As Mary touched the dice, the display changed. "The witch who owns the map has returned. Do you want to 1) flee 2) fight?"
Mary considered. "Well, I know that I'm not going to be able to get away, considering what happened to Toby." She tapped the number 2 and waited.
"You attack the witch! The witch teleports behind you."
"Damn!" cursed Mary, waiting for the display to change again.
The words changed: "The witch casts a spell to summon magic power! The witch's power has increased! You lose all your cards!"
Mary looked down and saw the cards crumbling into ash.
Everyone else was looking at the display. "Do you want to 1) flee 2) fight?"
"How am I supposed to get out of this?" wondered Mary.
"Wait!" said Ryan. "I have a card here which might help you. I'll play it on Toby!" And with that, he put it down. Toby read aloud: "ACESSORY: Sword. This acessory increases your strength and can destroy enemies with effectiveness!" He looked at the picture on the card, which was of a steel sword with a golden man-shaped hilt. "Oh, no. Why me?" But already his token had changed into a minature sword.
Toby's skin turned the shiny color of gold-copper. He started to shrink down. His genitalia, however, turned to a steel blade, and began to lengthen as the rest of him shrunk. Unable to keep his balance, Toby fell over backwards.
"Ow! My... blade is taller than the rest of me!"
"Judging by that picture, it's going to get worse," assured Dina. Within seconds, Toby's legs had been forced to the sides, making him look like he was doing the splits. He stopped shrinking, still lying on his back and only eight centimeters tall. The blade lengthened until it was two metres long, then stopped.
"Why does everything happen to me?" he asked, ignoring all the changes which had happened to the others. Mary walked over and picked him up by the body, gently running her finger across the blade. "It's sharp," she commented.
Toby wasn't pleased. "Could you stop doing that? You're stroking my dick!"
Mary turned to the board. It was still displaying the same message. Holding Toby, she walked back to the board and tapped the number 2.
"To use the sword you are holding, swing it at your target. The witch is right in front of you."
The others moved back, and Mary swung the sword at the air. The display changed again.
"You have hit the witch! The witch is dying! The witch places a curse on you!" The text changed again. "The witch says to you: 'Curse you! For my death, you shall pay! Who do you think you are, trying to kill a witch? You are immature in mind, and soon shall be immature in body!'"
"So what does that do to me?" wondered Mary, bracing herself for the changes. "And I wasn't being immature, I was playing the game!"
Suddenly, Mary became shorter and her arms and legs became shorter as well. Her skin loosened, and her breasts and pubic hair shrunk until they were gone completely.
Looking down, Dina thought that Mary looked decidedly younger, more like a toddler now. The words on the display read "'You are as self-certain as a five year old, so now you have a body to match! You won't be able to lift that sword let alone kill witches with it!' The witch has died."
"Mary," asked Bob, "did you look that cute when you were five?"
Mary looked at herself and realized that her body was indeed the one she had had when she was five. "I guess so. Could someone pick me up? I can't see the board."
Ryan played a "MISCELLANEOUS: Restore" card on Toby, restoring him back to normal. The curse card hadn't disappeared yet, though.
"That was really weird," said Toby, climbing back onto his seat.
Lissi swooped down, lifted up Mary, and put her onto the table. Mary picked up the dice with her small hands, and dropped them on the table. Her token moved seven spaces towards Bob. The display changes. "A volcano somewhere in the wilderness has emerged. It will erupt unless each player discards either all their cards or two each!"
Everyone except Mary put down two cards. Mary had no cards, so she simply waited. The display now said: "You are all safe! Next turn..."