Gina reached for a can with the words CIRCUS PUNCH printed in bold red letters over a circus scene. "How about this?
Jimmy glanced over at the can. "Look at the label on the other side."
Gina turned the can over; stuck to it was a small post it note that read 'Untested.' "I thought you said it was safe for animals."
"Gee, we must have gotten it mixed up with some others." Jimmy checked all the cans. Every one had an 'Untested' label posted on it. "I'll have to contact Dr. Noriko. You're free to go; I'll contact you in a few days."
"No wait," Gina held up a hand. "How much am I going to get paid?"
"$10,000 dollars."
10 grand for drinking a can of soda? Gina wondered. Heck, it's surely woth getting a little sick; besides she had some major credit card depts. "What the hey?" she said as she popped open the can, and before Jimmy could say anything, gulped it down.
"Not bad," she said. "Tastes a little funny-like cotton candy mixed with bubblegum and lollipops-what're you staring at?"
Jimmy wiped the end of his nose. "I think you got some here."
Gina looked in nearby mirror and sure enough there was a red smudge at the end of her nose. She wiped at it with a tissue. "It-it won't come off," she gasped. In fact the red started to spread across the rest of her nose. And then her nose grew and swelled, out into a plump fleshy bulb right in the middle of her face. "What's happening to me?" Now Gina was aaware of a squeaky lilt in her voice.
"I-I tried to warn you-?"
"Oh god-now my stomach hurts," Gina moaned as she clutched at her middle, then fell on her butt. "And my shoes fell ti-." Before she could finish, Gina's sneakers bursts open; her feet were now three times as long and her toes twise as wide. "What the-he he-fuck-he he he-is HAPPENING TO ME!"