The Airlock

You decide to press the bottom button. At first, nothing happens. You don’t feel like you’ve moved any amount of distance. Maybe you didn’t push it hard enough? You hit it again, this time making sure to press the button down fully. Still nothing. But then, as you feel it to push it a third time, you realize that the button has jammed! Little did you know that the suit’s external guidance thrusters have become jammed by the repetitive pushing. Unfortunately for you, the nitrogen pack has to release that pressure somehow. Due to a rather knuckle-headed design choice, the only place it has to vent to would be the suit’s air supply. Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder. Nevertheless, you begin to feel lightheaded. Literally. All the pent up pressure from the suit’s propulsion system has begun to fill your suit! You struggle to find a way to turn it off, but your arms have become too bloated to bring to your sides. All around, your body expands outward, like a tic at a blood drive. You... struggle to... stay... awake..... As you drift off, a small flicker on the suit begins to light up. There must have been some kind of safety system installed! And sure enough, the station begins to loom over you. Then, two of its cargo arms extend from the bottom, apparently a job for two hands. As they grasp you on both ends, you subconsciously moan to yourself. One of them attaches a tether around your waist, preventing you from drifting away again. Then they begin to pull you back in. But something odd happens. As if they’re getting in a fight, they pull you back and forth, from one end of the station to the other. You begin to streeeetch between them, like a big sausage. The arms, apparently irritated with each other, begin to flail around, twisting and squeezing your elongated form. Then, they cease their misbehavior upon realizing the aftermath of their squabbles. You have been twisted into a gigantic balloon poodle! Neither of them really know what to do, so they power off for a while, as if nothing happened, leaving you to helplessly float alongside the station, like a dog on a leash. Well, at least there are protocols for this kind of thing after all, right?

Balloon Animal'd!

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