It was Becky, but was it just a sneeze?

The last things you remember was the tickle, the sneeze, and then seeing a wave of shimmering light washing towards you like a silent shock wave.

Then darkness.

A few moments later your sight begins to return, like the light in the end of a tunnel and muffled sounds become more clear. You almost lose your balance from a moment's vertigo.

"Oof, Excuse me," Becky says as she wipes her nose. "That came out of nowhere, like you guys," she says with a hint of snark, though less panicked than half a minute ago. "Not that I don't mind the excitement after being on my own for a few weeks, but hell, the universe should pace itself a little," she says as she adjusts her top and pulls up her sweatpants and casually slides her dick up along the left hem.

_-Was it that big a few seconds ago? it looks like it's almost as big as mine now-_ You can't avoid giving her package a glance. It looks like much bigger than yours, but size isn't everything. -This feels weird. You try to recall what she looked like before compared to what you see in front of you now.

Becky looks to be taller than average, athletic, half caucasian half hispanic you'd wager, impressive dick for a girl especially when she manages to look very feminine at the same time. -Wasn't she white? And much daintier?-

"Yeah, oof, that did feel weird. Anyway - sorry about that," Alex says from the side of you as she puts a hand on you to keep you from going forward. "And... let's get out of the bathroom for now."

"Why?" Becky asks, looking around for spiders or a rat. You assume she'd stamp it to ****, not caring at all about ruining her shoes or getting spiders crawling all over herself.

"It's nothing, really. Well, it's- it's something, but we don't know yet, so let's just... get out of there," Alex says distractedly as she walks slowly backwards out of the bathroom.

_-...Did Alex' outfit change? Not that it's not something she wouldn't wear, but no pants while out scavenging?-_ You give her a closer look and she makes a cute pose for you by the door as she slides outside.

Damn, even if it's impractical, you can't say she owns the look. After all of this, she's going to be ready for some action. Hopefully you can keep up!

You catch yourself day-dreaming and realize she must have seen something troublesome in there, so you pull your own sunglasses out and put them on. Ah, that explains it. A giant white ethereal root growing out of the wall behind Becky, branching off along the walls and around the floor. And Becky's foot is stuck firmly through one three-incher which seems to be slowly flowing into her.

As you turn around to follow Alex, you catch a glimpse of yourself in one of the mirrors.

Nothing new, but at least you're looking decent. _- I could swear Alex gave me a much more masculine build this morning though. Weren't you over six feet too?-_

You shake your head and step outside, watching as Becky picks up her purse- no, a duffle bag and joins the two of you. She's taller up close, almost your height when standing straight, which seems to be her natural idle stance.

"Okay, I'll try to explain," Alex says before pausing for a moment, collecting her thoughts. "This emergency thing? It seems to be because of some sort of radiation. But it's not directly dangerous as in trying to kill you."

"Okay?" Becky says as she crosses her arms and shifts her weight on her hips.

"It's less deadly and more... transformative. From what we've learned, it takes inspiration from whatever it touches and changes it accordingly. Ever played a computer game with magic? It seems to be a bit like mana, in that you can fill up and run out of it," Alex says while explaining with a few fingers in the air. Becky seems to be paying more attention to Alex' tits, but that's probably something Alex gets all the time for being who she is.

"Yeah, from personal experience, You might not believe it and I don't like to admit it, but I used to be some white guy! but then I became the new and improved Alex," she says happily and does a quick spin on her leather boots. You **** her to cut the heels down to one inch before leaving. "coincidentally, that happened because I stole some porn mags and dildos from... that shelf," she says as she turns around and bends over slightly to point at a shelf by the back room entrance.

"Huh, that sounds weird, but I can see the entertainment in it," Becky says in response, drinking up the rear view and giving you an approving glance. The one implying you've done well hooking up with someone. _-She got over having a dick in her pants real fast-_You shrug and smile apologetically in response. Becky's not wrong in you being quite proud of getting hold of a woman like Alex.

"Yes, and we did figure out how it works, but then we ran out of mana, so to speak," Alex says as she turns back and gives you both a knowing smile of what you've been drooling at. "So we figured we'd run back here and try to figure out a way to get a refill. Which I believe we have succeeded at," she says as she hands over her glasses to Becky. "Have a look through those," she says as she picks up an errant plastic bag from the floor. "Look into the bathroom for an example. Oh, Jamie, I'm going to mana-proof this plastic bag so we can bring a few of these toys."

