me. I'm not sure how good the wash cloth I provided will hold up so you might have to use your hands.” Instead of waiting for Devin to stand up Susan resumed her walk towards the heating plate. She was rather confident that her body could handle the water temperature and even if it couldn't she could get out of the water. Devin didn't know that and her justification seemed solid enough to get his compliance.

This wasn't expected. As Devin followed behind Rita's body he couldn't help but notice her reddened bottom. It brought a grin to his face. He wasn't sure he believed Susan's reasoning for having him bath her but it wasn't the type of thing he argued. If she wanted to bath herself he imagined that she would just upgrade her body to a generation threes. “Susan can you use your magic in Rita's body?”

Rita, “Yes. That's one reason I felt comfortable going to sleep without you near me. If an intruder did enter my house I'd be capable of dealing with them even in this reduced state. I would probably just wake myself up in the bedroom and use my main body to deal with them even with that.”

Nodding his head Devin was now certain that Susan could upgrade her body to a generation three if she so desired. It seemed more likely that she wanted him to fondle her body. “It might take some real work to get that frosting residue off at this size. How are you going to keep it from your carpet as well?”

Rita, “That's not a concern. After I'm done eating and having our fun for a while I'll steam clean the carpet. It's not like I could just let all these people wondering through my carpet without giving it a good cleaning regardless.”

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Currently Rita stood with her back to the tub while Devin worked on lathering up her hair. She had been forced to go back to the plate and retrieve one of the coffee straw cups but had settled in as she felt Devin working. “So we still need a place to hide. Now knowing myself we need to return to one of the locations I've already checked. There is naturally a problem with that. In that once big me knows I'm helping you she's going to try to think of the first location I'd chose to hide. Except she'll know that I would know she's going to take of the first location hide and avoid that location. Yet she will also know that I know she knows that I know she would check the first location I would think to hide whenever she realizes I'm helping you hide.”

How different did Susan's skin texture and body feel since she had absorbed so many people? The question was impossible for Devin to keep out of his mind as he worked some soap into the hair that had once belonged to Rita. Rita's hair was a good bit longer then what Susan had but Devin felt certain Susan's hair had been softer. Which one of them would have had the stronger hair? How would strong and soft hair traits work together in Susan's true body? “It seems that she knows that you know that she knows that you know that she knows you know an awful lot. However she also knows that you have me to help and my mind should be a bit harder to predict.”

Rita, “Hm I don't know. The last few times you've tried to surprise me it didn't work very well.”

Feeling challenged by Susan Devin couldn't help but grin as he began to message the soap into the back of her neck. “You say that but I remember just a few minutes ago you felt my ideas were rather inspiring.” A sharp chuckle escaped Devin forcing him to go silent as a memory returned to him. “Plus remember that time I dressed up after we went to watch the takers?”

Rita, “That was mean! You scared me out of bed and almost gave me bad dreams.”

Devin, “Yes and you popped me right in the nose on your way out of bed.” Once again Devin was made to chuckle. He had hidden a mask under Susan's bed and when she had turned around for a moment slipped it on. Between being sleepy, the influence of the movie itself and her own nature Susan had quite a response to the mask. “Hey guess what I'm wearing right now.” Immediately Devin felt Rita's body tense up.

Rita, “Haha. Very funny. There is no way that you could have miniature version of that mask.”

Devin, “Then why don't you turn around and look?” The fact that Susan didn't turn around immediately made it all the more amusing for Devin. He couldn't relax either when Susan was frightened of course. Susan's fight instinct tended to win out over her flight instinct. She had even speared the day lights out of her father with a broom handle when he had hidden in her closet to frighten the young girl.

By now Susan was calming down again but didn't feel ready to turn and look. She was rather confident Devin would be waiting to splash her rather then wearing a mask but her legs still felt a bit tense. “So where would you like to try hiding?”

Devin, “I was thinking that we should go to the bathroom and hide in there. So far you haven't done much in the there other then change and enjoy your food. We might even be able to find some of your clothing to lay on.”

Rita, “The bathroom? No!” Immediately any fear of a monster mask was forced from Susan's mind and she looked back at Devin. “We can't hide in the bathroom.”

