READER'S ENTRY: Double-Up Experiences (Part 14)

Double-Up Experiences (Part 14)

by Ageiss

Regina started to get ready for the party, transfixed by the long ritual that getting ready had become now that she was a grown woman.

She washed her hair and then dried it, polished her nails and toenails and even waxed there where short hairs were starting to poke out.

She then started with her make-up. Violet had been giving her lessons and she was getting really good at it. She wondered if she would forget what she had learned after a few years, or if she would just pick it up again, like riding a bike. She decided to keep practicing a bit even after regressing, just in case.

Getting dressed was easier than she thought. She had a pretty clear idea of what she was looking for, and luckily, Violet’s wardrobe was extensive.

She picked up a tiny black top that exposed her cleavage and toned arms, along with a tan mini-skirt and very high stilettos.

“You look beautiful!” said Violet proudly. “Let me take a picture of this moment.”

Violet held up her phone and snapped a pic as her sister smiled and posed.

Since Lauren lived so far, Regina decided to call Esther so that they would go together to the nightclub. It was still very early, so the two new women decided to stroll around a boulevard in the meantime.

Regina walked to Esther’s place, which was just around the corner and her brother gave them a lift to the right address.

Esther was looking very fashionable, and had gone with an elegant style that really fitted her new high cheekbones and model-like features.

Her brother suggested he could stay with them until the party started, and Regina was certain she had managed to catch the eye of the 16-year-old boy. Luckily, Esther declined and the two girls spent the rest of the afternoon looking in the stores’ windows.

“There’s so many pretty things I’d like to buy” said Regina. “But it’s no use. They will surely be out of style by the time we can wear them again.”

Night closed in fast, and before they knew it, the club was open and many of their schoolmates had arrived.

They found Lauren sitting there on a table, looking gorgeous in a small black dress. She joined Esther and Regina and invited them for a drink.

Regina found the taste of alcohol disgusting, but Lauren seemed to like it, so she gave her glass to her friend.

Many other students seemed quite taken with the stuff, though, and the bar was stuffed with men and women ordering cocktail after cocktail.

Among them, Regina spied on a group of four girls. As different as they now looked, there was no mistake who they were, mainly because they were together. Because of that, she was able to guess who each of them were. The blonde haired one had to be Blake; those bright green eyes could only be Carla’s; Andrea was the one with raven hair and thick features and the one in a velvet dress… that had to be Debbie, who had always been the prettiest one.

For a few years now, those four girls had been the most popular ones at their class. Regina had nothing against them, and they could be friendly from time to time, but she had also seen they could be very mean-spirited when they wanted. Other girls like Esther had been bullied by them in more than one occasion.

Which was why Regina thought it would be fun to “accidentally” walk their way with her friends.

“Oh, Gina!” said Debbie looking at her up and down. “I don’t know if I told you yesterday, but you look amazing.”

It was obvious they were trying to be flattering. The four of them were smiling, but Regina was pretty sure they were all feeling quite jealous. They weren’t bad-looking by any standard, but none of them could remotely compete with Regina and her friends in the looks-department any more.

“Thanks, Deb. And have you seen Esther,” said Regina pointing unnecessarily at her towering friend. “Quite a stunner, uh?”

Esther blushed but remained regal and self-assured. The others didn’t know what to say, so they just undid themselves in adulation for a few minutes until each group went their separate ways.

“Yeah, keep kissing our butts,” said Lauren when the three of them were out of their ears reach. “Maybe now, if they behave, we can allow them in our clique.”

The other two laughed.

“They’re still looking at us,” said Regina glancing their way.

“Let’s give them a look at “Chubby Esther”,” said Esther getting rid of her coat, and revealing her slender body.

She stretched up as tall as she could get and Lauren and Regina had a hard time containing their laugh. Those girls just had a good dose of humility, and with a bit of luck, it would do them good.

The rest of the night was very pleasant. They talked among themselves and with their classmates, and Lauren even danced a bit. Esther and Regina decided to check out before it would get too late. After all, they still needed to do a lot for their Project and they needed some sleep. And in any case, there would be more Double-Up parties before the week was over.

Regina’s dad picked her and Esther and drove them home. Both girls were a bit sleepy in the backseat, but they talked about what they had planned for their week.

“I’ve been thinking…” said Regina. “I feel I should start a blog and share my experiences, maybe a few pictures… I don’t know. I bet there are many kids who feel scared about drinking their Double-Ups, just like I did. And listening to others who went through it really helped me. Maybe I can give that back to someone else.”

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Previous stories: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13

Follow up: Epilogue

CLASS PROJECT INDEX

READER'S ENTRY: A New Heroine (Part 2)

A New Heroine (Part 2)
by BLZBub

Teenage social conventions were not so easy to comprehend as Lora would have initially thought. It was little wonder the aliens couldn’t teach it to Lora as easily as the more impersonal topics. There were so many possible faux pas she could step into, Lora was more than a little overwhelmed. It was a good thing Lora was able to use her powers to make the other students perceive that Lora had made her slip-ups as an intentional joke or she would have fallen in popularity very quickly.

It took Lora several months before she was able to get the nuances of dealing with teenagers. During this time, she had also been working on honing her powers. Her hypnotic gaze made others quite susceptible to her suggestions. She can project her voice like a ventriloquist and make other think they were their own. She was also able to fool noses into believing they were smelling fragrances that weren’t presence.

Once, for a challenge, Lora went the entire day wearing nothing but her underwear. It was a bit of a challenge to make everyone around her constantly think she was wearing clothing. Sometimes her attention slipped and she had to scramble to reestablish the illusion before everyone noticed. Fortunately, it was pretty easy to convince boys that they were just imagining her in her underwear. Lora could have possibly gone to school completely naked, but that would have been too hard for her to concentrate.

