Patreon Prompt 239 (Patreon)

Prompt: A time traveler going on a tour of the ancient past accidentally changes it. When he returns, his world has been transformed into a dystopia where anyone skinny is fattened up to nigh immobility "For the greater good.”

   “For the greater good.”

   It was a phrase Ethan had heard countless times upon returning from his trip with the time machine. His intentions at the time had been innocent enough, with him wanting to confirm certain things about the creation of the pyramids. However, a slight nudge against the back of a pharaoh to send the ancient ruler falling to his death had cut the trip short. When he came back to the present to assess the damage, he never could have imagined the fate that awaited him.

   Running like a maniac through alleys and back roads, he tried in vain to get away from his pursuers. Daring to look over his shoulder, he glanced at the platoon of overweight officers gaining on him by using futuristic looking hover chairs. Too distracted at looking at the way their uniforms tightly hugged their fat rolls and bulging guts, he didn’t have time to stop himself to running into the blockade of equally enormous officers waiting for him around the corner.

   Ethan was lifted off the ground and carried over to a truck by his captors. Though he tried to plead for mercy, his shouts were muffled as the officers stuffed a feeding tube down his throat and turned on a machine. A slurry of fattening liquid came pouring down Ethan’s throat, rapidly swelling his lithe form to match those of his captors. Ripping through his clothes with his burgeoning fat, he was given a modicum of modesty by his gut hanging between his thickened thighs. Gaining a set of drooping man pecs and an ass wide enough to take up an entire couch, he was finally deemed acceptable. Pulling the tube out of his mouth, the officers left him with a warning and waddled away from him.

   Gasping for air after his sudden force feeding, he explored his body by letting his plump fingers press against his multiple chins and pudgy face. No longer blinded by the chase, he looked out onto the city streets to see the overweight population going about their day to day life without a care in the world. Hanging above the surreal scenery was a billboard featuring a cherubic chubby family baring the phrase, “For the greater good.”