Devin, “Why not?”

Rita, “I didn't remember to clean it whenever I left my damaged clothes in there! It's a mess. We can't hide in the bathroom.”

Devin, “Well that's actually the point. I know your cleaning habits tend to slip whenever it comes to the bathroom so we should be able to find something to lay on during the night.” Devin was actually a bit surprised whenever he noted the horrified expression on Susan's face. It was at that point his brain seemed to kick in and he was made to remember how Susan felt about leaving her clothing in the bathroom. If she didn't do it on purpose in order to tease him when she didn't like doing it. From the look she gave him it was clear she hadn't left her clothing in their on purpose.

Rita, “No! I don't want you to see my bathroom whenever it's messy!” As she spoke Rita turned to face Devin no longer feeling that looking over her shoulders was enough. There was no immediate response but he resumed the work of cleaning her hair, neck and shoulders while waiting to clean the rest of her. Given that she had spread the frosting over most of her chest there was a fair bit of residue below her neck not including her breast. The feeling of the sticky substance being removed was nice but she was more interested in what Devin would say.

Standing in the bath Susan had prepared for him while she remained outside of it meant that Devin's lower body was covered. It was the closest thing to privacy he had all day and in many ways he had missed it. “Given how you're responding now I believe that would make it an even better place to hide. Big Susan would realize you'd strongly argue against us hiding in the washroom.”

Rita, “I said no!” As she spoke Susan went to cross her arms in an action similar to what she would have done in her original body. The action didn't come off as intended however as her original body didn't have a massive set of breasts. Rather then just crossing her arms over her chest they came up under her chest and pressed up on those massive globes bringing them closer to Devin. The feeling of Rita's breasts resting atop her arms told Susan that her pose wasn't quite what it was suppose to be but it was a bit late now. The grin on Devin's face told her that.

It was clear to Devin what pose Susan was trying to take but apparently Rita's body wasn't cooperating. Now he found himself trying to keep from laughing as he found himself looking at the sexy angry woman trying to adopt a more serious pose and failing horribly. If Susan hadn't clearly felt so strongly about the washroom he would have pushed the issue but he didn't want to push her over something so small whenever she felt this strongly. “Okay we won't hide in the washroom then. What are our other options?”

A sigh escaped Susan as Devin relented and she quickly leaned forward more smacking him with her lips then pressing them to him as she gave him a quick kiss. “There is my training room and bedroom naturally. We could try to move beyond the tape but if we did that I would have to restrain you.”

Devin, “What? How come?”

Susan, “These are the three cleanest rooms in my home Devin and the ones with the best climate control as well. How well do you think your body holds up against contaminants?”

Devin, “I had assumed pretty well actually given the temperature range that I can handle. From the way you're talking I'm not so sure anymore.”

Before speaking Susan relaxed Rita's pose allowing her chest to return to its regular position. “Oh neither do I. All my first generation victims were too important to me for me to risk too much experimentation. I'll have to find out how the bodies respond to a dusty environment later.”

Devin, “Then what about me? You don't intend to keep me in these four rooms the entire time do you?”

Rita, “Naturally I wouldn't do that to you. I intend to keep you inside of myself whenever we leave these four rooms that way I know you'll be safe. If it looks like the external environment is harming you I'll just have to restore your health.” As she finished speaking Susan noted Devin's expression and found her lips trying to turn upward in a grin. She wanted to chuckle and felt her muscles responding so that holding it in was actually becoming painful. This insured her deception didn't last very long.

At first Devin had been rather worried that Susan was speaking her true intentions. He soon noted her shoulders shaking however and her lips beginning to quiver. She wasn't about to break down crying which meant she was holding in laughter. His grin returned as well realizing she was only trying to tease him and failing horribly about it. “Susan! You shouldn't lie like that.”

Rita, “It wasn't a lie! Those are my intentions!” Before she could continue Susan found herself bursting into laughter. Instinctively she took hold of the edges of the tub to keep herself from falling down even as she turned her head downward and let the chuckles out. It was a strange moment as Susan felt certain she should have been able to hold her laughter in longer then that. The notion that it could have been due to the slightly different chemical structure in Rita's brain as compared to her true body's flashed in her mind but her laughter made the thought hard to hold.

