Carmen's Inflation Machine

LOTS of inflation in this one!  I hope you enjoy it! C:

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It was Riley’s birthday at last, and Carmen was setting up the party.  Little did she know that things were about to go horribly wrong. . .
The anthro T-rex continued her setup with a smile, humming along as she got out the cake.  Her newly invented robot was inflating the balloons—and it was a beautiful beast of a machine.  It had two arms, one with an air hose to inflate objects, and one with an air hose to deflate them, along with two treads for movement.  Not to mention it was about as tall as the average person.  Carmen was quite proud of how it had turned out—she had invented it herself, after all.
The tyrannosaur put down the food and hung up the last of the balloons, looking around.  She rubbed her chin, trying to think of what would be needed next.  “All balloons inflated,” her robot said in its flat voice.  “Awaiting further instructions.”
The dino scratched her head.  “We need more party balloons,” she muttered to herself, trying to think of where she could get some . . . maybe at the store down the street.
Unfortunately, the robot heard this, and misinterpreted what she said as a command.  “Command acknowledged,” the bot replied. “Make more party balloons.  No normal balloons detected, initiate compromise for balloons.”
Carmen turned to the machine in surprise.  ‘Wait, what?!  Hold on, don’t—MMPH!”
As she was talking, the robot shoved its inflating hose into her mouth, and before the T-rex knew it, air was filling her up.  Bit by bit, her face began to inflate, air pumping inside of her mouth and puffing up her cheeks.  Soon her cheeks were bulging from the sides of her face, bigger than she ever thought possible, but the inflation wasn’t done yet.
The air traveled down her esophagus, making her throat bulge out with air.  Then the air went down to her stomach, and Carmen could feel it starting to fill up.  From there, the air spread to the rest of her body, and soon, the inflation began in earnest.
Carmen’s stomach began to puff out.  It started out normal sized, but with a small bulge starting at the center.  Then that bulge got bigger, from baseball sized, to basketball sized, to watermelon sized!  The air continued to flow inside of the T-rex, and it filled up her stomach until it was absolutely enormous.
At the same time, the air was starting to go to the rest of Carmen’s limbs.  It made her neck grow bigger and bigger, until it bulged out completely.  Then it traveled down to her hands.  Her arms started out relaxed and loose, like normal limbs, but as the air began to fill them up, they became larger and larger, firmer and firmer, until it felt like they might pop at any moment.  Her shoulders joined her arms in that regard, filling up with more and more air.  
The T-rex tried to move her arms, and realized that she couldn’t anymore!  She tried to move her fingers, but those filled up with air too, faster than she thought possible.  Her palm swelled out from underneath her fingers, and those fingers filled up with air, becoming rounder and much thicker, until they were unmovable.
Then, the air began traveling down Carmen’s stomach and to her legs.  As it did, the T-rex began to lift off of the ground, until she was a few inches above the floor.  She was so inflated now, she was floating!  And that worried the tyrannosaur a bit. . .
Her legs filled up with air, bit by bit.  They started out normal, like her arms had been, but has her thighs and calves became more and more full of air, they got bigger and bigger underneath her, until they, too, felt like they might pop.  And she couldn’t move them now, either. . .
Next, her feet filled up with the air.  At first, when Carmen concentrated, she could wiggle her toes, but as the bridge of her foot became inflated, and her toes filled up with air, she could no longer move them at all.
Finally, to end the inflation, her tail joined in on the “fun”.  It started out normal sized, just like everything else had, big as air flowed inside of it, her ass and tail began to grow bigger and bigger, until both were absolutely huge.
And just like that, it was done.  Carmen’s body was fully inflated.
The robot reached into its compartment and pulled out a cork, which it then placed in Carmen’s mouth to keep her from deflating.  “Mmmph!” Carmen exclaimed, trying to speak.  But the cork prevented her from doing so. . .
The robot turned to the door.  “More balloons detected,” it remarked.  “Proceeding to make more party balloons.”
