So you’re just wandering along the promenade of a popular tourist beach. You don’t normally but it was just such a nice sunny day you couldn’t help it. You happen across this blue dragon quickly spotting the seams and valves you realise he’s one of those inflatable people who have been appearing more and more lately. “Hey man! You look like you could do with a change in your life! A nice puffy change where you don’t have to worry about anything” he chirpily exclaims. You start to move round him and just try and give him the usual “Sorry I don’t want whatever it is your selling” statement but he’s quite insistent.
“No trust me! You’ve got to try this!” He pulls out this vial of blue/orange liquid “I’ll even give you a sample for free if you promise to listen to me!” he gives a wide smile as you stop “Okay, what is it?”“Well I’m sure you’ve heard of Shyft before right? Well have I got a deal for you! I’ve got an excess of the Pool Party serum. It’s completely safe and perfect for the beach! Just imagine being a pooltoy like me! It’s all completely temporary as well! I’m glad to sell you a few vials, perhaps for you and your pals!”
“Sorry but-”
“No no you don’t have to worry, it’s completely safe!” The blue drake forces a vial into your hand, closing it around it. “If you’re nervous about it, why not go home and try it? It’s completely temporary! You just need to neck the vial and you’ll suddenly be puffy and squeaky!”. You start to wander off, vial in hand, this was getting all too weird for you now. “Ah no worries, but if you enjoyed it, when you’re done you know where to find me!”
Without thinking you find yourself back at home, the vial of blue liquid still in hand… You shake it before opening it, being shocked at the smell. It smelt exactly like the living pooltoy you just spoke to… It couldn’t hurt right? You drink the entire vial, feeling the transformation take hold and within minutes you were suddenly a blue drake too, though nowhere near as, endowed. Feeling a little light-headed too, “but that’s because you’re full of air, ‘Rigel’”. You jump at hearing that suddenly! You look around your home but there’s no-one there! “Unlock your door and sit perfectly still in the middle of the floor, ‘Rigel’, it’s time for you to be picked up…” Without hesitation you unlock the door and quickly go back inside to sit down. Why are you doing this? What’s going on? Why do you keep calling yourself Rigel?
Suddenly the door opened and three blue drakes walk in, one of them being the very drake who gave you that vial! “Actually, Rigel… I think we’ll be keeping this place. I mean I don’t mind, do I, Rigel?”