Much to your surprise, as you could somewhat see from between Celeste's fingers, it was Zuemy who was standing before Celeste, with an annoyed look in her face.
"Z-Zuemy?!" Celeste's voice sounded more nervous than you expected. You knew Zuemy could be pretty quirky, and while she could be a bit dominant in some ways, given her short stature she wasn't exactly intimidating, so you wondered why Celeste reacted that way.
"Not only you're a creepy incestuous weirdo, but you're also a thief, and an idiotic one at that..." She said, crossing her arms. Celeste stepped back in fear.
"W-W-What are you talking about?!" She stuttered, Zuemy have an annoyed sigh in response and shook her head.
"Are you really gonna try to play the dumb card on me? You're pretty dumb... but I know what you did..." She said, walking towards Celeste and held her hand out.
"Hand them over. Both Blaise and MY shrinking formula."
"Huh?!" Your eyes almost popped out of their sockets. You knew she confided in you some of her weirder fantasies that involved shrinking people, or growing enormous, plus the fact that she was a surprisingly intelligent science genius, but you never imagined she'd actually find a way to make that come true. It did make sense though.
"I dunno what you're talking about" Celeste said, looking away. Zuemy chuckled and showed her her phone.
"I've got you on record shrinking Blaise. On 4K HD, no less... Do you want Principal Abalos to see this? 'Cus it sounds like you want her to see this" She said.
Celeste's blood ran cold. Not only was Arianna a terrifying authority figure that kinda had it out for her (though most of the time Celeste brought those things upon herself) but she was fiercely protective of you, and if she were to find out she had tried to do what she was trying to do to him, there was no doubt that her head would roll...
"B-But you confessed that the shrinking formula is yours!" Celeste replied.
"Yeah but that's not on record... so it's gonna be your word against my video... and I know Ms. Abalos doesn't trust you very much, does she?" Zuemy smirked while Celeste frowned.
Celeste tried evaluating her options. She could hand you and the spray over and be done with it, her plans foiled, though there was no guarantee Zuemy wouldn't rat out on her anyway. Not handing you and the spray over would lead to the same outcome, albeit guaranteed this time. Maybe she could try to bargain and only hand one of the two, hopefully the spray... and lastly, she could do things by force, Zuemy wasn't very tall, and maybe she could knock her out, delete the video from her phone and continue with her plans as intended. She was seriously tempted by this last option.
"Like I was saying, even for a thief, you were a pretty stupid one" Zuemy said, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Why?" Celeste asked.
"Because you stole a barely functional early prototype..." Zuemy showed a hint of annoyance at explaining this, or perhaps it was anger.
"If you had gone through with your perverse plans, Blaise would've gotten squashed!" Your heart skipped a couple beats upon hearing that.
"But the notes said shrunken people became stronger and more resistant!" Celeste said.
"Those were the target goals, you dumb ditz! I hadn't reached them all yet..." Zuemy growled.
"Had?!" You said in disbelief.
'Why did that sound like she has more of that stuff?' You thought.
Growing impatient and also anxious, Celeste then remembered what was in her possession, and reached for the spray bottle in her pocket, using her free hand.
"Nuh-uh-uh" Zuemy wagged her finger "I wouldn't try that if I were you". And before Celeste asked her why, she pulled out a silvery metallic gun, a futuristic-looking device with several glowing LEDs, and including a built-in LCD display. It almost looked as if it had been pulled straight out of a space videogame.
"This is the real deal" Zuemy chuckled "And it has a lot more range than that spray too" She said, pressing a button that made a beep reminiscent of the charging noise defibrillators make. Both you and Celeste gulped. She realized there was no bargaining out of this one, especially if she managed to make an actually functional shrinking gun.
"Fine! I give up!" Celeste said in exasperation.
"Now, leave them both on the floor and walk away" Zuemy instructed. Celeste clenched her teeth in frustration, as any hopes of being able to betray this exchange were dashed. But she was forced to do as told. Zuemy cautiously walked towards you, but picked the spray bottle first, storing it in her backpack, and then she picked you up.
