CW: Female Inflation, Safe Popping, Mentions of Male Inflation and Popping

This certainly was far different from how she expected the convention to go. Not to say that she expected to hate it, just that she didn’t think she would end up a minor center of attention.


She was at Cos-blimp con, the first ever convention of its kind. At least, in terms of a cosplay convention dedicated to various kinds of inflated hi-jinks.


The rules of this event were pretty simple. You have access to pretty much everywhere and everything the convention received from the Vault of Desires.


The major catch was that, after the payment of the tickets to enter the event, you had to wear a cosplay. Although thankfully, if you failed to meet the requirements you were granted a refund.


After getting in, there were several other special rules in play. There were numerous drones and cameras, equipped to cover as much of the show floor as possible.


Everyone was equipped with a band, with a glass gem in the middle. Below that was a series of buttons, which influenced what color the gem shone. 


Whatever color shone on the gem told the people around the current wishes of the person in question. From if they want to be inflated, an inflator, to be popped and more.


Other than general laws related to an 18+ only event, most of the rules weren’t something you’d have to worry about. As the tagline said, “Have a Swell Time~”


For Lauren Hall, she had a fairly grounded expectation of what would happen here. She would enjoy a day of watching and partaking in various inflatable hijinks.


Maybe sometimes, she would cross paths with a friend of hers. Or someone who just generally finds her or her character cute, and asks for a bit of entertainment.


What she hadn’t expected was that many people would recognize her cosplay choice of Carly Carmine. Especially as she wasn’t able to locate any hair dye that would wash out quickly.


Even more, she didn’t have the funds to have someone make her far more well known dark signer outfit. So while her outfit was still impressive, the only factor that stood out were the spiral glasses.


Everything else, while anime accurate, was fairly indistinct in the grand scheme of things. So the fact that so many people seemed keen to meet her was uplifting.


Part of her early on pondered if it was because of her… reputation within the area or her work. But more often than not, she was identified by her costume and not by name.


And even when someone recognized her outside of her cosplay, they were exceptionally cordial. And they happily respected the fact that her band was set to “Ask first”.


Thanks to all of this, Lauren got to experience something she didn’t often get. Instead of being the one to inflate and pop in all manners of silly scenarios, she got to be the one in control.


Typically, when people recognized her cosplay they would want her to roleplay their inflation as if she was Carly herself. Which she did… fine with.


It wasn’t easy, especially as her work didn’t let her have much in the way of practice. But the people, whether added to the scrap layer on the floor or bobbing on the ceiling seemed happy enough.


Which was also enough for Lauren to say this all had been almost perfect. Everything she wanted from an event like this, and honestly even more.


The only real disappointment was that early on, her friend Zoe had run off with this Futaba cosplayer. Why she was this interested in this lady who reeked of weed was beyond Lauren, but it doesn’t matter.


For now, Lauren was enjoying a complimentary meal at the food court. She had swapped her gem to a dark black, signing that she was not to be disturbed at all.


She sat at a small side booth, happily chewing on two slices of the pizza she got. And right as she finished, she heard the chair across from her become occupied.


Opening her eyes in shock, she was thankfully met with her roommate Zoe sitting across from her. She still was dressed as the potion maker Mona, although far more disheveled than when the two arrived.


Despite the mess, her costume was an equal to Lauren’s. Although she also was rocking her own natural purple hair and brown skin instead of the game's accurate colors.


Leaning onto the table, Zoe asked Lauren “Well~ I have to admit, really glad you told me about this. Been having a lot of fun with all these balloons~”


Lauren wanted to say something, but she still had a mouthful of pizza. So instead she nodded to her roommate and smiled with a bashfully proud grin.


Amused, Zoe opened up her phone. And began swiping on the screen. After a bit, she looked up and said “Oh yeah. That guy you play card games with. Remember him?”


Lauren finished wiping some of the grease around her mouth, saying without a pause “Oh yeah! Is he here? I haven’t seen him or his boyfriend yet.”


