Alice's eyes widened as Marni's guest slowly came into view. They switched to the camera that led off-stage to the dressing rooms, choosing to introduce the day's guest from the backside first.
Alice's eyebrows rose involuntarily at the silhouette that eclipsed the lighting. Marni hadn't been kidding when she said that she had a big show in store for her audience today; if only Alice could have known just how big, she might have braced herself. The woman walking onstage may as well have been two or three guests, all wrapped up into one!
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like you to welcome today's guest," the image flipped to camera one, panned out across the stage, "A woman who needs no introduction; Dr. Brittany Huan!"
As the audience roared with applause, the addressed doctor raised an appreciative hand as she lumbered onto the stage. Her arm was thicker around than most women's calves, packed into a white lab coat so tightly that even Alice could make out the definitive crease where her upper arm folded over her elbow—even the slight polite wave she gave the crowd sent it all shaking. This woman was enormous, probably one of the biggest women that Alice had ever seen in her life!
Dr. Huan walked slowly, her pace hampered greatly by her immense bulk. Her great belly bobbed and swayed as it led the way for her, her fat legs spreading wide as she took slow, awkward steps onto the stage. She turned and smiled to the crowd, her fat face creasing with appreciation of the warm welcome that they had given to one of Marni's girthiest guests.
No doubt in anticipation of her arrival, Marni had a loveseat ready for Dr. Huan. Alice doubted that even the heavy hostess' generous seating arrangements would have contained the double-wide doctor's derriere. Dr. Huan sat next to Marni, filling most of her seat with relative ease. Her huge stomach hung forward, causing her legs spread and fill whatever space on the couch she hadn't already, and spread generously towards the floor.
Dr. Huan gave another wave, her great arms wobbling, as Marni clapped her fat little hands excitedly.
Alice recognized her, vaguely, as the scientist whose face had been making rounds lately throughout social media.
Beyond that, this was the first time Alice could recall actually seeing her. That sure was an awfully positive response for a crowd who, Alice doubted, was very versed in her particular field...
"Welcome, welcome, welcome Dr. Huan!" Marni gushed with a particular enthusiasm, "You have no idea how happy we are to have you here today!"
"The pleasure's all mine!" the fat woman chuckled, her vast body wobbling shortly, "Big fan of the show."
"Oh stop..."
Even though her viewing habits had slipped lately, Alice could still tell that this Dr. Huan woman being on the show was a pretty big deal. Their usual fare of "special guests" were reserved for shock value. Men and women with weird piercings, overly tattooed individuals, and those who had undergone severe body modification. While Dr. Huan's weight was shocking enough to have value, Marni seemed to be playing her completely straight. Whatever Dr. Huan had done to get on the Marni Blake Show, it definitely wasn't because of her weight.
Which was saying something.
"For those of you who don't know, Dr. Huan here is one of the most revolutionary minds of our (your? our? I'm gonna say our!) generation." Marni leaned forward into her vast belly, reaching onto her knee and spreading one chubby white hand along its surface, "Dr. Huan has made national news concerning her most recent breakthroughs, and for some reason she agreed to do my show."
Another appreciative round of applause from the audience.
"Please Marni, call me Brittany—"
"Eee! I can call her Brittany!"
"—And you know, I wasn't kidding when I said I was a big fan. I've been watching for... well, since the beginning I guess." Dr. Huan said with a head motion that caused her vast second chin to bunch against her cheek, "But I'll admit, it wasn't just because I wanted an excuse to meet you."
"Oh?"
"The real reason (well, the other reason) I wanted to come on stage with you today was because I needed the perfect venue to give everyone a first-hand look my research!"
The crowd seemed to purr with approval and interest. Even from her living room, the bumming blonde had gone from laying splayed out on the couch to sitting right at it's edge. She hadn't even heard of this woman until a few seconds ago, and she was already on pins and needles!
"Most of you all," Dr. Huan turned to the crowd, "Have probably seen me on Facebook. Buzzfeed, Youtube... on the internet, any part of the internet, for my controversial theories about body mass. Weight—in the sense of fat."
At this, Dr. Huan took a moment to acknowledge the elephant in the room—meaning, her. Or rather, her distractingly high weight. With two meaty hands, she grabbed the forefront of her vast double-belly by the middle roll and gave it a punctuating, if slight, shake. The vast doughy sea of her belly shook accordingly, even as she let go.
"And you know, it gets pretty old, hearing all the negative remarks that people have to say about what I, and by extension my research team at ASU and the Yeng Company, are claiming." Dr. Huan folded her fat hands on top of her still-jiggling stomach, settling its tempo, "We're all working really hard at proving what we've been researching and... you know, it's all just theories and suppositions that we're pretty sure are true, by this point, but it's really hard to make other people believe us—and what we're claiming—without any evidence."
"Well, you know, I'm a big supporter and I'm more than happy to help in any way I can." Marni added quickly, "You know, besides liking all your posts on Facebook."
The crowd gave a collectively appreciative chuckle.
"You know, I'm so happy you said that? I really am." Dr. Huan said with a smile, "Because I brought a sample! A little... sneak peek, as it were, into what the good people at Yeng are paying us to do."
"Really?"
"And I was hopiiiing... you'd be down for a little science project Marni." Dr. Huan punctuated her point with a dazzling smile, her cheeks dimpling twice over as joy overcame her fat face, "Do you... want to try it out?"
Marni turned towards the crowd, clearly caught off-guard by Dr. Huan's odd request. There was a slight pause before someone in the audience urged her from off-screen, and the rest slowly began to chime in. Before long the entire crowd was chanting 'do it, do it!' Even Alice had to admit, she was really curious to see where this was going...
"Well... alright!" Marni chuckled nervously, "What do i have to do?"
Dr. Huan and the audience were delighted—the excitement was palpable!
And then it cut to a commercial break; Alice would have to wait a whole two to five minute before she finally got to see what was so interesting about this Dr. Huan woman! Well, before she got to see whatever cool experiment she was going to have Marni help her with. Alice didn't have much of a head for science. Even if she googled Dr. Huan, she probably wouldn't have followed the summary of her work, let alone the finer details.
But what did she say that she specialized in? The study of... body mass?
Just as Alice worked up the energy to whip out her phone, the commercial break ended. Tossing her phone back onto the couch (even ignoring a text from Zack!) Alice reglued her eyes to the screen. As soon as the opening cinematic ended, the camera was focused back on stage.
There was Dr. Huan, and then there was Marni...
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