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Rated: XGC · Interactive · Fantasy · #1358063
A woman shrinks and find herself at the mercy of one of the men in her life
This choice: Dani shrunk to four feet tall - faster shrinking route  •  Go Back...
Chapter #6

Dani, the guide

    by: Unknown

In fact, she felt like she was in a world of giants. Everyone around her, except for the odd child here and there, seemed at least a full foot taller than her. Dani took a step back, did a double take, pinched herself on the wrist, but nothing changed. Her point of view was now unusually low. Despite the mid-height heels.
She looked down at her own feet and legs. Her clothing seemed completely normal. Like, proportional to the rest of her. Then she shook her bag a little. That seemed heavier than usual. And larger.
She found her phone once again and took it out of the bag. It felt wrong. Unusually large, way too heavy, and a single palm of hers was completely inadequate at this point. Dani turned on the camera to look at herself. She was very pale.
Something was very very wrong, but her mind was still rejecting the very idea of what exactly it could be. Suddenly feeling slightly lightheaded, Dani took a deep breath and looked around. Nobody seemed to be staring at her. Was she imagining things? Did she hit her head when she stumbled on that inconsiderate man's foot?
She eyed an interactive info panel and walked over there, trying to keep a calm, collected facade. At the panel, she went through the list of shops, restaurants, banks and other establishments present at the mall. She found a first aid station. Maybe there's someone there? They could at least take a look at her head there... perhaps she did somehow knock it on the floor, despite not remembering anything like this and not feeling any pain... Ah, maybe the sudden motion gave her a concussion? Does that ever happen?
She suddenly felt someone's presence. Dani turned around and found a group of young people in front of her. Three men, one woman, all probably in their early twenties, decked out in expensive streetwear brands. She felt tiny in such proximity to them and automatically took a step to the side, letting them see the infopanel. The man in the front, a tan six-foot-tall jock type, started clicking away on the panel. She turned away from them as she considered her options.
"It's gotta be there, bro... check again..."
"No, not seeing it. Gant, Gala... shit"
Listening to them talk among themselves made Dani realize that in her current state she really didn't want to talk to anyone. Something was just... wrong... with her, and she wanted to figure out what that was. First aid station it is, then. There's gotta be someone over there. If not, she can text Anna. Or should she just go to her car right now? "But I need the shoes", she thought briefly, then laughed. "If I actually shrunk, they wouldn't fit me when everything's fixed..."
"Hey, you!"
Her heart skipped a beat as she turned to the group at the info panel. They were all looking at her.
"Do you know where the Grand is?"
"The Grand?"
"Yeah, the Grand"
A small bell rang in Dani's head. "The skating brand, right?"
"Yeah, that"
"Doesn't that thing..."
"We know there is one here," another guy said. "But it doesn't show up on this thing". - he pointed at the panel.
"They only opened here like a couple of weeks ago..." she remembered. "Probably isn't in the system yet."
"Do you know where it is or not?"
She gulped, sensing some strange disdain from the speaker. He was looking down on her, smirking. "I do", she admitted. "It's, so, you need to walk past the Pandora..."
"Just take us there", the youth said. "Will you?"
She looked him in the eye in pure disbelief that he actually just asked her to take him some place - she wondered briefly if he thought she was working here, and, if yes, then just how stupid he could be to not realize that a woman with a Louis Vuitton handbag could not be possibly working at a fucking mall as some assistant - but she swallowed those words. In his facial expression she saw disdain and entitlement, and, in truth, the same could be read on everyone else's faces. She couldn't possibly get into a verbal fight with them.
Dani decided the best thing would be to huff, turn around and leave.
But she didn't do it. Instead, a familiar feeling of confusion came over her, and her lips, almost as if directed by some external supernatural force, said:
"Sure, I will be happy to take you there"
She bit her lower lip as soon as the words came out of her mouth, as if trying to stop herself to say anything more. But it was already done. The group, satisfied with her response, exchanged glances, and then the guy in the front told her:
"Let's go then"
And Dani started walking - her legs felt heavy at first, she was sluggish, but she needed to keep up with this group, so she started walking faster, still flustered and surprised at her own willingness to help these people out even after she sensed the animosity emanating from them. She had to walk very quickly, and probably looked quite comically walking in front of them. She caught some people staring in mild amusement. Her face felt hot. She constantly felt the need to fix her own hair and was repeatedly running her hand through her golden locks. The four youngsters behind her were talking among themselves. At some point she was asked what her name was, and she replied, without bothering to ask for theirs. "Dani", the first guy repeated thoughtfully.
When they finally arrived, Dani turned to them and said (the confused state came over her once again):
"Here we are!" - and she smiled up at them.
The girl who was with them went ahead and entered first. The three men lingered for a moment. Two of them stared at the windowcase. The last one, same guy who's been talking to Dani from the beginning, looked over her once again and noted:
"Aren't you tiny. Easy to manage, I bet. Give me your number."
He disgusted her! And was probably younger by seven years at the least! But thoughts were spinning, and, as if in a dream, she gave him the number which he promptly put into his phone. "Good", he said, as she lowered her gaze in a sudden state of shame.
Something touched her head. The guy nonchalantly patted her on the head, forcing her neck down. Dani closed her eyes until the humiliating pat ended and the men finally entered the store. Then, breaking out of her trance, she sprinted off, not caring about what would anyone think. She found a ladies' room and locked herself in a cabin. On the way there she noted the handbag getting heavier again. She only caught a quick look in the mirror, but it was enough to confirm her suspicions: she shrunk again, only to three feet tall this time.
"What is going on with me?.." she lamented for several good minutes.

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1. Dani goes back to Grand to ask those four for help

2. Dani goes about her business at the mall

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