“...like mutual affect mode,” Xavier said. The board shined brightly and deck of card now lay in the middle. Around the edge was a series of spaces for a piece to move around. Three game pieces had appeared at a start section. The manual Xavier held changed color and Xavier noticed that the instructions had changed.
“This is sweet!” Orion exclaimed.
“There’s some new rules,” Xavier said looking at the manual. “All transformations will affect all players. Whichever player makes it the furthest after ten turn is the winner and can decide what traits or transformations each player will keep.”
“Well,” Fred said quickly. He looked just as excited as the other two boys. “I guess I’ll start.”
He grabbed the dice and rolled. He advanced his piece and picked a card. It read, “Sneaky and sly, the first thing you touch will double. Resistance? Don’t try, it’ll get you in trouble.”
Fred placed the card down. Now everyone had tuned to confusion. Fred reached over and touched a clock. But nothing happened.
“I guess the game is a flunk?” Orion said. He scratched his head and suddenly he felt sick. A lump formed next to his head. It grew out until it formed an identical head right next to Orion.
“Cool,” Orion said out of both heads. His dizziness subsided. He took both of his heads and looked around in different directions. “It’s like I can see in two different places at once.”
Fred clapped his hands together, before realizing what he’d done. An extra hand grew underneath each hand and Fred clapped each set of hands individually.
“Should have picked something better,” he grumbled.
Xavier thought a moment. Of all his friends, he was the only one that worked out, albeit he had started a month ago. However, he had a slight six pack. He carefully lifted his shirt and touched one of his abs. His stomach lurched as he suddenly grew upwards, gaining six more abs. Orion stared and Fred reached out to touch it but Xavier slapped him away.
And there Xavier sat, at least a foot and a half taller. His shirt lay dangling off his his upper body, now separated from his pants.
“Sweet,” Orions said. “I’ll roll next.”
Advancing his piece the designated tiles, he picked up a card and the two heads read it off in unison. “You won’t notice until next turn as it would appear. I don’t think I’m wrong, but isn’t it hot in here?”
“Odd card,” Fred said. He wiped his brow though as he was sweating. He felt the sweat permeating off him, unbearable and encroaching. He slipped his shirt off, revealing his skinny torso. Much better he thought, until his calves just couldn’t bear it and he took of his socks and shoes and pants, leaving him in nothing but boxers. Much the same happened with Orions, who quickly took off all the same articles of clothing. Xavier had stretched down with unbelievable flexibility for one with such a tall torso to removed his pants and threw off his shirt, revealing his slightly toned body.
“I don’t think it’s hot in here,” Orions said scratching both of his heads with both of his lanky arms.
“I’ll rill then,” Xavier said reaching over to grab the die. He rolled and read a card, “With bodies now revealing and nothing left concealing, I think you’ll find it reeling if your muscles do some feeding.”
The moment Xavier put down the card, all of the guys grunted in alarm as the fell to the ground a began convulsing. All at once between all three guys, their muscles grew outwards. Visible abs, watermelon pecs, mountainous biceps, huge feet, larger hands, and legs that threatened to destroy each man’s boxers erupted outwards in a singular second. All of the boys muscle structure were identical. The only differences now were their heads and the fact that each guy had more of one thing than the other. The all stood up and simultaneously realized the other difference. They had thrown off all of their clothes.
“I need to get my shirt back on,” Fred said obviously embarrassed.
“Why,” Orion said. He flexed his arms and rubbed his pecs. “I’d never want to hide this.”
Fred reached for his shirt and attempted to put it on. However, the three guys had all gained some height to add on to their muscles. Fred could not put the shirt on him, and he put it in front of his chest to see it dwarfed by his own body. He threw it to the side and sat back down, realizing he could see much farther and much higher than before. Fred grabbed the dice, stopping to make sure he didn’t crush them and rolled to see what would happen next.