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“You all right in there?” Robyn asked.  She was still dressed in her bodyguard uniform from work, a black three piece suit, though she had the tie off and her blouse unbuttoned a bit.  Her curly blonde hair was halfway down her back, and tied back with a black ribbon.

“Ugh.  Yeah, yeah,” Joey replied impatiently from her jacket breast pocket, his arms dangling over the front of it.  They were in their apartment, a pretty good and open space in a luxury high rise.  It took some getting used to for both of them, as they had been used to some ratty hotels during their work as private investigators.  Ever since Robyn started working for the same organization that hired them to find Valerie, they have been living the life.  They were even able to afford tinier versions of the kinds of clothes Joey liked to wear, which is why he was sporting his baggy jeans and jersey in shrunken form.

“You going to behave?”

Joey scoffed.  “Come on, man!  I don’t start shit and you know it.”

“Perhaps.  But don’t poke the bear.  Er, rather, the dinosaur in this case, I guess.  Even if she’s asking for it.”

Joey let out a loud, exasperated groan.  Well, as loud as he could, anyway.  Being shrunk for the past year or so had brought its fair share of complications, but he could never get used to how humiliating it was. Riding around in his sister’s breast pocket was like icing on a cake he never asked for.  Robyn had gotten close with Valerie and her friends over all this time. They often ran into each other on the job, and ended up hanging out quite often.  Robyn even sparred with Valerie once in a while on days they visited their apartment.  Not that Joey was a fan of Valerie, or her many idle threats and teasing that she ended up throwing his way.  ‘Pretty sure why that psycho hasn’t actually fucked with me yet is because she knows Robyn will kick her ass,’ he thought. 

It was the early evening now, but earlier Valerie called with the news that Rachel had an accident, and that they were both on their way over to talk about it.  Valerie sounded oddly cheery, even more so than usual, and it made Robyn uneasy as she went around putting finishing touches to cleaning for their guests.  “Wish she could’ve been a bit more specific.  It’s weird something happened to Rachel and they’re coming over here right after she gets out of the hospital.”

“Meh.  Tell me about it,” Joey said.  They heard a knock on their door, and could hear the sound of Valerie’s voice singing some nameless tune from the other end.  “Fuuuuck, she got here quick.”

Robyn strode over and opened the door.  Valerie stood before her, dressed in black dress pants and a nice long-sleeved white blouse with her hair tied back in a ponytail.  Her blouse was unbuttoned some to expose a good portion of her cleavage, where a tiny Rachel nervously clung, wedged between her boobs.  Rachel seemed to be wearing very plain clothes, which they probably bought on their way over. Valerie raised some sort of device at Robyn, aimed… then started making laser sound effects.  Robyn arched an eyebrow, and smirked subtly. 

After a good fifteen seconds of Valerie imitating gun noises and Robyn and Joey remaining stoic, Valerie sighed in mock exasperation, hands dropping to her sides.  “Oh come on guys, ask me!  You know you want to!”

 “We thought you might want to get that out of your system first,” Robyn replied. 

“Ugh!  Whatever!”  Valerie grinned, then stuck out her tongue.  “Anyway, it’s a long story.  Do you mind?”  Robyn made way for Valerie and, apparently, a shrunken Rachel, and swore she heard a muffled squealing coming from somewhere nearby as she walked past.

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They were all sitting in Robyn’s living room, Valerie on the couch with Rachel having a whole cushion to herself, with Joey on the armrest above Rachel.  Robyn opted to sit in a nearby chair.  “So, Vivian shrunk Rachel, you ate her… accidentally, somehow.  Then you shrunk Vivian and kept her in your shoe this whole time-“

“My sock, thank you!” Valerie interrupted.

“-sock, rather.  And Rachel was more or less okay after waiting to be checked out by a doctor?”

“Right.”

Robyn shrugged.  “That wasn’t too long.” 

“Ha ha!  Funny Robyn is funny!” Valerie joked.  “Seriously though, yes… apparently not only did Vi find a way to shrink people we thought couldn’t be shrunk before, she accidentally found a way to make them durable.”  Valerie frowned.  “It’s very strange because nothing I’ve seen in our experiments should’ve been able to cause this.  The type of radiation we use as a catalyst, it’s almost like…” Valerie paused. “It’s almost like magic. It’s just so… random, and unreliable, and yet there’s so much we don’t even know about it yet.  Or anyone in the organization, really.  We can do anything with it.  At least, that’s how it feels.”  She shrugged.

