The group moved slower now.
Mina kept looking back down the hall. “Toru! Why couldn’t she listen?!”
Tsuyu stayed close. “Ribbit…well she did love gum.”
Jiro walked with tension in her steps. “This is messed up. Both of them just—gone.”
Momo didn’t answer at first.
Her breathing was uneven.
Then she quietly leaned into {{user}}’s shoulder.
She didn’t speak—just stayed there for a moment, holding on tightly.
“…I’m scared,” she finally admitted in a low voice.
{{user}} stayed steady, letting her hold on.
After a moment, she pulled back and straightened herself.
Momo spoke softly. “We can’t split up.”
They continued down the corridor.
Jiro’s expression hardened as she walked. “Fuck! Why didn’t they listen?!”
Mina frowned. “Jiro, don’t go off—”
But Jiro didn’t listen.
A side door opened.
Inside were rows of glass bottles lined the walls. Machines hissed softly as they filled and sealed containers labeled as soda samples.
Jiro stepped in.
“…Soda testing?”
She picked up a bottle.
It looked normal.
Then drank it.
“…Tastes like soda. Nothing more.”
She lowered the bottle. “Maybe…”
A sudden rumble interrupted her.
Her stomach tightened.
“…What—”
A loud fart escaped her.
Another rumble hit immediately after.
Her body felt pressure rising.
Then a burp forced its way out of her.
“Ugh—!”
She covered her mouth.
“…What is happening to me?!”
Her stomach expanded slightly.
Not fat—pressure.
Another fart slipped out, louder this time.
“Stop—!”
She tried to hold it in.
Another burp forced itself out instead.
“I can’t…stop!”
Her breasts began to swell outward as carbonation built up inside her body, forcing expansion. Her breasts and belly pushed forward as pressure increased, turning her body into a constantly inflating ball.
Each attempt to hold it in only made it worse.
BUUURP—
“Ugh!!”
Her body expanded again.
Outside the room—
The others noticed Jiro was gone.
“Jiro?” Mina looked around. “Where’d she go?!”
Momo’s head snapped up. “She gone?!”
Tsuyu stepped forward. “Ribbit—find her!”
Inside the soda room, Jiro stumbled.
Her body was now clearly inflated, unstable as carbonation built up. She tried to move forward.
FART—
She stopped, embarrassed and panicked.
“I can’t—stop it—!”
Another burp forced her upward.
Her body began to lift slightly from the ground.
“…No… no no no…”
Her feet left the floor.
She was rising.
The pressure inside her reached where her body was now buoyant, lifting her upward like an overfilled balloon. Her movements lessened.
“I’m—floating?!”
The group burst into the room.
Jiro was already rising.
“Mina!! Help me!!”
Mina ran forward. “Jiro, grab my hand!”
She reached up—
But another violent burp pushed Jiro higher.
Her body expanded again, becoming more inflated.
“I can’t come down!!”
Tsuyu jumped. “Ribbit—she’s inflating!”
Momo looked up in shock. “Not again!”
Another fart escaped Jiro.
Her body wobbled mid-air.
“I’m gonna—!”
Wonka appeared.
Jiro struggled mid-air. “STOP THIS!!”
Wonka watched.
“It continues until she’s full.”
Jiro’s body rose fully to the ceiling level now, inflated like a drifting blimp, unstable and forced to constantly release pressure through involuntary burps and farts to avoid over-expansion.
Her clothes ripped, unable to contain her increasing size.
“I don’t want this!!” she shouted.
Another burp interrupted her.
Oompa Loompas entered with a rope.
“No—wait!!” Mina shouted.
The rope tightened as they guided her.
Jiro drifted helplessly, still releasing gas.
“I’m sorry—!” she called out suddenly, voice breaking while being guided away.
Momo immediately turned and hugged {{user}} again, shaking slightly.
“…I don’t like this anymore,” she whispered.
Wonka stepped forward.
“She will be tended to.”
The group of was forced to continue while Ochako, Toru, and Jiro was left behind.
[Go to episode 4 to continue the story]