Greed Begets Growth

Rouge huffed and puffed, struggling to suck air in fully with all the weight bearing down on her. Her toes wiggled uselessly on the end of feet so buried in her own flab that she'd be lucky if she retained feeling in them, let alone ever moved them again. Her legs were in no better a state, so caked with lard and flab that they served as little more than cushions beneath her sweat-drenched form.

She was all too familiar with cursed idols, in fact they were the very reason that she'd found herself lugging around a rear end already a few pants sizes too big for her liking for the past few months... but, when she heard of the payout for whoever could nab a simple statue from a lesser-known museum? She was all for it.

Of course, her contact neglected to tell her that the payout was so great due to the powers held within the statue, and they also forgot to mention that she'd need some sort of magic deterrent if she wanted to handle it, gloves or not. So, of course, it was quite the surprise when she found her already-fat ass bloating and tearing straight through her bodysuit.

She put it back as quickly as she'd taken it, but the damage was done. By the time she got out of the building she was already too heavy to fly, and by the time she'd waddled to the end of the street she could barely move. Her clothes ripped and tore anywhere that they could, leaving her with no choice but to turn off into a small clearing if she wanted to maintain her modesty from the public eye.

It'd been so tempting to sit and catch her breath when she did it... but, the moment her rear spread out across the ground with all the weight easing atop it, she immediately knew she'd made a mistake. Even once her body stopped growing, the damage done in the from of 2,000 pounds insisting upon her frame left her completely stuck.

"I -huff- jush't need to... -huff- to hope this is... -wheeze- temporary.." Rouge mumbled, more to herself than anyone else. She wasn't worried about being stuck --- no, Shadow or Omega would come for her in no time at all. Her concern was being SEEN by one of them in her current sorry state. There were some fates worse than death, and ego death??

The ballooned bat rated it quite high.