For a moment Devin was going to argue with Susan about her telling a lie but soon realized the truth. She had said intentions. In other words if he allowed her to do so without complaint she would keep him inside herself when she left those four rooms. “Okay. Okay you little sneak. If those are your intentions then what actions are you actually going to take.” Devin knew he wasn't going to get an immediate response as Susan held up a finger signaling she needed a moment.

It was with a sigh that Susan was able to regain control of Rita's body and speak again. “I'm going to take you down stairs eventually and watch how you handle the environment. It's not quite as clean as these rooms but it's close. Once that has been settled we'll trying take you out into a natural environment.”

Devin, “I see and what happens if I become infected with some bacteria or a virus? It's not like a virus would take long to spread throughout my body.”

Rita, “Ah but you don't have a human body any longer. Your arteries and veins are far different then that of a humans mechanically speaking. I wouldn't be surprised if you're actually immune to human illnesses and what might be found in nature. I'm more worried about how your lunges are going to respond to things like smoke and dust particles in the air. That said I am serious when I say you won't be leaving me whenever we step outside of this house. Part of me will be with you at all times.”

Devin, “That's alright at this size I didn't plan on wondering away from you to begin with. Now turn around I'm going to finish getting your back first.”

Rita, “Could you get my chest first instead? I can feel my breast sticking together and honestly it's an unpleasant feeling.”

Devin, “Perhaps next time you'll think of that before covering them in frosting.” Even while he was speaking Devin used his hand to indicate to Susan to turn around. Her smile turned into a bit of an annoyed frown but she did as she was told. “Susan I've been meaning to ask. You've said you pay a price several times or expend energy but what are you actually expending and why?”

Rita, “Magic doesn't come free Devin. In order to use it I have to give up a portion of my life. Don't worry about that now though. By the time this is over with I'm going to have the life energy of at least forty eight people. It's not quite as strong of a foundation as I had planned to build for my future plans but it'll work.”

First instinct to Devin was to ask Susan about her future plans but his memory caught up to his mouth in time. He didn't know all her intentions but he was certain Susan wasn't joking about finding more victims. “Are they forty seven people then?”

Rita, “No. They're fifty. I had used up the bulk of my life learning my magic, gathering resources and finding my candidates. Before you sneaked into my office I had roughly five years worth the life left to me. So you really can't count my life energy.” Susan didn't get to finish before Devin spoke up.

Devin, “You were that close to dieing! How many more spells could you have cast? How much energy did shrinking me cost you? Were you down to weeks after that?” Devin could feel his heart rate speeding up despite the danger being passed apparently. As she had been speaking and even as he was himself another thought was settling in. If he had succeeded in his plan to release Susan's captives she might have been dead in weeks.

Rita, “No. No. The spell that I used to shrink you had already been crafted. Five years worth the life would have been no where near enough to shrink you.” As she spoke Susan took hold of Devin. One hand came to wrest upon his shoulder and the other came to rest under his chin as if to make sure that he couldn't back away or look away from her. Even as his voice increased in volume she could hear the concern and it made her heart flutter as she smiled at him.

Devin, “What do you mean?”

Rita, “Let's leave that for another time. We need to finish deciding on a hiding place and try to get some sleep. Right now I've got quite the head start on us whenever it comes to nap time.”

It was an odd moment for Devin. The notion that Susan could think of playing hide and seek after revealing something so important seemed insane. The fact that she could consider such things whenever she'd been so close to dieing was frightening until he remembered the truth. She had been close to dieing but apparently she was far away from it now. “I guess I might not be thinking too clearly right now.”

Rita, “You have a lot to think about. Take time to let what I told you so far settle then I can tell you more. Just be assured that I'm in no danger of dieing beyond the standard dangers such as a meteor hitting the house.”

Susan's little joke was enough to make Devin chuckle even as he nodded his head. “Okay. You know what. You invited me to join you in bed why don't we try that? You already checked the bed over very carefully so we could hide in one of the pillows you're not using and wrest there. You don't have some special sense that tells you where I am at do you?”

