Tiny and cramped, claustrophobic even. Carmen held her sister close, soothing away the worries of the day. All their meagre belongings crowded the space around the bed, and on a lone island of blankets, their mother laid in a fitful sleep. The bed, while an improvement, offered little space for herself, much less Melody. That didn't keep Carmen awake, but a boiling rage at the statuesque figure that hovered nearby.
"It didn't work," Carmen said in the morning. She left the motel in freshly stained clothes, what created them she didn't want to think of, and with a vibrant darkness beneath her eyes. She didn't bother smoothing the wrinkles in her skirt.
"It will," Ryuka said, "The Futa Note is unstoppable. Whatever is written, will come to pass so long as it's within the target's power."
"Yeah, right. I ruined Ashley for nothing."
"Not for nothing. You wanted revenge, and you got it. I'd say that you're even now."
"I should've written Gretchen's name," Carmen muttered and shivered. Even her tainted body was repulsed by the idea of Gretchen being enamoured with her. She paused at a bakery. The sunlight turned the glass display into a reflection of herself. Take away the shabby garments and she could pass for an escort. Around the corner, she found a strip club. Perhaps her body could be put to use.
"Don't you dare," Ryuka said.
"Why not?" Carmen didn't react to Ryuka's apparent mind-reading anymore, "I need money. Mom's too busy to look for work, Melody's too young and I... I look like you."
"Because you're better than that place. I've been inside those places before, they're disgusting. I'll never understand why you humans lust after what you can't have. Just take what you can and enjoy it. And you, Carmen, can take anything."
Carmen sighed. Kindness seemed like a blot on reality, a tenacious, unwelcome bug that refused to die. She kept her words silent and continued to school, maybe her last day there. Alicia's savings were worse than she thought. A few nights at the motel, then nothing. Concrete would be their beds, carboard their home, and danger their constant companion. All sorts walked the streets at night. She wouldn't put Melody in danger like that.
Her friends waited at the school gates. Dakota walked forward first and hugged her.
"I'm sorry about what happened. You can always stay with me," Dakota said.
"Or me," Mary added.
"If you need anything, tell me," Zoey said.
"Thanks," Carmen nodded and continued into the building. Outside her classroom, she paused. A group of girls stood off to the side, the usual set that lingered for long as possible while they chatted about whatever vapid topic took their fancy. Today, however, they had her attention.
"Ashley hasn't been in for ages has she?"
"No. Haven't seen her with Gretchen since last week."
"She looked weird. Like her tits were bloated."
"Maybe she got implants?"
"Did they get infected or something? She might be dying."
Carmen strode to her desk and withdrew the Futa Note from her bag. None of her friends shared the class with her, and the spaces around her had been vacant since the semester started. Not even one page had been used, so her eyes soon found Ashley's entry, the largest of the four. By comparison, Dakota's seemed insignificant. Everyone else had something extra to them, a punishment to some extent. And Mary still couldn't wear anything that didn't reveal the majority of her body.
Why didn't she just remove those parts? They were her friends now, had shown her nothing but kindness, and she kept them in a constant flux of transformation, except Dakota. Carmen shut out the suggestion. It was through these details that she improved their lives, and so it would remain. Even if they were no longer necessary.
The honour student blocked the other entries from her thoughts and focused on Ashley's. Had she truly written it? Since when did she even think of replacing nipples with phalli? It seemed too much, added with the constant swelling and rise in sensitivity. As she read, however, her own penis and pussy warmed. Her heartbeat travelled from her chest and between her thighs. She glanced up and saw Ryuka's knowing gaze.
"I knew you were a pervert," the Seikogami said and floated to lounge behind Carmen, "See, you set it all up. You'll get a fortune."
"But nothing's happened yet," Carmen said through clenched teeth, both to keep her voice quiet and to stem the flow of vitriol she wanted to unleash. It would be unfair to Ryuka. Liar or not, she hadn't forced Carmen into anything. That honour belonged to Gretchen. Always her. If and when the chance arose, Carmen would destroy her.
"It will. But that's not all you're worried about is it?" Ryuka asked.
"No." She didn't want to imagine what she'd done to Ashley. If the words came to fruition, then the rich girl would cum just by urinating, and she knew how the book affected libidos. She hadn't used it on herself, yet she fought every minute to keep her desires under control.
"She won't die, if that's your concern."
"She won't live either." Carmen sighed, "Do me a favour and check on her."
"I don't work for you. At least not for free."
"What do you want then? I'm not writing another name," Carmen added.
Ryuka scoffed at her, "Fine, what about giving that Dakota girl something? I think she's got a thing for balls. Why not double up on her?"
"No," Carmen said, later than she'd have liked, "What about oranges? If the book does what it's supposed to, I'll buy you dozens of them."
"Hmm," Ryuka's lip twitched in discontent, "Fine. But you better keep your end later." She said and vanished through the window, flying above the unsuspecting masses, breasts and dick riding the wind roused by her massive wingbeats.
An hour passed before she returned. Carmen sat beside Zoey, sharing her notes to help her learn more than the depressed teacher would ever impart. The athlete's presence calmed her. Something about her height, dips and arches of her muscles, and smile made it seem like what she'd done wasn't awful. She glanced at her bag. The Futa Note had helped people, she had helped them.
She spotted Ryuka in the hall after the bell rang. The Seikogami beamed at her from the ceiling. Whatever she'd seen had aroused her. Her cock stood erect and dribbled pre-cum over the floor. People slipped in it but didn't question why, just cursing their shoes or clumsiness, even those who got doused in the stuff were no wiser. How Ryuka didn't spent her days abusing such a power bewildered Carmen.