"Now, you better get the hell out of here and pretend this never happened or Ms. Abalos will have your fat behind served on a silver platter by this afternoon!" Zuemy shouted, and a very scared, but also resentful Celeste fled the scene, reluctantly at first until Zuemy pointed the gun at her, at which point she ran away.
"H-Hey, thanks!" You said, feeling a bit awkward, even though she was supposed to be your friend, you often felt like you were just a stranger to her, though this may have proven that it wasn't the case.
"You're welcome" Zuemy said in a surprisingly happy, cheery tone
"I'm just glad I managed to get you back before your horrible cousin doomed you" She petted your head.
"Uh, so... I assume that gun you got is the perfected thing, right?" You asked.
"Yep, the final version!" She enthusiastically nodded.
"Then, can you undo this? It's been pretty scary..." You said, shuddering a little.
"Well, the thing is that shrinking stuff is easy, making it grow back... it's technically easy too, but it takes a lot more energy" She explained.
"I'm still designing a rechargeable battery, but for the time being, this thing relies on fuel, and the kind of fuel it uses isn't exactly easy to come by, even more so in a school" She said.
"I've got enough juice to shrink several people, but not enough to grow anyone back... though I can at least fix what Celeste did..." She giggled and aimed the gun at you.
"Huh?!" You weren't sure what that meant if she wasn't going to grow you back to normal.
"I can make sure you won't die while in this form, and, actually, who knows? This kind of invulnerability may even carry over to your full size, you could even become a real life superhero!" She chuckled.
"Yeah, no thanks, I'd rather keep my underwear inside" You said, both of you laughing for a bit, and while it wasn't exactly what you wanted, it was nice that she had this consideration for you.
Zuemy pushed a button on the gun before she pulled the trigger, and a dual spiraling beam, green and blue, hit you and its seemingly unnatural energy engulfed you, you watched in fascination as a blue and green aura covered your body, almost like what you had seen in anime, but then something else happened, something you weren't expecting...
"Z-Zuemy?!" Celeste's voice sounded more nervous than you expected. You knew Zuemy could be pretty quirky, and while she could be a bit dominant in some ways, given her short stature she wasn't exactly intimidating, so you wondered why Celeste reacted that way.
"Not only you're a creepy incestuous weirdo, but you're also a thief, and an idiotic one at that..." She said, crossing her arms. Celeste stepped back in fear.
"W-W-What are you talking about?!" She stuttered, Zuemy have an annoyed sigh in response and shook her head.
"Are you really gonna try to play the dumb card on me? You're pretty dumb... but I know what you did..." She said, walking towards Celeste and held her hand out.
"Hand them over. Both Blaise and MY shrinking formula."
"Huh?!" Your eyes almost popped out of their sockets. You knew she confided in you some of her weirder fantasies that involved shrinking people, or growing enormous, plus the fact that she was a surprisingly intelligent science genius, but you never imagined she'd actually find a way to make that come true. It did make sense though.
"I dunno what you're talking about" Celeste said, looking away. Zuemy chuckled and showed her her phone.
"I've got you on record shrinking Blaise. On 4K HD, no less... Do you want Principal Abalos to see this? 'Cus it sounds like you want her to see this" She said.
Celeste's blood ran cold. Not only was Arianna a terrifying authority figure that kinda had it out for her (though most of the time Celeste brought those things upon herself) but she was fiercely protective of you, and if she were to find out she had tried to do what she was trying to do to him, there was no doubt that her head would roll...
"B-But you confessed that the shrinking formula is yours!" Celeste replied.
"Yeah but that's not on record... so it's gonna be your word against my video... and I know Ms. Abalos doesn't trust you very much, does she?" Zuemy smirked while Celeste frowned.
