Girls Cubed

Holly walked into the garage and was curious as she saw her friend Danielle signing a piece of paper and handing it back to a delivery man, who proceeded back to his truck. Next to them was a large machine with two wide openings and a control panel on its side. Holly had no idea what the machine’s function was. She walked toward Danielle, pondering various possibilities during the short walk.

“Hey Danielle.” Holly said, “What is this?” she asked, pointing at the large device.

“Hi, Holly. It’s a goo shaper. When you put in some goo, or a goo girl, it can morph the girl into many shapes and keep them like that for a while with a special freezing mixture.” Danielle explained.

“Oh, alright.” Holly said, lost in thought as she looked at the machine. She was now able to distinguish the entrance and exit to the machine. The hole where goo was supposed to go in was only three feet wide, but the end where shapes would come out was about twice as wide. What was between the two openings was a mystery to Holly, shrouded by metal doors and darkness. The ‘in’ hole was also padded on the rim with rubber.

“Do you want a demonstration?” Danielle asked, snapping Holly back to her senses.

“I have the feeling you would’ve done this even if I wasn’t here.” Holly said as Danielle entered some data on the control panel. She wasn’t looking hard, but all she was able to make out on the screen was a wire frame 3D model of a cube. Danielle then walked around to the end with the smaller opening. Holly followed her friend to the side of the machine, where Danielle was looking at her expectantly.

“Well Holly, are you ready?” Danielle asked, eagerly waiting for Holly to crawl inside.

“Actually, you know what I’ve been thinking?” Holly responded, getting pretty close to Danielle. “You always get other people to test your stuff for you. Why not try it for yourself?” Holly then wrapped her arms around Danielle and squeezed her tight. Danielle was caught off guard and was unable to wriggle free. Her arms were also pinned to her sides, snagged in Holly’s tight grip. Holly then crouched and looked at the gaping metal hole next to her, her stance forcing Danielle down to her knees.

“In we go!” Holly said whimsically as she lunged at the hole, getting both girls halfway inside.

“No! Holly, what’s wrong with you!? I don’t know if the machine can even take both of us!”

Holly and Danielle quickly heard the machine whir to life and felt the rubber edges tighten around their waists as vacuum force pulled them inside. They were unable to see anything inside the machine as they were pull along on a conveyor belt. They had no idea whether or not it was actually tight around what they could feel immediately around them but they stayed still, not wanting to interfere with the process. Soon after they started moving a bright red light quickly flashed from all directions. They moaned as it not only hurt their eyes, but it also swiftly heated their bodies. The heat was very intense but lasted less than a second. Holly and Danielle could tell especially because they were holding each other that the heat softened their bodies significantly, making them feel like jelly.

The conveyor continued moving as the girls got superheated but stopped shortly after. Holly and Danielle heard something moving but was unsure of what exactly what it was or how big the thing was. They heard a clang of metal on metal and wondered what would happen next. They were given no time to think on that before two large metal plates came from in front and behind the two of them, squishing the pair to a standing height of three feet and widening them significantly. They grunted as the metal squished them together, their softened bodies melding somewhat together from the pressure. The plates stayed in place as two more emerged from the darkness, this time from both sides. They were smashed into each other’s bodies, their individual features getting indistinguishable with the exception of their skin tones between them. They tried to moan again but their faces were mixed together, preventing either one from speaking. They were now tightly packed between four plates surrounding them, their conforming bodies melding to the square shape, with a little excess on top. But soon a fifth plate came crashing down and smooshed their top, smoothing it out. Holly and Danielle were uncomfortably packed inside this tiny metal box when, to their relief, the plates retracted. The conveyor started back up and the two girls packed into a cube moved along it.

Holly tried to free herself by forcing herself to melt, at which point she could just reform. But the conveyor stopped once again and a freezing mist blew, coating the cube. The half of the cube that was Holly and sagging as it melted quickly stopped losing shape. Holly and Danielle were still soft and squishy, but they were kept cold by the strange liquid, preventing Holly from melting herself. The mist spray stopped after a few seconds and then several smaller metal plates pressed and slid around Holly and Danielle’s bodies. They smoothed out the rough and lumpy portions of the cube, tidying up its finished product. They focused particularly on Holly’s side, which needed to be flattened out and reshaped because of Holly’s escape attempt. The plates rubbing up against them tickled them quite a bit, making the cube jiggle with what would’ve been laughter. Satisfied with the cube, the conveyor belt moved again and delivered Holly and Danielle outside, where they plopped unceremoniously on the ground, jiggling quite a bit from the impact as the machine hummed, returning to its dormant state.

“Are you happy now?” Danielle said, able to speak to Holly mentally through their gooey bodies.

“You know what? I bet we look interesting. I just wish I could see myself.” Holly replied. “How do we go back to normal, again?”

“This stuff wears off in a few hours or it can be neutralized with a chemical that came with the machine.”

“So we’re waiting either for a few hours or for someone to come and help?”

“Yup. Better find something to entertain yourself. I feel like we’re going to be here for a while.”