Biogel Ballooniform (World Guide, Technical) (Patreon)

Biogel Ballooniform

The Biogel Ballooniform is the product of either pure marketing genius, or sheer, unbridled insanity. No one is really sure which. Opinions on the matter as strongly divided, as are opinions on whether or not turning people into biogel inflatables is a good expenditure of potentially limited resources (the people). So too are opinions on whether or not such a transformation provides the subject with an experience of sufficiently high quality. One might dare to say it's all up in the air. In retrospect, using helium might have been a bad idea.

The concept of the ballooniform gummy was the brainchild of 24 year old marketing guru Lia Morimassa, a cheetah who's occasional displays of incredible creativity are often matched by equally incredible moments that defy common sense, and sometimes the laws of physics. Despite some considerable efforts and coaxing, Ms. Morimassa has yet to try out her invention for herself, though recent developments may prove too tempting for her to pass up.

In its basic form, the ballooniform is a gummy with a hollow body consisting only of a biogel shell about 10mm thick. Transparent, colored biogel is preferred over plain black. They can also have printed looking patterns, as well as faux-seams for that pool toy appearance that some seem to enjoy.

Unlike traditional faceless, perfectly identical gummies, ballooniforms come in a number of cartoonish variations of certain sapient humanoid species. Feyli, mitanni, ashiri, classic mermaids, and other odd pool-toyish shapes are available. And, despite appearances to the contrary, ballooniforms are still fully poseable and never look odd or malformed no matter what pose is chosen.

All ballooniforms have an integral port through which they can be inflated or deflated. Rational owners will only fill their ballooniforms with air. Irrational owners, and certain hare-brained cheetahs, will periodically fill their ballooniforms with helium. This is generally regarded as a bad idea, especially outside, as ballooniforms can hold onto their gaseous fillings for months without any leakage, and can lift quite a weight owing to the lightness of biogel, and their overall volume.

A recent development in ballooniforms is the creation of a set of ballooniform biogel body mod. As with crystal biogel body mods, anywhere the body mod merges with the transformed body is a thin black transition, preventing anyone from seeing things they'd rather not. Otherwise, the transformed areas are as functional as the form allows, albeit quite a bit slower, and requiring a fir bit more concentration, to move.

The most popular ballooniform body mod is the full-body mod, where only the subject's face remains unaltered. This allows a nearly complete ballooniform experience without becoming a voiceless gummy with the same face as anyone else who's become the same ballooniform type. Collarbone down is also quite popular, leaving arms and head free to allow for something resembling a normal life, while giving the more 'interesting feeling bits' the ballooniform treatment.

Ballooniform triggers for biogel wearing individuals are available as programs for any biogel controller unit, or as pre-programmed biogel ampules for manual application. Stand-alone ballooniform transformation/body mod kits are available for non-biogel wearing individuals at a price of ¢500 from Gelitech. Full transformation at a Gelitech Gelarium is free, presuming one doesn't mind being added to the Gelarium's inventory for later sale.