Rita, “Um well I didn't and don't right at this moment. But sense you mentioned the idea it would probably be nice to have. It's not likely that I'd use magic to find you in the morning though as the hunt is part of the fun.”

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Was she awake sooner then usual? Susan couldn't tell as her eyes fluttered open. Typically she slept for seven hours give or take thirty minutes unless she was completely exhausted or very excited about the coming day. She was quite excited about continuing the hunt so it was possible she had only been asleep for three to five hours. Her body had changed a great deal before she went to sleep as well so it was possible that it had a shorter sleeping period. Curiosity finally winning out Susan had to check her clock and was a bit surprised that some training hadn't gone away. She had been asleep for seven hours and forty five minutes. Immediately her mind turned to her meal and wondered if eating so much just before bed had a hand in how long she slept.

Susan, “Okay everyone you can awaken now.” Even as she was climbing out of bed Susan moved carefully. Her fingers spread out feeling around them for a moment and then she began to raise her head up. She couldn't feel anything on her neck so it was safe to move her head and nothing was under her hands. As she set up she moved slowly seeing if she felt anything against her stomach and at half elevation she felt confident enough to move her right arm and check under her covers. They were no tiny occupants upon her stomach at the moment.

With each movement Susan could feel her body warming up but she still searched both her shoulders and even atop her head and through her hair hoping to find someone. Carefully holding the covers she revealed her thighs and once again was disappointed not to find Devin. Now things were becoming strange however as while she wasn't finding Devin she wasn't finding mini Susan either. She had felt certain that her other self would be waiting for her in the morning. “Devin, Susan where are the two of you?” Fully awake Susan knew that neither Devin or her smaller self were in contact with her skin at the moment. Perhaps they were still on the plate?

Devin, “Not. Not now I'm still sleep Susan.” As he spoke Devin wasn't entirely awake and began to fumble around trying to locate Susan without opening his eyes. He could feel something wresting atop his head and indeed covering his entire body as he fumbled in the darkness. The feeling of two hands grasping his wrist halted his arm only for the feeling of a large warm and soft object to wake him up a little further. He chanced opening his right eye and found himself looking at the top of Rita's head. The previous days events came rushing back and yet he remained still.

Rita's body wasn't as well trained as Susan's so waking up was proving more difficult for her especially with even fewer hours of sleep. She was aware enough to recognize Devin's voice and grasped his hand hugging it to herself. This did more to put her back to sleep however then to wake her up. Currently Susan's long term memory was out for a walk so the only things she knew was that she was warm comfortable and holding onto Devin. No active thoughts came to her but rather she remained content in this knowledge.

Susan, “Good morning everyone. I hope you all feel wrested and ready for the hunt today. Now while I would love to tend to each and every one of you right now I'm afraid I can't. They're a few things that I must check and I'll need to prepare breakfast for Burton and Lidia then you can get back to becoming my breakfast.” As she was speaking Susan had climbed out of bed and began fixing her covers and pillow back. She hadn't mentioned it but she was eager to get back to the plate and see if Devin and mini Susan were waiting for her.

Despite Susan's careful movements the bed was made to shift underneath her while laying so close to her while she spoke to the entire room left her voice rather on the loud side. This was more then even mini Susan could sleep through and her eyes snapped out and turned to Devin. “It sounds like I haven't noticed us yet.”

Devin, “Yeah. I just wish you had let me bring some food from that plate. I'm getting a little hungry.”

Rita, “No food in my bed. We're going to have a little while to hide as I will be preparing some pancakes and fresh fruit for Burton and Lidia before I come up here to start hunting again. We could try to find another place to hide or we could get some more sleep.”

It was impossible for Devin to keep from yawning despite the situation. “More sleep sounds really nice but perhaps we should talk a little more. We need to think of where we're going to move to next and when after you start searching for us. We could slip under the covers to move around on the bed and I have some experience hiding in the carpet at this point. I'm not sure where we should go.”

Rita, “I don't believe we should move around too much. After all we chose this hiding place as it was the best suited to our needs. For a path of retreat we could always fall behind the head board. You've already tested that we don't have to worry about falling from such heights with such small masses.”