Celeste tried evaluating her options. She could hand you and the spray over and be done with it, her plans foiled, though there was no guarantee Zuemy wouldn't rat out on her anyway. Not handing you and the spray over would lead to the same outcome, albeit guaranteed this time. Maybe she could try to bargain and only hand one of the two, hopefully the spray... and lastly, she could do things by force, Zuemy wasn't very tall, and maybe she could knock her out, delete the video from her phone and continue with her plans as intended. She was seriously tempted by this last option.
"Like I was saying, even for a thief, you were a pretty stupid one" Zuemy said, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Why?" Celeste asked.
"Because you stole a barely functional early prototype..." Zuemy showed a hint of annoyance at explaining this, or perhaps it was anger.
"If you had gone through with your perverse plans, Blaise would've gotten squashed!" Your heart skipped a couple beats upon hearing that.
"But the notes said shrunken people became stronger and more resistant!" Celeste said.
"Those were the target goals, you dumb ditz! I hadn't reached them all yet..." Zuemy growled.
"Had?!" You said in disbelief.
'Why did that sound like she has more of that stuff?' You thought.
Growing impatient and also anxious, Celeste then remembered what was in her possession, and reached for the spray bottle in her pocket, using her free hand.
"Nuh-uh-uh" Zuemy wagged her finger "I wouldn't try that if I were you". And before Celeste asked her why, she pulled out a silvery metallic gun, a futuristic-looking device with several glowing LEDs, and including a built-in LCD display. It almost looked as if it had been pulled straight out of a space videogame.
"This is the real deal" Zuemy chuckled "And it has a lot more range than that spray too" She said, pressing a button that made a beep reminiscent of the charging noise defibrillators make. Both you and Celeste gulped. She realized there was no bargaining out of this one, especially if she managed to make an actually functional shrinking gun.
"Fine! I give up!" Celeste said in exasperation.
"Now, leave them both on the floor and walk away" Zuemy instructed. Celeste clenched her teeth in frustration, as any hopes of being able to betray this exchange were dashed. But she was forced to do as told. Zuemy cautiously walked towards you, but picked the spray bottle first, storing it in her backpack, and then she picked you up.
"Now, you better get the hell out of here and pretend this never happened or Ms. Abalos will have your fat behind served on a silver platter by this afternoon!" Zuemy shouted, and a very scared, but also resentful Celeste fled the scene, reluctantly at first until Zuemy pointed the gun at her, at which point she ran away.
"H-Hey, thanks!" You said, feeling a bit awkward, even though she was supposed to be your friend, you often felt like you were just a stranger to her, though this may have proven that it wasn't the case.
"You're welcome" Zuemy said in a surprisingly happy, cheery tone
"I'm just glad I managed to get you back before your horrible cousin doomed you" She petted your head.
"Uh, so... I assume that gun you got is the perfected thing, right?" You asked.
"Yep, the final version!" She enthusiastically nodded.
"Then, can you undo this? It's been pretty scary..." You said, shuddering a little.
"Well, the thing is that shrinking stuff is easy, making it grow back... it's technically easy too, but it takes a lot more energy" She explained.
"I'm still designing a rechargeable battery, but for the time being, this thing relies on fuel, and the kind of fuel it uses isn't exactly easy to come by, even more so in a school" She said.
"I've got enough juice to shrink several people, but not enough to grow anyone back... though I can at least fix what Celeste did..." She giggled and aimed the gun at you.
"Huh?!" You weren't sure what that meant if she wasn't going to grow you back to normal.
"I can make sure you won't die while in this form, and, actually, who knows? This kind of invulnerability may even carry over to your full size, you could even become a real life superhero!" She chuckled.
"Yeah, no thanks, I'd rather keep my underwear inside" You said, both of you laughing for a bit, and while it wasn't exactly what you wanted, it was nice that she had this consideration for you.
Zuemy pushed a button on the gun before she pulled the trigger, and a dual spiraling beam, green and blue, hit you and its seemingly unnatural energy engulfed you, you watched in fascination as a blue and green aura covered your body, almost like what you had seen in anime, but then something else happened, something you weren't expecting...
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