“Hm,” Robyn replied, sighing.  “Bah.  That kind of makes my job harder, then.  Once word gets out… and in this day and age, it’s pretty much been out since before it even happened, then everyone… every country, every person is going to have eyes on the company.  I mean, shrinking?  Plus a way to possibly grant people high regenerative properties?  Having either alone in itself is strongly coveted by anyone, let alone both.”

“Yeah,” Valerie said, looking up in thought longingly.  “Imagine all the things we could do with that power, though.  And the leaders of the place just choose to do some boring ‘for the good of humanity, but not really’ mission.  We can do so much more.”  Valerie’s eyes started to gleam.  “Think about it!  What if we make indestructible tinies!  We’d make a killing.  They’ll squirm the whole way through your digestive system, guaranteed!”  Valerie’s cheeks reddened, and she crossed her legs, shivering in pleasure, becoming breathless.  “Just imagining it makes me want a whole box of those tinies.”

  Robyn arched an eyebrow again.  “Do I have to get a couch protector next time you come over?”  Valerie giggled mischievously, but deep down Robyn truly wondered about Valerie.  ‘She’s blessed with great intuition and physical prowess, and she has such powerful, chaotic ambitions.  I’m kind of afraid of what she might become.’ 

Robyn decided that the best thing she could do was be there for Valerie and support her, and hopefully help steer her towards the better path.

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While Valerie and Robyn were catching up and chatting away, Rachel sulked on her cushion, only half paying attention.  “You alright, there, short stack?” Joey asked from his perch.

Rachel shook her head.  “It’s just… it’s been a crazy day.  I mean… I thought I was really dead.”

“Yeah.  Well.  Welcome to the good life, girl.  There ain’t enough alcohol in the world to make this shit any easier.”

“Have.. you guys had any accidents like that?”

“Nah, we’re careful.”

“No?  Nothing, like, you were trying to get her attention and fell into her cereal?  Or into her shoe just before she put it on?”

“What!?  No!  I’m not a fucking idiot.”  A small smirk crept up on Rachel’s face as she regarded him.  “I’m not, okay!?”

Rachel broke out into a full smile.  It was probably the first moment she felt this cheered up.  Especially with what happened before, she felt uneasy around Valerie.  And to make matters worse, Valerie’s idea of keeping her safe was shoving her precariously into her cleavage, while talking about how good sex will feel for herself tonight using Rachel along the car ride over here.  It filled her with dread, but now she had a moment’s respite. 

“Why the fuck’s that so funny!?”  Joey asked, grinning himself.  “I’m kidding.  It’s good to see you smile, though.  You’re beautiful when you smile.”

Rachel blushed, looking down.  “If you say so.”  At this point, she heard Valerie talking about having tiny people survive through her digestive system.  As she heard Valerie talk about it, her smile faded, and she brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs.  She felt her body shake on its own as flashes of her ordeal inside Valerie shot through her mind.

Joey eyed her, growing a bit more somber.  “Did I ever tell you about why I walked around with that stupid ass pipe?”

Rachel looked up, blinking her big colorful eyes as she was brought back into the moment.  “No.  Why?”  She was actually curious.

“Well,” Joey began, “The truth is, private investigatin’ was more Robyn’s gig.  I was more of a helper than anything.  I’m real bad at being subtle.  Shocker, yeah?  Planting bugs on people, having to take ‘em down, or whatever.  Robyn was always better suited for that kind of thing.  Or, well, any part of the job, really, so fuck her.” He gestured with his middle finger in Robyn’s general direction, and Rachel giggled. “Anyway, as big of a guy as I was, I hated having to move against people like that.  Left a bad feelin’ in my gutmeats.  Plus, I was terrible at it.  But I was always good with talking to people.  And I found the best thing to do to get a sense of people is to shock them with something, something they’re not used to seeing.  Especially if it’s something dumb.  Get genuine reactions from them in that moment, so I can better tell when they’re being genuine with me or not, or get a better read on the kind of person they are.”

“Holy crap,” Rachel said, eyebrows raised, “That’s cute, gorram it.” 

Joey shrugged.  “Eh, got the job done enough so Robyn could swoop in and do her thang.”

“Also, it’s ridiculous,” Rachel giggled, “That as farkin’ big as you were, you weren’t great at playing hardball.”

“Yeah?  Fuck you very much,” Joey replied, chuckling. 

Rachel blushed a bit deeper.  She decided maybe she should stay here with Robyn and Joey instead of Valerie, since there was surely going to be pain and suffering going back home with her.  ‘I don’t even know if I’ll live til tomorrow if I stay with her,’ Rachel thought anxiously.  But before she could tell Joey her thoughts, Valerie clapped her hands together suddenly, snapping everyone out of their respective talking groups to immediately gather attention.  “Okay!” she began, “There’s something I want to talk to you and Joey about, Robyn, but I want to do it without Rayray listening.”  She turned over to Rachel, eyes gleaming, grinning wickedly.