It made its way outside, and Carmen started to panic.  /Oh no!/ she thought to herself.  /I have to get its remote control and recall it before it gets into too much trouble!  If only it didn’t plug my mouth closed. . ./  She sighed.  /This is going to be a real pain to deflate. . ./
Meanwhile, the robot was rolling along on the sidewalk.  Ahead of it, Marcus (a tiger shark) and Shelia (a great white shark), a husband and wife duo who were friends with Carmen, were walking on the sidewalk, heading towards the party.  “Aw man, I can’t wait to see Riley’s face when she sees everything!” Marcus exclaims to Shelia.
Shelia smiles.  “Agreed.”  She looked forward, and spotted the robot heading toward them.  “Um . . . what is that?” she asked, confused.
Marcus squinted as the bot came closer and closer.  “Um . . . I’m not sure?” he said to her.
Shelia’s eyes widened.  “Hey . . . isn’t that Carmen’s robo—MNPH!”  She was interrupted as the robot launched its inflating tube in the air, and shoved it inside of the great white shark’s mouth.
“Command acknowledged: make more party balloons,” the machine said.
“Party balloons?  Oh no!” Marcus exclaimed, horrified.  He walked toward the machine and tried to pull the air hose out of his wife’s mouth, but the bot turned to him and wrapped its other hose around the tiger shark, pinning his arms to his sides.  “Help!” he screamed, struggling in its grip.  “I don’t want Shelia to be turned into a party balloon!”
But there was nothing he could do about it.
Shelia could feel the air flowing inside of her body, making her feel tingly inside.  Her cheeks began to fill up with air.  Her face inflated bit by bit, her cheeks bulging out more and more until they were an absolutely enormous size.  She could feel the air as it filled her up, and it certainly was a strange thing to feel.  And to think this was just the beginning of the inflation. . .
The air traveled down the esophagus of the great white shark, and as a result, her throat began to inflate along with her cheeks.  A bulge formed in her neck, and grew bigger and bigger with each passing second.  It certainly felt quite bizarre. . .
Then the air went up Shelia’s shoulders and to her arms.  Her limbs were hanging loose at her sides, but they went from normal and relaxed, to filled up with air, all in a matter of seconds.  Her arms became bigger and firmer as the air filled them up, and made her limbs float up instead of staying by her sides.  And that wasn’t even mentioning her shoulders, which also filled up with air and became inflated with her arms, and her hands, which became so big she couldn’t move her fingers anymore.  This just got weirder and weirder. . .
Meanwhile, Marcus was still fighting with the machine, trying to escape its clutches so he could help his wife.  He struggled and thrashed in its grip, trying his best to get out.  But no matter what he did, he couldn’t escape.  Crap. . .
The air traveled down the great white shark’s throat and soon reached her stomach.  At first, the air lingered down there, simply staying inside the belly.  But as more and more air began to take over the space, it began to inflate in size.  Her stomach started out with a tiny, tiny bulge, the size of a baseball.  But as more and more air went inside of Shelia, the bulge grew bigger and bigger: her belly looked mildly full of food, then it looked fuller, then it looked pregnant, and finally it looked unreasonable and irrationally large, absolutely exploding from her gut.
And it was that big gut that got Shelia off of the ground.  Her stomach pointed up toward the sky, and brought the great white shark with it, bringing her a few inches off of the sidewalk.
Thankfully, the inflation was almost over.  The air traveled down to Shelia’s legs, and began filling them up.  Like her arms, her legs started out normal and relaxed, but as air filled them up, they swelled up in size, and became big and taut.  It felt like they might pop at any second.
Next, Shelia’s feet filled up with air.  First the bridges of her feet stretched out in size, inflating more and more until they were completely stretched by the air.  Then her toes got the same treatment: they began full of air and puffed up in size.
As the final step, her shark tail and her ass inflated in size.  Her butt cheeks got bigger and bigger underneath her, and her tail got larger and larger as the air filled them both up.  When it stopped, her tail was absolutely enormous, and her ass was, too.