Devin, Well others tested it for me but that's true.”

As she finished preparing her bed Susan could feel her heart rate speeding up. Even if Devin and mini Susan hadn't joined her in bed that didn't mean they weren't waiting for her. At the very least mini Susan would be there to tell her what had happened during the night and rejoin her. “Devin I hope you had a nice time with me in a different body last night. I can't wait to find out how much of a surprise it was for you or did you figure out it was me early on? Don't worry I won't pester you for the story once I rejoin with my smaller self I'll have the memories as well.”

Devin, “It sounds like you're getting your hopes up.”

A slight giggle escaped Susan as she looked at Devin. “I'm feeling so much pleasure right now at the thought of surprising myself. It's not just that though. I'm going to feel the frustration and anger that big Susan feels whenever she finds the the message I left her as well. I wonder what's going to happen whenever the memories blend together.”

Devin, “I really have no idea. Are you worried that one set of memories will erase the other set of memories?”

Rita, “Oh that would be positively maddening! You'd have to tell me everything that happened while I was in Rita's body if that is the case. Unless it's the memories in Rita's bodies that remain then well that would be strange. I would never know what I had been thinking whenever I first read the message. I can't say I'd lose much else if Rita's memories remained given that big me has been asleep.”

Both Devin and mini Susan went silent as they sensed more movement. It was clear that Susan's main body was leaving the room and heading into the exercise room. Devin actually found himself holding his breath in order to better hear what was happening. The notion that he had convinced one version of Susan to work against the other version brought a smile to his face and he wanted to hear her response.

Now things were becoming very strange. As Susan walked into her training room she saw the plate but didn't see any little people on it. That was surprising as she had expected to find herself waiting there but adding to it was the fact that they were letters on the plate.

Writing, “Susan last night you promised to medicate these people so they wouldn't suffer.” As she looked through the names Susan felt more then a little strange. What had she gained from agreeing to medicate these people and why had she agreed to it? She would know that if she could find the smaller version of herself and rejoin. So why hadn't she waited around? The answer to that came soon enough as she read the writing beneath Devin's. This had clearly been written by another person taking on a far neater and tightly formed appearance.

Susan's writing, “Helping Devin to hide from you. Don't forget to medicate the listed people.”

Susan, “What!” Even as she read the words Susan couldn't really understand them at first. Instead she found herself reading the words again in order to be certain that she understood them. It came across as the same thing once again. “What's going on here! How could? What? Blast it why am I working against myself!” Even as she was speaking Susan found herself moving taking three steps forward to quickly spin and walk the opposite direction her heart pounding in her chest.

Little Susan was awake now and gave a slight giggle as she looked at Devin upon hearing herself. “I believe that I found the message.”

Devin, “Yeah and it doesn't sound like you're happy about it.”

Susan, “No! No. No. This isn't right you. You're me you aren't suppose to help Devin to hide from me. What did you two do last night! I! I should have known better then to trust myself with Devin!” Even as the words left her mouth Susan realized the truth of the situation. She knew why she would turn against herself so there was no need to think about that further. She hadn't considered her own nature whenever she'd left her miniature self with Devin. Knowing her own nature wasn't helping the situation however as Susan continued to pace.

Rita, “I must be so angry right now but I can't make any threats. Once we rejoin any pain this body felt would be remembered by both of us so it would hurt me more then anything else.”

Devin, “Are you sure about that? What if she decided to wait until the pain had faded.”

A slight chuckle escaped little Susan as she looked at Devin. “Then I would force my way back in. This isn't a relationship where big me is powerful and little me is helpless. If even one of us chooses to force the rejoining there is nothing the other can do to avoid it.”

Susan, “This isn't fair! I wasn't suppose to run off with Devin I was suppose to convince him to return to me in the morning or at the very least wait for myself. Instead I decide not to wait for me but run off and even help him hide! Devin. Devin you quit hiding with me and come to me right now! It isn't fair that I'm getting to spend all that time with you while I have to wait.”

Devin, “Ouch.” Even as the word left his mouth Devin covered his forehead. His attempt to follow Susan's reasoning was making his head hurt. “So are you even able to keep track of the I she's speaking of? It's kind of strange that she's not talking to you as separate beings.”

