Mary looked through the box, but could find nothing of use. She tossed the vials on the floor after she examined them, hoping to make her search easier with less vials in the box. But it seemed like the box had an endless supply of vials. She found a vial marked "Growth (+)".
Hmmm, she thought. I wish had found this one earlier. Would have been better than that stupid "Size" one that shrank me a little. Oh well, no use now.
She tossed it on the ground beside her, and continued her search. One of her wriggling tentacles found the vial under its grip. Hungry for food, it blindly and reflexively opened the vial. The liquid dripped on the floor, and the tentacle sloshed around in it. The tentacle slowly grew. It wasn't food, but it was some kind of nourishment. Encouraged, the tentacle absorbed as much liquid as it could.
Mary felt something pulling on her belly. She looked down and was shocked to see one of her tentacles rapidly getting longer. She spotted the open growth vial.
Hey, get away from that stuff, thought Mary.
But the tentacle would not respond to her commands. It sensed nourishment, and reflexively wanted more. She tried to use her other tentacles to stop it, but once they tasted the sweet liquid, they too began to absorb it. Soon, all of her tentacles were getting longer.
Oh no, thought Mary. What's going to happen to me?
She imagined her strange little body dragged around by giant tentacles, force feeding her. The tip of the tentacle quivered, as it suddenly grew thicker. The thickness began to spread, extending like a wave from the tip to the base of the tentacle. When it reached her abdomen, her body began to enlarge to accommodate the entrance of the larger appendage. Soon her whole body was growing larger, as the wave of growth extended from her abdomen down to her long tails and up to her head. Her whole body expanded until she was proportional again. She shook her head, the powerful spurt of growth overwhelming her senses.
Whoa, that was ..... intense, she thought. She looked down, and saw a second wave of growth spreading up the tentacles.
She shuddered, bracing herself for another growth spurt.
Just how much bigger can I get? thought Mary, as her body began to expand again. Just before the growth wave reached her head, she saw her tentacles extending longer. They were almost 20 feet long, curling around the room, and showed no signs of slowing their growth.
Just as the powerful sensation of growth caused her to close her eyes, Mary realized she had a very big problem.