Zoe chuckled, saying back “Oh, they were here. Wore a really cute couples cosplay of Link and Fi. Didn’t think to introduce you, but I got some cute pics~”


Flipping the phone around, Zoe showed a collage of the people she had met during this event. After swiping past the stoner from earlier, Lauren got a nice little collage of Zoe’s adventures.


Cosplayers dressed as a wide berth of characters in various states of inflation, numbering around 6. And that was before the final two that even started this conversation.


Zoe was telling the truth, they both were dressed in the described cosplays. And as the photos continued to scroll, Lauren got to see from when they were uninflated to when both of them popped.


Flipping the phone back, Zoe said in a fairly upbeat tone “I gotta hang with those two more. Especially if they are always this much of a blast~”


Lauren began to tidy up her eating space, saying in a cheery tone “You’d love them! Even if they didn’t end the night as a snowstorm, it’s great to visit them!”


Zoe chuckled, responding back “I bet~” She then looked at Lauren's bracelet and saw that she was still set to “do not disturb”, saying “Well, might as well leave you be.”


Standing up, Zoe continued “I’d say ‘See you back home’, but I know you. I’ll probably get a baggie later tonight~”  As she heard her roommate begin to be flustered, Zoe turned around.


With a chuckle at how flustered she got Lauren, Zoe walked out of the food court and into the main convention hall. Which left Lauren to think of what to do next.


Part of her wanted to follow Zoe and see what hijinks she would get up to. Or show her own collection of pics to her roommate to show the fun she got up to.


Although the ability for her to enjoy the convention at her own pace and not trying to keep pace with Zoe shot that down. And that assumes she wouldn’t immediately turn the pump to Lauren.


So instead, she opted to continue to survey the booths. There were a wide variety of products and toys, perfect for both things to play with and gifts for her roommate or her friends.


With a stretch and a quick cosplay check, Lauren headed towards the vendor’s depot. On the way there, she flipped her bracelet to bright yellow, signaling she wasn’t interested in being blown up randomly.


It did also mean that she was open to being talked to first, just that if you want to blow her up to ask first. Although that didn’t mean much, given the current state of the convention floor.


What was probably in the triple digit before, attendance had seemingly dropped by no less than half. And the majority of the people left were those who were only interested in the people they came with.


Lauren didn’t really mind, however. More time for her to go throughout the airborne artist’s alley and find fun items to have taken home at the end of the night.


On her final lap to commit to the purchases, Lauren also took a look at the people left. Most of them were left to helplessly bob on the ceiling, to be caught or popped after closing.


There were also a few groups, mostly composed of people that Lauren didn’t recognize. Although she did recognize the costumes people wore. 


The first group was a pair dressed as Noelle and that cat waitress from Deltarune. To her surprise, the costumes of the two were nearly flawless.


Currently, the Noelle cosplayer was the inflated one. And although she was clearly embarrassed beyond belief, the presence of the cat gal kept a smile on her face.


The second pair was far more familiar to Lauren. The inflated lady was the member of the student council that she had met before, dressed as Nessa from Pokemon.


Her costume was seemingly perfect, at least the parts that weren’t stretched beyond belief. With how much more natural the clothing was compared to other cosplays, she had to have made it herself.


Laying atop her, certainly pushing public decency rules as far as she could was a lady dressed as Skyla. She was one that Zoe had often described as a blast to hang out with.


Like the other people she’d seen today, the Skyla cosplayer’s costume was perfect. The only things that were unique to her was her hair was braided while also being shaped into Skyla’s style and her deep black skin.


Nobody else stood out to Lauren, which was more than fine. She had an armful of goodies, so with some helium in her step she made her way to the delivery booth.


She turned over all the valuables she had, setting everything to return home if she ended the convention like so many others. Which was quickly shown to have been the perfect decision.


Almost exactly the moment she returned the contract to the delivery man Lauren felt a pair of arms wrap around her. And although that would be worrying, she clearly recognized the sleeves of this cosplay.