Rita, “We're not separate people. The knowledge that we have is different and can diverge but who we are can't. If we were isolated from one another and something was to happen to shorten the temper of one of us then both of our tempers would be shortened. If the body is seen as the hardware then yes that can be different but the software is the same.”

Even as she held the plate Susan found herself trying to calm down. She was feeling light headed as she tried to compose herself after realizing she'd been betray by herself. At least Devin was with her. Once again Susan felt her head fogging as the realization settled in. “That's not right! Devin I wanted you to be with me and you are but you're not with this me! It's what I wanted but it isn't what I wanted! Only one me is getting what I wanted. This isn't fair! I was either suppose to have all of me hunting for you or all of me with you. Now you're with me but not the complete me! Oh! I'm going to prepare breakfast then I'm coming looking for you and me.”

As confused as Devin was by Susan's logic or lack of they were several who had become even more confused. Gretchen found herself amongst that group as she held her breath waiting for Susan to leave the room. She didn't know what to think whenever she found herself laying on the ground and Devin no where in site. Then Susan had entered and began her little rant after finding the plate. “I knew that she was insane whenever she shrunk us but I didn't know she was this cracked.”

Rusty, “Gretchen what the hell is happening? It feels. Well it feels like I've been out of it and where is Devin?”

Gretchen, “If the way she was going on is any indicator he's somewhere with the big bitch or something. It's kind of hard to follow. Shit though this isn't good there went our guide and our hostage.”

For a moment Rusty was silent and took a moment to look around. He didn't need long to find the strands of carpet. “I say we take the carpet that we gathered and get out of here. We don't know where he might have gotten off to and he may have revealed our location.”

Amal, “What are we going to do once we get out of here? Without Devin to either argue our case or as a hostage we're in quite a situation.”

Gretchen, “I don't know but that's a problem for another time. When we have time to play. If nothing else perhaps we can get to one of the phones and call for help.” As she finished Gretchen took in a deep breath. She had been relying a lot on Devin to get her out of this situation either as a bargaining chip or as a negotiator. “I just wish that I knew what had happened to us. My entire body feels stiff.” As she spoke Gretchen rotated her head and flexed her arms causing her biceps to swell. As she moved she could at least feel her muscles relax.

Amal, “Fine. Let's get going and get across that tape before she comes back. I believe it might be best if we found a new place to hide rather then what Devin suggested. It was hard to follow but it seems like he's no longer siding with us.”

It was impossible for Devin to keep from chuckling after listening to Susan. It would be a while yet before she calmed down but that was okay. “So you're probably going to come looking for us. Any chance of you using magic to find us?”

Rita, “No. As upset as I am part of the game is the hunt and I don't want that to end. My treachery is the only thing that has me so upset.” Feeling fully awake Susan stretched out one of her arms and lay her head on it while facing Devin. “Still just laying here would get very boring especially with no show.”

Devin, “How long do you believe it's going to take you to prepare breakfast? I imagine after reading that note you're pretty eager to return.”

Rita, “I don't know if eager is the right word. I can't think of a better one at the moment but I don't know if eager really fits. I promised that I would fix Burton and Lidia a nice breakfast since I didn't eat them last night when they were good and drunk. So it's going to take me twenty to thirty minutes even in my current mental state. At our size I'm not sure how far we could travel in that time.”

Devin, “Thirty minutes is long enough for us to do some other things.” As he spoke Devin reached out and placed a hand on Rita's shoulder. After being teased for several hours the previous day and spending the night with Susan his penis was beginning to do quite a lot of his thinking especially now that his mind had time to relax.

Rita, “Oh! That does sound nice but I'm afraid I won't do that.” Before continuing Susan scooted closer to Devin and placed her hand on his shoulder. “Once all of me is here we can have all sorts of fun.”

First instinct to Devin was to argue that if Susan was willing to hide from herself then having sex shouldn't be a big deal. He pushed it away from his mind however and placed his hand on her exposed hip. If she wanted to wait until the wrest of her was with them that would be fine. “Did you remember to leave a note that you shouldn't consume all the women but rather should keep a spare body around? I don't remember big Susan mentioning that.”

