The machine starts to make a lot more noise than before, and all of the spheres, of all the different colors, spin quickly. You hear the fans whirr faster and see the chamber fill thicker with steam. It looks like it's going to be something big.

And it is. The doors open to reveal 8 or so people completely crammed into the cylindrical chamber, red LEDs inside blinking the words "EXIT NOW". The boy closest to the door steps his right foot over the ridge properly, but the crowd behind him pushes, and his left foot trips, knocking him down flat onto the thatched floor mat on the otherwise tiled floor. That mat was probably put there for this reason. The next person falls right on top of him, her arms sprawling precisely on top of his. As the third begins to fall, you intervene.

You catch the third person in your arms, bring them to your mouth, and suck them down in half a second. No one else is coming through the doorway as you stand in front of it, so you put the four feet of the people on the ground into your maw and swallow as well. You turn to the five backed up inside the machine, with the sign still blaring "EXIT NOW". Their faces show fear, and you walk into the machine, bear-hugging the three in the front and lifting them up in a tight embrace. You push them against the back wall of the chamber, their asses in the faces of the other two and their backs on metal, and maneuver them around (in whichever way you wish to imagine) to swallow the first three down simultaneously while pinning the two so they can't escape around you. Then, in each hand you pull the other two to your mouth and slurp them up.

The steamy chamber continues to silently yell at you to EXIT NOW, so you do so. When you do, the door automatically slides shut and locks, steam fills the small room, and you see yellow lights inside replacing the red LEDs. After fifteen seconds, another group of people, nine this time rather than eight, slide open the door. As tradition seems to dictate, the frontmost student immediately falls forward over that damned door ridge, and this time, you're ready to catch him in your mouth for an instant consumption. Let this be a lesson in designing human-interactive systems.

Four of the students force their way out of the machine, having pushed a second and third person into your mouth to buy themselves time to break for it. Unlike the previous group, this one contains students that understand the concept of breaking the reformation loop, by escaping from the nurse's office as quickly as possible. (You also understand the concept of breaking the reformation loop, but you do it by digesting victims permanently.) The four of them either climb onto or vault over the many countertops as they break for the door all the way at the other end of the room. You briefly consider chasing them down, but figure it's not worth it--there's still going to be plenty more. You finish up the last two people, walk out, let the door close, and let the machine do its thing.

It does its thing.

And this time, the second the door slides open, you throw yourself in there, knocking everyone down backwards. You scramble on top of the mess of bodies, finding appendages and noisily slurping them into your greedy belly. None of them can get orientated in this crowded chamber, and you easily eat all of them with no troubles. You think you like this method.

You exit the chamber, it does its thing, and you body slam the next group. After about 20 seconds, you burp loudly in the again-empty machine. Giving your very large stomach a single circular rub, you realize you like this method indeed...





A mere 2 minutes later, just a tiny amount of time spent, you feel absolutely bloated. Once you include the first 8 minutes devouring the initial infirmary patrons, in 10 minutes you have more than 60 bodies sloshing around in your massive stomach, which is now too large to be able to enter the machine for another helping.