New chapter.
CHAPTER EIGHT:
Pink
Meanwhile, things were not looking good for the victims of the personality pearls. They all had just went from the shifting pink, blue, yellow, and white colors to coalescing into plain pink.
All eleven doubled over in pain, as their bodies contorted to match the perimeters preprgrammed into the pearls. Malice watched on, sadomaschistically enjoying every second of their agonizing pain.
But the changes were the most pronounced in Horse, Bladeh, and Dino. And Broken arrived on the scene too late to do anything about it.
Horse was still dressed in a dress with long dark orange sleeves, a light orange bodice, and a black shirt, along with white heels, but now her white seal fur was receding, apparently quite painfully, like morphing without the numbing effect. She gained long, thick, flowing red hair. She retained her soft brown seal eyes -- but she gained a broad human forehead, a small mouth, and a small chin. Her lips became bright red and human. Her figure was slim and her human skin was now fair. Her agony seemed to subsided, and her pearl was still pink.
Sakki was still dressed in a chestnut brown ball gown with a petal overskirt, a ruffled black petticoat, long triangular sleeves, a silver necklace and a silver tiara. Sakki's hair became as golden as sunshine and became waist-length. Her lips became redder than a red rose, and figure was tall and slender. Her skin became fair and without flaw. This transformation appeared to be less agonizing than Horse's, as she was closer to human than Horse.
Gaz still wore the silver ball gown with a simply designed bodice, wrapped off-the-shoulder sleeves, long silver opera gloves matching her outfit, a silver wide-hemmed floor-length skirt made of eight triangular panels and a multiple-layered black petticoat with a scalloped edging on the hemline, and silver high-heeled shoes. Gaz got off a little easy as far as the pink pearl agony went, as the only real change was her hair became brown.
Faerie was still dressed in sparkling golden orange ball gown with a low-cut neckline, darker peplum, capped sleeves, opera gloves, a delicate laced black petticoat, glass slippers topped with sparkly hearts, and a simple white choker around her neck. Faerie lost her wings and the pain was excruciating -- she would have much rather suffered the Cruciatus Curse, for the less pain it would bring her. Her skin became fair and flawless, her lips became pink, and her eyes remained the same. Faerie's hair became strawberry blonde, and medium-length with soft bangs. When the agony ended, she let out a very un-princess-like curse, and didn't care.
Saffa still wore orange, cropped tube top that revealed her midriff and her navel with sewn-in sleeves for her arms, matching pants, dark orange curled shoes, the pumpkin orange headband that is centered with a ruby adorned into it, the two large silver bell earrings that dangled from her ears completely covering them, and a matching necklace. Fortunately, she matched the human perimeters (by
being human), and all of the other perimeters apparently, well enough to avoid any real agony.
Shenmue was still dressed in a rather simple, pale orange dress with black at the elbows, shoulders and neckline, well-worn leather shoes. Fortunately, she, like Saffa, was able to avoid too much agony by virtue of being human enough for the perimeters of the pearl.
Dino still wore the simple hanfu, which still consisted of a creamy reddish purple dress, with orange overshirt, which has red sleeves, and a green band around her waist. Dino was forced to suffer agony as all of her nonhuman traits morphed into human ones painfully. She really missed the numbing effect of morphing, though she hadn't morphed in literal years, being a
nothlit. She gained waist-length, straight, black hair as her face rounded into that of a human face. Her eyes, however, remained the same. But her scales, claws, ankylosaur shell? All gone. She was now a human with
ankylotyrannus eyes.
Bladeh still wore the beige dress with feathered earrings with leather cords and the turquoise beads at the end framed her face, and the ornate chartreuse necklace. All her feline fur forcibly retracted, feeling like needles were being pushed into her from all over her body. She lose her tail, and she felt every inch of it disappear into her coccyx. She grew to become a tall, slender, statuesque figure with broad shoulders and narrow hips, with bare human feet. She gained long ebony hair, as well. The agony was unspeakable.
Kelly still wore the dirndl, and the black petticoat underneath. Kelly's hair painfully became sunshine blonde, shiny as satin, and seventy feet long. Her skin became fair with a light tint of blush to it, and freckles around her nose. She was fortunate as the pain she had to endure was not that bad after her hair stopped growing.
Helen still wore the dress, as the others before her. Her skin became very fair, her lips became very red, her cheeks became rosy, and her hair . . . well, it didn't really change color. All these changes were agonizing in their own way, but it was a manageable agony.
Finally, Melissa, still stuck in the dress that she hated. She became taller and more slender with a sculpted figure. She gained medium-length, wavy, black hair, tied in a low ponytail, the same eyes with pinkish eye shadow, a brighter smile, and dimples. She wished she knew a magic spell to reduce the pain she felt.
"Damn!" Broken said, knowing that he was too late to stop the second stage. And he was not one to use profanities to excess. He had to somehow devise a solution, despite the ancient text not providing any answers or cures to this grievous malady.
However, he knew that time wasn't on his side. . . .
