You watch as the balloon the was Nate slowly and gently floats to the beach. The water polo team is nearly completely changed. A man who looks more like a shiny black and white skunk every second is kneeling on the hot sand in front of a large white rabbit. The huge bunny balloon is gaping at its hands, which are now just mitten like shiny plastic appendages as its face pulls out in to a snout.
The skunk man pulls his face away from the bunny to reveal a smooth shiny crotch, devoid of any sex. The bunny shrinks with a squeak and becomes balloon sized as the skunks face pushes outward, his nose becoming a little pink ball on the end of his rubbery face. He is gripping his sides, hugging them as his chest changes and he would moan but his mouth is sealed shut under the plastic covering of his balloon body. Soon he too is just a cartoon looking skunk balloon.
Nate floats gently toward them on the warm summer breeze. The sun is setting in the west dipping gently toward the ocean.
The remaining two water polo team mates are sitting on the beach, watching the sunset. Their huge balloon ears and silly tails betray their condition, but they dont seem to notice. A monkey tail sprouts from one, and a donkey from another. The donkey has his hands at his sides, resting on the mat, while the monkey, from this angle, appears to have one hand at his side and the other in the lap of the donkey.
You can guess all too well whats going on down there. The squeaking of their friction is clue enough. As you watch them take on more animal like features and turn to inflated latex Nate settles on the ground, totally round now, a formless balloon at the feet of the skunk and bunny balloons.
The remaining two balloons tug at their strings in the breeze. As you watch you feel an all too familiar sensation in your back at the base of your spine. Soon a tail will sprout from you too if you dont get back to work. You turn and walk away. Forget about them. Whatever happens to them isnt your business.
You head down the beach toward the lifeguard tower. You only have two more balloons to hand out and then you are done. You will have met the balloon sellers task and you should be allowed to leave. You hope that he was telling the truth.