(Cubed Cinder)
In a distant section of the city from where the mess involving the giant Min
Min had happened earlier that day, Ribbon Girl's smile was beaming as she paced
back and forth behind the concert stage, taking a look at the night sky above.
She was doing a road show tonight rather than performing at her usual venue, the
Ribbon Ring.
"One minute before we get started, Ribbon Girl." a young man said.
"Thanks, Mr. Producer!" Ribbon Girl said as she took a couple hops off the
ground.
"Whoa, now. Try to relax, Ribbon Girl!" the man said.
"But I am relaxed! This is like a tropical paradise to me. Singing in front of
hundreds of my screaming, loving fans." Ribbon Girl said. The man smiled knowing
everything was okay with Ribbon Girl and then walked away, barking orders to
other members of the stage crew.
Still, Ribbon Girl wanted to make sure she was 101 percent. She reached towards
the nearby table where she saw the shot-sized solid green bottle labeled 'Helix
Juice - 100% guaranteed to make you feel big and strong with everlasting energy'
with a picture of the ARMS fighter, Helix, on the side.
"I probably don't need it… but I really could use all the energy I can muster on
a night like tonight." Ribbon Girl said. She popped open the bottle and drank
every last drop of the juice inside.
"Mmmm… kinda tasty. Hopefully I don't mutate into Helix or something." Ribbon
Girl said.
"15 seconds, Ribbon Girl!" a man shouted from the distance. Ribbon Girl hastily
put the bottle down and approached the staircase leading to the stage.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people screamed like crazy even as a young man took
the microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready!?" the man said. The crowd cheered.
"I said ARE YOU READY!?" the man screamed, with the crowd doing their best to
cheer louder than his amplified voice.
"Then here she is! Give it up… for… RIBBON
GIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRL!!!!!!" the man said, with the crowd going
absolutely crazy when they saw Ribbon Girl run up on stage. Ribbon Girl took the
microphone from the man, who ran off stage.
"Yo Yo! What's happening, my adoring fans!? R-I-B! B-O-N! Coming at you!" Ribbon
Girl shouted as the crowd started repeatedly chanting Ribbon.
"Alright! I'm glad you're so full of energy, because so am I! Maybe it's because
I'm wearing Sparkies on both my hands tonight!" Ribbon Girl said as she showed
off her default ARMS of black and yellow boxing gloves, again whipping the crowd
into a frenzy.
"Now then, let's get this party started with an all-time classic. Hit it, music
machine!" Ribbon Girl shouted. After a few seconds, the ARMS main theme suddenly
started playing. The crowd cheering knowing what was coming as Ribbon Girl
started ooohing and aaahing like she always does with the start of the song, and
then came the lyrics…
"Punching Fighters, Fighting Wider. Stretching Fists, Full of Harrrrrrrrrm, This
is ARRRRRRRRMS!" Ribbon Girl said as she danced left and right around the stage.
As she was doing so, she didn't feel her body beginning to tingle and vibrate.
"Aiming Lightly, Hits so Mighty. Power Moves, full of Charrrrrrrrrrrm, This is
ARRRRRRRRMS!" Ribbon Girl shouted as she then broke into her many Nah Nah Nahs
for the next portion of the theme.
However, things began to change rapidly on and around the stage. The cheering
from the crowd died down and slowly turned to murmurs as they noticed something
happening with Ribbon Girl. She was slowly growing bigger. It was only a foot
and a half, taking her to about 7 feet tall, but some superfans who knew Ribbon
Girl from head to toe thought this couldn't be normal. Ribbon Girl still hadn't
taken notice of her changing size yet, but did hear the crowd changing their
tone. She took advantage of a break in the song to try and fire them back up.
"Come on, people! Don't conk out on me now! We're just getting started!" Ribbon
Girl said as she got back to dancing and spinning around the stage. Now
approaching over 8 feet tall, her steps were actually causing the stage to crack
now. There was definitely a mixed reaction in the crowd now. Some were still
cheering thinking this was some special effect put on by the show. Others,
especially those within a few feet of the stage itself, just stared up as they
watched the superstar continue to grow.
Finally, when Ribbon Girl's accelerated and she felt the microphone in her hand
rapidly shrinking, eventually getting to where it was too small for her to hold
in the palm of her hand… that's when she looked down and took notice.
"Huh? Hey, where are you going? Am I standing on an elevator or something?"
Ribbon Girl said. She watched as the area around her continued to shrink
rapidly. People started to either nervously back away or run for the nearest
exits, especially as Ribbon Girl was now over 100 feet tall and showed no signs
of slowing down.
Finally, though, Ribbon Girl's growth did stop. Like with Min Min, Ribbon
Girl was exactly 30 times her normal size, taking her from 5 and a half feet
tall all the way to 165 feet tall.
