chapter 7

The CEO of Big Beauty looked out of her office door at Vera, as she defended down the stairs. "Silly girl," she thought to herself, "The elevator's not out of order."
She went back in and sat down. It was a good life; a new position, on one of the fronts of a new era. Of course, she wasn't on the front line, getting fat for Tycorp's business interests, although there was a little pressure for her to join in, as it would seem strange for a slim woman like her to be the head of a clothing brand for plus-size people. But she knew it didn't matter at the end of the day.
"Lucy, you've done it again." She said as she took a sip of coffee and slipped on an unmodified MindVision headset.
Or at least she thought it was.

The decor was the same in the simulation; metal walls, logos everywhere. She waltzed on into the sexual needs door, eager to resume her venture with the Hispanic hunk who worked at the coffee shop around the corner, but all she was greeted by was with a cupcake on a table. She curiously walked over, not realising the headset she was in was rigged.
She ate the cupcake, to which another cupcake appeared before her. After a few minutes of cupcakes, more food started to appear. Soon, she had succumbed to the fantasy, becoming a mountain of fat, a tube of lard filling her up.

Once she got out of the simulation it was too late for her to shake it off. Like the thousands of women in her hometown, she was now hooked on being fat. Unlike the other women though, she had the resources to take it a step further.

Darleen, Penelope and Rebecca all laughed in the security office, spying on their boss. After spiking her drink with an appetite enhancer and swapping out her own headset for a standard 'rigged' one, they were sure their boss would get her just deserts. Indeed, following her through the security cameras, they saw her going down to the cafeteria already.

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The next few days for Vera were uneventful, her feeding only hindered by the occasional doubt given to her by the CEO. Valerie had gotten her office and decided to celebrate by giving Vera a part-time job by feeding her and doing small chores for her. The weight gaining for her was now a serious thing, and if she wanted to be the poster girl for Big Beauty, she was going to have to pack on a lot more weight. Of course, news was hitting that the CEO of Big Beauty wanted a slice of the PR cake, and of every cake of that matter. Despite starting her stuffing much later than Valerie, Lucy was already catching up fast, which only made Valerie more determined. By the end of November, she had reached the 300 pound mark. The office she had gotten for the sole purpose of accessibility was now starting to get restricted, with only a couple of inches between her hips and the sides of her door.
It was only after a while that Valerie started making Vera's small part-time job more than just that. When feeding Valerie, she insisted Vera rub her belly and let her feed Vera. It was intimate to say the least, but no words were spoken about it.

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Lucy paced her office angrilly. Only after gaining 50 pounds did she realise she wasn't unlocking a deep-repressed fetish, but rather she had been duped. Of course, the hypnotic effect of the MindVision had already fucked with her head. She considered loosing weight, but the online body-positivity community was going wild. People were throwing money at her and the guy she liked from the coffee shop had taken a liking to her, but between a strict upbringing with a culture of constant bereavement of anything that wasn't beauty perfected and her having worked hard to maintain her figure, she was in a tight spot. Being fat seemed the logical choice, and yet she couldn't get over it. But after seeing that 'the swinging of the pendulum' was taking place, and soon, it won't be a deviant thing to be fat and that everyone was happier, maybe it was time to change. Getting there was the hard part though; and if she wanted to get big in the plus-size world (literally and figuratively) she was going to need serious help.

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