Adam went home. What was he going to do now? Shapeshifting or not, that was a good job that suited his slacker lifestyle well. Sitting on the couch, he pondered his options.
That quickly went nowhere as it just wondered to watching TV or playing video games. Adam shook the thoughts from his head. He looked at an arm and just changed it, somehow. It turned into a disproportionate mass of muscle, looking like something that belong on a monstrous hulk then attached to him. When he thought about it, it probably turned out that way because he was flexing his arm at time, unconsciously reflecting his want for a decked-out arm. Although it was neat, he really wanted more control over this power. Turning into an elephant in the middle of his apartment, or turning into an unaware superslut weren't things he was looking forward to.
With that in mind, he came up with choice he was sure to go with: He needed to master his shapeshifting.
*queue 80's montage music*
For about of month, Adam practiced with his shapeshifting, and slacked off, but at least PRODUCTIVE slacking off. He tried with minor body modifications at first. Hulked out arms, mummified twigs, bigger and smaller penis, vagina in place of penis, 3 total eyes, taller, smaller, and so on. He then practice more full changes. Becoming an asian version of himself. Woman version. Younger version. All somethings of himself. Even some custom bodies, but he was having trouble. He was purposefully avoiding becoming anything that might drastically effect his behavior, but had issues with anything he didn't stereotypically perceive.
This is where his slacking came in handy. He used his tv and video game time both for inspiration and using time to get use to forms. TV homemaker mom, suave spy, bouncy titty ninja, and so on. Even he stayed in the form to do more menial things like making breakfast and doing groceries, the rare times that he did. It was awesome making pancakes as a black "mammy" type of woman as its formed lent itself well to it.
That was something he was able to figure out with his forms. It didn't suddenly put knowledge in his head that he didn't already know, but did give him a natural affinity for things associated with the form. A french maid form not only turned a torturous and long experience of cleaning his apartment into an easy chore, but also made it FUN, at least while he was in that form.
Trying a dog and cat was pretty neat as well. With the dog tried a "human mind with animal body" approach. Took him awhile to get use to form, especially just trying to stand and walk, but by the end of the day was pretty use to it. Definitely felt like himself though. With the cat he tried a sort of "immersive" approach. The end result was similar to the stereotype changes where he felt like a cat in more ways then one, especially from the get go.
Weirder things seemed more hit and miss with what was possible. Not like he could shoot magical lightning bolts as a wizard he saw in game, but shooting real ones seemed possible with sort of static-things he was able to come up with. Even tried stuff associated with psychics like moving things with his mind and "reading" others minds. He didn't play with it too long and too much since seemed like something he should take more serious, and mastering regular shapeshifting was his current priority.
At the end of the month, Adam felt pretty comfortable with his shapeshifting ability, at within the confines of his apartment and experiment. He needed to worry about getting a job again if he was gonna keep his place, and sooner or later he would use his powers, or forms, more in public most likely.
What to do, what to do...