"What for?" you ask. "We already have some at home."

"Well, I don't think they have that much charge in them," Alex says in a distracted tone, her eyes glancing over at Becky who had returned to the bathroom. Becky does have a nice firm ass, you have to admit after giving it a glance as well. "So why leave empty handed?"

"Hmm, fine," you sigh. Alex nods and closes her eyes, muttering over the bag. Becky stalks back to you and gives Alex a quiet look for a moment before looking at you. "Is she doing magic?" she asks in a hushed tone, standing very close and looming a bit on you.

"Um, yeah. Basically you just think repeatedly about what you want to happen and it'll happen. If you have the mana for it, that is. There seems to be a certain limitation to the scale of things."

"Well, that's good. Maybe that's what happened to the rest of the town?" Becky says. "if people went: 'I wish I wasn't stuck here in lockdown.' Maybe they teleported away?"

"I actually hadn't thought about that," you say in an impressed tone. Becky chuckles and plants her hand down on your shoulder in response. "Though, that leaves the question of where they ended up."

"Hmm, that's a good question as well. Let's hope they made it out okay," Becky says with a nod before letting go of you with a few pats, looking over at Alex who seems to be done, the crumbly plastic bag now of harder plastic with a zip-lock at the top.

"Alright, you want to hold this while I shop a little, Jamie?" Alex asks as she holds the bag out for you. You sigh with a smile, stuff the flashlight in your back pocket and grab hold of the bag.

"Okay, so magic is real," Becky says after handing Alex back her glasses, which she puts on. Becky then begins counting off bullet points on her fingers. "You've accidentally turned yourself into a, how to put it..."

"A nymphomaniac asian porn star with an interest in magic?" Alex suggests. _-That's a bit self deprecating, didn't she also literally conjure up an medicine degree-_

"Right, and -Jamie, wasn't it? Okay- Jamie here is your..?"

"Roommate," you say quickly.

"Roommate with benefits, duh," Alex says and giggles.

"Gotcha," Becky says, putting up another finger. "And now you're out scavenging sources of magic to do... what, exactly?"

Alex pauses her scrutiny of random sex toys and gives the rest of you a vacant look for a moment. "Eeh, for protection and long term survival?"

"And for kinky sex things," you say, adding what you know she's thinking.

"That too, but at least 51% protection and long term survival," Alex says in her defense.

"I can see the appeal in that," Becky says and nods along. "Survival and kinky sex things, isn't that what life is all about?"

"Woah," Alex says, her eyes going wide. "That's so true! Becky got her priorities straight, right Jamie? Don't be worried if he seems a bit wary, he's got better survival instincts than me. He's the sentinel of our group while I'm the entertainment."

"Can't all be as eager as Alex is," you say with a shrug and a smile, holding the bag open for her to fill with more smutty magazines. Becky gives you a knowing look.

"Well, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one left alive," Becky says, sighs and stretches before looking around. "I must admit I was out on an entertainment hunt myself."

"Did you wear out your pocket pussy?" Alex asks as she picks one in a package down from a different aisle and tosses it towards Becky. "This one is clean, relatively speaking."

Becky laughs, but stuffs the box into her bag. "No, but I have been hunting down toilet paper in my apartment complex, to put it that way. Either way, you guys mind if we could... like, hang out? meet up now and then or something in that vein? I'm beginning to go insane from staring at my walls."

You and Alex look at each other, Alex giving you a look that she wouldn't mind if you wouldn't mind. "Um, I guess we can figure something out? I'd feel bad leaving someone alone if I could help it," you say as Alex takes the bag out of your hands and zips it shut.

Becky clenches and shakes her fists and nods silently in celebration. "Awesome! So-" she's about to reply as a thunder rolls through the building, interrupting her.

"That sounded like real thunder," Alex says and looks down at herself. "And I didn't bring a raincoat."

"That you did not," you say in a slightly sarcastic agreement. _-You could swear she was smarter this morning about this-_ "But it is what it is,"

"You guys lived quite a while away from here, right?" Becky asks. "I'm just a five minute walk away. If we go now, we should avoid the worst of it. I got steaks and vegetables in the freezer."

"Steaks?!" Alex says as her eyes go even wider than before. You sympathize, you've been out of meat and fresh vegetables for eleven days. Alex gives you a **** look which you know all too well.