As the air filled up Shelia’s toes, the robot seemed satisfied.  The inflation was fully finished.
The robot removed its tube from Shelia’s mouth and shoved a cork inside to replace it.  The great white shark’s whole body was inflated to a huge size, and she was floating a few inches off of the ground as a result.
“I’m sorry, honey, I tried!” said Marcus, feeling helpless.  “I really tried to—MMPH?!”  The robot shoved its tube arm into his mouth this time—now it was his turn to be inflated.
“Command acknowledged: make more party balloons,” the machine said.  Then it started pumping air, and the inflation began.
The tiger shark fought and struggled, trying to pull the tube out of his mouth, but it was stuck inside there pretty good.  He felt the air flowing inside of his mouth, sending a strange tingle throughout his body that made him feel very . . . /weird/.  He didn’t want this feeling, and wasn’t sure if he liked it.  But here it was anyway.
The air flowed into Marcus’s cheeks, growing them bit by bit.  First they started out normal sized, but soon, they became bigger and bigger at the sides of his face, until they were completely puffed up.
Then the robot directed the air down to the tiger shark’s stomach.  And that’s when the inflation truly began to escalate.
Marcus could feel the air traveling down his esophagus, and as a result of this travel, a bulge formed in his throat.  It started out as a tiny bulge, perhaps the size of a marble.  But it quickly swelled to the size of a golf ball, then the size of a baseball, and just kept increasing bit by bit. Until the throat bulge was absolutely huge, just like the bulge in the tiger shark’s cheeks. . .
The air traveled down to Marcus’s stomach and began filling up his empty belly.  He could feel the air swirling around inside him, searching for places to go and fill him up, and Marcus gulped.  This wasn’t going to end well, now was it?
That’s when his stomach started to stretch.  It was completely full of air by this point, and as time went on, his belly began to increase in size.  First, a small bulge formed in his stomach—it started out tiny, just like the one in his throat.  But the bulge didn’t stay tiny for long, and only began to grow larger and larger as time went on: it became baseball sized, then soccer ball sized, then football sized, then watermelon sized!  And it just kept growing and growing from there!
As the bulge grew in Marcus’s swelling belly, he could feel himself going up off of the ground, floating in the air by a few inches.  The air was really starting to fill him up now, he knew.  Great. . . Just great. . .
More and more air filled up the tiger shark’s gut, until its growth was beyond what Marcus could have imagined.  His belly grew twice as big as him, then three times as big, then /four/ times bigger, until it was a swollen, huge balloon in front of his face, crowding his view!  He couldn’t see in front of him thanks to the enormous gut, and the stomach covered his arms and legs, preventing them from moving either.  He was somewhat trapped now, unfortunately.
Finally, the air stopped flowing inside of the tiger shark, and the inflation came to an end.  The robot let its tube out of Marcus’s mouth and stuffed a cork in its place.  The tiger shark’s belly was absolutely enormous now, and he was floating helplessly next to his wife, unable to help or speak.
The bot turned its head, seeing other down the street.  “More balloons detected,” it said, rolling away from Marcus and Shelia.  “Must inflate party balloons.”
The party balloons in this case were Laura and Lila, two sisters who were also on their way to the party.  The two hyenas were laughing and chatting with each other, oblivious as to what their fate would soon be. . .
“So Riley’s gonna be so surprised,” squealed Laura to Lila, grinning.  “I can’t wait to give her the present I got!  It’s going to be /epic/.”
“Yeah, I’m excited too!” exclaimed Lila.
That’s when the robot approached, and the two sisters turned to it.  “Uh . . . can we help you?” Laura asked, confused.
Lila squinted at the machine.  “That kind of looks like one of Carmen’s—”
“MMMPH!”
“Laura!”
The robot shoved its inflation tube into Laura’s mouth, surprising the hyena completely and almost causing her to stumble backwards.
“Command acknowledged: make more party balloons,” the bot said.
