Looking over to the bed, the lurantis would hop off of the pillow and start to make her way to it, jolting slightly when the joltik landed on her head with quite the accurate jump. She did complain about it since the joltik was starting to get pretty large for her now, in which the joltik apologized before going to nibble the top of her head for any static. Giving it a light pat, the lurantis would glance back to the bed, only to see the distance between it and her starting to increase. Her eyes would shrink in realization of her dwindling down yet again, breaking into a sprint this time. This increment of shrinkage was a lot more potent than the others since she noticed, well over a third of her previous size being shed during her run. Getting to the bed took longer than she anticipated, now having to look up to see the blue sheet that covered the bed. The joltik was now large enough to cover most of the top of her head, the underside of the bed having enough clearance for her to go under albeit crouched. With a shaky sigh due to how huge things were starting to look, she crouched down onto her knees and started to crawl under the bed, the shaggy fur of the carpet almost like tall grass to her now.

She would be using her claws as her main method of going around, each time they hooked on she would pull to drag herself through before lifting it up to hook itself again further ahead, repeating this action to try and get through the underside of the bed quickly. The low lighting wasn't helping, even with her ability to see somewhat better in the dark than most. Her searches would bear some kind of fruit when she heard a metallic 'clack' against the underside of the bed instead of on the carpet, blinking before trying to feel around where she landed a claw at. It wasn't long until she felt a switch, smiling as she quickly flipped it in the direction it would go and saw a green light turn on...only to hear it snap back into position and turn back off. Confused, the lurantis would throw the switch back up, only for it to repeat, a groan of annoyance coming from her. Another sequential switch, but this one was activated later in a separate chain it seems, giving it another flicks of frustration before crawling back out from the bed, emerging at the foot of the bed.

Looking to the table that the TV rested on, she would move over to it and onto the large pillows to reach to the underside of it. She was rather quick to see one of the devices nestled underneath the wooden surface, smiling as she hopped off of the bed and had to drag the smallest of the pillows over. It took some effort given that they were nearly waist high to her now, soon getting it into position beneath the device and climbed back up. She was thankfully within reach of the device and reached a claw up, hooking it onto the lever and threw it to the other side. To her relief, this one didn't try to snap back into position, confirming it was the start of the chain and was reinforced when the lurantis glanced over to the sink, seeing that only two of the lights were on instead of three. Two of three down for one chain, one of three for the second, hopping off of the pillow and looked back to the bed.

The fomantis plush was on her mind, asking the joltik if it still had some charge left. A pause greeted her before an eager nod once the nibbling on her head halted, the joltik answering that it now had enough for one more switch's worth. It was enough and the lurantis hoped that she didn't find any more that would require the joltik's actions, moving over to the bed. She would flinch slightly when the joltik jumped from her head, earning another complaint from the mantis followed by an apology from the tick, the former starting to climb up via hooking her claws into the side of the bed. A few repetitions of this and she would stand on the sheets, finding them like a small field now instead of being just something to lay on, the pillows at the headrest of it not helping that image. Shaking her head, the lurantis would look to the plush, sitting at the foot of the bed and reached over to it, lifting up one of the back flaps of the plush. She would inform the joltik of a third device nestled in the plush, the smaller pokemon nodding and worked on climbing in through the still-open zipper on the back of it.

While it was busy, the lurantis would take note of the plush's size compared to her, even moving from her spot once the joltik fully climbed into the plush insides. She would lay herself down somewhat on her side, to try and measure herself compared to the plush. She remembered it being twice the size of a pre-evolved member of her kind, at 'two feet' in size, to put it in human terms. Currently, she was only marginally larger than it, or longer given the laying positions of her and it. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard an electric discharge come from within, showing that her friend was activating the device now, confirmed when a third green light finally came on above the sink. Letting out a sigh of relief, the lurantis would sit back up and move a claw over to the plush's back, lifting up a flap just as the joltik was struggling to emerge from the confines of it. It happily announced it activating the device, to which the lurantis giggled, reaching over and gave the enthusiastic joltik a hug, wondering what all to do now. She was definitely shrinking faster now, glancing down to the ribbon that had not only stayed stuck to her, but was also somehow shrinking down with her now, wondering if she really should activate it if to have some extra time. She still remembered the last time she used it, shuddering slightly at how much smaller she'll get at this rate.

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Round seven results

Lurantis starting size: 43.04 in/109.33 cm.

Votes from the seventh poll: 22(5 Med, 2 High, 15 V. High).

Highest voted result: Have the joltik activate the device in the fomantis plush (V. High).

Runner-ups: Check for anything among the underside of the TV's table (Med), Search under the bed for a switch or device (High).

Percentages total:
2.5% constant rate.
+2.5% Med votes.
+2% High votes.
+30% V. High votes.
Total: -37% current size loss.

New size: 43.04 in/109.33 cm >> 27.12 in/68.88 cm. Numbers were rounded to the nearest hundredth.

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Just over two feet, three inches in size now, and she's starting to get comparable to not only the fomantis plush, but also to her joltik friend. Three switches and sequences down, only one more switch sequence to go.

Round eight poll is closed. Thank you all for voting!

The sequence shall keep going. Thank you all for voting for this round.

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