Melanie can't read lips very well
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 39
by
copier
· original author:
jurto2
Even with the magnifying glass at the ready, Melanie couldn't make out what Lisa was trying to say. She returned the magnifying glass to its place and thought to herself in silence.
If the shiny button worked once, maybe it would work again. Mel stood up and went back to the large, open area with the massive shrink ray. The gust of wind caused by her movement nearly blew Lisa away, causing her to hit the deck, laying flat to avoid the giant gust.
Mel inspected the panel with the big shiny button that she had so innocently pressed. Fighting the urge to press it again simply for its shiny red color, she looked to the side and noticed a lever with an equally-shiny knob on the end.
"Oh," the freckled brunette said to herself, noticing the lever was all the way down at the bottom of the scale. It looked almost like the throttle on a lawn mower, she mused to herself, except instead of a turtle and rabbit on opposite ends of the scale, it was a dot and a giant stick figure. "Size," she said to herself, rolling her eyes, "Duh."
Moving the lever up a few detents so the remote activation panel's 'size' selector was more towards the middle, she nodded happily and returned to the desk area. Wanting to test out her discovery a bit before forcing the tiny Lisa to endure it, she grabbed a pen from the desk and placed it on the painted target on the floor. She slapped the big, shiny red button again and dove for cover behind the safety glass before it had a chance to fire.
*BZAP*
Mel peeked out and observed the experiment. The pen didn't appear to change in size. "Umm.." she wondered, running her fingers through her straight brown hair.
She walked back over and turned the lever up to the higher end of the scale and slapped the button once again before diving for cover.
*BZAP*
She peeked over and saw that the pen was now HUGE. Eyes wide with glee, she clapped excitedly as her experimentation was finally producing results.
A few more shots and Melanie figured out roughly where in the middle of the dial produced no change and where relative shrinking and growing began.
She returned the slightly oversized pen back to its holder and carefully carried the paper out and placed it on the target. She whispered carefully, "Okay Lisa, I think I have it figured out. Hold on tight." Mel set the machine for a slight growth, nowhere near the lab-filling setting she used when she grew the pen, though. She pressed the button and ducked out of the way.
If the shiny button worked once, maybe it would work again. Mel stood up and went back to the large, open area with the massive shrink ray. The gust of wind caused by her movement nearly blew Lisa away, causing her to hit the deck, laying flat to avoid the giant gust.
Mel inspected the panel with the big shiny button that she had so innocently pressed. Fighting the urge to press it again simply for its shiny red color, she looked to the side and noticed a lever with an equally-shiny knob on the end.
"Oh," the freckled brunette said to herself, noticing the lever was all the way down at the bottom of the scale. It looked almost like the throttle on a lawn mower, she mused to herself, except instead of a turtle and rabbit on opposite ends of the scale, it was a dot and a giant stick figure. "Size," she said to herself, rolling her eyes, "Duh."
Moving the lever up a few detents so the remote activation panel's 'size' selector was more towards the middle, she nodded happily and returned to the desk area. Wanting to test out her discovery a bit before forcing the tiny Lisa to endure it, she grabbed a pen from the desk and placed it on the painted target on the floor. She slapped the big, shiny red button again and dove for cover behind the safety glass before it had a chance to fire.
*BZAP*
Mel peeked out and observed the experiment. The pen didn't appear to change in size. "Umm.." she wondered, running her fingers through her straight brown hair.
She walked back over and turned the lever up to the higher end of the scale and slapped the button once again before diving for cover.
*BZAP*
She peeked over and saw that the pen was now HUGE. Eyes wide with glee, she clapped excitedly as her experimentation was finally producing results.
A few more shots and Melanie figured out roughly where in the middle of the dial produced no change and where relative shrinking and growing began.
She returned the slightly oversized pen back to its holder and carefully carried the paper out and placed it on the target. She whispered carefully, "Okay Lisa, I think I have it figured out. Hold on tight." Mel set the machine for a slight growth, nowhere near the lab-filling setting she used when she grew the pen, though. She pressed the button and ducked out of the way.
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