Gabe’s POV

I am stunned that Carly wishes to remain a green disc.

She continues talking. “I love how you guys all treat me like royalty. If I was human again, would you still kiss me and stroke me this much?”

The Mayor replies before I can. “Ladies are expected to act demurely and modestly.”

Carly quivers slightly as she replies. “I don’t want to be demure or modest! I like acting wild and free!”

The Mayor tsk tsks. “There is nothing wrong with being modest. Consider regaining your human form so you can show how modest you can be.”

Carly wriggles in my hands. She’s not happy. “I don’t care about being modest! I like being able to have fun without having to worry about people judging me. And besides, why would I want to go back to having periods?!”

“Periods are a trifling matter,” says the Mayor.

Carly twitches in irritation. “A ‘trifling matter?!’ You have never experienced a period. It’s not exactly a walk in the park, buddy! Listen to me … I don’t want to be bound by rules or expectations just because I’m a human girl! I like being able to do what I want without restrictions! When I was a girl, I was meek. But now I’ve found I like being able to defend my gorgeous freckle-faced guys in battle. I don’t want to lose that power. I like being bold and confident.”

I have noticed that since Carly’s transmogrification, she has acted lustier and less inhibited. Why is that? Has she gained some kind of magical energy? Whatever the case, debating this with the Mayor will achieve nothing other than upset her. I can see that.

“I think we should all take our time and not be hasty,” I say cautiously. “Carly, we should probably sleep on things and see how you feel tomorrow.”

Carly twitches and smiles at me. “Yeah, I think that’s a good idea. Let’s sleep on it and see how I feel tomorrow. Thanks for understanding.”

On the way back, Carly wants to be made a fuss of, so we pass her around, kissing her and stroking her around the edge of her disc, making her moan with pleasure.

I decide to tactfully talk her into wanting to become human again. “So, Carly… As a green disc, there are things you cannot do which you could do as a human girl…”

Carly is perched on my shoulder. “Can a human girl fit inside your shirt?” She slips inside my collar and down inside my shirt, so that she is pressed against my chest. She wiggles with delight. “Mmm… Human girls can’t really fit inside your shirt like this. But I can! It’s my own little world in here.” She shifts around inside my shirt. “I’m loving the view. And the smell of your sweat always drives me wild with wanting more.”

Carly always did like the smell of my sweat. I’m curious about how much she likes it. “What about under my arm? Can you go under my arm?”

Carly moves to my armpit. “I can try!” She wiggles around, poking her squishy boneless body inside my armpit. “Mmm… this is cosy! I can always be close to you.”

“Can you go down my sleeve?” Carly shifts down inside my shirt until she reaches my wrist. “I think I can! This is a tight fit, but I’m pretty flexible.”

“Well done!” I pull reach into my sleeve with my other arm and pluck Carly out. “Now how about we stop off at the park on our way back?”

Carly wiggles as I hold her in my hand. “Yes, let’s go to the park.”

At the park, my brothers and I disperse to look at different attractions. I take Carly to where people are feeding the ducks by the lake. Carly slithers down from my shoulder and wriggles along the ground and then slides into the lake. She swims around the lake, moving with an undulating motion through the water like a fish. She swims back to the shore and floats on the surface, grinning up at me. “Nice being able to glide through the water without any limbs getting in the way.” She winks at me. “In the Mayor’s office you asked me if I wanted my arms and legs back.”

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She swims around again. People laugh at her swimming like this. “What are you doing, strange creature?” they ask. Carly responds with a cheeky grin. “I’m swimming! What does it look like?”

Some children come over and throw bread into the water. Carly catches it effortlessly, and quivers as she swallows it. “I can catch food now!” she calls. “I don’t need to eat, but I still can. As a human I had to eat.”

I’ll have to offer something fun to entice her out of the lake. “Let’s go and watch the wrestling!”

