Try three bodies again

You pondered yourself for a while, clearly happy with this outcome of your singular form. It almost felt silly now to have been so worried about what might have developed, with Ela knowing what to do to build you! She had taken every precaution you'd given her, and the final result was clearly wonderful. But, you still needed to make sure everything could be virtually undone--that is, that you could be divided into your component parts and essentially everything will function as it had before, at with some minor alterations. You could divide up into your six selves eventually, but your first step is to divide up into the three major groups. Hopefully, the end result would let you be able to converse with the others without knowing what they were going to say; there was something important about those divisions in conversation and problem-solving leading to new revelations that just don't happen when a single mind averages out the thoughts.

You closed your eyes, focusing for a moment on the unseen part of you. Your form at the moment only represented one-sixth of your overall mass, with the remainder of it hidden away. Were you to simply pull your whole being into the third dimension without any further alteration, you realized you'd be reminiscent of the anglerfish of the deep--a beautiful beacon affixed to a frightening larger mass of elastomer and human bodies all designed to seemingly perform 'magic' in this limited realm. Since most of that mass came from the converted matter and stored flesh of your component parts, so you could easily form the others whenever you'd like.

While you knew you could just form three Angelas--a thought that delighted you greatly--that wasn't the purpose of what you wished to try. You needed to see that you could display a 'normal' that the rest of the world would recognize. So when two more bodies began to step out of nothingness to join you, you reverted back to your Ela-headed Laura form--quite possibly your favorite look--while the other two bodies took on appearance that was fairly close to their previous selves. Kazumi's head sat atop Zoe's curvaceous body once more, her arms stretching up like she was waking up from a nap. She patted the top of her head, realizing her dog ears were absent, and she leaned down to hug the happy Roxie to pull her into her form. And then just like before, up popped the ears!

When it came to Chloe and Amanda, there was a notable change in their development, apparently chosen by that group now that they were closer than they ever had been before in terms of a mental connection. Since apparently everyone else was doing new heads on top of existing bodies, Chloe had opted to put her own head atop Amanda's recognizable form, you could see a very different face that normally would have been translucent green slime. In fact, her face looked just like she did in your dream... her long green hair cascaded down her back, which she hurriedly put into a ponytail to keep it in check.

"What a rush," Kazumi finally said, taking a seat on the armrest of the couch. Knowing she wanted to go outside and show herself off very soon, she prepared by transforming an orange one-piece swimsuit with a white oval at the stomach, looking very much like the color patterns of a corgi. It seems like the groups beyond you already had a clear understanding of their elastomer, as the Zoe side of Kazumi had no trouble forming clothes like you would. "I knew after all this weirdness, the whole dog-ear body-gifting stuff where I was allowed to shake Zoe's boobs around all day that I wanted to be a part of it, but I didn't know that it could get even better."

"It definitely makes far more sense what Ela was asking earlier," Chloe said, herself forming a green bikini. "And why you made sure she asked those questions, Emily. It was a big gamble to get all of us on board with this, especially once we all seemed to form into that single body at the end. That went way beyond what I'd have volunteered for, and had any one of us decided to not cooperate during that mix--like, if one of us tried to back out, or tried to dominate the mixture--I think this 'Angela' construct would have turned out far differently. Probably not nearly as pleasant..."

You nodded. "I didn't want everyone to worry when I combined us all that the outcome would be anything but ideal. That was my biggest driver. ...Oh, also, I should explain that Ela and Emily increased their nanite communication so I'm a bit more of a single mix at the moment. The same should be true for both of you as well, but with enough focus we can naturally limit the nanite connections and once again behave like six parts.

Kazumi and Chloe both nodded, with Chloe looking down at herself. "It'll probably be easier like this, for now anyway. Three bodies is easier to keep track of, and it's actually nice to have this shared dialogue in a much faster way inside my head at least. But Zoe and I, and Ela of course, absolutely will need to run tests as our individual selves, and to continue our research. Elastomer that doesn't require the nanites would be the next step, naturally."

"Though, the part of me that's Zoe wouldn't mind staying connected like this even after finding a better elastomer solution," Kazumi offered. She felt herself blush a little.

"True," Chloe said, looking at herself. "This combination is really pleasant, hard to think of giving it up for more individuality after seeing what less individuality can do for us... But even Angela could be improved, if we continue down those lines. The nanites are our bottleneck, I'd be willing to bet big money on that. If we can create a stable elastomer, then the human parts of our mix could be converted as well, and at that point, well, the mental connections are real, not simply ferried signals between miniature machines."

You nodded a little. Though, the nanites gave you a bit of extra control over the rest of the group, as it did help to have a 'head' of the six bodies to guide the group forward. So, maybe the nanites were okay? Or, maybe you'd need to see if there was some way to maintain this hierarchy of minds to keep things stable using the elastomer?

"...On second thought, the heirarchy of minds inside Angela offers a lot of stability, so if we can't replicate that with the elastomer, the nanites probably need to stick around." Chloe said that after a thought apparently just popped into her head--your thought. You realized quite quickly that you essentially had the same capacity to mentally prompt the other two bodies, even though at the moment they felt distinct and apart from you with their own mental centers.

Naturally, this required immediate experimentation.

Chloe and Kazumi's hands both reached up simultaneously to their breasts, squeezing the lovely pairs inward, without even giving it a thought. "So where are we gonna go for breakfast?" Kazumi asked. "I'm very hungry, I wore myself out yesterday with the frisbee and the noodles weren't enough! I need... bacon. A lot of bacon. Real bacon though!"

"Just a little inland is a good waffle place, I'm sure they'd have what you need," Chloe said, slowly stepping toward Kazumi. Both girls continued to talk normally, but their expressions changed, looking lustful, attracted to one another, hands still gripping their own breasts. They didn't even have a clue that you were controlling them so easily through their thoughts!

Kazumi stood, now stepping toward Chloe at a similar pace, her hips swirling in anticipation. "Ooh, I haven't had waffles in such a long time, I could get some with chocolate chips! You think it'd be okay for me to eat chocolate chips while Roxie is a part of me? I doubt that she would--" she couldn't speak anymore, as you brought Chloe and Kazumi's mouths together for a deep kiss, their hands wrapping around each other, bodies pressed tightly against one another in their loving embrace. You sat down on the bed to watch from your vantage point, smiling as you observed.

After about two minutes of kissing--and then each pair of hands pulling down the swimwear top of the other body so bare breasts collided--you let the two break their kiss, instead simply using their hands to play with each other's chests. "I'm sure chocolate would be fine to eat," Chloe said, continuing the conversation like nothing was happening out of the ordinary. "It's technically not Roxie's digestive system, but she'll get all the same benefit from your taste buds."

With some final mental nudging, you had both Kazumi and Chloe step back again, reaching down to fix their swimwear, until it looked like they were back to how they were before, and then dropped the mental suggestions. That was so effortless, so easy to puppeteer two other bodies, you were amazed by the result.

Chloe glanced at you, quirking an eyebrow at whatever you were smiling about, but she motioned toward the door. "You up for waffles, then? Just so we can get a unanimous vote here."

Waffles did sound good--and you did want to spend more time split apart like multiple independent beings to really enjoy parts of the weekend. But with that sort of mental control, it was also tempting to wait on breakfast and experiment more. Of course, with that level of control it would also be effortless to become Angela once again and take a solo trip outside to see what other fun you might be able to stir up as a unified extra-dimensional entity.