Nick soberly tossed the dice and watched his token move across the featureless squares. An eight; the team of six, now five, had barely begun their twisted journey. He reached for a card.
Sara yelled, "Don't do it. Something terrible will happen..."
"Oh, what, we just sit around this table until you have five babies? Until Jessica does a striptease? Until the end of time then? At least one of us has to get to the center so we can put things right."
Sara relented. Jessica teared up, pulling at one of her new rabbit ears. "Hey, it's not my fault that I look this way..." Sara came around the table to give her friend a comforting hug. She almost tripped over chair-Monica.
"I'm ready for whatever this sick game can throw at me. I'll make it to the end, you'll see." Defiant, he flipped the top card onto the table. This card was different from the others. It featured a glossy mirror surface, into which Nick stared quizzically. A flash of light blinded the five companions. When their vision returned, Nick, Robert and Charlie had all become separated. Charlie had been restored to his normal height.
"All right, this is awesome!" Nick was caught up in the moment flexing his muscles, and so he did not look further at the card, as was the game's intention. Baby-faced Charlie, however, had locked his eyes on the glimmering surface, and so was the one to experience yet another change.
Charlie's thin frame rounded subtly in the shoulders and hips. His short, brown hair billowed as though blown by a passing wind. It paled to a blonde color and a black ribbon appeared on the top of his head.
"Charlie! Stop looking at it!" Jessica tried to swat the card away from him, and Robert tried to pull Charlie away, but both received minor shocks for their trouble. The card would not be denied a victim.
Charlie's green shirt turned light blue and refolded into a dress. His white pants bunched themselves up into petticoats and his white socks quickly turned into tights, snaking their way up his feminine legs. His sneakers melted into a pair of black velvet flats, stockings visible through the tops. Small black bows tied themselves into existence on the tops of the shoes.
Charlie's eyelashes grew out a bit as his sleeves poofed out. Pink colored his lips and cheeks. The mirror card stopped glowing. Nick snapped his fingers in front of Charlie's face. Charlie blinked, coming out of his stupor. Blue eyeshadow was visible on his eyelids. Charlie was now visibly indistinguishable from a cute, if not stunning, looking girl.
"Charlie! Hey, are you still with us?" Nick thought he could see small breasts beneath the blue dress, but he wasn't sure.
"Charlie?" Charlie, coming out of his stupor, spoke slowly. "My name is Alice... or is it... Charlie? Robert! Nick!" Charlie regained his senses. He felt his legs rub together and looked down. "What the hell am I wearing?"
Before anyone could answer, a voice could be heard coming from the board. "Congratulations! You've made it through the first round without turning on each other! As a bonus, I will undo a single transformation that has taken place! But choose wisely! This game does require teamwork, after all!"
Several of the friends turned hopeful eyes toward chair-Monica. But Sara's gaze darted back and forth between her bloated stomach and Jessica's figure, jealously...