For the fourth time, the box did its usual song and dance and conjured up a final artifact for the girls.
Kimberly reached in and frowned when she didn't immediately find anything. Her hand scrabbled around the edges of the box's interior before brushing up against what felt like a small bit of paper. She grabbed it and pulled out what looked to be a cheap temporary tattoo of a banana.
"Did you press the cheap button?" said Jessica sarcastically.
Kimberly stuck her tongue out at Jess. She had a guess as to what the tattoo's changes would be.
"What's it do?" asked Sarah.
"The banana doesn't give that away?" replied Kimberly with a smirk. "I'll be back in a moment, gonna put it on."
"I'll help!" said Skye enthusiastically, causing Kimmy's stomach to flutter again for some reason.
She closed the chest, got up, and started to head towards the kitchen. Skye followed her excitedly.
Sarah and Jess remained in the living room, still gawking over Jessica's changes.
Kimberly ran a dishcloth under some hot water before handing it to Skye. The girl then took the tattoo and placed against her upper shoulder.
Skye placed the warm cloth over the tattoo and held it there. Kimberly felt a small tingle of pleasure ripple through her as the warm cloth hit the tattoo. She could feel the magic ink sinking into her skin, promising changes to come. The faintest moan escaped her as the tingle traveled throughout her body, catching momentarily in her loins and toes, the latter of which she drummed against the floor happily as she closed her eyes to enjoy the feeling. Abruptly, Kimberly realized what she was doing, and opened her eyes, finding Skye staring intently at her, an almost hungry light flashed in the party girl's eyes. Kimberly opened her mouth as if she was about to say something, but no words came out. Skye's head slowly drifted closer, her eye's now on Kimberly's lips.
From the living room, the sudden sound of the latches on the chest snapping shut again rang through the kitchen. The two girls snapped out of their trance-like states and look away from each other awkwardly.
"Uh I think you're good." said Skye, pulling the warm rag away, "It should have set by now."
"Yeah," said Kimmy. She scratched the back of her head uncomfortably. "Let's go show the others."
The two girls headed back to the living room, keeping a noticeable bit of space between each other.
Sarah and Jess examined at Kimmy's new tattoo. The half-peeled banana seemed to shine as brightly as if she had gotten it done at a real parlor.
"Well..." said Jessica, "What do we do now?"
"Now," replied Kimberly, "We relax here like we planned to do and enjoy the changes as they come. I figure that in tow weeks we should be able to turn into all sorts of things."
She looked at a clock on the wall. "It's getting pretty late now though and I'm still tired from the drive so I'm gonna head to bed."
"Me too." said Skye, "Though I hope these changes aren't too distracting for us to play our drinking games!"
"Right..." said Jessica, "That's the priority haha." She yawned and stretched, "I'm gonna shower first, I feel kinda dried out. I'll see you guys tomorrow."
"Night!" said Sarah with a smile, showing off her new buckteeth.
They all got up and started heading for their respective rooms. Kimberly ran her fingers over the tattoo as she changed into some shorts and a tank top. She eyed her socks and decided to keep them on. She slid under the sheets of her bed and stretched herself out. It had been a long day, and she was ready for a new round of transformations. She rubbed her socked feet together, familiar tingles ran through her soles along with a strange tightness. Her toes felt quite snug, as if something was gripping them. She curled her toes and heard a dull crack and suddenly the pressure was released along with a small wave of tingles.
"Ahhh..." she said, as her hand snuck down beneath her shorts and began rubbing slowly. "This is gonna be fun..."
Slowly, Kimberly drifted off to sleep, mind alight with ideas on what the new day would bring.