"Oh my! I'm a giantess!" Ribbon Girl said as she looked down at the stage that
got smushed underneath her red sneaker heels. Obviously, several people were
running for dear life away from the giantess, although others were staying
behind and taking pictures of the black shorts she wore underneath her skirt…
something that didn't go unnoticed to her.
"Hey! Come on, don't be perverted!" Ribbon Girl said as she pressed her gloved
hands against her skirt. As she did so and looked down, she marveled over how
much smaller everything was as well as how quiet the stage sounded from her new
height. The music she was singing to sounded more like a whisper now.
"Wow… this is amazing. To think I'd actually be tall after last year pretending
to be a giantess in that poster to promote one of my concerts…" Ribbon Girl
said. She then set her sights on the rest of the city in the distance.
"Well, I might as well make the most of this situation! It'll be fun!" Ribbon
Girl said as she took her first few giant steps forward, crushing a row of once
tall trees.
"Yeah… provided I'm very VERY careful." Ribbon Girl said as she tiptoed her way
through the trees.
People ran for dear life as they watched the giant Ribbon Girl step out from
behind one of the few buildings still taller than the giantess.
"Don't be afraid everyone! I'm a friendly giantess!" Ribbon Girl said, only to
clip a building as she walked by it, watching as bits and pieces of it rained
down on the ground next to her boots.
"Ahem… klutzy, but friendly!" Ribbon Girl said. She stood still for a few
seconds watching as people left and right were running away from her boots.
"Wow… everything's so teeny tiny. I can totally get why they're running from
me." Ribbon Girl said. The giant superstar walked carefully down the road,
although once again she came to a stop when she accidentally kicked a light post
off the ground.
"Oops! Sorry!" Ribbon Girl said.
"Mommy! Look! It's Ribbon Girl and she's really big!" a young female voice
shouted. Ribbon Girl tracked the voice down to the apartment complex to her
left, where she saw a young girl sticking her head out the window.
"Haha! Hi there, little girl. You think I'm really big?" Ribbon Girl said.
"Sure do! Can I please have your autograph?" the girl asked.
"Well, I don't know. I think I'm too big for autographs…" Ribbon Girl said.
"Pleeeeeease, pretty pleeeeeeeease!?" the girl said.
"Okay, okay, okay… hmmmm. How about this?" Ribbon Girl said. She pulled out a
marker from behind her outfit and suddenly wrote her name up and down the brick
wall that made up the front of the apartment.
"There! At least you can see it every time you and your Mommy come home." Ribbon
Girl said.
"Wow! Thanks, Ribbon Girl! You're so cool!" the girl said before she backed away
from the window. Ribbon Girl peeked inside where she saw the girl run out of the
room.
"Haha… what a sweet little girl. She wasn't scared of me at all." Ribbon Girl
said.
The giantess then got back to walking around the city block. But again, she
came to a stop when she noticed something fly around her face. She instinctively
swatted at the object, which was actually a double-sized drone a couple times.
"Ick! I hate bugs that get in my face!" Ribbon Girl said.
"Whoa! Hold up, Ribbon Girl! It's me!" the male voice said from the flying
drone. Ribbon Girl focused in on the flying object and recognized who was flying
it.
"Oh! Biff!" Ribbon Girl said.
"Haha! Yep, it's me. Whew… that was close. I was almost knocked out outside of
an ARMS League match for the first time in my commentating career!" Biff said.
Ribbon Girl didn't seem surprised to see Biff… even he was a superfan of both
her fighting and singing.
"So what brings you up here, Biff?" Ribbon Girl asked.
"Oh, I'm livestreaming your big rampage around the city." Biff said.
"What? No, don't call it rampage! I don't want Byte and Barq and the police
robots to arrest me." Ribbon Girl said.
"Good point, and they won't as long as you don't destroy or step on anyone or
anything. Still, would you like to say anything to both our fans? I'm up to 10
million views already!" Biff said with a smile.
"10 million!?" Ribbon Girl shouted in shock.
"Yep! It's amazing how fast the news spreads, isn't it?" Biff said.
"Er… nope. Anyway, hello to all my fans watching around the world! What do you
think? I always knew I'd hit the big time one day, but this really takes the
cake, doesn't it?" Ribbon Girl said.
"Maybe you should put on a concert while you're this size!" Biff suggested.
"Hey! That's a great idea! I'm Ribbon Girl, the GiantAiress of the entire city!
Thanks, Biff. You're the best!" Ribbon Girl said as she gently moved her lips
forward and kissed Biff and his entire flying drone, which briefly shot sparks
and smoke and flew out of control as Biff had hearts shooting out of his eyes.
He didn't notice the giant Ribbon Girl walking by and heading for another part
of the city.
"I'm never going to shower again…" Biff said in a trance.