/Party balloons?/ Laura thought, confused.  Then she realized what was about to happen and thought, /Oh come ON!/
Air began flowing into her mouth, and the inflation began.
“No!” screamed Lila, charging at the robot.  But just like before, the robot simply wrapped its other hose around the attacker, nullifying the other hyena before she could get a single hit in.  “Oh come on!” Lila exclaimed, struggling and fighting in the robot’s grip.  But it refused to release her, and focused its attention on the inflation it was working on.  Its objective, after all, was to make more party balloons.
Meanwhile, Laura was also trying to put up a fight, but she found that the air hose was stuck pretty good inside of her mouth—great.  Just great.  She could feel the air flowing inside of her maw, which made a small tingle run down her spine.  There was no stopping this, she could feel it now.  This was going to continue until the robot was satisfied with her “party balloon” status.  And that it take a while before she got there. . .
Air poured into the hyena’s cheeks, making them grow out inch by inch.  Like the others, they started out rather normal, but the air pressure inside of Laura quickly changed that.  Her cheeks became bigger and bigger at the sides of her face, growing and growing until they were completely puffed up.  Laura tried to breathe the air out of her nose, but it was pumping in so fast that her efforts were reduced to nothing.
She could feel the air going down her esophagus now, and because of this, a bulge formed in her throat, just like the others.  It started out as a teeny tiny thing, barely bigger than a grape, but quickly swelled until it was the size of a tomato and still growing larger!  Eep!  A few seconds later, Laura looked down to see her throat was bulging out to an absolutely huge size, just like the bulge in her cheeks.  So this is what it was coming to. . .
“Come on, come on!” Lila shouted frantically, still trying to get free of the robot’s clutches.  But no matter how much she struggled, the bot held her firm.  So all she could do was watch. . .
Then the air went down Laura’s esophagus and landed in the hyena’s belly, filling up the empty space.  She could feel the air moving around inside of her stomach—it certainly was a weird feeling, one she wasn’t a fan of.  But she couldn’t do anything about it, or change it.  So the hyena waited to see what on earth would happen next.
Her stomach slowly started to increase in size.  Air filled up the entire space, and then began to expand it, stretching out her gut bigger and bigger.  It started out as a rather small bulge, which looked like perhaps Laura had eaten too much for dinner.  Then it looked like she had stuffed herself, then it looked like she had eaten two entire meals in a row!  Her stomach just kept growing and growing, bigger and bigger, as air filled it up.
As it grew, the hyena felt herself going up off the ground. . . She was starting to float!  Stunned by this, she looked down, and sure enough, she was a few inches off of the sidewalk by now!  It truly was a remarkable feeling . . . though paired with this strange inflation, it certainly was a weird combination of emotions.
More and more air filled up Laura’s swollen gut, until her stomach was just as big as Marcus’s, if not bigger—at least four times larger than its natural state.  Her belly was like a big balloon, inflating her and getting her off of the ground.  She couldn’t see past the thing, and it covered her arms and legs, rendering her unable to help herself.   Like Marcus, she was trapped.
Her inflation was complete.  The robot took its tube out of Laura’s mouth and put a cork there instead.  Laura turned to her sister, who was still fighting with the machine.  She had a bad feeling as to what would happen next. . .
And just as she suspected, the robot shoved its tube into Lila’s mouth now, releasing the hyena at the same time.  It was the other sister’s turn to be inflated.  Great.
“Command acknowledged: make more party balloons,” the machine said.
Lila struggled and tried to pull the air hose out, but it was stuck tight in her mouth.  And so she was helpless as air started to flow inside.
The hyena felt air flowing inside of her mouth, puffing up her cheeks, and she tried to tug the hose out of her maw.  Unfortunately, like with the others, it was stuck in there good—she couldn’t get it out!  And so air flowed inside of her mouth, swelling up her cheeks enormously, then traveling down her throat.