To confirm her suspicions, a well familiar voice serenaded her ears. “Surprised to see you still intact~ Especially with who I’ve seen abound in the area~”


After letting the small shock pass, Lauren rolled her eyes again and said back “Hey. The band is still yellow. And I’d feel terrible if you got kicked out.”


Spinning Lauren around, her surprise guest decided to look her eye-to-eye. And true to the suspicions, it was yet again a visit by her roommate Zoe.


Despite no more than an hour having passed in the hour since their meeting at the food court, Zoe was a complete mess. No doubt after too much fun with blimps here.


There was a hunger in her eyes, at least from what she could see poking through her messy hair. A hunger she hadn’t seen for a bit of time, but one that she was well familiar with.


Zoe had hit the absolute maximum of pleasure she could handle before needing her own explosive climax. And that every action she took was leading to that finale.


Normally whenever she got to this mood, Lauren would typically not have more than a minute to react before being room-sized. So it was refreshing that Zoe gave her this intimacy first.


“So~ Are you done with everything~? Cause you only got a few moments before you miss out~ And I would just fall apart if I left you behind~”


As she pondered what that last part meant, Zoe pulled Lauren close enough for them to touch hips. Which alerted Lauren to how Zoe had a hidden bump under her cosplay robe.


While Lauren’s mind raced on what Zoe’s plan was, she felt the prodding of a needle on her lower back. It was fairly short, definitely not going to pop her just by poking her.


So what was curious was what exactly Zoe was planning given the rules of the convention. Although when her eyes glanced at one of the cameras she figured out the plan.


With how Lauren hadn’t resisted the embrace, the cameras would easily figure out that she happily complied with Zoe’s advances. So when the needle was stuck, Lauren would look like she accepted it.


With the realization that the end of her convention was upon her, Lauren’s mind raced. It seemed a bit silly to be so worked up over this at the inflation convention, but it made sense to her.


Until now, she was in complete control over her size and if she were inflated. Which was… refreshing. A welcome change that she never realized she needed.


And now, the end of this grace period is being thrust upon her. Even having the thought earlier of something happening to her was different from it actually happening.


All of this wasn’t helped by the fact she was excited. Having seen all this fun happening around her and from her caused an excitement to build in the back of her head.


So when she felt that Zoe pushed the needle into her back, she couldn’t help but let her roommate finish the process. She felt the needle make purchase, gently poking into the flesh of her back.


After a small shudder, Zoe worked to press the needle’s contents into Lauren. She then withdrew the needle, tossing it into a nearby wastecan.


“Good girl~ And for that, I hope you enjoy the show~”


One of Zoe’s hands began to gently caress her roommate’s cheek while the other kept Lauren in place. It wasn’t too aggressive, but with Lauren’s own midsection swelling it made it hard to do anything.


After seeing how rapidly the shot worked, Lauren asked “W-What exactly did you jab me with…? It’s… sharp inhale it’s a lot faster than your normal tricks…”


Zoe chuckled, her hand gently grabbing Lauren’s cheek. “Just something to make the finale more colorful~” Before she explained further, Zoe’s passion finally exploded.


She nearly pounced on Lauren, pulling her roommate into a sloppy kiss. Which was something that would be more appreciated if it didn’t always come when she was moments before a pop.


Before she could get too deep into the mentality that was brewing, Zoe’s belly pushed against Lauren’s own. A satisfying feeling, even if it came as a shock when her belly wasn’t that big a second ago.


As the two gals swelled out, Zoe’s hunger grew. She nearly put her entire blimp body onto Lauren, causing the two to tumble to the ground when their heels slipped.


Lauren impacted first, before her horny roommate bounced atop her. And after a second to get accustomed to the new position, Zoe continued the passion.


Yet that pause still let Lauren have enough time to gather what shape the shot would inflate the pair into. Which was slightly different to what Lauren expected.