Rita, “Oh no. Devin we have to leave a message before I get back from fixing breakfast! If not then I'm going to have to reveal myself to stop me from eating those people.” As she was speaking Susan had set up and was now looking down at Devin. She had been so focused on bathing with Devin that she had forgotten one of the most important parts of the previous night.

It was with a grin that Devin set up and looked towards the exit to the pillow casing. “You're probably right but what could we use to write the message out? We don't exactly have a plate full of food to leave another message and I don't think you'd enjoy us writing on your bed.”

Rita, “Oh! Oh! I don't know! Think of something!” As she spoke Susan leaned in closer to Devin. She now had less then thirty minutes to stop herself from eating the women as she found them if she wanted to keep a body to transform.

Devin, “Okay but hold on a moment. You said last night that you wanted to feel your body changing while I was with you. So are you sure that you'll just eat the women as you find them or will you wait for me?”

Rita, “I.” Susan went silent as she tried to figure out what she was most likely to do. She knew that she wanted to be with Devin when she changed but had been unable to resist absorbing those she found the previous day. She had improved quite a lot and restored her life force since then so it was possible she would be more restrained. “I don't believe I'd eat the prettier ones I found or the ones with very note worthy traits but those aren't the ones I want to make a secondary body from! Please think of something Devin!”

Devin, “Okay. Why don't you just send yourself a mystic message? After all I'm sure your magic can do that much at least and like you said you have plenty of energy to use.”

Rita, “I can't do that! Talking to someone through magic when they know magic themselves is a lot like speaking to them. They can hear where the voice is coming from. Devin hurry it's not going to take me long to fix breakfast!” As she spoke Susan found herself bouncing up and down. She hadn't planned for these happenings and now found it hard to focus her thoughts.

This was Susan alright. Cunning, cold and even ruthless whenever her plans were going as predicted or working within the confines she had prepared for. When something stepped outside those bounds however she tended to have a hard time organizing her thoughts. “My phone. I left it downstairs. So why don't you just give me a call? Even if you don't pick it up it will go to voice mail which.” Devin didn't get to finish before he felt something run into him knocking him onto his back. He felt something warm and soft pressing against both his chest and lips as Susan kissed him.

Rita, “Yay! Thank you!” With a new path shown to her Susan could feel herself focusing once again. This of course meant that the her downstairs was probably going to end up fragmenting even more when she learned her plans had changed even more.

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Susan, “Hello.” Susan had just finished mixing the batter for the pancakes having decided to make blueberry, blackberry and apple pancakes along with oatmeal, eggs, bacon, biscuits and chocolate gravy for her little snacks to be. She had promised them a nice breakfast and intended to deliver before she ate them so a lot of variety seemed fair. She wasn't too surprised whenever she heard Devin's phone ringing but she was surprised when she heard the voice on the other end.

Rita, “Don't eat the least desirable of the women I need to transform her into a version three since we already ate all the other females with those bodies. Last night Devin pointed out that we only had a very small testing time for the generation three bodies so it would be risky to keep him that way for longer then the testing period.”

Susan, “Where are Devin and I! I wake up this morning expecting to at least find myself waiting for me and instead I find some note saying I've ran off. What's this about needing.” Susan went silent as the implications of what she'd been told settled in. Her other self was correct. While so far the version threes had performed as designed that didn't mean they would continue to do so. She liked to believe that if they failed then it would be gradual and she'd have time to save Devin but she didn't know that for certain. They needed an elder generation three to watch and see how time changed it. “No! This means I'm going to have to restore him earlier then planned!”

Rita, “Yeah especially if he continues earning points with the system.”

Susan, “System? What system are you talking about? What all happened last night?”

Rita, “Well I have to go cuddle with Devin some more.”

Before Susan could even begin to move her lips she heard the shut off and felt her eyes widen. “I'm not suppose to pick on myself!” As the words burst from her lips they were the only ones Susan could think to say. Even as she spoke she knew that if she was on the other end of the situation she would have been laughing about the entire situation. “You know I'm going to feel my frustration whenever my bodies join together!”