"It's kind of a hard decision," said Alice, "but I think we should at least turn her mind back on."
"What?" asked Jessica. "Why?"
"I mean, I can see being rid of her, but turning her mind off? If we're not going to turn it back on, isn't that basically killing her?"
"No," said Jessica. "When you're dead, your mind can't be turned back on. We just won't turn hers back on."
"I don't know," said Alice. "That distinction kind of rings hollow."
"Yeah," said Mary. "Honestly, I'm not sure I mind killing her at this point, but let's not kid ourselves."
"We're not killing her," said Jessica. With a gesture toward her underwear, she continued, "I'm never going to turn Steve back, and I like him a lot better than her."
"But can Steve still think and feel?" asked Alice. Jessica had no reply to that - but of course he could. She'd as much as said Katie was her first use of the sentience checkbox. "As you said, we're not killing her, and we agree what you propose would be killing her. Now you're the one outvoted."
"Fine. But let's turn her back to human for a second, so that we can be sure we actually have turned her on."
Alice shrugged. "I don't see a problem with that." Mary winced, but said nothing.
Soon the three of them watched the tampon turn from foam to flesh as it grew into a very naked Katherine, fake boobs and all. "What?" she asked as she looked around the room. "What was that?"
"You were a tampon," said Jessica, a predatory grin firm on her face.
"I don't remember... just everything just went... trippy. Whoa. Dizzy."
"We turned off your mind. For a few minutes, you didn't exist."
"Oh... did anyone use me?"
Jessica laughed. "No."
The doomed naked girl pouted. "Aw... then why'd you change me back?"
"We wanted to turn your mind back on, and this way we could be sure we had."
Katherine smiled and clapped, her breasts bouncing wildly. "So I get to feel it after all? Yippee!"
Jessica's grin spread nearly to her ears. "We also wanted to tell you we're not turning you back."
There was a moment's pause at that, as Katherine's smile faded slightly, but her lips stayed upturned. She seemed to be thinking - something none of the others were used to seeing. "Not turning me back ever?"
"Never."
The seconds ticked by as Katherine's smile returned beyond its previous extent, and she soon broke into a laugh. "Fine! Why not? It's not like I was exactly a rising star. I've had my fun, and this is as good a future as any."
The grin fell from Jessica's face as she regarded Katherine's anticipation of her coming fate. She soon processed the news, however, and the smile returned. "Well, I'll tell you what. Since you're being such a good sport about it, it doesn't have to be a tampon. You could be panties, a buttplug, a jockstrap... anything, as long as it's inanimate. Just remember, your human life ends in sixty seconds."
Katherine replied...