"Welcome back!" he said and looked at a trim and fit looking guy who was standing next to him. "I welcome Allan, the cheerleading-team's deputy trainer. Aliza will be personally conducting the transformations, therefore he will tell us what's going on. Hello, Allan." 

"Hello, Neal." the trainer responded jovially. 

"Okay, over there we can already see the official observers from Guinness World Records!" the camera panned over a trio of business-like looking man and woman. "Tell us, Allan, are there any rules which have to be followed?" 

Allan nodded. "Absolutely, Neal. We got together with Guinness World Records before the attempt. Surprisingly, this is the first such attempt, at least the first official one, therefore we had to make the rules from scratch. For one, every piece of clothing is game. But multiple pieces of the same type don't count. Therefore no three shirts which are simply worn above each other."

"Because then you'd have simply been able to create dozens of shirts, each one larger then the other, donning all of them as long as the total mass doesn't becomes to great?"

"Exactly. The outfit which will be created has to be something considered 'normal' for everyday use. Next are accessories. Jewelry and such are allowed, but only one or one pair of each type. Therefore only one ring, one pair of earrings, etc."

"That rule sounds prudent as well." Neal acknowledged. "Is there more?"

"Well, there's only one rule left. Make-up is allowed as well, but here it's the same as for clothing and accessories - only one of each type."

"It looks as if you guys have thought it through. Therefore me, and I'm sure our viewers as well, will be excited for the actual number you'll manage." someone whispered something from the off, and Neal turned. 

"Oh, look!" he said excited. "I think it's starting. There you can see head cheerleader Aliza who will act as designer walk to the Venn Machine. But... why is she accompanied by a man?" 

Questioningly Neal cocked an eyebrow at Allan. 

"That man next to her is our head coach Jose." he answered. "You see, there was some kind of argument before about who would be allowed to wear the team. Aliza quelled the dispute by stating that nobody of the cheerleaders would wear her teammates. Instead, she'll transform the coach into a girl and he, then she, will wear them. That was a compromise everybody could live with." 

Neal stroked his chin. "Hm, I understand. But why a girl? Couldn't he have stayed a man and worn the team as male clothes?" 

Allan smiled sheepishly. "He could have, but girls use way more accessories and make-up than boys. So for the record attempt, a girl is better suited." 

"Ah, I understand. Oh, and there she is already exiting the Venn Machine. What shall we call her?" 

Grinning, Allan looked at his superior who now jumped out of the machine in the body of a shapely girl, wearing a female version of her outfit and winking towards the waiting cheerleaders. 

"Jodi sounds nice, doesn't it?"

"Jodi it is then. But why is she having bright blue hair?"

Allan smiled. "To make a point. One of the next couple of transformations will show you why." 

Expectantly, Neal waited as two cheerleader started to come forward. To his surprise, they didn't become clothing. The first one became a little flask, the second one a flask as well, albeit a little bit larger. 

Confused, Neal looked at his co-host. "Flasks?" 

"Yes, the first one became nail-polish and the second one hair dye. Aliza will now take Jodie into the prepared changing room and help her apply the polish and dye her hairs. This will take several minutes." 

"Okay, then we'll do a a little commercial break now and come back to you in a few minutes." 

Neal's image was replaced by a washing powder advertisement. "Our new 'Cleaning Dream 2000' incorporates our company's secret washing solution which will make the wash extra pleasurable for your clothes. Surveys have shown that three out of five venned people prefer to be washed by Cleaning Dream..."

The image came back with a zoom on Jodi, now sporting raven-black hair, additionally being semi-nude and only wearing bra and panties, plus stockings with a garter belt. Through her dark stockings, one could faintly see the bright, red color of her now painted toe-nails. 

"That was fast." Neal concluded. "My girlfriend always needs an hour until her nail-polish has dried, but this one has dried in a couple of minutes. As Allan just told me, Aliza made sure to transform the girls into fast-drying polish and dye. But as you can see, Aliza and Jodi have already continued. During the commercial break, she changed five more cheerleader-" a inserted cut showed five cheerleader entering the Venn Machine successively and being carrier out as the items of clothing Jodi was currently wearing "-and Jodi has already put them on. Therefore she is already wearing seven people! That's right, the bra, the panties, the garter belt and each of her stockings, that's all transformed people!"

With a metallic *BING*, a counter appeared at the upper right corner of the screen, showing a golden glittering '7'.

Neal shook his head. "That's awesome. She's not wearing more than her underwear but there are already seven people on her body. Now I'm anxiously waiting for what comes next."

Grinning, the next cheerleader came forward, this one emerging as a creme-colored skirt. It was followed by a blouse and a jacket matching to the skirt. Aliza helped Jodi putting her teammates on, and soon she was looking like a young business woman in a professional skirt suit. The outfit was complemented by two more cheerleader who became a pair of high heeled leather boots. The counter went up to '12'. 

"Wow." Neal said. "We're already at 12 people she is wearing. But now it's over, isn't it? I can't imagine her putting on more clothes." 

Allan chuckled. "Oh, trust me. There are still clothes she can wear. But first, she'll get her accessories." 

Neal watched on as two more cheerleaders went forward and became a pair of earrings. They were supplemented by a necklace, a wristband, a sparkling diamond ring and a golden watch. The counter went mad, going up to '18' as Jodi put on her jewelry, starting with the earrings she gingerly slipped on her pierced ears. But then... 

"What have those two become?" Neal asked as Aliza removed something small from the Venn Machines' booth where just seconds before two cheerleader had entered.

"Just watch." Allan said mysteriously and Neal observed as Jodi was putting whatever they had become on her finger and then... put it in her eyes?

"Contact lenses?" he asked awed. "I'd never have thought of that one!" 

The contact lenses were followed by sunglasses and Allan shrugged as Neal gave him an asking glance. "The contact lenses for her sight, the sunglasses to block sun. Of course we could have done both with the glasses alone, but so we get two more people she can wear. It's not against the rules, we asked."

"Where are we now?" Neal asked as another cheerleader became a purse which was collected by Jodi.

"22, I think." Allan said smiling, the counter confirming his guess with a blinking '22'. "But we're still not finished. Now comes the make-up."

Awestruck, Neal observed as one cheerleader after the other entered the Venn Machine, their resulting forms being accumulated on a growing pile of cosmetics in front of Jodi. 

"Applying them will take some time, won't it?" he asked and Allan nodded. 

"Okay. Then we'll put in another commercial break. Afterwards, our weather-frog Trevin will tell you all about the blizzard which's developing over the mid-west!"