Ribbon Girl eventually found her way to the park, where her boots covered a
significant area once she set foot on the grounds. She looked up at the sky and
recognized a couple helicopters from the local news stations catching up to her.
"Perfect! Over here, guys!" Ribbon Girl said as she waved one of her gloved
hands up at them. Ribbon Girl then looked around the grassy grounds, where she
saw a few people walking towards her boots.
"Hmmm… too bad there are no stage lights I can quickly round up, but oh well,
this will have to do." Ribbon Girl said. She then cleared her throat and looked
up at the copters, who did shine a couple lights of their own.
"Ahem… greetings, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the biggest concert you'll
probably ever see. Forgive me if I sound a bit rusty… this is as impromptu as it
gets! And for those of you here live and in person… ummmm… make sure you keep
your distance.You all should know by now I move a LOT when I'm singing!" Ribbon
Girl as she looked first up at the helicopters and then at the crowd gathering
in front of her boots. Ribbon Girl soon got a beat going inside her head (she
had to given the lack of a band her size!) and then threw out some lyrics that
you might recognize from a fighting game from years past:
Look inside my heart, This is where it starts
Is it meant to be? Oh, I want to believe
Hold me closer now; Will you take a vow
And don't ever let me go?
After Ribbon Girl sung that first verse, she got to dancing around. To her
amazement, the crowd seemed to get the same vibe she had and clapped and danced
to the 'beat' themselves, looking up in awe at the same time that someone so big
could sing and dance with such passion.
Meanwhile, in the back of the crowd, Spring Man was bobbing and weaving his way
through the dancing and clapping people. He paused briefly and looked way up the
giantess.
"Wow… this is beyond awesome. A giant Ribbon Girl is a million times better than
a giant Min Min." Spring Man said. He eventually made it to the front of the
crowd, and naturally being the park, there was nothing in front to stop him. No
muscular black-shirted security guards. No ropes or tape to slice through. It
was open space between himself and Ribbon Girl's gigantic boots.
"I've gotta get her attention… and her autograph… again!" Spring Man said as he
ran forward and timed his jump, landing on top of her right boot. He immediately
got to work climbing the giantess's legs, even as she belted out the next verse
of the song in her head:
Lights on a city that cast many shadows that hide its true face
Alone in a crowd, I am lost, but I'm found when you call out my name
Don't say goodbye, just say you'll stay with me, even if just for one day
When you touch me, I know, body and soul, you're all I've loved most but love I
have found
Look inside my heart, This is where it starts
Is it meant to be? Oh, I want to believe
Hold me closer now; Will you take a vow
And don't ever let me go?
Just then, however, something in her mind told her to look down her outfit.
That's when she spotted the normal-sized Spring Man up on the skirt of her
outfit.
"Gah! Spring Man!?" Ribbon Girl shouted.
"Oh… um… hi… Ribbon Girl! Wow… you look great! Did you take some super mushrooms
or something like that?" Spring Man asked. Ribbon Girl then pulled her hand back
like she was going to slap Spring Man.
"Yipe!" Spring Man shouted as he let go of the giantess's dress, allowing him to
fall back to the ground next to her boots. He looked up at Ribbon Girl, who
suddenly had a smile on her face.
"Hahaha! Hahahaha!" Ribbon Girl laughed.
"What's so funny? Aren't you mad at me?" Spring Man asked.
"Oh, Spring Man. I'm just unsurprised you would try and get that close to me.
You are one of my biggest fans AND closest rivals in the ARMS Grand Prix!"
Ribbon Girl said as she winked down to the young man.
"Uh… thanks?" Spring Man said.
"You know, I've always wanted to beat someone with my feet. Now that I'm the
right size, why don't I try it on you, Spring Man?" Ribbon Girl said. Spring Man
then watched as Ribbon Girl slowly raised one of her legs up in the air.
"Huh!? B-b-b-b-but Ribbon Girl!" Spring Man shouted.
"Better get running, Springy!" Ribbon Girl said as she slowly brought that same
leg down. Spring Man knew he had to get running, and he managed to get away just
as Ribbon Girl slammed her foot on the ground. At the same time, the people who
had gathered for her 'big' concert in the park all started running like mad in
the opposite direction, thinking Ribbon Girl-zilla was out in full force.
The giantess watched as Spring Man ran deeper into the city away from the park,
and she smiled.
"Teehee… I guess I'm the cat and Spring Man is the tasty mouse!" Ribbon Girl
said as she slowly walked after Spring Man, making sure not to crush anyone
innocent underneath her boots.
Spring Man rapidly looked forward and backward during his sprint, watching
where he was going and also looking back to see how far away the giant Ribbon
Girl was.
"(huff puff huff puff) First Min Min and now Ribbon Girl. What is up with these
girls growing and then chasing me!?" Spring Man shouted. Ribbon Girl, meanwhile,
kept a beaming smile on her face.