From her vantage point beside Valerie, Rachel couldn’t see Valerie grinning.  But, past her shoulder, she could see the intent in her eyes.  Realization hit her when she saw Valerie hop to her feet suddenly.  “Val, don’t you FUCKING-“

Valerie cut her off by slamming her butt down onto Rachel’s cushion, and immediately began wiggling and bouncing on top of the tiny girl.  “Just a sec guys,” Valerie said, “gotta get her between the ol’ cheeks.”  She ground her butt into the cushion.  “Ooh!  She’s a fighter!” she gasped, “Mmm!”  She turned over to Joey, cheeks flushed.  “Would you let me eat you, little boy?  Then I can have a lovely trifecta of someone under my foot, someone under my butt, and someone inside me.  Mmm…” Valerie slowly licked over her upper lip as she stared down at Joey and continued shifting in her seat.  Combined with the fact that Vivian's struggles against her foot had grown so weak, she was turned on enough to almost make a swipe for Joey against her better judgment, but she managed to refrain herself.

Joey sighed frustratedly.  Robyn arched an eyebrow at Valerie, ready to pounce if she moved against Joey.  Though Robyn had just moments ago been thinking about trying to steer Valerie on the straight and narrow, and though part of her felt really bad for Rachel at the moment, she couldn’t help but be jealous at how carefree Valerie could be.  She also couldn’t help but feel a bit turned on by the display, either, as Valerie rubbed her ass all over the cushion and Rachel.

After about thirty more seconds of wiggling, Valerie settled down into the spot, crossing her left leg over her right and eased off of Joey.  “Mmm.  There we go.  Perfect.  Nothing like giving myself a wedgie.  And with no hands!”  She grinned, then suddenly leaned forward and gasped a bit, “Oh my god.  She’s thrashing around SO hard in there.  It feels so gooood!”

“Again,” Robyn said, “Getting couch covers next time.  Can we make this quick, too, for Rachel’s benefit?”

Valerie smiled provocatively at Robyn.  “Come on, you know you like it!  Mmm!”  She gave her butt cheeks an especially good squeeze for Rachel’s benefit before leaning back on the couch.  Her expression then turned oddly serious and focused, despite the desperate squirming going on within her buttcrack.  “So, what I wanted to ask is… what’s wrong with me?”

Joey scoffed.  “You’re seriously going to lead with THAT?”

Valerie smiled.  “Yeah yeah, but like… the weird thing is, about a year ago when this whole shrinking thing happened, I had to, like, fight myself to NOT eat my friend Crystal.  Right at the start of it.  But with Rachel, when I learned I ate her, I just…” she shook her head, “I just immediately hurled her back up.  I’ve been thinking about it and I’m not sure why I did.”

Robyn frowned.  “Did you ever feel bad after eating Crystal?”

“No!  Never!  I mean, I miss having her around to beat up and stuff, but there’s no way I regret doing it.  It’s amazing, especially when you’ve known the person for a long time,” Valerie said wistfully. 

“Classy as ever,” Joey said.

“Hm.” Robyn thought.  All this talk was really starting to turn her on as well.  Plus it was making her recall swallowing her sister so long ago, and she cleared her throat to try to snap herself out of it.    “Do you think you’d eat Rachel, though?  On purpose?”

“Hells yeah, sista, you crazy!?” 

“I don’t know, Valerie.  Maybe you do feel bad on some level.  I mean, in this case it was your girlfriend.  Someone you’ve been intimate with.  Maybe it’s like, you know how a dentist will numb the pain before removing a tooth?  You don’t feel the pain, but the tooth’s still getting removed, if you follow.  And technically the pain’s still occurring, it’s just your brain isn’t understanding it at the moment.”

“So, you do think I feel guilty?” Valerie frowned.

Robyn shrugged.  “I mean, I can’t say for sure what’s going on in that beautiful mind of yours, but perhaps on some level you do.  Perhaps Rachel is an exception for you, and you’re not willing to just let her digest.  Or, you know, suffocate,” Robyn said, eyeing Valerie’s butt. 

“Ahhh, she’ll be fine!  Anyway, I’m curious to see what kind of punishment these two can endure.”  Valerie giggled, and swung her left foot back and forth.  “This one’s been in there a good four hours.  And I guess if feeling bad is what this is all about, then I could just throw Rayray back up or whatever when I’m done with her!” 

“Yeah… that’s the spirit,” Robyn replied sarcastically.

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