They flew for a couple of hours. They were tired because it was the middle of the night and because each merging and unmerging took energy. However, while they were merged, it was stimulating. So as if they had drank several energy drinks, they were tired and wired a the same time. Still, they had enough of flying and landed in a secluded area on top of a giant boulder in the forest.
Trent, the plastic pilot, climbed out and looked up at the sky. Despite city lights and polution on the horizon, the stars were bright and beautiful directly above. "Wow, look at the stars."
Shawn tried to look but found himself limited by his biplane body. He could only see in front of him and turning around was awkward. So Shawn unmerged from the biplane and while doing so, left the opposum with the jet pack merged to the biplane. A naked Shawn completely unmerged looked up at the sky. He stood speechless in the cool night air.
As it started to get cold, Shawn looked at Trent who still wore clothes and realized that neither brought clothes with them. Trent's clothes weren't clothes at all. They only looked like clothes.
Then Shawn looked at his ring. "I have an idea. Since we both have rings now, maybe if we use them at the same time we can merge and stay equal."
Trent said, "On three. One. Two. Three."
The merger worked perfectly but instead of merging their minds, they kept seperate minds. They could still access each others thoughts and memories and in that way communicate. This communication was so quick and easy that the two minds could come to an agreement on what action to take and therefore act as one unified mind. They didn't divide control of the body. They acted as one mind controlling the whole body.
Shawn found it uncomfortable wearing plastic "clothes" and they did nothing to make them warmer so Shawn/Trent agreed to unmerge from the plastic toy. Shawn/Trent thought, "I need a new name, Trawn." The now naked Trawn put the plastic pilot in the cockpit of the opposum/biplane.
Both Shawn and Trent were comfortable with this merger and didn't want to seperate but Trawn was cold. Trawn thought, "I need clothes." He turned to the plane.
Trawn was now too big to fit in the cockpit. He straddled the cockpit. The plastic pilot asked, "Do you need a lift?"
Trawn asked, "You're alive?"
The plastic pilot said, "I don't think so. I became aware when we merged but I'm just a plastic pilot."
Trawn asked, "What's your name?"
The plastic pilot said, "I don't have a name."
Trawn said, "I'll give you a name. Paul."
The opposum/biplane said, "My name is Sparks (not the name of a copyrighted character). I'm based on a video game. What should we call you, Shawn or Trent?"
"Call me Trawn."
They wondered how Trawn would ride the biplane and agreed to a partial merger. Trawn kept his head just behind the cockpit. His body made the biplane larger but Paul could still pilot with help from Sparks. They returned to Shawn's house and Trawn unmerged from Sparks.
Paul asked, "Do you mind if Sparks and I fly around for a while? We'll come back."
Trawn agreed. Paul and Sparks flew out the window into the night sky.
Trawn thought, "I need a hot shower."
Trawn stepped into the shower and started to soap himself up. Shawn thought, "I love us." Trent thought back, "I love us too."