"Hahaha! This is fun, Spring Man! Keep it up… I'm starting to looooooove being
gigantic and chasing you at the same time!" Ribbon Girl said. What told Spring
Man she was serious about catching him was when Ribbon Girl suddenly firmly
stepped on a parked car that was in her path.
"Heh… we must be near the movie studio lot now. They really need to get the
parking situation fixed!" Ribbon Girl commented.
The chase continued for a couple more minutes… at least until Ribbon Girl
stepped in front of a taller skyscraper made almost entirely of glass windows.
Ribbon Girl not only looked at her reflection, but also at the tiny people
gathering to take a look at the giantess.
"Hi, my adoring fans! Ribbonista! Love you guys!" Ribbon Girl said as she
twirled around and flexed her ARMS.
Spring Man felt this was his best chance to slip away as he turned around the
corner. However…
"Yipe!" Spring Man shouted as he saw one of Ribbon Girl's Sparkies coming
towards him. He couldn't possibly dodge it in time and he was grabbed by it,
getting electrocuted at the same time.
"Boogaboogaboogabooga!!!" Spring Man shouted as volts surged through his body,
throwing his senses for a loop especially as he felt the world move rapidly
while one of Ribbon Girl's arms recoiled back to its normal length. The next
thing Spring Man knew, he was looking up at Ribbon Girl's gigantic face.
"Gotcha! You didn't think I'd forget about you, did I, little Springy?" Ribbon
Girl said.
"Well… the thought did briefly cross my mind." Spring Man said, watching as the
giantess smiled.
"You put up a good fight, Springy. I think I'll finally give you the big kiss
you always dreamed of." Ribbon Girl said.
"You… you mean?" Spring Man said as he watched Ribbon Girl pucker her lips and
move them closer to him, who looked like he was ready to blow a kiss as well.
But this time a stroke of bad luck would hit Spring Man. Just like with Min
Min earlier that day, Ribbon Girl suddenly found herself shrinking back to her
normal size. She could tell as she watched Spring Man get a little bigger in her
hand with each passing second.
"Oh! I'm shrinking!" Ribbon Girl said. Once she was down to about 75 feet tall,
she let Spring Man go who used his ARMS to land safely on the ground. Ribbon
Girl was soon back to her normal size.
"Oh well… maybe a normal-sized kiss would be better suited?" Spring Man said…
only to suddenly feel a punch in the face as Ribbon Girl delivered a solid blow.
"Too late, buster." Ribbon Girl said as she winked one of her eyes.
"Sigh… I tried. Still, that's twice today." Spring Man said.
"Huh? Twice?" Ribbon Girl asked.
"Yeah. Min Min grew as well. I was seconds away from being part of her dinner,
in fact, until she too shrunk back to normal." Spring Man said.
"I see… that can't be a coincidence." Ribbon Girl said.
"Especially if… wait, don't tell me. You grew with a bottle of Helix Juice?"
Spring Man asked.
"What!? How did you know? You weren't spying on me backstage, were you!?" Ribbon
Girl shouted.
"No, no, of course not! That's how Min Min grew also… honest!" Spring Man said.
"Hmmm… well, like I said, that can't be a coincidence." Ribbon Girl said.
"I agree. What do you think we should do about it?" Spring Man said.
"Pffft… I just sing and dance on stage. I say we leave the superhero stuff to
the experts!" Ribbon Girl said.
"Yeah. You're right." Spring Man said. Ribbon Girl smiled.
"Look… sorry about punching you. Go for a soda after I finish my concert, which
I grew after the first song?" Ribbon Girl asked.
"Deal!" Spring Man said as the two shook hands and walked into the distance.
Back at [NAME REDACTED], Dr. Coyle had watched the whole giant Ribbon Girl
story play out on her many monitors.
"Bleh! Figures. Never trust a 17-year-old singing and dancing sensation to
destroy a city after she grows to 30 times her normal size. And the time
increase on how long the growth lasted was minimal! Once again a careful
increase in the disposal of the seed's extract into the Helix Juice is needed."
Dr. Coyle said. After typing away at her keyboard, she once again changed the
pictures rapidly on her monitor.
"There's gotta be someone I can trick into growing gigantic AND destroying the
city!" Dr. Coyle said while typing away.
A few seconds later, video popped up on the main monitor of a movie trailer.
A familiar woman could be seen swinging out from a massive explosion.
"Ahhhh… of course. The actress known as Twintelle. Oooooh… I'm getting
goosebumps just imagining her stomping around the city. Victory at last will be
mine! HAHAHAHA!!! Well, tomorrow when the sun is shining once again." Dr. Coyle
said as she spun her chair around and got up, walking away from her computer
system towards another section of the lab.
END