But her manipulation of the senses weren’t the only things Lora worked on. Like all the people the aliens have altered, Lora had the power of flight and super strength. However, it appears that most of her power went into her sensory manipulation. Even so, Lora was able to life 400 lbs. at her best, which required her to use some perception manipulation so that no one would react to her great strength during gym class. Lora suspected she was an average flyer, not being able to move at supersonic speeds, but fast enough to make driving superfluous. Her illusion powers came in handy for keeping people from gawking at the flying girl overhead.

But despite the difficulty of mastering her powers and social interaction, Lora had fun with high school. She had made plenty of friends and was able to enjoy things like parties, movies, driving, sports, and all sorts of teenage things. It actually became quite a surprise for her when the aliens told her she was ready to move on to the next stage. She had completed basic teenager interaction, but now she needed to learn how to act like and interact with adults. Lora was hesitant to leave high school, but she couldn’t deny she wanted to see what adulthood was like.

This time, the aliens allowed her to remain clothed. Lora wore an elastic set of underwear that could easily stretch to whatever adult proportions she’ll gain. Lora hoped she’ll grow up to be as attractive as her current appearance hinted at. She soon felt a tingle in her body as the aging process began. Like before, her limbs and torso stretched out more to give her more height. But her main concentration was on her breasts and rear. Her butt, which had been cute before, was swelling out into something more desirable. Her hips slowly clicked further apart to accentuate her shape. Her breasts inflated, their growth focused more on rounding out than moving forward. Even so, she had a very respectable pair by the time the aging stopped.

Now Lora was an adult woman in her prime. Her body was built similar to the superheroines in the comic books. Lora wondered if that was a coincidence or the aliens were making her fit people’s expectation for a superheroine. Either way, she wasn’t complaining. Her powers ought to be increasing a bit with her new age but Lora had been given more than enough time to gain control over them so she wouldn’t accidentally crush something in her grip or something else. She was confident she’ll be able to handle the boost in her powers. It was facing the world as a woman that will be the real challenge and Lora was looking forward to it.

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Previous story: Part 1

Follow up: Part 3

FEATURED TF: Beach Blanket Beauties

This week, I’m going to feature a work by a fellow genre author, so instead of my usually comprehensive pictures and plotlines, I’m going to keep those to minimum to diminish spoilers.

If you’ve been a member of this community for a time now, then it’s highly probable you know DreamTales’ work, since he’s one of the few who produces dedicate material about Age Transformations. He also focuses in other genres, particularly growing and shrinking, and he usually ends up mixing them, so if you’re reading a comic where a girl undergoes AP, chances are she’s also going to end up as a giantess.

But since I’m not into that, I’ll start by reviewing one of the comics that focuses purely on the Age TF, namely Beach Blanket Beauties.

Now, it’s probable you’ve read the story of the same name, also by DreamTales. This is an adaptation, though it features major departures from the original.

The comic starts with DreamTales’ stock characters, Suzy (blonde) and Marilyn (brunette), a couple of statuesque women who seem to be around their mid-twenties.

They are mortified because they haven’t caught the attention of a guy yet (which is usually the drive of choice in DreamTales’ characters). The only ones on the beach are around 18, and thus too young and wouldn’t be interested in them. Yeah, right.

Enter Mandy, a redhead little girl (her age is literally impossible to tell. She looks 12 in one panel, and 7 on the next) who Suzy has babysat in the past.

Mandy has access to a ray gun that can make the girls younger, so that they can woo the boys (again, yeah, right).

Since that’s the author major selling point, I don’t think it’s an spoiler to tell you the gun works further than they anticipated, making them much younger than intended.

Meanwhile, Mandy switches the gun's settings and fires it on herself.

Mandy grows up into a beautiful young woman who can rival the former Suzy and Marilyn. She immediately becomes the sensation at the beach (adult men suddenly abound there, despite the fact Suzy and Marilyn had been unable to find them).

From there on, I won’t detail anything else, except that Mandy tries to humiliate the others as much as she can.

That is, in fact, the defining trait of the story, and of all of DreamTales’ comics. Whenever I struggle with his work, I simply remind myself that we pursue completely different things. What I like about Age TFs is a character finding itself better and empowered, and thus, that's what I showcase in my stories. DreamTales obviously has a fetish for the opposite: the complete humiliation of a character. The empowered ones are just there to further humiliate the other one.

And that’s fine, really. Everyone likes different things.

My main grip is when you replay the same scenario over and over again. If I review more DreamTales’ comics in the future, you’ll find many of the same points that we have here: the beach, the same humiliation devices (fall of their clothes, being spanked and bossed around, etc…), the horny girls who aren’t interested in anything but overly muscled guys, etc.

And then there’s those stock characters. Suzy and Marilyn. Or Lauren and Betsy in other stories. That would be fine if they were part of an overarching narrative, like Ageiss does monthly, but in this case, the story resets itself each time. And the problem with that is that you end up looking at the same characters transforming over and over.

The art is, as usual with DreamTales, excellent. This one is drawn by one of his most frequent collaborators, PalComix, and he’s very apt at drawing beautiful females. The images are also beautifully colored. I think those panels I shared will stir your appetite for the whole thing.

The beautiful illustrations aren’t accompanied by a strong script, though. It’s not only the lack of innovation between one comic and the others, it’s that all the situations are amusingly improbable, and they –and the dialog- often play like the story of one of those stereotypical porn films they parody elsewhere, though I believe this one is among the lesser offenders in the author’s repertoire, and thus one of the best.

Now, is it worth it despite that? Definitely, considering the shortage of material in this genre.

If you don’t have it, check this purchase link:

http://www.dreamtalescomics.com/Blog/2011/beach/