Maribelle Coin

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As a veteran adventurer, one would think that Maribelle would always be careful when opening treasure chests inside dungeons, she already knows how utterly filled with all manners of traps they are. But experience didn't stop her eagerness to open the incredibly shiny golden chest on front of her, definitely the fanciest one she ever found in her many expeditions.
The half-elezen admired the shiny golden coins and thought about all the manners of expensive frivolities she would spend them on, the distracted girl not noticing her once tall body becoming smaller and smaller... was she getting closer to the coins? Maribelle gasped and tried to pull herself away, but it was already too late, the chest magical energies engulfing her body and pulling her inside it.
Completely disoriented, Maribelle tried to get a grasp of her bearings... but as she tried to move, she couldn't feel her arms, legs, or... anything really! Her body felt very flat, and as she struggled the maximum she could, she managed to only do a barely noticeable wiggle, sliding her flat slick body down and tilting her into an angle. Looking at the sea of gold coins surrounding her, the fate that befell her became obvious: She was transformed into one of them!
The poor flat shiny disc of a girl started to despair, struggling into thinking in a way to escape such embarrassing situation. But her anxiety was soon cut short as the massive chest door on top of her start to slowly descend, closing the place into darkness. As dire as the situation looked, that was actually a blessing for the trapped girl: as soon as the door closed, the magical energies also made the struggling coin to feel very sleepy, and minutes later she drifted into a very heavy slumber, putting a stop on all her desperate thoughts and saving her of spending who knows how long in the darkness of the place.

"That will be 80 Gil please.... thank you sweetie, I hope you have a nice day! Oh, wait, don't forget your change!"
The sleeping Maribelle heard a voice, making her figurative eyes to slowly open as she started to look at her surroundings. She felt her flat stiff form being tightly held by what appeared to be an enormous giant... oh no, that wasn't just a dream, she was still a coin!
Trying her best to look around the place, that loud chattering, busy environment and strong scent of dyes was unmistakable, somehow the transformed girl ended up in famous the Ul'dah street market!
By the twelve, how long has she been stuck like this and handled around?! The dungeon she was trapped on was very far away from this city! She wasn't a coin but an actual person, she really had to find a way to turn herself back and...
The coin would have gasped if she could, but her inner thinkings were soon interrupted by the sight of a giant face looking at her... a very familiar face.

As if fate wanted, or maybe by Hydaelyn's blessing, the person holding and minusciously staring at her was a Lalafell, one of Maribelle's best friends that also immediately recognized the distinct silhouette stamped on the golden coin, the once tiny dwarf-like person now massive in size in comparison to Maribelle's transformed body.
A distinct warm blush formed on the coin's surface, making the Lalafell to sigh and roll her eyes before smiling at her and giving the coin a tight squeeze, which felt like a hug.
Maribelle sighed internally in relief, she knew her friend would find a way to turn her back to normal. But after seeing her towering over her like this, maybe it would become harder for the half-Elezen to mock her friend's short size for a while...

 

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