Carly slithers out of the lake and wriggles along the ground towards me. I pick her up and we go over to the wrestling contest. Two muscular men are oiling themselves. Carly gives a soft sound of approval. The referee challenges any onlooker to take part. Carly wishes to wrestle both wrestlers. What follows is an interesting spectacle. Carly slithers all over their bare bodies, clearing enjoying every moment of physical contact and loving how much they struggle to get a grip on her. “This is so much fun!” she calls.

The wrestling ends in a draw. Carly wriggles across the ground towards me and looks up at me with a sultry smile. “Mmm… I loved wrestling those guys! It was so much fun being able to move around their bodies like that. But now I’m craving even more contact…” She grins at me wickedly. “Do you know what I’m thinking? I’m thinking we should slip off somewhere quiet and secluded where we can have all the fun we want.”

“Where?”

Carly wriggles across the grass towards a bush. “In here?” she asks. “Yeah. This is a good spot. No one will be able to see us in here.”

We enter the bush together, Carly sliding in beside me with a soft rustle of leaves. “So what kind of fun did you have in mind?” I ask.

“Oh, I have plenty of ideas for fun! We could explore each other’s bodies, or maybe even try something a little more adventurous…? Let’s see how many different ways we can tangle ourselves up together.”

With a giggle, Carly slithers up onto my shoulder and then slips down my collar and starts to slide and twirl around my body, wrapping herself around me in various ways. “Mmm… this is so much fun! I love being tangled up with you like this.” She presses herself close to my stomach. I touch the slight bulge in my shirt where she is, and she wiggles. “I want to stay close to you. It’s so nice,” she says softly, her voice slightly muffled. “I feel so sage and comfortable with you like this. I could stay in your shirt all day.”

Now she has quietened down, this is the moment to try and persuade her to become human again. I try to think of what to say, but I sigh. “I’m so sorry you got hit with the disruption spell. You took the brunt of that spell because you were defending us.”

She wraps her flat body around my torso in an embrace that’s the best she can manage without any limbs and quivers softly as she responds in a soft voice, a bit muffled under my shirt. “It’s OK… I’m happy like this now. Being able to move around like this without any limbs is actually pretty fun. And I don’t have to worry about creepy guys grabbing me anymore.”

“I’m so sorry a creepy guy treated you like that when you were a human girl. But I’m a bit confused. You say you cannot be grabbed anymore? In the bathhouse yesterday, Eldrin held you in his hand even though you were wiggling.”

Carly quivers as she laughs softly. “Oh yeah… well, it’s different when you and your brothers hold me. I don’t mind being held by you guys because I feel safe and comfortable with you. And yes, sometimes I do wiggle just for the fun of it. I was enjoying being held by Eldrin and I was enjoying having a wiggle at the same time. I can move around so easily now that no one would be able to hold onto me unless I let them. It’s kind of liberating.”

“Is that why you don’t want to be human again?”

“That’s right… I don’t want to change back because I love being like this. The sensations from being touched in this body are amazing. And I really love fighting alongside you and your brothers. You guys are all so nice and kind. Incredibly handsome too. I couldn’t protect you without all my magic.”

That’s so sweet. But how am I to persuade her to become human again? I think we had better go to the café while I think it over.

“Time to go to the café,” I say aloud.

Carly quivers slightly under my shirt, her flat, boneless body still wrapped around my torso. “Oh yeah! Let’s go to the café. But I want to stay under your shirt. It’s comfy here.”

I set off towards the café and reach into my shirt to tickle Carly, who wiggles and giggles. “Hehe… that feels nice!”

I just thought of something. I have to give voice to it. “Carly, do you wish to stay the way you are now because you wish to reject womanhood?”

Carly quivers slightly under my shirt. “Yeah… that’s part of it too. Being a girl sucked sometimes. Having my period every month was awful, having to deal with creeps who thought they could touch me whenever they wanted was infuriating, and being told I couldn’t do things just because I was a girl really upset me. So yeah… staying like this lets me avoid all that.”

“But would it not show solidarity with other women to become a woman again?”

Carly twitches. “Hmm… I see your point. It would be nice to show solidarity with other women by being one myself. But honestly, I’m just so comfortable like this now.”

How can I persuade Carly that she should want to be human again?