The bell above the door jingles as you open the door to the shop as you wondered how you got here in the first place. As you open the door your nose is assaulted by two odors that you know quite well. 

Vinyl and latex.

You see that there are rows of shelves lining each wall as well as one that goes right down the middle of the store. Each of the rows either is filled with boxes or bins that range from all things inflatable. Balloons line one section of the store as they come in every shape and size from 9” all the way to the monstrous 84”. Each of these sections have these toys arranged in baskets in every color of the rainbow. 

Next there are the inflatables that are either loose in bins or in colorful boxes with either models photographed with the toys or colorful artwork. These vinyl toys range from those that would be enjoyed either at the pool or the beach to more “adult oriented” toys that feature semi nude male or female models in scandalous poses. 

An anthropomorphic hyena comes out of the back as he hears the bell offering you a bright, cheery smile. “Well hello there fox! My name is Savannah and welcome to Blown out of Proportion how can I help you today?”

Fox? You look at yourself and you see that you are indeed a human. You look back at Savannah a bit perplexed as he starts to giggle. 

“Sorry. Sorry. I have a knack of seeing someone’s true form if they’re human and they want to be like us.” The hyena leans over the counter with a smile “Do you want to be like us.. Foxie?”

You nod reflexively as you smile back at him “Yes, but can you please call me Ashi?” 

Savannah smiles brightly “Ashi. Such a cute name! Alrighty mr. fox can you please come with me?” He offers his black paw so you can follow him. 

You take his paw as he leads you into the backroom as he smiles at you. “Now please tell me what Ashi would look like? What is his pelt? Does he have any special markings? Eye color?”

Thinking about this for a few moments Savannah gets out a small computer tablet as he listens to your every word. 

“Fox, Orange pelt, white belly, blue eyes and instead of black for the socks it’s white as well as a white tail tip.” 

Savannah taps all this information into the computer as he thinks and fiddles with the device and after a minute or two he turns it towards you. 
“How does this look?”

He turns the screen towards you. 

Letting out a small gasp you see a rubber fox that’s on the screen that looks as if it’s smiling at you. You turn the image every which way as you are already in love with this rendering but you notice that something is missing. 

“Um.. Savannah? Something’s missing.” 

He perks up his ears as he looks at you “What do you mean sweetie?” 

“Well.. umm..” you blush fiercely as the only thing you can manage is pointing between the toys legs. “It’s smooth down there..”

Savannah blinks “Well you are going to be a toy dear. Or do you want to be a more adult toy?” 

You nod “Adult.. Please”

He giggles as he makes a few changes on the pad as you now see that the toy is anatomically correct. “Is that better mr. fox?”

You nod enthusiastically as the hyena beams “Wonderful! Alright let me punch a few things in here and I will feed this information into the machine in the back. It will print you out a latex costume that will mirror this. Will that work fox?”

You nod but you can’t seem to hide your disappointment. Costume? You thought you were going to be a real rubber fox? Well something is better than nothing you think as Savannah smiles at you.

“Now I have to go into the back and get this all set up. This will take a few minutes Ashi so if you would please wait up here? You can peruse the store as you like but please don’t open any of the boxes that’s all I ask. Okay?” 

You nod as he takes the tablet and disappears into the backroom as you find yourself lost in the aisles of toys. There are some that look familiar as you have seen them before such as an Intex Orca Whale pool toy or various swim rings that you have seen when you were a child. However, there are other toys you don’t recognize such as an inflatable hyena or even an YIFF fox toy which seems to be a bedroom toy. 

Before you start to get too lost in those shelves you can hear Savannah whistling a happy tune. “Ohhhh foxxxxxxx” he calls out almost in a teasing tone “I have your costume here foxie.” 

You smile as he hands you the mass of orange and white rubber as you can see there is an opening at the back to get in as it looks like a giant, deflated balloon. As you start to put your hand in Savannah shakes his head and stops you. 

“Ashi, sweetie. You need to be completely naked before you put this costume on for a few reasons. The biggest one is if you wore this with clothes on you’d prolly die of heat stroke.”

Nodding you wonder where a changing room is as the hyena smirks “Oh come now.. It’s not like you have anything I haven’t seen.. strip right here and put it on.” 

At first you are hesitant but then you smirk and shake your head as you start to strip off articles of clothing. Shoes and socks first followed by a t-shirt and jeans and then finally your underwear as you stand there only in your birthday suit. 

Savannah lets out a wolf whistle and you smirk at him “You aren’t helping y’know.” 

He smiles “Sorry.. I will let you get changed” as he disappears into the back again. You start by sticking in your right leg and you notice it is a perfect fit. The cool rubber feels wonderful against your skin as you pull in your left leg. The costume seems to cling to your skin as you put it on as you pull it over your groin as you let out a gasp. You had played with inflatables and balloons before but this feels heavenly. 

Your arms go in next as each finger seems to slide effortlessly into its rubber counterpart. Pulling up the costume over your chest you start to notice that there’s not a zipper or anything else to keep this closed. As the rubber closes around your chest and nipples your brain is awash in so much pleasure that you cease to care. Most of your body is encased in the shiny orange and white rubber as it feels so good you slip your head into the mask without a second thought. 

