Carrie pulled John easily from her pouch and nearly thrust him at the balloon seller. John was amazed at how strong she was now. But, then she was a toon. And toons could certainly do a lot that was against real-world physics.
"Make him bouncy like me!" Carrie blurted out. John's mind took a minute to catch up to what Carrie had just said. Bouncy? Like her? The sudden stuffing of a hose into John's mouth interrupted his thoughts. He stared down at the odd thing, following it till it came to a large tank marked "ACME Helium". The balloon seller was smiling as he turned the nozzle on the tank, letting a stream of helium shoot right into John.
He could feel the gas run down his throat and into his belly. The most odd sensation of being bloated and then really bloated came over him. Putting a hand to his belly, John felt a much rounder one than he had before. A slight bulge was evident under his shirt. And it was growing. John put both hands over his belly and pushed in, watching as his belly gave way, forcing the helium to distend around them.
"Don't worry John, you'll like this!" Carrie said with a huge smile. John had to wonder if being a toon removed all of one's inhibitions. Returning his attention back to his belly, John found it looking like he'd swallowed a beachball. He was amazed, he had a huge belly, but it wasn't sagging, if anything it was yearning to rise up higher. The ballooning belly seemed to have slowed its growth, even if the gas was still pouring in. John wasn't sure if he could take much more, the pressure was becoming quite something.
"Here he comes!" The balloon seller said, turning the nozzle all the way up. Where there once was a stream, there now was a flood of helium flowing into John. The pressure increased substantially but his belly refused to grow anymore. Just to the point of thinking he was going to burst into a million pieces, John heard a 'floomph' and felt a sudden relief as the pressure lessened.
There was an odd feeling behind him now. He couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Oh! Perfect! John, look at your new tail!" Carrie let out a loud shout of joy, bounced and clapped her paws. John awkwardly turned to see that he'd just gotten a...