This choice: A new additive to the shrink ray that may improve the durability of objects • Go Back...Chapter #6Pounded by: Tisch   Entering the lab room, Jack saw a tall and thin woman with straight brown hair and glasses wearing a white lab coat and black high heels. She noticed he came in and walked over to greet him. "Hello," she smiled warmly, "You must be Jack. I'm Annie. Come in, we can get you started right away. How has your day been?" Jack was pleased with the warm greeting. "It's been good, thank you. I've heard that you all have been making progress on this size research. Would you mind informing me what exactly it is you're researching?" he asked. "Certainly. We've been recently researching the effectiveness of an extra strength durability factor that has been in the works for the marketplace shrink ray. So far, we've seen great success with it. Most of the objects we have minimized have seen great leaps in durability after they have been shrunk down. That's what you're in for today. I'll be shrinking you down and testing how durable you are."
"But couldn't that have significant problems? Like, couldn't I get seriously injured?" Jack nervously spoke. The woman shook her head. "Highly unlikely. According to the formula we have now, you will experience very minimal, if any pain, and sustain next to no injury from this experimentation. Now, if you would please stand on those two footprints, we can get started." Jack did as he was instructed, but was thinking about what the woman had just said. "Minimal, if any?" he thought. "Next to no injury? How about no injury at all?" As Jack stood on the two imprinted feet on the floor, Annie took notes on her notepad. Once she was finished, she set the notepad down and revealed a shrink ray very similar to Jack's. "Okay, I'm going to shrink you and test your durability now. Are you ready?" Jack slowly nodded his head.
*ZAP*
In an instant, he was on the floor two inches tall. He nervously looked up and saw Annie walking his way. Intimidated by her appearance, Jack backed up. "Please Jack, stay where you are," the researcher's voice boomed. Jack gulped and did as he was told. Annie stopped once she was right in front of Jack. He looked up at the towering woman and saw she had raised one of her black heels into the air. "Remember, just be relaxed. Everything will be quick and likely painless," she reassured. But this did nothing for Jack. He braced for impact as the woman dropped her foot.
*CRUNCH*
With the middle of her foot landing directly on Jack, Annie grabbed her notepad prepared to take notes. Underneath her sole, Jack was yelling. While he wasn't experiencing much pain, most of it reduced in comparison to times in the past where he had been stepped on, there was some noticeable signs of discomfort. The procedure was only getting started, though. Soon, Annie began twisting her foot on the floor, rubbing Jack into her sole and consequently rubbing the dirt and grime from her shoe onto him. This went on for some moments, Jack justifiably complaining all the while. Once this concluded, Annie raised her foot off of Jack and watched as he slowly peeled off of her sole and fell to the ground. "Are you all right, Jack?" she asked and bent down to look at him. Though he was hurting a bit, Jack gave her a thumbs up. Annie smiled, the wrote feedback down on her notepad. As Jack was staggering up, though, her other foot came down on him.
*SMUSH*
Repeating the process she had just done, Annie looked to see that Jack could withstand a fair amount of damage. The same twisting motion, this time paired with some stomping, left Jack completely stuck to her sole once Annie had finished her part. She had to take her heel off and manually remove him from her sole to get him all the way off. After that was complete, Annie set Jack on the lab table and spoke with him. "Are you completely okay? Any injuries?" she asked. Jack denied having felt any injuries and confirmed he was all right. Annie wrote down his responses, then set her notepad down and picked Jack up, keeping him on her palm.
"I would once again like to thank you for volunteering. Your participation truly means a lot to the faculty working on this project and holds great value for the industry of this device. Now, there is one more trial that can be explored. Would you like to participate?"
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