James stared in disbelief at the big, ugly ape gawping back at him from the mirror, the clothes he had been wearing ripped to shreds around him where he had burst out of them. There was no doubt it was him - how Kayla he managed this 'trick' he had no idea, but he wanted it reversed immediately. He tried to demand his immediate restoration to homo sapien form but of course was unable to communicate beyond a series of angry grunting noises.
"Look, I'm sorry" Kayla was only half attempting to hide her amusement at the mess she had caused "I didn't really think it would work. Human to gorilla is a particularly tricky spell to pull off. It will take a day or so for my magic to recharge but once it does we can get you back to normal"
Dismayed at this news James made a series of louder, angrier noises that Kayla was probably fortunate not to be able to translate.
"Shh, keep it down you idiot" Kayla hissed "we don't want anyone to see you like this"
But it was too late, as an official looking, late middle aged gentleman entered the tent.
"Kayla, what is all the commotion this time?" he began before almost doing a double take at the sight of James "A gorilla?" he exclaimed in disbelief.
"I can explain, Mr Spinoza" Kayla interjected urgently "James here is part of my act!"
"You want to perform with a gorilla? I've hear of magicians using rabbits but...I mean won't he just trash the place?"
"No, he's as smart as a human and really well trained" Kayla smiled weakly. Mr Spinoza shook his head and stroked his beard.