Karyn, however, soon found herself with more immediate worries as she felt her stomach roil. It started to pooch out just as Karyn lost consciousness, hitting the carpeted floor of her room as her body went slack.
When next she opened her eyes, she found herself in a hospital bed, her mother and father standing over her with worried looks in their eyes.
"Mom...Dad..."
Karyn's mother hugged her first, the sensation odd to Karyn as she felt a vibration travel throughout her body. Once her mother released her, she was informed of her situation by a female doctor.
The verbal information, while incredibly disheartening, didn't prepare her for the first real view of herself since she passed out.
Karyn wasn't just fat.
She was obese. Her body a mockery of the fit form it had once been. Her stomach was a multiple rolled thing, dimpled here and there by stretchmarks. But as large as it was, Karyn's butt was larger, lifting her several feet from the surface of the bed. Her face was also puffy and round, giving her a jolly appearance if she were to smile but she felt as if smiles were going to be few and far between in her future looking as she now did.
The doctor had informed her that her sudden weight was startling even among the other cases of fattening that had sprung up. Beyond that, as far as they could tell, Karyn's strain of the virus was a bit different. It would turn whatever she ingested instantly to fat. Beyond that, Karyn's body would need to produce four times the amount of gas as a normal human being.
Karyn's body suddenly proved this by farting loudly, the smell causing everyone in the room to cough a bit. This was followed by a belch that shook some of the equipment and furthered her own shame.
Her blond hair was also looking unwashed and her body odor was as rank as her fart had been.
Owing to Karyn's now less-than-hygenic nature, the doctors at the hospital had labeled her strain of the fattening virus the Slob Virus.
Despite Karyn's urge to go out and search for Jon, she felt a stronger urge resist this. This other inward voice demanded pizza and to laze around stuffing her face.
Karyn spoke, tears falling down her face, intending to ask for Jon.
But what came out instead was one word.
"Hungry..."