As you slip your head in you feel the rubber press against your skin tightly as if to bond with your skin. So much in fact you can’t begin to tell where the rubber ends and your own skin begins. Smiling from ear to ear you pose around in your new fox costume as Savannah comes out from the back room with a grin plastered across his muzzle. 

“Looking good there fox. But there’s one last thing that we need to do to make this change permanent.”

In the depths of your rational mind you register the word but your body is so lost in bliss you only manage to repeat the word. 

“Permanent?” 

He nods as he reaches behind you and pulls something on the tip of your tail. A loud hiss seems to boom in your ears as you feel yourself go weak and fall to your knees. You look up at the hyena with a pleading look almost as if to say why but he just smiles down at you. 

“Relax, fox. This is the last..”  is all you can manage to hear before darkness starts to swallow you whole. 

What seems like hours later only wound up to be a few minutes as the first thing you hear in your ears is one audible sound

Pssshtt.

Over and over again you hear that sound as your vision returns as you see Savannah pumping away at a heavy duty air pump. He smiles as he sees you open your eyes as you feel your body filling back up with each stroke of the pump. 

“W-what happened?” you ask sleepilly

Savannah smiles as he keeps pumping away. “Well I had a few things to do to you to make you a rubber foxie Ashi. You are now what you desire a rubber fox as this isn’t a costume anymore. This is your life now.”

You let out a gasp with the influx of air “H-how? And what’s gonna happen to me?” 

The hyena stifled a giggle “Sweetie there’s plenty of people out here that would love to have a company of a rubber fox. You don’t really need to eat anymore.. well.. except for rubber to strengthen your skin. But other than that I am sure there are a few people that would love to have you as company.”

As you feel the pump being unhooked from your tail-valve and pushed in flush your hands start to wander over your new skin. 

It feels wonderful. Like you are born again.

Savannah smiles “So.. you like it?”

You nod as you give the hyena a hug as he giggles and hugs you back. “Thank you! If there’s anything I can do to repay you..”

Savannah grins “Well.. about that. I am gonna collect on that debt right now if I may?”

Your surroundings start to become clearer as you are outside at the back of his shop. As you raise an eyebrow he smirks “Not that fox. But I do need an advertising balloon for the front of my shop and I think you’d fit the bill nicely.”

You start to protest but then think that he has given you what you had dreamed of all this time as you nod in agreement. The hyena smiles as he looks at you “And don’t worry about going boom. I know a lot about stretching and all that and plus I gave your skin a few coats of strong polymer while you were out. Ready?”

Giving a firm nod the hyena turns on the helium as it starts to flow into you. Your skin starts to stretch and blimp out in all directions as you feel the gas enter and push against your inner walls. As you look down you notice your belly starts to swell and fill out as well as your arms and legs. The gas also works down between your legs blimping out those parts as well as you want to touch yourself. However, the gas has other ideas as it forces your limbs outwards into a star shape as even your fingers start to bloat like fat sausages. 

Savannah smiles as he looks at your swelling rump and tail as the first bit of gas starts to fill you out nicely. “Looking good there foxie!”

As you can hear the gas echo in your ears you feel your belly start to press outwards looking like a swollen white balloon. Your arms and legs are also getting a nice bloat as well as you now feel a sensation you had never felt before.

Lift.

You look around and you notice that you are starting to lift off the ground. You can see a bit further up with each moment that the gas fills you. Your chest and belly are being pushed outwards as you lazily are pushed backwards and all you can see is the bright blue sky and the tops of buildings. 

You also feel your tail blimping up as well as you wag it excitedly as the feeling of being a giant parade balloon is just amazing. Any cares or woes that you had in your previous life are now gone as the only thing you can feel is the gas and you bloating outwards in all directions. 

Of course you want this to last forever and just become as big as the city so you can tower over all the occupants. However, like with most things in life it doesn’t as Savannah shuts off the gas as he admires his handiwork. The hyena had the foresight to wrap some cords loosely around your limbs as he manages to drag you to the front of the shop without much effort. 

As he puts you into position managing to tie you down with a few weights so you don’t float off he notices that you are an erect balloonie and this might offend a few of his conserative customers. Snapping his fingers he runs inside and grabs a ladder and a banner as he drapes it over your offending bits as you can see that it has the store logo printed on it. 
Climbing down from the ladder the hyena dusts his hands as he gets a mirror to show off what he has done to you. Letting out a gasp you see that you have to be at least 30 feet around as you can see your bloated belly and chest sticking outwards with a smaller head as well as hands and feet and of course your thickly inflated tail. You just sit there bobbing in the breeze as you can see the city and people walking by drifting lazily as if you were a balloon. 

Savannah calls up to you “Once all that helium has worked its way out of your body you can consider your debt paid. Let me know if you need anything.” The hyena carries his mirror and ladder back into his shop as people walk by and smile up at you. 

All you can do is just drift there lazily enjoying the view, the breeze and the onlookers. Sure you will have to figure out what to do once you get down but for now you are content to enjoy the view and just be a balloon for a while.