Lila could feel the air traveling down her esophagus—man, did that feel weird!  The bulge there started out small—it was pea-sized at best.  But it quickly grew to an enormous size, doubling, tripling, and quadrupling in size all in a matter of seconds, until a huge bulge had formed in the hyena’s throat.  Once the air there had inflated all it could, it traveled down to new places, to inflate more of her.
That’s when she felt the air flowing to . . . her breasts?  Yes, the air was going down her throat and heading inside of her boobs!  Lila had a good idea as to what would happen next, and she let out a groan—at least her bra was elastic, but this was ridiculous!
As she suspected, the air inside of her boobs began to stretch out her breasts in size, and inflate them inch by inch.  Her breasts started out as a A cup, but as more and more air filled up her insides, they swelled to a B cup!  Then they began to rapidly expand, going from a C to a D cup in a matter of seconds, then quickly growing to a F cup!  And the growth wasn’t even over yet. . .
Her breasts grew larger and larger, swelling more and more in front of Lila’s face.  She turned red with embarrassment as her boobs began growing big enough to be /very/ seen through her shirt, and tried to cover them up—but considering they were quite enormous now, there wasn’t much she could really do about the situation.  That was just great. . .
By now the hyena’s breasts were enormous, big enough to make her float in the air by her boobs!  She was a few inches off the ground, and her breasts pointed toward the sky, each one its own balloon.  They grew until each boob was as big as her head, and then, the inflation stopped.
The robot took the hose out of Lila’s mouth and stuffed a cork inside, satisfied with its work.  “Must find more party balloons,” it said.  Then it drove off.
Riley the raptor was humming and walking on the sidewalk, eager to get to her party.  Carmen had invited her to spend the day together—it was going to be a great time!  But as she was going, a strange machine came up to her, and spoke to her.
“Command acknowledged: make more party balloons,” the bot said, looking right at Riley.
“Party balloons?” the raptor echoed, confused.  “That couldn’t be for my birthday, could i—MMNPH!”
The robot shoved its tube inside of her mouth, silencing Riley immediately.  The raptor tried to get the tube out, but nothing she did worked.  And so she was helpless as air started to fill up her mouth. . .
The air poured into Riley, flowing inside of her and making a tingle run down her spine.  Her cheeks started to fill up with air, making her face inflate bit by bit, and making her cheeks bulge out more and more with each passing second.  Until, finally, her cheeks were quite a huge size, and her face was stretched so that it was massively inflated.  But this was just the start. . .
The air went down the raptor’s esophagus, and because of this, her throat bulged out as it inflated too.  That bulge grew bigger and bigger at every passing moment, until it was absolutely huge.  Riley tried to shrink it by swallowing down the air, but every time she did, a new bulge would form and grow in its place!  So much for trying to get rid of that. . .
The air traveled down to Riley’s chest, and it did something quite a bit different than it had for the others.  It puffed up her chest /and/ her stomach, both at the same time, and began filling her up there completely.  It started out as a small change, nothing too remarkable—it just looked like the raptor was mildly full from her dinner.  Then it looked like the raptor had /eaten/ somebody for dinner, and then, the stomach swelled to sizes beyond Riley’s imagination.  Her chest inflated too, matching her stomach’s size, until both were absolutely enormous.  As a result, the raptor was sent a few inches off the ground, floating in the air.  This was just great. . .
Her arms then began to fill up, air flowing inside both of them at once.  Her limbs became taut and big at her sides, resulting in them floating upward as they got larger and larger.  Until they were swollen balloons of arms now, and the fingers on her hands were the size of sausages.
Next, the air did something different traveled down to her back, making that inflate backwards.  Now Riley was a big blimp of a person, helpless and floating in the air, unable to move or protest.  And the inflation wasn’t over yet. . .
The air went down to her legs, expanding the size of her thighs and calves until they were absolutely enormous—she felt like they could pop at any moment.  Then, her feet filled up with air, becoming bigger and bigger, and her toes filled up with air.
To end it, her tail and ass finally inflated.  Her tail grew in size as air poured inside of it, and her ass expanded nicely underneath her.  When it was all over, both parts were absolutely huge.
