...wow...this is strange...

The commotion I heard was the shrieking laughter of Etna and the just plain shrieking of Flonne. As for Laharl...

She was swelling. Literally. Like that girl who swiped the gum in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Laharal was inflating like a balloon. "Hey, hey! What the hell is this?!" she yelled, her voice in a higher pitch, as though she had been breathing in helium.

I rushed back over and she deflated at such a rate that it made her fly up several feet into the air, landing with an "oof". "...so...if I get too far away, she inflates like a freaking balloon?" I asked Etna with confusion. I was wondering how the hell that got programmed into Laharl...

Laharl got up, brushing herself off, shuttering when she touched her breasts, a look of revoltion of her face. Etna snickered and shook her head. "Not exactly," Etna replied, waving her finger. "See, the effects are random. She could shrink, grow, itch all over, or start brawing like a donkey uncontrollably." I blinked. "So I have to keep her near me ALL the time?!"

Shushing me, Etna shook her head again. "No. If you TELL her she can go a certain distance, she'll be allowed to. It's ALL on you," she said, patting my head. Flonne sighed, tail drooping. "This is so confusing..." she muttered.

Nodding, I rubbed my temples. "Agreed..."