Her normal experience from Vault tended to result in her body becoming spherical before the pop. But assuming this was another of their products, she was growing in a slightly unexpected way.


Lauren’s body almost felt a bit segmented, with her lower half and upper half each growing into inflated facsimiles of themselves. The cut off point being the belt that she had on her waist.


She couldn’t be sure if the belt was actually dividing her body, or just happened to be in the perfect place. A curiosity not helped by her being unable to effectively feel how Zoe inflated.


The only thing she could feel was the diameter that she gained due to Zoe lying on her. Which currently ran at about 2 feet total, and started to push into her arms.


For now, Zoe kept the two in the passionate kiss. Which was easier said than done, as normally in these flings Lauren is the only one losing her form.


When Zoe took a pause for air, that was enough for the two to shift apart. With a pathetic hollow thump, Zoe helplessly bounced onto the floor.


Her hands helplessly flailed for a second, accompanied by an annoyed whine. After stopping, she grumbled out “Laurennnnn… what the heeellll….”


Lauren was a bit loopy from the passion, so it took her a second to respond. She flapped her hands, seeing that they were stuck in divots and useless.


“I-I-I think that whatever you poked me with has… finally broken apart the kiss.” She wobbled on the ground, seeing if she could do anything in this scenario.


She could wobble a bit on the floor, to no practical benefit. A bit of a shame, it would have been nice to continue the passion that she didn’t often get from anyone.


As she ruminated on what exactly was to be done, her ears caught the distinct sound of a strained hissing. It was pretty obvious that it wasn’t coming from her, so she craned her neck.


Finding where Zoe landed, she saw that in the brief time she looked away Zoe’s size had grown exponentially. Nearly triple from before, Zoe was nearly the size of the booths that peppered the area.


Lauren couldn’t see features like her head or limbs. All she could see was the damage to her cosplay from her inflation. Between the various holes that her inflated form caused, was near-transparent skin.


If Zoe was saying anything, the cacophony of creaks and groans drowned her out. Although knowing her, it didn’t take more than a quick thought to figure out what she would say.


As she started to ponder what could happen, she heard a sharp hissing noise from her roommate. Wishing she could plug her ears, Lauren braced for the-

BLAM!!!!


After a final push from her taut body, Zoe finally got the detonation she was waiting for. Her body and cosplay exploded into countless fragments, shooting out anywhere they could reach.


The blast of wind from her roommate easily sent Lauren flying directly away from the blast. Nothing dangerous, just flying to about person height.


She helplessly bounced off an empty booth, rolling to a stop around a foot away from where she started. The entire minor event was a bit disorienting, but she now got to see Zoe’s aftermath.


There she caught the special effect of her shot. Mixed between all the other scraps and the mop of purple hair was a cavalcade of rainbow colored bits.


It was a lovely show that put a ping of excitement inside of Lauren. That is assuming it wasn’t the feeling of her starting to hit her max limit.


It was just… different. When in control, she was always excited for a pop. It’s just that typically they don’t end up this unique, just a pretty typical shower of bits.


As the last remnants of Zoe’s show vanished out of view, Lauren took stock of her body. Her body was still fairly divided, and by some oddity her legs weren’t absorbed into her main body.


They just were each blimped into separate bumps on her form. Her arms didn’t get the same benefit, which meant that the character jacket she had fell to the ground.


At the least, she was able to tell that her curious shape wasn’t caused by her belt. Especially as that snapped at some point without her noticing.


As she started to wave her hands, she felt the inflation hit the max. Her body was hissing like Zoe’s, unable to grow to accommodate anymore of the swelling.


Looking at the bit of flesh visible at her position revealed that she was just as translucent as the bits on Zoe. Which said that she was on a timer that nobody could know.


Taking a deep breath, Lauren cracked a smile. There wasn’t anything she could complain about with this convention. So as the hissing and whining got louder, she had a final thought.


“This was such a blast…”


POW!!!!!