The inflation was complete.  The robot took its tube out of Riley’s mouth, and stuck a cork inside.
Pete, a cat who had been standing nearby, was staring at the robot in utter astonishment.  “Looks like one of Carmen’s bots has gone haywire again,” he muttered to himself.
That was enough for the robot to turn its attention to Pete, and it rolled up to him, saying, “Command acknowledged: make more party balloons.”
Pete smiled.  He actually liked being inflated, and since he knew this was Carmen’s bot, he wasn’t all too worried.  “Alright, machine.  Make me into a party balloon!”
The bot shoved its inflation tube into Pete’s mouth, and the cat smiled around it.  A moment later, the inflation began.
Air pumped inside of the cat, flowing inside of his body.  His cheeks slowly began to fill up with air, bit by bit, making them bulge out.  At first, the bulges were small and manageable, but soon they became bigger and bigger, until they were absolutely enormous, his cheeks stretched out to an unbelievable size.  Pete smiled wider around the tube, enjoying the feeling this inflation was giving him.
The air traveled down the cat’s esophagus, and made the throat bulge out with air.  That bulge got larger and larger with each second, until Pete looked like a frog croaking with the amount of air that was inside!  He enjoyed the feeling very much, and relished getting the chance to be inflated like this.
The air traveled down to Pete’s arms, and began filling them up.  He loved feeling his arms go from loose by his sides, to taut and full of air.  They filled up with air bit by bit until, finally, they were floating at the cat’s sides.  /Cool!/ he thought, looking at them with a grin as his shoulders inflated and his neck expanded in size.
The air traveled down to his stomach, and started to fill his belly up next.  His empty gut growled longingly as it began to fill with air, and bit by bit, the inflation began to make it expand outwards.  The bulge started out small, just like with the others, but grew rapidly, until his gut was big enough to make him float off of the ground.  Pete loved inflating so much that he was floating, so he let himself savor this feeling—it didn’t always last.
The air went down to the cat’s legs, filling up his thighs and calves.  Just like with his arms, they started out rather relaxed and small, but by the time the air was filling it up, they were absolutely huge, so big that Pete felt like they might pop at any second!  Which was something he /really/ loved feeling. . .
Finally, it was time for his tail and ass to join in on the fun.  His small tail began to inflate, inch by inch, and his buttcheeks started to expand as air filled them up.  Bit by bit, both of these parts of him grew bigger, and when it was done, they were absolutely huge.
The robot finished inflating Pete and removed its tube from the cat’s mouth.  Then it made a beeping noise, and said, “Command acknowledged: recall back to home base, and bring party balloons along to home base.”
It rolled along the sidewalk, using its arm to gather up all the party balloons it had made so far (Pete, Riley, Lila, Laura, Marcus, and Shelia), and rolled back up to Carmen’s house.  The door was open, and the robot went inside, bringing the balloons with it.
Carmen was standing on the floor, deflated now, and breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the “party balloons”—the robot had inflated the guests, unfortunately, and the birthday girl, but it hadn’t inflated any strangers.  She closed the door and pressed another button on the remote control.
The machine let out another beep.  “Command acknowledged.” it said. “Deflate party balloons.”  And so the bot went around and did just that, deflating the people it had inflated one by one.  Though when it got to Pete, the cat said, “Aw I wanna stay like this for a bit longer!”  So Carmen switched off the robot instead, and let Pete stay inflated.
“Sorry for the weirdness, everyone!” Carmen said to her guests.  “Why don’t we get this birthday party underway!”
And so the party went off without anymore hiccups.  “That was a first!” Riley remarked to Carmen as they ate cake.  “I became a party balloon at my own party!”  She tilted her head and asked, “By the way, if you were inflated like you said, how did you deflate with the cork in your mouth?”
Carmen laughed and said, “Well . . . let’s just say it’s a good thing the robot didn’t plug up the other end where air comes out!”
Riley laughed. “Oh, I see.
“Well, I was wondering why all the air fresheners were out!”